Saturday, September 20, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/19/2025

Simon, Kris (aka Editor Girl!) and Christian Gossett. 2025. Rodney Barnes on Stephen King! Superfan Podcast (1; September 19): https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/superfan-podcast-ep-01

Rasmussen Lecture brings comics to life; Studying comics means studying the humanities, says Justin Wigard, assistant professor of English at UND
Joe Banish
March 18, 2025
 https://blogs.und.edu/und-today/2025/03/rasmussen-lecture-brings-comics-to-life/

Last chance to see Unreal Comics of Liverpool exhibition [Tommy Graham]
 John Freeman on September 18, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/last-chance-to-see-unreal-comics-of-liverpool-exhibition/

Do You Remember Tiffany Jones?
John Freeman on September 18, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/do-you-remember-tiffany-jones/

Lost Newspaper Strips: Enric Badia Romero's "Kathy and Wendy"
John Freeman on September 18, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/lost-newspaper-strips-enric-badia-romeros-kathy-and-wendy/

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: SYSTEMIC, MACABRE VALLEY, SPACE RELIC HUNTERS, and four more projects you'll love!
Diego Higuera on 09/19/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-lon-chaney-phantom-macabre-valley-space-relic-hunters/

Rikke Villadsen's Did Käthe Kollwitz Inhabit Me? A comic artist is left transformed by an encounter with Kollwitz's haunting self-portraits.
Rikke Villadsen
Apr 10, 2024
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/1057

Camila Kerwin's Swift Discover the true story of illustrator-turned-ornithologist Althea Sherman.
Camila Kerwin
Mar 19, 2025
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/1203

Han, Angie. 2025. 'Haunted Hotel' Review: Netflix's Blandly Pleasant Ghost Cartoon Struggles to Leave a Mark; Dan Harmon serves as executive producer on an animated comedy starring Will Forte, Eliza Coupe and Skyler Gisondo, from 'Rick and Morty' alum Matt Roller. Hollywood Reporter (September 19): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/haunted-hotel-review-netflix-1236368767/

Spry, Jeff. 2025. 'Haunted Hotel' Creator Matt Roller Shares the Spooky Secrets of His New Netflix Animated Series. Animation Magazine (352; September-October).  Online (September 18) at https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/haunted-hotel-creator-matt-roller-shares-the-spooky-secrets-of-his-new-netflix-animated-series/

'Demon Slayer' Review: Arresting Visuals on a Familiar Battleground
Natalia Winkelman
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 20, 2025, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Arresting Visuals As Good Fights Evil.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/movies/demon-slayer-review.html

New Luminate Report Highlights TV Animation Drop
Animation Magazine
September 18, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/new-luminate-report-highlights-tv-animation-drop/

Prime Video's 'Bat-Fam' Unmasks Voice Cast Heroes and Villains
 Mercedes Milligan
September 18, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/prime-videos-bat-fam-unmasks-voice-cast-heroes-and-villains/

Oscar-Nominated Animator Joanna Quinn on Launching a Global Anijam for Gaza (Exclusive)
 Mercedes Milligan and  Ramin Zahed
September 18, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/oscar-nominated-animator-joanna-quinn-on-launching-a-global-anijam-for-gaza-exclusive/

Danielle Brooks Is a Superhuman in Real Life and in 'Peacemaker'
Carly Thomas
September 19, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/danielle-brooks-peacemaker-season-2-career-interview-1236372343/

Turn The Page – Episode 368B – Paul Cornell & Rachael Smith [WHO KILLED NESSIE?]
 September 18, 2025 by Jenn
http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/09/18/turn-the-page-episode-368b/
https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/368_B_Cornell_and_Smith.mp3

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
Scoop September 18, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-146/

Inside the Guide: Top 20 Silver Age Comics in 2015
 Scoop September 18, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/inside-the-guide-top-20-silver-age-comics-in-2015/

Heritage Comics & Comic Art Auction Rises to $32.8 Million
Amanda Sheriff
September 16, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/heritage-comics-comic-art-auction-rises-to-32-8-million/

ComicConnect Sells Detective #27 CGC 8.5 Restored for Record $520K
Amanda Sheriff
Scoop September 17, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/comicconnect-sells-detective-27-cgc-8-5-restored-for-record-520k/

Frederick Luis Aldama Talk With Victoria Ramirez Rahbar [comics scholars]
Victoria Ramirez Rahbar
Comics Studies Society Aug 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ0-dNnaa8g

San Diego Comic Con 2025 in pictures
Chris Anthony Diaz | September 19, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/san-diego-comic-con-2025-in-pictures/

Roz Chast's Museumland: A cartoonist pines for museums during lockdown.
Roz Chast
Mar 24, 2021
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/526

Visualising Small Traumas: Contemporary Portuguese Comics at the Intersection of Everyday Trauma
Pedro Moura
2022
Leuven University Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1r1nqrc
Online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1r1nqrc and https://muse.jhu.edu/book/109373

Book Review: Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: Studies in Genre
Reviewed by Jean Sébastien, Collège de Maisonneuve
International Journal of Comic Art blog September 19, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/book-review-indigenous-comics-and.html

James J. Donahue. Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: Studies in Genre. Jackson:  University Press of Mississippi, 2024. 198 pp. US $25.00 (Paperback). ISBN:  978-1-4968-5050-8. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/I/Indigenous-Comics-and-Graphic-Novels

My Kid Loves Dav Pilkey Books. What Should They Read Next?
Twelve recommendations for fans of the Dog Man, Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club series.
Travis Jonker
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 21, 2025, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Kids Who Love Dav Pilkey's Books ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/books/review/graphic-novels-kids-dav-pilkey.html

