Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/8/2025

Former IDW exec David Ozer sentenced in embezzlement case

Heidi MacDonald on 05/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/former-idw-exec-david-ozer-sentenced-in-embezzlement-case/ 

 

FORMER PRESIDENT OF IDW ENTERTAINMENT GETS 18 MONTHS For Fraud

Milton Griepp on May 8, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59501/former-president-idw-entertainment-gets-18-months     

 

DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY FEES MOUNT

Over $1.9 Million in Fees for March

Milton Griepp on May 8, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59503/diamond-bankruptcy-fees-mount

 

Pure Thought on Paper [Olivier Schrauwen's Sunday]

Chris Ware       

May 29, 2025 issue

https://archive.ph/UirHw

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/05/29/pure-thought-on-paper-sunday-olivier-schrauwen/

 

Disney to Build a Magic Kingdom Theme Park in the Middle East

Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on May 8, 2025, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney to Build a Magic Kingdom Theme Park in the Middle East

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/disney-theme-park-abu-dhabi.html

 

Tessa Hulls, The Other 2025 Pulitzer Winning Cartoonist

D. D. Degg

May 7, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/07/tessa-hulls-the-other-2025-pulitzer-winning-cartoonist/

 

Seattle author Tessa Hulls wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize

Gemma Wilson

Seattle Times May 5, 2025

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/seattle-author-tessa-hulls-wins-2025-pulitzer-prize/

 

Juneau author Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts'

Book entwines grandmother, mother and author on journey of politics and identity from China to points worldwide.

    by Mark Sabbatini

    May 5, 2025 https://www.juneauempire.com/news/juneau-author-tessa-hulls-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-graphic-novel-feeding-ghosts/

 

Seattle Author Wins Pulitzer Prize

Tessa Hulls wins for Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir

Rob Smith May 6, 2025 https://seattlemag.com/seattle-culture/seattle-author-wins-pulitzer-prize/

 

From Alaska Capitol's cafeteria, author and illustrator claims Pulitzer Prize

Tessa Hull's 'Feeding Ghosts' was awarded the prize for memoirs and biographies

By: James Brooks - May 5, 2025

https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/05/05/from-alaska-capitols-cafeteria-author-and-illustrator-claims-pulitzer-prize/

 

Joe Casey

END OF THE LINE?  Where we find ourselves (Part One of Two) [superhero comic books].

Joe Casey Writes   May 8, 2025

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/end-of-the-line

 

TV Review: Netflix's EL ETERNAUTA turns Argentina's classic sci-fi comic into a highly bingeable show

Ricardo Serrano Denis on 05/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tv-review-el-eternauta/

 

inewsource named Pulitzer Prize finalist for fentanyl reporting [Steve Breen]

by Lorie Hearn

May 5, 2025

https://inewsource.org/2025/05/05/inewsource-pulitzer-prize-finalist-fentanyl-reporting/

 

Far from easy comfort: An examination of Jordan Crane's Goes Like This

Hagai Palevsky | May 8, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/far-from-easy-comfort-an-examination-of-jordan-cranes-goes-like-this/

 

Director Jamy Wheless Discusses the Compassionate Creativity Behind 'Andy: A Dog's Tale'

Ramin Zahed

May 7, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/jamy-wheless-discusses-the-compassionate-creativity-behind-andy-a-dogs-tale/

 

NCS Divisional Award Nominees for 79th Annual Reubens

D. D. Degg   May 7, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/07/ncs-divisional-award-nominees-for-79th-annual-reubens/

Exclusive: Dark Horse and Yoe Books to celebrate the art of Roy G. Krenkel
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/art-of-roy-krenkel/

Marvel Litigation: Mark Evanier's (partial) Deposition
3 March 2023, Marvel Characters, Inc., et al., versus Lawrence Lieber, et al
Daniel Best
Daniel Best - Author May 08, 2025
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/marvel-litigation-mark-evaniers-partial

Licensing Hotline: May 2025
By Karen Raugust
May 08, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97725-licensing-hotline-may-2025.html

Dog Man Gets Caught Reading for Fall 2025 Children's Book Week
By Pamela Brill
May 08, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97721-dog-man-gets-caught-reading-for-fall-2025-children-s-book-week.html

    Fanbase Press Interviews Kevin Shinick on the Launch of the Kickstarter Campaign for the Time-Travel Adventure Graphic Novel, 'Host Mortem'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    May 7, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56722-fanbase-press-interviews-kevin-shinick-on-the-launch-of-the-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-time-travel-adventure-graphic-novel-host-mortem/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Ned Wenlock on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel, 'Tsunami,' Through Pow Pow Press [New Zealand]
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    May 6, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56715-fanbase-press-interviews-ned-wenlock-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-tsunami-through-pow-pow-press/

"James Thurber: Doodler Extraordinary" by Barbara Klaw,  American Heritage (February 1965).

