Saturday, June 07, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/6/2025

APRIL WAS A TOUGH MONTH FOR DIAMOND; Total Decline Since January Now Over $10 Million

Milton Griepp on June 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59728/april-was-tough-month-diamond

 

RETAILERS FEAR LOSS OF DIAMOND DATA FLOW

World According to Griepp

Milton Griepp on June 6, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/59730/retailers-fear-loss-diamond-data-flow

 

Marty Two Bulls' Herblock Prize Soirée in Bruce Guthrie Photos

D. D. Degg

June 6, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/06/marty-two-bulls-herblock-prize-sioree-in-bruce-guthrie-photos/

 

Mark Millar Finding New Ways To Sell Psychic Sam With John Romita Jr [trading cards, Kickstarter]

  05 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mark-millar-finding-new-ways-to-sell-psychic-sam-with-john-romita-jr/

 

Uncivilized Books Finds A Comics Distribution Home For Living The Line

Uncivilized Books finds a comics distribution home for Living The Line, courtesy of Lunar Distribution and more

  05 Jun 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/uncivilized-books-finds-a-comics-distribution-home-for-living-the-line/

 

Problems With Ad Populum's First Payments To Comics Publishers

The first payments due to comic book stores from Diamond Comics purchaser Ad Populum seem not to have been made. What's going on?

  Rich Johnston  05 Jun 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/problems-with-ad-populums-first-payments-to-comics-publishers/

 

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 205 - Lindsey Budde

2025-06-04   https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-g5tsn-25cc2afe

 

The Cartoon Pad w/ John Cuneo

Bob Eckstein & Michael Shaw

The Cartoon Pad June 5 2025  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vp1bfO6jlAOCDwrBQNtpT

 

A2CAF '24 Photo Report [small press convention]

Chris Anthony Diaz | June 6, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/a2caf-24-photo-report/

 

Spanish Comics focus of Durham University event [Quan Zhou Wu]

By John Freeman on June 5, 2025  https://downthetubes.net/spanish-comics-focus-of-durham-university-event/

 

Morningstar, Ashley. 2025. Action and fighting girls: the ethnographic interplay of Naoko Takeuchi's feminism. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 26): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2509626 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2509626

 

Sarkar, Ritam & Somdatta Bhattacharya. 2025. Against the Grid: Urbanity and Infrastructure in Indian Sequential Narratives. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 20): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2506575 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2506575

 

T, Mufeeda & Sajid A Latheef. 2025. From text to image: a comparative study of Haruki Murakami's 'Birthday Girl' and its graphic adaptation. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 4): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2498565 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2498565

 

Daniel, Ritika. 2025. The refugee narrative in Thi Bui's graphic memoir: a multimodal approach. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 4): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2497296 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2025.2497296

 

Pride 2025 Interview: Jeremy Whitley talks the ACES & AROS anthology

E.B. Hutchins on 06/06/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/pride-2025-interview-talking-with-jeremy-whitley-about-rhe-aces-aros-anthology/

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

June 5, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-131/

 

Predator: Killer Of Killers is a gruesome animated battle for the ages

The animated anthology film stabs directly into the heart of what makes the series tick.

By Toussaint Egan  |  June 5, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/predator-killer-of-killers-review

 

'Predator: Killer of Killers' Just Rules

Third Floor and 20th Century Animation continue the Predator's recent hot streak with the excellent 'Killer of Killers.'

By Justin Carter

io9 June 5, 2025  https://gizmodo.com/predator-killer-of-killers-just-rules-2000608265

 

With 'Thunderbolts*,' Has Wyatt Russell Finally Broken Through?

Seth Abramovitch

June 6, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wyatt-russell-thunderbolts-avengers-doomsday-1236257821/

 

Cantes de Confesión — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | June 6, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/cantes-de-confesion-this-weeks-links/

 

Off Panel #502: Discovery with Gabriel Bá

June 2 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-502-discovery-with-gabriel-b

 

Chris Weston interviewed – 2000 AD: The Creator Tapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGA4lrXUTZ0 May 24, 2025  The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 675: Tiffany Babb

Heidi MacDonald

on 05/30/2025  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1370

 

On Alaska Robotics Mini-Con, the Biggest Little Comics Convention Around, and the "Comics Adventure" That Comes With It

David Harper

June 4, 2025 https://sktchd.com/longform/alaska-robotics-mini-con-feature/

 

Peter Kuper's Graphic Novel, Where the Insects Draw Us

Insectopolis explores the often-unseen—and rapidly disappearing—world we share.

Steve Brodner

May 29, 2025

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ecosystem-environment-biosphere-nature/

 

Rising Bubbles: A curated celebration of comics, Bubbles Con returns with guest artist, Charles Burns, among other exciting artists.

