Saturday, February 01, 2025

The auditor section of IDW's annual report expresses "substantial doubt" about its "ability to continue as a going concern" in wake of Diamond Bankruptcy.

30 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-report-diamond-bankruptcy-leaves-substantial-doubt-for-future/

Antarctic Puts Creator-Owned Comics On Hiatus Over Diamond Bankruptcy

28 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/antarctic-puts-creator-owned-comics-on-hiatus-over-diamond-bankruptcy/

Cosmic Lion Productions Propose Spam to Help With Diamond Bankruptcy

Rich Johnston

30 Jan 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cosmic-lion-lunar-penguin-random-house-diamond-bankruptcy/

Joe Shuster's family sues DC and Warner Bros over Superman rights

Heidi MacDonald on 01/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/joe-shusters-family-sues-dc-and-warner-bros-over-superman-rights/

Warner Bros.' Superman Rollout Threatened by Lawsuit Over International Rights

The estate of Superman co-creator Joseph Shuster accuses the studio of yearslong copyright infringement on several movies and TV shows that exploit the hero.

Winston Cho

January 31, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-superman-lawsuit-rights-1236123933/

Superman Creator's Estate Sues DC and Warner Bros. Over Foreign Copyrights Ahead of James Gunn Reboot

Gene Maddaus

Jan 31, 2025

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/superman-estate-sues-dc-comics-international-release-1236292842/

'Captain America: Brave New World' Shows Disney Can't Escape the Culture Wars

While the studio desperately tries to avoid politics, the stars of the upcoming 'Captain America' movie and 'Spider-Man' TV show are making waves by just barely slipping off message.

James Hibberd

January 31, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/disney-marvel-captain-america-brave-new-world-politics-1236122701/

From London To Angoulême, The Biggest Comic Book Festival In The West

30 Jan 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/from-london-to-angouleme-the-biggest-comic-book-festival-in-the-west/

Violée et licenciée : la double peine pour une salariée du festival d'Angoulême

24 janvier 2025

Lucie Servin https://www.humanite.fr/culture-et-savoir/agressions-sexuelles/violee-et-licenciee-la-double-peine-pour-une-salariee-du-festival-dangouleme

Gros sous et mal-être : enquête sur un festival d'Angoulême en pleine dérive

24 janvier 2025

Lucie Servin

https://www.humanite.fr/culture-et-savoir/bande-dessinee/gros-sous-et-mal-etre-enquete-sur-un-festival-dangouleme-en-pleine-derive

#Bondouxgate : après les révélations de l'Humanité, l'appel à faire du festival d'Angoulême « un bien commun »

À l'ouverture de la 52e édition du festival d'Angoulême, qui se déroulera tout le week-end, une vague de mobilisations suscite l'espoir d'un changement sur fond de lutte contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles.

Lucie Servin

29 janvier 2025

https://www.humanite.fr/culture-et-savoir/bande-dessinee/angouleme-autrement-le-festival-est-un-bien-commun

Le festival de la BD d'Angoulême, "en pleine dérive", selon une enquête de l'Humanité Magazine

Clément Massé

24/01/2025

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/charente/angouleme/le-festival-de-la-bd-d-angouleme-en-pleine-derive-selon-une-enquete-de-l-humanite-dimanche-3097009.html

Netflix's THE SANDMAN adaptation to end with season 2

Taimur Dar on 01/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/netflix-the-sandman-season-2-canceled/

Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' to End With Season 2 at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)

Jennifer Maas

Jan 31, 2025

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-sandman-canceled-neil-gaiman-netflix-season-2-1236287571/

'The Sandman' Ending With Season 2 at Netflix

The show's conclusion comes as creator Neil Gaiman is embroiled in allegations of sexual assault.

Rick Porter

January 31, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/neil-gaiman-sandman-ending-netflix-season-2-1236124022/

Jules Ruled: Paul Merklein remembers Jules Feiffer

By Paul Merklein

January 31, 2025

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/01/jules-ruled-paul-merklein-remembers.html

The agonies and ecstasies of New York City, rendered in vibrant color

In her debut graphic memoir, "This Beautiful, Ridiculous City," Kay Sohini examines the lasting appeal of the Big Apple.

