Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/1-2/2025

  *Staes, Jer. 2025. Motor City Marvels: How Detroit Shaped Comic Book Icons [exhibition]. Daily Detroit (May 12): https://www.dailydetroit.com/motor-city-marvels-how-detroit-shaped-comic-book-icons/

  *Riley, Carol. 2025. Missing Herb & Jamal [letter]. Portland [ME} Press Herald (May 13): https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/13/missing-herb-jamaal-letter/

Koehler, Rhiannon. 2023. Comics and Conquest: Political Cartoons and a Radical Retelling of the Navajo- Hopi Land Dispute. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Hartsell, Sasha. 2025. Visual artist Mattias Christian on comics, cowpokes and creative growth [student cartoonist]. University of North Carolina School of the Arts (May 12): https://www.uncsa.edu/news/20250512-mattias-christian-grad-profile.aspx

Costello, Becca. 2025. Comic celebrates history of Cincinnati's 'Filipino Assassin' boxer [Jay Kalagayan; Filipino Assassin: The Untold Story of Vincent Manago Hambright]. 91.7 WVXU News (May 12): https://www.wvxu.org/arts/2025-05-12/comic-filipino-assassin-boxer-vincent-manago-hambright

Williams, Alex. 2025. Pioneer of the long-form graphic novel, Jack Katz, passes away at the age of 97. [Kolkata, India] Telegraph (May 26): https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/pioneer-of-the-long-form-graphic-novel-jack-katz-passes-away-at-the-age-of-97-prnt/cid/2098633

Unknown. ["Fred Locher introduced"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (51; May 17): 6. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-17_56_51/page/6/mode/2up

Rashid, Hussein (mod.), Alan Jenkins, Christopher Robichaud, and Angélique Roché. 2025. Arts and the Moral Imagination: Comics. Harvard Divinity School (May 12): https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/05/12/video-arts-and-moral-imagination-comics and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIXB9hFjMXY

Stephen DeStefano
https://www.patreon.com/cw/StephenDeStefano911
https://www.youtube.com/@S.DeStefano

DiECAH presents EVAN DORKIN, ROBBIE BUSCH and WINKY THE PIRATE CAT
Stephen DeStefano
Dying is Easy, Comics Are Hard Oct 31, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdUScZ9d-6Q

DiECAH presents the legendary HOWARD CHAYKIN
Stephen DeStefano
Oct 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXGaBvyuNbM

DiECAH presents the hardcore VENTURE BROS. CHARACTER DESIGN TEAM
Stephen DeStefano
 Oct 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwMR_IFAmSQ

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD: presenting BOB FINGERMAN
Stephen DeStefano
 Oct 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFRd1IJYC4

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD: KAREN GREEN, ROBBIE BUSCH and LILA the CAT talk MOVIES!
Stephen DeStefano
 Oct 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUkYlmkcFWU

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD, presenting BOB ROZAKIS
Stephen DeStefano
  Sep 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea7bRGZStP4

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD, presenting PHIL RYNDA [animator]
Stephen DeStefano
  Sep 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgYToZ2HlVY

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD, presenting Columbia University's KAREN GREEN
Stephen DeStefano
  Sep 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMZm6Lau2sc

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD, presenting R. SIKORYAK
Stephen DeStefano
  Aug 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI3A2gi2Fag

Dying is Easy, COMICS ARE HARD: conversations on graphic storytelling. Ep. 1: ROBBIE BUSCH
Stephen DeStefano
 Aug 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g28u3hgEWns

*Paul Karasik
https://www.patreon.com/c/paulkarasik/

5 new comics to read in November, including Harley and Ivy's romantic origin
And if you're not reading Kaya, you're missing out on one of the best ongoing series being published today.
By Oliver Sava  |  October 31, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/comics-preview-november-2025-american-kaya-colossal-caper

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Lucca Comics And Games 2025 Yellow Kid And Gran Guinigi Awards. Bleeding Cool (October 31): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/lucca-comics-and-games-2025-yellow-kid-and-gran-guinigi-awards/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Dynamite Countersues Sparkle Pop For Two-Thirds Of A Million Dollars. Dynamite Entertainment files a counterclaim against Ad Populum/Sparkle Pop, the new owners of Diamond, for two-thirds of a million dollars. Bleeding Cool (November 1): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dynamite-countersues-sparkle-pop-for-two-thirds-of-a-million-dollars/

  *Barry, Lynda. 2025. The Real Horrors of America. New York Times (October 31):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/opinion/immigration-halloween-monsters.html

  *Buchalter, Katelyn. 2025. Lynda Barry highlights differences between creativity and artistic ability. Hofstra Chronicle (October 28): https://thehofstrachronicle.com/107910/news/lynda-barry-highlights-differences-between-creativity-and-artistic-ability/


Separation: A teenager and his family navigate the threat of deportation.
Reporting by Jake Halpern
Illustrations by Michael Sloan
Oct. 21, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/21/opinion/immigration-family-separation.html

'South Park' Sucks Now: Halloween Episode Sees Town Go Meme Coin as Trump Faces an Apparition
Kevin Dolak
October 31, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-sucks-now-halloween-episode-meme-coin-trump-woman-in-hat-1236415598/

  *Matthews, Philip. 2025. Controversial cartoonist Garrick Tremain faces his final deadline. The Press (October 30): https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360870095/controversial-cartoonist-faces-his-final-deadline

  *Garrick Tremain
https://garricktremain.nz

  *Chatfield, Jason.  Drawing the Illustration for Gay Talese's "Getting Even". New York Cartoons (November 1): https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/drawing-the-illustration-for-gay/

A Halloween Treat! Markosia celebrates 20 Years of publishing  with launch of year-long Digital Comic Giveaway
John Freeman on October 31, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/a-halloween-treat-markosia-celebrates-20-years-of-publishing-with-launch-of-year-long-digital-comic-giveaway/

Dan Dare's "Mission to the Stars" Recalled
John Freeman on November 1, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/dan-dares-mission-to-the-stars-recalled/

Episcopal clergy cartoonists find inspiration turning Christian messages into hand-drawn art [Jay Sidebotham; religion]
By David Paulsen
Episcopal News Service. Feb 28, 2020
https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2020/02/28/episcopal-clergy-cartoonists-find-inspiration-turning-christian-messages-into-hand-drawn-art/

Through a Lens: Cartoons and caricatures in the PHS archives [religion gag cartoons]
McKenna Britton
Presbyterian News Service October 30, 2025
https://pcusa.org/news-storytelling/news/2025/10/30/through-lens-cartoons-and-caricatures-phs-archives

    Fanbase Press Interviews Arthur N. Ebuen and Dave Law on Their Return to Kickstarter for the Collected '©alifornia, Inc.' Trade Paperback
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 27, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57693-fanbase-press-interviews-arthur-n-ebuen-and-dave-law-on-their-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-collected-alifornia-inc-trade-paperback/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Ernie Altbacker on His Return to Kickstarter for the Latest Issue of 'Area 51 Studios'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 28, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57695-fanbase-press-interviews-ernie-altbacker-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-latest-issue-of-area-51-studios/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Ruben Bolling on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the 'Tom the Dancing Bug' Collected Volumes with Clover Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 29, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57697-fanbase-press-interviews-ruben-bolling-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-tom-the-dancing-bug-collected-volumes-with-clover-press/

"It's Fascinating How Many People React with Total Disbelief that Disability Hate Crime is an Actual Thing" – Al Davison on 'The Spiral Cage' and 'Muscle Memory'
Andy Oliver
    October 27, 2025
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/al-davison-interview/

"Themes Around Human Connection and Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works" – Rein Lee on Exploring Identity and Queerness in Comics, and Finding Your Way in the Small Press Community
    by Andy Oliver
    October 28, 2025
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/rein-lee-interview/

"I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation" – Kristen Haas Curtis on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and on Moderating the Thought Bubble Literary Adaptation Panel
    by Andy Oliver
    October 29, 2025
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/kristen-haas-curtis-interview/

"It's a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up" – Joe Latham Talks 'Haru', the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool
    by Andy Oliver
    October 30, 2025 https://www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-interview/

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's story is embedded into this graphic novel [Champion]
    Terri Schlichenmeyer, Miami Times Oct 28, 2025
    https://www.miamitimesonline.com/lifestyles/kareem-abdul-jabbars-story-is-embedded-into-this-graphic-novel/article_16593a62-3061-4434-8265-88d6c5354f46.html

Spanish artists and Japanese writers duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
By Gendel Gento
Oct 25, 2025
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/25/books/kodansha-manga-spain/

Di Franco, Manuela. 2025. Book Review: Searching for feminist superheroes: gender, sexuality, and race in Marvel Comics: by Sam Langsdale, Austin, University of Texas Press, 2024, 240 pp., £ 39.00, $ 45.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978 1 4773 2978 8; £ 32.54, $ 40.40 (e-book), ISBN 978 1 4773 2980 1. Journal of Gender Studies, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2025.2577000 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09589236.2025.2577000

