Announcing City Wide Events at SPX 2025

See the events around the city that are part of SPX 2025

SPX banner by Caroline Cash. For Immediate Release Contact: Warren Bernard Email: exhibitor-inquiries@smallpressexpo.com   City Wide Events for SPX 2025   Bethesda, Maryland - September 4, 2025   Media Release - Small Press Expo is thrilled to announce numerous events that take place around SPX 2025 from September 11 - September 13. See SPX-related events at the Library of Congress, The Czech Embassy, Fantom Comics and People's Book. This year SPX is honored to welcome the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) yearly meeting and panel presentations. Detailed information on all of these events can be found on the SPX web site. The festival takes place September 13-14, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, across the street from the North Bethesda Metro stop on the Red Line). SPX will have over 500 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, 22 programming panels and 18 hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics. Lists of Special Guests, Debuts, Exhibitors, Program Panels and Workshops can all be found on the SPX web site. Thursday September 11 An Evening with Graphic Novelist Štěpánka Jislová The Embassy of the Czech Republic is pleased to welcome acclaimed Czech graphic novelist Štěpánka Jislová for a special presentation of her award-winning autobiographical graphic novel Srdcovka (translated into English as Heartcore) Time: 6:00PM Place: Embassy of the Czech Republic 3900 Spring of Freedom Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008 Author Talk: Ronald Wimberly and Ben Passmore Ronald Wimberly & Ben Passmore return to Fantom for a joint launch event celebrating the new issue of LAAB magazine: "Three's Company" as well as Passmore's upcoming graphic novel Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. Time: 6:30PM Place: Fantom Comics 2010 P St NW, Upper Floor, Washington D.C., DC Friday September 12 SPX Lecture at the Library of Congress: Paul Karasik on How to Teach Anything Comics Join us for an afternoon with two-time Eisner Award winning cartoonist and international comics instructor, Paul Karasik, who has taught the craft of making comics for decades and will share his unique methods for teaching comics that can be applied in any classroom to any discipline. Teachers, students, cartoonists, and comics fans: come prepared to participate in learning more about how comics are built and how your brain is built. Time: Noon Place: Madison Building Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave., Washington DC Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD for Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling Gender Queer author MAIA KOBABE and University of Maryland 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. Time: 6:00PM Place: Peoples Book  7014 Westmoreland Ave Suite A, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Fantom Comics Pre-SPX Party Fantom Comics will hold live comics readings with SPX Special Guests Caroline Cash and Paige Hender, along with SPX Exhibitors Erin Lisette and Andrew White. Grayson Bear will supply live art to the proceedings Time: 6:30PM Place: Fantom Comics 2010 P St NW, Upper Floor, Washington D.C., DC Saturday September 13 American Association of Editorial Cartoonists Program Panels The AAEC brings its annual meeting to SPX. They have a full panel schedule on Saturday, including: Perspectives: Diversity In Political Cartooning Art Of The Nightmare: Facing Down The Regime With Steve Brodner Time: 11:00AM-5:00PM Place: Brookside A/B at the Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center 5701 Marinelli Drive Rockville, MD. 20852 Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 500 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests. The Ignatz Awards are held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com. Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824 www.smallpressexpo.com Email: press@smallpressexpo.com STAY CONNECTED

Small Press Expo | P.O. Box 5704 | Bethesda, MD 20824 US

Sept 8 - Nov 2: Manga Sketching Class at Loudon Library with Orion Zangara

https://loudoun.libnet.info/events?term=manga+sketching&n=60&r=days

 

Manga Sketching Class

Monday, September 08: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Brambleton Library - Meeting Room A

Age group:  Middle School, High School, Adult

event type:   Make/Create

Draw a manga-style character with step-by-step instructions by graphic artist Orion Zangara.

Manga Sketching Class

Saturday, September 27: 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Rust Library - Large Meeting Room

Age group:  Middle School, High School, Adult

event type:   Make/Create

Draw a manga-style character with step-by-step instructions by graphic artist Orion Zangara.

Manga Sketching Class

Monday, October 20: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Ashburn Library - Meeting Room B + Meeting Room C

Age group:  Middle School, High School, Adult

event type:   Make/Create

Draw a manga-style character with step-by-step instructions by graphic artist Orion Zangara.

