Friday, April 25, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/24/2025

GARGOYLES/FANTASTIC FOUR crossover incoming

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/gargoyles-f4/

 

Interview: Voice actress Melique Berger busts a "Ryme" in POKÉMON HORIZONS anime

Taimur Dar on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-voice-actress-melique-berger-busts-a-ryme-in-pokemon-horizons-anime/

 

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A brief chat with Cara Gormally

by Mike Rhode

ComicsDC blog (April 24, 2025): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/04/meet-local-cartoonist-cara-gormally.html

 

Biology professor is drawn to creating comics [Cara Gormally]

Feb 06, 2024

By Victoria Hallett

https://gallaudet.edu/biology/biology-professor-is-drawn-to-creating-comics/

 

The Illustrated Interview: Cara Gormally

Edith Zimmerman

Spiralbound Aug 17, 2018 https://medium.com/spiralbound/the-illustrated-interview-cara-gormally-66adca7676ff

 

How to Get More Women Into Technology

A number of programs have tried to steer women into STEM fields. Here are some that are working. [Cara Gormally]

Jillian Berman

Wall Street Journal June 1, 2021 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/women-in-technology-stem-11622503888

 

Mark Zingarelli illustrated a new book-length comic about a little-known tale of the AIDS crisis

The local artist and Joyce Brabner collaborated on Second Avenue Caper

Danielle Fox

Pittsburgh City Paper January 07, 2015

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/mark-zingarelli-illustrated-a-new-book-length-comic-about-a-little-known-tale-of-the-aids-crisis-1799766

 

Annecy Unveils 2025 Lineup (Full List)

The world's number one animation film festival runs June 8 -15.

Scott Roxborough

April 23, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annecy-2025-lineup-1236196030/

 

CSotD: The Whole World is Still Watching [Trump editorial cartoons]

Mike Peterson   April 24, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/24/csotd-the-whole-world-is-still-watching-2/

 

Mark Zingarelli – RIP

D. D. Degg 

 April 24, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/24/mark-zingarelli-rip/

 

Mark Zingarelli - Cartoonist Survey #232

David Wasting Paper July 13, 2011

https://david-wasting-paper.blogspot.com/2011/07/mark-zingarelli-cartoonist-survey-232.html

 

Reviews: Revolution by Fire: New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741

Hank Kennedy | April 24, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/revolution-by-fire-new-yorks-afro-irish-uprising-of-1741/

 

Episode 17 - Paul Noth

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast July 7 2021

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-17-paul-noth/id1558958290?i=1000528263531

 

Reviews: All My Bicycles [Powerpaola; Columbia]

Tate McFadden | April 22, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/all-my-bicycles/

 

Kent Worcester: 'If they need me, they can find me in the twentieth century'

Ian Thomas | April 24, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/kent-worcester-if-they-need-me-they-can-find-me-in-the-twentieth-century/

 

  Joe Casey Writes   Apr 24, 2025 

SERENDIPITY [comic book writer career path]

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/serendipity

 

PanelFly Launches the First Online Wholesale Marketplace for Comic Retailers and Publishers

By John Freeman on April 23, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/panelfly-launches-the-first-online-wholesale-marketplace-for-comic-retailers-and-publishers/

 

New distributor to change everything for indie & self-published comic creators...PANELFLY vs DIAMOND

Max Hoven 

Indie Comic Empire Apr 15, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOc5eYoRukc

 

Turn The Page – Episode 347D – Geoff Johns

Ralph

Posted on April 24, 2025

http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/04/24/turn-the-page-episode-347d/

https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/347_E_Geoff_Johns.mp3

 

Turn The Page – Episode 346D – Brian Posehn, Joe Trohman, and Chris Johnson [Rifters]

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Jenn Jordan

http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/04/17/turn-the-page-episode-346d/

https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/346_D_Posehn_Trohman_Johnson.mp3

 

Turn The Page – Episode 343E – Owen King & Jesse Kellerman [Self Help]

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Jenn Jordan

http://turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/03/27/turn-the-page-episode-343e/

https://media.blubrry.com/turnthepage/content.blubrry.com/turnthepage/343_E_Owen_King_and_Jesse_Kellerman.mp3

 

Graphic Novel Review: Guy Delisle's MUYBRIDGE combines a fascinating biography with the technical history of visual media

