Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/4/2025

Interview: Batman animated creatives reflect on past projects and tease what's to come
Taimur Dar on 11/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-nycc-25-batman-animated/

The Beat Digest 11/04/25: Second 100 NIGHTS OF HERO trailer drops
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 11/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-110425/

Adams, Rachel. 2025. Drawing Inclusions: A Comic about Comics, Disability Studies, and Public Humanities. Public Humanities 1 (October 23):e144. Online at https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2025.32 and https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-humanities/article/drawing-inclusions-a-comic-about-comics-disability-studies-and-public-humanities/C0568DAAE305A5A09FBA38AC831D91A9

  *D'Alessandro, Anthony. 2025. Chloé Zhao & Nicolas Gonda Launch Kodansha Studios To Create Live-Action Adaptations From Manga Library. Deadline (November 3): https://deadline.com/2025/11/chloe-zhao-manga-kodansha-studios-1236605962/

  *Holt. 2025. Kodansha and Oscar-Winning Director Chloé Zhao Launch Kodansha Studios: A New Creative Bridge Between East and West. Seeokyo (November 4): https://jkinews.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/kodansha-and-oscar-winning-director-chloe-zhao-launch-kodansha-studios-a-new-creative-bridge-between-east-and-west/

  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Chloe Zhao and Nicolas Gonda launch Kodansha Studios. The Beat (November 4): https://www.comicsbeat.com/chloe-zhao-and-nicolas-gonda-launch-kodansha-studios/

TOP 50 COMICS - OCTOBER 2025: Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
  ICv2  November 3, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/60942/top-50-comics-october-2025

COMIC RETAILER CHARGED WITH FELONY For Allegedly Giving Away Comic at Halloween Event
 Milton Griepp on November 3, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60944/comic-retailer-charged-felony

VIZ MEDIA DATA BREACH - REPORT: Business Information Compromised
 Milton Griepp on November 3, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60943/viz-media-data-breach-report

Reviews: Brain Damage
Leonard Pierce | November 4, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/brain-damage/

Brain Damage
Shintaro Kago (Zack Davisson, translator)
Fantagraphics

Government creates national Comic Book Prize
By TPN/Lusa
Portugal News November 3 2025
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-11-02/government-creates-national-comic-book-prize/909562

Clay Jones from Claytoonz  Nov 4, 2025
  Election Day 2025: How some right-wing cartoonists are looking at today's elections
https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/election-day-2025n Day 2025

Degrazia, Leah. 2025. Scott Adams, Dilbert Creator, Shares Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. E! News (May 19): https://www.eonline.com/news/1417751/scott-adams-dilbert-creator-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer

Morrow, Brendan. 2025. 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams says he's dying from same kind of cancer that Joe Biden has. USA Today (May 19): https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/05/19/scott-adams-joe-biden-cancer-dilbert-comic/83728060007/

Norman, Greg. 2025. 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams reveals prostate cancer diagnosis, predicts he has only months to live. Fox News (May 19): https://www.foxnews.com/us/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-reveals-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-predicts-only-months-live

Whisnant, Gabe. 2025. Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' Creator, Says He Has Same Prostate Cancer as Biden.  Newsweek (May 19): https://www.newsweek.com/scott-adams-dilbert-prostate-cancer-joe-biden-trump-2074226

Warren, Nick. 2025. Tommy In Tome? Link's Collected Cartoons: The Reader's very own Tommy Link set to release a book of Tommy In Toon. Erie Reader (May 19): https://www.eriereader.com/article/tommy-in-tome-links-collected-cartoons

Elshani, Besarte. 2025. Graphic novel – a weapon in war and extraordinary times [Albania's GranFest; "In the Trenches of Ukraine - War Diary 2022-2025"; Ruslan Pikhota (Albania); Enrique Flores (Spain)]. KOHA (May 18): https://www.koha.net/en/shtojca-kulture/romani-grafik-arme-ne-lufte-e-kohe-te-jashtezakonshme