Review by Tahneer Oksman

January 29, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/29/kay-sohini-beautiful-ridiculous-city-review/

Ask the Archivist: How January 10, 1926, Changed Hearst's Sunday Comics Forever

January 31, 2025

By Alex Garcia

https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2025/01/31/ask-the-archivist-how-january-10-1926-changed-hearsts-sunday-comics-forever

Jules Feiffer and Autistic America

R.C. Harvey

The Comics Journal #190 (September 1996): 113-121.

online January 31, 2025 at https://www.tcj.com/jules-feiffer-and-autistic-america/

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 189 - Stephen Nadler And The New Yorker Cartoon Exhibition

January 29, 2025 • Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius • Season 4 • Episode 189

https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/16529579-episode-189-stephen-nadler-and-the-new-yorker-cartoon-exhibition

The Daily Heller: 'New Yorker' Covers, Illuminated [Françoise Mouly interview]

By Steven Heller

January 30 2025

The Daily Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-new-yorker-covers-illuminated/

5 new comics to read in February, including Godzilla's U.S. tour

Plus, a YA memoir, a museum heist, and a starry new Zatanna series.

By Oliver Sava | January 31, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/new-comics-february-2025-godzilla-zatanna

'Common Side Effects' Creators Joe Bennett And Steve Hely On Bringing Their Quirky Thriller To Adult Swim

Tara Bennett | 01/29/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/common-side-effects-creators-joseph-bennett-and-steve-hely-on-bringing-their-quirky-thriller-to-adult-swim-245383.html

'Common Side Effects' Review: Adult Swim's Animated Conspiracy Thriller About Big Pharma Is a Whole Vibe

Angie Han

January 31, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/common-side-effects-review-adult-swim-1236120712/

Review: In 'Common Side Effects,' It's Fungus vs. Them

A weird, deadpan animated thriller finds a new timeliness in ancient medicine.

By James Poniewozik

Jan. 30, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/television/common-side-effects-review.html

Words, Images, & Worlds with Michael Trachiotis [Once Upon a Time in San Francisco]

Jason DeHart

Jan 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BkCepyYFwM

Matthew Rosenberg Catching Up

Word balloon

Jan 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVojc9h0iyI

Dan DiDio Defends The Earth

Word balloon

Jan 30, 2025

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

Cartoonist's Cartoonists: Influences of Matt Golding [Australian editorial cartoonist]

Alan Gardner

January 31, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/31/cartoonists-cartoonists-influences-of-matt-golding/

People are just realizing famous singer voiced iconic Peanuts character Sally

Most people will recognise Sally Brown from the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz as the character is so recognisable, but you may not know who voiced her back in the '80s

Katie-Ann Gupwell

JAN 27 2025

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/people-just-realising-famous-singer-934072

This Whimsical Museum In Santa Rosa Is Like Stepping Into Your Favorite Sunday Comic Strip [Schulz Museum]

Lyam Lavigne

January 27, 2025

https://familydestinationsguide.com/whimsical-museum-santa-rosa-ca/

Why the 'Peanuts' Characters Still Thrive 25 Years After the Last Original Comic Strip Was Published

Alice George

January 3, 2025

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-the-peanuts-characters-still-thrive-25-years-after-the-last-original-comic-strip-was-published-180985766/

John Erwin, Voice Actor in 'He-Man' and 'Archie' Cartoons, Dies at 88

Mike Barnes

January 31, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-erwin-he-man-archie-voice-actor-1236123692/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 312: Rick Remender's 'The Seasons': A whimsical, dark, and personal exploration

David Brooke

AIPT Comics podcast January 29, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/29/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-312-rick-remenders/

Bustin' Out Dead or Alive – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | January 31, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/bustin-out-dead-or-alive-this-weeks-links/

Off Panel #484: You Can't Pick Your Hits with Kyle Higgins

Jan 27 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/offpanel484-you-cant-pick-your-hits-with-kyle-higgins

An appreciation for Black comic book artists; DJ Big Phill leads the way

Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer

January 27, 2025

https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2025/01/27/an-appreciation-for-black-comic-book-artists/

Pittsburgh exhibit chronicles one man's love of Black comics art

90.5 WESA | By Bill O'Driscoll

WESA Arts Newsletter

January 9, 2025

https://www.wesa.fm/arts-culture/2025-01-09/pittsburgh-phillip-thompson-black-comic-books

Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks

Ware discussed his latest book, Acme Novelty Datebook: Volume Three, on Bookends with Mattea Roach

CBC Books Jan 29, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/cartoonist-chris-ware-invites-readers-inside-his-personal-sketchbooks-1.7442872

Empire and Popular Arts: A Note on Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's "Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States"

by Dylan Davis, Paul Buhle and Paul Peart-Smith

(Jan 01, 2025)