Zack Quaintance on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-guy-delisles-muybridge-combines-a-fascinating-biography-with-the-technical-history-of-visual-media/

 

2025 Ringo Award jury announced

Javier Perez on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-ringo-award-jury-announced/

 

QUESADA ADDS SUB-IMPRINT UNDISCOVER'D TO AMAZING COMICS

For Line of Shakespeare-based Stories

Milton Griepp on April 24, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59398/quesada-adds-sub-imprint-undiscoverd-amazing-comics

 

DRAWN & QUARTERLY PROMOTIONS

People on the Move

Milton Griepp on April 24, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59399/drawn-quarterly-promotions

 

Lou Kneath on the warmth, wisdom and wonder behind Positively Pigasus [Interview].

Ian Downes

23.04.25 https://www.brandsuntapped.com/lou-kneath-on-the-warmth-wisdom-and-wonder-behind-positively-pigasus/

 

The Iron Giant: One of the World's Few Truly Perfect Movies

Born out of grief, the film delivers a timeless, powerful message.

By Kali Wallace

April 16, 2025

https://reactormag.com/the-iron-giant-one-of-the-worlds-few-truly-perfect-movies/

 

Daredevil: Born Again Offers a Much-Needed Corrective to Relentless Copaganda

Pushing back on decades of misleading media representations of law enforcement.

By Joe George

April 23, 2025

https://reactormag.com/daredevil-born-again-offers-a-much-needed-corrective-to-relentless-copaganda/

 

Form Follows Function: Manga That Match Your Format of Choice | Mondo Manga

by Brigid Alverson

Apr 24, 2025  https://www.slj.com/story/form-follows-function-manga-that-match-your-format-of-choice-mondo-manga

 

Comic Culture: An Xciting Conversation with Chris Claremont at JewCE 2024 [version 2]
Roy Schwartz
terence dollard Apr 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzUTZ9Mwmc

Murder Podcast Comic With Jeremy Haun
word balloon 4/24/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk2EpW8B8no

Literary Advocates Condemn Florida Book Banning Bill [CBLDF]
By Ed Nawotka
Apr 24, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/97610-literary-advocates-condemn-florida-book-banning-bill.html

Jeff Kinney donates 20,000 books a month ahead of 20th 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
The "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" author and his publisher Abrams join First Book to make a major donation.
 Clare Mulroy
USA TODAY 4/24/25
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/04/23/jeff-kinney-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-donation/83199716007/

Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are cheering on kids who love cartoons
 Clare Mulroy
USA TODAY 4/9/25
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/04/09/raina-telgemeier-scott-mccloud-cartoonists-club/82990283007/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Yazan Al-Saadi on the Release of the Graphic Journalism Collection, 'Lebanon Is Burning and Other Dispatches,' Through Graphic Mundi
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    April 24, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56653-fanbase-press-interviews-yazan-al-saadi-on-the-release-of-the-graphic-journalism-collection-lebanon-is-burning-and-other-dispatches-through-graphic-mundi/

    Fanbase Press Interviews John Jennings and Damian Duffy on the Release of 'Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation' with Abrams ComicArts
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    April 23, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56642-fanbase-press-interviews-john-jennings-and-damian-duffy-on-the-release-of-parable-of-the-talents-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-with-abrams-comicarts/

    Fanbase Feature: 20th Anniversary Retrospective on 'Sin City' (2005)
    Bryant Dillon, David M. Booher and Jay Sherer
    April 18, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/audio/podcasts/the-fanbase-weekly/item/56625-fanbase-feature-20th-anniversary-retrospective-on-sin-city-2005/

Witch Hunt
Rob Rogers
  Apr 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ucGH1fMA5s

Spock homages 'Imagination' meme in STRANGE NEW WORLDS X SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS crossover
Ollie Kaplan on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/spock-homages-imagination-meme-in-strange-new-worlds-x-spongebob-squarepants-crossover/

Julia Garner talks joining Fantastic Four: First Steps: 'Wait, isn't the Silver Surfer a man?'
In her first interview about the movie, the Emmy-winning "Ozark" actor teases what fans can expect from this "different" take on the wave-catching herald.
Sydney Bucksbaum
April 24, 2025
https://ew.com/julia-garner-talks-becoming-new-silver-surfer-marvel-fantastic-four-first-steps-11720991

A Brief History of Menstrual "His"-teria
By Marisa Acocella
November 8, 2020
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-brief-history-of-menstrual-his-teria