Saari, Ashly. 2025. Author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka tells Jaffrey-Rindge students about his journey from rejection to success. Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (May 21): https://ledgertranscript.com/2025/05/21/author-visits-jaffrey-rindge-students-61164133/

Corscadden, Jane. 2025. Young writers from Northern Ireland and Caribbean team up for graphic novel [Fighting Words NI]. Belfast Live (May 18): https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/young-writers-northern-ireland-caribbean-31658733

Romney, Stephen. 2025. Vintage comics stolen from West Valley comic store. Fox13 (May 17): https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/vintage-comics-stolen-from-west-valley-comic-store

Jones, Abigail. 2025. Comic books worth $70k stolen from West Valley City comics store. New4Utah (May 16): https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/comic-books-worth-70k-stolen-from-west-valley-city-comics-store/
Tiglao, Rigoberto. 2025. MT cartoonists have been spreading fake news [Philippines; Manila Times; editorial cartoons]. Rigoberto Tiglao (May 19): https://rigobertotiglao.com/2025/05/19/mt-cartoonists-have-been-spreading-fake-news/

Op‑Ed: An Open Letter About Power Pulp Comics [distribution]
By Jamie Jones,  on 11/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/op-ed-an-open-letter-about-power-pulp-comics/

Digital comics service InkyPen to launch on Steam on November 18, 2025
Heidi MacDonald on 11/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digital-comics-service-inkypen-to-launch-on-steam-on-november-18-2025/

Davidson, Dan. 2025. Cole Pauls champions Indigenous themes in his art during Dawson City presentation. Yukon News (May 17): https://www.yukon-news.com/arts/cole-pauls-champions-indigenous-themes-in-his-art-during-dawson-city-presentation-8005496

Gray, Arielle. 2025. Remembering artist Rob Stull, whose work spanned canvases and comics. WBUR (May 20): https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/20/artist-rob-stull-remembrance

MY LITTLE PONY trots off to BOOM! Studios
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 11/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mlp-boom/

Fitzgerald, Ali. 2025. Depression-Era Dolls for Trump-Tariff-Era Children [in print as Depression-Era Dolls]. New Yorker (May 26): 6. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/depression-era-dolls-for-trump-tariff-era-children

INTERVIEW: Inside ©alifornia, Inc.: Creators Arthur N. Ebuen and Dave Law on Building a Corporate Dystopia!
Diego Higuera on 11/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-inside-alifornia-inc-creators-arthur-n-ebuen-and-dave-law-on-building-a-corporate-dystopia/

Tivo Rodriguez's Comics Now On Sale In Paris, France… Or Are They?
  03 Nov 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tivo-rodriguezs-comics-now-on-sale-in-paris-france-or-are-they/

Lucca Comics & Games, The Morning After The Weekend Before
  03 Nov 2025  
by Rich Johnston
  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/lucca-comics-games-the-morning-after-the-weekend-before/

Insights from the Tokyo Int'l Film Festival Animation Symposium
  Kambole Campbell
November 3, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/insights-from-the-tokyo-intl-film-festival-animation-symposium/

'Little Amélie or the Character of Rain' Directors Discuss Their Hand-Crafted Vision of Childhood (NEW TRAILER)
 Jennifer Wolfe
November 3, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/little-amelie-or-the-character-of-rain-directors-discuss-their-hand-crafted-vision-of-childhood-new-trailer/
This article was written for the
December '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 354).