The Metropolitan Opera Delves Into Comic Books [ "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay."]
By Jane Bua,
Goings On September 19, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/the-metropolitan-opera-delves-into-comic-books

Barry Blitt's "Remote Control"
The President's watch list.
By Françoise Mouly and  Art by Barry Blitt
September 18, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-09-29

The Ninth Art at the Centre Georges Pompidou: A Review of Comics 1964-2024
 Mark David Nevins
International Journal of Comic Art blog September 20, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-ninth-art-at-centre-georges.html

Where Light Barely Reaches — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | September 19, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/where-light-barely-reaches-this-weeks-links/

NICK BERTOZZI for KARMOPOLIS: THE LAND OF CARS
Comix Experience
 Sep 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8guTdMj18

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society
Volume 9, Issue 2, Summer 2025
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55554

Remapping the Imperial Valley–Mexicali Borderlands in Jose Pimienta's Comics
David Barrera
pp. 135-155
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969125
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969125/pdf

Are Superhero Comics Copaganda?
Shea Hennum
pp. 156-176
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969126
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969126/pdf

Thing Beats Hulk
Peter Nagy
pp. 177-193
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969127
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969127/pdf

Editorial Preface
p. 194
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969128
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969128/pdf

True North
Bart Beaty
pp. 195-198
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969129
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969129/pdf


Comics Are a Subversive Medium
Margaret Galvan
pp. 199-203
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969130
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969130/pdf

Comics Studies Conferences in a Time of Crisis
Andrew J. Kunka
pp. 204-207
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969131
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969131/pdf

It's 2025
Patrick S. Lawrence
pp. 208-212
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969132
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969132/pdf

How Do Your Students Feel About That? A Reflection on the Use of Graphic Narratives in History Surveys in the State of Texas
Gabrielle Lyle
pp. 213-217
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969133
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969133/pdf

BOOM! SPLAT! Comics and Violence ed. by Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt (review)
Harriet E. H. Earle
pp. 218-220
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969134
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969134/pdf

Christianity and Comics: Stories We Tell About Heaven and Hell by Blair Davis (review)
Siobhán Jolley
pp. 221-223
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969135
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969135/pdf

The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men by J. Andrew Deman (review)
Charlotte J. Fabricius
pp. 224-226
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969136
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969136/pdf

Contributors
pp. 227-228
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969136
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/969136/pdf

Off Panel #517: Hmmm with Ngozi Ukazu
September 15 2025
 https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-517-hmmm-with-ngozi-ukazu

Roundtable Interview: Haga and Kang Jiyoung of King's Maker (Anime NYC 2025)
By wendeego
September 16, 2025
https://yattatachi.com/roundtable-interview-haga-and-kang-jiyoung-of-kings-maker-anime-nyc-2025

Roundtable Interview: Minetaro Mochizuki (Anime NYC 2025)
By wendeego
September 16, 2025
https://yattatachi.com/roundtable-interview-minetaro-mochizuki

Graphic novelist and illustrator Hans Rickheit says Central Mass 'needs more weird art'
 Margaret Smith
Worcester Magazine
https://www.worcestermag.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2025/09/17/last-call-hans-rickheit-graphic-artist/86165219007/

Scott, Bryant. 2025. Disconsolate Suffering: Joe Sacco's Comics Journalism and the Ambivalence of Humanitarian Witnessing. Journal of Popular Culture (September 7): https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70021 ; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpcu.70021 ;
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpcu.70021

X-Men Monday #312 – Saladin Ahmed Talks 'The Last Wolverine'
Chris Hassan
September 15, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/15/x-men-monday-312-saladin-ahmed-wolverine/

A Raw Depiction of What Panic Feels Like: Lee Lai's Cannon builds up to an earthshaking moment when its protagonist's anxiety can no longer be contained.
By Emma Sarappo
September 12, 2025
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/books-briefing-what-panic-feels-like/684188/

For Webtoon Creator Mongie, Let's Play is Personal [Leeanne M. Krecic; Let's Play].
by Lynzee Loveridge, Sep 15th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-09-15/for-webtoon-creator-mongie-let-play-is-personal/.226703

Fun Home at York Medical Society: An Interview with Claire Morley
Alison Bechdel's graphic novel is brought to life in this musical from Pick Me Up Theatre
By Jenny Hall
15/09/2025
https://www.nouse.co.uk/articles/2025/09/15/fun-home-at-york-medical-society-an-interview-with-claire-morley-37bg0

'I'm from where you learn to run before you can walk': the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC's conflict
Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of Goma
 Tam Patachako
Wed 17 Sep 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/17/cartoonist-edizon-musavuli-comic-drc-baraka-and-the-unpredictable-life-of-goma

The world's best comics store says immersive fantasy is key to its success [Spain]
By Gerry Hadden
The World  September 12, 2025
https://theworld.org/stories/2025/09/12/the-worlds-best-comics-store-says-immersive-fantasy-is-key-to-its-success

Otomo Katsuhiro
Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki
Broadcast on September 12, 2025
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/5001486/


John Gallagher and Megan Wagner Lloyd on NY Times recommended list

My Kid Loves Dav Pilkey Books. What Should They Read Next?

Twelve recommendations for fans of the Dog Man, Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club series.

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 21, 2025, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Kids Who Love Dav Pilkey's Books ....