Blade's Former Costume Designer Affirms It Could Have Been a Period Piece
At least we can thank the shelved Marvel project for Sinners' gorgeous costuming.
By Isaiah Colbert
io9 April 24, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/blades-former-costume-designer-affirms-it-could-have-been-a-period-piece-2000593903

La Argentina en pedazos. Narración gráfica y construcción identitaria en el retorno de la democracia.
[Argentina in Pieces: Graphic Narrative and Identity Construction in the Return of Democracy]
Mariela Acevedo  2011
Gino Germani Research Institute 6th Young Researchers Conference November 10, 11, and 12, 2011
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657727/La_Argentina_en_pedazos_Narraci%C3%B3n_gr%C3%A1fica_y_construcci%C3%B3n_identitaria_en_el_retorno_de_la_democracia_2011_

La risa subversiva. Crítica al patriarcado desde las historietas y el humor gráfico [Subversive Laughter: A Critique of Patriarchy Through Comics and Graphic Humor]
Mariela Acevedo  2011
Jornadas de Comunicación No Sexista 6 de mayo
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657726/La_risa_subversiva_Cr%C3%ADtica_al_patriarcado_desde_las_historietas_y_el_humor_gr%C3%A1fico_2011_


 

Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Forum for Humor & the Law (ForHum) and CGFoE just launched the largest survey ever conducted on political cartoonists’ online experiences.

from the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression newsletter

We have more exciting news. The Forum for Humor & the Law (ForHum) and CGFoE just launched the largest survey ever conducted on political cartoonists' online experiences. Are you a political cartoonist? ForHum and CGFoE welcome your input. Do you know a political cartoonist? Please spread the word. 

100% anonymous and secure, the survey – available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic – consists of generic, close-ended questions that do not require detailed descriptions. The results will form the basis of an upcoming report by Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights, and their partners on the prevalence of issues such as censorship, abuse, and security threats faced by political cartoonists globally. The report will serve as a credible advocacy tool, offering evidence-based recommendations to social media platforms, lawmakers, and other stakeholders. 

Fantom Comics events coming up

Missed out on our event with Box Brown last weekend? We've got some signed copies of LEGALIZATION NATION and others titles! Get them while copies last.

This Saturday is Independent Book Store Day! A day created by the American Booksellers Association, it's celebrated across the country on the last Saturday of April every year. Washington DC is having its own bookstore crawl with 20 different stores throughout the city, Fantom included! Find out about this week's events and more information below:

>>>> IN-STORE EVENTS

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
>> SATURDAY, April 26th ALL DAY
Complete the DC Bookstore Crawl by getting your map stamped at 6 participating local shops and get a free tote bag at the 6th location—it could be Fantom!! All locations will have maps for participation. Our neighbors at Second Story Books are on the map too, so you can easily snag 2 stamps at once here on P Street.

INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB: BUDDHA VOL 1
>> SUNDAY, April 27th @ 3pm
This month's interfaith book club is the first volume of BUDDHA by Osamu Tezuka:
Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. This life of Buddha is one that all ages and spiritual persuasions can enjoy!
Buy in-store or online!

QUEER BOOK CLUB: THE GUY SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WASN'T A GUY AT ALL 2
>>THURSDAY, May 1st @ 6:30pm
Queer bookclub is back to discuss the second volume of THE GUY SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WASN'T A GUY AT ALL!
Aya's found out that the guy she was interested in isn't a guy at all-and she's also realized that she just can't keep her cool around Mitsuki! The two haven't quite put a name on their complex, earnest feelings, but they only grow as the pair continues to bond over the music they love. With their senior year at hand, future plans are coming into question…and Aya's thrown for a loop when a mysterious woman shows up and wants Mitsuki to go overseas!
Get a copy in-store or on our website!

Baltimore Comic Con's Ringo Award jurors

2025 Ringo Award jury announced

Javier Perez on 04/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-ringo-award-jury-announced/

Meet a Local Cartoonist: A brief chat with Cara Gormally

by Mike Rhode

I only recently realized that Cara Gormally is in DC. I reached out to them for an interview. Since we haven't met in person, I'm going to quote from their website for this background information (and use the photo from there as well). 