Manga Sketching Class

Wednesday, October 29: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Cascades Library - Meeting Room A

Age group:  Middle School, High School, Adult

event type:   Make/Create

Draw a manga-style character with step-by-step instructions by graphic artist Orion Zangara.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/2/2025

 The Beat Digest 09/02/25: Dragon Award winners announced

 Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 09/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-090225/

 

I took a tour of the magazine racks of Mid-Coast Maine…and here's what I found [distribution]

 Heidi MacDonald on 09/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/i-took-a-tour-of-the-magazine-racks-of-mid-coast-maine-and-heres-what-i-found/

 

Peter Kuper receives Entomological Society Award for INSECTOPOLIS

Dean Simons on 09/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/peter-kuper-receives-entomological-society-award-for-insectopolis/

 

Classic Comic Compendium: Remembering Dave Taylor and his work on BATMAN – RIDDLER

 d. emerson eddy on 09/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/classic-comic-compendium-remembering-dave-taylor-and-his-work-on-batman-riddler/

 

SHONEN JUMP SHOP pops up in Los Angeles with Japan-exclusive merch

Hayame Kawachi on 09/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/shonen-jump-shop-pops-up-in-los-angeles-with-japan-exclusive-merch/

 

Lydia Reid's New Adult Swim SMALLS Short 'Gummy Mummy' Offers a Minty-Fresh Take on Motherhood [UK]

Mercedes Milligan

August 29, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/lydia-reids-new-adult-swim-smalls-short-gummy-mummy-offers-a-minty-fresh-take-on-motherhood/

 

Up, Up and Away! 'Superman' VFX Leads Discuss Its Visual Feats

Trevor Hogg

August 29, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/up-up-and-away-superman-vfx-leads-discuss-its-visual-feats/

This article was written for the

September-October '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 352).

 

'Iyanu' Creatives Reveal the Magical Secrets of 'The Age of Wonders'

  Ramin Zahed

August 29, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/iyanu-creatives-reveal-the-magical-secrets-of-the-age-of-wonders/

 

De Adder Shows Self-Control

D. D. Degg 

September 1, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/09/01/de-adder-shows-some-self-control/

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred forty-five | Frank Barbiere and Morgan Beem, part one
Sep 02, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/and-its-a-private-message-for-him

Design Matters: 20th Anniversary Celebration With Graphic Novelists [Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, Seth, and Lynda Barry]
By Debbie Millman
Design Matters August 25, 2025
https://www.printmag.com/podcasts/2025/design-matters-20th-anniversary-celebration-with-graphic-novelists/

HITS AND MISSES WITH JOHN HENDRICK FROM BIG BANG COMICS
It's Been a Banner Year for the Comic Shop
 David Harper on September 2, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60427/hits-misses-john-hendrick-big-bang-comics

I Never Was a Graffiti Artist
Revisiting my teenage years working for artists Freedom and Crash and renovating Keith Haring's Pop Shop, I wrestle with the ironies of parenting as my son takes up tagging.
  Jesse Lambert September 1, 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1029597/i-never-was-a-graffiti-artist/

Revealing Life's Truths With a Giggle and a Smile [exhibit of cartoons from The New Yorker and Daily Mirror.]
    Paul Karasik
    Sunday, August 31, 2025
    https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/08/31/revealing-lifes-truths-giggle-and-smile

Comic Creator Spotlight: British superhero artist G.F. Christie [postcards]
John Freeman on September 1, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-british-superhero-artist-g-f-christie/

Reviews: And The Strange And Funky Happenings One Day
Brian Nicholson | September 2, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/and-the-strange-and-funky-happenings-one-day/

And The Strange And Funky Happenings One Day
Natsujikei Miyazaki, translated by zhuchka
Glacier Bay Books

Witch Hat Atelier: The Work of Art
Shaenon Garrity | September 2, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/witch-hat-atelier-the-work-of-art/

GAME RETAILER TALKS TARIFFS, THIEVES STEAL GRADED COMICS, ARSONIST HITS UK COMIC SHOP: Shop Talk, August 2025
  Brigid Alverson on August 29, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60422/game-retailer-talks-tariffs-thieves-steal-graded-comics-arsonist-hits-uk-comic-shop

High dollar comic books stolen from Madison Heights shop
By Dave Herndon
August 3, 2025  
FOX 2 Detroit
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/high-dollar-comic-books-stolen-from-madison-heights-sh

Terminator Gets Metal with Writers Declan Shalvey & Rory McConville
Ernie Carothers
Blerd Without Fear! Aug 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBLyuAe-gg

A Conversation with Declan Shalvey & Rory McConville [Terminator Metal]
Robbie Billups
Pop Culture Philosophers Aug 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXZnVdgPW0o

Czarface & Comics Clash! (with Esoteric & Sean Von Gorman on 'Kool Keith' from Z2) - Comic Corner
Agents of Fandom
  Aug 27, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O047G51GsLk

Phillip Kennedy Johnson A new era for Superman
word balloon Sept 2 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qnbP21YeaQ

Eric Palicki Dives Back To Atlantis
word balloon  Sep 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw06lvIk-HI

WHAT THE #$%& IS HAPPENING WITH FREE COMIC BOOK DAY? | Comic Industry Insiders LIVE
Atom! Freeman, Brian Garside
Prana: Direct Market Solutions Sept 2 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXfwjSdJT04