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/books/review/graphic-novels-kids-dav-pilkey.html


Kids will likely come to this graphic novel series for the breakfast food theme, and stay for the laughs and adventure. After accidentally ingesting some of the visiting scientist Prof. Egglentine Egg's super serum at her school's Career Day, Peggy Pancake realizes she has superpowers. When her friend (and wannabe sidekick) Luc Croissant is captured by the evil Dr. Breakfast Sandwich, Peggy must embrace her new role as Super Pancake to save him. (Ages 7 to 10)


While visiting his scientist best friend, Mindy Microbe, the feline content creator Max Meow nibbles a radioactive meatball from outer space, giving him superpowers. He becomes the Cat Crusader, keeping Kittyopolis safe. When the evil mouse Agent M and a cloaked Big Boss send their henchman robot to steal the meatball, Max flies into action. The technicolor twists and turns and cliffhanger chapter endings of this graphic novel will have readers racing to the end. (Ages 7 to 10)


Friday, September 19, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/18/2025

Rotary Cartoon Awards 2025  [Australia]

D. D. Degg 

 September 18, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/18/rotary-cartoon-awards-2025/

 

YA GRAPHIC NOVEL RECOUNTS ATTEMPT TO BAN 'PERSEPOLIS' IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS

Story of Student Advocacy Told by Librarian Who Was Involved

Brigid Alverson on September 17, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60568/ya-graphic-novel-recounts-attempt-ban-persepolis-chicago-schools

 

Avatar Press Tells Retailers Why They Can't Supply Them With Comics

Avatar Press tells comic book stores why they can't supply them with comics right now, as a result of their contract with Diamond

17 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/avatar-press-tells-retailers-why-they-cant-supply-them-with-comics/

 

Tony D'Adamo – RIP

D. D. Degg

September 17, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/17/tony-dadamo/

 

Anthony F. D'Adamo Obituary

June 12, 1931 - September 15, 2025

Clayton Funeral Home

https://claytonkingspark.com/book-of-memories/5637688/DAdamo-Anthony/index.php

 

Anthony "Tony" D'Adamo 1931 - 2025

Mike Lynch Cartoons September 16, 2025

https://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2025/09/anthony-tony-dadamo-1931-2025.html

 

Willie Wiredhand comics from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

September 18, 2025

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/09/willie-wiredhand-comics-from-national.html

 

"When You Erase Human Beings, It Starts To Get Weird": A Jakub Woynarowski Interview [Poland]

José Alaniz

International Journal of Comic Art blog September 18, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-you-erase-human-beings-it-starts.html

 

"J vs. K," with Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft

Megan Halsband (mod.)

Library of Congress September 18, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqNzxuywLQo

 

The Professional: Peter David, 1956-2025

Zach Rabiroff | September 18, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/the-professional-peter-david-1956-2025/

 

Roger Langridge Draws The Doughboys Podcast For New York Comic Con

by Rich Johnston

17 Sep 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/roger-langridge-draws-the-doughboys-podcast-for-new-york-comic-con/


INTERVIEW: The Humanity in the Margins, Crafting SYSTEMIC!
Diego Higuera on 09/18/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-the-humanity-in-the-margins-crafting-systemic/

Skottie Young
https://www.youtube.com/@SkottieYoungTV

I'VE BEEN AROUND 002: My Image Comics life (so far)
Joe Casey Writes Sep 18, 2025
https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/ive-been-around-002

    Fanbase Press Interviews Ariela Kristantina on the Upcoming Launch of the Graphic Novel, 'The Girl Who Draws on Whales,' with Comixology Originals
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 16, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57442-fanbase-press-interviews-ariela-kristantina-on-the-upcoming-launch-of-the-graphic-novel-the-girl-who-draws-on-whales-with-comixology-originals/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Paula Sevenbergen and Claudia Balboni on the Release of the New Horror Series, 'Flow,' through Mad Cave Studios
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 18, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57462-fanbase-press-interviews-paula-sevenbergen-and-claudia-balboni-on-the-release-of-the-new-horror-series-flow-through-mad-cave-studios/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Adam Szym on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novella Collection, 'Little Visitor & Other Abductions,' with Oni Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 18, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57456-fanbase-press-interviews-adam-szym-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novella-collection-little-visitor-other-abductions-with-oni-press/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Bruce Zick on the Upcoming Release of 'Captain Henry and the Graveyard of Time' with Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    September 12, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57421-fanbase-press-interviews-bruce-zick-on-the-upcoming-release-of-captain-henry-and-the-graveyard-of-time-with-mike-mignola-and-dark-horse-comics/

An Interview with Caroline Hu and Briana L. Martino on the 2025 New England Graphic Medicine Summit
Barbra Dillon
Fanbase Press
 Sep 12, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJLFa_NYgyU

Four Questions for ND Stevenson
By Amanda Ramirez              
Sep 18, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/98638-four-questions-for-nd-stevenson.html

Daniel Miyares on the Personal Story Behind 'How to Say Goodbye in Cuban'
By Daniel Miyares            
Sep 18, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/98628-daniel-miyares-on-the-personal-story-behind-how-to-say-goodbye-in-cuban.html

Batman #1 sells 500,000 copies, goes to second printing
Heidi MacDonald on 09/18/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/batman-1-sells-500000-copies-goes-to-second-printing/

'Batman No. 1' Comic Sells Over Half a Million Copies
The issue, which hit stores early September, is likely the top-selling comic of the year and shows the continued appetite for stories featuring The Dark Knight.
Borys Kit
September 18, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/batman-no-1-comic-sales-1236374496/

Licensing Hotline: September 2025
By Karen Raugust |
Sep 18, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/98645-licensing-hotline-september-2025.html

Snackable Manga: Quick Reads That Hit the Spot | Mondo Manga
by Brigid Alverson
Sep 16, 2025   https://www.slj.com/story/snackable-manga-quick-reads-that-hit-the-spot-mondo-manga