Cara Gormally (they/them) is a cartoonist, researcher, and professor. Cara’s narrative nonfiction comics remix autobiographical stories with research about socio-scientific issues to make science relatable. Their comics have appeared in the Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Spiralbound, and other places. Their debut graphic memoir, Everything is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder, a story about an unexpected healing journey to come home to themself, is forthcoming in April 2025 from Street Noise Books. A second book of braided comic essays about the emotional inheritance of estrangement is underway. 

A professor at Gallaudet University, in Washington, D.C., Cara is fascinated by questions about belonging. Their interdisciplinary research focuses on questions related to making science relevant and accessible to increase students' belonging in STEM. Cara studied philosophy at St. John’s College where they first became fascinated with questions about the ecology of home and belonging. Cara earned a Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. Cara has been honored to receive grants, fellowships, and artist residencies from the National Science Foundation, Playa Residency Fellowship, the American Association of University Women, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Hodson Trust Foundation. 

A DC metro area resident, Cara is an avid morning person, loves nerdy research deep dives, and has more questions than answers. 

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

I make narrative nonfiction comics that remix autobiographical stories with research about socio-scientific issues to make science relatable. My debut graphic memoir is coming out April 15, 2025—Everything is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder.

How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

I am mostly a Procreate-on-my-ipad artist these days. But I do love some pen and ink when I’m drawing just for myself.

Why are you in Washington now?  What neighborhood or area do you live in?

I’m here for my day job—I’m a professor. I live in Maryland, near the DC border.

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

I’m mostly self-taught. I’ve taken several classes through the Center for CartoonStudies and Sequential Artist Workshop, as well as with some cartoonists directly. I love taking new comic-ing classes and connecting with comics community.


W
ho are your influences?

Oh, gosh, where to begin. I’d say for my graphic memoir, I had a few #goalbooks in mind: Erin Williams’ Commute; Teresa Wong’s Dear Scarlett; and Tessa Hulls’ Feeding Ghosts.

If you could, what in your career would you do-over or change? Or rather, how are you hoping your career will develop?

If only I could make comics full-time—that’s the dream right? And, I do very enjoy many other parts of my career, so there’s that.

What work are you most proud of?

I’m so delighted and proud of my graphic memoir that is soon-to-be-released. It’s my book baby. So much has gone into making this book. It’s been a labor of love.

What would you like to do or work on in the future?

I’m excited to work on new projects; they’re still evolving, but one involves a kids’ graphic novel. I can’t wait to play with my comics style—I love how style evolves for different needs.

What do you do when you're in a rut or have writer's block?

So much of this is about trusting the process. One of my dear friends reminds me “we never regret rest.” I co-sign that for putting aside comics projects when needed.

What comic books do you read regularly or recommend? Do you have a local store?


I love graphic memoirs. I am big DC library fan and I also deeply love browsing local bookshops. Some of my favorites include Little District Books, Politics and Prose, Big Planet Comics, Busboys & Poets, Solid State, and Kramer’s.


What's your favorite thing about DC?


I’m continually grateful for community here and I love the easy access to the outdoors, even in the city.


Do you have a website or blog?


https://www.caragormally.com/

Instagram @cara_gormally

My zoom book launch is happening on May 12 @7pm EST–sign up here for the zoom link!


Selected Press & Work 

Illustrated interview about Cara Gormally’s creative process | Spiralbound

An interview with Cara Gormally | Autobiographix

Biology professor is drawn to creating comics | Gallaudet Today

Making science more inclusive | Wall Street Journal







Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/23/2025

Rob Liefeld calls out Marvel executives and the "Quotaverse"

Heidi MacDonald on 04/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/rob-liefeld-calls-out-marvel-executives-and-the-quotaverse/

 

["Word is flying around the comics world that Comics creator Mark Zingarelli died last week."]

John Derf Backderf

April 22 2025

https://www.facebook.com/100008691630090/posts/3637206979912321/

 

Mark Zingarelli Obituary

Published by Tribune Review on Apr. 23, 2025.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/triblive-tribune-review/name/mark-zingarelli-obituary?id=58216877

 

Addis, Don. 2019.

Cartoons for the Irreverent: Celebrating the Wit of Don Addis.

Madison, WI: Freedom From Religion Foundation

 

Degg, D. D. 2025.

Years After His Death Don Addis Gets A Cartoon in The N.Y. Times.

New York Times (April 23): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/23/years-after-his-death-don-addis-gets-a-cartoon-in-the-n-y-times/#comment-519902

 

Unknown. 2019.

