Friday, August 01, 2025

Sept 12: Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD for Breathe

Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD for Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding

September 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Free

https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/breathe/

A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling Gender Queer author MAIA KOBABE and University of Michigan professor SARAH PEITZMEIER.

Breathe arose from the need for a resource for folks considering chest binding as gender-affirming care. Dr. Peitzmeier interviewed twenty-five people of different ages and backgrounds about their journeys with binding, and then she and Kobabe combined excerpts from those interviews with evidence-based resources on binding into this extremely accessible guide.

Breathe is both a practical resource for trans and nonbinary folks and an engaging and perspective-broadening read for anyone interested in what it means to be on a journey of expressing one's gender in ways that are joyful, healthy, and affirming.

Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir) is a nonbinary queer cartoonist, a kpop fan, a voracious reader, and a daydreamer. You can learn an astonishing number of intimate details about em in GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR (America's most challenged book 2021-2023) and in eir short comics and writing published in The Nib, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NPR, and Time Magazine. Maia's second book is BREATHE: JOURNEYS TO HEALTHY BINDING with Dr Sarah Peitzmeier (2024) and eir third book will be a middle grade coming of age comic written with Swati "Lucky" Srikumar, due out from Scholastic Graphix in 2026. Before setting out to work freelance full-time, e worked for over ten years in libraries. In eir free time, Maia practices taekwondo, studies Spanish, and makes zines.

Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Sarah is interested in the radical potential of research as an act of community care. Her ongoing research includes studies to improve how we support trans survivors of intimate partner violence, how we prevent sexual assault on college campuses, and how we co-create a world where gender-based violence and health inequity are unthinkable. She is co-author (with Maia Kobabe) of the graphic novel Breathe, which is based on her research on chest binding in transmasculine individuals. When she is not doing research, she is crafting, reading fantasy novels, or suing the federal government for unconstitutionally terminating her NIH funding for trans health research. Sarah received her PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2017.

If you'd like to purchase this title online and still support People's Book, follow the link below:

https://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780593855829

This is an in-person event. Seated capacity at People's Book is 50 patrons. Standing room is an option. All events are first-come, first-served seating. Accessible seating is always available.

History Rewritten by Daniel Boris

*My cartoon from April is relevant again. Unfortunately.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/31/2025

Exclusive! 'Eyes of Wakanda' Showrunner Todd Harris Discusses the Creative Heart of the New Marvel Animation Anthology

Ryan Gaur

July 30, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/eyes-of-wakanda-showrunner-todd-harris-discusses-the-creative-heart-of-the-new-marvel-animation-anthology/

This article was written for the Sept./Oct. '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 352), available soon.

Racist AI-generated cartoons targeting a GOP lawmaker spark outrage

A news website owned by a disgraced ex-legislator depicts an Asian-American lawmaker as a dog-eating threat

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy - July 30, 2025

https://azmirror.com/2025/07/30/racist-ai-generated-cartoons-targeting-quang-nguyen-spark-outrage/

'South Park' S27 Premiere Scores Biggest Viewer Share in 25+ Years

Mercedes Milligan

July 30, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/south-park-s27-premiere-scores-biggest-viewer-share-in-25-years/

'My Running is Drawing': A Peter Kuper Interview

José Alaniz

International Journal of Comic Art blog July 31, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-running-is-drawing-peter-kuper.html

Happy Birthday Aline Kominsky-Crumb

-Sally Madden

July 31, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/happy-birthday-aline-kominsky-crumb/

Reviews: Black Coal and Red Bandanas

Hank Kennedy | July 31, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/black-coal-and-red-bandanas/

Black Coal and Red Bandanas

Raymond Tyler and Summer McClinton

PM Press

Reviews: Saga de Xam [France]

Joe McCulloch | July 28, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/saga-de-xam/

Saga de Xam

Nicolas Devil, with Jean Rollin & others, translated by Anna Bialostosky

Anthology Editions

Interview: DEMON RUSH creative team on its past, present & future

E.B. Hutchins on 07/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-demon-rush-creative-team-on-its-past-present-future/