2025, Volume 76, Issue 08 (January 2025)

https://monthlyreview.org/2025/01/01/empire-and-popular-arts/

Handmade Histories: An Analysis of Australian Comics Procured from Zine Fairs, Comics Fairs and Market Days and Published in 2022

Ronnie Scott, Elizabeth MacFarlane, Gabriel Clark, Meg O'Shea, and Patrick Grant

Media International Australia January 24, 2025

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1329878X241299145

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1329878X241299145

https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X241299145

Hero Stories: How an Island First Nation's stories became a graphic novel

Managing editor Tchadas Leo shares how 'Xwémalhkwu' came to be for Homalco people

Duck Paterson

Parksville Qualicum Beach News Jan 26, 2025

https://www.pqbnews.com/news/hero-stories-how-an-island-first-nations-stories-became-a-graphic-novel-7782245

This Beautiful, Ridiculous City review – New York state of mind

Kay Sohini's account of leaving Kolkata and sadness behind to build a life in the Big Apple is a stirring tribute to the place that saved her

Rachel Cooke

27 Jan 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/27/this-beautiful-ridiculous-city-kay-sohini-review-a-young-womans-blues-melt-away

Charise, Andrea. The Comic Research Abstract: Graphic Medicine as Interdisciplinary Health Research (Example: Intergenerational Storytelling). Journal of Medical Humanities (January 24 2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-025-09931-y and https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10912-025-09931-y

Black Panel Press Needs Your Help: Andrew Benteau Interview [Canada].

Henry Chamberlain

January 29, 2025

https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/01/29/black-panel-press-needs-your-help-andrew-benteau-interview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZGYU0SfZs

Fabricius, Charlotte J. (2025). 'A place for everyone who gets it':: Instacartooning as Feminist Activism [Instagram, Mary Catherine Starr, aka @momlife_comics]. Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 37(2), 16. https://doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v37i2.143850 and https://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/143850 and https://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/143850/195579

Wonder Woman and Pygmalion: A new war commences

Part two of a three-part series exploring an essential aspect of Wonder Woman's story and lineage.

Ryan Perry

January 29, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/29/wonder-woman-essay-part-two/

Building A Better World: Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt on 'Judge Dredd,' reform, and relevance

'Judge Dredd: A Better World' – An interview uncovering a dystopian vision rooted in today's realities.

David Brooke

January 29, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/29/judge-dredd-a-better-world-rob-williams/

Riding the rails of horror: Olivia Cuartero Briggs talks 'Kill Train' #1

In this exclusive interview, Olivia Cuartero Briggs reveals how her haunting dream inspired new comic series 'Kill Train' out this week.

David Brooke

January 30, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/30/olivia-cuartero-briggs-kill-train/

'Strange on the Range Zine' an interview with the editor of Wyoming's premier comics project

'Comics are a mechanism for connection, they share deeply personal experiences.' – Ella Bishop-Heil

Colin Moon

January 30, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/30/strange-on-the-range-zine-interview-wyomings-premier-comics-project/

TMNT Tuesday #1 – Editor Andy Khouri answers your burning questions

David Brooke

January 28, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/28/tmnt-tuesday-1-andy-khouri/

X-Men Monday #283 – Eve L. Ewing Talks 'Exceptional X-Men'

Chris Hassan

January 27, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/01/27/x-men-monday-eve-ewing-exceptional-x-men-2/

'Dog Man' Review: Best Friends Forever
Ben Kenigsberg
A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 31, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: For Man and Man's Best Friend, an Even Closer Bond.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/movies/dog-man-review.html

'Dog Man' is a pretty good movie, in addition to being a very good boy
[in print as A very good boy in a pretty good animated movie]
Review by Chris Klimek
Washington Post (January 31, 2025): Weekend 23.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/01/30/dog-man-dav-pilkey-movie-review/

Friday, January 31, 2025

‘Dog Man’ reviewed in WaPo

'Dog Man' is a pretty good movie, in addition to being a very good boy

[in print as A very good boy in a pretty good animated movie]

Review by Chris Klimek

Washington Post (January 31, 2025): Weekend 23.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/01/30/dog-man-dav-pilkey-movie-review/

link below is free to read

https://wapo.st/4hlVZl8

(3 stars)

“This Beautiful, Ridiculous City” by Kay Sohini reviewed in WaPo

The agonies and ecstasies of New York City, rendered in vibrant color

In her debut graphic memoir, "This Beautiful, Ridiculous City," Kay Sohini examines the lasting appeal of the Big Apple.

