Dec 6: Sophia Glock in Falls Church

December Author Talk: Sophia Glock

 https://www.mrspl.org/event/draft-author-talk-sophia-glock-28023 [Registration required]

Dec 6 2025 Sat

Mary Riley Styles Public Library

120 N. Virginia Ave.

Falls Church, VA 22046

(703) 248-5030

Lower Level Conference Room

Saturday, December 6, 2025

2:00pm–3:00pm

 

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Program Type:

Author Event

Age Group:

High School (Grades 9 - 12), Adults (Ages 18+)

• Registration is required for this event.
• Registration will close on December 6, 2025 @ 2:00pm.

Program Description

Event Details

Author and artist Sophia Glock discusses her YA graphic memoir, Passport, about growing up overseas -- and discovering that her parents work for the CIA.

Come learn about Sophia's creative process, and how she went from writing fairy tale comics to drawing a memoir of growing up internationally in a family full of secrets. She will discuss how she draws, writes, and mines her life for ideas for both long-form comics such as Passport, as well as shorter cartoons for publications such as The New Yorker. Sophia celebrates the power of comics as devices for deep connection and storytelling, and delves into how to develop a point of view when writing complicated personal histories. 

This event is co-hosted with Bards Alley Bookshop. Copies of the author's book will be available for sale at the program or you can reserve copies by calling Bards Alley at 571-459-2653. A book signing will follow the author talk.

About the Book: Passport

Young Sophia has lived in so many different countries, she can barely keep count. Stationed now with her family in Central America because of her parents' work, Sophia feels displaced as an American living abroad, when she has hardly spent any of her life in America. Everything changes when she reads a letter she was never meant to see and uncovers her parents' secret. They are not who they say they are; they are working for the CIA. As Sophia tries to make sense of this news, and the web of lies surrounding her, she begins to question everything. The impact that this has on Sophia's emerging sense of self and understanding of the world makes for a page-turning exploration of lies and double lives. In the hands of this extraordinary graphic storyteller, this astonishing true story bursts to life.

About the Author

Sophia Glock is a cartoonist and the author of the graphic memoir Passport as well as the forthcoming Before We Wake (February 2026). Her comics and cartoons have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Buzzfeed, Narratively, and Time Out New York. She currently lives and draws in Virginia.

Help Support the Library!

Many library programs and services are made possible through the generous financial support of the MRSPL Foundation. To learn more about this independent 501(c)(3) organization, please visit mrsplfoundation.org!

Oct 30: Kayla E at GMU

Author/Illustrator Kayla E.: PRECIOUS RUBBISH Thursday, October 30, 4:45pm - 6:30pm @ GMU Center for the Arts, 4373 Mason Pond Dr., Fairfax Join us at George Mason University's Center for the Arts for an upcoming Visual Voices presentation with author and illustrator Kayla E. Zoom link also available day-of for those registered. She will be discussing her most recent release Precious Rubbish, a landmark graphic novel debut and groundbreaking work of trauma recollection told in the style of post-war children's comics. Bards Alley will be on-site selling copies of the book for Kayla to sign after her talk. About PRECIOUS RUBBISH: Kayla E.'s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children's comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and incest. The author's childhood is portrayed as a collection of short-form comics and gag panels punctuated by interactive elements like paper dolls, satirical advertisements, games, and puzzles. While the work is concerned with violence and a particularly Texan brand of Pentecostal fanaticism, it is presented in a playful visual language with a deadpan humor that elevates the material beyond mere graphic memoir. Precious Rubbish is a landmark work of comics storytelling and graphic medicine. The debut graphic novel asks the reader to do the extratextual work of filling out narrative gaps, which mirrors the challenge of trauma recollection. The reader is invited to co-labor in the meaning-making process, an exercise that facilitates an intimacy (between the author, the subject, and the reader) that is at once horrifying and hilarious. About the author: Kayla E. (she/her) is an award-winning Texas-born artist. She works as creative director at Fantagraphics and is a recipient of a 2023-2024 Princeton Hodder Fellowship. She is the co-founder and former President of Nat. Brut Inc., a non-profit that produces an art and literary magazine, of which she was the Editor-in-Chief for nine years. She earned her B.A. in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University, where she served as the Art Director for the Harvard Lampoon. Precious Rubbish, her graphic novel debut, is a work of trauma recollection told in the style of post-war children's comics. Kayla lives in North Carolina with her wife and two dogs.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/23/2025

Graphic Novel Review: Ben Passmore's BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP is anathema to sterile Big Box graphic histories
Ian Thomas
The Beat Staff on 10/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-ben-passmores-black-arms-to-hold-you-up-is-anathema-to-sterile-big-box-graphic-histories/

Hikari Toriumi's debut graphic novel THE SCROLL OF KIICHI arrives at LightBox Expo [Japanese-American animator]
By Ollie Kaplan on 10/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/hikari-toriumis-debut-graphic-novel-the-scroll-of-kiichi-arrives-at-lightbox-expo/

ORDERS FOR 'MARK SPEARS MONSTERS' BLIND BAGS REACH 362K
Topping Orders for First Blind Bag
  Brigid Alverson on October 22, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60849/orders-mark-spears-monsters-blind-bags-reach-362k

 Daniel Best - Author Oct 23, 2025
The Jerry Siegel Project
 https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-jerry-siegel-project-60c

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: CALIFORNIA, INC, KING OF KUSH, CONCRETE COSMOS, and two more projects you'll love!
Diego Higuera on 10/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-california-inc-king-of-kush-concrete-cosmos-and-two-more-projects-youll-love/