  *Jenkins, Henry. 2025. 'Forging All of These Disparate Versions into One Continuous, Coherent Storyline': Eric Shanower's Age of Bronze as Archontic Fiction. International Journal of the Classical Tradition (October 22): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12138-025-00720-5 and https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-025-00720-5

  *Unknown. 1924. ["H. T. Webster, the New York World's distinguished humorous cartoonist, knows American life well from many aspects."]. Editor and Publisher 56 (49; May 3): 38. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-03_56_49/page/38/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Art Helfant, well known comic artist in the commercial advertising field, has succumbed to the newspaper comic strip."]. Editor and Publisher 56 (50; May 10): 8. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-10_56_50/page/8/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. […'The Potters, a new comic strip, the words of which are being written by J. P. McEvoy…]. Editor and Publisher 56 (50; May 10): 28. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-10_56_50/page/28/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. Pulitzer Awards for 1924 Announced [Ding Darling]. Editor and Publisher 56 (51; May 17): 5. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-17_56_51/page/4/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Salisbury Bostwick, creator of 'One-Round Teddy,'...]. Editor and Publisher 46 (49; May 3): 41. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-03_56_49/page/40/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Asked for a brief history of his life, Oswald R. Black, cartoonist for the Lincoln (Neb.) Star, typed the following autobiography…"]. Editor and Publisher 57 (1; May 30): 29. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-31_57_1/page/28/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Jefferson Machamer… is drawing a two-column comic cartoon…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (50; May 10): 28. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-10_56_50/page/28/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. ["George F. McManus… was one of the guests of honor…]. Editor and Publisher 56 (49; May 3): 41. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-03_56_49/page/40/mode/2up

Chicago Tribune Newspaper Syndicate. 1924. Eight Live Pages of Comics [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 58 (50; May 10): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-10_56_50

CBLDF Sees Texas Government Book Ratings Law Declared Unconstitutional
The CBLDF sees the Texas government book ratings law, the Restricting Explicit and Adult-Designated Educational Resources Act, declared unconstitutional
 01 Nov 2025  
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cbldf-sees-texas-government-book-ratings-law-declared-unconstitutional/

Starkey, Glen. 2025.  Graphic novelist Kane Lynch publishes a tween book about divorce. [San Luis Obispo] New Times (May 15): https://www.newtimesslo.com/graphic-novelist-kane-lynch-publishes-a-tween-book-about-divorce-16729508/

Honoring the Dead: How Comics Reflect the Spirit of Día de los Muertos
Diego Higuera on 11/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/honoring-the-dead-how-comics-reflect-the-spirit-of-dia-de-los-muertos/

Millar, Clare. 2025. Next week, millions of children across the globe will read this Australian book at the same time [National Simultaneous Storytime; The Truck Cat; Danny Snell; Hardie Grant]. Guardian (May 15): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/16/next-week-millions-of-children-across-the-globe-will-read-this-australian-book-at-the-same-time

  *Keefe, Jim. 2025. Sally Forth - Comic College [store]. Jim Keefe (November 2):  https://www.patreon.com/posts/sally-forth-141657030

  *Mazan, Joe. 2024. So Minnesota: Oldest comic book store [Comic Book College]. KSTP (December 12):  https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/so-minnesota-oldest-comic-book-store/

One of the year's best coming-of-age movies stops at year three
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain translates life and death through the eyes of a Belgian toddler in Japan.
By Jacob Oller  |  October 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/little-amelie-or-the-character-of-rain-review

Festival Quai des Bulles 2025, le Grand Prix a Tony Valente
Jean-Laurent Truc
26 octobre 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/festival-quai-des-bulles-2025-le-grand-prix-a-tony-valente-701012.html

Isao Takahata pionnier du dessin animé contemporain s'expose à la Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris jusqu'au 24 janvier 2026
Jean-Laurent Truc
27 octobre 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/isao-takahata-pionnier-du-dessin-anime-contemporain-sexpose-a-la-maison-de-la-culture-du-japon-a-paris-des-le-15-octobre-2025-700379.html

Exposition Cosey «Éternel voyageur» chez Maghen pour la sortie de Yiyun
Jean-Laurent Truc
27 octobre 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/exposition-cosey-eternel-voyageur-chez-maghen-pour-la-sortie-de-yiyun-700963.html

  *Epps, Justin. 2025. It's Really True, the New Catholic Pope Is a Comics Lover Just Like the Rest of Us [Peanuts]. Screen Rant (May 13): https://screenrant.com/peanuts-charlie-brown-pope-leo/

  *Rubin, A. A. 2025. Breaking Down a Sequential Page: A Close Reading for Comics Writers. SFWA (May 13): https://www.sfwa.org/2025/05/13/breaking-down-a-sequential-page-a-close-reading-for-comics-writers/

Nice little profile in Nebelspalter; The oldest, continually-published satire magazine in the world (It's in Switzerland)
Rick McKee
Rick McKee Ink. Oct 30, 2025
https://rickmckeeink.substack.com/p/nice-little-profile-in-nebelspalter

Rick McKee Ink
https://rickmckeeink.substack.com/

  *Harper, David. 2025. Hits And Misses With Ryvre Hardrick And Don Alsafi From Goblin Market; The Shop has Continued to Grow During its First Two Years. ICv2 (October 28): https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60888/hits-misses-ryvre-hardrick-don-alsafi-goblin-market

  *Harper, David. 2025. The Marvel Universe Unpacked with Russell Dauterman. SKTCHD (October 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnUm00xVYVg

  *Harper, David. 2025. Why We Love Comics with Hayden Sherman, Rachael Stott, Russell Dauterman, and Trung Le Nguyen. SKTCHD's Off Panel 523; October 27):  https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-523-why-we-love-comics-with-hayden-sherman-rachael-stott-russell-dauterman-and-trung-le-nguyen/ and https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Why_We_Love_Comics_NYCC.mp3

  *Harper, David. 2025. The Long Batober: Let's Celebrate Batman & Robin: Year One by Power Ranking Chris Samnee's 12 Best Panels from the Series. SKTCHD (October 29): https://sktchd.com/column/samnee-batman-and-robin/

  *Unknown. 1924. ["Release date for Gene Carr's new comic strip, 'The Baxter Beasley's,' has been set for June 2…"]. Editor and Publisher 57 (1; May 31): 22. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-31_57_1/page/22/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. ["Robert W. ("Bob") Satterfield, cartoonist, has joined the staff of Autocaster Service…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (49; May 3): 41. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-03_56_49/page/40/mode/2up

  *Unknown, 1924. ["This election year Bob Satterfield, cartoonist, now with the Publishers Autocaster Service, New York, is having to think and draw three ways at once."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (1; May 31): 22. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-31_57_1/page/22/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["When Bob Brinkerhoff got out of high school back in Toledo…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (52; May 24): 8. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-24_56_52/page/8/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. ["Charles Forbell, who draws the Rogers Peet advertisements is going to take a fling as a comic strip artist."][Susie the Shopper]. Editor and Publisher 56 (50; May 10): https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-10_56_50/page/28/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. [This week you are asked to meet John J. Floherty, the real creator of "Susie."][Susie the Shopper]. Editor and Publisher 56 (51; May 17): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-17_56_51/page/26/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. ["Harry Conway Fisher arrived in New York this week on the S.S. Majestic after a vacation abroad."][Bud Fisher]. Editor and Publisher 56 (51; May 17): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-17_56_51/page/26/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. ["'Pat' Sullivan, cartoonist for the King Feature Syndicate… sailed for a short trip abroad…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (51 May 17): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-05-17_56_51/page/26/mode/2up

  *Hawthorne, Mike. 2025. NEW Draw is Life column: Proportional responses. Draw is Life with Mike Hawthorne (November 2): https://mikehawthorneart.substack.com/p/new-draw-is-life-column-be9

Global Anime Market Grew 15% to Record 3.84 Trillion Yen in 2024
posted on 2025-10-30 10:06 EDT by Egan Loo
Industry group: 2nd highest year-over-year jump recorded, fueled by 26% increase overseas
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-10-30/global-anime-market-grew-15-percent-to-record-3.84-trillion-yen-in-2024/.230464

  *Piatti-Farnell, Lorna and Carl Wilson. 2026. The Routledge Companion to Superhero Studies. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Superhero-Studies/Piatti-Farnell-Wilson/p/book/9781032433547

  *Piatti-Farnell, Lorna and Carl Wilson. 2026. The Introduction: Approaching Superhero Studies as a Field. In The Routledge Companion to Superhero Studies. Routledge.