George Takei on queer media at San Diego Comic Con 2025
Yael Tygiel
Comics Beat Sep 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92F49V3EWFY

The Most Versatile Artist You Haven't Met Yet [Bill Lutz]
Barney Smith
Storycomic Presents Aug 28, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Es-15gMMaY

Can a Comic Book Teach You Civil War History? [Marek Bennett, Freeman Colby Vol. 4]
Barney Smith
Storycomic Presents Aug 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8XkHHXgTz4

Grounding Comics with Cara Gormally - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop
Sequential Artists Workshop  Aug 29, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FSRW5uuiYs

Off Panel #515: The 2025 Superhero State of the Union with Oliver Sava
David Harper
SKTCHD   Sep 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRpe8bSDTuo

The Rob Liefeld Show – Jim Shooter Tribute Show
Rob Liefeld
 Jul 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRRY-Kp9VEg

VITO x DINO: Episode 33 - Dino, How You Make Comic?
 Vito Delsante  
Sep 1, 2025 VITO X DINO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKEKMLh5gM

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: Episode #108 With Special Guest Chris Anderson
 Pop Culture SquadCast - Live Sept 2 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQxibVRM_o

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with John Claude Bemis. Words, Images, & Worlds (September 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPM8X_EaQU

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with R. Alan Brooks. Words, Images, & Worlds (August 27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9IbGRL1VC0

Grounding Comics with Cara Gormally - SAW Free Friday Night Comics Workshop

 

Sequential Artists Workshop  Aug 29, 2025 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FSRW5uuiYs

Thanks for coming to the SAW Friday Night Workshops! We hope you have a good time enjoying some creative community and art-making. Cara Gormally guided us through a grounding comics workshop this week! Many of us are on autopilot throughout the day, so we practiced mindfulness and reflected on ways we can come home to ourselves in these moments of disconnection. Then we made comics about our experiences! More from Cara: https://www.caragormally.com/   / cara_gormally   Join us every Friday for free comics workshops! Live on Fridays @ 7PM EST, hosted by the Sequential Artists Workshop. We Believe in Comics!

Phillip Kennedy Johnson A new era for Superman

 

word balloon Sept 2 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qnbP21YeaQ

New political cartoon donation to the Library of Congress?

From Second Story Books newsletter for Sept 2025.

Hmmm.

Official Seal of the President of the 47th United States of America by Daniel Boris

Sept 8: Loyalty Bookstores' Book Club for Gaysians

Is Google really still a comic strip punchline?

Yes. From today's print WaPo.

Brewster Rockit and Pearls Before Swine unfortunately appear next to each other.

Roye Okupe interviewed about ‘Iyanu’ cartoon

'Iyanu' Creatives Reveal the Magical Secrets of 'The Age of Wonders'

  Ramin Zahed

August 29, 2025

 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/iyanu-creatives-reveal-the-magical-secrets-of-the-age-of-wonders/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/1/2025

artoonists in Trouble: Zehra Ömeroğlu with Terry Anderson
Caglecast, 71; Sept 1 2025)
https://podcast.cagle.com/caglecast/caglecast_s01_e71_more-cartoonists-in-jail.mp4

Trump, Putin and Ukraine - 140 Great Cartoons!
Caglecast Aug 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zzwfoFfp0Q

The Artist Whose Fauci Portraits Enraged the White House; Hugo Crosthwaite, whose stop-motion animation about the scientist was targeted by the Trump administration, talks to Hyperallergic about the work's backstory.
Isa Farfan
Hyperallergic Aug 31 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1038060/hugo-crosthwaite-artist-whose-fauci-portraits-enraged-the-white-house/

What Was the Top Graphic Novel of 2024? It's Not What You Expected [Dog Man]
Dod Seitz
Mar 4, 2025
https://screenrant.com/best-selling-comic-graphic-novel-2024-dog-man-sales/

'It's like a dream': Artists and fans connect over the love of comic books at Japan's biannual Comiket
Kai Dambach
https://theworld.org/stories/2025/03/03/its-like-a-dream-artists-and-fans-connect-over-the-love-of-comic-books-at-japans-biannual-comiket

Comics Are More Accessible Than Ever – So Where Are All the New Fans?
J.A.M.
Mar 5, 2025 https://screenrant.com/comic-industry-new-reader-problem-op-ed/

A Climbing Graphic Novel? Competitive Climbing Becomes Art in This New Book.
A competitive gym climber stars in "Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)"
Maya Silver
Mar 10, 2025
https://www.climbing.com/people/peek-inside-this-new-climbing-inspired-queer-kirbys-lessons-falling-love/

Scott Snyder discusses how Long Island shapes his comic book writing
WSHU | By Aidan Johnson
March 4, 2025
https://www.wshu.org/long-island-news/2025-03-04/scott-snyder-comic-book-writer-long-island