Don Harrison

June 4, 2025

https://www.styleweekly.com/double-doodles/

 

Webcomic phenom Let's Play is getting an anime — a dream come true for American creator Mongie

She's the first American woman to have her original comic adapted into a Crunchyroll anime

by Matt Patches

Polygon June 3, 2025, https://www.polygon.com/manga/603118/lets-play-anime-trailer-crunchyroll

 

Tessa Hulls On The Weight Of History, The Power Of Comics, And Winning A Pulitzer Prize

Rob Salkowitz,

May 31, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/05/31/tessa-hulls-on-the-weight-of-history-the-power-of-comics-and-winning-a-pulitzer-prize/

 

Partners and Son – Gina Dawson and Tom Marquet talk about comics, art and the future [Philadelphia store]

By Oli Knowles June 1, 2025

https://www.theartblog.org/2025/06/partners-and-son-gina-dawson-and-tom-marquet-talk-about-comics-art-and-the-future/

 

Rockin' Out With Sumiko Arai, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All Manga Creator

by Lynzee Loveridge, Jun 4th 2025

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-04/rockin-out-with-sumiko-arai-the-guy-she-was-interested-in-wasnt-a-guy-at-all-manga-creator/.223419

 

Alison Bechdel and the Search for the Beginner's Mind

With the cartoonist's new graphic novel, she appears once again to be trying for the "light, fun" book she's longed to write.

By Charlie Tyson

June 4, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/alison-bechdel-and-the-search-for-the-beginners-mind

 

Eedy, Sean. 2025. Book Review - Cartoons and Antisemitism: Visual Politics of Interwar Poland: By Ewa Stańczyk, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2024, X+271 Pp., US$30.00 (Paperback), ISBN 978-1-4968-5150-5." Canadian Slavonic Papers, May, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00085006.2025.2506223 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00085006.2025.2506223

 

Sparring with Michael Schwartz about the all-new 'Armored' hardcover release

The book's Kickstarter kicks off this week (June 3).

Chris Coplan

June 3, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/03/armored-hardcover-qa/

 

Gail Simone interviews David Marquez on 'Uncanny X-Men' and 'The Unchosen'

'Just David being David': Inside the Marquez-Simone X-Men Era and the upcoming series 'The Unchosen' at Image Comics.

David Brooke

June 2, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/02/gail-simone-david-marquez-uncanny-x-men-unchosen/

 

"Eighteen wheels of Holy Hell": Adrian Wassel and Nathan Gooden talk 'Big Rig'

The Post Malone-led 'Big Rig' #1 arrives July 9 from Vault Comics.

David Brooke

June 3, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/03/vault-big-rig-qa/

 

Demons, diesel, and Post Malone: Inside vault's wild ride 'Big Rig'

Vault Comics' Adrian Wassel and Nathan Gooden join the AIPT Comics Podcast to break down 'Big Rig' and we recap the week in comics.

David Brooke and Chris Coplan

June 1, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/01/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-331-post-malone-big-rig/

 

'Create something additive with long legs': Joseph Illidge talks 'Bloodletter' Spawn spin-off

Chris Coplan

June 5, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/05/bloodletter-feature-interview/

 

Patrick Horvath talks revenge, character growth in 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring'

Chris Coplan

June 2, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/02/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-rite-of-spring-qa/

 

'Some m***erf**kers, yeah, they're gonna have to die': Greg Rucka and Michael Lark detail 'Lazarus: Fallen'

The grand 'Lazarus' finale begins on June 25.

Chris Coplan

May 30, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/30/lazarus-fallen-qa/

 

HOLLY J. FRAZETTA, HEIDI L. FRAZETTA, and FRAZETTA PROPERTIES, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 8:22-cv-581-WFJ-AEP VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS, LLC, andJESSE DAVID SPURLOCK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, TAMPA DIVISION

https://ecf.flmd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2022-00581-279-8-cv

 

'People were repressed into silence': the Spanish artist creating a visual memory of fascism's horrors

A Madrid exhibition of work by the celebrated comic book artist Paco Roca marks 50 years since the death of Franco

Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 5 Jun 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/paco-roca-comic-artist-madrid-franco-fascism-exhibition

 

Richard Appignanesi obituary; Graphic novelist whose pioneering educational books took a wry look at subjects including Shakespeare, Freud and Marx

Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton

Thu 5 Jun 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/05/richard-appignanesi-obituary

 

Richter, David F.  2025. Spanish Graphic Narratives and Women Writers: Intersections of Memory, Politics, and Gender in Ilu Ros's Cosas nuestras . Impossibilia. Revista Internacional De Estudios Literarios, (29; May 30): https://doi.org/10.30827/impossibilia.292024.32279 and https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/impossibilia/article/view/32279 and https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/impossibilia/article/view/32279 and https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/impossibilia/article/view/32279/29173

 

Friday, June 06, 2025

June 6-7: Bubbles Con in Richmond this weekend

https://www.bubblescon.com/



Rising Bubbles: A curated celebration of comics, Bubbles Con returns with guest artist, Charles Burns, among other exciting artists.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/5/2025

 Roberts, Ben. 2024.