'Long Story Short' From 'BoJack Horseman' Creator Lands Season 2 Renewal Ahead of Series Premiere

Tony Maglio

July 31, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/long-story-short-renewed-season-2-trailer-bojack-horseman-1236334808/

Cagle's Classroom Cartoons [syndicate]

D. D. Degg

July 31, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/07/31/cagles-classroom-cartoons/

Joe Casey Writes Jul 31, 2025
ANOTHER LOST ART? [comics criticism]
https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/another-lost-art

Graphic Novel Review: BRAMBLE rediscovers the art of strategy guides
Kathryn Hemmann on 07/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-bramble/

Daniel Best - Author Aug 1, 2025
When Warren Publishing Was Sold : 4 January 1984
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/when-warren-publishing-was-sold

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2025 IN PHOTOS, PART 1
Thursday and Early Friday
Milton Griepp on July 31, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60181/san-diego-comic-con-2025-photos-part-1

Alan Moore Helps Northampton Community Hubs To Reopen
, 30 Jul 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alan-moore-helps-northampton-community-hubs-to-reopen/

Diamond Comic Distributors More Than Doubles Its Shipping Prices
30 Jul 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comic-distributors-more-than-doubles-its-shipping-prices/

Woman with colorectal cancer at 35 had these signs of a 'broken butt.' Doctors dismissed her
After being diagnosed with rectal cancer, Iona Woolmington learned she needed an ileostomy. Her experience led her to write and illustrate a comic about it.
March 25, 2025, TODAY
Meghan Holohan
https://www.today.com/health/disease/woman-rectal-cancer-35-details-signs-comic-rcna197951

Special Guest: Jarad Greene
Dave Kellett
Comic Lab June 19th, 2025 | 01:12:38 | E392
https://comiclab.simplecast.com/episodes/special-guest-jarad-greene

Inside the evolution of Tillie Walden from "sweet gay stories" to The Walking Dead: Clementine and beyond
Jules Chin Greene,
Jul 11 2025
https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-walking-dead-clementine-book-3-tillie-walden-interview

Marvel is mistreating Cable says co-creator Rob Liefeld, but he's given up on doing anything with the character ever again
Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer
on Sat Jul 26 2025 https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-rob-liefeld-cable-first-appearance-anniversary-san-diego-comic-con-sdcc-2025

SDCC 2025: Comics Reclaim the Spotlight in Hollywood's Absence
By Heidi MacDonald
Jul 30, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98309-sdcc-2025-comics-reclaim-the-spotlight-in-hollywood-s-absence.html

Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants Makes the Leap to Manga; Scholastic to Adapt Bestselling Chapter Books
Brigid Alverson
Jul 31, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/98311-dav-pilkey-s-captain-underpants-makes-the-leap-to-manga.html

Don't Look Under The Bed: Monster Comics
There's nothing more classic than monster comics. Titles lurching out of the shadows this fall both delight in the expected tropes and run them out of town.
by Meg Lemke
Jul 18, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: We Heart Monsters
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/98245-don-t-look-under-the-bed-monster-comics.html

9 New Comics for Arthouse Cinephiles
Blockbusters based on superheroes may be trending out, but these comics that take on film in unusual ways, adapt unexpected features, or bring a filmmaker's cinematic vision to the page promise to be worth the price of admission
by Meg Lemke
Jul 18, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Comics Paradiso
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/98244-nine-new-comics-for-arthouse-cinephiles.html

Fantastic Four artists reveal the joys and challenges of drawing Marvel's first family
Joel Meadows 15 July 2025
https://www.creativebloq.com/entertainment/movies-tv-shows/fantastic-four-artists-reveal-how-they-drawing-marvels-first-family

"I find Superman very hard to draw" – legendary artists reveal why the Man of Steel is so difficult to get right
Joel Meadows 11 June 2025 https://www.creativebloq.com/art/superman-is-difficult-you-almost-have-to-go-to-a-cartoony-extreme