Richland-Born Tim Mulligan's Atomic New Graphic Novel
    Hailee Wickersham
    Mar 4, 2025 https://www.southsoundmag.com/arts-entertainment/tim-mulligan-richland-author-new-book/article_a66ab246-f49c-11ef-aef8-0ffbac1bc375.html

Superhero fatigue has set in at the box office, but it's not the stars who are to blame [in print as The biggest challenge facing superheroes is the box office]
By Nell Geraets
August 31, 2025: 24
https://www.theage.com.au/culture/movies/superhero-fatigue-has-set-in-at-the-box-office-but-it-s-not-the-stars-who-are-to-blame-20250826-p5mpux.html

'The New Yorker at 100' Review: Netflix Doc Is Entertaining and Star-Studded, but the Storied Magazine Deserved More Depth
Daniel Fienberg
August 30, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-new-yorker-at-100-review-netflix-doc-1236357422/

The singular manga of the Glacier Bay 2025 Fall Program
Arpad Okay on 09/01/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/glacier-bay-2025-fall-program/

The story that should terrify the American comics industry [manga]
Heidi MacDonald on 09/01/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-story-that-should-terrify-the-american-comics-industry/

Exclusive: JOSEPH ILLIDGE launches story & strategy studio Illuminous
Samantha Puc on 09/01/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-joseph-illidge-launches-story-strategy-studio-illuminous/

Mamoru Hosoda's 'Scarlet' Gets Bumped to 2026 in North America
By Justin Carter  io9 August 31, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/mamoru-hosodas-scarlet-gets-bumped-to-2026-in-north-america-2000651291

Beloved Beach Reads from a Happy Labor Day
Sally Madden | September 1, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/beloved-beach-reads-from-a-happy-labor-day/

Ben Hatke  
 Creative Crestions (sic; Questions): episode 1 with Landis Blair
 Aug 20, 2025  https://www.patreon.com/posts/creative-episode-136954955
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7cjSDllTd0

Creative Questions: episode 2 with Gene Yang!
Ben Hatke
September 1 2025
https://www.patreon.com/posts/creative-episode-137914881

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 694: Anime NYC 2025 Recap
Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons
on 08/29/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1389

Aflevering 75: Betje Ton: "Groene keuzes mogen best pijn doen." [Netherlands]
Groene Mafkezen - de duurzame podcast -
 Aug 31, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahHm-G7xeW4

Saul Ewing Wants Another $2 Million In Fees For Diamond Bankruptcy
Saul Ewing wants another $2 million in fees for the Diamond Comic Distributors Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, to bring their total to around $3.3 million.
 31 Aug 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/saul-ewing-wants-another-2-million-in-fees-for-diamond-bankruptcy/

Decline Of DC's Ratio Variant Covers Hits Comic Shops In Their Pocket
 01 Sep 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/decline-of-dcs-ratio-variant-covers-hits-comic-shops-in-their-pocket/

Sept 7: MATTIE LUBCHANSKY at Fantom Comics

AUTHOR TALK & SIGNING W/ MATTIE LUBCHANSKY IN COLLABORATION W/ THE DC TRANS+ BOOKCLUB

>>SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th @ 6:30pm

In collaboration with dctransbookclub, we're pleased to welcome Boys Weekend author Mattie Lubchansky back to Fantom to discuss her new book SIMPLICITY. Get copies in-store or on our website: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/in-the-land-of-simplicity-a-novel

In 1977, a group called the Spiritual Association of Peers escapes to the woods of the Catskills, taking over an abandoned summer camp. They name their new home Simplicity.

In 2081, scholar Lucius Pasternak, a fastidiously organized trans man, tried to keep his head down living in the New York City Administration and Security Territory. Then he's offered a job by the mayor, billionaire real estate developer Dennis Van Wervel, to complete an anthropological survey of the people of Simplicity for the history museum Van Wervel is financing. Lucius, though wary, is nevertheless drawn in by the community, intrigued by its strange rituals and in particular by the charming acolyte Amity Crown-Shy.

But Van Wervel's project is more sinister than it seemed, and members of the community begin to disappear, leaving behind grisly signs of struggle. Lucius and Amity set out to hunt for whatever's responsible in the dangerous Exurb Zones, a wild wood full of libertarian doomsday preppers, wealthy isolationists, and worse. There they'll finally discover the true threat to Simplicity and its way of life—and what they're willing to do to stop it.

Ben Hatke at SPX

from his newsletter.

Hello! This is a quick post to let everyone know that I will be at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD on September 13th and 14th. I will be at table F9. That's right here:

I'll be sharing a table with Landis Blair, in what is becoming something of a yearly tradition. I'll have as many books and as much art as I can muster but, I have to admit, with everything happening in my life over the next two weeks I'm probably going to be woefully underprepared and understocked. But feel free to swing by and say hello and get a smile.