A New Age of Super Hero: How iconic heroes, villains and fan-first strategies are forging a new future for Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products.

License Global (September): 19-26.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/brand-licensing-europe-issue-september-2024#4

 

Unknown. 2024.

Dyper Launches Smurfs Lin[e]. [diapers].

License Global (September): 17.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/brand-licensing-europe-issue-september-2024#4

 

MCKENNA MORGAN. 2024.

... MORE THAN MEETS The Eye: How the 40th anniversary of the iconic Transformers brand has aided in Hasbro's success [inc. comic books]

License Global (September): 42-47.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/brand-licensing-europe-issue-september-2024#4

 

TCAF 2025 returns in a new home this week

 Heidi MacDonald on 06/05/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/tcaf-2025-returns-in-a-new-home-this-week/               

 

'Predator: Killer of Killers' Review: Dan Trachtenberg's Animated Anthology Puts an Inventive Spin on a Durable Franchise

Premiering on Hulu, the film pits a Viking, a ninja and a World War II pilot against the titular adversary.

Frank Scheck

June 5, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/predator-killer-of-killers-review-dan-trachtenbergs-animated-anthology-puts-an-inventive-spin-on-a-durable-franchise-1236247198/

 

Diamond Cancels All Orders From Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, IDW & More

Diamond Comics cancels all orders from Marvel, Boom, Dark Horse, IDW, Dstlry, Kodansha, Seven Seas, TokyoPop, Webtoons and more

  04 Jun 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-cancels-all-orders-from-marvel-boom-dark-horse-idw-more/

 

Guru Studio Founder Frank Falcone Reflects on the Toronto Toon Powerhouse's 25 Years

Ramin Zahed

June 4, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/guru-studio-founder-frank-falcone-reflects-on-the-toronto-toon-powerhouses-25-years/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Hungarian Animation: From Cutouts to Cannes

Chris Robinson

June 4, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/hungarian-animation-from-cutouts-to-cannes/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Don Hertzfeldt Teams Up with Ink Films for Animated Shorts Program

Mercedes Milligan

June 4, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/don-hertzfeldt-teams-up-with-ink-films-for-animated-shorts-program/

 

Disney Halts 'Primos' Production After Single Season

Animation Magazine June 4, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/disney-halts-primos-production-after-single-season/

 

June 4, 2025 https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/spider-man-artwork-smashes-auction-record-greg-and-tim-hildebrandt

Spider-Man Artwork Smashes Auction Record for Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

 

Reviews: The Dissident Club: Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile

Henry Chamberlain | June 5, 2025   https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-dissident-club-chronicle-of-a-pakistani-journalist-in-exile/

 

The Dissident Club: Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile

Taha Siddiqui and Hubert Maury. Translated by David Homel

Arsenal Pulp Press

 

A letter I still owe Dan Nadel about Robert Crumb and racial obscenity

R. Fiore | June 5, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/a-letter-i-still-owe-dan-nadel-about-robert-crumb-and-racial-obscenity/

 

Interview: IDW editor Jake Williams discusses unleashing Godzilla Kai-Sei Era comics

Taimur Dar on 06/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-idw-jake-williams-godzilla-kai-sei-era/

 

Nickelodeon Acquires Animated 'Mr. Crocodile' Series, Based on French Children's Book

Georg Szalai

June 5, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nickelodeon-mr-crocodile-animated-series-joann-sfar-books-1236255647/

 

Interview: Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips on their creative partnership

Jared Bird on 06/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-chris-condon-and-jacob-phillips-on-their-creative-partnership/

 

How to KICK ASS in Comics with Mark Millar! [D/REZZED Podcast]

Clownfish TV's D/REZZED News

 Jun 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4CBKT1qdg

 

Talking with John Romita Jr

Joe and Perch

Comics by Perch  Jun 5, 2025  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVVY2u76o0

 

A Conversation with John Romita Jr.