San Diego Zine Fest: celebrating 12 years of art and community
Diego Higuera on 10/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/san-diego-zine-fest-celebrating-12-years-of-art-and-community/

WEBTOON Entertainment earns "Strong Buy" rating after upward trend in earnings estimates
Hayame Kawachi on 10/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-entertainment-earns-strong-buy-rating-after-upward-trend-in-earnings-estimates/

Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff Oct 23, 2025
Stahl Brings the Satirical Cyberpunk of Boom Bandits to Kickstarter [Bruno Stahl]
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stahl-brings-of-141892478

Unknown. 1923. Comic Artist Ends Life [Oliver Dickman; Life of Reilly]. Editor and Publisher 56 (12; August 18): 21. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-08-18_56_12/page/20/mode/2up

Chicago Tribune Newspaper Syndicate. 1923. 8 Chicago Tribune Comics offered in an 8-page tabloid color comic section [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 56 (8: July 21): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-07-21_56_8

Unknown. 1923. [Clare Briggs, the cartoonist...]. Editor and Publisher 56 (10; August 4): 27. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-08-04_56_10/page/26/mode/2up

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Oni Press to Publish 'Gender Queer' Annotated Edition
Oct 23, 2025
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Unknown. 1923. Extra! Why "Spark Plug" Wears a Blanket [Barney Google]. Editor and Publisher 56 (10; August 4): 14. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-08-04_56_10/page/14/mode/2up

Unknown. 1923. Push Davenport Memorial [Homer Davenport]. Editor and Publisher 56 (11; August 11): 33. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-08-11_56_11/page/32/mode/2up

MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #8 Blind Bag sells 362,000 copies
Heidi MacDonald on 10/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mark-spears-monsters-8-blind-bag-sells-362000-copies/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison Planned Out A Season Of Doctor Who With Ben Wheatley. Bleeding Cool (October 22): https://bleedingcool.com/tv/grant-morrison-planned-out-a-season-of-doctor-who-with-ben-wheatley/

Hazbin Hotel Creator Shares Fun, Heartfelt Posts From Broadway Debut
Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano posted more looks from Monday night's Broadway debut, along with some heartfelt insights.
  23 Oct 2025  
by Ray Flook
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/hazbin-hotel-creator-shares-fun-heartfelt-posts-from-broadway-debut/

'The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2' in the Works, From Netflix and Sony Animation (EXCLUSIVE)
Adam B. Vary
Variety Oct 22, 2025  
 https://variety.com/2025/film/news/mitchells-vs-machines-2-netflix-sony-animation-1236557294/

Teens & Screens Survey Reveals More Animation Interest, "Forced" Romance a Turn-Off
  Mercedes Milligan
October 22, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/teens-screens-survey-reveals-more-animation-interest-forced-romance-a-turn-off/

The Secret of NIMH: The Unlikely Film That Revived American Animation
How Don Bluth turned a beloved children's book into a lovely, heartfelt classic.
Kali Wallace
Reactor October 22, 2025
https://reactormag.com/the-secret-of-nimh-the-unlikely-film-that-revived-american-animation/  

What Can Superheroes Do in the Face of Entropy?
Three recent superhero movies respond to disorder, uncertainty, and other existential threats...
Leah Schnelbach
Reactor (October 21 2025): https://reactormag.com/what-can-superheroes-do-in-the-face-of-entropy/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Adam Rose on the Upcoming Release of the 'Huge Detective' Trade Paperback with Titan Comics
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 21, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57666-fanbase-press-interviews-adam-rose-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-huge-detective-trade-paperback-with-titan-comics/

    Between the Panels: Cartoonist Fell Hound on Knowing Your Boundaries, YouTube Art Lessons, and Professional Necromancy [Canada]
    Kevin Sharp, Fanbase Press  
    October 22, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/57671-between-the-panels-cartoonist-fell-hound-on-knowing-your-boundaries-youtube-art-lessons-and-professional-necromancy/

Tom Flannagan – RIP [editorial cartoonist]
 D. D. Degg  
 October 22, 2025  
 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/22/tom-flannagan-rip/

Thomas Flannagan dies. He was a Staten Island artist, a columnist . . . but most of all, his passion was golf | Life Stories
    Claire M. Regan
Staten Island Advance Oct. 22, 2025, https://www.silive.com/news/2025/10/thomas-flannagan-dies-he-was-an-artist-a-columnist-but-most-of-all-his-passion-was-golf-life-stories.html

Obituary of Thomas R. Flannagan
https://matthewfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/3420/Thomas-Flannagan/obituary.html

MASTER CLASS - EUPEACE FESTIVAL ["The press as a guarantee of freedom?"]
Liza Donnelly
 Canalsup, le média de l'Université de Limoges   Oct 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXbXiaZrx8

Political cartoonist, Disney and Nickelodeon consultant speaks at ECC [Lalo Alcaraz]
 Eleni Klostrakis
El Camino College's The Union October 21, 2025
https://eccunion.com/features/2025/10/21/political-cartoonist-disney-and-nickelodeon-consultant-speaks-at-ecc/

Reviews: Will Eisner: A Comics Biography
Tom Shapira | October 23, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/will-eisner-a-comics-biography/

Hidden Identities and True Love | Manga Fiction Series
by Sara Smith, District Librarian, CA
Oct 02, 2025   https://www.slj.com/story/reviews/hidden-identities-and-true-love-manga-fiction-series

Shahaf @shahaf  ·  Oct 19 2025
Thursday, October 23rd, Writer Jeff Lemire joins us for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the League of Comic Geeks!
https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/community/thread/40226412

  *Morrison, Grant [as Ok_Satisfaction7133]. 2025. I'm Grant Morrison, writer of Batman/Deadpool! AMA! r/DCcomics (October 18): https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/1o7bu6r/im_grant_morrison_writer_of_batmandeadpool_ama/

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Globalize Intifada"

"Globalize Intifada"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4197


C'mon, folks. It says what it says, right there in the Declaration,
second paragraph: "throw off". Yeah, that's right — Intifada.
When the clampdown comes down, you throw it off by any means necessary.
And if you think popular uprising against oppression is "terrorism",
maybe it's because you're the terrorist.