    Why Heartstopper Creator Alice Oseman Is "So Excited" About the Upcoming Movie
    Kit Connor and Joe Locke will star in the YA romance's "memorable, sophisticated, and atmospheric" conclusion.
    By Ariana Romero
    April 28, 2025
    https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/heartstopper-movie-alice-oseman-plot-news

Kaare Andrews Marc Guggenheilm talk Marvel Star Wars and More
word balloon May 8 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n573pLZ8m4g

connor B. for BRING ME THE HEAD OF SUSAN LAMOND
Comix Experience
May 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFxKgESclo

The Cartoon Pad w/ guest Jason Chatfield
Michael Shaw and Bob Eckstein
May 6 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cartoon-pad-w-guest-jason-chatfield/id1561378159?i=1000706590639 or https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zDQ2spwpWZjdp7d20LFLc

The Cartoon Pad w/ guest Liza Donnelly
Michael Shaw and Bob Eckstein
July 23 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cartoon-pad-w-guest-liza-donnelly/id1561378159?i=1000663154222

Is Ann Telnaes making far more money now than she did at WaPo?
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC May 08, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/05/is-ann-telnaes-making-far-more-money.html

Is Ann Telnaes making far more money now than she did at WaPo?

by Mike Rhode

(Corrected 5/9 with the notice that she still has a free tier)

(Updated 11/4/25) 

I don't know, I haven't asked her.** But while the Post continues to claim her, insofar as the Pulitzers are concerned (with full page ads run at least for 2 days), she may be far better off without them. Here's her initial newsletter about quitting the paper over a squashed cartoon, and there's plenty more coverage spread throughout this blog.

In her Substack newsletter about winning the award, she wrote, "Due to you all, my Substack Open Windows has reached 100,000 subscribers!!" I don't believe she has a free tier anymore, just She still has a free tier, but if everyone paid for a subscription at $80/year or $8/month she would gross perhaps $8,000,000 to a maximum of $9,600,000.

Substack fees are described on their website.

From Substack: 10% of each transaction

From Stripe: Credit cards

A credit card fee (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction fee) and a Billing fee for recurring subscriptions (0.7% for recurring payments as of July 2024).

Their example shows the bite at about 20% on a $5 dollar payment.

If we use that back of the envelope, Ann might be netting $6,400,000 before taxes.* I find this stunningly hard to believe, but I hope it's true. A dish best served cold after all...

*I'm not an accountant or businessman so feel free to correct my thinking. 5/9: Thanks to Wim Lockefeer for pointing out she still has a free tier; my paid subscription version wouldn't show that to me.

 

**The answer is 'no' she told me at SPX this year. 

The Great Crisis Manager by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/7/2025

Edith Zimmerman

Selling a Cartoon to The New Yorker

Drawing Links May 7, 2025 

https://drawinglinks.substack.com/p/selling-a-cartoon-to-the-new-yorker

 

TOP 50 COMICS - APRIL 2025

Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data

  ICv2  May 7, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/59488/top-50-comics-april-2025

 

Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Richard Taylor

Stripper's Guide February 18, 2016 by Alex Jay

https://comicstriphistory.com/2016/02/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay_18.html

 

Surprise! The NEW THUNDERBOLTS* comic is actually NEW AVENGERS

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/new-avengers-2025/

 

'Thunderbolts*' Axes the Asterisk to Market Its Surprise Title Reveal

Kyle Buchanan

A version of this article appears in print on May 7, 2025, Section C, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: A 'Thunderbolts*' Reveal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/movies/thunderbolts-asterisk-title.html

 

Ad Populum Paid Quite A Lot More For Diamond Comics Than We Thought

06 May 2025

Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ad-populum-paid-quite-a-lot-more-for-diamond-comics-than-we-thought/

 

Webtoon Adds AI-Personalised Recommendations For Readers In New Update

  06 May 2025  Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/webtoon-adds-ai-personal-recommendations-for-readers-in-new-update/

 

The Continued Story of Disney's The Black Hole, Up for Auction

Long sought-after for its relative rarity, Whitman's The Black Hole #4 is part of their continuation of the story from the Disney film.