John's Longbox June 4 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IHIUaNne8

 

 A Conversation with Mike Baron
John's Longbox
Dec 6, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0kHIqS0vo

Immortal Wings: Interview with Carlo Jose San Juan and Rod Espinosa [Philippines]
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
 Jun 5, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egbWrWiqWcw

Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: The Comics Art of Frank Quitely
David John Boyd (Author), Julie Briand-Boyd (Author)
Leuven University Press  2025
https://lup.be/book/superhero-comics-and-scottish-identity/

The Art of the News: Comics Journalism
Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, curator, with associate curator Ben Saunders
Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art  September 24, 2021-January 16, 2022
https://jsma.uoregon.edu/art/exhibition/art-news

An Interview with Andy Warner [nonfiction comics, exhibit]
Forest
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Oct 22, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOl4t4XJg0

Barry Fantoni obituary
Cartoonist, illustrator, TV show host, playwright and detective novelist whose greatest love was poetry
Ian Burrell
Thu 29 May 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/29/barry-fantoni-obituary

Comic Mystery Solved: Who Is This "Cable" Guy?
in Comics News: Cable's Mysterious Co-Star Revealed [Rob Liefeld; New Mutants; Youngblood; Cougar]
Heritage Auctions Comics and Animation Newsletter June 5 2025
https://view.emails.ha.com/?qs=2fe68727dae9cd493b66e78c1e5971dcf07a93ec2974eb81d3bf6c957a2058f3c726e21313446131ef90f65c9dbc5f43443216da1477b18c9359955f06b3b3be72db08e858dd4de75f86608d0bad4cb4ffc7c30c774bd6ee

TV Review: PHINEAS AND FERB returns without missing a catchy beat
Tim Rooney on 06/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tv-review-phineas-and-ferb-returns-without-missing-a-catchy-beat/

Licensing Hotline: June 2025
By Karen Raugust              
Jun 05, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97952-licensing-hotline-june-2025.html

    Fanbase Press Interviews Michael Schwartz on His Return to Kickstarter for the Collected Hardcover of 'Armored' in Collaboration with Clover Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    June 5, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56884-fanbase-press-interviews-michael-schwartz-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-collected-hardcover-of-armored-in-collaboration-with-clover-press/

A Girl and a God: PW Talks with Michelle Wong [prose novel by cartoonist]
by Lorraine Savage              
May 30, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 06/02/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Michelle Wong
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/97895-a-girl-and-a-god-pw-talks-with-michelle-wong.html

Family Ties: 7 Graphic Novels That Bring Family Dynamics to Life | Stellar Panels
by Brigid Alverson
Jun 03, 2025
https://www.slj.com/story/newsfeatures/family-ties-7-graphic-novels-that-bring-family-dynamics-to-life-stellar-panels

Live with Liza and Andy Borowitz!
We talk about all of it.
Liza Donnelly and  Andy Borowitz
Seeing Things Jun 05, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-with-liza-donnelly-d3f

Wizard at the Keys, Elton John writes forward to ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE
 Javier Perez on 06/05/2025
 https://www.comicsbeat.com/wizard-at-the-keys-elton-john-writes-forward-to-ultimate-oz-universe/


Thursday, June 05, 2025

Ingratitude! by Daniel Boris

 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/4/2025

Status report: Why is Alliance hiring Diamond Comics employees and more

Heidi MacDonald on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/status-report-why-is-alliance-hiring-diamond-comics-employees-and-more/

 

Interview: Lucy Sullivan on mental health and BARKING

Jared Bird on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-lucy-sullivan-on-mental-health-and-barking/               

 

IT'S YOUR ANNIVERSARY,CHARLIE BROWN: IT HAS BEEN 75 YEARS SINCE THE DEBUT OF THE "PEANUTS" COMIC STRIP, YET THE IP IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER.

AMANDA CIOLETTI

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 30-35.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

BABY SHARK TURNS 10: The Pinkfong Company has entertained andeducated children for a decade. This year,it's celebrating in a big way.

ALEX MARKOVICH

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 44-45.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

PEPPA'S' NEW ADDITION: Peppa Pig is going to be a big sister again! Find out what this means for the Hasbro franchise.

AMANDA CIOLETTI

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 54-55.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

A MIRACULOUS NEXT CHAPTER WITH A ROBUST CONTENT PIPELINE AND GLOBAL LICENSING GROWTH, ROZ NOWICKI SETS THE STAGE FOR A "MIRACULOUS'" NEXT CHAPTER.

GIANNA ROSENBACH

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 94-95.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

BACK IN BLUE: THE SMURFS RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN Ahead of this summer's new movie"Smurfs," Peyo Company breaks down how continuous storytelling keeps the Smurfs brand thriving across screens, shelves.

GIANNA ROSENBACH

License Global Licensing Expo 2: 92-93.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/license-global-2025-issue-2#1  

 

Growing a Legacy: King Features exec, Carla Silva,heads up licensing of iconic IPs.