FFRF publishes Don Addis' 'Cartoons for the Irreverent'.

Freedom From Religion Foundation (September 12): https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-publishes-don-addis-cartoons-for-the-irreverent/

 

Rarities: The Cartoon Factory Ltd, Part 2 – Left Side Cartoonists

D. D. Degg 

April 23, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/23/rarities-the-cartoon-factory-ltd-part-2-left-side-cartoonists/

 

Houtman, Nick. 1981.

Fred Womack makes his mark in world of commercial art.

Boscobel Dial (October 15).

Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fred-womack-The_Boscobel_Dial_1981_10_15-768x563.jpg

 

Mr. Ronald William Stanfield, Birth date: Sep 2, 1937 - Death date: Feb 26, 2025

https://www.resthaven.us/obituaries/ronald-stanfield/obituary

 

In Memoriam [Chuck Vadun, wargamer cartoonist]

Dan Richardson

Trojan Art Painting September 6, 2012

https://trojanartpainting.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-memoriam-i-reported-to-my-new-duty.html

 

The Losers — Film Review

"The Losers" is a cartoonish nonstop action movie in which characters zip around the world, breaking, entering and blowing things up without any pretense to logic.

By Kirk Honeycutt, The Associated Press

October 14, 2010

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/losers-film-review-29502/

 

Annecy to Honor Michel Gondry, Matt Groening, Joanna Quinn

The festival will pay tribute to the animation pioneers at this year's event, which runs June 8-14.

Scott Roxborough

April 23, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annecy-honors-michel-gondry-matt-groening-joanna-quinn-1236196191/

 

Post Malone and Vault Comics promote Free Comic Book Day story

By Liam on 04/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/post-malone-vault-comics-free-comic-book-day/

 

Post Malone's BIG RIG - Free Comic Book Day 2025

Vault Comics

Apr 23, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11hiCd6zghw

 

Jason Chatfield

Book Creation Process: from Concept to Finished Book

  Process Junkie  Apr 23, 2025  https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/book-creation-process-from-concept

 

Rob Liefeld – Marvel, Fire Dan Buckley, David Bogart & David Gabriel!

Rob Liefeld tells Marvel Comics to fire Dan Buckley, David Bogart and David Gabriel to fix their X-Men comic books

22 Apr 2025

Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rob-liefeld-marvel-fire-dan-buckley-david-bogart-david-gabriel/

 

Kickstarter Reverses Policy On Don Simpson's Megaton Man Fundraiser

Kickstarter reverses policy on Don Simpson's Megaton Man crowdfunding project, and the listing has now gone live

Rich Johnston  22 Apr 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kickstarter-reverses-policy-on-don-simpsons-megaton-man-fundraiser/

 

Jim Keefe

 AI art = Theft

Patreon Apr 23, 2025  https://www.patreon.com/posts/ai-art-theft-126939116

 

Eva in Wonderland: 'WondLa' EP Bobs Gannaway Tells All About the New Apple/Skydance Adventure

Ramin Zahed

June 19, 2024 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/eva-in-wonderland-wondla-ep-bobs-gannaway-tells-all-about-the-new-apple-skydance-adventure/

This article was written for the June-July '24 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 341).

 

Exec Producers Tony DiTerlizzi and Bobs Gannaway Give Us the Scoop on the Wonderful Second Season of 'WondLa'

Ramin Zahed

April 22, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/exec-producers-tony-diterlizzi-and-bobs-gannaway-give-us-the-scoop-on-the-wonderful-second-season-of-wondla/

 

'The Simpsons' Exclusive Episode "Yellow Planet" Launches on Disney+

Mercedes Milligan

April 22, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/the-simpsons-exclusive-episode-yellow-planet-launches-on-disney/

 

Tribeca Fest Unveils Animated Shorts Lineup Curated by Whoopi Goldberg

Mercedes Milligan

April 22, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/tribeca-fest-unveils-animated-shorts-lineup-curated-by-whoopi-goldberg/

 

Genndy Tartakovsky Looks Back at the Magic of 'Dexter's Lab' and the Cartoon Boom of the '90s (EXCLUSIVE)

Ramin Zahed

June 19, 2024

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/genndy-tartakovsky-looks-back-at-the-magic-of-dexters-lab-and-the-cartoon-boom-of-the-90s-exclusive/

 

Cartoon Network promo - Meet the Cartoonist - Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory) (1997)