It's time to globalize the throwing off.
It's time to Globalize Intifada.



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Broadside printed by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776
https://declaration.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum10521/files/declaration/files/dunlap_broadside_copy_of_the_united_states_declaration_of_independence_loc-2.jpg
(https://tinyurl.com/2f38p89b)

"Text of the Declaration Of Independence", Harvard Graduate School of
Education
https://declaration.fas.harvard.edu/resources/text

"I Covered the Intifada. It's Wrong to Say It Means Violence Against
Jews." Daoud Kuttab at FAIRblog, 07.07.2025
https://fair.org/home/i-covered-the-intifada-its-wrong-to-say-it-means-violence-against-jews/

"The Word 'Intifada' Meaning in Arabic With Examples" at
meaninginarabic.com
https://meaninginarabic.com/intifada-meaning-in-arabic/
___________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Debbie Fong in Rockville, from Publishers Weekly newsletter

Picture of the Day

On October 15, comic artist and author Debbie Fong (r.) visited Twinbrook Elementary School in Rockville, Md., as part of her school tour with Politics and Prose and the Open Book Foundation in and around Washington, D.C. During her visit, Fong discussed her new picture book, The Faraway Forest: Wally's Route (Chronicle), and was joined by Twinbrook librarian Natalie Shelton (l.).

Courtesy Chronicle Books

[lifted w/o permission from their newsletter and Instagram, but hey, they got it from the publisher]

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/22/2025

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. Syndicated Steve Breen Returns to The San Diego Union-Tribune. Daily Cartoonist (October 22): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/21/syndicated-steve-breen-returns-to-the-san-diego-union-tribune/

Hesselman, Stephen. 2025. Inspiration and Imagination: An Interview with Jonny Jimison. Rabbit Room (April 23): https://www.rabbitroom.com/post/inspiration-and-imagination-an-interview-with-jonny-jimison

O'Mahony, Don. 2025. Antarctic Hero: New graphic novel delves into incredible story of Kerry explorer Tom Crean [Michael Smith; Ireland]. Irish Examiner (April 22): https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41617525.html

Lipman, Steve. 2025. The Rise of Holocaust Graphic Novels: A New Way to Remember. Detroit Jewish News (April 21): https://www.thejewishnews.com/culture/the-rise-of-holocaust-graphic-novels-a-new-way-to-remember/article_67f86ff0-985e-4eb7-ad8b-06cdd16218a9.html

Ferlazzo, Larry. 2025. Don't Underestimate the Power of Graphic Novels for the Classroom. Education Week (April 23): https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-dont-underestimate-the-power-of-graphic-novels-for-the-classroom/2025/04

Unknown. 2025. AI regurgitating ideas, not telling something new: comic book writer-creator Jim Zub. Economic Times (April 21): https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-regurgitating-ideas-not-telling-something-new-comic-book-writer-creator-jim-zub/articleshow/120475643.cms

Kusek, Sam. 2025. Jeremy Haun: Embracing What Terrifies You. Creative Independent (April 21): https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/comic-book-artist-jeremy-haun-on-embracing-what-terrifies-you/
  *Lafferty, Esther. 2025. The development of the comic book scene in Malta. Times of Malta (April 23): https://timesofmalta.com/article/the-development-comic-book-scene-malta.1108573
Heavy Metal and Métal Hurlant: It's Complicated
RM Rhodes
The Beat   10/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/heavy-metal-and-metal-hurlant-its-complicated/

  Tom Richmond
Live From Glasgow! [teaching caricature]
The Ink Stained Wretch #208 10/22/25
 https://art4mad.substack.com/p/the-ink-stained-wretch-208-102225

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  *Unknown. 1923. A couple of jazz babies seem to be in agony [photograph of Rube Goldberg and George McManus]. Editor and Publisher 56 (6; July 7): 9. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-07-07_56_6/page/8/mode/2up

Unknown. 1923. Cleared in Woman's Death [Clifford Meeks]. Editor and Publisher 56 (4; June 23): 16. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-06-23_56_4/page/16/mode/2up

  *Perez, Javier. 2025. Scott Snyder explains the future of DC Next Level. The Beat (October 22): https://www.comicsbeat.com/scott-snyder-explains-the-future-of-dc-next-level/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Scott Snyder Talks DC Next Level Details On The Demon And Deathstroke. Bleeding Cool (October 21): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scott-snyder-talks-dc-next-level-details-on-the-demon-and-deathstroke/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. The Future Of Vertigo And Black Label At DC Comics. Bleeding Cool (October 21): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-future-of-vertigo-and-black-label-at-dc-comics/

  *Harper, David. 2025. Speaking the Language with Chris Conroy [DC; Vertigo]. Off Panel (522; October 20): https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-522-speaking-the-language-with-chris-conroy

