"Boop!" makes a fresh star of the classic cartoon, while "Smash" banks on the rhythms of background television.
The one about comics journalism…again
Heidi MacDonald on 04/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-one-about-comics-journalism-again/
Interview: Del Col and Tosheff on ROMEO VS. JULIET: A KILL SHAKESPEARE ADVENTURE
Deanna Destito on 04/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-del-col-and-tosheff-on-romeo-vs-juliet-a-kill-shakespeare-adventure/
BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVES DIAMOND SALE, PRICE, TERMS To Alliance Entertainment, LLC
Milton Griepp on April 11, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59306/bankruptcy-court-approves-diamond-sale-price-terms
Edward Medina – RIP
D. D. Degg
April 13, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/13/edward-medina-rip/
Edward Medina
October 13, 1929 — April 6, 2025
Indianapolis, IN
https://www.flannerbuchanan.com/obituaries/edward-medina
Yaakov Kirschen – RIP
D. D. Degg
April 14, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/14/yaakov-kirschen-rip/
Borsten, Joan. 1980.
Cartoon strips get to the bottom [Yaakov Kirschen].
Los Angeles Times (May 4): Calendar 3.
Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/14/yaakov-kirschen-rip/
'Dry Bones' cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen dies at 87
Considered "a national treasure of the Jewish people," the Brooklyn-born artist won the 2014 Nefesh B'Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize for his contribution to Israeli culture.
Steve Linde
(April 14, 2025 / JNS)
https://www.jns.org/dry-bones-cartoonist-yaakov-kirschen-dies-at-87/
From 'Playboy' to the Holy Land
Talking with 'Dry Bones' creator Yaakov Kirschen
By Ron Kaplan
New Jersey Jewish News October 13, 2010
https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/from-playboy-to-the-holy-land/
An interview with Crumb biographer Dan Nadel: 'He has this incredible instinct for survival'
Chris Mautner | April 14, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-crumb-biographer-dan-nadel-he-has-this-incredible-instinct-for-survival/
R. Crumb Looks Back
The underground-comic artist visits the Whitney with his biographer, Dan Nadel, and considers some old friends: his own psychedelic skulls, placemat sketches, and muscly women.
By Bruce Handy
April 14, 2025
Published in the print edition of the April 21, 2025, issue, with the headline "Unsparing."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/r-crumb-looks-back
The terrific new biography 'Crumb' traces the life of an extraordinary — and extraordinarily strange — artist
Author Dan Nadel's book takes a microscope to Robert Crumb, the idiosyncratic creator of Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural.
By Doug Brod
Toronto Star April 13, 2025
Meet young Robert Crumb ... when sturdy legs strode into his mind to stay
In his book excerpt we meet the comics legend in his childhood, as his explores his obsession with cartooning, and a new fixation begins to bloom
By Dan Nadel
April 13, 2025
Mike Mignola says his new graphic novel is "entirely made of the stuff I love"
By Ian Dean published 20 January 2025
l segno di Magnus: da Alan Ford a Tex - la mostra a Pordenone [exhibit]
Radio Punto Zero Tre Venezie Apr 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuDJKNLXrow
The Rhino Lives in Seinfeld's New York Apartment in Amazing Spider-Man
13 Apr 2025
Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rhino-seinfeld-new-york-apartment-amazing-spider-man/
Comic Store In Your Future, As Marvel Comics Gives Up On The Beef
Comic Store In Your Future: As Marvel Comics gives up on the beef, what's in a number? For Rod Lamberti, it means everything.
13 Apr 2025 Rod Lamberti
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-as-marvel-comics-gives-up-on-the-beef/
Interview: Veteran voice actor Jim Cummings reflects on his animated career
Taimur Dar on 04/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-voice-actor-jim-cummings/
'The King of Kings' Crowned Top Faith-Based Animated Opening with $19M
Mercedes Milligan
April 13, 2025
'Hola Frida!' Directors on Painting Their Animated Portrait of a Very Young Artist
Ramin Zahed
April 11, 2025
This article was written for the April '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 349).
Lexington was the fictional home to a popular comic strip [ "Rusty Riley"]
By Liz Carey
March 23, 2025
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article302642264.html
Were Paul Revere's political cartoons more influential than his midnight ride?
The Bostonian is best known for his perilous horseback journey 250 years ago. But scholars say his art helped fan the flames of dissent.
Esteban Bustillos
April 10, 2025
From Colony to Commonwealth
Happy Birthday, EAGLE! 75 years old
Steve Winders on April 14, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/happy-birthday-eagle-75-years-old/
Portsmouth Comic Con Bound: An Interview with designer and illustrator Sophie Cowdrey
Chris Walsh April 13, 2025
The Origins of newspaper strip "Annie Droid" by Ian Gibson and Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson April 13, 2025
[Celebrating 65 Years of Britain's Legendary SF Hero: Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future]
JAMES BACON ~ MICHAEL CARROLL ~ CHRIS GARCIA
THE JOURNEY PLANET 24 - JUNE 2015
https://www.journeyplanet.org/journey-planet---2025-hugo-nominee/journey-planet-23-dan-dare
Lethal Comics YouTube - Episode 1 - Falling In Love With Comics Again (Pilot)
Andy Belanger, Karl Kerschl, Marc Greene
Lethal Comics
Apr 9, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA4_duqSDpg
Lethal Comics YouTube - Bonus Episode - The Joy and the Art of Self-Publishing
Andy Belanger, Karl Kerschl, Marc Greene
Lethal Comics Apr 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqgI-62mUvQ
Inkpulp Podcast #233 | Jake Parker
Shawn Crystal and Jim Mahfood
Apr 7, 2025 INKPULP PODCAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMH2OiAkvs
Rob Liefeld on his return to Youngblood
Heidi MacDonald
Comics Beat
Apr 14, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knKtLZVicuU
Words, Images, & Worlds with Josh Malerman & Dirk Manning [RSVP: ESP]
Jason DeHart
Apr 14, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2H-wZFuo5g
A bittersweet coming-of-age sitcom ["#1 Happy Family USA"]
Esther Zuckerman
Watching newsletter April 14, 2025
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=20&emc=edit_wg_20250414&free_trial=0&instance_id=152566&isViewInBrowser=true&nl=watching&paid_regi=1&productCode=WG®i_id=5998369&segment_id=195995&sendId=195995&uri=nyt://newsletter/4f786efd-cda3-5431-9b4b-c86d0d52ccef
The Creator of 'Cowboy Bebop' Thinks Reality Is More Dystopian Than Sci-Fi
In an interview, Shinichiro Watanabe discusses his latest anime, "Lazarus," a pharmaceutical mystery set in the near future.