The Animation Guild Announces Historic Week of Organizing
 Mercedes Milligan
September 17, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/the-animation-guild-announces-historic-week-of-organizing/

Netflix Animation Studios and 'Ted' Series Production Workers Launch Unionization Drives
The staffers are attempting to join the Animation Guild, which continues to organize aggressively inside the production space.
Katie Kilkenny
September 17, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-ted-animation-production-workers-attempt-unionize-1236374070/

Q&A: Pasadena's Popular LightBox Expo Reveals Animated Details of 2025 Edition
  Mercedes Milligan
September 17, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/qa-lightbox-expo-reveals-animated-details-of-2025-edition/

MAGA Is Coming for the Arts!
Trump-approved Venice Biennale proposals, perspectives from artists who endured authoritarianism, and more in The Siren's third edition.
Coco Fusco, Noah Fischer and Pablo Helguera September 17, 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1042547/the-siren-maga-is-coming-for-the-arts/

Recognize! I've Seen That Before [art homage]
 D. D. Degg  
September 18, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/18/recognize-ive-seen-that-before/

Disney to buy into Webtoon in new comics platform tie-up
Nasdaq-listed Webtoon Entertainment shares soar as much as 90% in extended trading Monday
By Sookyung Seo
September 16, 2025  
https://www.kedglobal.com/webtoons/newsView/ked202509160004

Disney to Invest in Webtoon Entertainment With Plan for New Comics Platform
Webtoon will operate a new digital platform housing all of Disney's various comic brands, including Marvel and Star Wars
Dean Seal
Appeared in the September 16, 2025, print edition as 'Disney to Invest in Webtoon, Plans New Platform for Comics Brands'.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-to-invest-in-webtoon-entertainment-with-plan-for-new-comics-platform-ee52510f

Peter Sanderson
Thunderbolts Past and Present, Part 3
  Sep 18, 2025  : Sanderson on Comics
https://substack.com/inbox/post/173987625


Who Drew the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons? Part III
September 16, 2025 By Eric White
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/who-drew-the-classic-topps-baseball-cartoons-part-iii/

Thursday, September 18, 2025

His Royal Heinous by Daniel Boris


"J vs. K," with Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft

 "J vs. K," with Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft

Ministry of Silence by Daniel Boris

 

Willie Wiredhand comics from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

These have recently been added to the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs division, transferred from the Copyright division. They were done in 1956 and 1957 for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, which still exists.










 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/17/2025

Diamond Bankruptcy Court Hearing Is Now 22 Days Later

The next big hearing for the Diamond Chapter 11 bankruptcy process was meant to be on the 30th of September, but has now been delayed.

  16 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-bankruptcy-court-hearing-is-now-22-days-later/

 

Red Hood #1 Is Now A Forty Dollar Comic Book On eBay

17 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/red-hood-1-is-now-a-forty-dollar-comic-book-on-ebay/

 

Gilbert Shelton – Underground Comix legend to tell his story at Galway Cartoon Festival 2025

Gráinne Thornton - Sep 15, 2025

https://thisisgalway.ie/gilbert-shelton-underground-comix-legend-to-tell-his-story-at-galway-cartoon-festival-2025/

 

HPU gallery features acclaimed cartoonist Rich Powell

ENTERPRISE STAFF

    Sep 15, 2025 https://www.hpenews.com/news/hpu-gallery-features-acclaimed-cartoonist-rich-powell/article_cc6ea8e4-57f5-50c9-8273-61183234caf5.html

 

Junk World Revives A Cult Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Series With More Polish But No Less Madness

By Reuben Baron  |  September 16, 2025

https://www.endlessmode.com/anime/junk-world/junk-world-review

 

'South Park' to Skip Another Week as Creators Issue Last-Minute Statement

The Comedy Central series is skipping an additional week as Trey Parker and Matt Stone release a comment.

James Hibberd

September 17, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-skips-episode-charlie-kirk-1236373525/

 

Cartoonist behind cantankerous hillbilly strip Snuffy Smith drawn to Danville for event

Charles Wilborn

    Danville Register & Bee September 15 2025

https://godanriver.com/life-entertainment/local/art-theater/article_2e28db4f-18b2-4bd3-a6d7-799f60106f6d.html

 

Minneapolis artist K. Woodman-Maynard has a bold take on beloved 'Tuck Everlasting'

Local fiction: Approached by the estate of original writer Natalie Babbitt, the cartoonist re-imagines a classic.

By Chris Hewitt

The Minnesota Star Tribune August 26, 2025 https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-artist-k-maynard-woodman-has-a-bold-take-on-beloved-tuck-everlasting/601431469


DC Comics now available day and date on GlobalComix
Heidi MacDonald on 09/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-now-available-day-and-date-on-globalcomix/

Interview: Thomas E. Sniegoski & Jeannine S. Acheson introduce NIRA: A CONSTANCE EVERMORE STORY
Deanna Destito on 09/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-thomas-e-sniegoski-jeannine-s-acheson-introduce-nira-a-constance-evermore-story/

Exhibit Review: Background at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Poland
 Reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, Seattle
International Journal of Comic Art blog September 17, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/09/exhibit-review-background-at-manggha.html

Sketchverse Art Marathon: D.Y. Patil School of Design Creates a 2-Km-Long Comic Strip [India].
Salil Urunkar
18 Mar 2025,
https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/sketchverse-art-marathon-dy-patil-school-of-design-creates-a-2-km-long-comic-strip

December 10, 2024  Abby Andrulitis
What is Kawaii Art?
https://www.artandobject.com/news/what-kawaii-art

Spawn Creator Todd McFarlane Explains How to Break a Character Out of the Comics Bubble
Joe George, Nick Marino
Den of Geek September 15, 2025
https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/spawn-todd-mcfarlane-break-a-character-out-comics-bubble-video/

