Saturday, September 06, 2025

The Informant by Daniel Boris



Breathtaker Book Release & Creator Signing - TODAY!




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Breathtaker Release Party!

The Acclaimed Graphic Novel

By Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel


Saturday, September 6th

TODAY!

10:00am to 4:00pm



Meet the creators

Mark Wheatley * Marc Hempel

and purchase one of 25 Limited Edition Copies with a tipped in Signed/Numbered plate


(only available from Beyond Comics).



Saturday, September 6th

10:00am to 4:00pm


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Special Pre-purchase Available!



Signed and Numbered With Tipped-in-plate

Hardcover Edition


Purchase Here!
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Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/5/2025

Dirk Maggs directing new, full-cast KINGDOM COME audiobook

 Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 09/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kingdom-come-audiobook/

 

The Beat Digest 09/05/25: GalaxyCon bans AI imagery

 Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 09/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-090525/

 

Life in Dystopia: 'Gachiakuta' Director Fumihiko Suganuma Offers Insights into the Popular Apocalyptic Anime

Charles Solomon

September 4, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/life-in-dystopia-gachiakuta-director-fumihiko-suganuma-offers-insights-into-the-popular-apocalyptic-anime/

This article was written for the November '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 353)

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

September 4, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-144/

 

ComicConnect Reports Top Summer Convention Sales

September 3, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/comicconnect-reports-top-summer-convention-sales/

 

Frank Frazetta Conan Painting Gets Its Own Auction at Heritage

August 29, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/frank-frazetta-conan-painting-gets-its-own-auction-at-heritage/

 

Overstreet Lands New Distribution Channels

Amanda Sheriff

  September 4, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/overstreet-lands-new-distribution-channels/

 

$7.5 Million Spent On Fees In The Diamond Bankruptcy Case, Up To July

04 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/7-5-million-spent-on-fees-in-the-diamond-bankruptcy-case-up-to-july/

 

Ad Hoc Reminds The Court Who Owns The Comics Diamond Want To Liquidate

The Ad Hoc Committee reminds the court who owns the comics that the Diamond debtors want to liquidate and Ad Populum are already selling

4 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ad-hoc-reminds-the-court-who-owns-the-comics-diamond-want-to-liquidate/

 

Antarctic Press, Korero Press & Class Comics, Hit By New U.S. Tariffs

  04 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/antarctic-press-korero-press-class-comics-hit-by-new-u-s-tariffs/

 

Rick Veitch Posts "I Know Nothing" Meme Over Swamp Thing #88 Gossip

04 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rick-veitch-posts-i-know-nothing-meme-over-swamp-thing-88-gossip/

 

EXCLUSIVE: PREORDERS HIT 350K FOR 'MARK SPEARS MONSTERS: THE MONSTER & THE WOLF'; Blind Bag Issue Will Contain One of 90 Covers, All by Spears  

Brigid Alverson

 September 4, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60462/exclusive-preorders-hit-350k-mark-spears-monsters-the-monster-the-wolf

 

EXCLUSIVE: ONI PLANS NEW-MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR 'HIGH STRANGENESS'

Across SpectreVision's 50 Podcasts with Over 1 Million Listeners

  Brigid Alverson on September 4, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60456/exclusive-oni-plans-new-media-marketing-campaign-high-strangeness

 

Beetle Bailey turns 75: the Army's lovable slacker marches on

By Clay Beyersdorfer

Sep 4, 2025

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2025/09/04/beetle-bailey-turns-75-the-armys-lovable-slacker-marches-on/

 

Editorial: 'Beetle Bailey' marches on at 75. America's laziest soldier has demanded generations of hard work

By Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board

Sep 3, 2025 https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/beetle-bailey-walker-connecticut-21028974.php

 

Media Advisory for Thursday, October 2, 2025: The 75th Anniversary of Charles Schulz' Peanuts!

streetinsider.com September 4, 2025 

https://www.streetinsider.com/Newsfile/Media+Advisory+for+Thursday%2C+October+2%2C+2025%3A+The+75th+Anniversary+of+Charles+Schulz+Peanuts%21/25296625.html

 

Worlds Collide in Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe

 

The Official Marvel Podcast September 3 2025

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-collide-in-godzilla-destroys-the-marvel-universe/id1751987465?i=1000724699065

 