Rafael Motamayor
April 14, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/arts/television/shinichiro-watanabe-lazarus.html
Greg and Fake Petre (and friends) Silver Sprocket/Cape and Cowl signing photo gallery
Chris Anthony Diaz | April 12, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/greg-and-fake-petre-and-friends-silver-sprocket-cape-and-cowl-signing-photo-gallery/
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Gordon O.F. Johnson, Alexandria
Washington Post April 12 2025: A17.The "Zits" strip on March 30 struck a chord with me. Yes, we really must define "good."
I write this letter as I finish 98 years and begin my 100th. I spend far more time thinking about the past than the future. Over my lifetime, I have come to believe that the objective for humans here on Earth is a conversion from a "me first" baby to a state of togetherness where we all try to do good. I keep asking myself, what does "do good" really mean, and have I "fought the good fight"? There seems to be an infinite variety of shades between good and bad. Like beauty, it is hard to define because it lies in the eye of the beholder.
Reading the adjacent "Doonesbury" strip dealing with Elon Musk's chain-saw approach to "good" governance, we must ask how he and President Donald Trump answer the "Zits" question. They seem to be taking us back to a "me first" infancy.
Joan Wetmore, Neavitt, Maryland
I've been reading Post comics since I was a child, and I still begin every day with them before delving into the news. They always make me smile.
Well, almost always. Please ditch the dopey-but-not-in-a-good-way "Six Chix." I shudder to ponder the six chicks' collective IQ.
London's Metropolitan Police knew they had to get creative to tackle the illegal gambling operations targeting tourists in the city. Enter the caped crusaders.
London's Metropolitan Police knew they had to get creative to tackle the illegal gambling operations targeting tourists in the city. Enter the caped crusaders.
Westminster Bridge has become a hotbed of illegal gambling, police explained, with gangs targeting tourists snapping photos along the bridge across the Thames, which gives way to stunning views of the famed Big Ben and Palace of Westminster.
The gangs target tourists by engaging them in games such as the "three cups challenge" or "shell game" police said. These often-rigged tricks involve tourists guessing under which of three cups the gamemaster is rapidly moving a ball.
But while police work the area and are well acquainted with repeat offenders, the reverse also holds true: The gangs know and can recognize the officers, packing up and leaving before they can be caught in the act.
"I knew that if we were going to catch them we would have [to] think outside the box," Inspector Darren Watson said in the statement.
Then Watson remembered the Batman and Robin costumes he had on hand. He donned the Batman outfit, while his counterpart, police constable Abdi Osman, put on the Robin costume.
A variety of wildly dressed characters tend to frequent Westminster Bridge — charging tourists to pose for photos with them, much like in New York's Times Square. Their idea was to blend in with the crowd. But in the video released by police, Batman and Robin are the only characters visible, dashing through the crush, with Watson grappling with one of the suspects.
In disguise, Watson and Osman arrested Eugen Stocia, 32, and Constica-Gherorghe Barbu, 53, on suspicion of providing the facilities to gamble. Barbu was convicted two days later and fined about $1,200. Stocia was convicted in absence on Thursday after failing to appear in court, and a warrant is out for his arrest. Neither Stocia nor Barbu was able to be reached for comment Saturday.
"Although dressing up may not be the most conventional policing method, we were thrilled to see that in this case it worked perfectly and the team were able to get some great results, taking these people off the street and protecting tourists and Londoners from being fleeced," Watson said in the statement.
Watson and the Met Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday. But in a video posted on X, the Met Police said crime on the bridge was an ongoing target: "We will continue to target those involved, arrest them and continue to put them before the courts."
About the Book:
Due to the recent death of Oliver's great-aunt Barb, he and his mom finally have a place to call home. The house is filled with delicately pinned butterflies and Raymond, great-aunt Barb's taxidermy cat. There's even a strange mail slot on a wall that leads to nowhere...or possibly a magical dimension? Could this be the key to Oliver having his biggest wishes granted? Join author Vera Brosgol to find out what Oliver wishes for in her newest, illustrated middle grade novel.
About the Author:
Vera Brosgol was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and moved to the United States when she was five. Her three graphic novels, Anya's Ghost, Be Prepared, and Plain Jane and the Mermaid. Her debut Leave Me Alone! was a 2017 Caldecott Honor Book. She's also worked on storyboards for several animated films, including Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her dog Omar.
Magic, mystery, and a marvelous mailbox take two kids on an incredible journey in this middle grade adventure novel from bestselling comics creator Vera Brosgol. Perfect for fans of Greenwild and The Lost Library and kids ready to move from graphic novels to novels.
*This deluxe, beautiful book...