Alison Bechdel. The Essential (5.7.–26.10.2025)
Artist Alison Bechdel and curator Anette Gehrig
Cartoonmuseum Basel
Jul 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ckNImopSCE

TV Ratings: 'South Park' Season 27 Premiere Lands Big Audience
The Trump-skewering season 27 opener draws nearly 6 million viewers on Comedy Central and Paramount+ over three days.
Rick Porter
July 30, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-season-27-premiere-ratings-1236334281/

Comedy Central sounds pretty happy about South Park riling so many people up
When you grab firm hold of the tiny, googly-eyed zeitgeist, it pays to hold on tight.
By William Hughes | July 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/south-park-rerun-highly-rated-social-media

Bruce Wayne no more: when Batman was Bruno Diaz for Mexican fans, as recounted by fan-turned Spider-Man superstar artist Humberto Ramos
Mexican comics changed secret identites of superheroes, so Batman was Bruno Diaz
Graeme McMillan,
Jul 26 2025
https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-batman-humberto-ramos-bruno-diaz-tom-brevoort-sdcc-2025-san-diego-comic-con

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Surf's Up! by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/30/2025

Jackie Estrada's Closing Speech To Her Last Eisner Awards

29 Jul 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jackie-estrada-closing-speech-last-eisner-awards/

Jackie Estrada's Retirement Speech

Pop Culture Maven

Jul 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4CHgqex20

Giant Sized Man-Child Thing: Thinking through Richard Corben's Den saga

Tom Shapira | July 30, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/giant-sized-man-child-thing-thinking-through-the-den-saga/

Lubbock's man of many hats: Caprock Chronicles part 1: 'Some people take football seriously' [sports cartoonist Dirk West]

By Chuck Lanehart, special for the Avalanche-Journal July 25 2025

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/history/2025/07/25/caprock-chronicles-on-dirk-west-lubbocks-man-of-many-hats/85349936007/

William Hogarth: pioneer of comics and political cartoons

From 18th-century engravings to modern comics

9 July 2025,

Humberto Aguirre

https://www.meer.com/en/88819-william-hogarth-pioneer-of-comics-and-political-cartoons

Collington Index: Remembering Tulsa World editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette

Jason Collington

Tulsa World Executive Editor

Jul 27, 2025 https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/column/article_9d653311-ee76-4fbe-b0e3-62899c9bace2.html

The Cartoons Of Helen Hokinson

One of the artists featured in my documentary, WOMEN LAUGHING

Liza Donnelly

Seeing Things Jul 24, 2025 https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/the-cartoons-of-helen-hokinson

Can cartoons be counted as journalism? [Bangladesh]

Khalil Rahman

Prothom Alo 28 Jul 2025

https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/z520b8yk3e

Rupert Murdoch's Daughter-In-Law, Kathryn Murdoch, Now Writing Comics

Rupert Murdoch's daughter-in-law, Kathryn Murdoch, is now writing comics, with Gaya being published in October from AWA

29 Jul 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rupert-murdochs-daughter-in-law-kathryn-murdoch-now-writing-comics/

Yesterday's Papers July 17, 2025

The Life Of a Legendary Cartoonist : The Great Gluyas Williams On the Happy and Not So Happy Job of Cartooning

by Rick Marschall

https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-life-of-cartoonist.html

"A Ridiculous Optimist" In a rare interview, Quentin Blake, the inimitable children's-book illustrator behind Roald Dahl's Matilda, explains why he's still drawing at 92

By Lucy Bannerman

July 26, 2025

https://airmail.news/issues/2025-7-26/a-ridiculous-optimist

Exhibit Review: Peter Kuper's Insectopolis

reviewed by José Alaniz

International Journal of Comic Art blog July 30, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/07/exhibit-review-peter-kupers-insectopolis.html

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 684: Comic-Con is Coming
Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons
on 07/18/2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1379