Hugo Crosthwaite's fine art stop-motion animation targeted by Trump

The Artist Whose Fauci Portraits Enraged the White House Hugo Crosthwaite, whose stop-motion animation about the scientist was targeted by the Trump administration, talks to Hyperallergic about the work's backstory. | Isa Farfan https://hyperallergic.com/1038060/hugo-crosthwaite-artist-whose-fauci-portraits-enraged-the-white-house/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/29-30/2025

A call for aid for voice actor Mike McFarland
Kristina Elyse Butke on 08/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-call-for-aid-for-voice-actor-mike-mcfarland/

Graphic novel review: Who Killed Nessie?
Daniel Peretti,
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 31, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/08/graphic-novel-review-who-killed-nessie.html

Book review: Horror Comics and Religion: Essays Framing the Monstrous and the Divine
reviewed by Philip Smith
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 31, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/08/book-review-horror-comics-and-religion.html

Horror Comics and Religion: Essays Framing the Monstrous and the Divine, edited by Brandon R. Grafius and John W. Morehead, McFarland and Company, 2025.

Book Review: Chester Brown


 Reviewed by Christina Pasqua, University of Toronto
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 31, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/08/book-review-chester-brown.html

Frederik Byrn Køhlert. Chester Brown. University Press of Mississippi, 2025.

Comic Shops Selling Matt Fraction & Jorge Jimenez's Batman Yesterday
Rich Johnston
 28 Aug 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-shops-selling-matt-fraction-jorge-jimenezs-batman-yesterday/

DC Comics React To Stores Selling & Opening Batman #1 Blind Bags Early
30 Aug 2025  
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-react-to-stores-selling-opening-batman-1-blind-bags-early/

Comic Store Employees Can Apply For Bookseller Activist Scholarship
Comic store employees can apply for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller Activists through Binc
29 Aug 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-employees-can-apply-for-bookseller-activist-scholarship/

Avatar Press' New Promotion For Crossed Is Really Getting Out Of Hand
Avatar Press' new promotion for their Crossed comic books and movie, Operation Raise The Colours, has gotten a bit out of hand
 30 Aug 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/avatar-press-promotion-crossed-operation-raise-the-colours/

Otakon 2025 Interview: MAKEINE one year later
Adam Wescott on 08/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/otakon-2025-interview-makeine-one-year-later/

Read This: The CEO of that wannabe "Netflix Of AI" thing is extremely high on his own supply
Which is it, Showrunner guy? Are you making "The Toy Story of AI" or "The Netflix Of AI"? It can't be both! [animation]
By William Hughes  |  August 30, 2025  
https://www.avclub.com/read-this-showrunner-netflix-of-ai-interviewer

Letter: Political cartoon falls flat [Randy Molton]
    Mountain Xpress August 24, 2025
    https://mountainx.com/opinion/letters/letter-political-cartoon-falls-flat/

'Politicians die, the cartoons live on' [John Lent]
Saturday 30 August 2025 | Written by Teitimoana Tairi
https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/art/politicians-die-the-cartoons-live-on/

The Legal and 'Soft' Censorship Affecting Manga in America
by Reuben Baron, Aug 27th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2025/all-the-news-and-reviews-from-anime-nyc/the-legal-and-soft-censorship-affecting-manga-in-america/.228090

The Anime NYC Guide to Working in the American Manga Industry
by Reuben Baron, Aug 29th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2025/all-the-news-and-reviews-from-anime-nyc/the-anime-nyc-guide-to-working-in-the-american-manga-industry/.228168

Tower of God Creator SIU Looking Back on the Series a Decade Later
by Wonhee Cho, Aug 27th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-08-27/tower-of-god-creator-siu-looking-back-on-the-series-a-decade-later/.226631

Otakon 2025 Interview: THIS MONSTER WANTS TO EAT ME
Adam Wescott on 08/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/otakon-2025-interview-this-monster-wants-to-eat-me/

The Format Boom is On, So Let's Power Rank Comic Book Formats
David Harper
August 28, 2025
https://sktchd.com/longform/comic-format-power-rankings/

SKTCHD's David Harper: From Transformers to Eisner nominations, David Harper shares his comics journey.
David Hyde, Christian Gossett, and Kris Simon
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Aug 29, 2025
https://substack.com/home/post/p-171509208

Superfan Podcast Post-SDCC Wrap Up!
An SDCC Special Edition Wrap Up with Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Aug 01, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/superfan-podcast-post-sdcc-wrap-up

The Comics Beat: The Beat is in the Hot Seat!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jul 18, 2025 https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/the-comics-beat