  06 May 2025   Mark Seifert

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-continued-story-of-disneys-the-black-hole-up-for-auction/

 

The Transformers Is The Most Funded Comics Kickstarter Campaign Ever

The Transformers Compendium from Skybound is the most funded comics Kickstarter campaign ever, almost hitting $4 million

Rich Johnston 06 May 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-transformers-is-the-most-funded-comics-kickstarter-campaign-ever/

 

'I'm doing the work I need to do to live with myself': Joe Sacco on democracy, genocide, and drawing the truth

Zach Rabiroff | May 7, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/im-doing-the-work-i-need-to-do-to-live-with-myself-joe-sacco-on-democracy-genocide-and-drawing-the-truth/

 

Reviews: Party Line Comics [Dik Brown advertising strips]

Frank M. Young | May 7, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/party-line-comics/

 

Iyanu AMA with Roye Okupe

Karama

YouNeek Studios May 7 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II0q0uKajbo

 

Former Schulz Studio head Paige Braddock honored with 2025 Sparky Award

Ollie Kaplan on 05/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/former-schulz-studio-head-paige-braddock-honored-with-2025-sparky-award/

 

Paramount+ Voyages Behind the Scenes of Crossover Spot 'Patrick Starship Enterprise'

Mercedes Milligan

May 6, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/paramount-voyages-behind-the-scenes-of-crossover-spot-patrick-starship-enterprise/

 

ROOF Studio Animates 100 Years of 'The New Yorker'

Mercedes Milligan

May 6, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/roof-studio-animates-100-years-of-the-new-yorker/

 

'Marvel's Iron Man and His Awesome Friends' Assembles Villainous Voice Stars

Mercedes Milligan

May 6, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/marvels-iron-man-and-his-awesome-friends-assembles-villainous-voice-stars/

 

TV Animation Director Mark Thornton Dies Age 55 [Canada]

Animation Magazine

May 6, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/tv-animation-director-mark-thornton-dies-age-55/

 

France TV Launches Sales for Animated Drama 'The Violinist,' Starring Kheng Hua Tan

Mercedes Milligan

May 6, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/france-tv-launches-sales-for-animated-drama-the-violinist-starring-kheng-hua-tan/

 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps' HERBIE Is 'As Alive As Any Other Member Of The Cast'

by Ben Travis

6th May 2025

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/fantastic-four-first-steps-herbie-alive-cast-exclusive/

 

Reports on the Ann Telnaes – Washington Post Pulitzer

D. D. Degg

May 7, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/07/reports-on-the-ann-telnaes-washington-post-pulitzer/

 

Ann Telnaes, who quit Washington Post in protest, wins Pulitzer for 'fearlessness' in commentary

LISA BAUMANN

May 5, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/ann-telnaes-pulitzer-washington-post-quit-protest-4c1855566d0b02ea04d465e7aa39e070

 

'Thunderbolts*' Screenwriter Eric Pearson Reveals the Scrapped Versions of the Movie You'll Never See

Red Hulk Walker, the return of Laurence Fishburne and more

Drew Taylor

May 6, 2025

https://www.thewrap.com/thunderbolts-alternate-versions-goliath-red-hulk-eric-pearson-interview/

 

Disney Plans New Theme Park in Abu Dhabi, Its "Most Tech-Forward" Resort Yet

The park will be owned and operated by Miral, with Disney Imagineers designing the IP-laden resort. Disney Experiences chairman Josh D'Amaro breaks down the deal with THR.