The Daily Heller: The New Yorker's Witty Women [Liza Donnelly]
By Steven Heller
November 2 2025
 The Daily Heller
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-new-yorker-witty-women/

Inkpulp Podcast #263 | Joe Madureira!
 Nov 3, 2025 INKPULP PODCAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eaSZA4kU8

  J Alex Morrissey from TRADECRAFT Nov 4, 2025  
  EPISODE 251 JOHN WORKMAN: Comic Book Writer, Artist, Letterer, Editor
 https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-251-john-workman

The Essential Peanuts & Beyond: A Conversation with Mark Evanier
Bronze And Modern Gods
  Nov 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vngl1_RM4YE

The Anime Business - Jerry Beck on Akira, Streamline Pictures and Anime in Theaters
AnimEigo  Oct 22, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHg9UMc1fBA

John Farrelly – RIP
 D. D. Degg
November 4, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/04/john-farrelly-rip/

Your drawings will live on': Tributes as NI author and cartoonist dies [John Farrelly]
Clodagh Traynor
Sun 2 Nov 2025  
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/your-drawings-will-live-on-tributes-as-ni-author-and-cartoonist-dies/a1131745086.html

The death has occurred of John FARRELLY
 https://www.funeraltimes.com/johnfarrelly821253107

  *Cowen, Dave. 2025. A.D.: New Orleans After The Deluge - Q&A with Author Josh Neufeld.
SerioComics (74, August 29): https://seriocomics.substack.com/p/ad-new-orleans-after-the-deluge-seriocomics

  *Smith, Larry. 2025. New Orleans, 20 Years After the Deluge: Honoring the Big Easy and a look back at one of the most meaningful projects in my life as writer, journalist, and story seeker [Josh Neufeld]. Say Less by Larry Smith & The Six-Word Memoir Project (August 29): https://sixwordmemoirs.substack.com/p/new-orleans-20-years-after-the-deluge

  *Hurka-Robles, Ana and Pete Lepage. 2007. The Making of A.D, a New Orleans Webcomic [Josh Neufeld]. PulpSecret (August 22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9E1bkpK_6U

  *Magee, Bruce R. and Kerr McGee. 2025. Josh Neufeld, Part 1-2. Louisiana Anthology Podcast (640 & 641; August 22 & 29): https://louisianaanthology.blogspot.com/2025/08/640-josh-neufeld-part-1.html & https://archive.org/details/640-josh-neufeld-part-1 and
https://louisianaanthology.blogspot.com/2025/08/641-josh-neufeld-part-2.html & https://archive.org/details/641-josh-neufeld-part-2

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/17-18/2025 (UPDATED)

Most of the citations from this weekend were not sent correctly to the blog, so here they are.

Charles Strouse, composer of 'Bye Bye Birdie' and 'Annie,' dies at 96
Elise Viebeck
May 15, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/05/15/charles-strouse-dead/

Pope Sam XIV [Michael Ramirez letter]
Clara M. Lovett,
Washington Post May 17 2025: A13
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/16/pope-leo-american-alcatraz-jane-gardam/

It's unfunny because it's true [Prickly City letter]
Anne Schwartz,
Washington Post May 17 2025: A13
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/16/pope-leo-american-alcatraz-jane-gardam/

Lewis Pullman of 'Thunderbolts*' Has Become Hollywood's Go-To Bob
Sarah Bahr
A version of this article appears in print on May 16, 2025, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: He's a Superhero For the Vulnerable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/movies/lewis-pullman-thunderbolts.html

Conversations with Todd McFarlane
Edited by Jake Zawlacki
University Press of Mississippi
2024

Mutants, Androids, and Aliens
On Being Human in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
By James A. Tyner
2025
University Press of Mississippi
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Mutants-Androids-and-Aliens

Conversations with Rick Veitch
Edited by Brannon Costello
University Press of Mississippi
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Conversations-with-Rick-Veitch
July 2025

Moebius
By Nicolas Labarre
University Press of Mississippi
2025
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Moebius

Barry Blitt's "Soft Landing"
Only a "stupid person" would turn down a free plane, Donald Trump says.
By Françoise Mouly
May 16, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-26

Midlands school libraries remove children's book over LGBTQ+ relationship [ "I Am Billie Jean King" by author Brad Meltzer]
 Bristow Marchant
May 14, 2025
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article306330911.html