Graphic Policy's Brett Schenker!
Where comic books and politics meet...
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal
Jul 11, 2025 https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/graphic-policys-brett-schenker

Comic Book Couples Counseling: An interview from the road...
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jun 20, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/comic-book-couples-counseling

An AIPT Double Shot! A Different Kind of Interview, Part 1
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jun 06, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/an-aipt-double-shot

The Comics Courier's Tiffany Babb! We need critics!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Aug 15, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/the-comics-couriers-tiffany-babb

Fantagraphics & Fanbase Press: An SDCC Special Edition with Eric Reynolds & Lauren Pugh, and Barbra & Bryant Dillon!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jul 25, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/fantagraphics-and-fanbase-press

DSTLRY, Abrams ComicArts & Lifeline Comics: An SDCC Special Edition with Chip Mosher, Jacq Cohen and Kat Calamia!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jul 27, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/abrams-comicarts-and-lifeline-comics

Oni Press & Comixology: An SDCC Special Edition with Hunter Gorinson, Spencer Simpson and Jeff DiBartolomeo!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jul 26, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/oni-press-and-comixology

Mad Cave Studios & Paperfilms
An SDCC Special Edition with Allison Pond and Jimmy Palmiotti!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jul 24, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/mad-cave-studios-and-paperfilms

Dark Horse & Berger Books
An SDCC Special Edition with Karen Berger and Cara O'Neil!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jul 23, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/dark-horse-and-berger-books

Kodansha & Webtoon: An SDCC Special Edition with Alvin Lu and Jacquelyn Brazzale-Hayes!
Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!
Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal
Jul 22, 2025 https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/kodansha-and-webtoon

Spotlight on: Sam Ingwersen, cartoonist [child]
    Faith Dorn
Anniston Star Aug 27, 2025
    https://www.annistonstar.com/features/community/spotlight/spotlight-on-sam-ingwersen-cartoonist/article_bc6389ad-22b3-47d2-9cbe-50c81d540bb1.html

Michael J. DelleFemine November 9, 1961 - August 24, 2025 [Mort Todd]
A.T. Hutchins Funeral and Cremation Services
https://www.athutchins.com/obituaries/michael-dellefemine/#!/Obituary

Anime World Offers Condolences After Voice Actor Takaya Hashi's Passing, Part I
  2025-08-29 23:59 EDT by Ken Iikura-Gross
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-08-29/anime-world-offers-condolences-after-voice-actor-takaya-hashi-passing-part-i/.228239

Smithsonian Latino Gallery Quietly Closes for Nine Months [Feggo]
As Trump goes after the institution, a temporary space for the National Museum of the American Latino closed ahead of schedule in preparation for America's 250th programming.
  Isa Farfan
Hyperallergic August 28, 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1037811/smithsonian-latino-gallery-quietly-closes-for-nine-months/

How One Israeli Artist Uses Cartoons to Voice the Pain of the Gaza Hostage Families
It was only a short while after the 7 October attack when illustrator and cartoonist Michel Kichka sat at his desk and began drawing. 'I understood that I am betraying my responsibility,' he says. 'I forced myself to react'
Ofer Aderet
Aug 28, 2025 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-one-israeli-artist-uses-cartoons-to-voice-the-pain-of-the-gaza-hostage-families/00000198-f06e-d415-a3be-f7fec1370000

Feggo's art censored at Smithsonian

Smithsonian Latino Gallery Quietly Closes for Nine Months [Feggo]

As Trump goes after the institution, a temporary space for the National Museum of the American Latino closed ahead of schedule in preparation for America's 250th programming.

  Isa Farfan 

Hyperallergic August 28, 2025

https://hyperallergic.com/1037811/smithsonian-latino-gallery-quietly-closes-for-nine-months/

Comic Book Couples Counseling interviewed

Comic Book Couples Counseling

An interview from the road...

Christian Gossett, David Hyde and Kris Simon!

Superfan Podcast's Superfan Signal Jun 20, 2025

https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/comic-book-couples-counseling

The Mad Russian by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/29/2025

Exclusive Preview + Interview: IDW's Godzilla Kai-Sei Era creators tease fan-favorite kaiju
Taimur Dar on 08/29/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-godzilla-kai-sei-era-creators/

ABRAMS COMICARTS TO LUNAR After Long Period of Unavailability to Direct Market
  Milton Griepp on August 29, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60418/abrams-comicarts-lunar

English Comic Shop Hit By Suspected Arsonist
An English comic shop which was hit by a suspected arsonist on Tuesday morning, has reopened today
 28 Aug 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/english-comic-shop-hit-by-suspected-arsonist/

Raymond James Bills $3.8 Million In Fees For Diamond Comics Bankruptcy
28 Aug 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/raymond-james-bills-3-8-million-in-fees-for-diamond-comics-bankruptcy/