Alex Weprin

May 7, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-abu-dhabi-theme-park-resort-yas-island-miral-1236208971/

 

'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom' Feature in the Works at Aardman

Georg Szalai

May 7, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom-film-3-aardman-1236209770/

 

Bob Iger Says Disney's Film Slate in Next 18 Months Is Its Best Since 2019

Tony Maglio

May 7, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-best-film-slate-2019-bob-iger-1236209856/

 

The Day After The Day Before [National Cartoonists Day]

D. D. Degg

May 6, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/06/the-day-after-the-day-before/

 

Wingate University hosting exhibit of Peanuts' Franklin

    By Luanne Williams

    Feb 3, 2025 https://www.thecharlotteweekly.com/ucweekly/wingate-university-hosting-exhibit-of-peanuts-franklin/article_75d819ea-e26b-11ef-a2ce-eb2ec5628626.html

 

Graphic Novel Review: Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn

Reviewed by Cassy Lee

International Journal of Comic Art blog May 7, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/05/graphic-novel-review-raised-by-ghosts.html

 

Briana Loewinsohn. Raised by Ghosts. Fantagraphics, 2025

 

Graphic Novel Review: Trouble Is My Business, by Arvind Ethan David, Ilias Kyriazis, and Cris Peter

 review by Charles Henebry, Boston University.

International Journal of Comic Art blog May 7, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/05/graphic-novel-review-trouble-is-my.html

 

Arvind Ethan David, Ilias Kyriazis, and Cris Peter. Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business. New York: Pantheon Books, 2025.  

 

Interview: Marc Guggenheim 'holds a mirror up to our world' in ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES MONARCH

Ollie Kaplan on 05/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-marc-guggenheim/      

The SquadCast remembers Butch Guice.
Pop Culture Squad Cast May 7 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPKB7dt5v2g

A Sci Fi Epic With Brian Bendis and André Araújo [Phenomenon]
word balloon May 7 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heX9jMtmKRc

Millar Time #38 | Per Berg & Emily Brooks Millar [Cerberus; Birddad]
Millar Time May 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4TvD3sKk-c

Interview: BLOOD & THUNDER comic creative team operate on a unique sci-fi frequency
Taimur Dar on 05/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-skybound-blood-thunder-comic/

Penguin Random House and Disney sign new licensing deal
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/prh-disney-2025/

Superman Movie Lawsuit Explained: Why The Creator's Estate Is Suing Warner Bros. Discovery & DC Comics And What It Means
Richard Craig
Feb 3, 2025 https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-lawsuit-explained-warner-bros-discovery-dc-comics/

Read Charlie Cox's Foreword for Marvel's New 'Daredevil' Comics Collection Ahead of 'Born Again' [Exclusive]
Adam Blevins
Feb 3, 2025 https://collider.com/charlie-cox-foreword-daredevil-born-again-comic-images/

Coming Home: Graphic Novels About the Immigration Experience | Stellar Panels
by Brigid Alverson
Apr 30, 2025
https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/coming-home-graphic-novels-about-the-immigration-experience-stellar-panels

Fantastic Four: First Steps fever ramps up, Paul Mann shares promotional art
John Freeman on May 6, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/fantastic-four-first-steps-fever-ramps-up-paul-mann-shares-promotional-art/

Doing the Math
by Kelly Sue DeConnick in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Four May/June 2025
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/doing-the-math/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Retro Kitsch"

"Retro Kitsch"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4101

Many of my readers of a certain age may have had Dads or uncles who were
enthusiasts of a certain style of rec room bar lighting. Here's my
backhanded tribute to classic Mid 20th American cheese.

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"Gaza will be concentration camp, declares Netanyahu", Owen Jones at
Substack, 05.07.2025
https://www.owenjones.news/p/gaza-will-be-concentration-camp-declares

"Biden staffers admit what we all knew: White House lied about ceasefire
efforts", Mitchell Plitnick at Mondoweiss, 05.02.2025
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/biden-staffers-admit-what-we-all-knew-white-house-lied-about-ceasefire-efforts/

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

That Sinking Feeling Again by Daniel Boris

 

Daily Cartoonist rounds up Telnaes Pulitzer reporting

Reports on the Ann Telnaes – Washington Post Pulitzer

 

D. D. Degg

May 7, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/07/reports-on-the-ann-telnaes-washington-post-pulitzer/ 

Roye Okupe - LIVE! Ask me anything on IG live NOW

 

Hey there! WE. ARE. LIVE. Today, I'll be on IG and YouTube live, answering any and all of your questions about IYANU and the YouNeek YouNiverse. Click the Instagram or YouTube link below to join now. Watch LIVE on: Instagram: @iyanuseries YouTube: @youneekstudios - Roye   Our postal address: 221 Najoles Rd UNIT 1393, Millersville MD 21108