Jackson 'Butch' Guice - A 200 Image Career Retrospective!
Rubén DaCollector and Brian Peck,
Rubén DaCollector May 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH9TPGGZyuY

Words, Images, & Worlds with Sara Kenney [Acid Box]
Jason DeHart
May 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lONPxw8oidA

Words, Images, & Worlds: Richard Ashley Hamilton Returns!
Jason DeHart
May 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vV_q0LSRVs

A Macanudo animated TV series is in the works
EXCLUSIVE: King Features Syndicate will rep this Mercury Filmworks/Sun Creature co-pro based on a 23-year-old Argentinian comic strip that's been published in 60 languages.
By Sadhana Bharanidharan
May 16, 2025
https://kidscreen.com/2025/05/16/a-macanudo-animated-tv-series-is-in-the-works/

Eric McConnell
Art of Eric McConnell website
https://www.artofericmcconnell.com/

OBITUARY Eric Charles McConnell May 24, 1972 – May 12, 2025
McEwen Funeral Service-Derita Chapel
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/charlotte-nc/eric-mcconnell-12379027

An hour-by-hour countdown of your emotions on an international flight [in print as A cartoonist's take on the emotional journey that is a 10-hour flight]
 Gemma Correll
Washington Post May 18, 202: F6.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/05/16/international-flight-emotions-comic/
free to read link: https://wapo.st/44K103s

When timelines cross
Watching my daughter with her grandfather brings age into sharp focus.
Michelle Kondrich
Washington Post May 18, 202: FA18.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/when-timelines-cross/
free to read link: https://wapo.st/4mmdwMP

War unfiltered: Steve Cuzor brings 'The Red Badge of Courage' to life in new graphic novel
How the artist transformed Stephen Crane's classic war novel into a stark, emotionally charged graphic novel.
David Brooke
May 13, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/13/steve-cuzor-the-red-badge-of-courage-qa/

2025 Eisner Award nominees announced
Patrick Ross
May 15, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/15/2025-eisner-award-nominees-announced/

'Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean' is an instant eco-punk classic
Colin Moon
May 14, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/14/walt-disneys-mickey-mouse-and-the-amazing-lost-ocean-review/

As Ad Populum Buys Diamond, Layoffs Hit In Sales, Services And Support
Rich Johnston
  17 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ad-populum-buys-diamond-layoffs-sales-services-support/

Diamond Book Distributors Confirms Those Laid Off And Those Not
17 May 2025
  Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-book-distributors-confirms-those-laid-off-and-those-not/

Early Disney Imagineering maps show the 'lost lands' of Disneyland, new book reveals
By Todd Martens
May 13, 2025
https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-05-13/lost-lands-of-disneyland-new-book-happiest-place-on-earth

He worked with Walt Disney to shape Disneyland. Now at 93, boy, does he have stories
By Todd Martens
Photography by
David Fouts
April 25, 2025  https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-04-25/bob-gurr-disneyland-imagineer-documentary-tour

Disneyland's new water show: 'Inside Out's' 'Be happy' message irks, while the Muppets charm
By Todd Martens
May 15, 2025
https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2025-05-15/disneyland-70th-world-of-color-inside-out-muppets

Calvin and Hobbes Press Kit rarity has Bill Watterson fans a-tizzy
John Freeman on May 16, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/calvin-and-hobbes-press-kit-rarity-has-bill-watterson-fans-a-tizzy/

Waiting to Inhale [memoir, mental illness]
Steve Cook from Secret Oranges, May 18, 2025
https://secretoranges.substack.com/p/waiting-to-inhale

Interview with Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Creator Sunsunsun
MrAJCosplay, May 12th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025-05-12/interview-with-alya-sometimes-hides-her-feelings-in-russian-creator-sunsunsun/.222209?cmid=ab0eea94-791e-43f3-b0c2-e75eabd2fb39