Review by Tahneer Oksman

January 29, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/29/kay-sohini-beautiful-ridiculous-city-review/

free to read link -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/29/kay-sohini-beautiful-ridiculous-city-review/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzM4Mjk5NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzM5NjgxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MzgyOTk2MDAsImp0aSI6IjAxMzE5MDZlLTA2ZTMtNDFjMi05MGVjLTIwNTkwYmNhNzg4ZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9ib29rcy8yMDI1LzAxLzI5L2theS1zb2hpbmktYmVhdXRpZnVsLXJpZGljdWxvdXMtY2l0eS1yZXZpZXcvIn0.gIgFJJM-6Pl2lwkeyhaxP9dpSeiJ5kLXPOeV2jm-TNk&itid=gfta

Swamp Commander-In-Chief by Daniel Boris

*Dusting this one off from 2018.

Peanuts in the Smithsonian

"Among the National Museum of American History's trove of "Peanuts"-related paraphernalia are a pen, pencil, brush and artist's board used by Schulz. An original hand-drawn comic strip, a camera-ready strip and cels from animated TV productions reflect Schulz's creative work, and the museum also holds everyday items bearing the likenesses of "Peanuts" characters, such as mugs, lunchboxes, musical banks, thermoses, yo-yos and a 1973 Mother's Day plate."

Why the 'Peanuts' Characters Still Thrive 25 Years After the Last Original Comic Strip Was Published

In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over Charlie Brown's gang

Alice George

Museums Correspondent

January 3, 2025

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-the-peanuts-characters-still-thrive-25-years-after-the-last-original-comic-strip-was-published-180985766/

Jules Ruled: Paul Merklein remembers Jules Feiffer

Jules Ruled

By Paul Merklein

Jules Feiffer would not stop talking.

He stood in front of a packed audience seated on folding chairs at Schwartz Bookshop in Wisconsin, answering questions, telling stories, and charming the crowd. Feiffer was a legend, an icon, a rebel with many causes. He was a cartoonist, playwright and novelist who looked and sounded like one of his cartoon characters. He was a Fifties Lefty who rubbed elbows with Jack Nicholson and Robin Williams. He was fired by The Village Voice after contributing his cartoons every week for 40 years, then bounced back to write and illustrate books for children, young adults, and old adults. He was unstoppable.

He would not stop talking, just like he would not stop drawing cartoons, writing books and screenplays, complaining, kvetching and griping about men, women, sex, politics, religion, pop culture, current events, the media, America and anything else that enraged him. Almost everything enraged him. He didn't own a computer. He didn't need a cellphone. He had paper and a pen, and an ambition that would not let him rest. Not until this January, when died at his home in upstate New York at the productive age of 95.

I was seated in one of those folding chairs at Schwartz Bookshop in Shorewood. I could barely stay in my seat. Feiffer was one of my heroes, and here he was right in front of me, answering questions and smirking at his own stories. I had several of his books that he was going to autograph. I couldn't wait. He was going to sign my books. I was going to shake his hand. And then my head would explode.

Feiffer inspired me to draw cartoons. He opened my eyes. Before I discovered his drawings, cartoons were just snarky kids with big heads, super heroes and sexy dames. Feiffer broke all the rules. No more restricting little boxes or borders. No more speech balloons or thought bubbles. No more backgrounds! His pen knew no boundaries. It was all words, words and more words, cascading around a cartoon face and commanding your attention.

Feiffer was the edge. He was a hip mix of George Carlin, Bob Dylan and Picasso. His style and range of topics whiplashed from one cartoon to the next, keeping readers on their toes. He made you think. He made you pause. He made you question everything. He drew himself. He drew Presidents. He drew everyday people. And he gave them all a voice. His voice. His characters never stopped talking. And his audience never stopped listening. We couldn't get enough.

Many years later, I met Feiffer again at a Comic-Con in Baltimore. I was freelancing cartoons to newspapers and magazines, and teaching cartooning at a community center in Arlington VA. He was drawing graphic novels and writing his autobiography. He was on stage, still answering questions, telling stories, and smirking.

His advice to artists was simple. Don't be afraid to fail. Failure inspired him. Failure made him keep drawing. Failure made him keep writing. Read his cartoons. Read his books. Hear his voice. He is still talking.