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 685: SDCC 2025 Interviews Pt 1 [Anna Meyer, Tony Weaver, Jr.]
Meg Lemke
on 07/25/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1380

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 686: SDCC 2025 Interviews Pt 2 [Mimi Pond]
Meg Lemke
on 07/26/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1381

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 687: SDCC 2025 Interviews Pt 3 [Tim Fielder, Alessandra Ferrari, Wattpad Studio, Ben Wickey].
Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Meg Lemke
on 07/27/2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1382

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 688: SDCC 2025 Pt 4: 3 Women in a Hotel Room
Heidi MacDonald, Brigid Alverson, Johanna Draper Carlson
on 07/28/2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1383

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 679: Sue Jeong Ka
Calvin Reid
on 06/27/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1374

Paging 'Dr. Werthless': PW Talks with Harold Schechter and Eric Powell
By Brigid Alverson
Jul 30, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98217-paging-dr-werthless-pw-talks-with-harold-schechter-and-eric-powell.html

Amanda Gnecco Named CFO at Alliance
Jul 23, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5462

Hulls, Sacco, Yang Take Home 2025 Eisner Awards
By Sam Spratford
Jul 28, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/98295-hulls-sacco-yang-take-home-2025-eisner-awards.html

Legendary Dragon Ball Editor Is Breaking Down What's Wrong With Modern Manga
By Rodrigo Sandoval Lahut
CBR July 28 2025
https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-editor-manga-kazuhiko-torishima-bad-manga-trends-industry/

SDCC '25: Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2025
Heidi MacDonald, Dan Morris, Gabriel Neeb, Zack Quaintance, Diego Higuera, Javier Perez, Julian Lytle, Riccardo Serrano Denis, Beau Q, Taimur Dar and Ollie Kaplan. 07/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-winners-and-losers-of-comic-con-2025/

SDCC '25: Ignition Press revs up its creators
07/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-ignition-press-revs-up-its-creators/
By Shaun Manning

Evan Dorkin
Dollar Bin Bandits
Jul 30, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pkJw5V2Ys

Russia bookstore fined for LGBTQA+ 'propaganda' by selling books [Fruit of Knowledge by Liv Strömquist]
Darina Boykova | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA
July 20, 2025
https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-bookstore-fined-for-lgbtqa-propaganda-by-selling-books/

Community support pours in after West Reading comic shop hit by flooding
José Martínez
WFMZ Jul 11, 2025
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/reading-area/community-support-pours-in-after-west-reading-comic-shop-hit-by-flooding/article_bebcb0fa-6cdc-4ae3-a5b9-f1d8982ca05d.html

Tim Blake Nelson used his Marvel experience and the larger superhero movie-making biz to inspire new novel (exclusive)
The actor sits down with EW to reveal the book cover for "Superhero" and share insights.
Nick Romano
July 23, 2025 https://ew.com/tim-blake-nelson-superhero-book-cover-marvel-experience-exclusive-11776789

The Fantastic Four: First Steps' boldest choice is a pregnant Sue Storm
Superhero motherhood has never looked like this on the big screen.
By Caroline Siede | July 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-pregnant-sue-storm

What the evolution of Captain America says about the country's national identity
Devin Katayama
All Things Considered July 30, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5477627/what-the-evolution-of-captain-america-says-about-the-countrys-national-identity
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/07/20250730_atc_what_the_evolution_of_captain_america_says_about_the_country_s_national_identity.mp3

What's the Deal With That Freaky Bald Creature in 'Superman'?
James Gunn explains what's up with Lex Luthor's bizarre henchman Mr. Handsome—and we only have more questions.
By Sabina Graves
July 30, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/whats-the-deal-with-that-freaky-bald-creature-in-superman-2000636766

The Bad Guys 2 is an even better gateway heist movie than the original
By Matt Donato | July 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/the-bad-guys-2-review