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/6/2025

Interview: Paulina Ganucheau & Coleman Engle on THUNDERCATS/THE POWERPUFF GIRLS

 Deanna Destito on 05/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-paulina-ganucheau-coleman-engle-on-thundercats-the-powerpuff-girls/

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: IGNITION ADDS TWO From Skybound and DC

Milton Griepp on May 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59481/people-move-ignition-adds-two

 

PRH GETS MANGA RIGHTS In IP-Spanning Deal with Disney

Milton Griepp on May 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59479/prh-gets-manga-rights

 

Ann Telnaes Wins 2025 Pulitzer

D. D. Degg

May 5, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/05/ann-telnaes-wins-2025-pulitzer/

 

Zehra Ömeroğlu (Turkey) receives Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025

Alan Gardner

May 5, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/05/zehra-omeroglu-turkey-receives-robert-russell-courage-in-cartooning-award-2025/

 

Witty or Witless by Jon Brown, New Local Comic "Strip"

D. D. Degg

May 6, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/05/witty-or-witless-by-jon-brown-new-local-comic-strip/

 

'Insane, but not impossible': ALIVE OUTSIDE editors Cullen Beckhorn and Marc Bell discuss their ambitious anthology

Bill Boichel | May 6, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/insane-but-not-impossible-alive-outside-editors-cullen-beckhorn-and-marc-bell-discuss-their-ambitious-anthology/

 

Reviews: Alive Outside

Tegan O'Neil | May 6, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/alive-outside/

 

Reviews: Ultra Heaven Volume 1 [manga]

Brian Nicholson | May 1, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/ultra-heaven-volume-1/

The Beat Digest 05/06/25: DITKO documentary incoming

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-050625/

 

Fletch-a-Sketch Talent Representation launches with five artists

Heidi MacDonald on 05/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/fletch-a-sketch-talent-representation-launches-with-five-artists/

 

INTERVIEW: Ethan and Naomi Sacks address mental health in an Extended Edition of A HAUNTED GIRL

Diego Higuera on 05/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ethan-sacks-naomi-sacks-extended-edition-a-haunted-girl/

VITO x DINO: Episode 18 - x James Greene
Vito Delsante and Dean Haspiel
May 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB9rkpEvJ38

VITO x DINO: Episode 17 - Monocles, Ascots and Megaton Man: The Don Simpson Story
Vito Delsante and Dean Haspiel
 Apr 28, 2025 VITO X DINO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZyQWh8iy8

Your Comics Career: Do It Yourself
Dean Haspiel, Olivia Fields, Mahdi Khene, and Klaus Janson, moderated by instructor Steven Walker
ArtStudentsLeagueNY
Apr 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcBCwiCeJb0

Philo Episode 64: It's Pirate-Mon with special guest Dean Haspiel
Amber Greenlee and Robin Fisher
artglych
 Apr 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ogy9tlVOk

Words, Images, & Worlds with Joe Ochman [voice actor]
Jason DeHart
May 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNym-Nqz3dc

Press Freedom 2025
Steve Brodner
May 5, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxeIk6heHZc

Diamond Told Skyrush To Cease & Desist Over Claiming They'd Won CGA
  05 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-told-skyrush-to-cease-desist-over-claiming-theyd-won-cga/

Paul Chadwick To Talk About Concrete To The Cement People Of Alabama
 05 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/paul-chadwick-to-talk-about-concrete-to-the-cement-people-of-alabama/

DC Comics' Jenette Kahn Sells Her Art And Design Collection At Auction
Former DC Comics President, Publisher and EIC, Jenette Kahn, sells her art/design collection, including the chair named after her, at auction,
by Rich Johnston
 05 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-jenette-kahn-sells-her-art-and-design-collection-at-auction/

Peter Kuper's Insectopolis: A history of insects, told by insects
Ruben Bolling May 5, 2025
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/05/peter-kupers-insectopolis-a-history-of-insects-told-by-insects.html

Steve Brodner, Jack Ohman 5 / 5 / 25
Steve Brodner
 May 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US55MoGJ6Dc