PART I Creating and Selling the Superhero 1. Creators and the Creative Processes Behind Comics Forrest Helvie 2. The Flash and the Ages of Superheroes: Racing Through History John Darowski 3. The Creation of Superheroes and Supervillains Through Alchemy, Science Accidents, and Violent Scientific Delights Lilia Walsh and Anna-Sophie Jürgens 4. Experimentation and Containment: The Metafictional Superhero Orion Ussner Kidder 5. What The Kids Want: Superheroes and Shared Universes Sean Casey 6. Out of the Multiversal Closet: Alternate Realities, Reboots, and Transmedia Coming Outs Charles Joseph 7. Punch-Ups on Parade: Celebrating and Marketing Queerness in Marvel and DC's Pride Month Anthologies Anna F. Peppard 8. Super Powers and Secret Wars: The Cultural Value of Superhero Action Figures Jason Bainbridge 9. From Zero to the Hero's Journey: The Masters of the Universe Franchise across Audiovisual Transmedia Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Eduardo Veteri and Jorge Traversa 10. How Externally Licensed Intellectual Property Dictated Changes in Marvel UK's Publishing Output of the 1970s-1990s Rob McLaughlin PART II Adapting the Superhero 11. Batman and the Body on Screen John Quinn 12. The Umbrella Academy: Re-imagining the Subversive Superhero Family, from Panel Scenes to Netflix Screens Ashleigh Prosser and Lorna Piatti-Farnell 13. Princesses vs Power: The Animated Depictions of Original and Rebooted She-Ra Valerie Estelle Frankel 14. The Divided Fourth Phase of Marvel Licensed Video Games (2013-) Carl Wilson 15. Financial Kryptonite: The Foiled Attempts to Bring Superheroes to the Stage Jarrod DePrado 16. Life and Death in Gotham City: Batman: The Audio Adventures' Aural History of the Superhero Genre Dru Jeffries 17. Rehearing the Superhero in the 21st century: Superman, Wonder Woman, and Music Janet K. Halfyard 18. Cosplay Capers: The Twinned Genealogies, Cultural Imaginaries, and Affects of Superhero Cosplay Paul Mountfort 19. Renegotiating Canonicity: Fanboy, Parody, and Mark Garvey's Union Jack (2019) Cathrine Avery 20. Winter Soldiers: National Identity and Responsibility in Captain America Fanfiction Sarah Regier PART III National Superheroes and Translations 21. Flying British Superheroes of World War II and Beyond: The Historical Turn in Britain's Aviation War in Popular Culture Lisa J. Hackett, Jo Coghlan, Huw Nolan, and Chris Comerford 22. Canadian Superheroes and the Struggle for National Representation Anthony Enns 23. Modern Czech Superheroes: Miracle and the Spring Man as the Defenders of the Nation Michaela Weiss 24. Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane. No, it's Super-French! Chris Reyns-Chikuma 25. Rat-Man: An Italian Superhero Parody Marco Favaro 26. Superhero Toys, Nostalgia, and the Assassination of Abe Shinzo Sophia Staite 27. The Tokusatsu Heroes and Magical Girls of Senki Zesshō Symphogear Leo Chu 28. Chinese Translations of American Superhero Films and Television Series Dingkun Wang PART IV Superhero Identities 29. With Great Power, Comes an Armored Corset: Clothing as Empowerment for Female Superheroes Yael Rachel Novich 30. What it Means to be Free: Disability, Neurodivergence, and the Super 'Freak' Gwyneth Peaty 31. The Legal Aspects of the Ownership of a Superhero Identity Liam Sunner 32. Companions, Apprentices, Enemies: The Many Roles of the Sidekick Philippe Rioux 33. Morality and Familial Relationships in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Angelique Nairn 34. When the Gods Walk Among Us: Superheroes as Dangerous Divinities Matthew Brake 35. Not Like the Others: Catwoman as Transgressive Hero Cathleen Allyn Conway 36. Supervillains are the Real Heroes Mark Hibbett 37. The Cult of Marvel's Loki(s), and their (Queer) Redemption Karl Johnson 38. The Power in Seeing Yourself in Another: X-Men, Audiences, and Queer Rights through X-Men '97 Patrick      Munnelly, Tania Cook and Kaela Joseph PART V Evolving Superhero Debates and Concerns 39. Swamp Thing: EcoGothic Monster or Environmental Champion? Teresa Fitzpatrick 40. Animal Man: The Countercultural Superhero of the Anthropocene Chris Hall 41. Wakanda and Technology in the Anthropocene: Black Panther's Lesson on What a Sustainable Coexistence Looks Like Siobhain Lash 42. Green Lantern, Structural Racism, and N.K. Jemisin's Far Sector Chris Roman 43. The Shield or the Skull: The Civil-Military Gap, the Militarized Superhero, and Veteran Stereotypes in American Myth and Memory Christina Knopf 44. Trauma in Superhero Films: The Case of Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) Sean Travers 45. The Phoenix and Dark Phoenix Sagas: Moral Ambiguity, Disagreement, and the Superhero Mission Justin F. Martin  46. The Unbelievable Gwenpool and the Limits of Empathy Devon Keyes 47. Legacy, Memory, and Fatherhood in All-Star Superman (2005) Owen Farrington

Mike Jenkins' Halloween block party flyer

Mike said, "We had a neighborhood block party they asked me to draw a flyer for"

Nov 3: KAL speaks in DC

I'm going.

Note there's a $15-17 registration fee.

Profs & Pints DC: Cartoonists Under Siege

Mon, Nov 3rd, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

Penn SocialWashington, DC
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/dc-cartoonists

Event Details

Profs and Pints DC presents: "Cartoonists Under Siege," on the rich history and uncertain future of political cartooning, with Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist, former artist in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and frequent speaker at universities.

It's a tumultuous time to be a political cartoonist, with those who hold such a job title struggling to weather the failure of newspapers as well as pressure and threats stemming from the overall degradation of public discourse. Yet, meanwhile, the appetite for satire is exploding.

How did we get to this point? What does the future hold for the artists whose irreverent takes on the issues of the day have long stirred and informed political debate? 

Hear such questions tackled by Kevin Kallaugher, an international award-winning political cartoonist widely known by the pen name KAL, who previously worked for The Baltimore Sun, continues to maintain a repository of his work at Kaltoons.com, and routinely speaks at prestigious higher-education institutions such as Harvard and Columbia.

In a copiously illustrated lecture he'll take you through the history of the cartoon craft, showing how irreverent illustrations in 18th century England and France paved the way for the caustic caricatures of today. He'll introduce you to influential caricaturists like Paris's Honore Daumier and New York's Al Hirschfeld and offer insights into the social skills required to excel in this ancient art.  

Kallaugher will walk his audience through the unique set of challenges currently facing him and his colleagues. They include a new media landscape in which upstart media platforms have siphoned audiences away from the legacy media, the traditional home for cartoonists. On top of that, an increasingly threatening political environment has put satirists in crosshairs and political cartoonists face competition from Artificial Intelligence programs that feed, without pay or credit, off artists' work. 

We'll look at how cartoonists are adapting and at the future prospects for visual satire. The lecture will close out with a live demonstration of how Kallaugher draws prominent public personalities. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.)  

Image: "Freedom of the Press," an 1834 comic drawn by Honoré Daumier (Cleveland Museum of Art / Public Domain).

Contact Information

https://www.profsandpints.com/

Nov 16: Megan Wagner Lloyd at East City Bookshop

Megan Wagner Lloyd & Abhi Alwar, Super Pancake and the Terrible Toast

By East City Bookshop

Nov 16 at 12pm EST

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/megan-wagner-lloyd-abhi-alwar-super-pancake-and-the-terrible-toast-tickets-1758327788749 

Overview

East City Bookshop welcomes Megan Wagner Lloyd and Abhi Alwar for a celebration of their new book, Super Pancake and the Terrible Toast.

East City Bookshop welcomes Megan Wagner Lloyd and Abhi Alwar for an event celebrating their latest early reader graphic novel, Super Pancake and the Terrible Toast.

Note on Format: This event is in-store only. The event will feature a reading from the book, a drawing demonstration and activity, a Q&A portion, and a book signing!

Preorder your copy of Super Pancake and the Terrible Toast for the event in Eventbrite checkout as an add-on to your ticket.

ABOUT SUPER PANCAKE AND THE TERRIBLE TOAST

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . pancake? Our favorite syrupy superhero returns in a new graphic novel to face Breakfast Town's new supervillain and take down her terrible mind control machine . . . before it takes over the entire town!

When we last saw our hero, Peggy Pancake, she was learning to be more responsible by babysitting five mini muffins and rescuing Breakfast Town from a Mini Mega Laser of Doom disaster. Now, stranger things are happening . . . and Peggy is so busy trying to prevent Breakfast Town from becoming complete toast, she keeps missing important plans with her brother, Patrick! To try and mend their relationship, Peggy and Patrick's parents sign them up to perform together at the school talent show. Little do they know the Bacon Bullies will be in the audience, and Peggy's singing voice has been, well, more scrambled than it used to be.

As Peggy and her friends investigate the mysterious events around town, they find a familiar enemy working from a lair under the Syrup Sea . . . and she's brewing up a plan to mind control EVERYONE in Breakfast Town! To defeat The Terrible Toast, Peggy and her friends must put together an epic heist and win their biggest food fight yet. Can Peggy get Patrick to forgive her? And how will she ever survive the school talent show? Find out in: SUPER PANCAKE AND THE TERRIBLE TOAST!

