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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Announcing Debut Books at SPX 2025
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/26/2025
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 693: AnimeNYC 2025 Interviews [Denpa Books, webtoon 'King's Maker']
Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons
08/25/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1388
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 692: George Takei interview
Meg Lemke
on 08/22/2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1387
Parisi, Mark. 2025.
Reubens Boston 2025 acceptance speech.
Mark Parisi (August 19): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A4N1xsw4p/
National Cartoonists Society names Gloucester's Mark Parisi Outstanding Cartoonist of theYear
Joann Mackenzie
Gloucester Daily Times August 25 205
75 years of Snoopy: How Hallmark preserves iconic character's legacy in KC
By Joseph Hernandez
Kansas City Star August 25, 2025
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article311555384.html
UK "Cartoonists For Gaza" Project
D. D. Degg
August 26, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/08/25/uk-cartoonists-for-gaza-project/
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 1 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work by Bryan Talbot, Annassi Mehdi, Martin Rowson, The Rickard Sisters and Darryl Cunningham
Andy Oliver
August 23, 2025
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/cartoonists-for-gaza-part-1/
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 2 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Krent Able, Charlie Adlard, Danny Noble, Fumio Obata and Corinne Pearlman
Andy Oliver
August 26, 2025
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/cartoonists-for-gaza-part-2/
The artist's 'touch' and drawing tools: A history of changes in manga expression
Takekuma Kentaro | August 26, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/the-artists-touch-and-drawing-tools-a-history-of-changes-in-manga-expression/
Interview: Frank J. Barbiere & Morgan Beem go meta in THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL
Deanna Destito on 08/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-frank-j-barbiere-morgan-beem-go-meta-in-the-author-immortal/
The Beat Digest 08/26/25: Anime Expo getting its own awards
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 08/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-082625/
Interview: Lewis LaRosa talks new art book, CARBON BASED
Zack Quaintance on 08/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-lewis-larosa-talks-new-art-book-carbon-based/
We're All 10 Years Old at Heart: Book Club Recap With Chip Kidd
By PRINT Editorial Team
August 20 2025
https://www.printmag.com/book-club/were-all-10-years-old-at-heart-book-club-recap-with-chip-kidd/
Diamond's Biggest Retailer Sale Ever With 12,000 Different Print Items
Diamond Comic Distributors' Biggest Retailer Sale Ever with 12,000 different print items, comics, magazine and books at up to 75% off retail
Rich Johnston 25 Aug 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-biggest-retailer-sale-ever-12000-different-print-items/
Image Comics' Accounting E-mails Hacked, Don't Click On That Link
25 Aug 2025 Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-accounting-e-mails-hacked-dont-click-on-that-link/
Disney Kicks Off 'World Princess Week' with New LEGO Special
Mercedes Milligan
August 25, 2025
Auditing the Ghosts in the Machine: GenAI's IP Risk for Manga and Anime
Jeff Smith
August 25, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/auditing-the-ghosts-in-the-machine-genais-ip-risk-for-manga-and-anime/
How to Clean and Maintain Your Cosplay
Cece Olson On March 3, 2025 https://twincitiesgeek.com/2025/03/how-to-clean-and-maintain-your-cosplay/
Debbie Millman and Stephen Heller
We're All 10 Years Old at Heart: Book Club Recap With Chip Kidd
PRINT Book Club August 20 2025
https://www.printmag.com/book-club/were-all-10-years-old-at-heart-book-club-recap-with-chip-kidd/
My Danish Doppelgänger: Two former Richmonders compare notes on the River City, Denmark and the idea of home [store]
Rich Griset
March 3, 2025
https://www.styleweekly.com/my-danish-doppelganger/
'KPop Demon Hunters' Becomes Netflix's Most Watched Movie Ever
Rick Porter
August 26, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-no-1-movie-all-time-1236353877/
K-Pop Fans Sing the Demons Away
Kids and their parents celebrated their fandom at a singalong showing of "KPop Demon Hunters."
Alex Vadukul
Visuals by Ye Fan
Aug. 25, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/style/kpop-demon-hunters-singalong-paris-theater-nyc.html
'KPop Demon Hunters' Sequel Moving Ahead As Sony and Netflix Engage In Deal Talks
Pamela McClintock
August 26, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kpop-demon-hunters-sony-netflix-sequel-talks-1236353972/
ORDER CLARIFIES NEXT STEPS ON DIAMOND CONSIGNMENT INVENTORY And Hearing Scheduled on 'Assume or Reject' Motions
Milton Griepp on August 26, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60388/order-clarifies-next-steps-diamond-consignment-inventory
Once upon a time, Apple TV Plus shared The Sisters Grimm first look
The new animated series based on Michael Buckley's bestselling books premieres October 3.