Graded Comics Stolen From Comics & More In Madison Heights, Detroit
Eleven Graded Comics stolen from Comics & More in Madison Heights, Detroit, just before the comic store closes down for good
 by Rich Johnston
 29 Aug 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/graded-comics-stolen-from-comics-more-in-madison-heights-detroit/

DC To Actually Publish Rick Veitch's Final Issues Of Swamp Thing?
by Rich Johnston
  29 Aug 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-to-actually-publish-rick-veitchs-final-issues-of-swamp-thing/

The Beat Digest 08/29/25: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME becoming a graphic novel
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 08/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-082925/

'Bing' Studio Acamar Films Appoints Tim Ricketts as COO & CFO [UK]
  Mercedes Milligan
August 28, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/bing-studio-acamar-films-appoints-tim-ricketts-as-coo-cfo/

Madgic Distribution Preps for an Animated Launch at Fall Markets
  Mercedes Milligan
August 28, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/madgic-distribution-preps-for-an-animated-launch-at-fall-markets/

Bizaar Studios Launches Adult Animation FAST Channel with Samsung TV Plus & Xumo Play
  Mercedes Milligan
August 28, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/bizaar-studios-launches-adult-animation-fast-channel-with-samsung-tv-plus-xumo-play/

Adult Swim to Launch 'Smiling Friends' S3 and 'Haha, You Clowns' in October
  Ramin Zahed
August 28, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/adult-swim-to-launch-smiling-friends-s3-and-haha-you-clowns-in-october/

How Raphael Bob-Waksberg found mass appeal in specifics (and laughter in sadness)
Netflix's Long Story Short is a uniquely personal take on the family sitcom.
By Jenna Scherer  |  August 28, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/long-story-short-raphael-bob-waksberg-mass-appeal-specifics

'Long Story Short' is a hilarious examination of generational tsuris
Glen Weldon and Cristina Escobar
 Pop Culture Happy Hour August 26, 2025  
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/26/nx-s1-5515425/long-story-short-is-a-hilarious-examination-of-generational-tsuris
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR4247122522.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5515425

5 new comics to read in September, including the first Marvel/DC crossover in 22 years
Look for a body-swap coming-of-age story, exploration of Salem's witchy history, and a fictionalized account of H.P. Lovecraft's final moments.
By Oliver Sava  |  August 29, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/comics-preview-september-deadpool-batman-lovecraft

Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff  Aug 29, 2025
Cullen Bunn Gives Horror Fans Their Very Own Superhero in Jumpscare
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cullen-bunn-fans-137607497

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
Scoop August 28, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-143/

In Memoriam: Mort Todd
Amanda Sheriff
Scoop August 26, 2025 https://www.overstreetaccess.com/in-memoriam-mort-todd/

Convention Recap: New Jersey Comic Art Con
Art Cloos
Photos by Alice Cloos
Scoop August 28, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/convention-recap-new-jersey-comic-art-con-3/

Rupert Kinnard's "Ooops…I Just Catharted! Fifty Years of Cathartic Comics" Looks Back on Creating the First Black Queer Superhero
The longtime Portland artist remains instrumental in the queer art landscape.
By Tim Tran
Willamette Week. August 26, 2025
https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2025/08/26/rupert-kinnards-ooopsi-just-catharted-fifty-years-of-cathartic-comics-looks-back-on-creating-the-first-black-queer-superhero/

'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Tenoch Huerta Teases Filming 'Avengers: Doomsday' & Namor's Return To The MCU
Armando Tinoco
August 26, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/08/tenoch-huerta-filming-avengers-doomsday-marvel-1236498478/

Disney and the Decline of America's Middle Class
Daniel Currell
Photographs by Paola Chapdelaine
    Aug. 28, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/disney-world-economy-middle-class-rich.html

Interview: The Civics for All Comics Group on SKETCHES ON THE SIDEWALK
Gregory Paul Silber on 08/29/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-the-civics-for-all-comics-group-on-sketches-on-the-sidewalk/

After Summer Merrily – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | August 29, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/after-summer-merrily-this-weeks-links/

Cartoons, Capitalism & Censorship: Alison Bechdel & Ann Telnaes on Politics in Art
On with Kara Swisher August 25, 2025
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-on-with-kara-swisher-101646907/episode/cartoons-capitalism-censorship-alison-bechdel-290659416/

Censored cartoonists speak out on book bans and death threats [Alison Bechdel & Ann Telnaes].
On with Kara Swisher
Aug 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcb5UxaTMfU

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2025. Witch Boy creator Lee Knox Ostertag announces he is transmasc. The Beat (August 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/lee-knox-ostertag/

