Saturday, October 04, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/3/2025

Interview: Rylend Grant brings EVEL KNIEVEL's motorcycle madness to comics

Ricardo Serrano Denis on 10/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-rylend-grant-brings-evel-knievels-motorcycle-madness-to-comics/

 

Kibbles 'n' Bits 10/3/25: The war between hope and slop

Heidi MacDonald on 10/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kibbles-n-bits-10-3-25-the-war-between-hope-and-slop/

 

Plewds and hites: A fake (or fake-ish) nomenclature of comics in The Lexicon of Comicana

Ruben Bolling

Oct 2, 2025

https://boingboing.net/2025/10/02/plewds-and-hites-a-fake-or-fake-ish-nomenclature-of-comics-in-the-lexicon-of-comicana.html

 

Who Are the Most Active TDC Commentators?

Alan Gardner 

October 3, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/03/the-daily-cartoonist-by-the-numbers-in-20-years/

 

The Beat Digest 10/03/25: INANNA rises at Vault

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/03/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-100325/

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

October 2, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-148/

 

ComicConnect to Display Al Plastino's Drawing Table at NYCC

Amanda Sheriff

October 1, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/comicconnect-to-display-al-plastinos-drawing-table-at-nycc/

 

Archie President & EiC Mike Pellerito to Give Ringo Awards Keynote Speech

Amanda Sheriff

September 30, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/archie-president-eic-mike-pellerito-to-give-ringo-awards-keynote-speech/

 

'Dead End: Paranormal Park' Creator Receives "Homophobic and Antisemitic" Messages as Musk Calls for Netflix Boycott Over Trans Character

 Animation Magazine

October 2, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/dead-end-paranormal-park-creator-receives-homophobic-and-antisemitic-messages-as-musk-calls-for-netflix-boycott-over-trans-character/

 

Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell's "The Joy of Snacking" Reflects on the Hidden Depth of the Food We Eat

by Emma Davey

September 30, 2025

https://greenpointers.com/2025/09/30/hilary-fitzgerald-campbells-the-joy-of-snacking-reflects-on-the-hidden-depth-of-the-food-we-eat/

 

September 30, 2025

US Cartooning Tradition in Peril in Trump's First Year

Hank Kennedy

https://fair.org/home/us-cartooning-tradition-in-peril-in-trumps-first-year/

 

Carbondale cartoonist showing at Basalt's Art Base [Larry Day]

 Oct 3, 2025

Jennika Ingram

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/carbondale-cartoonist-showing-at-basalts-art-base/

 

'If it's a success, then you've won': Yaakov Kirschen on a career of cartooning

A 90-minute chat—a last interview of sorts—with the 87-year-old creator of "Dry Bones."

Carin M. Smilk

(Sept. 30, 2025 / JNS)

https://www.jns.org/if-its-a-success-then-youve-won-yaakov-kirschen-on-a-career-of-cartooning/

 

Grey October – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | October 3, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/grey-october-this-weeks-links/

 

As Peanuts turns 75, Charles Schulz's comic is more poignant than ever

Charles Schulz's widow, Jeannie, invited USA TODAY into her world, still defined by the Peanuts characters, offering a rare glimpse at her husband's genius.

 Anna Kaufman

USA TODAY

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2025/10/01/peanuts-snoopy-75-anniversary-charles-schulz/77403380007/

 

How Charlie Brown captured the American psyche

Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts series was more than just a comic strip – it was America's conscience

 Catharine Hughes

 October 1 2025

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025/10/how-charlie-brown-captured-the-american-psyche

 

Comic Strip Peanuts Notes 75th Anniversary

Chris LaGrow

Oct 2, 2025  https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2025/10/comic-strip-peanuts-notes-75th-anniversary/

 

Interview: Jake Smith on the Nostalgia-Filled Bombast That Is ROBOWOLF

Jed W. Keith

Sep 26, 2025

https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-jake-smith-on-the-nostalgia-filled-bombast-that-is-robowolf/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Adam Lawson on the Upcoming Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Graphic Novel, 'Mad Dog Morgan,' with The Lab Press

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 25, 2025

     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57517-fanbase-press-interviews-adam-lawson-on-the-upcoming-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-graphic-novel-mad-dog-morgan-with-the-lab-press/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Joana Mosi on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel, 'The Mongoose,' Through Pow Pow Press

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 29, 2025

     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57545-fanbase-press-interviews-joana-mosi-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-the-mongoose-through-pow-pow-press/