Cartoonist Joe Wos Celebrates the Amazing Friends We Meet Along the Way: a Seven With Sue (+1) Q&A

September 3, 2025 by Sue

https://www.pghlesbian.com/2025/09/cartoonist-joe-wos-celebrates-the-amazing-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-a-seven-with-sue-1-qa/

 

Autumn Almanac — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | September 5, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/autumn-almanac-this-weeks-links/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Iolanda Zanfardino on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Comic Book, 'No Saints Nor Poets #1'

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 3, 2025

     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57349-fanbase-press-interviews-iolanda-zanfardino-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-comic-book-no-saints-nor-poets-1/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Karenza Sparks on Launching a Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'The Corus Wave,' in Collaboration with Avery Hill Publishing

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 2, 2025

    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57333-fanbase-press-interviews-karenza-sparks-on-launching-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-the-corus-wave-in-collaboration-with-avery-hill-publishing/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Andrew Clemson on Launching a Kickstarter Campaign for the Collected Edition of the Comic Book Series, 'Bete Noir'

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    August 29, 2025

     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57315-fanbase-press-interviews-andrew-clemson-on-launching-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-collected-edition-of-the-comic-book-series-bete-noir/

 

Picture + Panel | Štěpánka Jislová + Sofia Szamosi on 'the lies the TV told me'

JK Parkin

September 3, 2025

https://smashpages.net/2025/09/03/picture-panel-stepanka-jislova-sofia-szamosi-on-the-lies-the-tv-told-me/

 

X-Men Monday #309 – Erica Schultz Talks 'Laura Kinney: Sabretooth'

Chris Hassan

September 1, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/01/x-men-monday-erica-schultz-sabretooth-2/

 

Reconciliation through body horror: Ryan Parrott dissects new series 'It Killed Everyone But Me'

The 'slasher flick for the survivor's generation' debuts September 10.

Chris Coplan

September 2, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/02/it-killed-everyone-but-me-feature/

 

'Expecting the Unexpected': Ronda Rousey writes a new kind of action hero

A hit-woman with a baby bump.

David Brooke

September 4, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/04/ronda-rousey-expecting-the-unexpected/

 

'Super Visible': A conversation with the women who shaped Marvel

Margaret Stohl, Jeanine Schaefer, and Judith Stephens discuss 'Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics'.

Jennifer Chu

September 4, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/04/super-visible-the-story-of-the-women-of-marvel-comic/

 

As comic books evolve, New Mexico artists and shops find their place

    John Miller / Journal Aug 31, 2025

    https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_e226c353-c9ac-4bea-8006-f3e742022e51.html

 

Bertrais, Dolorès, Schurr,  Carolin , and Peterle,  Giada. 2025. Book review: Bornées. Une histoire illustrée de la frontière/Along the Line. Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, Geographica Helvetica  80 ( 28 Aug 2025): 251–259, https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-80-251-2025 and https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/80/251/2025/

 

Exhibit Review: Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is Always Open

Reviewed by Carli Spina

International Journal of Comic Art blog September 5, 2025  https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/exhibit-review-tove-jansson-and-moomins.html

 

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #133: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

"'The Joy of Snacking' is funny, because I can't write about trauma without laughing."

Sari Botton

Sep 05, 2025

https://memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir-land-author-questionnaire-dd6


Stuart Schreck ankles Diamond for Dark Horse
Heidi MacDonald on 09/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/stuart-schreck-ankles-diamond-for-dark-horse/

Mark Spears Monsters #1 sells 350,000 copies
Heidi MacDonald on 09/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mark-spears-monsters-1-sells-350000-copies/

Graphic novels: Why are kids gravitating to this format?
Library Journal says graphic novel sales have more than doubled since 2019, with 35 million books sold in the U.S. and Canada.
By: Damon Maloney
Sep 03, 2025
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/graphic-novels-why-are-kids-gravitating-to-this-format

New Documentary Tells the Tumultuous Tale of Famed Political Cartoonist [Pat Oliphant]
    Ania Hull
    Sep 5, 2025
    https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/new-documentary-tells-the-tumultuous-tale-of-famed-political-cartoonist/article_86efb5f8-add3-45e9-aac8-ff4f15880537.html