'Thunderbolts*' Asterisk Revealed: Marketing an Avengers Movie That Isn't Really an Avengers Movie
Following the movie's opening, Disney's marketing mavens bring out the biggest gun in the Marvel Cinematic Universe arsenal.
Pamela McClintock
May 5, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-new-avengers-thunderbolts-marketing-1236207581/

"Feline Psychiatrist and Patient" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
May 5, 2025 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/feline-psychiatrist-and-patient-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

Welcome to this month's CartoonStock caption contest by Grant Meikle
Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and Ellis Rosen j
CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.
 May 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iv3_SMulkQ

The New Avengers Pushes Marvel Audiences Outside Their Comfort Zone
The codependent 'Thunderbolts*' team isn't the one fans asked for, but it is also the most exciting group to emerge from the MCU in over a decade.
Richard Newby
May 6, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/thunderbolts-new-avengers-marvel-1236207620/

'Thunderbolts*' Co-Writer Eric Pearson Talks 'The New Avengers' Reveal, Pre-Sentry Villain and Original Taskmaster Arc
Brian Davids
May 5, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/thunderbolts-writer-death-john-walker-1236207295/

Bruce Guthrie's World Press Freedom Day pics posted

aka Cartooning Would-Be Kings and the Cartoonists Rights award

http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2025_05_05B1_WPFD

Jet Lag by Daniel Boris

 

May 9: Kwame Alexander vs. Jerry Craft at Scrawl Books

Kwame Alexander vs. Jerry Craft

https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/kwame-alexander-vs-jerry-craft

Scrawl Books is thrilled to announce that Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft will be visiting the store on Friday, May 9th at 6:30 PM! Celebrating their new collaboration on a nationwide bus tour, J vs. K is an epic match-up from Newberry medal winners Kwame Alexander (The Crossover) and Jerry Craft (New Kid).

The biggest rivalry of the season! As kids, Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft were fast friends rivals! J (Jerry) was great at art, and K (Kwame) was great at writing. The two precocious kids have to learn how to share the spotlight as they realize their talents can be combined. All based on a true story! It's artist vs. writer with plenty of shady double crosses as J and K plot their way to the top. This epic match-up from Newbery medal winners Kwame Alexander (The Crossover) and Jerry Craft (New Kid) celebrates comics, creativity, and the magic of collaboration. Join both authors at Scrawl as they celebrate their contest collaboration.

 

Event date: 

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 6:30pm

Event address: 

Scrawl Books

11911 Freedom Dr.

Reston, VA 20190

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/5/2025

'GARGOYLES: DEMONA' CAN BUILD ON 73,000 FCBD COMICS

Dynamite Entertainment Reveals

by Milton Griepp on May 5, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59471/gargoyles-demona-can-build-73-000-fcbd-comics

 

ROLLING FOR INITIATIVE -- TARIFFS GETTING REAL; FCBD REPORT

  Scott Thorne on May 5, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/59472/rolling-initiative-tariffs-getting-real-fcbd-report

 

IDW'S GODZILLA BENEFIT COMIC RAISES $40,000

For Stores Impacted by L.A. Wildfires

Milton Griepp on May 5, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59469/idws-godzilla-benefit-comic-raises-40-000

 

Now 'Francis' belongs to the pages

A cartoonist says goodbye to his beloved pope

by Pat Marrin

May 3, 2025

https://www.ncronline.org/culture/now-francis-belongs-pages

 

Winner of Sophie Castille Awards – Italian announced at Comicon Naples

John Freeman on May 4, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/winner-of-sophie-castille-awards-italian-announced-at-comicon-naples/

 

A Star Wars comics treat, from comic artist Howard Bender

John Freeman on May 4, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/a-star-wars-comics-treat-from-comic-artist-howard-bender/

 

"Alex" heads online after Daily Telegraph drops strip, claiming it is not popular online

  John Freeman on May 4, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/alex-heads-online-after-daily-telegraph-drops-strip-claiming-it-is-not-popular-online/

 

Honors Professor's Inquisitive Nature Promotes Positive Learning Environment: Popular culture librarian and Honors College Professor Rob Weiner's philosophy of lifelong learning encourages student engagement in the classroom.