Cavan Scott Interview - Iron & Frost [Iron Man]
Jimmy Gaspero
Cryptid Creator Corner from Comic Book Yeti - A Comic Book Interview Podcast October 21, 2025
https://cryptidcreatorcorner.com/episode/cavan-scott-interview-iron-frost
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AOR5451079747.mp3

  *Puc, Samantha. 2025. Exclusive: Gender Queer – The Annotated Edition hits shelves next spring. The Beat (October 22): https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-gender-queer-the-annotated-edition-hits-shelves-next-spring/

ENERGON UNIVERSE animated series to bring Skybound's TRANSFORMERS/G.I. JOE stories to TV
Russ Burlingame on 10/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/energon-universe-animated-series-to-bring-skybounds-transformers-g-i-joe-stories-to-tv/

  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Efforts to get a street named after Jack Kirby are making progress! The Beat (October 22): https://www.comicsbeat.com/efforts-to-get-a-street-named-after-jack-kirby-are-making-progress/

'Little Amélie' and 'Gigi' Win Top Feature and Short Prizes at Animation Is Film
  Mercedes Milligan
October 21, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/little-amelie-and-gigi-win-top-feature-and-short-prizes-at-animation-is-film/


'MrBeast Lab' Animated Shorts Launch on YouTube Oct. 26
 Mercedes Milligan
October 21, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/mrbeast-lab-animated-shorts-launch-on-youtube-oct-26/

Why the 'Care Bears' Movie Still Endures 40 Years Later
'The Care Bears Movie' director Arna Selznick and 'Looney Tunes' voice actor Eric Bauza look back on 40 years of animated caring and sharing.
By Sabina Graves
io9 October 22, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/care-bears-movie-40th-anniversary-interview-eric-bauza-arna-selznick-2000674704

Queer Supernatural Anime Is Having a Moment Right Now
How 'The Summer Hikaru Died' and 'This Monster Wants to Eat Me' are transforming queer longing into a frighteningly refreshing new wave of romance anime.
By Isaiah Colbert
io9 October 22, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/the-summer-hikaru-died-this-monster-wants-to-eat-me-queer-horror-anime-crunchyroll-netflix-2000675445

  *Specter, Emma. 2025. I'm Not a Carrie, I'm a Cathy. Vogue (October 21): https://www.vogue.com/article/cathy-comics-anniversary-collection-essay

Cash Me If You Can! by Daniel Boris

 

RM Rhodes' on Heavy Metal history

Heavy Metal and Métal Hurlant: It's Complicated

by RM Rhodes The Beat   10/22/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/heavy-metal-and-metal-hurlant-its-complicated/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/21/2025

VIZ announces English-language release of Machiko Kyō's COCOON
Ollie Kaplan on 10/21/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/viz-announces-english-language-release-of-machiko-kyos-cocoon/

Colleen Doran
Models [drawing]
Colleen Doran's Funny Business  Oct 21, 2025
https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/models

Jason Chatfield
How to make a living drawing pictures in a world that keeps updating its software while you're still installing the last update?
A pared down version of my guest lecture at FIT in New York
New York Cartoons Oct 21, 2025
https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/how-to-make-a-living-drawing-pictures

Grant, Shawn. 2025. Exclusive: Redman Announces 'Muddy Waters Too' Graphic Novel from Vault Comics. Source (April 20): https://thesource.com/2025/04/20/redman-muddy-waters-too-graphic-novel/

  *Nickoloff, Annie. 2025. Northeast Ohio Artist Thom Zahler Puts His Spin on Comic Books. Cleveland Magazine (April 19): https://clevelandmagazine.com/articles/northeast-ohio-artist-thom-zahler-puts-his-spin-on-comic-books

  *Al Zaabi, Faisal. 2025. 'Solarpunk' graphic novel set 500 years in Abu Dhabi's future unveiled at Comic Con. Solarblader, written by Emirati author Mo Abedin for UAE's Sandstorm comics, is the first of a planned trilogy. The National (April 20): https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/2025/04/20/solarblader-sandstorm-comics-mo-abedin-abu-dhabi/

  *Bharath, Deepa and Bob Smietana. 2025. Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman's religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique. Associated Press (April 18): https://apnews.com/article/superman-comics-religion-morals-movie-fans-828f16fb956c487368d94676b04fa2c3

  *Kaplan, Ollie. 2025. Interview: Kodansha USA CEO Alvin Lu on bringing Japanese storytelling to SoHo. The Beat (October 21): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-kodansha-usa-ceo-alvin-lu-on-bringing-japanese-storytelling-to-soho/

Netflix Is Planning on Making 'KPop Demon Hunters' Its 'Star Wars' Merchandising Machine
Toys and more are on the way, but fans will have to wait until 2026 for them to arrive.
By Sabina Graves
October 21, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/kpop-demon-hunters-toys-merchandise-dolls-netflix-mattel-hasbro-2000675106

Netflix signs unprecedented partnership with Hasbro and Mattel for KPop Demon Hunters toy license.
Taimur Dar on 10/21/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/netflix-kpop-demon-hunters-toys-hasbro-mattel/

Michael Huang hopes theatrical release will help BATTLE FOR DREAM ISLAND expand its huge YouTube audience [animation]
  Russ Burlingame on 10/21/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/michael-huang-bfdi-tpot-20-battle-dream-island/

  *Knight, India. 2025. The Mitford sisters like you've never seen them before; In her graphic biography Do Admit! the cartoonist Mimi Pond has created a sparklingly original and funny portrait of an outrageous family. The Sunday Times (October 9): https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/do-admit-mitford-sisters-me-mimi-pond-review-wwvwbvfxg