Bill Banowsky on Capturing One of the Great Portraitists of Sketchy Characters in "A Savage Art: The Life and Cartoons of Pat Oliphant"
The mastermind behind Magnolia Pictures and Violet Crown Cinema discusses the political cartoonist that finally drew him behind the camera.
Stephen Saito
    September 5, 2025
    https://moveablefest.com/bill-banowsky-a-savage-art-the-life-and-cartoons-of-pat-oliphant/

The cartoonist who made presidents tremble
In the new documentary "A Savage Art," Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant finds history repeating itself
By Coleman Spilde
  September 5, 2025
https://www.salon.com/2025/09/05/the-cartoonist-who-made-presidents-tremble/

THE LAST SPARTAN: RED TAPE Q&A with Tyler Mane
8/22/25
 Jonathan James
https://dailydead.com/the-last-spartan-red-tape-qa-with-tyler-mane/

'Infinity Castle' Voice Actors Reflect on the Beginning of the End of 'Demon Slayer'
The voices of Tanjiro and Giyu credit the show for transforming anime from a niche pastime into a pop culture cornerstone.
By Isaiah Colbert
io9 September 5, 2025  https://gizmodo.com/infinity-castle-voice-actors-reflect-on-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-demon-slayer-2000654423

Blind Bags, Live Selling and The Future of Collecting with Jack DeMayo [Comics, Whatnot]
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
 Aug 28, 2025 Comic Industry Insiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JC9kBsR-V4

From Fences to Funny: Nate Fakes and the World of Break of Day
Alex G
Comics Kingdom
 Sep 5, 2025 Inside The Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aN--QmLukE

Comic Culture at Galaxy Con 2025
terence dollard
 Sep 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3t7Tp_PUY0

Conan the Barbarian's mighty editors and creators storm the stage at San Diego Comic-Con 2025!
 Forbidden Planet TV
 Sep 4, 2025 Conversations with Andrew Sumner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAadhhXocCg

Matt Fraction's New Era Of Batman
word balloon  Sep 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9sf9MPzdY

Fun Adventures coming from Franco
word balloon September 5 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcSnKTPcf-U

SAW Friday Night Comics with Tommi Parrish
Sequential Artists Workshop September 5 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHvxW1fCoh8

The Scariest Comic You Haven't Read… Yet [Matt Forsyth, BounD]
Barney Smith
Storycomic Presents   Sep 5, 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iGikQlEr1o

Michael McMillan, Gary Panter and Dan Nadel, September 2nd, 2025
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium
 Sep 2, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcUb0E4Mu_A

RAY LAGO | PENCIL TO PENCIL 9/3/25
JAMAR NICHOLAS, STEVE CONLEY and MIKE MANLEY
Pencil to Pencil
 Sep 3, 2025
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp5CtemupFQ

#241: Jeremy Haun and Mike Tisserand - Creators of Murder Podcast
Justin Soderberg  Sep 3, 2025 Capes and Tights Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWX9_QDVMwk

Words, Images, & Worlds: Kevysie Studios Edition [Kevin Davis]
Jason DeHart
Sep 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVItsYJkkEs

Interview with Comic Art Collector Michael Traylor
Bill Cox
CAF+ Sep 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA8QOhCd1d0

Wheeling and Comic Art Dealing with Anthony Snyder
Bill Cox
CAF+ Sep 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9PMfZj-XzA

Brown, Joshua. 1988. Review Essay: Of Mice and Memory [Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman]. The Oral History Review 16 (1; Spring): 91-109. Online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3674810

Friday, September 05, 2025

The Loser by Daniel Boris

 


Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/4/2025

Gag Recap is Kaput – A Recap

D. D. Degg 

September 3, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/03/gag-recap-is-kaput-a-recap/

 

New Bazooka Joe Sports Comics – Updated with Pete Bregman

D. D. Degg 

 September 4, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/03/new-bazooka-joe-sports-comics/

 

Bazooka Joe® Enters the Big Leagues with All-Star Athlete Comic Collaboration

Bazooka Brands Sep 03, 2025

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bazooka-joe-enters-the-big-leagues-with-all-star-athlete-comic-collaboration-302544520.html

 

Comics man reveals his edge: Mort Todd has caused controversy by creating TV commercials and editorials with teeth.