By Mary Kate Carr | August 26, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/the-sisters-grimm-first-look-apple-tv-plus
DMA#25: With special guest New Yorker Cartoonist Liza Donnelly
A recording from Liza Donnelly and Jason Chatfield's live video
Liza Donnelly and Jason Chatfield
Aug 26, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/dma25-with-special-guest-new-yorker
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
SPX 2025 Announces Programming Slate and Advance Tickets
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D&Q debuts Fall books at SPX (from their newsletter)
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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/25/2025
Washington Post August 23, 2025: B1, 3.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/08/21/ne-zha-animated-michelle-yeoh-review/
2025 AMERICAN MANGA AWARDS ANNOUNCED
At Anime NYC
Milton Griepp on August 22, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60374/2025-american-manga-awards-announced
Interview + Preview: Liniers on THE GHOST OF WRECKERS COVE
Avery Kaplan on 08/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-preview-liniers-on-the-ghost-of-wreckers-cove/
Interview: Adam Rose on creating HUGE DETECTIVE and its possible film adaptation
Ollie Kaplan on 08/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-adam-rose-on-creating-huge-detective-and-its-possible-film-adaptation/
'Trans people being generous with their voices and stories is the reason that I'm here today': Sam Szabo's path to enlightenment
Tate McFadden | August 25, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/trans-people-being-generous-with-their-voices-and-stories-is-the-reason-that-im-here-today-sam-szabos-path-to-enlightenment/
French critics association ACBD announces Prix Comics 2025 shortlist
Dean Simons on 08/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/french-critics-association-acbd-announces-prix-comics-2025-shortlist/
Fire & Ice's Joanne Starer talks JLI/Welcome to Smallville - Creator Owned Art
Liam McGuire
Comic Frontier Aug 25, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/fire-ice-s-joanne-starer-talks-jli-welcome-to-smallville-creator-owned-art-ebd3
Film review - A Savage Art: The life and cartoons of Pat Oliphant.
reviewed by Peter Kuper
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 25, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/08/film-review-savage-art-life-and.html
Fredrikstad Animation Festival Unveils 2025 Short Film Competition
Mercedes Milligan
August 22, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/fredrikstad-animation-festival-unveils-2025-short-film-competition/
A Star Is Shorn! Aardman & TikTok Launch Fan Contest to Appear in 'Shaun the Sheep' Movie
Mercedes Milligan
August 22, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/a-star-is-shorn-aardman-tiktok-launch-fan-contest-to-appear-in-shaun-the-sheep-movie/
'Tim Rex in Space' Introduces a Curious Dino Family to Nickelodeon's Preschool Lineup
Kambole Campbell
August 22, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/tim-rex-in-space-introduces-a-curious-dino-family-to-nickelodeons-preschool-lineup/
This article was written for the
September-October '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 352).
Monday, August 25, 2025
Small Press Expo Announces Signups for Workshops at SPX 2025
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Peter Kuper reviews the new documentary on Pat Oliphant
Film review - A Savage Art: The life and cartoons of Pat Oliphant.
reviewed by Peter Kuper
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 25, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/08/film-review-savage-art-life-and.html
WaPo reviews China's “Ne Zha II”
Animation's all-time box office king is now in English. It may still confuse you. [in print as Chinese animated smash dazzles as its plot baffles]
"Ne Zha II" adapts a complex Chinese legend, helped by stunning visuals and a cast that includes Michelle Yeoh.
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/23-24/2025
Diamond is holding a million dollars worth of Fantagraphics' Comics... and so they are running a "We've Been Robbed" 30% off sale
23 Aug 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-is-holding-a-million-dollars-worth-of-fantagraphics-comics/
Marvel Comics' Memorial Pages For Jim Shooter, This Week
23 Aug 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-memorial-pages-for-jim-shooter-this-week/
Cartoonists For Gaza Unite To Confront Atrocities #cartoonistsforg4za
UK cartoonists launch "Cartoonists For Gaza" to respond to the humanitarian crisis, including Martin Rowson, Roger Langridge and Bryan Talbot
23 Aug 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cartoonists-for-gaza-unite-to-confront-atrocities-cartoonistsforg4za/
Exclusive Interview: Svengoolie Artist Collection designer Joe Staton on the horror and comics that shaped his legendary career
A little bit scary, a little bit funny. Who could be a more perfect fit?
Yikesgeist August 22, 2025, 11:06AM By MeTV Staff
https://metv.com/stories/exclusive-interview-comics-legend-joe-staton-dishes-on-the-superman-red-carpet-and-his-svengoolie-artist-collection-design
"It Kind of Changed My Life": The Story of Bone's Time in Disney Adventures, From the People Who Made It Happen
David Harper
August 20, 2025
https://sktchd.com/longform/bone-disney-adventures-retrospective/
The Oblivion Bar August 22, 2025
INTERVIEW: David Harper
https://www.oblivionbarpodcast.com/interview-david-harper-1/
Joe Staton's post August 22 2025
Joe Staton
[" I learned yesterday that Carole Curtis, writer Mike Curtis' wife, died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night."; Shanda Fantasy Arts]
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16qEYJ33HU/
Carole Anne Curtis [Shanda Fantasy Arts]
July 12, 1954 — August 19, 2025
https://www.wilcoxfamilyfuneralhomeandcrematory.com/obituaries/carole-curtis
["...now I'm seeing word that Guy H. Lillian III has passed."; The Amazing World of DC Comics staffer]
Paul Levitz's post (August 24 2025)
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YLNWoDU7W/
Paul Levitz
["I've just heard the very sad news that Dave Taylor has passed away of prostate cancer."]