Megan Wagner Lloyd is the Eisner-nominated writer of the bestselling and award winning kids' graphic novels Allergic, Squished, and Winging It, co-created with illustrator Michelle Mee Nutter, and the Super Pancake kids' graphic novel series, co-created with illustrator Abhi Alwar. Megan is also the author of the children's novel Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure, the picture book How to Catch Some Zzzs, illustrated by Jade Orlando, and several more books. She lives with her family in the Washington, DC area.

Abhi Alwar (like "a bumblebee") is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She has illustrated several picture books including Fall is For Beginnings by Rajani LaRocca, and Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates, written by Cheryl B. Klein, among others. Abhi is also the illustrator of the action-packed MG graphic novel series Super Pancake, written by Megan Wagner Lloyd. She works primarily digitally, supplemented with gouache and colored pencil. Her favorite kind of stories are the outrageous ones that make her laugh out loud and fall out of her chair (ow).

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/31/2025

The Beat Digest 10/31/25: CHARLEY'S WAR gets an Apex Edition
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-103125/

Woods, Mel. 2025.  How Comics Can Be 'A Positive Dream for the World': Vancouver cartoonist Kathleen Gros brings gentrification and personal growth to life in her two new books. [LGBTQIA+]. The Tyree (May 9): https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/09/Comics-Positive-Dream-For-World/

Creator Profile: Rafael López Espí [Spain; Marvel]
Amanda Sheriff
Scoop October 30, 2025 https://www.overstreetaccess.com/creator-profile-rafael-lopez-espi/

Baltimore Comic-Con in Photos
Amanda Sheriff
Scoop October 27, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/baltimore-comic-con-in-photos/

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
Scoop October 30, 2025 https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-152/

Cosmic Lighthouse Comics
https://www.cosmiclighthouse.co.uk/

FANTAGRAPHICS TO LAUNCH EAST ASIAN IMPRINT With 2026 List
Milton Griepp on October 31, 2025  https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60914/fantagraphics-launch-east-asian-imprint

All of the 'South Park' Halloween Episodes, Ranked
Kevin Dolak
October 31, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/south-park-halloween-episodes-ranked/tegridy-farms-halloween-special-season-23-episode-5/

The Daily Heller: Peter Kuper's Postcards From the Black Hole [wordless comics; editorial cartoons]
By Steven Heller
October 28 2025 The Daily Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-peter-kupers-postcards-from-the-black-hole/

'People can't take a joke these days': Michael Heath on wokeness, The Spectator and turning 90
Mary Wakefield
  01 November 2025
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/people-cant-take-a-joke-these-days-michael-heath-on-wokeness-the-spectator-and-turning-90/

DMA#30: With special guest Alex Hallatt
A recording from Alex Hallatt and Jason Chatfield's live video
Alex Hallatt and Jason Chatfield
Oct 29, 2025
https://alexhallatt.substack.com/p/dma30-with-special-guest-alex-hallatt

Between Friends at 35: An Honest Laugh with Sandra Bell-Lundy
Inside the Kingdom October 26, 2025
Alex Garcia
https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2025/10/26/between-friends-at-35-an-honest-laugh-with-sandra-bell-lundy and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut_fiUEjT_w

Special Guest Cathy Guisewite
Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett
Comic Lab October 30th, 2025 | 55:54 | E411
 https://comiclab.simplecast.com/episodes/special-guest-cathy-guisewite
https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1021f92e-2010-48c6-a30b-f4f9d36ede9b/episodes/ae0e5513-2a13-4c97-9e07-89131b23ade2/audio/66bdd088-beb9-4c03-83d8-dd5708343a2c/default_tc.mp3

More to Come 703: PW's 2025 Best Books
Kate Fitzsimons, Calvin Reid, and Heidi MacDonald
on 10/31/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1399

Fright Night — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | October 31, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/fright-night-this-weeks-links/

Ellen O'Grady: Taking Back Our Own Listening, Oct, 21, 2025
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium
432  Oct 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Pob5FatmY

Smash Pages Q&A | Joshua Viola on serving up a meta-horror finale in 'True Believer' #3
JK Parkin
October 24, 2025
https://smashpages.net/2025/10/24/smash-pages-qa-joshua-viola-on-serving-up-a-meta-horror-finale-in-true-believer-3/

Joe Sacco Thought He Was Done With Comics Journalism
SCOTT HELLER
A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 2, 2025, Page 6 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Joe Sacco.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/books/review/joe-sacco-the-once-and-future-riot.html

Interview with Cat's Eye, City Hunter Manga Legend Tsukasa Hōjō
by Grant Jones, Oct 27th 2025
www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-10-27/with-cat-eye-city-hunter-manga-legend-tsukasa-hojo/.230071

X-Men Monday #317 – Tony Fleecs Talks 'Omega Kids'
Chris Hassan
October 27, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/27/x-men-monday-317-tony-fleecs-omega-kids/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/30/2025

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Unknown. 1924. ["Of course they call him 'Bill' in the office and on the links, but he was always Charles Henry Sykes to his parents in Athens, Ala…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (46; April 12): 6. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-04-12_56_46/page/6/mode/2up

Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate. 1924. Introducing Theodore Roosevelt McKee [comic strip advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 56 (48; April 26): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-04-26_56_48/mode/2up

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Unknown. 1924. ["Al Posen, creator 'Them Days Are Gone Forever,' has originated a new musical comic strip known as 'Jingle Bells,'…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (45; April 5): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-04-05_56_45/page/28/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1924. ["Well, feature writers, do you believe in 'spirit control?'"] [Johnny Gruelle]. Editor and Publisher 56 (45; April 5): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-04-05_56_45/page/28/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Gaar Williams boasts that he was born in Indiana…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (44; March 29): 6. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-03-29_56_44/page/6/mode/2up

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  *Unknown. 1924. ["Rube Goldberg…has returned to New York…"]. Editor and Publisher 56 (45; April 5): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-04-05_56_45/page/28/mode/2up

  *Alverson, Brigid. 2025. ComicsPRO: Comet Data Standard Uptake Incomplete: Retailers Seek Publisher Adoption. ICv2 (October 29): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60905/comicspro-comet-data-standard-uptake-incomplete

Whitfield, Orlando. 2025.The comic genius of Joe Brainard [Nancy fine art exhibition]. Apollo (May 9): https://apollo-magazine.com/joe-brainard-nancy-craig-starr-review/

   *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Exclusive: Neon Ichiban signs Legendary Comics. The Beat (October 30): https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-neon-ichiban-signs-legendary-comics/

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. Another $700k In Diamond Fees For September. ICv2 (October 30): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60908/another-700k-diamond-fees

  *Willshire, Zoey. 2025, Celebrate Halloween with Trick-or-Read 2025. PRH Comics (July 14): https://prhcomics.com/2025/07/14/celebrate-halloween-with-trick-or-read-2025/

Unknown. 2025. Graphic Novel Explains Environmental Impact of AI [Utop'IA; France; Herji]. Mirage (May 9): https://www.miragenews.com/graphic-novel-explains-environmental-impact-of-1457523/

Blewett, Kelly. 2025. The Mother/Daughter Graphic Novel Team Teaching Us How to Love Ourselves [What To Do When You Get Dumped by writer Suzy Hopkins and artist Hallie Bateman]. Cincinnati Magazine (May 9): https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/the-mother-daughter-graphic-novel-team-teaching-us-how-to-love-ourselves/

  *Elkins, Jeff. 2025. Inaugural Oklahoma Comic Arts Festival Planned for September. [Oklahoma City, OK] Journal Record (May 8): https://journalrecord.com/2025/05/08/oklahoma-comic-arts-festival-announced/

  *Zawlacki, Jake. 2025. Uninhibited ideas and dope comics: A 2025 San Diego Zine Fest photo gallery. TCJ (October 30): https://www.tcj.com/uninhibited-ideas-and-dope-comics-a-2025-san-diego-zine-fest-photo-gallery/

Denis, Ricardo Serrano. 2025. Graphic Novel Review: More Weight is a monumental achievement in comic book storytelling [Ben Wickey]. The Beat (October 30):   https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-more-weight-is-a-monumental-achievement-in-comic-book-storytelling/

  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Report: Graphic novel sales down 4.7% and more from ComicsPRO. The Beat (October 30): https://www.comicsbeat.com/report-graphic-novel-sales-down-4-7-and-more-from-comicspro/

  *Giray, Merve. Fantagraphics introduces Takumigraphics, a new imprint for East Asian comics. The Beat (October 30): https://www.comicsbeat.com/fantagraphics-launches-takumigraphics-for-east-asian-comics/

  *Spratford, Sam. 2025. Fantagraphics Launches East Asian Comics Imprint. Publishers Weekly (October 30): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/98968-fantagraphics-announces-east-asian-comics-imprint.html

'King of the Hill' Renewed for Seasons 16 and 17 at Hulu
The animated show's revival has been a strong performer for the streamer.
Rick Porter
October 30, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/king-of-the-hill-renewed-2-more-seasons-hulu-1236414150/