KAYLA STONE, Writer and ASHLEY RODGERS, Photographer

Texas Tech Now April 30, 2025

https://www.ttu.edu/now/posts/2025/04/honors-professor-s-inquisitive-nature-promotes-positive-learning-environment.php

 

M.Marcinkevičius ir L.Itagaki pristato knygą vaikams – įkvėpė tikra mergaitės partizanės istorija ["M. Marcinkevičius and L.Itagaki present a book for children – inspired by the true story of the girl's partisan"; "Girl with a Rifle"; "Mergaitė su šautuvu"; Lithuania]

Zmones (October 23 2023)

https://zmones.15min.lt/naujiena/m-marcinkevicius-ir-l-itagaki-pristato-knyga-vaikams-ikvepe-tikra-mergaites-partizanes-istorija-645gpANkBoZ

 

The Beat's A Goofy Movie Anniversary Roundtable

AVERY KAPLAN et al 05/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-a-goofy-movie-anniversary-roundtable/      

 

The Post wins Pulitzers for Trump rally shooting stories, editorial cartoons [Ann Telnaes].

By Scott Nover

Washington Post May 5 2025

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/05/05/washington-post-pulitzer-trump-shooting-telnaes/

 

Graphic novel aims to break breast cancer's 'female disease' myth and educate men on risks [Men's Stories About Hereditary Cancer]

    Anna Mayor, USF College of Arts and Sciences

    February 3, 2025

https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/chronicles/2025/graphic-novel-aims-to-break-breast-cancers-female-disease-myth-and-educate-men-on-risks.aspx

 

Assessing the acceptability and appropriateness of a psychoeducational graphic novel about inherited cancer risk designed for men [Men's Stories About Hereditary Cancer]

Marleah Dean, Josephine K. Boumis, Lingzi Zhong, Alexis Ingle, Gemme Campbell-Salome, Lindy Grief Davidson, Courtney L. Scherr, Shana-Kay Brown, Deborah L. Cragun

Journal of Genetic Counseling 07 August 2024

Volume34, Issue2 April 2025  e1954

https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1954

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgc4.1954

 

Men's Stories About Hereditary Cancer

Marleah Dean Kruzel, PhD, Gemme Campbell-Salome, PhD, Emily A. Rauscher, PhD, Lindy G. Davidson, PhD, Courtney L. Scherr, PhD, and Deborah L. Cragun, PhD, CGC.

Cancer Communication Research

https://inheritedcancer.net/wp-content/uploads/Mens-Stories-About-Hereditary-Cancer.pdf

 

The Real Reason Clark Kent Is A Journalist In Superman Comics

Devin Meenan

Feb. 3, 2025

https://www.slashfilm.com/725922/every-dc-movie-made-prior-to-the-dceu-ranked-from-worst-to-best/

 

Need More Wicked In Your Life? The Hit Story Is Gearing Up For a Very Special Spinoff

Jenna Wrenn

Feb 2, 2025 https://screenrant.com/wicked-movie-part-2-book-graphic-novel/

 

Unraveling the mystery of the man called Mad Peck, 1942-2025

John Kelly | May 5, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/unraveling-the-mystery-of-the-man-called-mad-peck-1942-2025/

 

Licence to Offend exhibition cancelled in case it causes offence

Satirical works by Morten Morland of The Times and other political cartoonists were due to go on display

Alex Farber, Media Correspondent

  May 01 2025,   The Times

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/licence-to-offend-exhibition-cancelled-77c8nwk2f

 

Telegraph cartoon exhibition cancelled 'over fears of offence'

'Licence to Offend' show halted because venue operators 'don't do politics' [ Patrick Blower]

Craig Simpson 

30 April 2025

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/30/telegraph-cartoon-exhibition-cancelled-fears-complaints/

 

When satire is deemed offensive, we should all start to worry

We cartoonists poke and prod at human weakness to make you smile — cancelling our work in case it offends someone is what offends me the most

Morten Morland

May 01 2025,  The Times

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/morten-morland-comment-satire-offensive-8b72q9l3l

 

Cartoon exhibition cancelled after art deemed too political

    Steerpike

    30 April 2025, https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/cartoon-exhibition-cancelled-after-art-deemed-too-political/

 

Free speech row after venue scraps exhibition of Fleet Street cartoonists

https://freespeechunion.org/free-speech-row-after-venue-scraps-exhibition-of-fleet-street-cartoonists/

BY Frederick Attenborough

  April 30, 2025

 

Let's Talk Comics! What's working on social media, and more!