Have We Forgotten Batman Is for Kids?
Joe George
 Den of Geek September 16, 2025
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/forgotten-batman-is-for-kids/

Derek Kolstad's Sci-Fi Comic Book 'Planet Death' Sells 655K Copies
Anthony D'Alessandro
March 14, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/03/derek-kolstad-planet-death-comic-book-sales-1236326682/

Tallahassee's last comic book store? Fallout Comics keeps the scene alive
Dulce Ordonez and Catalina Salgado https://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2025/03/16/fallout-comics-keeps-the-pages-turning-in-tallahassee/82237705007/

Digital Comics update: Titan and Dynamite join Neon Ichiban
Heidi MacDonald on 09/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digital-comics-update-titan-and-dynamite-join-neon-ichiban/

Sturm & Sutphin's WATERSHIP DOWN adaptation wins French critics comics award
Dean Simons on 09/17/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sturm-sutphins-watership-down-adaptation-wins-french-critics-comics-award/

Truth, justice and Yiddishisms: How superhero comics tell the tale of American Jews
Marvel and DC were both started by 2nd-generation Jewish immigrants eager to break comic industry's glass ceiling, share their families' stories and punch Hitler right in the kisser
By Miriam Eve Mora 15 March 2025
https://www.timesofisrael.com/truth-justice-and-yiddishisms-how-superhero-comics-tell-the-tale-of-american-jews/

Janelle Monáe Announces 'The ArchAndroid' Graphic Novel
March 17, 2025
https://eurweb.com/janelle-monae-graphic-novel/

Janelle Monáe Unveils New Graphic Novel At Blerdcon, Expanding Her Sci-Fi Universe
By Editor at Global Grind,
2025-03-11
https://www.newsbreak.com/wol-am-1450am-95-9-fm-1590240/3852228090449-janelle-mon-e-unveils-new-graphic-novel-at-blerdcon-expanding-her-sci-fi-universe

Real Time, Real Life: Inside The Pajama Diaries with Terri Libenson
Comics Kingdom's Inside The Kingdom Sep 12, 2025  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVyU3oPOSkw


 Jack Ohman
A brief speech I gave about editorial cartooning today...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!  Sep 17, 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/a-brief-speech-i-gave-about-editorial




Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Sept 20: Brendan Slocumb at Mary Riley Styles Public Library



Brendan Slocumb, author of The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets, returns to Mary Riley Styles Public Library on Saturday, September 20th. He will be discussing The Dark Maestro, the newest of his literary thriller trio.

This novel follows cello prodigy Curtis Wilson who has clawed his way out of inner-city DC and risen to be one of the greats of the classical music world. However, his father, a midlevel drug dealer, crosses the kingpin who kept their family afloat, and the family finds their lives now in danger. The Dark Maestro is a propulsive story about sacrifice, loyalty, and the indomitable human spirit, and we can't wait for you to hear all about it at the event.

While events are free to attend, we are requesting reservations - sign up for Brendan Slocumb via MRSPL's website.

This is absolutely comics-related and I really enjoyed it. - Mike

Mordor in America (enjoy your stay) by Daniel Boris


Pachyderm Problems by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/16/2025

The Fifty Bestselling Adult Graphic Novels In The UK In 2025 So Far

The Fifty Bestselling Adult Graphic Novels In The UK In 2025 So Far - almost all manga, with four Marvel/DC superhero titles making it in.

15 Sep 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-fifty-bestselling-adult-graphic-novels-in-the-uk-in-2025-so-far/

 

Staffer: Diamond "Will Not Last Much Longer, Maybe… End Of The Year"

Sparkle Pop's Diamond Comics business division "will not last much longer, maybe not even until the end of the year" says departing longtime staffer.

Rich Johnston

15 Sep 2025 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/staffer-diamond-will-not-last-much-longer-maybe-end-of-the-year/

 

Diamond updates: "AENT's self professed naivete defies credulity."

Heidi MacDonald on 09/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-updates-aents-self-professed-naivete-defies-credulity/

 

Check out the remastered cover art for the new CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS ABSOLUTE EDITION

Joe Grunenwald on 09/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/crisis-on-infinite-earths-absolute-edition-cover-art/

 

The Beat Digest 09/16/25: THE WILL OF DOOM getting read out this December

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 09/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-091625/

 

EXCLUSIVE: How my job in newspapers became the new horror comic, MACABRE VALLEY #1

Zack Quaintance on 09/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-how-my-job-in-newspapers-became-the-new-horror-comic-macabre-valley-1/

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: PROMOTIONS, NEW HIRE AT MAD CAVE

In Marketing, Editorial, Operations

  Brigid Alverson on September 15, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60547/people-move-promotions-new-hire-mad-cave

 

'INVINCIBLE: SUPERHERO ROLEPLAYING' ANNOUNCED

Headed for Kickstarter

Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on September 15, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60549/invincible-superhero-roleplaying-announced

 

DISNEY AND WEBTOON TEAM UP TO CREATE NEW DIGITAL COMICS PLATFORM

Subscription Service with 35K+ Comics from Marvel, WEBTOON, More

  Brigid Alverson on September 15, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60553/disney-webtoon-team-up-create-new-digital-comics-platform

 

FRANK FRAZETTA 'CONAN' 'MAN APE' PAINTING HAMMERS AT $13.5 MILLION

At Recent Heritage Comic Art Signature Auction

Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on September 16, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60558/frank-frazetta-conan-man-ape-painting-hammers-13-5-million

 