'Hello Kitty' Movie Sets 2028 Release From Warner Bros.
A theatrical feature based on the Sanrio character has long been in the works.
Ryan Gajewski
October 29, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hello-kitty-movie-2028-release-warner-bros-1236413588/

H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Lea Salonga to Lead Voice Cast for DreamWorks Animation's 'Forgotten Island'
Dave Franco, Manny Jacinto and Jenny Slate also voice roles in the adventure feature that Universal releases theatrically next year.
Ryan Gajewski
October 29, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/forgotten-island-her-liza-soberano-lea-salonga-dreamworks-1236413061/

  *Maglio, Tony. 2025. Crunchyroll Anime Is Now Being Used to Treat Lazy Eye — and It's FDA-Approved. Hollywood Reporter (October 28): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/crunchyroll-anime-vr-to-treat-lazy-eye-amblyopia-1236411922/

'A Mouse Hunt for Christmas': How Expanse Squeaked Out a VFX-Fueled Romp in Time for the Holidays [Norway]
  Mercedes Milligan
October 29, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/a-mouse-hunt-for-christmas-how-expanse-squeaked-out-a-vfx-fueled-romp-in-time-for-the-holidays/

Scholastic Hoping for a World Record-Setting Finale to Its Year of Dog Man
By Sally Lodge              
Oct 30, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/98986-scholastic-hoping-for-a-world-record-setting-finale-to-its-year-of-dog-man.html

From 'Nobody' to Global Contenders: China's Animation Sector Comes of Age
Mathew Scott
October 29, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-animation-sector-analysis-tiffcom-1236408070/

How a German Mom-and-Pop Outfit Built 'Stitch Head,' a New Animated Halloween Classic
Scott Roxborough
October 29, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/stitch-head-gringo-films-animated-monster-movie-1236411633/

  *Sanderson, Peter. 2025.  The Justice Gang Explained: The other superheroes in the "Superman" movie. Peter Sanderson on Comics (October 30):  
https://petersanderson1.substack.com/p/the-justice-gang-explained

New book, "Schott's Significa", features strip by VIZ cartoonist Davey Jones
By John Freeman on October 29, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/new-book-schotts-significa-features-strip-by-viz-cartoonist-davey-jones/

The Most Incredible 'Visions' Volume 3 Short Is 'Star Wars' at Its Absolute Best
"BLACK", by David Productions, represents the apex of what 'Star Wars: Visions' should be: bold, stylistic, challenging, and thoroughly, dazzlingly new.
By James Whitbrook
io9 October 30, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-visions-volume-3-best-short-black-2000679537

  *Graves, Sabina. 2025. 7 Reasons Why 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Is Not a Halloween Movie, 4 Reasons Why It Is. Io9 (October 30): https://gizmodo.com/7-reasons-why-the-nightmare-before-christmas-is-not-a-halloween-movie-4-reasons-why-it-is-2000678916

Hulu Orders 'Southern Bastards' Pilot From Bill Dubuque, Nia DaCosta, Matt Olmstead
Joe Otterson
Oct 30, 2025  
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/onyx-collective-southern-bastards-pilot-1236565880/

  *Apple, Charles. 2025. The Doones From Yale: 55 years of Doonesbury. Spokesman-Review (October 26): https://www.spokesman.com/further-review/55-years-of-doonesbury/

The Grip of Regret by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/29/2025

  *Destito, Deanna. 2025. Cullen Bunn debuts new novel Bones Of Our Stars, Blood Of Our World. The Beat (October 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/cullen-bunn-debuts-new-novel-bones-of-our-stars-blood-of-our-world/

  *Unknown. 2025. Writer talks 'Godzilla vs. Boston' comic book, coming this summer. 7 News WHDH (May 6): https://whdh.com/news/writer-talks-godzilla-vs-boston-comic-book-coming-this-summer/

  *Abulhaleeqa, Mayada. 2025. Nova of Celestoria: How Two NYUAD Students Turned Science into Story. The [New York University Abu Dhabi] Gazelle (May 4): https://www.thegazelle.org/issue/274/nova-of-celestoria

  *Khan, Muzammal Ahmad. 2025. How Captain Planet cartoons shaped my awareness of the nature crisis. The Conversation (May 7): https://theconversation.com/how-captain-planet-cartoons-shaped-my-awareness-of-the-nature-crisis-255161

  *Sabbatini, Mark. 2025. Juneau author Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts'. Juneau Empire (May 5): https://www.juneauempire.com/news/juneau-author-tessa-hulls-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-graphic-novel-feeding-ghosts/

  *Mechanic, Michael. 2025. Why Is Everybody Hating on Richie Rich? Mother Jones (July-August).  Online at https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/richie-rich-harvey-comics-good-billionaires-wealth-fantasy-elon-musk-donald-trump-comparisons-inequality/

Wilde, Karlis. 2025. 75 Years Later, 1 Superman Movie's Bizarre Lex Luthor Story Looks Weirder Than Ever [Atom Man vs Superman serial]. Screen Rant (January 25): https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-lex-luthor-atom-man-story-weird/

Material Values in the Comics: A Content Analysis of Comic Books Featuring Themes of Wealth [Archie, The Fox and the Crow, Uncle Scrooge, and Richie Rich]
Russell Belk
Journal of Consumer Research 14 (1; February 1987): 26-42  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24098497_Material_Values_in_the_Comics_A_Content_Analysis_of_Comic_Books_Featuring_Themes_of_Wealth

  *Lodge, Sally. 2025. Unlocking One's Inner Hero: PW Talks with Tony Weaver Jr. [in print as Tony Weaver Jr.]. Publishers Weekly (October 20). Online at https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/98888-unlocking-one-s-inner-hero-pw-talks-with-tony-weaver-jr.html

  *Fuzailof, Albert. 2025. The secret history of the toy/comics connection: Larry Hama and The G.I. Joe Story. The Beat (October 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-secret-history-of-the-toy-comics-connection-larry-hama-and-the-g-i-joe-story/

  *Hibbs, Brian. 2025. Tilting At Windmills #303: Re-figuring the basics Part 3: distribution. The Beat (October 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-303-small-press-distribution/

  *Alverson, Brigid. 2025. PRHPS Tops Lunar In ComicsPro Distribution Survey For The First Time: Retailers Grade the Big Two Distributors. ICv2 (October 28):
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60893/prhps-tops-lunar-comicspro-distribution-survey-first-time

Warner Bros and Dynamite team up for Blind Bags
Javier Perez on 10/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/warner-bros-and-dynamite-team-up-for-blind-bags/

  *McGuire, Liam. 2025. Absolute Martian Manhunter's Javier Rodriguez talks Batgirl Year One - Creator Owned Art. Comic Frontier (October 29):  
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/absolute-martian-manhunter-s-javier-rodriguez-talks-batgirl-year-one-creator-owned-art

  *Smith, Steve. 2025. Review: Emanata and Lucaflects, Blurgits and Maladicta: Mort Walker's Lexicon of Comicana. Panels & Prose (October 29): https://panelsandprose.com/2025/10/29/review-emanata-and-lucaflects-blurgits-and-maladicta-mort-walkers-lexicon-of-comicana/

Grant Morrison to continue '90s Vertigo comic, Sebastian O
Zack Quaintance on 10/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/grant-morrison-to-continue-90s-vertigo-comic-sebastian-o/

  *Roth, Gil. 2025. Josh Neufeld. Virtual Memories Show (661; October 28): https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-661-josh-neufeld and
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_661_-_Josh_Neufeld.mp3

Beaudet, de Adder win Townsies
D. D. Degg  October 28, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/28/beaudet-de-adder-win-townsies/

Peacemaker: Bonnie Discepolo on Post-Credits Scene, Gunn Community
26 Oct 2025  
by Tom Chang
 https://bleedingcool.com/tv/peacemaker-bonnie-discepolo-on-post-credits-scene-gunn-community/

Next 'Frames Per Second' Animated Mini-Doc Spotlights Producer Eric Calderon
 Mercedes Milligan
October 28, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/next-frames-per-second-animated-mini-doc-spotlights-producer-eric-calderon/

'Star Wars: Visions' Volume 3 Is Worth It in the End
The third season of the animated 'Star Wars' anthology largely trades freshness for familiarity—with one incredible exception.
By James Whitbrook  io9 October 29, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-visions-volume-3-review-anime-2000678274

Comic Talk with Julian Lytle
Comic Geek Speak Episode 2035 (October 28, 2025)
https://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodeDetails.html?episodeId=2956
https://media.libsyn.com/media/comicgeekspeak/ComicGeekSpeak2035.mp3

From 'stalking' artists to publishing them: An interview with Jean-Christophe Caurette [Éditions Caurette, France]
Bart Hulley | October 29, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/from-stalking-artists-to-publishing-them-an-interview-with-jean-christophe-caurette/

  *Zalben, Alex. 2025. Comic Book Club: Matt Wagner, Kelley Jones, And Nandor Schaffer [ "Dracula Book III: The Count"]. Comic Book Club (October 29): https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/28/comic-book-club-matt-wagner-kelley-jones-and-nandor-schaffer/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBM2on4Wqwo