RetroCCN

May 15, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMUhLVySL4o

 

MoCCA 2025: Comic art building connections

Tammi Morton-Kelly | April 23, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/mocca-2025-comic-art-building-connections/

 

Titan Comics Vs Diamond Comic Distributors Over What Happens Next

22 Apr 2025  Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/titan-comics-vs-diamond-comic-distributors-over-what-happens-next/

 

The 2024 Contract Between Titan & Diamond Comic Distributors, Revealed

The 2024 contract between Titan and Diamond Comic Distributors, revealed, including for Free Comic Book Day

, 22 Apr 2025   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/2024-contract-titan-diamond-comic-distributors-revealed/

 Matt Madden 

Come Make Comics with Me in Banff this Fall!

Build Your Own Labyrinth: Constraints and Creativity, Apr 23, 2025

https://mattmadd.substack.com/p/come-make-comics-with-me-in-banff

 

Zoe Si

Oh Canada

Zoe Sees   Apr 23, 2025 https://zoesi.substack.com/p/oh-canada

 

Adrian Tomine's "Lucky Dogs"

Françoise Mouly

April 21, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-04-28

 

Quesada's Amazing Comics unveils Undiscover'd Shakespeare line

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/undiscoverd/

 

Lucia Gargiulo promoted to editor

Julia Pohl-Miranda

April 9, 2025

https://drawnandquarterly.com/news/63603/

 

Adventurer, horse photographer, killer: Eadweard Muybridge's extraordinary life told in a comic book

He is famed for being a pioneer of the moving image – but there was so much more to Muybridge than that. The great graphic novelist Guy Delisle explains why he turned his life into a rollicking read

Phil Hoad

Mon 21 Apr 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/21/adventurer-horse-photographer-killer-eadweard-muybridges-comic-book-guy-delisle

 

United States Mint Strikes First Medal in Historic Comic Art Coin and Medal Program

Inaugural design in the series pays homage to 'The Man of Steel'

April 22, 2025

https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-strikes-first-medal-in-historic-comic-art-coin-and-medal-program

 

Amaris Ketcham

Autobiographix   Apr 23, 2025 

 An Interview with Glynnis Fawkes

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-glynnis-fawke

 

Discover Your World with Glynnis Fawkes - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop

Sequential Artists Workshop

Feb 16, 2024  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp8m32OLOPI

 

Five places to buy graphic novels instead of Amazon

E.B. Hutchins on 04/23/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/five-places-to-buy-graphic-novels-instead-of-amazon/

 

How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed

Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone's relationship to the culture.

By Nick Haramis

T Magazine April 22, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/t-magazine/japan-otaku-fan-culture.html

 

Jorge Jiménez Discusses His New DC Art Book
April 21, 2025 Nick Banks
https://conskipper.com/the-dc-art-of-jorge-jimenez-book/

April 22nd, 2025 | by Andrew Bistak
Clover Publisher Hank Kanalz Interview (The DC Art of Jorge Jiménez)
https://www.impulsegamer.com/clover-publisher-hank-kanalz-int4/

Comic Culture at JewCE with Chris Claremont
Roy Schwartz
terence dollard
Apr 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toii1vqP7jk

Dan Baillie and Tim Bradstreet - Look Out Graphic Novella
Justin Soderberg
Apr 23, 2025 Capes and Tights Podcast #220
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspVgxdxSc4

Marvel's Cavan Scott on Launching a New Gwenpool, "I Love Gwenpool. I Love What She Represents. And I Want Her to Thrive'
By  Brian Cronin
CBR Apr 10, 2025
https://www.cbr.com/marvels-cavan-scott-gwenpool-interview/

Gil Roth
Ari Richter
Virtual Memories Show 635; April 22, 2025
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-635-ari-richter
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_635_-_Ari_Richter.mp3

Why R. Crumb Worked With a Biographer: 'I Guess I Felt Sorry For You'
Molly Young
April 20, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/books/review/r-crumb-feature-molly-young.html

A Cartoonist Who Tapped His Own Psyche and Found America's Unruly Id
By Dwight Garner
April 20, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/books/review/crumb-a-cartoonists-life-dan-nadel.html

"A Violation of the Law": After ChatGPT's AI Attack on Studio Ghibli, Lawmakers Are Looking to Take Legal Action
Evan D. Mullicane 4/21/25
https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-ai-artwork-chatgpt-japan-lawmakers-illegal/