EXCLUSIVE: DYNAMITE SIGNS ON WITH NEON ICHIBAN

'The Boys,' 'ThunderCats,' and More Coming to Digital Platform

  Brigid Alverson on September 16, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60559/exclusive-dynamite-signs-neon-ichiban

 

Author brings comic to life in real time for middle schoolers

Nathan Hale to release new book in October

    By ALAYLIA WILSON Express Staff Writer

    Mar 14, 2025 https://www.mtexpress.com/arts_and_events/arts/author-brings-comic-to-life-in-real-time-for-middle-schoolers/article_a69c6e60-0024-11f0-9336-4799243f8c09.html

 

'Piggy Builders' Director & Xilam CCO Share the Inspirations for the Preschool Pig Tales [France]

Ramin Zahed

September 15, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/piggy-builders-director-xilam-cco-share-the-inspirations-for-the-preschool-pig-tales/

 

Majority Votes to Remove Book [Flamer]

George Henry on March 14, 2025 https://kcfmradio.com/2025/03/14/majority-votes-to-remove-book-whale-watch-week-lincoln-county-asks-for-help-on-cold-case/

 

Spanish Comic Book Day celebrated in Cuba

14 March 2025

https://cubasi.cu/en/news/spanish-comic-book-day-celebrated-cuba

 

The Graphic History of Hip Hop — The Comic Novel!

When an Afrofuturist historian and an artist sit down together, the story of hip hop really POPS off the page ...

Charles Moss |  March 14, 2025

https://www.spin.com/2025/03/the-graphic-history-of-hip-hop/

 

2 plead guilty to pushing Pa. comic store owner off ladder, beating him, robbery

By Emily Rose Grassi      

March 14, 2025 •

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/comic-book-store-violent-robbery-owner-pushed-ladder-guilty-pleas-bucks-county/4135358/

 

Neely Tucker
Dark Delights: The charming, macabre world of Edward Gorey.
Library of Congress Magazine - Sept/Oct 2025: 2-3
Online at https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/september-october-2025/dark-delights/

Everything to Remember About 'Gen V' Before It Returns for Season 2
Get caught up on the bare essentials of 'The Boys' spin-off show before it returns to Prime Video.
By Isaiah Colbert
September 16, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/everything-to-remember-about-gen-v-before-it-returns-for-season-2-2000659479

Disney, Webtoon Strike Deal for New Digital Platform
By Jim Milliot                
Sep 16, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/98606-disney-webtoon-strike-deal-for-new-digital-platform.html

Annual "Golden Hat" Competition launches, open to cartoonists across the globe [Belgium]
John Freeman on September 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/annual-golden-hat-competition-launches-open-to-cartoonists-across-the-globe/

TOM THE DANCING BUG's Ruben Bolling chats with KUYA P for NRW! A NRW Interview!
 KUYA P
Nerds Rule The World  Sep 11, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo6ezkP2l2o

EST #7 | JESSE LONERGAN: DROME & BEYOND
Jamie Jones  and  Matthew Sardo
CAF+'s EYE SEA THREE Sep 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdAillwHH8


Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Edward Gorey in Library of Congress Magazine

Neely Tucker

Dark Delights: The charming, macabre world of Edward Gorey.

Library of Congress Magazine - Sept/Oct 2025: 2-3

Online at https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/september-october-2025/dark-delights/


The whole issue is at https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/september-october-2025/


Fwd: Stay Safe. Stay Employed.





Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/15/2025

2025 Ignatz Award winners announced

Heidi MacDonald on 09/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-ignatz-award-winners-announced/

 

2025 Ignatz Award Winners Announced

Alan Gardner

September 14, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/14/2025-ignatz-award-winners-announced/

 

Comic WILL Kill You Podcast Ep.1 | Heidi MacDonald & Dave Elliott Talk Quality Comics & More

Heidi MacDonald, Al Mega & Dave Elliott

Comic Crusaders Aug 11, 2025  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRORfEd75Q0

 

Comics WILL Kill You Podcast Episode #2

Heidi MacDonald, Al Mega & Dave Elliott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bnAHhmb1E4

Comic Crusaders September 8 2025

 

DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY: COURT ORDERS SPARKLE POP TO STOP SELLING CONSIGNED INVENTORY And Hand Over the Proceeds

Brigid Alverson on September 14, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60539/diamond-bankruptcy-court-orders-sparkle-pop-stop-selling-consigned-inventory

 

DC CANCELS 'RED HOOD' ON LAUNCH DAY Due to Writer's Social Media Remarks

Brigid Alverson on September 12, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60534/dc-cancels-red-hood-launch-day

 

DIAMOND 'PREVIEWS' COMES TO AN END

October Issue, #445, Is the Final One

Posted by Brigid Alverson on September 14, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60540/diamond-previews-comes-end

 

Iconic Dave Cockrum X-Men #150 Original Cover Surfaces After 40 Years

Dave Cockrum's iconic cover for X-Men #150 recently surfaced for the first time in 40 years, and it's up for auction at ComicConnect right now.

by Mark Seifert

12 Sep 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/iconic-dave-cockrum-x-men-150-original-cover-surfaces-after-40-years/

 

Tom Brevoort Says "Substack, No More!"