  *Alverson, Brigid. 2025. Fantagraphics To Publish New Edition Of 'Locas: The Maggie And Hopey Stories' Deluxe Hardcover with Three Additional Stories. ICv2 (October 20): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60825/fantagraphics-publish-new-edition-locas-the-maggie-hopey-stories

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. John Cassaday's Original Art Collection At Auction To Help His Family. Bleeding Cool (October 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/john-cassadays-original-art-collection-at-auction-to-help-his-family/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison's New Frank Quitely Zombies Comic & Vaster Than Empires. Bleeding Cool (October 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrisons-new-frank-quitely-zombies-comic-vaster-than-empires/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Alien Abduction In Kathmandu In 1994, Again. Bleeding Cool (October 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-alien-abduction-in-kathmandu-in-1994-again/

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. DC Gains Market Share In Hot Summer; Nearly 10 Points Higher than a Year Ago. ICv2 (October 21): https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/60830/dc-gains-market-share-hot-summer

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. New Vertical Scroll App; Marvel, Dark Horse, Tokyopop, Yen Add Platforms: New York Comic Con Digital Comics Round-Up. ICv2 (October 20): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60829/new-vertical-scroll-app-marvel-dark-horse-tokyopop-yen-add-platforms

The Beat Digest 10/21/25: BENEATH THE TREES board game launches on Kickstarter
  Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/21/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-102125/

'Shrek' Returns to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade After 15 Years
Mercedes Milligan
October 20, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/shrek-returns-to-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-after-15-years/

New Welsh Pre-K Animated Series 'Egin Bach' Debuts Tuesday
 Mercedes Milligan
October 20, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/new-welsh-pre-k-animated-series-egin-bach-debuts-tuesday/

24 Hours Animation Contest Announces Winners of Record-Breaking Year
 Mercedes Milligan
October 20, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/24-hours-animation-contest-announces-winners-of-record-breaking-year/

Press Democrat Adding Two Strips
 D. D. Degg  
October 21, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/20/press-democrat-adding-two-comics/

  *Levin, Bob. 2025. 'See My Light Come Shining,' an excerpt from Bob Levin's Messiahs, Meshugganahs, Misanthropes and Mysteries [Vaughn Bode]. TCJ (October 16): https://www.tcj.com/see-my-light-come-shining-an-excerpt-from-bob-levins-messiahs-meshugganahs-misanthropes-and-mysteries/

J Alex Morrissey
EPISODE 249 SOPHIE CAMPBELL
TRADECRAFT  Oct 21, 2025
https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-249-sophie-campbell

Illustrator Raymond Biesinger's self-defence guide against getting ripped off; After two decades of wage theft and rip-offs, a Montreal illustrator pens a tactical guide to defending creative work.
J.P. Karwacki
October 16, 2025
https://www.themain.com/articles/raymond-biesinger-9-times-my-work-ripped-off-montreal-illustrator

NYCC 2025 PHOTOS, PART 2
More Exhibitors, Cosplay
Posted by Milton Griepp on October 21, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60832/nycc-2025-photos-part-2

Trump Was Not the Only President Who Tried to Force Migrants to Leave [Lalo Alcaraz]
Jazmine Ulloa
    A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 19, 2025, Section A, Page 26 of the New York edition with the headline: America's Self-Deportation Drive Dates Well Before the Trump Era.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/trump-immigrants-self-deportation.html

  *Stanton-Sharma, Reena and Sophia Jansson. 2025. My aunt created The Moomins. Witness History (October 17): https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct744g

  *Bird, Betsy. 2025. Think Pink! A Party Pooper Q&A with Jeff Kinney. School Library Journal (October 21): https://afuse8production.slj.com/2025/10/21/think-pink-a-party-pooper-qa-with-jeff-kinney/

  *Kinney, Jeff et. al. 2025. 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Creator Jeff Kinney Talks 20th Book. TODAY (October 20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykvk6_27mN8

B. Clay Moore on Image Comics History, and the Birth of Hawaiian Dick part 1
  Oct 21, 2025 Word Balloon Comics Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxLcKMJqWc

Raugust, Karen. 2025. Random House Expands Its Anime Offerings with Yu-Gi-Oh!. Publishers Weekly (October 21): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/98917-random-house-expands-its-anime-offerings-with-yu-gi-oh.html

  *Raugust, Karen. 2025. Licensing Hotline: October 2025. Publishers Weekly (October 21): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/98919-licensing-hotline-october-2025.html

  *Fisher, Adam, Emilia Packard, and Alexandra Quay. 2025. Dazzling and Adventurous | Graphic Novel Fiction Series. School Library Journal (October 2): https://www.slj.com/story/reviews/dazzling-and-adventurous-graphic-novel-fiction-series

Reviews: Tough Love at the Office: The Complete Yuri Collection [Sal Jiang, manga]
Tegan O'Neil | October 21, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/tough-love-at-the-office-the-complete-yuri-collection/

Reviews: Assorted Crisis Events Volume One
Brian Nicholson | October 14, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/assorted-crisis-events/

Reviews: Trouble! At Coal Creek [ Austin Sauerbrei, labor history]
Hank Kennedy | October 16, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/trouble-at-coal-creek/

Santa Rosa Press Democrat considering adding Cul de Sac to current comics page

Read the story here - 

Press Democrat Adding Two Strips

 D. D. Degg  

October 21, 2025  

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/20/press-democrat-adding-two-comics/ 

DD says, "The paper is giving comic fans the choice of six comic strips – Arctic Circle, Crabgrass, Cul de Sac, Dumplings, Macanudo, and Sherman's Lagoon."