Portland Press Herald September 23, 2012           

Ray Routhier

https://www.pressherald.com/2012/09/23/comics-man-reveals-his-edge-_2012-09-24/

 

Marvel and DC comic creator Mort Todd of Portland dies at 63

The Maine native, who died Sunday, worked for Marvel and DC comics as well as Cracked magazine and helped launch others' comic careers.

August 29 2025

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/29/marvel-and-dc-comic-creator-mort-todd-of-portland-dies-at-63/

Ray Routhier

 

'South Park' Gets Biblical as Trump and Satan Go Public and Drop a Major Revelation

It starts as an episode about tariffs and Labubus and ends with the approaching end times. Uh-oh.

Kevin Dolak

September 3, 2025 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-biblical-trump-satan-tariffs-butters-1236360967/

 

Disney Theatrical's Thomas Schumacher Set to Depart Company

Schumacher helped create Disney's theatrical division, ushering in hits such as 'The Lion King,' 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty and the Beast.'

Caitlin Huston

September 3, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-theatrical-thomas-schumacher-depart-company-1236360063/

 

Joe Casey Writes Sep 4, 2025

 FIRST LOVE: First Comics, that is...

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/first-love

 

Unifrance Rendez-Vous Report Shows Decline in French Animation Sales

Animation Magazine

September 3, 2025   https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/unifrance-rendez-vous-report-shows-decline-in-french-animation-sales/

 

Canada's Corus Shuts Down Production at Nelvana Studios

Ramin Zahed

September 2, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/canadas-corus-shuts-down-production-at-nelvana-studios/


Lunar and DC react to early sales of bagged Batman #1 – but it's not over
Heidi MacDonald on 09/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/lunar-and-dc-react-to-early-sales-of-bagged-batman-1-but-its-not-over/

51% of Brits believe comics are for kids
Dean Simons on 09/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/51-of-brits-believe-comics-are-for-kids/

    Fanbase Press Interviews David Hartman on the Launch of a Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Monster Drive-In: Isle of Evil'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 3, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57344-fanbase-press-interviews-david-hartman-on-the-launch-of-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-monster-drive-in-isle-of-evil/

How Anime Took Over America
Anime has morphed from a niche Japanese export to become the defining visual language of cartoon animation. Why did it happen? How did anime conquer the world?
By Joshua Hunt
Sept. 3, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/03/magazine/anime-manga-pokemon-demon-slayer-dragon-ball-z.html

Wall-E and the Value of Embracing the Unknown and Unpredictable
Pixar's finest film reminds us that living in fear of the unknown is no way to live.
Dan Persons
August 28, 2025
https://reactormag.com/wall-e-and-the-value-of-the-accidental-x-factor/

A Spider's Unsung Industry: Appreciating Kamaji of Spirited Away
Hats off to the hardest working spider-person in all of anime!
Leah Thomas
September 4, 2025
https://reactormag.com/a-spiders-unsung-industry-appreciating-kamaji-of-spirited-away/

Jason Chatfield
Asher Perlman & The Art of Eugene
New York Cartoons Sep 4, 2025 https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/asher-perlman-and-the-art-of-eugene

Getting to Know: Maple Lam
Jonathan Roth
Beep Boop Blog August 25, 2025
https://jonathan-roth.com/2025/08/25/getting-to-know-maple-lam/

Getting to Know: Alexis Frederick-Frost
Jonathan Roth
Beep Boop Blog September 4, 2025 https://jonathan-roth.com/2025/09/04/getting-to-know-alexis-frederick-frost/

The Joker as queer icon
Cesar Romero's camp performance is part of my gay coming of age
Samuel Garza Bernstein
Washington Blade Aug 29, 2025: 20.
online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/09/01/cesar-romero-joker-is-wild/

Thursday, September 04, 2025

Cesar Romero’s Joker in the Washington Blade

The Joker as queer icon

Cesar Romero's camp performance is part of my gay coming of age

Washington Blade 

Jonathan Roth's 2 new cartoonist interviews including local Alexis Frederick-Frost


Getting to Know: Alexis Frederick-Frost


Getting to Know: Maple Lam

Jonathan Roth

Greg Halayko's The Enchanted Dagger Comic Book Kickstarter campaign


I've been working with public domain Golden Age characters from the 1940's at the suggestion of a local comic convention organizer here in Northern Virginia. I told him I was looking for a fun angle to cut my teeth on and develop my skills before I attempted any magnum opuses. I was skeptical at first but soon discovered a Simpsons-esque pantheon of zany characters from the 1940's. To my surprise I was inspired! My early attempts sprang forth with ease. Soon I was developing this strange outline about cartoon mobsters and spectral folk heroes from Americana. An outline for a longer series was taking form. Then I found The Enchanted Dagger, one of the oddest of the Golden Age weirdos, with his zentai body suit, logo-less and inconsistent in color. Suddenly I had enough material to make a whole series and that's what I did. Thank you!