  *Zalben, Alex. 2025. 'Tom The Dancing Bug' Creator Ruben Bolling On His New Kickstarter Collections, And The Legacy Of Alt-Weeklies. Comic Book Club (October 28): https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/28/tom-the-dancing-bug-creator-ruben-bolling-on-his-new-kickstarter-collections-and-the-legacy-of-alt-weeklies/

Julian Lytle catch-up

Comic Talk with Julian Lytle

Comic Geek Speak Episode 2035 (October 28, 2025)

https://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodeDetails.html?episodeId=2956 

https://media.libsyn.com/media/comicgeekspeak/ComicGeekSpeak2035.mp3

It was another convention filled weekend as the Speakers of Geek are joined by film/TV critic, podcaster, cartoonist and friend Julian Lytle for a Baltimore Comic Con wrap-up. And the Comic Talk continues with many thoughts on Toys, the end of the current Ultimate Universe, event comics, Mark Waid, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, current issues of Superman with the Legion of Super-Heroes and Superboy Prime, vertical scrolling comics and so much more! (1:51:07)

and his NYCC coverage for the Beat

-https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-interview-with-evan-brooks-of-hasbro-about-transformers-present-and-future/
-https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-capcoms-pragmata-first-impressions/
-https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-onimusha-way-of-the-sword-first-impressions/
-https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-whats-to-come-from-hasbros-g-i-joe-classified-line/
-https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-invincible-vs-first-impressions/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "'No Threat' Weekend"

"'No Threat' Weekend"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4199


"Power was not challenged in any meaningful way. The status quo wasn't
disrupted in the slightest. People held up some signs saying the
president is orange and that if Kamala were president they would be at
brunch, and then went home.

The whole thing was just one big pep rally for the Democratic Party,
designed to accomplish nothing beyond getting American liberals excited
about the prospect of someday voting for Gavin Newsom..."

–Caitlin Johnstone on Substack, 10.19.2025


For real, Ms. J. I almost feel personally insulted every time these
flyers hit the streets in my neighborhood for their goddamn fake-ass
astroturf "movement" which seems to roll into town at least once per
quarter, as if trying to make a fundraising goal. My first thought was
"Christ, weren't these assholes just in town this summer?" – and we've
got a whole fresh load of astroturf being rolled out next week, and we
haven't even had a chance to wash the stink off the Mall from the last
"No Kings" flag-kissing festival.

Hell, there's a whole freakin' raft of these phony-ass outfits that have
suddenly sprung up like mushrooms after a summer downpour bouncing
around now, and they're all fronting for the DNC – No Kings,
FiftyFiftyOne, local clowns like the Free DC Project – and obstructing
real revolutionary change.

LOOK THE HELL OUT for these time wasters.


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"Refuse Fascism"
https://refusefascism.org

"Fifty-Fifty One"
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

"No Kings"
https://www.nokings.org/

"Free DC Project"
https://freedcproject.org/

"US Politics Is Just Nonstop Fake Revolutions Now", Caitlin Johnstone at
Substack, 10.19.2025
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/us-politics-is-just-nonstop-fake

 
___________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/28/2025

Chatting with comics writer Barbara Perez Marquez
Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog October 28, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/10/chatting-with-comics-writer-barbara.html

Settle in for bagels and a schmear with comics retailer Joel Pollack in Episode 137 of Eating the Fantastic [Big Planet Comics]
Scott  Edelman  
Eating the Fantastic (137; January 29, 2021): https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2021/01/29/settle-in-for-bagels-and-a-schmear-with-comics-retailer-joel-pollack-in-episode-137-of-eating-the-fantastic/

The Spies Report
September 9, 2025 posted by Kamden Spies
Profiling the Dell Inker Steve Steere: An Origin Story
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/profiling-the-dell-inker-steve-steere-an-origin-story/

Adams, Victoria. 2025. Please bring back Herb & Jamaal [letter]. Portland [ME] Press Herald (May 4): https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/04/please-bring-back-herb-jamaal-letter/

Holy Memorabilia! Original 'Batman' TV Costumes Fetch Nearly $1M at Auction

Mike Barnes
October 28, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/batman-dream-of-jeannie-star-trek-costumes-auction-1236412474/

Exhibition review: Stefano Ricci's "Je les ai vus" at Martel BXL
Nick Nguyen
International Journal of Comic Art blog October 21, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/10/exhibition-review-stefano-riccis-je-les.html

Unknown. 1924. [Tad Dorgan profile]. Editor and Publisher 56 (42; March 15): 4. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-03-15_56_42/page/4/mode/2up

Bell Syndicate. 1924. Fontaine Fox Sunday Page Added to Daily Cartoons [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 56 (40; March 1): 12. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-03-01_56_40/page/12/mode/2up

Fitzpatrick, Katherine. 1924. ["Wonderful Opper!" Frederick Opper profile]. Editor and Publisher 56 (43: March 22): 8. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-03-22_56_43/page/8/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. French Like Sunday Supplement [Excelsior Dimanche]. Editor and Publisher 56 (43; March 22): 36. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-03-22_56_43/page/36/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. [Rollin Kirby, New York World political cartoonist]. Editor and Publisher 56 (41; March 8): 6. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-03-08_56_41/page/6/mode/2up

Unknown. 2025. Fighting the rise of the far right in Spain through comic books [Paco Roca]. DW News' Focus on Europe (May 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiKwBklfy3Q

Interview: Ian Edginton on BRASS SUN's long-awaited return and writing blocks [2000 AD]
Dean Simons on 10/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ian-edginton-brass-sun-long-awaited-return/

Inside MCM London, potentially the U.K's biggest convention
Jared Bird on 10/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/inside-mcm-london-potentially-the-u-ks-biggest-convention/

7 Nature-Themed Graphic Novels to Inspire Kids to Explore the Great Outdoors
by Brigid Alverson
Oct 27, 2025
https://www.slj.com/story/7-nature-themed-graphic-novels-to-inspire-kids-to-explore-the-great-outdoors

The Beat Digest 10/28/25: SPREAD creators turn MALEVOLENT
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/28/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-102825/

Best Books season kicks off: Publisher Weekly's best comics of 2025
Heidi MacDonald on 10/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/best-books-season-kicks-off-publisher-weeklys-best-comics-of-2025/

Lucca Comics and Games: the Biggest Pop Festival in Europe
Emilio Cirri



The Beat   10/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/lucca-comics-and-games-the-biggest-pop-festival-in-europe/

Luminopia and Crunchyroll collab to make anime accessible for children with amblyopia
Ollie Kaplan on 10/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/luminopia-and-crunchyroll-collab-to-make-anime-accessible-for-children-with-amblyopia/

Interview: AJ LoCascio reveals the long journey to publishing his debut children's book
Taimur Dar on 10/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-interview-aj-locascio-spoops/

  J Alex Morrissey from TRADECRAFT  Oct 28, 2025  
 EPISODE 250 CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
 https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-250-christopher-golden

Daniel Best - Author  Oct 28, 2025  
The Jerry Siegel Project: Part Five: 1939
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-jerry-siegel-project-111

Hemenway, Justin. 2025. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn's Life in Pictures. UNICEF USA (May 2): https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/unicef-goodwill-ambassador-audrey-hepburns-life-pictures

Joe Cappa Takes Us Inside the World of His Big-Hearted New Adult Swim Show, 'Haha, You Clowns'
  Ramin Zahed
October 27, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/joe-cappa-takes-us-inside-the-world-of-his-big-hearted-new-adult-swim-show-haha-you-clowns/

'Stitch Head' Directors Welcome Us to Their Friendly Animated Freak Show
Ryan Gaur
October 27, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/stitch-head-directors-welcome-us-to-their-friendly-animated-freak-show/
This article was written for the
November '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 353).

'The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants' Review: The Bikini Bottom Crew Triumphs in Another Rollicking Undersea Comedy
Justin Lowe
October 28, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-spongebob-movie-search-for-squarepants-review-1236410264/

'Monsters Inc.' to Take Over ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' in Latest Animated Altcast
The special edition of Monday Night Football, called 'Monsters Funday Football,' will be televised Dec. 8, when the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Los Angeles Chargers.
Alex Weprin
October 27, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/monsters-inc-monday-night-football-altcast-espn-disney-1236411453/

Conan The Barbarian Conquers Comics | DragonCon 2025 full panel
  David Sherman and Jim Zub
Sean CW Korsgaard   Oct 21, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxoZCIacNxI

Millar Time #44 | J. Scott Campbell
Millar Time
  Oct 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIvtBNelr-8

Make Excuses Great Again by Daniel Boris

 

Joel Pollack of Big Planet Comics interviewed in 2021

Settle in for bagels and a schmear with comics retailer Joel Pollack in Episode 137 of Eating the Fantastic

Scott  Edelman  

Eating the Fantastic (137; January 29, 2021): https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2021/01/29/settle-in-for-bagels-and-a-schmear-with-comics-retailer-joel-pollack-in-episode-137-of-eating-the-fantastic/

Chatting with comics writer Barbara Perez Marquez

Baltimore Comic-Con

by Mike Rhode 

Barbara Perez Marquez was at both Small Press Expo and Baltimore Comic-Con this fall, so I asked if she'd answer our usual questions, altered for her Baltimore base. Additionally, Barbara tweaked a few of the questions, which I'm always glad to see.