Radif Kashapov
If the comic strip 'Barsiki and Neko' will become an animated series [Tatarstan; Russia]
25.02.2025 https://realnoevremya.com/articles/8587-the-first-cartoon-collection-about-a-tatar-family-and-a-japanese-cat

South Park is taking a week off to recharge Trump material; In next week's episode, Mr. Mackey M'asks up and says "M'kay" to joining ICE.
By Matt Schimkowitz | July 29, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/south-park-week-off-trump-paramount

California's Animation Industry Is in Crisis — Here's How to Save It
By John Attanasio and Luisa Huang, Co-Founders of Toonstar —
By Toonstar Animation
July 29, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/californias-animation-industry-is-in-crisis-heres-how-to-save-it/

Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. 'KPop Demon Hunters' Is Officially Netflix's Most Popular Animated Movie of All Time. Animation Magazine (July 29): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/kpop-demon-hunters-is-officially-netflixs-most-popular-animated-movie-ever/

Jen Sorensen
Comic-Con Wrap Up
Sorensen Subscribers Jul 30, 2025
https://mailchi.mp/fee30f584826/sorensen-subscribers-comic-con-wrap-up

The Sandman Showrunner Breaks Down Dream's Season 2 Journey and Bringing the Comic Saga's Epic End to Life
By Lacy Baugher Milas | July 29, 2025
https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/netflix/the-sandman-season-2-showrunner-allan-heinberg-interview

How Eadweard Muybridge revolutionized photography and got away with murder
Muybridge took iconic photos of a horse in motion. It was far from the only eventful moment in his life
Philip Drost · CBC Radio Day 6 Jul 23, 2025 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/eadweard-muybridge-photography-1.7590960

Guy Delisle's latest comic book tells the story of pioneering photographer and killer Eadweard Muybridge
Brent Bambury.
CBC Radio Day 6 Jul 23, 2025 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/eadweard-muybridge-photography-1.7590960

Bookends Highlights: The language of comics with 5 masters of the craft [ Adrian Tomine, Alison Bechdel, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Sarah Leavitt and Chris Ware.]
Bookends with Mattea Roach July 20, 2025
https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/R12Hqy
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bookends-highlights-the-language-of-comics-with/id250082529

It's up to the Peanuts gang to save camp in trailer for first musical in decades
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical features original songs from Jeff Morrow, Ben Folds, Alan Zachary, and Michael Weiner.
By Emma Keates | July 30, 2025 https://www.avclub.com/snoopy-presents-a-summer-musical-trailer-peanuts

Eyes Of Wakanda is thought-provoking, entertaining, and strikingly animated
The Black Panther spin-off examines the costs of MCU isolationism.
By Dennis Perkins | July 30, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/eyes-of-wakanda-review-disney-plus-tv

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

NPR on Captain America as a symbol of the dream, not the government

What the evolution of Captain America says about the country's national identity

Devin Katayama

All Things Considered July 30, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5477627/what-the-evolution-of-captain-america-says-about-the-countrys-national-identity

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/07/20250730_atc_what_the_evolution_of_captain_america_says_about_the_country_s_national_identity.mp3

Captain America became one of the most popular superheroes during World War II. But after the war, without an obvious enemy to fight, the hero's identity began to morph.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/29/2025

NEW FILINGS IN DIAMOND CONSIGNMENT DISPUTE; SPARKLE POP AMENDS COMPLAINT AGAINST ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT

Diamond Bankruptcy News Round-up

Milton Griepp on July 29, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60161/new-filings-diamond-consignment-dispute-sparkle-pop-amends-complaint-against-alliance-entertainment

Graphic Novel Review: Heartcore by Štěpánka Jislová

reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, Seattle

International Journal of Comic Art blog July 29, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/07/graphic-novel-review-heartcore-by.html

Štěpánka Jislová, translated by Martha Kuhlman. Heartcore. Graphic Mundi, 2025. https://www.graphicmundi.org/books/978-1-63779-090-8.html

My Red Library': A Štěpánka Jislová Interview

José Alaniz

International Journal of Comic Art blog July 29, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-red-library-stepanka-jislova.html

Remembering artist, teacher, publisher and activist Turtel Onli, 1952-2025

Stanford Carpenter | July 29, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/remembering-artist-teacher-publisher-and-activist-turtel-onli-1952-2025/

Moomins Enter the Cuteness Pantheon, With Help From Gen Z

Like Snoopy and Miffy, these adorable creatures have been rediscovered by members of a younger generation.