Ahh... The Enchanted Dagger.   I too was drawn in by it's mystical powers...  Many years ago when I started working on this comic, I declared that if I could finish 7 of the planned 9 issues in the series, I would consider it viable and crowdfund it.  That goal has now been accomplished!  Accordingly, I am pleased to present the first 3 issues of "The Enchanted Dagger:  A Lurid Tale of Political Intrigue", a Golden Age mash-up with some flashes of Heavy Metal Magazine style naughtiness.

The Enchanted Dagger tells the story of Roger Chalmers, a rising political neophyte who holds the political establishment of Great City in his thrall.  With the aid of the Enchanted Dagger, a magic knife which compels the truth from all who are subject to it, Roger has the politicians cowering in disarray.  What do politicians fear more than the truth?  The bad news is that Great City is populated by a rogues gallery of Golden Age has-beens and never-wuzzes.... and they're going to do all they can to bring Roger to heel!

The Enchanted Dagger is a 9 issue comic book series in full color.  

To expedite our project, we're putting up the first 3 issues of the comic in this first campaign. Each issue is going to run about 32 pages.  So, this campaign is for the first 90 pages of our comic story!  We'll follow this campaign with one for issues 4&5 soon, followed by 6&7,  and so on.  This is a crowdfund in the truest sense.  100 percent of what we are attempting to raise is going to printing and shipping, helping to build an inventory.  Thank you!

Take a look at what you're in for in the first 3 issues...



Small Press Expo Announces Signups for Workshops at SPX 2025

 

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR YOUR WORKSHOPS, IGNORE THIS EMAIL!!!!


SPX Announces the Workshops Track of Programming.


In addition to the 22 program panels, there will be 18 workshops over the two days of SPX 2025, to be held September 13 & 14 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.


These workshops are free and open to any participants. They're aimed at a wide variety of ages and skill sets, from kids just starting out to experienced cartoonists looking to sharpen their skills with a master class. In response to last year's enthusiastic response, we will continue to have two figure drawing workshops featuring model Babs New(d). (18+ only, please.)


Graduates and representatives of the Center For Cartoon Studies (CCS), the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW), and the School of Visual Arts (SVA) will be on hand to lead many of these workshops.



Here are a few highlights of this year's workshops:



  • Connecting With Your Audience Through Cover Design, with Briana Loewinsohn & Thien Pham
  • Mastering Pictorial Composition: Rewire Your Brain, with Celine Loup
  • Drawing The Shapes Of Feelings, with Mara Ramirez
  • Choose Your Own Path - Making Interactive Comics with Multiple Endings, with Bread Tarleton



Sign up for any of the 18 workshops at this year's show here on the SPX web site.


Any questions on the workshops, please send them to rob.clough@smallpressexpo.com

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of workshops, panel discussions and interviews with this year's special guests.


The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show.


For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com.


Small Press Expo

P.O. Box 5704

Bethesda, Maryland

20824


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Small Press Expo | P.O. Box 5704 | Bethesda, MD 20824 US

 
 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/3/2025

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Randy Myers of Collector's Corner in Baltimore, Has Died. RIP [store]. Bleeding Cool (September 2): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/randy-myers-collectors-corner-in-baltimore-has-died-rip/

 

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Dynamite Turns To Kickstarter For Soo Lee's Wizard Of Oz Adaptation. Bleeding Cool (September 2): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dynamite-turns-to-kickstarter-for-soo-lees-wizard-of-oz-adaptation/

 

Now The New York Times For Kids Quits Print

D. D. Degg 

September 2, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/02/now-the-new-york-times-for-kids-quits-print/

 

After Eight Years, a Kids Section Says Goodbye

The New York Times for Kids took its audience seriously by pursuing topics that children had questions about, from money and puberty to cake and slime.