Marvel Comics Senior VP, Executive Editor and X-Men Group Editor Tom Brevoort Says "Substack, No More!"

by Rich Johnston

4 Sep 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-says-substack-no-more/

 

Gossip: Sparkle Pop/Ad Populum Plans To Sell Off Free Comic Book Day

13 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gossip-sparkle-pop-ad-populum-plans-to-sell-off-free-comic-book-day/

 

Staffer: Diamond "Will Not Last Much Longer, Maybe… End Of The Year"

Sparkle Pop's Diamond Comics business division "will not last much longer, maybe not even until the end of the year" says departing longtime staffer.

by Rich Johnston

15 Sep 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/staffer-diamond-will-not-last-much-longer-maybe-end-of-the-year/

 

Diamond UK Confirms Management Buyout And Their Plans Going Forward

Diamond UK confirms Management Buyout and their plans going forward, with quotes from Marvel, Kodansha and Penguin Random House

15 Sep 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-uk-management-buyout-plans/

 

Colleen Doran from Colleen Doran's Funny Business Sep 15, 2025

Marie Severin : Tough Old Bird

https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/marie-severin

 

Caroline Cash to take over the Nancy comic strip from Olivia Jaimes

Heidi MacDonald on 09/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/caroline-cash-to-take-over-the-nancy-comic-strip-from-olivia-jaimes/

 

Olivia Jaimes Passes Nancy to Caroline Cash

D. D. Degg 

 September 15, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/15/olivia-jaimes-passes-nancy-to-caroline-cash/

 

"Nancy" Says Goodbye to Olivia Jaimes, Hello to a Brand-New Creator

It's a new era for the comic strip, which has been in print for more than 100 years.

Rachel DeSchepper

September 15, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy-olivia-jaimes-retires

 

Newsday Apologizes for Printing Chip Bok Cartoon, also a Wyoming Paper

D. D. Degg 

September 15, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/15/newsday-apologizes-for-printing-chip-bok-cartoon/

 

A Note To Our Readers [Chip Bok]

Jackson Hole Daily September 15 2025

https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/town_county/local/a-note-to-our-readers/article_55f2597e-5b46-4dff-b276-81bef263449a.html

 

DC unveils activities and content for Batman Day this weekend!

Taimur Dar on 09/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/batman-day-2025/

 

TV Review: Prepare your Still Suit & Binge-O-Lounger: FUTURAMA Season 13 lands today

Avery Kaplan on 09/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tv-review-prepare-your-still-suit-binge-o-lounger-futurama-season-13-lands-today/

 

The 'Futurama' Binge Season Is Stuffed With Sly Commentary and Sci-Fi Delights

Good news, everyone: the 13th season is excellent, and the whole thing is now streaming on Hulu.

By Cheryl Eddy

September 15, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/futurama-season-13-review-hulu-2000657290

 

South Korea is going wild for 'KPop Demon Hunters,' made in the U.S.

South Korea gave the world BTS and "Gangnam Style," "Parasite" and snail mucus face cream. The U.S. sent back "KPop Demon Hunters" — and South Koreans love it.

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Washington Post September 13 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/13/kpop-demon-hunters-south-korea/

 

'KPop Demon Hunters' Soundtrack Finally Hits No. 1

The Netflix film's soundtrack has topped the Billboard 200 chart, nearly three months after its release.

Nicole Fell

September 14, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/film-tv-music-news/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-billboard-200-no-1-1236370587/

 

Bento Box Co-Founder Joel Kuwahara Steps Down After 16 Years

  Ramin Zahed

September 13, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/bento-box-co-founder-joel-kuwahara-steps-down-after-16-years/

 

Box Office: Anime 'Demon Slayer Infinity Castle' Makes History With Record $70M U.S. Opening

Pamela McClintock

September 14, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/

 

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' Sets New Anime B.O. Record with a Smashing $70 Million Opening Weekend

Ramin Zahed

September 14, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-sets-new-anime-b-o-record-with-70-million-opening-weekend/

 

Popular Web Toon 'Spookiz' Returns with New Season [ South Korea]

Mercedes Milligan

September 12, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/popular-web-toon-spookiz-returns-with-new-season/

 

Joe Casey Writes Sep 15, 2025

I'VE BEEN AROUND 001: My Image Comics life (so far) [Youngblood]

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/ive-been-around-001

 

An interview with Josh Pettinger: 'Well-written comedy is like a magic trick'

Richard Pound | September 15, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-josh-pettinger-i-dont-have-control-of-what-comes-out/


Cereal Box Records Sound Horrible. They Still Look Incredible.
Decades ago, singles were printed on cereal boxes as cutout prizes. Now, a dedicated few are working to save these cardboard treasures from extinction.
Christian Kriticos
Visuals by Ye Fan
    Sept. 15, 2025
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/arts/music/cereal-box-records.html

'Infinity Castle' Tops the Box Office, Revealing Changing Tastes
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle," an anime film from Sony Pictures, arrives to a surprisingly strong $70 million in domestic ticket sales.
Brooks Barnes
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 15, 2025, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Movie Tastes Are Changing: Anime Is a Hit..
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/business/anime-demon-slayer-box-office.html

A domestic dramedy meets 'The Shining' ["Haunted Hotel."]
Connie Chang
Watching newsletter September 15, 2025
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=20&emc=edit_wg_20250916&instance_id=162613&isViewInBrowser=true&nl=watching&paid_regi=1&productCode=WG&regi_id=5998369&segment_id=205978&sendId=205978&uri=nyt://newsletter/cfdacba7-893c-5829-9873-619a3cb20371

An Obsessed Cartoonist Gives the Outrageous Mitford Sisters a Makeover
Mimi Pond's new graphic novel spins a cinematic romp out of the British aristocrats' lives and loves: "You can't make this stuff up."
By Robert Ito
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 15, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: New Way To Tell Story Of 6 Sisters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/books/review/mimi-pond-mitford-sisters-do-admit.html

WEBTOON and Disney team for all-new digital comics platform
Heidi MacDonald on 09/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-and-disney-team-for-all-new-digital-comics-platform/

Best, Daniel. 2025. Australian Comics Database. from Daniel Best - Author (September 16): https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/australian-comics-database