Jane Neal

License Global (August 2024):35-36.

online at https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue/august-2024#1

 

License Global Magazine

https://www.licenseglobal.com/publications/magazine-issue

 

Missed It: Paxton Went With KFS

D. D. Degg

June 3, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/03/missed-it-paxton-went-with-kfs/

 

MEET THE NEW TECH HELPING TO CLOSE GAPS FOR RETAILERS, CREATORS AND CUSTOMERS

Rob Salkowitz   June 3, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/59705/meet-new-tech-helping-close-gaps-retailers-creators-customers

 

'Monster High' Movie Enrolls 'M3GAN' Director Gerard Johnstone

Aaron Couch

June 4, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/monster-high-movie-enrolls-m3gan-director-1236254861/

 

Massive Indies Expands Lunar Comics Distribution And Reduces Fees

#Massive Indies expands their Lunar Distribution deal for other comic book publishers and studios, while reducing their fees

03 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/massive-indies-expands-lunar-comics-distribution-and-reduces-fees/

 

PHOTOS: Bowie graphic novel LOW by Reinhard Kleist launches in style at Comica Festival London

 Dean Simons on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/photos-bowie-graphic-novel-low-by-reinhard-kleist-launches-in-style-at-comica-festival-london/

 

Good Omens Graphic Novel From Colleen Doran, Finally At The Printers

The Good Omens Graphic Novel adaptation from Colleen Doran is finally at the printers, according to Sir Terry Pratchett's estate.

03 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/good-omens-graphic-novel-from-colleen-doran-finally-at-the-printers/

 

Christopher Priest on returning to Black Panther and teasing 'The World To Come'

Marvel Maximus

June 3, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/03/christopher-priest-on-returning-to-black-panther-and-teasing-the-world-to-come/

 

'Wylde Pak' Creators Take Us Behind the Scenes of Their Buzzy New Nickelodeon Show

Ramin Zahed

June 3, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/wylde-pak-creators-take-us-behind-the-scenes-of-their-buzzy-new-nickelodeon-show/

 

"Dickie and Vicky Go Wild" exhibition featuring cartoons by Pieter de Poortere heads to Macclesfield

By John Freeman on June 3, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/dickie-and-vicky-go-wild-exhibition-featuring-cartoons-by-pieter-de-poortere-heads-to-macclesfield/

 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Had A Rock On Set Named 'Jennifer' To Stand In For The Thing

Ben Travis

2nd June 2025

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/fantastic-four-first-steps-rock-jennifer-the-thing/

 

Disney Pulls Back the Curtain on Its New 'Cars' Land

Piston Peak National Park is coming to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

By Germain Lussier io9 June 3, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/disney-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-its-new-cars-land-2000610703

 

At Home with Katie Fricas

Drawn & Quarterly  May 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3P4RrGd41I

 

Reviews: The Young Person's Illustrated Guide to American Fascism

Kristian Williams | June 4, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-young-persons-illustrated-guide-to-american-fascism/

 

The Young Person's Illustrated Guide to American Fascism

Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenman

OR Books

 

Remembering Gianfranco Manfredi, 1948-2025

Valerio Stivé | June 4, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/remembering-gianfranco-manfred-1948-2025/

 

Comics Beat's Pride 2025 Reading List

 Beat   06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-beats-pride-2025-reading-list/

 

Interview: Mat Wakeham on PHOO ACTION: DELUXE EDITION [UK]

Jared Bird on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mat-wakeham-on-phoo-action-deluxe-edition/              

 

NEXUS OMNIBUS Kickstarter brings up questions about royalties

Javier Perez on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nexus-omnibus-kickstarter-brings-up-questions-about-royalties/


Chris Weston for Paranoid Gardens
Comix Experience
Jun 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bIcPWD_pxs

Millar Time #40 | Joe Madureira
Millar Time
 Jun 4, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbQhgmke6yY

Kyle Starks - Writer of Those Not Afraid
Justin Soderberg
 Capes and Tights Podcast #228; Jun 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPfqI-V0TLg

Steve Lieber Talks Metamorpho and Jimmy Olsen
word balloon June 3 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX-MY6thxEo

Declan Shalvey Draws: Moebius' Azrach
 Declan Shalvey  Jun 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jxPNbLhQGY

Keynote: Kate Beaton [2024]
CXC Festival
Jun 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRyrBbZJMIE

Words, Images, & Worlds with Samantha Newark [voice actor]
Jason DeHart
Jun 2, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5b1Xwywms

Sanford Carpenter Comicpalooza University Is In Session
word balloon June 4 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqEs96a5xY