Paul Merklein is a former resident of Silver Spring MD. His Guess Who cartoon appears in Riverwest Currents newspaper in Milwaukee WI. You can see his cartoons at… https://www.instagram.com/guesswhocartoons

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/30/2025

More publishers announce changes after Diamond bankruptcy

Heidi MacDonald on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/more-publishers-announce-changes-after-diamond-bankruptcy/

Anouk Ricard wins 2025 Angoulême Grand Prix

Dean Simons on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/anouk-ricard-wins-2025-angouleme-grand-prix/

Colleen Doran from Colleen Doran's Funny Business

Jan 30, 2025

Good Omens graphic (sic) novel update

https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/good-omens-grahpic-novel-update

PEOPLE ON THE MOVIE: TOKYOPOP ADDS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES

Owais Farooqui

Posted by Milton Griepp on January 30, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58733/people-movie-tokyopop-adds-director-marketing-sales

The Art of Class War: Newspaper Cartoonists and the 1984-85 Miners' Strike [foreword by Steve Bell]

by Nicholas Jones

Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom (North), 2025

Confronting uncomfortable truths: the power of newspaper cartoons

In the age of Trump, political cartoonists are facing mounting censorship challenges

by Granville Williams

29-01-2025

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/confronting-uncomfortable-truths-the-power-of-newspaper-cartoons/

Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

By Brittany Allen

January 29, 2025, https://lithub.com/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-political-cartoons/

An Artist's Principled Stand [on editorial cartooning history including Telnaes]

Sage Stossel

January 2025

https://www.sagestossel.com/editorial-cartooning.html

A Conversation with Art Spiegelman

Sage Stossel

Boston Globe May 33 2014: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2014/05/03/coversation-with-art-spiegelman/tu1OBk6jD6YDaaR6fV5GJL/picture.html

online at https://www.sagestossel.com/artspiegelmaninterview.html

Hunt continues for early British comic zines at The Fanscene Project

John Freeman on January 29, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/hunt-continues-for-early-british-comic-zines-at/

Creating Comics: Christopher Fenn talks about "Seron", his Sci-Fi Noir comic series

John Freeman on January 29, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/creating-comics-christopher-fenn-talks-about-seron-his-sci-fi-noir-comic-series/

TASQ Art, Ireland's first Academy dedicated solely towards the Sequential Arts, launches "Creator In Conversation" podcast

John Freeman on January 29, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/tasq-art-irelands-first-academy-dedicated-solely-towards-the-sequential-arts-launches-creator-in-conversation-podcast/

Boom Jumps To Penguin Three Months Early, After Diamond Bankruptcy

Boom Studios jumps to Penguin Random House three months early after Diamond Comic Distributors chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Rich Johnston 29 Jan 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/boom-jumps-to-penguin-three-months-early-after-diamond-bankruptcy/

Sook-Yin Lee with Chester Brown on the story behind the film version of Paying For It

William Schwartz | January 30, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/sook-yin-lee-with-chester-brown-on-the-story-behind-the-film-version-of-paying-for-it/

Nancy Beiman from FurBabies

Jan 30, 2025

We interrupt this broadcast [COVID-19 cartoons]

https://nancybeiman.substack.com/p/we-interrupt-this-broadcast

Barbra Dillon,

Fanbase Press Interviews MK Reed and Jonathan Hill on the Launch of the Horticultural Fantasy Series, 'Budding Crisis,' with ComiXology Originals

Fanbase Press January 27, 2025

https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56247-fanbase-press-interviews-mk-reed-and-jonathan-hill-on-the-launch-of-the-horticultural-fantasy-series-budding-crisis-with-comixology-originals/

Valiant Comics Legend, Arthur 'Art' Nichols, Japanese Video Game Icon, Dies at Age 63

By Brian Cronin

CBR Jan 23, 2025 https://www.cbr.com/valiant-art-nichols-video-game-f-zero-obituary/

GOOD OMENS Kickstarter project severs ties with Gaiman

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/good-omens-proceeds/

Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman

Producers say it is 'impossible to continue' with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April

Nadia Khomami

Wed 29 Jan 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/29/stage-adaptation-of-coraline-cancelled-after-allegations-against-neil-gaiman

Bringing 'Dog Man' to Life: A Conversation with Peter Hastings and Karen Foster

By Dan Sarto Animation World Network January 29, 2025

https://www.awn.com/animationworld/bringing-dog-man-life-conversation-peter-hastings-and-karen-foster

Gil Roth

Matt Madden

Virtual Memories Show 623 January 29, 2025

https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-623-matt-madden

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_623_-_Matt_Madden.mp3

Green Lantern Corps: Jeremy Adams and Morgan Hampton on John Stewart, Hawkwoman, and how the Justice League animated series inspired their new comic