Trump ZOO! Political Cartoonists Draw Trump as Animals! 130 Cartoons!
Daryl Cagle, Adam Zyglis, Bill Day, and Dave Whamond
 Caglecast 68 May 18, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u4GcfQ-cZU

From Spoiled Brats to Sketchpads — Local Bulldog Stars in New Book of Tail-Wagging Truths [Jason Chatfield]
by Dashiell Allen
May 13 2025
https://w42st.com/post/from-spoiled-brats-to-sketchpads-local-bulldog-stars-in-new-book-of-tail-wagging-truths/

How Tove Jansson used her Moomins comic strip to critique the financial and creative pressures of being an artist
Elina Druker
The Conversation UK.May 15, 2025
https://theconversation.com/how-tove-jansson-used-her-moomins-comic-strip-to-critique-the-financial-and-creative-pressures-of-being-an-artist-256287

How Tove Jansson's Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong
  The Conversation UK. May 8, 2025
Amelia Huw Morgan
https://theconversation.com/how-tove-janssons-moomins-illustrations-taught-us-to-imagine-resist-and-belong-254631

Tove Jansson's Moomin books explore the power of adventure and transformation
The Conversation UK April 25, 2025
Sue Walsh
https://theconversation.com/tove-janssons-moomin-books-explore-the-power-of-adventure-and-transformation-245969

With Moominmamma, Tove Jansson created a hero who wields a handbag instead of a sword
  The Conversation UK. April 30, 2025
Isabel Joely Black
https://theconversation.com/with-moominmamma-tove-jansson-created-a-hero-who-wields-a-handbag-instead-of-a-sword-255332

Tove Jansson: lessons in life from her beloved Moomin characters
Barbara Tesio-Ryan
The Conversation UK. May 6, 2025
https://theconversation.com/tove-jansson-lessons-in-life-from-her-beloved-moomin-characters-255280

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/3/2025

North Carolina retailer arrested after giving out comics for Halloween
Heidi MacDonald on 11/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/north-carolina-retailer-arrested-after-giving-out-comics-for-halloween/

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: SWAT KATS, NEO WONDERLAND, ENHANCED, and two more projects you'll love!
Diego Higuera on 11/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-swat-kats-neo-wonderland-enhanced-journey-to-the-quest/

SOUTHERN BASTARDS pilot ordered by Hulu
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 11/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/southern-bastards-hulu/

The Dungeon Crawler Carl graphic novel is about to make $2.3 million [crowdfunding]
Heidi MacDonald on 11/03/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-dungeon-crawler-carl-graphic-novel-is-about-to-make-2-3-million/

Most Valuable Comic? Highest Graded Superman #1 CGC 9.0 Hits Auction
Found in a Northern California attic, the highest graded CGC 9.0 copy of Superman #1 should contend for the record of highest price ever paid for a comic book.
  02 Nov 2025  
by Mark Seifert
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/most-valuable-comic-highest-graded-superman-1-cgc-9-0-hits-auction/

NEWLY FOUND CGC 9.0 COPY OF 'SUPERMAN' #1 TO AUCTION
ICv2 Gets the Inside Scoop from Heritage Auctions and CGC
 Brigid Alverson on November 1, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60924/newly-found-cgc-9-0-copy-superman-1-auction

Trump says he will help 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams obtain cancer treatment
 Kristina Cooke
Reuters November 2, 2025
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-help-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-obtain-cancer-treatment-2025-11-03/

Scott Adams Asks Trump for Help in Fighting His Cancer, and Gets It
 D. D. Degg  
 November 2, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/02/scott-adams-asks-trump-for-help-in-fight-against-his-cancer/

Cartoonists Drawn to Clay Jones
 D. D. Degg  
November 3, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/03/cartoonists-drawn-to-clay-jones/