I was a 'Hollow Knight' skeptic. Now I see it's a masterpiece. [in print as "I was skeptical of this 2017 indie game. Now I see it's a masterpiece."]
Gene Park
Washington Post (September 14 2025): E16.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2025/09/04/hollow-knight-story-revisited/

Self-Publishers Rise Up at 2025 Ignatz Awards
By Sam Spratford              
Sep 15, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/98600-self-publishers-rise-up-at-2025-ignatz-awards.html

DC cancels comic book series after writer posts about Charlie Kirk's death on social media
 Dan Heching
Sep 11, 2025 https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/entertainment/dc-comics-red-hood-charlie-kirk

 World Humor Awards! All the Winning Cartoons and More!
Daryl Cagle
Caglecast 73, Sep 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZPaXJ4IsAo

Monday, September 15, 2025

PW on SPX's Ignatz awards; WaPo on Hollow Knight videogame

Self-Publishers Rise Up at 2025 Ignatz Awards


I was a 'Hollow Knight' skeptic. Now I see it's a masterpiece. [in print as "I was skeptical of this 2017 indie game. Now I see it's a masterpiece."]

Gene Park

Washington Post (September 14 2025): E16.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2025/09/04/hollow-knight-story-revisited/


WaPo on ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ success in South Korea

South Korea is going wild for 'KPop Demon Hunters,' made in the U.S.

South Korea gave the world BTS and "Gangnam Style," "Parasite" and snail mucus face cream. The U.S. sent back "KPop Demon Hunters" — and South Koreans love it.

Washington Post September 13 2025

Batman Day possibilities at Local Comics Shops on Sept 20

From DC Comics' PR:

Batman Comic Books, DCUI, DC Shop, and More

At participating comic book shops while supplies last, Batman fans visiting their local comic book shop can choose from a selection of Batman titles celebrating Gotham's Caped Crusader and some of his most infamous adversaries. Multiple new printings of Absolute Batman #1 will be available for fans on Batman Day, including an Absolute Batman #1 blank sketch cover, a foil variant cover, and the oversized (11x17) black and white reproduction of Nick Dragotta's original art in DC W.I.P.: Absolute Batman #1.

 

Batman Day editions of Batman & Robin Year One #1 (Mark Waid and Chris Samnee) and Batman: Year Two #1 (Mike Barr and Alan Davis) will be available, and DC will publish a facsimile edition of 1940's Batman #1 by Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson—available with its original cover, a blank sketch cover, and as a foil variant cover.

 

DC UNIVERSE INFINITE (DCUI) is celebrating Batman Day by offering a curated collection of Batman-centric content FREE to read, in front of the paywall. For more information visit the DCUI website at https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com. DCUI is not available in all countries and is not intended for children.

 

All September-long, Warner Bros. Discovery's DC Shop will be dropping new Batman product inspired by Batman through the eras in celebration of Batman Day.


Clay Jones wins the Rex Babin award from AAEC

Here's Clay ...

Read the blog at my Substack, and please become a subscriber.


The Beat (and the Daily Cartoonist) has SPX's Ignatz winners

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/13-14/2025

"I Want to Be Invisible": Javier Rodriguez on the Art and Collaboration of Absolute Martian Manhunter
David Harper
September 10, 2025
https://sktchd.com/art-feature/javier-rodriguez-absolute-art-feature/

Star Fruit Books Founder Matt Haasch Dies
 2025-09-11 09:
 Rafael Antonio Pineda
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-11/star-fruit-books-founder-matt-haasch-dies/.228536

Alison Bechdel, cartoonist: 'How can you argue with people who don't use logic?'
In 'Spent: A Comic Novel,' Bechdel depicts a queer community under siege by Trumpism, with self-deprecating humor. The Cartoonmuseum Basel in Switzerland is dedicating a retrospective to her work through October 26.
By Adrien Le Gal
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/09/09/alison-bechdel-cartoonist-how-can-you-argue-with-people-who-don-t-use-logic_6745180_30.html

Q&A: The Rural Cartoonist
Navied Mahdavian talks about his life in Idaho, the rural-urban divide, and his new graphic novel, "This Country: Searching For Home In (Very) Rural America."
by Myat Theingi
Daily Yonder September 12, 2025
https://dailyyonder.com/qa-the-rural-cartoonist/2025/09/12/

Live with Emily Sanders Hopkins!
Two New Yorker Cartoonists and Writers!
Liza Donnelly and Emily Sanders Hopkins
Sep 12, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-with-emily-sanders-hopkins

Fenimore Art Museum presents Exploring Calvin & Hobbes
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Fenimore Art Museum
Sep 10, 2025, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fenimore-art-museum-presents-exploring-calvin--hobbes-302552777.html

Never Was Comic Strip: Shaft
D. D. Degg  
September 14, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/14/never-was-comic-strip-shaft/

Steve Cook from Secret Oranges Sep 14, 2025
Jack Kirby's Fourth World: Pictures at an Exhibition #2
 https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/jack-kirbys-fourth-world

Despite 'Marvel Rivals' Popularity, Marvel Comics Exec Editor Says He Has No Interest In More Galacta Stories: "I Don't Like What The Existence Of That Character Does To Galactus"
Spencer Baculi  
Feb 13, 2025 https://boundingintocomics.com/comic-books/comic-book-news/despite-marvel-rivals-popularity-marvel-comics-exec-editor-says-he-has-no-interest-in-more-galacta-stories-i-dont-like-what-the-existence-of-that-character-does-to-galactus/

SPX 2025, day 2, in photos
 by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog September 14, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/09/spx-2025-day-2-in-photos.html