Brad Guigar

May 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4CDUEBV4Rg

 

Review: THUNDERBOLTS* is a statue in a deserted warehouse

Heidi MacDonald on 05/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-thunderbolts-mcu-phase-six/

 

ROBERT RUSSELL COURAGE IN CARTOONING AWARD 2025 – ZEHRA ÖMEROĞLU [Turkey]
May 5, 2025
https://cartoonistsrights.org/award-2025/


Environmental Sarcasm: Where Water Cries and Politicians Lie
https://nikkowsar.substack.com/

Nik's Substack
Nik Kowsar
https://nkowsar.substack.com/

Nik Kowsar
https://caglecartoons.com/columnist/nik-kowsar

The Cost of Freedom vs. The Cost of a Hospital Stay
How Winning an Award Put Me in the ICU—Right Next to the Butcher of Press
Nik Kowsar
Nik's Substack Jan 10, 2025
https://nkowsar.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-freedom-vs-the-cost-of

Cartooning Would-be Kings event photos [political cartooning and free speech]
May 05, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/05/cartooning-would-be-kings.html

Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls, wins Pulitzer Prize for Memoir
Heidi MacDonald on 05/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/feeding-ghosts-by-tessa-hulls-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-memoir/

Disney Wanted More From Marvel. Now It Wants Less.
The superhero studio is cutting back TV production and fixing its film slate after fans lost the plot
Ben Fritz
May 2, 2025
Appeared in the May 3, 2025, print edition as 'Even Marvel Knows Its Movies and Shows Need to Be Better'.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/marvel-avengers-mcu-robert-downey-jr-dr-doom-311f9ffc
https://archive.is/IOFW4#selection-2111.0-2599.105

Box Office: 'Thunderbolts*' Flies to Solid $76M Opening, Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' Flails

Marvel's ensemble superhero pic 'Thunderbolts*' debuted to an even bigger $86.1 million overseas for a global launch of $162.1 million as it kicks off the summer box office.
Pamela McClintock
May 4, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/thunderbolts-box-office-solid-opening-1236206794/

California, Once a Mecca for Animation Work, Is Rapidly Losing Ground, Report Claims
Katie Kilkenny
May 2, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/california-animation-work-suffering-outsourcing-concerns-1236206301/

Ryan Reynolds in Early Stages of Exploring a Deadpool/X-Men Teamup Movie (Exclusive)
Pamela McClintock, Aaron Couch
May 2, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-x-men-movie-1236200391/

The Black Widow movie was too little, too late
Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff was one of the longest-tenured Avengers, though by the time the MCU focused on her, her time was already up.
By Caroline Siede  |  May 5, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/women-of-action-black-widow-scarlett-johansson

Words, Images, & Worlds: Artist and Author Sarah Davidson
Jason DeHart
 May 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0zaPIQ28F0

Words, Images, & Worlds: Exploring the World of Nocturnals with Dan Brereton
Jason DeHart
  May 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUCJxNZTf8w

Benjamin Percy Talks Deadpool Wolverine and more
word balloon May 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpHIE0Q088

The Kingdom Come Documentary With Sal Abbinanti
word balloon  May 5 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE2fr08z8Ps

How Emily Drouin Shapes Young Minds with Comics and Creativity
Barney Smith
StoryComic   May 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwMSz0dIF7k

Episode 707: Craig Thompson
RiYL Podcast
 May 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8AZyZ4UvqE

Alyssa Wong and Liana Kangas | Star Wars Week
Justin Soderberg
  Capes and Tights Podcast  222; May 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbuSm4g17Io

Comics veterans are being silenced by toxic fans, and we're all losing out
Albert Fuzailof
05/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-veterans-are-being-silenced-by-toxic-fans-and-were-all-losing-out/

Battling Hate: How Comics Inspire Change | Cosmic Con Panel
Ann Nocenti, Danny Fingeroth, Alisa Kwitney, Rags Morales, Keith Williams, and Joseph P. Illidge—moderated by Roy Schwartz
Comics with IzzyVerseNYC
  Mar 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpdCTPQTnRc

How China Sees the USA in Political Cartoons! A Lively Cartoonist Show & Discussion! - 100 Cartoons! [Luojie]
Daryl Cagle , Graham MacKay and Taylor Jones
Caglecast 67
May 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xctj089uXJk