Commentary: ABSOLUTE BATMAN ANNUAL #1 is the catharsis I needed
E.B. Hutchins on 11/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/commentary-absolute-batman-annual-1-is-the-catharsis-i-needed/
The Liam Sharp Treasury 2025.
I'm Collectible Art
https://www.imcollectibleart.com/product/liaim-sharp-2025-treasury-artbook/5CIIVL4F2JX7JLQZ5S7S2MXB

Encore: The Art of Liam Sharp ["Silver" edition; black and white art]
I'm Collectible Art
https://www.imcollectibleart.com/product/liaim-sharp-encore-silver-artbook/ILAPX62MQ2H5CTR2WX7QAVDR

Encore: The Art of Liam Sharp ["Gold" edition].
I'm Collectible Art
https://www.imcollectibleart.com/product/liaim-sharp-encore-gold-artbook/LQRW7TIUYUJJLBJSX2SB4ODW

Pollard, Rebecca. 2025. Portarlington illustrator launches graphic novel about Antarctic explorer [" Tom Crean: Irish Antarctic Hero"; Dave Butler; Ireland]. Laois Nationalist (May 15): https://www.laois-nationalist.ie/whatson/portarlington-illustrator-launches-graphic-novel-about-antarctic-explorer_arid-58057.html

Interview: Jonathan Chance treats readers with NEVER BY NIGHT horror anthology
Javier Perez on 11/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-jonathan-chance-treats-readers-with-never-by-night-horror-anthology/

Mariko Tamaki is killing it: 'We're constantly pushing back against someone trying to tell us our reality is wrong.'
Gina Gagliano | November 3, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/mariko-tamaki-is-killing-it-were-constantly-pushing-back-against-someone-trying-to-tell-us-our-reality-is-wrong/

Turning Grief Into Art With Unusual Wit
In "The Ephemerata," the veteran graphic novelist Carol Tyler explores the nature of loss.
By Sam Thielman
Nov. 1, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/books/review/the-ephemerata-carol-tyler.html

THE EPHEMERATA: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief, by Carol Tyler, Fantagraphics

The Prince Valiant Sunday Page Montage Sources
D. D. Degg  
October 26, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/25/the-prince-valiant-sunday-page-montage-sources/

Prince Valiant Montage Sources 2
D. D. Degg                          
November 2, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/02/prince-valiant-montage-sources-2/

30+ Public TV Stations Picks up 'Jeremy and Jazzy' Holiday Specials from Vérité Films [Canada]
  Mercedes Milligan
October 31, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/30-public-tv-stations-picks-up-jeremy-and-jazzy-holiday-specials-from-verite-films/

TIFFCOM: Japan's Anime Industry Expanded 15 Percent to $25 Billion in 2024
The record annual results for Japan's booming anime industry were achieved even before the recent historic success of 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.'
Patrick Brzeski
November 2, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/japan-anime-industry-value-2024-1236416358/

AJA Reports Record Year for Japanese Anime; Issues GenAI Statement
 Animation Magazine
October 31, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/aja-reports-record-year-for-japanese-anime-issues-genai-statement/

Haunted by Goya: 'The Quinta's Ghost's' Director and Producer Discuss Their Award-Winning Short (Exclusive Clip) [Spain]
Ramin Zahed
October 31, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/haunted-by-goya-the-quintas-ghosts-director-and-producer-discuss-their-award-winning-short-exclusive-clip/

Director Guillaume Dousse Brings His A-Game to Netflix's Acclaimed Series 'Splinter Cell: Deathwatch'
Ramin Zahed
November 1, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/director-guillaume-dousse-brings-his-a-game-to-netflixs-acclaimed-series-splinter-cell-deathwatch/

Swimming with Courage: Acclaimed Director Florence Miailhe Discusses Her Award-Winning Short 'Papillon' [France].
 Ramin Zahed
November 2, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/acclaimed-director-florence-miailhe-discusses-the-creation-journey-of-her-award-winning-short-papillon-butteflyn/