By Vivian Ewing

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 31, 2025, Section A, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: A Print Section That Let Kids Lead the Way

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/insider/kids-section-closes.html

 

Kids Take Over The Times

By Remy Tumin

    A version of this article appears in print on May 14, 2017, Section A, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Kids Take Over The Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/insider/kids-take-over-the-times-opinion-special-section.html

 

We Interview: Cavan Scott (Gwenpool (2025), Star Wars, Titans United, and more)! / #starwars #marvel

GamingTrend  Aug 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8MXqE-iQ4

 

Fifty-eight views of Miss Ruki [manga; Fumiko Takano]

Daniel Meyerowitz | September 3, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/fifty-eight-views-of-miss-ruki/

 

Jim Davis Reveals the Secret to Garfield's Timeless Popularity

In this exclusive interview, "Garfield" creator Jim Davis reflects on the comic's evolution, the cat's staying power, and what it's like writing for a global icon.

Nicole Kinning

August 28, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/extras/garfield-jim-davis-interview

 

New Comic "The Ancients" Finds Humor in Aging

How creator Joe Berger turned a moment of parental frustration into a funny look at the generation gap.

Nicole Kinning

August 28, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/extras/the-ancients-launches-gocomics

 

Pulitzer Prize Winning Comic Adaptation TV Series Officially Cancelled [Bloom County]

Nick Bythrow

  Screen Rant September 2 2025

https://screenrant.com/bloom-county-show-cancelled-berkeley-breathed/

 

Fifty-eight views of Miss Ruki

Daniel Meyerowitz | September 3, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/fifty-eight-views-of-miss-ruki/

 

Star Forest Harmonies: Genevieve LeDoux Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Indie Animated Musical IP

Ramin Zahed

September 2, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/star-forest-harmonies-genevieve-ledoux-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-of-her-indie-animated-musical-ip/

 

Disney/Marvel Now Restrict Fantagraphics Over Bill Everett Collection

Disney and Marvel now restrict Fantagraphics over the publication of their third Atlas collection, featuring the work of Bill Everett

, 01 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/disney-marvel-fantagraphics-bill-everett-collection/

 

Canada Schools Ban Watchmen, Saga, Giant Days, Gender Queer & Blankets

Canadian schools ban Watchmen, Saga, Giant Days, Gender Queer and Blankets, as well as Brave New World, 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale

02 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/canada-schools-ban-watchmen-saga-giant-days-gender-queer-blankets/

 

Police Called On Artist Accused Of Selling A.I. Art At Dragon Con

This time, police were called on an artist accused of selling A.I. art, over the weekend at Dragon Con

1 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/police-called-on-artist-accused-of-selling-a-i-art-at-dragon-con/


Short Stories From the 'Chainsaw Man' Creator Are Becoming a Prime Video Anime
'Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-28' will adapt eight stories its creator made before 'Fire Punch' and 'Chainsaw Man' made him famous.
By Isaiah Colbert
io9 September 2, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/short-stories-from-the-chainsaw-man-creator-are-becoming-a-prime-video-anime-2000651948

Reilly Brown Talks Making 'Thunder Guardian' With His Third-Grade Son
Alex Zalben
https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/12/26/reilly-brown-thunder-guardian-zoop-interview/

Questlove's 'The Aristocats' Live-Action Movie Scrapped by Disney
McKinley Franklin
August 29, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/aristocats-live-action-movie-scrapped-disney-questlove-1236357446/

James Gunn Unveils 'Man of Tomorrow' as His 'Superman' Follow-Up
Aaron Couch, Borys Kit
September 3, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/man-of-tomororw-super-man-movie-1236350987/

"Crowdfunding Lessons Learned for Indie Cartoonists" San Diego Comic-Con International Panel
Justin Giampaoli (mod.), Karla Medrano, Stephanie Williams, Melissa J. Massey, Arthur N. Ebuen, and Ryan Claytor
Ryan Claytor  Aug 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4RhEkhidY

"Writing Disciplines for the Undisciplined" San Diego Comic-Con International Panel
Ryan Claytor (mod.),  Arthur N. Ebuen, Justin Giampaoli, Melissa J. Massey, Karla Medrano, and Stephanie Williams
Ryan Claytor
 Aug 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPF-P7x2vE