Ella, Una y Todas: Mujeres En La Obra De Patricia Breccia [She, One And All: Women In The Work Of Patricia Breccia]
Mariela Acevedo 2010
Tebeosfera: Cultura Gráfica, ISSN-e 1579-2811, Nº. 13, 2014
Online at https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7679164


Subcultura osuna en historieta: Un análisis de Horror! desperté con un cazador de Rubén Gauna [Bear subculture in comics: An analysis of Horror! I woke up with a hunter by Rubén Gauna]
Mariela Acevedo  2013
AVATARES de la comunicación y la cultura, Nº 5. ISSN 1853-5925. Junio de 2013
https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/avatares/article/view/4778
https://www.academia.edu/34657732/Subcultura_osuna_en_historieta_Un_an%C3%A1lisis_de_Horror_despert%C3%A9_con_un_cazador_de_Rub%C3%A9n_Gauna_2013_

Boquitas pintadas historietada. Una lectura de la transposición de la novela de Manuel Puig en La Argentina en pedazos [Comics Adaptation of Boquitas Pintadas (Painted Little Mouths). A reading of the adaptation of Manuel Puig's novel in Argentina in fragments]
Mariela Acevedo  2012
Segundo Congreso Internacional Viñetas Serias : narrativas gráficas : lenguajes entre el arte y el mercado (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2012, Biblioteca Nacional).
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657731/Boquitas_pintadas_historietada_Una_lectura_de_la_transposici%C3%B3n_de_la_novela_de_Manuel_Puig_en_La_Argentina_en_pedazos_2012_

IMAGO FÉMINA. Ensayo sobre fábulas de heterodesignación y textos de resistencia en las historietas [FEMALE IMAGE. Essay on fables of heterodesignation and texts of resistance in comics]
Mariela Acevedo 2012
Buenos Aires : Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación. , 2012. E-Book. ISBN 978-950-29-1330-8
Online at https://repositorio.sociales.uba.ar/items/show/1519 or https://www.academia.edu/34657730/IMAGO_F%C3%89MINA_Ensayo_sobre_f%C3%A1bulas_de_heterodesignaci%C3%B3n_y_textos_de_resistencia_en_las_historietas_2012_
 
Creadoras de Mundos [Creators of Worlds]
Mariela Acevedo 2009
Marginaria 9 (October)
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657735/Creadoras_de_Mundos_Revista_Maginaria_Sevilla_2009_
 
Creadoras de historietas: franqueando límites, creando mundos [Female comic book creators: pushing boundaries, creating worlds]
Mariela Acevedo, 2011
Voces polifónicas, María Alicia Gutiérrez, ed. Buscar por Godot - 14 de julio 1016 - Villa Ortúzar - CABA
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34658038/Creadoras_de_historietas_franqueando_l%C3%ADmites_creando_mundos_2011_


Una aproximación al cruce entre "lo popular" y "lo femenino" en las historietas [An approach to the intersection between "the popular" and "the feminine" in comics
Mariela Acevedo 2013
AVATARES de la comunicación y la cultura Mayo 2012
Online at https://www.academia.edu/34657729/Una_aproximaci%C3%B3n_al_cruce_entre_lo_popular_y_lo_femenino_en_las_historietas_2012_

Historieta feminista en américa latinaautoras de Argentina, Chile, Brasil y México [Feminist comics in Latin America: authors from Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico]
Mariela Acevedo, Katherine Supnem (Chile), Gabriela Borges (Brazil), and Maira Mayola (Mexico).   2018
Tebeosfera: Cultura Gráfica, ISSN-e 1579-2811, Nº. 6, 2018
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7665854
https://www.academia.edu/36878157/_2018_HISTORIETA_FEMINISTA_EN_AM%C3%89RICA_LATINA_AUTORAS_DE_ARGENTINA_CHILE_BRASIL_Y_M%C3%89XICO_en_Tebeosfera_
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Off Topic - New Liniers book!

I'm a big fan of his work, so here's some PR I was just sent today. I'm pre-ordering it today at Barnes and Noble due to their 25% off sale.

PAPERCUTZ AND MAD CAVE STUDIOS ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

The Ghost of Wreckers Cove

By Angelica Del Campo and Liniers

–on-sale September 16, 2025–


Two young girls and their father move next to an abandoned lighthouse, where the girls meet a strange new friend and work together to try to solve the mysteries of Wreckers Cove.