Scrooge McDuck comic creator Don Rosa confirms 2026 European tour
John Freeman on November 2, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/scrooge-mcduck-comic-creator-don-rosa-confirms-2026-european-tour/

2000AD's first French outing unearthed? [in "Sunny Sun"].
John Freeman on November 3, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/2000ads-first-french-outing-unearthed/

In Memoriam: Author, illustrator and comic artist John Farrelly [Ireland]
Peter Duncan on November 2, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-author-illustrator-and-comic-artist-john-farrelly/

Unknown. 1924. [Frank Beck Marries]. Editor and Publisher 57 (5; June 28): 27. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-28_57_5/page/n31/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Winsor McCay has resigned from the Hearst organization to accept a position with the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate, reviving in weekly full page color his famous 'Little Nemo' comic…]. Editor and Publisher 57 (5; June 28): 27. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-28_57_5/page/n31/mode/2up

New York Herald and Tribune Syndicate. 1924. Winsor McCay, Creator of "Little Nemo," Joins the New York Herald and Tribune Syndicate [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 57 (5; June 28): 20, 21. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-28_57_5/page/20/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Herb Roth, cartoon genius of the New York Sunday world, creator of a thousand drolleries in pen and ink sketch, has the world's finest collection of Howard Pyle's illustrations."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (5; June 28): 19. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-28_57_5/page/18/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Milt Gross, who draws 'Banana Oil,' a comic strip, for the New York World Syndicate, has started a contest offering a prize for the best Banana Oil joke."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (4: June 21): 262. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-21_57_4/page/262/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Mr. Crosby, the creator of the famous series appearing in Life, was enacting in pantomime, for the benefit of the are (sic) editor, the next of his drawings of Skippy…"]. Editor and Publisher 57 (2; June 7): 10. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-07_57_2/page/10/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Gene Carr, who is drawing the new comic strip and Sunday Page 'The Baxter Beasleys' … is a native New Yorker."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (4; June 21): 260. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-21_57_4/page/260/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["R.M. (Bob) Brinkerhoff, cartoonist for the New York World Syndicate, creator of 'Little Mary Mix-up,' has taken his comic character on a 4 months trip abroad sailing from New York, June 3 on the S.S. Republic."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (2; June 7): 30. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-07_57_2/page/30/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Walt Munson, cartoonist, is drawing a daily two-column comic under the caption 'Time to Crab' for the Des Moines Register and Tribune Newspaper Syndicate."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (2; June 7): 30. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-07_57_2/page/30/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["Bob Satterfield, cartoonist for the Publishers' Autocaster Service, New York, will cover the political conventions for his syndicate, drawing cartoons of political leaders from the convention floor."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (2; June7): 30. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-07_57_2/page/30/mode/2up

Unknown. 1924. ["George McManus… was the guest of the Lancaster (Pa.) News-Journal, May 28."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (2; June 7): 30: https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1924-06-07_57_2/page/30/mode/2up

Editorial Cartooning talk from 2008 - Wuerker, KAL, & Thompson

Talking to Matt tonight, he brought up this event, so I'm resharing the photos.

Art of Political Cartooning in an Election Year

Matt Wuerker, KAL and Richard Thompson at the Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD, October 25, 2008.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/albums/72157608392352602/

Boundary Issues by Daniel Boris

 

WaPo drops Free for All letters page

After at least 33 years, The Washington Post appears to have dropped its Free for All letters page that ran on Saturdays. I think they've been gone for a month now, but that needs to be confirmed.

 This is of interest to us because it was the major source for letters about the comic strips and editorial cartoons that the Post runs.

As the paper continues its right turn it appears to have less interest in anything that may be considered humorous criticism, even though it's editorial page editor comes from England where that type of humor is more prevalent. 

KAL lectures in DC

KAL is starting with the history of political cartooning.

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/