The Mighty World of British Comics August 23 2025
Lew Stringer, Cartoonist
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ASTAFZgf8/
Kev McCready
Dave Taylor [interview]
Comic World, January 1993: 52
Online at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1996759171059864&set=p.1996759171059864&type=3
'KPop Demon Hunters' Sing-Along Version Coming to Netflix
Nicole Fell
August 24, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-netflix-1236352195/
'KPop Demon Hunters' Could Sing to Netflix's First Theatrical Hit
Even with a two-day theatrical run, the singalongs for 'KPop Demon Hunters' have kept the hype going strong.
By Justin Carter
August 24, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/kpop-demon-hunters-could-sing-to-netflixs-first-theatrical-hit-2000647379
Interview: Voice actors Kenji Nojima & Yusuke Kobayashi chat Dr. Stone: Science Future [anime]
By Kari Lane
The Beat 07/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-voice-actors-kenji-nojima-yusuke-kobayashi-chat-dr-stone-science-future/
AnimeNYC: Azuki makes YOUNG MAGAZINE ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION available for free
Ollie Kaplan on 08/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/azuki-makes-young-magazine-english-special-edition-available-for-free/
Hayden Sherman talks 'Absolute Wonder Woman', Batman, and DC's Absolute Universe at FAN EXPO Boston 2025
'Absolute Wonder Woman' artist Hayden Sherman joined IDW editor Heather Antos to discuss their career.
David Brooke
August 9, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/08/09/fanexpo-boston-2025-hayden-sherman/
David W Fitzsimmons
These political graphic novels and comic books are not for kids
David Fitzsimmons: Arizona's Progressive Voice Aug 24, 2025
https://davidwfitzsimmons.substack.com/p/these-political-graphic-novels-and
The New Yorker in Dog Years: 100 years of covers from a private collection" Exhibit to Open At The AKC Museum of The Dog
Liz on Aug 22 2025
https://caninechronicle.com/current-articles/the-new-yorker-in-dog-years-100-years-of-covers-from-a-private-collection-exhibit-to-open-at-the-akc-museum-of-the-dog/
Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: THE BOOK OF JUSKO, SHIN ZERO, THERION, and four more projects you'll love!
Diego Higuera on 08/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-the-book-of-jusko-shin-zero-therion-and-four-more-projects-youll-love/
Special Guests Greg and Karen Evans Celebrate 40 Years of Luann
Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett
August 21st, 2025 | 01:09:39 | E401
https://comiclab.simplecast.com/episodes/special-guests-greg-and-karen-evans-celebrate-40-years-of-luann
https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1021f92e-2010-48c6-a30b-f4f9d36ede9b/episodes/f6c3f774-3e2f-425d-856a-25f8f48840fd/audio/16def679-7193-417d-834e-63801907de8c/default_tc.mp3
Jack Ohman
My column for the San Francisco Chronicle on Artificial Intelligence and editorial cartooning...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha! Aug 23, 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/my-column-for-the-san-francisco-chronicle-6d0
DMA#24: with Special Guest New Yorker cartoonist Sofia Warren!
Jason Chatfield
New York Cartoons
Aug 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULbNpJMDHPA
aka
The Marvelous Mind of Sofia Warren (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Zombie Chic)
DMA#24: Quokka Soccer, the John Henry Complex & Why AI is or isn't going to be the death of all art.
Jason Chatfield and Sofia Warren
Aug 23, 2025
https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/the-marvelous-mind-of-sofia-warren
Cut 'Diamond.' And tell these obtuse triangles to go fly a kite [Diamond Lil, Specktickles letter]
Ty Childress
August 23 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/22/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-confederate-memorial-civil-war/
Grandpa and Frank and Ernest don't seem to be trying very hard anymore [Pickle, Frank and Ernest letter]
William A. McCollam,
August 23 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/22/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-confederate-memorial-civil-war/
Coming to an America Near You? Editoonist Apologizes for Comic [India, Hemant]
D. D. Degg
August 23, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/08/23/coming-to-an-america-near-you-editoonist-apologizes-for-comic/
Only Dream of Greatness: Tom Shapira on MOONSHADOW — THE DEFINITIVE EDITION — EXPANDED by J. M. DeMatteis and Jon J Muth
Tom Shapira
August 18, 2025
https://solrad.co/only-dream-of-greatness-tom-shapira-on-moonshadow-the-definitive-edition-expanded-by-j-m-dematteis-and-jon-j-muth
Doris Eileen Carr, August 18, 1929 — August 7, 2025 [ freelance writer for the Marmaduke comic strip]
https://www.halocremations.com/obituaries/doris-carr