Adrienne Raphel

July 28, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/style/moomins-tove-jansson-brooklyn-public-library.html

As 'KPop Demon Hunters' Sings On Netflix, Ted Sarandos Talks Up Original Animated Features

Jill Goldsmith

July 17, 2025

https://deadline.com/2025/07/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-ted-sarandos-original-animated-feature-1236461532/

The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman

The real Man of Steel wasn't woke, but he was radical.

Jeet Heer

July 25, 2025

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/new-deal-popular-front-superman/

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

"Mafalda is truly an angry heroine who rejects the world as it is."

By Alex Dueben

July 21, 2025 https://lithub.com/if-charlie-brown-were-a-socialist-on-beloved-argentine-comic-strip-mafalda/

From Grief to Giggles: Pithitude's Tamara Bissell Sweeps Curry County Pitch Night, Teases New Comic Strip

By Linda Lee Curry Coastal Pilot Jul 20, 2025 https://www.currypilot.com/news/from-grief-to-giggles-pithitudes-tamara-bissell-sweeps-curry-county-pitch-night-teases-new-comic/article_ccade914-cfad-4a5c-92ff-79921ab4f517.html

SDCC '25 Interview: Patrick Horvath on Woodbrook and returning to SDCC

Javier Perez on 07/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-interview-patrick-horvath-talks-coming-back-to-sdcc-and-woodbrook/

The 'Fantastic Four' Movie That Never Was
The first attempt at making a film about the superheroes was an extremely low-budget affair that was shot, abandoned and mostly forgotten about in the 1990s.
Maya Phillips
A version of this article appears in print on July 28, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: 'The Fantastic Four' Beta Version Endures.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/movies/fantastic-four-forgotten-film.html

Designing 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'
A Manhattan with a retrofuturist sensibility is among the intriguing visual aspects of the film. We talk with its designers to get the details.
By Robert Ito
July 29, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/movies/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-design.html

Superhero Movies Dominated the Box Office, but Not the Top 100 List
By Maya Phillips
A version of this article appears in print on July 29, 2025, Section C, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Superhero Films Soar, Then Fatigue Settles In.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/movies/superhero-movies-best-films-list.html

CHIP ZDARSKY Talks NEW Captain America, Interviewing Friends and Zdarsky Comic News
BJ Kicks
Comics Are Dope Jul 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imKq-q62CoU

The Beat Digest 07/29/25: EYES OF WAKANDA coming very soon
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 07/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-072925/

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

That Ain't a Word, Bruh by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/28/2025

EISNER AWARDS 2025: THE BEAT HONORED FOR COMICS JOURNALISM

Also: Longtime Eisner Awards Administrator Jackie Estrada to Retire

Brigid Alverson on July 26, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60146/eisner-awards-2025-the-beat-honored-comics-journalism

WILL EISNER SPIRIT OF COMICS RETAILER AWARD WINNER 2025

Second Win for Akira Comics

Brigid Alverson on July 26, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60145/will-eisner-spirit-comics-retailer-award-winner-2025

SDCC 2025 NEWS: ABRAMS TO PUBLISH 'X-MEN: ELSEWHEN'

In Which Jean Grey Survives the Dark Phoenix Saga

Brigid Alverson on July 25, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60140/sdcc-2025-news-abrams-publish-x-men-elsewhen

THIEF STEALS 'POKéMON' CARDS WORTH OVER $100K, RUSSIAN BOOKSTORE FINED FOR SELLING 'FENCE,' NEIGHBORS HELP FLOOD-STRICKEN COMIC SHOP