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?
I'm a writer, primarily of middle grade and young adult stories. Genre-wise I'm pretty expansive, from contemporary to fantasy stories and anything in between.

How do you do it? I know you're a writer - feel free to explore how you get an idea and then write a script.
Usually I start with something closer to a concept than a full-on idea for my stories. From there I'll expand it further (either starting an outline proper or even just listing out some story beats), at which point I get a better idea if I have a full story in my hands or if I need to start exploring further to find it.

If during that part of the process there's already an artist I'll be collaborating with (this isn't always the case or in others sometimes they are ALREADY involved from idea inception), then about this stage is when I ask them to jump in so we can make the foundation of the story something we can all be excited about. At this stage I'll also see if there's any particulars they'd like to see in terms of the style of the script. While across the board I use the same styling for my scripts, (if able) I try to meet the artist's needs in terms of ways in which the script can work with their own process. There's some variability from project to project, but after the above is mostly sorted, that's when I properly start writing. Nothing too exciting in terms of tools of the trade for my scripts, I actually dislike fancy word processors because I find convoluted formatting and file type transfers to be a headache, so I use OpenOffice with the least amount of bells and whistles I can manage.

When and where did you start working in comics?
I grew up in the Dominican Republic, which has a very different comics culture than we see in the USA (plus I was a '90s kid, so add that on to the difficulty of being outside of the American comics market). Most of my early comics reading were European comics and as far as DC and Marvel went, it was mostly the animated media for them and the Pepsi character cards.

It wasn't until college (in New York) when I properly dove into comics by way of indie comics and then onto more traditional cape comics. After that it's been mostly history, I wrote my first comic script around 2014 and it honestly got me hooked, I'd already been producing prose and poetry pieces by then, but comic scripts quickly became a staple in my portfolio too.

SPX

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?
I'd known I wanted to be a writer pretty early on in life and I moved to New York to pursue a degree in Creative Writing. As I mentioned, I'd grown up around comics enough, but it wasn't until 2014 that I really dove into writing them. Around that time I was working on an MFA in Creative Writing and I actually updated my coursework to add comics scripting to my workload (particularly around graphic novels). At the school I went to, Manhattanville University, Paul Levitz was a professor at the time. Similar to comics, I'd known about him from friends who'd taken his classes but didn't quite understand the magnitude of it until that comics writing spark fully formed for me.

By the time I realized it, none of the coursework he was offering lined up with my schedule. I wrote him this sort of shot in the dark email and explained my interest in writing comics and asked if he had any guidance. Thankfully, he replied back with a list of titles, which I immediately checked out from the library while I gathered enough cash to buy second hand copies to own. Those books basically created a "how to write comics" course of my own making. Shortly after that, I started applying to comic anthologies and involving myself in the comics community via social media.

Years later, at the 2019 Eisner Awards when Mr. Levitz was inducted into the Hall of Fame, I was actually in attendance and got to shyly approach him and expressed my gratitude for that email exchange. He had bigger things to be excited about that night, but it was great getting to thank him in person.

Who are your influences?
There's a few names that have been part of my bookshelves since those early days of getting into comics. Among them are Vera Brosgol, Lucy Knisley, and Cecil Castellucci. All of them are stellar storytellers. In terms of themes and writing style, I also keep close by some of my favorite collections of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's short stories.

What work are you best-known for?
I think my work in middle grade is still where I'm most recognized (The Cardboard Kingdom, Animal Rescue Friends, Girls Survive) and as I look ahead at upcoming projects, it's been nice to see that presence cement and continue to grow from it. I don't want to stop telling stories for young readers, but I'm excited to be branching out further into young adult.

What projects do you have coming up?
I've got quite a few titles coming out in 2026. First up will be The Curie Society: Game of Code (out March 2026) and then I'd been working on adapting Jenny Han's famous novel, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, so we're bringing that to the graphic novel realm (out May 2026).

As I mentioned, branching out into young adult stories has been a work in progress, so it's nice to get to see it shine in those two projects.

In the second half of 2026, there'll be two other titles: To Dance the Moon and Stars (alongside Tasia M.S.) and The Library of Memories (alongside Lissy Marlin). 2026 will be a busy year, but I'm excited to find that cadence in telling stories in both age ranges.

What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?
Assuming it's not a looming deadline, I try my best to disconnect from the work that I'm stuck on. Sometimes I just need to reset creatively, so I'll spend time reading or watching shows/movies or playing videogames, I occasionally even leave the house to experience the outside world! 

 The Order of Belfry

Female knights and girls love comic 

Oftentimes writer's block is less about "not knowing what to do" and more about "your creative well needs replenishing" so I try my best to honor that. Which, don't get me wrong, can be hard work. But I think (unless absolutely necessary), just plowing through a writer's block is only a temporary fix. You'll just get stuck at the next junction, so you might as well step back and come at it refreshed.

What do you think will be the future of your field?
I think 2025 has been a big year of change in comics as a business, as well as in recent years with AI trying to encroach on creative fields. The future is still the same it's always been: Beyond all the noise, we must keep telling stories.

In the current climate, we have to aggressively tell human stories and that heart will continue to live on. Now in terms of the "business" of it all, I think we're going to see some new systems come into place and even go back to some old ones that have proven to withstand the test of time (this one in particular I'm thinking about networking and how with decentralized social media, we will have to go back to building connections "offline" in some modernized way).

What local cons do you attend? I know The Small Press Expo and Baltimore Comic-Con. Any comments about attending them?
I can be found pretty regularly at the Small Press Expo and Baltimore Comic-Con and I also attend the Graphic Novel Festival and the Baltimore Book Festival. I think they are all great shows, albeit with the occasional time conflicts. 

What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?
My comics pull box lives at Dreamers and Make-Believers, where I've even surprised the booksellers with some of my requests because my reading affinities can be all over the place. It all depends on my mood or my storytelling needs at the time of reading, but a few recent reads and titles I'm looking forward to are:

Go-Man! by Hamish Steele
Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen
Warriors and a Wee Wonder by Stephanie Williams, alongside an amazing artist rotation including: Jane Pica, Emily Pearson, Dominic Bustamante, and Tasia M.S.
Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes by Erica Henderson
Death to Pachuco by Henry Barajas, Rachel Merrill, and Lee Loughridge

What's your favorite thing about Baltimore?
One of the first things that stood out to me about Baltimore was how perfectly in the middle it was to the two cities I'd lived before. I think it had some of the nostalgia points I missed from Santo Domingo and enough of a slowdown from New York to be able to keep up with it.

What monument or museum do you like to take visitors to?
A visit to the Walters Art Museum is a must!

Do you have a website or blog?
I have a website: www.mustachebabs.com, which I keep updated with all my current work and I also have a Patreon page as a newsletter-lite: www.patreon.com/mustachebabs

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/27/2025

  *Ngowi, Kibo. 2025. Carlos Amato: Drawing the madness of our times [South Africa, editorial cartoons]. Mail & Guardian (October 25): https://mg.co.za/friday/2025-10-25-carlos-amato-drawing-the-madness-of-our-times/

'You have to reinvent yourself every 10 years': A talk with Ram V
Ritesh Babu | October 27, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/you-have-to-reinvent-yourself-every-10-years-a-talk-with-ram-v/

  *Sawyers, Ben. 2025. Free Comic Book Day is Saturday -- here's where you can grab free comic books in North Texas. WFAA (May 1): https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/free-comic-book-day-saturday-may-5-places-to-grab-free-comics-in-north-texas/287-9931052e-0c19-4ed6-bf68-6005620ae37f

  *Spindle, Dan. 2025. Free Comic Book Day shows superhero success at Eastside shop. 9Tucson (May 2): https://www.kgun9.com/dans-discoveries/free-comic-book-day-shows-superhero-success-at-eastside-shop.