My comment on the Daily Cartoonist site is "As much as I love him, and his strip, there's no way Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac should be considered for this. It's not even a zombie comic strip. He's been gone for years now, and the comics page should belong to living cartoonists."

Oct 26: Cara Gormally at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

From Bard's Alley newsletter.

Happy new release day! The books featured below are just a sample of what's available at Bards Alley. For more new releases and staff picks, visit our Bookshop.org page. You can reserve a title for in-store pick-up by calling (571) 459-2653.

SNIP

Then, on Sunday, October 26, we're excited to collaborate with Falls Church City Schools Pride Alliance on another thought-provoking local author event.

Cara Gormally, a biology professor at D.C.'s Gallaudet University as well as an artist, will be at Mary Riley Styles Public Library to discuss their debut graphic memoir Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder. It depicts the author's struggle to process the trauma of sexual assault through therapy, recalling Alison Bechdel's Fun Home with its dry humor, spare visuals, and nuanced portrait of queer self-discovery.

A book signing will follow the talk; copies can be purchased on site or reserved for pick-up at the event by calling (571) 459-2653. Free registration is requested, though not required, through Mary Riley Styles Public Library.

The Butcher of Diplomacy by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/20/2025

YO! Don't Miss This FREE Young People's Book Festival  [Brian Biggs]
Abby Urban and Rachel Malak
Positively Philly
Oct 20, 2025
https://phl17.com/video/yo-dont-miss-this-free-young-people%e2%80%99s-book-festival-positively-philly/11184329/

Year 24 Group mangaka Keiko Takemiya receives the Persons of Cultural Merit award
Merve Giray on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/year-24-group-mangaka-keiko-takemiya-receives-the-persons-of-cultural-merit-award/

Unknown. 2025. Leicester youth illustrate what Black Culture means to them in comic strip competition [exhibition; Great Britain]. InYourArea (April 16): https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/leicester-youth-illustrate-what-black-culture-means-to-them-in-comic-strip-competition

NYCC '25: Exploring new worlds with the cast and crew of FIONNA AND CAKE Season 2
Taimur Dar on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-interview-fionna-and-cake-season-2/

  *Simons, Dean. 2025. Angoulême Festival's crisis resumes. The Beat (October 20): https://www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-festivals-crisis-resumes/

Todd McFarlane's Batman # 423 cover art sells for $781,250
Javier Perez on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/todd-mcfarlanes-batman-423-cover-art-sells-for-781250/

Interview: The creative team of TMNT: SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURES tease historic moment for the franchise
Taimur Dar on 10/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-24-interview-tmnt-saturday-morning-adventures-creative-team/

Berry, Hannah and Karrie Fransman 2025. Reading Crisis? Well, not among comic readers [literacy and reading; Great Britain; CCIC]. https://readingagency.org.uk/reading-crisis-well-not-among-comic-readers/
  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. 2025 Ringo Award Winners. The Beat (October 20): https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-ringo-award-winners/

  *Tischler. Randy et. al. 2025. Ringo Awards 2025.Baltimore Comics (October 18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTS-dbRrWR0

NYCC 2025 Photos, Part 1
Huge Crowds Take in Improved Floor
  Milton Griepp on October 20, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60818/nycc-2025-photos-part-1

Johnston, Rich. 2025. Comic Book Creators And Comic Stores React To… No Kings [protests]. Bleeding Cool (October 19): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-creators-and-comic-stores-react-to-no-kings/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Batman Vs Deadpool, Amalgam And What's Next. Bleeding Cool (October 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-batman-vs-deadpool-amalgam/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Why Batman Doesn't Kill, Even When He Does. Bleeding Cool (October 20):  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-why-batman-doesnt-kill-even-when-he-does/

Unseen Struggles of Underrepresented Animation [Mediterranean Europe]
By Maria Pavlou
October 17, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/unseen-struggles-of-underrepresented-animation/

'Playing God' Director Matteo Burani Discusses His Award-Winning Stop-Motion Creation [Italy]
Ramin Zahed
October 17, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/playing-god-director-matteo-burani-discusses-his-award-winning-stop-motion-creation/
This article was written for the
November '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 353).

"Tycoons of Comedy": Building the Myth of the Modern Cartoonist
  October 1, 2025 by Steve Smith
https://panelsandprose.com/2025/10/01/tycoons-of-comedy-building-the-myth-of-the-modern-cartoonist/#more-4991

Stan Kelley (and Ward Sutton) swing by Springfield on The Simpsons
    Kevin Necessary
    AAEC News October 17, 2025
    https://editorialcartoonists.com/stan-kelley-and-ward-sutton-swing-by-springfield-on-the-simpsons/

Vika Lomasko, at home in exile: the last Soviet artist speaks to a post-American world
Zach Rabiroff | October 20, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/vika-lomasko-at-home-in-exile-the-last-soviet-artist-speaks-to-a-post-american-world/

The Addams Family Show Got The Comic Banned From The Magazine That Made It Famous
By Witney Seibold Oct. 19, 2025
https://www.slashfilm.com/1994466/addams-family-show-cartoon-banned-new-yorker/

  *Evanier, Mark. 2025. MAD Masthead. News from ME (October 16): https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/10/16/mad-masthead/

  *Burlingame, Russ. 2025. John Cassaday art collection, original art being auctioned to benefit his family. The Beat (October 20): https://www.comicsbeat.com/john-cassaday-art-collection-original-art-being-auctioned-to-benefit-his-family/