Shop Talk, July 2025

Brigid Alverson on July 25, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60144/thief-steals-pokmon-cards-worth-over-100k-russian-bookstore-fined-selling-fence-neighbors-help-flood-stricken-comic-shop

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Breaks a Box Office Curse

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on July 28, 2025, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Breaks a Box Office Curse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/business/media/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-box-office.html

Wigard, Justin. 2024. "Time is Our Only Ally!": Indigenous Heroism and Native Slipstream in Turok, Son of Stone. Heroism Science: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 16.
DOI: 10.26736/hs.2024.01.17
Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-science/vol9/iss1/16 and https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=heroism-science

Martin, Justin F. and Kapoor, Hansika. 2024. It's Worse If Superman Does It: Perceptions of Moral Transgressions Committed by Superheroes and Supervillains. Heroism Science: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 7.
DOI: 10.26736/hs.2024.01.08
Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-science/vol9/iss1/7 and https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=heroism-science

EXCLUSIVE - Conan the Barbarian: FATE REVEALED [SDCC panel]
Jim Zub, artist Dan Panosian, editor Chris Butera, and Conan YouTube Director Shawn Curley
Conan the Barbarian
Jul 25, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4_Ie_NNwUE

Marvel celebrates Halloween with MASK VARIANT COVERS by James Kerigan
Justin Guerrero on 07/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-halloween-comic-covers/

Peter Sanderson
Animals from Krypton! [Superman movie]
Sanderson on Comics Jul 27, 2025
https://substack.com/inbox/post/169417876

Comedy Central Animation Panel | San Diego Comic Con 2025 (Full Panel)
Josh Horowitz, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mike Judge, and Andy Samberg
Comedy Central Jul 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipSEFpZXmA8

'Rick and Morty' Creator Dan Harmon on Season 8 Tinkering and Fans Pushing for More From the Multiverse
Ryan Gajewski
July 27, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rick-and-morty-season-8-finale-dan-harmon-1236330468/

Watch: 'Light of the World' Featurette Delves into the Design & Animation of Jesus's Story
By Mercedes Milligan
July 25, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/watch-light-of-the-world-featurette-delves-into-the-design-animation-of-jesuss-story/

Designing Jesus for Light Of The World
John Schafer and Tom Bancroft
Light of the World Movie
Jul 17, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14xkOWOqd5E

The Hive Studio Crowdfunds Over £100,000 to Animated 'The Vampair'
Mercedes Milligan
July 25, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/the-hive-studio-crowdfunds-over-100000-to-animated-the-vampair/

'What do you think would happen if we combined Smile with Understanding Comics?' Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud have the answer
Gina Gagliano | July 28, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/what-do-you-think-would-happen-if-we-combined-smile-with-understanding-comics-raina-telgemeier-and-scott-mccloud-have-the-answer/

Off Panel #509: Land Mines with Robert Kirkman
David Harper
SKTCHD
Jul 28, 2025 Off Panel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzd-5qkbPQA

Superhero Movies Have Stopped Obsessing Over Origins
Studios know audiences know Superman and the Fantastic Four, so they're letting these heroes have more storytelling freedom.
By Justin Carter
io9 July 28, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/superhero-movies-have-stopped-obsessing-over-origins-2000635325

Captionless cartoonist SD Phadnis turns 100 on Tuesday, his lines & drawing bring out the humour
Ardhra Nair
Times of india Jul 27, 2025,
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/captionless-cartoonist-sd-phadnis-turns-100-on-tuesday-his-lines-drawing-bring-out-the-humour/articleshow/122927852.cms

Jasmine Crockett lets a Nick Anderson cartoon say it all about Trump and Abbott
Bill Addis
Friday, July 25, 2025
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/25/2335252/-Jasmine-Crockett-let-s-a-Nick-Anderson-cartoon-say-it-all-about-Trump-and-Abbott