Interview | Adams and Hampton tease Green Lantern Corps #1

By Will Salmon

Newsarama Jan 29 2025

https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc-comics/Green-Lantern-Corps-interview-2025/

Joe Quesada teases all-star lineup of comic creators for Amazing Comics imprint

Taimur Dar on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/joe-quesada-amazing-comics-imprint-creators-announced/

Interview: Briana Loewinsohn Talks New Graphic Novel, Raised by Ghosts

Liam McGuire

Comic Frontier January 30, 2025

https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/interview-briana-loewinsohn-talks-new-graphic-novel-raised-by-ghosts

Aardman Selects Senior Hires for Brand & Licensing

Mercedes Milligan

January 29, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/aardman-selects-senior-hires-for-brand-licensing/

Fascinating Fungi: 'Common Side Effects' Creators Raise the Curtain on Their Clever Animated Series

Ramin Zahed

January 29, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/fascinating-fungi-common-side-effects-creators-raise-the-curtain-on-their-clever-animated-series/

This article was written for the March '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 348).

Angoulême International Comics Festival crowns Anouk Ricard, queen of the absurd

The winner of the Grand Prix, awarded on January 29, specializes in the offbeat and nonsensical, with childlike drawings and animal characters.

By Adrien Le Gal

Le Monde January 29, 2025,

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/29/angouleme-international-comics-festival-crowns-anouk-ricard-queen-of-the-absurd_6737568_7.html

Anouk Ricard sacrée Grand Prix du Festival BD d'Angoulême 2025 : "C'est la consécration !" [interview]

Laurence Le Saux

29 janvier 2025

https://www.telerama.fr/livre/anouk-ricard-sacree-grand-prix-du-festival-bd-d-angouleme-2025-c-est-la-consecration-7024118.php

Festival de la BD d'Angoulême 2025: Anouk Ricard sacrée Grand Prix

Jérôme Lachasse

Le 29/01 2025

https://www.bfmtv.com/people/bandes-dessinees/festival-de-la-bd-d-angouleme-2025-anouk-ricard-sacree-grand-prix_AN-202501290822.html

Anouk Ricard remporte le Grand Prix du Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême 2025

Écrit par Romain Bizeul

Publié le 29/01/2025 à 18h52

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/charente/angouleme/anouk-ricard-remporte-le-grand-prix-du-festival-de-la-bande-dessinee-d-angouleme-2025-3099736.html

Parrot President by Daniel Boris

National Museum of the American Indian's online Animation Celebration!

Animation Celebration!

February 1–28, 2025

https://americanindian.si.edu/animation-celebration-2025/

All films are available on demand from February 1, 2025, 12:01 AM ET, to February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.

Animation Celebration! features a collection of Indigenous short animated films that highlight colorful stories of magical tales, humorous encounters, and hidden histories as part of the museum's Art of Storytelling program.

All films are available on demand from February 1, 2025, 12:01 AM ET, to February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.

Two figures crawl through a tunnel of snow.

Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice

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A person stands at the center of a circle of groomed grass, with five hoops ringing their neck, shoulders, arms and hands.

Dancers of the Grass

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Two people stand face-to-face; behind them three boats sail in the sea. Each both has a white flag with a red cross on its mast.

First Contact

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In warm, glowing colors of red, orange, and yellow, four figures circle and raise their arms toward four large boulders.

Kapaemahu

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In an apartment, a person grimaces while stretching to reach a phone on a table.

Late

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On a deep blue, green and teal background, a brown mink with dark round eyes faces the viewer.

Məca

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A crawfish grasps the nose of an angry-looking racoon with its claw.

Raccoon and Crawfish

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With sunlight streaming through a window, a man looks toward a small figure wearing a cone-shaped hat, who stands next to a teacup.

The Mountain of SGaana

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This program is funded in part by The Walt Disney Company.

Coming soon - the return of Tanama, Haiti’s first female superhero

Meet Tanama, Haiti’s first female superhero!

A protector of her homeland and a beacon of hope, Tanama’s journey is about courage, unity, and fighting for a sustainable future.

In Tanama: The Awakening, she faces her greatest challenge yet—an alien force threatening the balance of nature in her beloved homeland. Can she rise to the occasion?

Join the movement on February 1st as we launch Tanama: The Awakening on Kickstarter. Together, let’s empower the next generation of heroes!

Anthony Louis-Jeune

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