Mathews, Alyssa. 2025. Los Alamitos High School pauses 'The Best We Could Do' for all sophomores [censorship]. Los Angeles Times High School Insider (April 16): https://highschool.latimes.com/education/los-alamitos-high-school-pauses-the-best-we-could-do-for-all-sophomores/

Bay Area native brings Black Widow back to S.F. in comic books as fans await new Marvel film [Kelly Thompson]
Yoshi Kato
April 27, 2021
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/bay-area-native-brings-black-widow-back-to-s-f-in-comic-books-as-fans-await-new-marvel-film

Mojoverse Premium: Storm Arc 2 and the Thunder War Talk Back with Murewa Ayodele
Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast  Season 1, Ep. 70.5
Friday, October 3, 2025
https://shows.acast.com/escape-the-mojoverse/episodes/mojoverse-premium-storm-arc-2-and-the-thunder-war-talk-back

Absolute Wonder Woman: Year 1 Talk Back with Kelly Thompson
Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast Season 1, Ep. 72
Friday, October 10, 2025
https://shows.acast.com/66a015848eb1dacc5fcb0b92/episodes/68e84a9f53a5e2858f128b14

No Faux-King way! by Tish and Mike Jenkins

Tish says, "It was Mike's professional drawing and my amateur coloring and lettering! " for the poster she carried on No Kings Day.

Ringo Awards 2025 video

Ringo Awards 2025

Randy Tischler et. al. 

Baltimore Comic-Con  Oct 18, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTS-dbRrWR0

Mark Redfield, RIP

From Mark Wheatley...

My friend and collaborator on a number of projects, Mark Redfield, passed away October 19th after a long struggle with the effects of a heart attack this past spring. Mark was that rare kind of creator who had a head for business and knew how to organize and run projects. We got along great. We spoke the same language. I'm going to miss his inspiration and innovative ideas. But I am so pleased that he's no longer suffering. My sincere condolences to his family, friends and many fans. 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/18-19/2025

  *Rhode, Mike. 2025. Baltimore Comic-Con day 1 in photos. ComicsDC blog (October 18): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/10/baltimore-comic-con-day-1-in-photos.html

Navarro, Meagan. 2025. IDW and WEBTOON to Launch Digital Comics Partnership with 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees' and More. Bloody Disgusting (April 14): https://bloody-disgusting.com/comics/3864130/idw-and-webtoon-to-launch-digital-comics-partnership-with-beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-and-more/

Yanes, Nicholas. 2025. Wes Eastin on his career, love of comics, and his documentary "Shopping for Superman". Scifi Pulse (April 7): https://www.scifipulse.net/wes-eastin-on-his-career-love-of-comics-and-his-documentary-shopping-for-superman/

Ladner, Ryan. 2025. From Panels to Partners: The Story of Martheus and Janet Wade, and 25 Years of the Toshigawa Universe. Choose 901 (April 14): https://choose901.com/from-panels-to-partners-the-story-of-martheus-and-janet-wade-and-25-years-of-the-toshigawa-universe/

Leith, Sam. 2022. Watchmen author Alan Moore: 'I'm definitely done with comics'. Guardian (October 7): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/07/watchmen-author-alan-moore-im-definitely-done-with-comics

  *Nadel, Dan. 2025. How Robert Crumb Channeled Mid-Century Teenage Angst Into Art. Dan Nadel on the Formative Awkward Adolescence of an Iconic American Cartoonist [excerpt from Nadel's Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life]. Literary Hub (April 15): https://lithub.com/how-robert-crumb-channeled-mid-century-teenage-angst-into-art/

Unknown. 2025. Pasadena Native Co-Authors Newest Graphic Novel [Nilah Magruder; Creaky Acres]. Pasadena Voice (April 15): https://pasadenavoice.com/stories/pasadena-illustrator-co-authors-newest-graphic-novel,67741

Manning, Shaun. 2025. So Much Larger Than Life: Meggie Ramm's winsome "Batcat: Cooking Contest!" graphic novel helps kids process big-time emotions. A2Pulp (April 16): https://pulp.aadl.org/node/640941

TOKYOPOP announces FANGS and other titles have arrived on Manga Plaza
Ollie Kaplan on 10/18/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tokyopop-announces-fangs-and-other-titles-have-arrived-on-manga-plaza/

DRAGON BALL's Masako Nozawa becomes first VA to receive Persons of Cultural Merit recognition
Ollie Kaplan on 10/18/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dragon-balls-masako-nozawa-becomes-first-va-to-receive-persons-of-cultural-merit-recognition/

Frazer, Jenni. 2025. Acclaimed author's Jewish refugee story republished as a graphic novel [17 Martin Street; pre-World War II Ireland]. Jewish Chronicle (April 16): https://www.thejc.com/community/acclaimed-authors-jewish-refugee-story-republished-as-a-graphic-novel-bpytc3po

Parr, Brendan. 2025.  Comic Books Are Literally Literary Art [editorial]. [Loyola University] Phoenix] (April 16): https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/04/comic-books-are-literally-literary-art/

Gelderman, Andrew. 2025. Mat-Su Borough reshelves graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary to Adult section. KTNA 88.9FM (April 15): https://ktna.org/2025/04/mat-su-borough-reshelves-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-anne-franks-diary-to-adult-section/

Delgado, Christopher. 2025. Breaking the boundaries of comics [Latino comic book exhibition]. [University of Texas at San Antonio] Paisano (April 15): https://paisano-online.com/45744/arts-life/breaking-the-boundaries-of-comics/
  *Ohman, Jack. 2025. No Kings, Just Jacks... A keynote speech I gave to the California Writers Club. Jack Ohman's You Betcha! (October 19): https://jackohman.substack.com/p/no-kings-just-jacks