Eat Popcorn Out of Galactus' Big Ol' Head at AMC Theaters
Marvel Studios dials the bucket game back up with 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' and also adds a HERBIE mega snack holder.
By Sabina Graves
io9 June 4, 2025  https://gizmodo.com/eat-popcorn-out-of-galactus-big-ol-head-at-amc-theaters-2000611146

Guys: Episode 113 - Coffee Guys with Mattie Lubchansky
Bryan Quinby
April 1, 2025 •
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-guys-with-bryan-quinby-112691460/episode/guys-episode-113-coffee-guys-271485011/

A Serious Woman ft. Mattie Lubchansky
  Dylan Hafer
Haus of Decline  Mar 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvufAYyl3yE

Upstream - S4E8: Dog Day Afternoon [Mattie Lubchansky]
November Kelly, Abigail Thorn and Devon
Kill James Bond February 21, 2025
https://podscripts.co/podcasts/kill-james-bond/s4e8-dog-day-afternoon

60 anticipated manga for summer 2025
Nancy Powell on 06/04/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/60-anticipated-manga-for-summer-2025/

Welcome to this month's CartoonStock Caption Contest by Todd Condron
Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and Todd Condron
CartoonStock  May 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvhzgXNq8HE

"Car in Sinkhole" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
June 1, 2025 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/car-in-sinkhole-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

 

Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Bruce Guthrie's Herblock award photos

June 10: Murewa Ayodele Zoom at Fantom Comics

SUPERHERO BOOK CLUB: STORM VOLUME 1
>>TUESDAY, JUNE 10th @ 6pm
Series writer Murewa Ayodele will be joining the discussion at 6:30pm virtually to tell Fantom about the writing process and answer bookclub attendee questions. Attendees will be entered into a raffle to get free copies of volume 1!
Ororo Munroe has lived many lives. She's been a thief, a goddess, an X-Man, a queen, and now…an Avenger! She is the most prominent, most respected and most powerful mutant on the world stage—and in that role, she intends to be a force for positive change. First up: a major meltdown at a nuclear facility in Oklahoma City draws Storm from her Sanctuary in Atlanta—and into a moral conflict that will test her iron resolve!
Pre-order copies of volume one of STORM on ComicHub or in-store today! The trade paper back is coming out the day of the bookclub.

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The Breakup by Daniel Boris




South Africans read "Inside Woody Allen" comic strip in 1978

You can see the evidence in




David Goldblatt, "Sunday morning: A not-white family living illegally in the 'White' group area of Hillbrow, Johannesburg," 1978, printed later. (David Goldblatt/Yale University Art Gallery)

pictured in Sebastian Smee's exhibit review. Although strictly speaking, the reader is NOT reading the strip, but rather facing it out towards Goldblatt.

I was reading the strip at the same time in the NY Daily News, but probably not getting much out of it.

Smee's entire review is at

His photographs cut through apartheid — and never diminished their subjects

David Goldblatt's photographs, on view in a brilliant retrospective, exposed the moral rot of apartheid while preserving the humanity of the South Africans who lived it.

May 17, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/3/2025

ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT HIRES SEVEN FROM DIAMONDIncluding Former VP of Sales Mike Schimmel

Brigid Alverson on June 2, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59694/alliance-entertainment-hires-seven-diamond

 

'THE MAN WHO DREAMT THE IMPOSSIBLE' PAYS TRIBUTE TO JACK KIRBY In Fictional Story Based on His Life and Work

Brigid Alverson on June 2, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59692/the-man-who-dreamt-impossible-pays-tribute-jack-kirby

 

The Beat Digest 06/03/25: Netflix's Tudum recap, GEN V season 2

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 06/03/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-060325/

 

Benjamin Hunting, Freelance Writer

https://benjaminhunting.com/

 

Scout Comics Is Stealing From Us [Code 45 graphic novel]

Benjamin Hunting.

June 1, 2025

https://benjaminhunting.com/scout-comics-is-stealing-from-us/

 

["By now most of us have heard of the passing of one of our own, Larned Justin."]

Small Press Heroes May 30 2025

Terry Flippo  ·

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16fM2p5ZsA/

 

Joe Ely Carrales III. 2024.

Larned Justin, Comic Creator, Writer and Cohost of YouTube's Talking Small Press Comics!