  *Dar, Taimur. Interview: Voice actor Ryan Colt Levy geeks out over Chainsaw Man popcorn bucket. The Beat (October 27): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ryan-colt-levy-chainsaw-man/
 
  *Kaplan, Ollie. 2025. Interview: Megalopolis creators on interpreting how Francis Ford Coppola "sees the world" and "what he wants from it". The Beat (October 27): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-megalopolis-creators-interpreting-francis-for-coppola/

  *van Leeuwen, Hans. 2025. Farewell, Alex: conceited, boomer (cartoon) banker; After 38 years, the comic strip is bowing out. Both sharply satirical and acutely anthropological, it got right inside the pinstriped world of high finance. [Great Britain]. Australian Financial Review (May 2): https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/farewell-alex-conceited-boomer-cartoon-banker-20250322-p5lllx

Art Craft Guild. 1924. George Ade says: "The college man is an amusing bird and Frank Alexander knows all about him!" [advertisement using Billy Stiff strip]. Editor and Publisher 56 (35; January 26): 173. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-01-26_56_35/page/172/mode/2up

Ledger Syndicate. 1924. Carrie and Her Car by Wood Cowan [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 56 (35; January 26). Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-01-26_56_35/page/104/mode/2up

Disney Veteran Malcon Pierce Explores Love, Loss and Resilience in His Deeply Personal, Oscar-Qualified Short, 'Versa'
 Ramin Zahed
October 25, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/disney-veteran-malcon-pierce-explores-love-loss-and-resilience-in-his-deeply-personal-oscar-qualified-short-versa/

  *Ohman, Jack. 2025. Weird. San Francisco: You Betcha!
https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Jack-Ohman/dp/B0FX1G3JWL/

  *Casey, Joe. 2025. Frank Miller's "Misstep": A matter of perspective [Ronin]. Joe Casey Writes (October 27): https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/frank-millers-misstep

  *Ferriss, Tim. 2025. Frank Miller, Comic Book Legend — Creative Process, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, 300, & More. Tim Ferriss Show (October 20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vW4K3ht-0w,  https://tim.blog/2025/10/20/frank-miller/, and https://tim.blog/2025/10/20/frank-miller-transcript/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025.  Meet Éiru, the Iron Age Warrior of Cartoon Saloon's Acclaimed New Short by Giovanna Ferrari [Ireland]. Animation Magazine (October 24): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/meet-eiru-the-iron-age-warrior-of-cartoon-saloons-acclaimed-new-short-by-giovanna-ferrari/

  *Solomon, Charles. 2025. Director Kenji Iwaisawa Details the Creative Challenges and Exciting Sprints of His Feature '100 Meters'. Animation Magazine (October 24):  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/director-kenji-iwaisawa-details-the-creative-challenges-and-exciting-sprints-of-his-feature-100-meters/

Drew Struzan, Masterly Painter of Movie Posters, Dies at 78
Richard Sandomir
    Oct. 26, 2025
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/obituaries/drew-struzan-dead.html

  *Teeman, Tim. 2025. William Gibson, Lisa Simpson and More on Their Favorite Pinch of Pynchon [in print as Thomas Pynchon Die-Hards]. New York Times (October 25): C1. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/books/review/thomas-pynchon-the-simpsons-william-gibson.html

  *Unknown. 2025. Andy Muschietti Explains 'The Flash' Failure: People "Talk Sh*t & Jump On Bandwagons" But Remains "Proud" Of Film [Interview]. The Playlist (October 15): https://theplaylist.net/andy-muschietti-explains-the-flash-failure-people-talk-sht-jump-on-bandwagons-but-remains-proud-of-film-20251015/

A Year of Free Comics: Plumbing the Depths of Fear in Deep Dark Fears [graphic medicine webcomic].
Tate McFadden on 10/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-year-of-free-comics-plumbing-the-depths-of-fear-in-deep-dark-fears/

Unknown. 2025. Doctors Without Borders comic book highlights perils of extracontinental migration [Hugo Gonzalez; On Foot]. Buenos Aires Herald (May 2): https://buenosairesherald.com/world/doctors-without-borders-comic-book-highlights-perils-of-extracontinental-migration

ON FOOT: Traversing the most perilous route to reach safety [migration]
Text and Pictures by
Hugo Gonzalez
Doctors Without Borders 2025
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/documents/MSB225725%28High%29-compressed.pdf

  *Sanderson, Peter. 2025. Superman's Supporting Cast: Other DC Comics characters in the new film. Peter Sanderson on Comics (October 25): https://petersanderson1.substack.com/p/supermans-supporting-cast

  *Tauber, Jeremy. 2025. Becoming Two Hikarus with Voice Actor Shūichirō Umeda. Anime News Network (October 22): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-10-22/becoming-two-hikarus-with-voice-actor-shuichiro-umeda/.228398

  *Cormack, Kevin. 2025. A Chat with Anime Industry Veteran Junji Nishimura, Director of Mechanical Marie. Anime News Network (October 24): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-10-24/a-chat-with-anime-industry-veteran-junji-nishimura-director-of-mechanical-marie/.229436

Wayne's Comics Podcast #716: Interview with David Whalen
 Wayne Hall
October 26, 2025
https://majorspoilers.com/2025/10/26/waynes-comics-podcast-716-interview-with-david-whalen/
https://traffic.libsyn.com/f8c9b31c-8855-41b1-8551-4286a6e847d8/WComics716.mp3

  *Lussier, Germain. 2025. 'Zootopia 2' Cast a Bunch of Disney Animation Alums in Fun Cameos; Dwayne Johnson, Auliʻi Cravalho, Josh Gad, Stephanie Beatriz, and others are joining the upcoming sequel, in theaters November 26. io9 (October 27): https://gizmodo.com/zootopia-2-voice-cameos-dwayne-johnson-2000677515

  *Carlin, Dave. 2025. Push on to rename NYC street in honor of Jack Kirby, one of the godfathers of comic books. CBS News New York (October 27): https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/push-on-to-rename-nyc-street-in-honor-of-jack-kirby-one-of-the-godfathers-of-comic-books/

  *Sampson, Hannah. 2025. A Disney World hack for free stuff? 'Buy Nothing' groups. [in print as Disney World visitors add to the magic by giving away meals, mugs and more]. Washington Post (October 26): F5. online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/10/20/disney-gift-economy-facebook/

The Ghost of Supply-Side Past by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/25-26/2025

  *Unknown. 1923. Cartoonist Jailed in Spain [Manuel Carrasco]. Editor and Publisher 56 (22; October 27): 36. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-10-27_56_22/page/36/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1923. "Jigs" Takes a Tumble. Editor and Publisher 56 (2; October 20): 16. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-10-20_56_21/page/16/mode/2up

David Harper on Comic Book Journalism, SKTCHD, and Off Panel Podcast
James Foster
Nerdy Mewzings  October 20 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/david-harper-on-comic-book-journalism-sktchd-and-off/id1738164434?i=1000732653042

  *Milligan, Badr, Andrew Torres, Edmund Dansart. 2025. Live Comic Podcast Show at NYCC 2025: The Short Box meets Comic Book Couples Counseling meets The Oblivion Bar meets Off Panel. The Short Box Podcast: A Comic Book Talk Show (475; October 22): https://www.theshortboxpodcast.com/281000/episodes/18023065-live-comic-podcast-show-at-nycc-2025-the-short-box-meets-comic-book-couples-counseling-meets-the-oblivion-bar-meets-off-panel

  *Harper, David. 2025. Eric Zawadzki on the Art and Storytelling of his "Dream Project," Assorted Crisis Events. SKTCHD (October 22): https://sktchd.com/art-feature/eric-zawadzki-art-feature-assorted-crisis-events/

  *Harper, David. 2025. 20 Observations and Anecdotes from This Year's Glorious, and Gloriously Overwhelming, New York Comic Con. SKTCHD (October 15): https://sktchd.com/longform/nycc-2025-feature/

  *Harper, David. 2025. The Most Interesting People in Comics, Right Now. SKTCHD (October 8):  https://sktchd.com/longform/most-interesting-people-2025/

Harper, David. 2025. Off Panel #520: The Fantasy Draft with Badr Milligan and Chris Hacker. SKTCHD (October 6): https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-520-the-fantasy-draft-with-badr-milligan-and-chris-hacker/ and https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/sktchd/Badr_Milligan_and_Chris_Hacker.mp3

  *Harper, David and Oliver Sava. 2025. SKTCHD Double Take: Do Admit, Mimi Pond Made One of the Comics of the Year in The Mitford Sisters And Me. SKTCHD (October 9): https://sktchd.com/review/double-take-do-admit/

  *Harper, David and Oliver Sava. 2025. Double Take: On the Atmospheric and Polarizing Absolute Green Lantern, and Where It Stands After Its First Arc. SKTCHD (September 11):  https://sktchd.com/review/double-take-absolute-green-lantern/

  *Harper, David and Oliver Sava. 2025. Double Take: On the Return of Lazarus, and Where it Fits in Today's World. SKTCHD (August 14): https://sktchd.com/column/double-take-lazarus/

  *Susman, Tim. 2025. How to Write a Comic Script. SFWA (April 29): https://www.sfwa.org/2025/04/29/how-to-write-a-comic-script/

  *Harrison, Heath. 2025. Gorey gets headstone at Woodland Cemetery. Ironton Tribune (October 14): https://irontontribune.com/2025/10/14/gorey-gets-headstone-at-woodland-cemetery/

  *Rubin, Eleanor W. 2025. 'Edward Gorey: The Gloomy Gallery' at Houghton Library Review: The Bleak and the Beautiful. Harvard Crimson (October 16): https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/16/gloomy-gallery-houghton-review/

A Nobel Cause by Daniel Boris

 

Cara Gormally speaking at the library

Photo by Randy T.

The Great Hall of Delusion by Daniel Boris