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Sylvain Runberg and Grun on Their Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Space Relic Hunters: Smugglers, Rebels, and Sacred Ruins,' with Magnetic Press

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    October 1, 2025

    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57560-fanbase-press-interviews-sylvain-runberg-and-grun-on-their-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-space-relic-hunters-smugglers-rebels-and-sacred-ruins-with-magnetic-press/


    Fanbase Press Interviews Patrick Lugo on the Upcoming Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Comic Book, 'Undead Kung-fu Ghost Killer'

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 30, 2025

    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57550-fanbase-press-interviews-patrick-lugo-on-the-upcoming-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-comic-book-undead-kung-fu-ghost-killer/

 

Fanbase Press Interviews Mister & Mischief (a.k.a. Jeff and Andy Crocker) on the Upcoming Release of Their Zine, 'Infinite Right Answers'

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    October 1, 2025 https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57557-fanbase-press-interviews-mister-mischief-a-k-a-jeff-and-andy-crocker-on-the-upcoming-release-of-their-zine-infinite-right-answers/

 

Inanna Sarkis Making Graphic Novel Debut With Action Fantasy for Vault Comics (Exclusive)

Tim Seeley, the co-creator of 'Hack/Slash,' is co-writing the book with the social media content creator.

Borys Kit

September 30, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/inanna-sarkis-making-graphic-novel-debut-1236388391/

 

Joe Sacco Interview: As Goes India, So Goes the World [aka Joe Sacco | The Once and Future Riot | Comics Journalism]

Henry Chamberlain

October 1, 2025 ·

https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/10/01/joe-sacco-interview-as-goes-india-so-goes-the-world/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRZzQ6XbXE

 

From Banned to Beloved: How Queer Comics Found Their Voice at Michigan's Vault of Midnight

Local comic shop champions LGBTQ+ creators and characters while navigating a complex history of censorship

Hank Kennedy

October 1, 2025

https://pridesource.com/article/vault-of-midnight

 

Seeing Puerto Rico Through Comic Books: Marvel's White Tiger, frog sorcery, Indigenous tales and more are in "¡Wepa!," coming to New York Public Library, spotlighting work by or about the island.

George Gene Gustines

Oct. 2, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/arts/design/comic-books-puerto-rico-new-york-public-library.html

 

Cosplay meets fine art at the de Young's new Manga exhibition

"Art of Manga" elevates Japan's comic tradition.

By Sam Mondros

Photography by Erika Pino

San Francisco Standard Sep. 28, 2025

https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/28/manga-exhibition-deyoung-anime/

 

Fans and experts talk manga, focus of new S.F. show at de Young 

Noma Faingold

September 26, 2025, https://missionlocal.org/2025/09/fans-and-experts-talk-manga/

 

"The Art of Manga" exhibit at de Young opens, exploring Japanese graphic storytelling

By Loureen Ayyoub

September 26, 2025 CBS San Francisco

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/the-art-of-manga-exhibit-de-young-japanese-graphic-storytelling/#

 

Inside San Francisco's first major manga exhibition at the de Young

By Todd Inoue,

Sep 28, 2025

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/art-of-manga-de-young-sf-21065370.php

 

CBR newsletter Oct 3, 2025

Brian Cronin Reveals How Charles Schulz' Peanuts Dealt With the Seduction of the Innocent Era of Comic Books

 

Stamates, Nicholas and Penders, Ken, The Legacy of the Ken Penders Legal Cases and Possible Copyright Infringement Lingering Over Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Series (September 25, 2025).

BERKELEY JOURNAL OF ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LAW VOL. 15 (Forthcoming, 2026)

, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5530078 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5530078

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/5530078.pdf

 

Daniel Best - Author Oct 3, 2025

Pavolich v Gaiman: Case Dismissed Does Not Mean It's All Over

https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/pavolich-v-gaiman-case-dismissed

 

SPX 2025 Programming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tQPCIkQQU&list=PLbBfl7COkHI8HADj_C8aAtmi7bEGk_D8B

 

SPX 2025: Ideas: Tom Gauld and Kevin Huizenga In Conversation

Marc Sobel (mod).