The New People's Journal 11

online at https://www.facebook.com/groups/190097197674926/posts/30515356321388948/

 

On the Passing of Larned Justin

Steve Keeter

TheClassicComicsMan

Jun 1, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PgdPwFk_mU

 

Drawn From Life: How the Graphic Novel Memoir Takes Creative Liberties With Autobiography

By Damon Herd, 28 April 2025

https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/how-the-graphic-novel-memoir-takes-creative-liberties-with-autobiography/

 

Pointu Vague: 'A Great Big De-Braining Device' by Ben Juers— The Comics Journal #311 Preview [France]

Ben Juers June 3, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/pointu-vague-a-great-big-de-braining-device-by-ben-juers-the-comics-journal-311-preview/

 

Reviews: The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store

Hagai Palevsky | June 3, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-concierge-at-hokkyoku-department-store/

 

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store

Tsuchika Nishimura, translated by Jan Cash

Seven Seas

 

Reviews: Paranoid Gardens

Tegan O'Neil | May 29, 2025  https://www.tcj.com/reviews/paranoid-gardens/

 

Paranoid Gardens

Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art by Chris Weston

Dark Horse

 

"Phenakistiscope and Pantomime Cartoon: The Rise of 'Stories without Words' amid the Nineteenth-century Revolution in Visual Culture, Science, and Technology, 1832–1899"

Eike Exner. 2025.

Manga Studies

https://seika.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2000156/files/manga_studies-1_exner.pdf

 

Interview: Jason Rosen takes us to MONSTERWOOD

Deanna Destito on 06/03/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-jason-rosen-takes-us-to-monsterwood/

 

(UPDATE) Jonathan Joss, Voice of 'King of the Hill's John Redcorn, Killed in San Antonio Shooting

Animation Magazine

June 2, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/actor-musician-jonathan-joss-voice-of-king-of-the-hills-john-redcorn-killed-in-san-antonio-shooting/

 

First Look: Producer/Director Kevin Geiger Offers a Peek at New Taiwanese Sci-Fi Anthology Show, 'Bliss: Beyond the Edge of Time'

Ramin Zahed

June 2, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/first-look-producer-director-kevin-geiger-offers-a-peek-at-new-taiwanese-sci-fi-anthology-show-bliss-beyond-the-edge-of-time/

 

Cannes & Annecy-Winning Animator Flóra Anna Buda Boards 'Red Zone' Documentary

Mercedes Milligan

June 2, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/cannes-annecy-winning-animator-flora-anna-buda-boards-red-zone-documentary/

 

Seven Senior Diamond Comics Staffers Hired By Alliance Entertainment

Rich Johnston 03 Jun 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/four-senior-diamond-staffers-hired-jobs-alliance-entertainment-aent/

 

Bryan Talbot's Grandville Wins The ActuSF Prize For Uchronia

Bryan Talbot's Grandville: Force Majeure wins The ActuSF graphic novel prize for Uchronia

02 Jun 2025

 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bryan-talbots-grandville-wins-the-actusf-prize-for-uchronia/

 

Gustines, George Gene. 2025. 8 Comics to Read This Pride Month [in print as 8 Comics to Read For Pride Month]. New York Times (June 3): C2. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/arts/lgbtq-comic-books-pride.html

How 'Lilo & Stitch' Became One of the Most Profitable Movies in Years
Brooks Barnes
A version of this article appears in print on June 3, 2025, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Lilo & Stitch' Comes Back With a Bang.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/business/media/lilo-and-stitch-ticket-sales-disney.html

Perez, Javier. 2025. Pride 2025: No Straight Lines is streaming on PBS to celebrate Pride Month. The Beat (June 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/pride-25-no-straight-lines-is-streaming-on-pbs-to-celebrate-pride-month/

'The Sandman' Season 2 Ends With a Bonus Episode to Remind You What Could Have Been
Netflix has revealed the episode titles for the 11 entries we knew about—plus a bonus 12th episode focusing on the character of Death.
By Cheryl Eddy
 io9 June 3, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/sandman-season-2-netflix-episode-titles-bonus-episode-2000610507

The Sandman to end with a bonus swan song for Death
Kirby Howell-Baptiste will star in an extra story premiering July 31 on Netflix.
By Mary Kate Carr
June 3, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/the-sandman-bonus-death-episode-announcement

Looking Back at Lawless 2025 [UK comic con]
Richard Sheaf and James Bacon June 2, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/looking-back-at-lawless-2025/

Lodge, Sally. 2025. Ben Clanton Expands Narwal and Jelly Series into Picture Books. Publishers Weekly (June 3): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97942-ben-clanton-expands-narwal-and-jelly-series-into-picture-books.html

Ogle, Rex / Rey Terciero. 2025. Why Re-Imagining Classic Literature as Modern Graphic Novels Is So Important for Young and Reluctant Readers. Publishers Weekly (June 3): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97935-why-re-imagining-classic-literature-as-modern-graphic-novels-is-so-important-for-young-and-reluctant-readers.html

'King of the Hill' voice actor Jonathan Joss is fatally shot in Texas
By Kelly Kasulis Cho and Leo Sands
June 3, 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/06/03/jonathan-joss-actor-killed/