Cavan Scott
 A perfect Sunday with... Soo Lee
 The Cavletter Oct 19, 2025
https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-soo-lee/

  *Jones, Clay. 2025. Stroke day. Claytoonz (October 19): https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/stroke-day

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. Whoa, We're Half Way There [Clay Jones stroke fundraiser]. Daily Cartoonist (October 17): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/17/whoa-were-half-way-there/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. The Answers To Life, The Universe And Everything From Grant Morrison. Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-answers-to-life-the-universe-and-everything-from-grant-morrison/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On The Legion Comic With Jim Lee That Never Happened. Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-the-legion-comic-with-jim-lee-that-never-happened/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Using A.I. To Create Art, But Not Owning A Cellphone. Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-using-a-i-to-create-art-but-not-owning-a-cellphone/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Alan Moore, Watchmen And Peter Thiel. Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-alan-moore-watchmen-peter-thiel/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Damian Wayne's Past, Present And Future. Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-damian-wayne-batman/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On The Great Lie Of Kryptonite, 5G And "Lightray Is". Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-great-lie-of-kryptonite-5g-lightray-is/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Deniz Camp Explains Why The Ultimate Universe Is Ending. Bleeding Cool (October 17): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/deniz-camp-explains-why-the-ultimate-universe-is-ending/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Absolute Batman #13 Sold Almost 200,000 Copies, No Blind Bag Required. Bleeding Cool (October 18): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/absolute-batman-13-sold-almost-200000-copies-no-blind-bag-required/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Batman: The World's Argentinian Team, Salvador Sanz & Luciano Saracino. Bleeding Cool (October 18): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/batman-the-worlds-argentinian-team-salvador-sanz-sarcino-luciano/

  *Lamberti, Rod. 2025. Comic Store In Your Future – A Government Shuts Down For Your Birthday. Bleeding Cool (October 19): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-a-government-shuts-down-for-your-birthday/

3 Picture Books That Capture the Essence of Friendship [Matthew Diffee]
Laurel Snyder
A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 19, 2025, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Looking for Friends in All New Places.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/books/review/jane-godwin-joshua-david-stein-matthew-diffee-childrens-picture-books.html

41st Annual Stan Cross Awards (2025) [Australia]
 D. D. Degg  
October 18, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/18/41st-annual-stan-cross-awards-2025/

Signs of the No Kings Times [political cartoons]
 D. D. Degg  
October 19, 2025  
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/19/signe-of-the-no-kings-times/

Netflix removes all the pesky Roald Dahl from their Roald Dahl adaptations with The Twits
Diluted, simplistic animation, as cloying and feckless and smoothed over as anything from the last decade of Illumination, taints the film.
By Jacob Oller  |  October 17, 2025  https://www.avclub.com/the-twits-review

A St. Louis Bird That Crosses Divides Gets His Own Show
 By Valerie Schremp Hahn
A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 19, 2025, Section F, Page 35 of the New York edition with the headline: The Weatherbird on Show.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/arts/design/weatherbird-st-louis-post-dispatch.html

Clay Jones' fundraising continues

Whoa, We're Half Way There 

D. D. Degg  

October 17, 2025  

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/17/whoa-were-half-way-there/

Clay Jones on his stroke

Clay Jones  

Stroke day

Claytoonz Oct 19, 2025 
 https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/stroke-day

Nov 3: KAL speaks in DC

Note there's a $15-17 registration fee.

Profs & Pints DC: Cartoonists Under Siege

Mon, Nov 3rd, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

Penn SocialWashington, DC
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/dc-cartoonists

Event Details

Profs and Pints DC presents: "Cartoonists Under Siege," on the rich history and uncertain future of political cartooning, with Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist, former artist in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and frequent speaker at universities.

It's a tumultuous time to be a political cartoonist, with those who hold such a job title struggling to weather the failure of newspapers as well as pressure and threats stemming from the overall degradation of public discourse. Yet, meanwhile, the appetite for satire is exploding.

How did we get to this point? What does the future hold for the artists whose irreverent takes on the issues of the day have long stirred and informed political debate? 

Hear such questions tackled by Kevin Kallaugher, an international award-winning political cartoonist widely known by the pen name KAL, who previously worked for The Baltimore Sun, continues to maintain a repository of his work at Kaltoons.com, and routinely speaks at prestigious higher-education institutions such as Harvard and Columbia.

In a copiously illustrated lecture he'll take you through the history of the cartoon craft, showing how irreverent illustrations in 18th century England and France paved the way for the caustic caricatures of today. He'll introduce you to influential caricaturists like Paris's Honore Daumier and New York's Al Hirschfeld and offer insights into the social skills required to excel in this ancient art.  

Kallaugher will walk his audience through the unique set of challenges currently facing him and his colleagues. They include a new media landscape in which upstart media platforms have siphoned audiences away from the legacy media, the traditional home for cartoonists. On top of that, an increasingly threatening political environment has put satirists in crosshairs and political cartoonists face competition from Artificial Intelligence programs that feed, without pay or credit, off artists' work. 

We'll look at how cartoonists are adapting and at the future prospects for visual satire. The lecture will close out with a live demonstration of how Kallaugher draws prominent public personalities. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.)  

Image: "Freedom of the Press," an 1834 comic drawn by Honoré Daumier (Cleveland Museum of Art / Public Domain).

Contact Information

https://www.profsandpints.com/