Eisner award-winning cartoonist Liniers and writer Angelica del Campo recreate the world of 19th century lighthouse keepers in a delightful supernatural tale about ghosts and shipwrecks, inspired by the real-life story of a heroic young woman who tended an isolated Maine lighthouse many years ago. Two young sisters Cristina and Martha and their dad, move to a summer home in a small coastal town located near an old nonworking lighthouse. As the two sisters explore the beach and the old lighthouse, they encounter a friendly, albeit unusual, red-haired girl, who turns out to be a ghostly local legend with a heartbreaking story shrouded in mystery.

"We are so excited that a creative force like Papercutz is releasing our story. We hope to reach as many readers as possible. This is our first collaboration. It is weird to work with someone you live with, so drawing and ideas were passed back and forth during road trips, dinners, right before a movie, or when we woke up in the morning. We wanted to write a mystery that had elements of the supernatural, and Ricardo had told me he really wanted to draw lighthouses. When I stumbled across the figure of the woman lighthouse keeper in a history of American lighthouses, I knew that it was what the story would be about and everything grew from there. I hope that this reminds us all that women have been doing remarkable things for centuries, way before the modern concept of feminism was born." – Angelica Del Campo & Liniers


We hope you'll join us in announcing the release of The Ghost of Wreckers Cove! The book is available for preorder now wherever books are sold, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop. Please reach out to James Faccinto of Mad Cave Studios at jfaccinto@madcavestudios.com if you have any questions. 


More info on: The Ghost of Wreckers Cove

Creators: Angelica Del Campo, Liniers

Format: 6 x 9 inches
Page count: 192

Paperback Price: $14.99

Hardcover Price: $22.99

Ages: Middle Grade 

Paperback ISBN: 9781545821237

Hardcover ISBN: 9781545821244

On-sale Date: September 16, 2025


ABOUT THE CREATORS


ANGELICA DEL CAMP is a writer and editor who lives and works in a little town in Vermont. She was born in Buenos Aires and lived in many different countries before settling into country life. She has three daughters and one dog.


LINIERS: Born in Argentina in 1973, Ricardo Liniers Siri (a.k.a. Liniers) started his artistic career making fanzines for his friends when he realized he was not made for law school.


He is the creator of the daily strip Macanudo and graphic novels for younger readers, including

the Eisner Award-winning Good Night, Planet. For the last 23 years, Liniers has been writing and drawing Macanudo, which has been published daily in Argentina by La Nación since 2002 and as English-language collections in the United States since 2014. Macanudo is also published in El Pais (Spain) and O Globo (Brazil), and debuted in the US market in September 2018 through a partnership with Hearst-owned King Features Syndicate. It has grown to be one of the most celebrated cartoon strips in South America, and Liniers has become one of the continent's most popular cartoonists. Liniers won the Inkpot Award for career achievement in 2018, and the Reuben Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strips in 2021.


Together with his wife Angie he founded Editorial Común with the aim of publishing graphic

novel by local and foreign authors.


He has more than 50 books published, many of which have been translated to English, French,

Italian, Czech, German, Portuguese, Korean and Chinese.


He has toured Latin America and Spain with his friend, musician Kevin Johansen, drawing on

stage while Kevin's band performs.


He performs stand up comedy with his friend and colleague, Chilean artist Alberto Montt.


He has illustrated 7 covers of The New Yorker magazine and has recently illustrated the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine, among other highly popular publications.


Liniers currently resides in Vermont drawing Macanudo daily.





About Papercutz: Papercutz is dedicated to publishing great graphic novels for all  ages. Popular with reluctant readers and gifted readers alike, Papercutz graphic novels  for kids, tweens, and teens include a wide range of genres, including humor, action  adventure, mystery, horror, and favorite characters. We work every day to introduce  young readers to the imaginative wonders waiting to be discovered in comics. To find  out more visit http://www.papercutz.com


Trading Texts (continued) by Daniel Boris

 

Frederick cartoonist Ron Stanfield passed away in February

Mr. Ronald William Stanfield

Birth date: Sep 2, 1937 Death date: Feb 26, 2025


DD Degg featured his cartooning work and a link to this obituary in his story Rarities: The Cartoon Factory Ltd, Part 2 – The Left Side Cartoonists.