SmallPressExpo Oct 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tQPCIkQQU

 

The Daily Heller: Ilić's Exhibit Celebrates Visual Ideas

By Steven Heller

 The Daily Heller Oct 2 2025

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-exhibit-celebrates-visual-ideas/


Friday, October 03, 2025

Celebrating 75 years of 'Peanuts' comics with Michael Cavna

Celebrating 75 years of 'Peanuts' comics

A person dressed as the character Snoopy poses for a portrait to promote the 75th anniversary of "Peanuts" during Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in San Diego. (Chris Pizzello/AP)A person dressed as the character Snoopy poses for a portrait to promote the 75th anniversary of "Peanuts" during Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in San Diego. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

The iconic "Peanuts" comic strip first debuted on this day 75 years ago. The strip by Charles Schultz spawned TV shows, movies, music albums, and continues to be a popular cultural phenomenon.

For more on the strip and its creator's legacy, host Scott Tong speaks to Michael Cavna, a longtime comic strip artist and critic who knew Schultz personally. His own strip is called "Warped."



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Oct 4: Recipe Comics Workshop with Robin Ha

Recipe Comics Workshop with Robin Ha

Join author Robin Ha to learn the step-by-step process of selecting and refining personal recipes, drawing them, and creating comic book-inspired art that you can share with your friends and family. Art supplies provided. No experience required. Participants should bring a recipe to the program.

About the Author

Robin Ha (she/her) is the award-winning author/illustrator of the graphic novel memoir Almost American Girl. At fourteen she moved to the United States from Seoul, Korea. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in various publications, including the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, as well as in anthologies highlighting Asian American culture, including Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei, and Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology (Secret Identities). She is also the author of the best-selling comic recipe book Cook Korean!: A Comic Book With Recipes. Her new graphic novel, The Fox Maidens is published by Balzer and Bray in February 2024.  Robin is currently working on a graphic novel cookbook, Souped-up Ramyeon and Beyond, scheduled to be published in 2026 by Harvest.

Date:
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:
City of Fairfax Meeting Room 101A, City of Fairfax Meeting Room 101B
Library Branch:
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Categories:
Author Event
Audience:
  Adults  

Registration is required. There are 10 seats available.

FCPL Event Guidelines

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Thursday, October 02, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/2/2025

Interview: Chantelle Aimee Osman on the DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Jared Bird on 10/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-chantelle-aimee-osman-on-the-dick-tracy-halloween-special/

 

Honey, DC Comics Shrunk the Comics: A brief history of DC's compact comics

Rich Johnson on 10/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/honey-dc-comics-shrunk-the-comics-a-brief-history-of-dcs-compact-comics/

 

LEEANNE M. KRECIC'S 'LET'S PLAY' MOVES TO TAPAS AFTER WEBTOON BEEF

Fourth Season in the Works; Anime Launches on October 1

 Brigid Alverson on October 1, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60672/leeanne-m-krecics-lets-play-moves-tapas-webtoon-beef

 

GLOBALCOMIX GETS MARVELS DAY AND DATE For Subscribers or Purchase

Milton Griepp on October 2, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60677/globalcomix-gets-marvels-day-date

 

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: THE COMICS COURIER, GALLERY NUCLEUS THE ART OF KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, WILD WISPS, and two more projects you'll love!

Diego Higuera on 10/02/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-comics-courier-kpop-demon-hunters-wild-wisps/

 

Chip Zdarsky Kills Off ZCN Magazine In December

  01 Oct 2025 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/chip-zdarsky-kills-off-zcn-magazine-in-december/

 

Lexington was the fictional home to a popular comic strip [Frank Godwin, "Rusty Riley"]

By Liz Carey

March 23, 2025 https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article302642264.html

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Joana Mosi on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel, 'The Mongoose,' Through Pow Pow Press

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    September 29, 2025

    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57545-fanbase-press-interviews-joana-mosi-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-the-mongoose-through-pow-pow-press/

 

Goats Flying Press announces new titles ahead of 2-year anniversary

Zack Quaintance on 10/02/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/goats-flying-press-announces-new-titles-ahead-of-2-year-anniversary/

 

Two SUPERMAN/SPIDER-MAN crossovers coming from DC and Marvel in 2026

Joe Grunenwald on 10/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-marvel-superman-spider-man-crossovers-2026/

 

Banijay Rights' David Christopher and Neil Gibson of Twisted Comics discuss creating Black Mirror graphic novels

Billy Langsworthy

September 4 2025

https://www.brandsuntapped.com/banijay-rights-david-christopher-and-neil-gibson-of-twisted-comics-discuss-creating-black-mirror-graphic-novels/

 

Aardman's Susan Bolsover on recent success stories – and why Wallace & Gromit resonates in South Korea