The weird pregnancy symptoms I wish I knew about [in print as Pregnancy symptoms can be pretty weird. It's worth talking openly about]
 Yifan Luo
Washington Post (June 3 2025: F6.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/05/10/pregnancy-side-effects-symptoms-comic/

Vol. 4 (2023): Journal of Anime and Manga Studies: Volume 4
Billy Tringali (ed)
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/issue/view/107
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jams.v4
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/issue/view/107/24
2023-12-03
Academic Collaboration JAMS-boree: JAMS, Anime Expo, and Fan Connections
Billy Tringali
i-vii
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1415
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1415/1179

Inclusive Media Mix: Shaping Communication through A Silent Voice
Yuta Kaminishi
1-30
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1128
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1128/979

The Horror of Serenity: The Romantic Sublime Within Psycho-Pass
Cassandra Holcombe
31-60
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1198
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1198/980

Black Butler: A Neo-Victorian Jack the Ripper and the Child Detective
Joti Bilkhu
61-86
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1178
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1178/981

Understanding the Backer Motivations for Japanese Anime Crowdfunding Campaigns
Miyuki Morikawa, Masahito Mizoguchi, Meimi Moriya
87-130
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1189
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1189/982

Society Structures from Anime-Cyberpunk to Postcyberpunk. City Imagery in Ghost in the Shell and Psycho-Pass
Malte Frey
131-158
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/968
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/968/1168

Defying Fate, Demanding Futurity: Nostalgia, Queerness, and Family in Ikuhara Kunihiko's Mawaru Penguindrum
Cynthia Zhang
159-189
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1193
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1193/1169

The Dynamism of Anime Images: The Case of the 'Kanada-style' Movement
Matteo Watzky
190-218
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1195
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1195/1175

Newtypes, Angels, and Human Instrumentality: The Mecha Genre and its Apocalyptic Bodies
River Seager
219-243
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1186
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1186/1177
Book Review: Manga: A Critical Guide
Anastasia Michalak
244-247
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1242
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1242/1178

Book Review: The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales: Monster Comics from Edo Japan
J.T. Aris
248-251
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1414
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1414/1176

Journal of Anime and Manga Studies: Volume 5 (2024)
Billy Tringali (ed)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jams.v5
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/issue/view/126
https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/issue/view/126/28
Published: 2024-12-16


    A Brief History of the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies
    Billy Tringali
    i-viii
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1814
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1814/1483

Articles

    From Manipulative Masterminds to Flirtatious Fools: An Examination of Male Sweet Voice Archetypes in Anime
    Finnigan Lewis
    1-30
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1470
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1470/1465

    The Eye of the Dragon: Ecological Thinking in Delicious in Dungeon
    Daniel Ambord
    31-50
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1605
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1605/1463

    Using Anime in Teaching and Understanding Major International Relations (IR) Theories: A Case Study of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
    Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria
    51-74
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1566
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1566/1464

    Hong Kong's Anime: A Cultural History of Anime in Hong Kong's Last Decade
    Mateja Kovacic
    75-112
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1460
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1460/1466

    Ballet Immemorial Princess Tutu, Meta-Ballet, and the Fatal Significance of Gesture
    Katy Oliver
    113-139
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1199
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1199/1467

    Gundam and the Japanese Media Mix: Novelizations, Model Kits and Statues
    Shotaro Kinoshita
    140-190
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1584
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1584/1468

    Cosplay Collaboration Videos: Community Interactivity in Times of Pandemic
    Edmund Hoff
    191-205
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1402
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1402/1469

    Cloning: A Technofeminist Narrative of Posthumanism on Tomie's Character in Anime Junji Ito Collection (2018)
    Aqiilah Bilqiis Salsabiil Harahap, Sri Kusumo Habsari, Deny Tri Ardianto
    206-240
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1452
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1452/1480

Conference Reports

    JAMS@AX24 Conference Report
    Emilie Waggoner, Jaclyn Koshofer
    241-253
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1803
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1803/1473

Book Reviews

    Book Review: Manga in Libraries: A Guide for Teen Librarians
    Sara Lowe
    254-258
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1799
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1799/1474

    Book Review: The Early Reception of Manga in the West
    Cetoria Tomberlin
    259-262
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1800
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1800/1475

Syllabi

    FITV 1111: Anime Goes to College Syllabus
    Emilie Waggoner
    263-280
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1804
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1804/1476

    Syllabus: Intro to Manga
    Lindsey Stirek
    281-293
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1811
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1811/1482

    Syllabus: Intro to Japanese Animation
    Lindsey Stirek
    294-314
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1810
    https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1810/1481