How Weekly Shōnen Jump Became the World's Most Popular Manga Factory
The magazine, home to such series as "Naruto" and "One Piece," has created a formula for coaxing hit franchises out of young talents. The twenty-four-year-old behind "Kagurabachi" may be next.
By Matt Alt
August 25, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/01/how-weekly-shonen-jump-became-the-worlds-most-popular-manga-factory

What It's Like To Be a Foreign Manga Artist Working in Japan
A new wave of foreign manga artists are reshaping the future of a beloved Japanese art form
By Alina Joan Ito
August 27, 2025
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/anime-and-manga/foreign-manga-artist-in-japan-interview/

A Day in the Life of a Manga Artist [Nao Yazawa]
By Lisa Wallin
June 8, 2018 Updated On April 26, 2021
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/arts/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-manga-artist/

The Most Influential Mangaka Ever | List of 7
A subjective list looking at the manga artists who have shaped the industry
By Matthew Hernon
April 5, 2024
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/books-and-literature/the-7-most-influential-mangaka-ever/

5 Beginner-friendly Manga to Learn Japanese
Ready to take your Japanese reading skills to the next level? Move away from textbooks and into manga
By Samantha Low
July 13, 2023 https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/japanese-language/manga-learn-japanese/

American Manga Awards 2024
AnimeNYC
 Jan 3, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Duq0Ir13o

Bringing K-Comics to the Next Generation: Inside Ink Pop's Vision for Young Readers
by Wonhee Cho, Aug 22nd 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-08-22/bringing-k-comics-to-the-next-generation-inside-ink-pop-vision-for-young-readers/.226940

Fanbase Press Interviews Ben Kahn on the Release of the Sequel Graphic Novel, 'Renegade Royale,' with Dark Horse Comics
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
August 26, 2025
 https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57302-fanbase-press-interviews-ben-kahn-on-the-release-of-the-sequel-graphic-novel-renegade-royale-with-dark-horse-comics/

Tony Weaver Jr. Is Promoting Literacy, Raising Mental Health Awareness and Combatting Racism — All Through Comics. With his graphic novel memoir, which he calls "the nerdy kids' instruction manual for self-love and self-confidence," Tony Weaver Jr. wants to change how people may think about reading.
Ayanna Miller
TODAY Aug. 21, 2025
https://www.today.com/popculture/books/tony-weaver-weirdo-graphic-novel-literacy-rcna224783

Dave Taylor 1964-2025
27th August 2025
https://2000ad.com/news/dave-taylor-1964-2025/

Chip Kidd, the Designer Who Gave Jurassic Park Its Logo, on His New Comics Chapter
The legendary book cover designer has just penned his first Marvel comic, "The Avengers in the Veracity Trap!"
    by Min Chen
    August 21, 2025
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chip-kidd-book-designer-veracity-trap-marvel-2678924

YA Legend Maggie Stiefvater Talks Bringing The Raven Boys to a New Medium, Her Adult Debut, and More
By Lacy Baugher Milas  |  August 25, 2025
https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/ya-books/maggie-stiefvater-interview-the-raven-boys-graphic-novel

Celebrating creators at Prairie Comics Festival
Free-to-attend convention will take place Sept. 6 and 7 [Canada]
  By: Emma Honeybun  
Aug. 27, 2025
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/east/2025/08/27/celebrating-creators-at-prairie-comics-festival

This comic artist learned the secret to building more immersive worlds from video games
Illustrator Katie Sawatsky went from designing games to focusing full-time on comics… and it's paid off
Michelle Villagracia · CBC Arts  Aug 22, 2025  
 https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-comic-artist-learned-the-secret-to-building-more-immersive-worlds-from-video-games-1.7615440

MN's Ben Katzner on 'Supple Harlot' Comedy Special, Graphic Novels, and His Redman Collab
'I want to bring respect back to Minneapolis comedy for the non-famous,' says Katzner, whose Redman collab hits shelves today.
By Patrick Strait
 August 26, 2025
https://racketmn.com/mns-ben-katzner-on-supple-harlot-comedy-special-graphic-novels-and-his-redman-collab

X-Men Monday #308 – Jed MacKay Talks X-Men: Age of Revelation
Chris Hassan
August 25, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/08/25/x-men-monday-jed-mackay-age-revelation-2/

George Northy and Rachele Aragno bring holiday horror to life in 'Yuletide'
Debuting in October, 'Yuletide' is a story that's equal parts heart, terror, and holiday magic.
David Brooke
August 26, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/08/26/george-northy-rachele-aragno-yuletide/

Tyler Mane brings outlaw grit and ancient honor to 'The Last Spartan'
'The Last Spartan' also represents a fight against real-world human trafficking.
David Brooke
August 28, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/08/28/tyler-mane-the-last-spartan/

    In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s by Margaret Galvan (review)
    Malcolm Noble Reviewer
    Information & Culture Volume 60, Number 2, 2025
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/968585
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/968585/pdf