 Billy Langsworthy

Oct 1 2025

https://www.brandsuntapped.com/aardmans-susan-bolsover-on-recent-success-stories-and-why-wallace-gromit-resonates-in-south-korea/

 

Essential Peanuts Introduction by Patrick McDonnell

D. D. Degg 

October 2, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/02/essential-peanuts-introduction-by-patrick-mcdonnell/

 

Charlie Brown's Diamond Anniversary

D. D. Degg 

October 2, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/02/charlie-browns-diamond-anniversary/

 

All hands on deck with ND Stevenson

Interview by Emily Koch

October 2025

https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/all-hands-on-deck-with-nd-stevenson/


"Elon, Chill." by Daniel Boris


Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/1/2025

Interview: Kevin & Dan Hageman state STAR TREK: PRODIGY's legacy cannot be erased, 'no matter how much the streamers try'
Ollie Kaplan on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kevin-dan-hageman-state-star-trek-prodigys-legacy-cannot-be-erased-no-matter-how-much-the-streamers-try/

Marvel Joins GlobalComix
Heidi MacDonald on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-joins-globalcomix/

Defeated, Zdarsky folds ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS
Heidi MacDonald on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/defeated-zdarsky-folds-zdarsky-comic-news/

LACC '25: Tom King talks LOVE EVERLASTING book and film
Javier Perez on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/lacc-25-tom-king-talks-love-everlasting-book-and-film/

NYCC '25: Bad Idea takes on the Big Apple

Adam Barnhardt on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-bad-idea-panels/

"This Strangest of Narrative Forms": Rodolphe Töpffer's Sequential Art
PHILIPPE WILLEMS
Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2008), pp. 127-147 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44029499?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Chalk Talk: An interview with Frank Beard on American caricature, illustrated by himself
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) · Sat, Sep 14, 1895 · Page 9
Online at https://www.newspapers.com/image/73647731/?match=1&clipping_id=182141357

Why Comics Studies?
Angela Ndalianis
Cinema Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Spring 2011), pp. 113-117 (5 pages)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41240726?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

HC Finalizes Crunchyroll Acquisition in France, Germany
Oct 01, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5587

Tom Richmond
Another Dern Sketch, More Seoul Searching, Talent vs. Training!
The Ink Stained Wretch #205 10/01/25
 https://art4mad.substack.com/p/the-ink-stained-wretch-205-100125

Transphobes discover DEAD END: PARANORMAL PARK's existence, boycott Netflix
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/01/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/dead-end-resurrected/

'Dead End: Paranormal Park' Creator Receiving 'Homophobic and Antisemitic Emails' After Elon Musk Says 'Cancel Netflix' Due to Show's Trans Character
Zack Sharf
Oct 1, 2025  
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/elon-musk-cancel-netflix-dead-end-paranormal-park-trans-story-1236536129/

WORLD ACCORDING TO GRIEPP: A DOCUMENTARY THAT TELLS THE STORY OF THE DIRECT MARKET [ Shopping for Superman]
Milton Griepp on October 1, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60667/world-according-griepp-a-documentary-tells-story-direct-market

Out There, Waiting for Me: A Q&A with Jennifer L. Holm About OUTSIDE
October 1, 2025 by Betsy Bird
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2025/10/01/out-there-waiting-for-me-a-qa-with-jennifer-l-holm-about-outside/

Ashleigh Brilliant – RIP [Pot-Shots]
D. D. Degg
September 30, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/30/ashleigh-brilliant-rip/

Reviews: Space Opera Xanadax [Tom Scioli]
Mark Peters | September 25, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/space-opera-xanadax/

Reviews: Laser Eye Surgery [ Walker Tate]
Hagai Palevsky | September 30, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/laser-eye-surgery/

Reviews:Shriekers 1&2 [ Molly Colleen O'Connell]

Gina Dawson | October 1, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/shriekers-12/

You become a better writer by embodying characters: A chat with Molly Colleen O'Connell
Brian Nicholson | October 1, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/chat-with-molly-o-connell/

Interview: Artist P.J. Holden talks new Patreon comic, TERRAN OMEGA
Zack Quaintance on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-artist-p-j-holden-talks-new-patreon-comic-terran-omega/

Albert Pyun's Captain America reveals hidden depths in unearthed Director's Cut
Nick Marino
 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/albert-pyuns-captain-america-reveals-hidden-depths-in-unearthed-directors-cut/

Alan Moore's 2000 AD stories being collected in massive omnibus
Adam Barnhardt on 10/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/alan-moore-2000-ad-omnibus/

Comic Store In Your Future: Do DC and Marvel Not Want To Make Money?
Comic Store In Your Future asks... do DC and Marvel not want to make money? They are leaving it on the table with Batman/Deadpool
29 Sep 2025
by Rod Lamberti
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-do-dc-and-marvel-not-want-to-make-money/

Mark Millar's New Non-Netflix/Millarworld Kickstarter Comic, Conquered
30 Sep 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millars-new-non-netflix-millarworld-kickstarter-comic-conquered/

Image Comics Plan To Settle With Diamond Comics, Approved By Courts
29 Sep 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-plan-to-settle-with-diamond-comics-approved-by-courts/

Comic Con Vendors Report Being Targeted By A Suspected Scammer [UK]
30 Sep 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-con-vendors-scammer/

Let's Play Moves From Webtoon To Tapas For Season Four And Crunchyroll
Leeanne M. Krecic's Let's Play moves from Webtoon to Tapas for Season Four and the upcoming Crunchyroll show
 30 Sep 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/lets-play-moves-from-webtoon-to-tapas-for-season-four-and-crunchyroll/

October 1, 2025 by Gil Roth
Episode 656 – Kayla E
Virtual Memories Show 656:
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-656-kayla-e
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_656_-_Kayla_E.mp3


The activists and the anime [ "One Piece"]
Pranav Baskar
The World newsletter  Sept. 30, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/anime-protests-flag-moldova-nepal-indonesia-gaza.html

TEXAS RETAILER PULLS 'DRAGON BALL' DUE TO NEW LAW, BACKSTREET BOY HELPS STORE SELL RARE COMIC FOR CHARITY, 'X-MEN' #1 STOLEN
Shop Talk, September 2025
 Brigid Alverson on September 30, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60663/texas-retailer-pulls-dragon-ball-due-new-law-backstreet-boy-helps-store-sell-rare-comic-charity-x-men-1-stolen

'Charlotte's Web' Review: Amy Adams and Elijah Wood Lead HBO Max's Middling Adaptation of a Timeless Kid-Lit Classic
Angie Han
October 1, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/charlottes-web-review-amy-adams-elijah-wood-hbo-max-1236391105/

Jane Goodall 1934 – 2025
D. D. Degg  
October 1, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/01/jane-goodall-1934-2025/

The Daily Cartoonist Celebrates 20th Year
 Alan Gardner Published: October 1, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/01/the-daily-cartoonist-celebrates-20th-year/

Who Drew the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons? Part IV
September 29, 2025 By Eric White
https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/who-drew-the-classic-topps-baseball-cartoons-part-iv/

Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Titanic Bromance by Daniel Boris

 


Oct 4: Shidan Youssefian at People Book in Takoma Park

 
 
Shidan Youssefian for Life Really Socks: Quest for Iron Mountain

Shidan Youssefian for Life Really Socks: Quest for Iron Mountain
Saturday, October 04, 2025 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/socks-vol2/
Join us for a reading from Life Really Socks Vol. 2, as well as some fun activities that will knock your socks off!
Where: People's Book    Cost: Free
 
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Your favorite mismatched socks return for another steaming hot adventure in this full-color graphic novel! Does the trio have what it takes to become true heroic hosiery?

Freddy, Ruffles, and Hanks travel to the Pinky Toe Kingdom, a realm of irresistibly cute baby socks, to enroll in a royal contest. The prize? The legendary Dial of Desires, a powerful artifact that could help Freddy in his search for his long lost sock twin, Peter. But getting their hands on the dial won't be easy, as our heroes will need to descend into the infernal Iron Mountain to win! And while steaming geysers, molten lava, and fierce competition will prove to be great challenges for Freddy and his friends, the biggest test will come from within.

Action-packed adventure awaits in this hilarious second installment in the Life Really Socks graphic novel series, which will reveal that friendship—and doing the right thing—are the most precious prizes of all. Perfect for fans of InvestiGators, Pizza and Taco, Fry Guys, and Cat Ninja.

Shidan Youssefian lives in Washington DC, and is a creative storyteller with over a decade of experience in branding. Born and raised in Italy, he holds an MSc in Communications from the London School of Economics. During the pandemic (a.k.a. the sockiest time ever) he decided to leave his consulting job and team up with his cousin Roshan to create Life Really Socks!


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