Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/14/2025

TMNT #13 surpasses 100,000 in orders
  Taimur Dar on 10/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tmnt-13-surpasses-100000-in-orders/

Jack and Roz Kirby Awards Announced by Comic Art Fans, Kirby Estate and Museum
  Russ Burlingame on 10/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/jack-roz-kirby-awards-2026/

Temporary Gallery Closure and Upcoming Exhibits for 2026
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum October 14, 2025
https://mailchi.mp/5bc2fd7a8d3d/temporary-gallery-closure-and-upcoming-exhibits-for-2026

Forging Indie Comics: A Conversation with Jon Santana of Iron Age Comics
 Drew Mollo, Jeremy Courtney, Kari Sanders, Leo Pond
Splash Pages Comic Book Club October 14 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jju6sWIeVk

Matt Groening on "The Simpsons" turning 37
Seth Doane
CBS Sunday Morning  Oct 12, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqFpaLYvOMc

Extended interview: "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening
Seth Doane
CBS Sunday Morning  Oct 12, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln-MdGoHgWA

Jim Zub on Writing for Titan, Conan, & More: NYCC 2025
So Wizard Podcast Oct 13, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHiOCMtmsS4

Jim Zub Talks Comic Books, the Creative Process, Relationships and His Impact on Conan the Barbarian
The Holly Hughes Podcast Oct 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbZGJyAypsw

Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78
James Hibberd
October 14, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/drew-struzan-dies-movie-posters-1236400361/

With pointed pen and no shortage of ICE news, cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz draws to the moment
The Chicano artist's job, he said, is to hold the power to account and "not to stomp on the helpless."
By Anissa Rivera | arivera@scng.com
 Los Angeles Daily News October 14, 2025  
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/10/13/with-pointed-pen-and-no-shortage-of-ice-news-cartoonist-lalo-alcaraz-draws-to-the-moment/

AWARD ROUNDUP: A lot of LICAFs – and more awards from around the world
Dean Simons on 10/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/award-roundup-licafs-more-international-comics-awards/

J Alex Morrissey from TRADECRAFT  Oct 14, 2025  
EPISODE 248 PAUL POPE
https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-248-paul-pope

Missouri author's new graphic novel leans into 'blood-soaked,' B-movie vibes [Soman Chainani; The School for Good and Evil]
KCUR | By Laura Spencer
April 4, 2025  https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2025-04-04/missouri-authors-new-graphic-novel-leans-into-blood-soaked-b-movie-vibes

Oni Murder Drones $1.5 Million Kickstarter Beats Keanu Reeves' Brzrkr; Oni Press' Murder Drones $1.5 million kickstarter beats out Keanu Reeves' Brzrkr
3 Oct 2025  by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/oni-murder-drones-1-5-million-kickstarter-beats-keanu-reeves-brzrkr/

Interview: Yuki Aoi and Seto Sami of THE APOTHECARY DIARIES – mystery, romance, poison, more
Kari Lane
The Beat 10/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-yuki-aoi-and-seto-sami-of-the-apothecary-diaries-mystery-romance-poison-more/

SWAMP THING COMES TO THE SLAUGHTERVERSE IN DC/BOOM! CROSSOVER: 'Swamp Thing Is Killing the Children'  
Brigid Alverson on October 13, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60770/swamp-thing-comes-slaughterverse-dc-boom-crossover

THIS WAS THE NYCC WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
 Rob Salkowitz on October 13, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60772/this-was-nycc-weve-all-been-waiting-for

Good Vibes at New York Comic Con
Heidi MacDonald              
Oct 14, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/98838-good-vibes-at-new-york-comic-con.html

37th Harvey Awards Highlight Indie Publishers
By Sam Spratford                
Oct 14, 2025   https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/98840-37th-harvey-awards-highlight-indie-publishers.html

ICV2 WHITE PAPER: IT'S A NEW WORLD
Big Shifts Lead to Good News for Direct Market in 2025
 Brigid Alverson on October 14, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/60775/icv2-white-paper-its-new-world

Comics: The Superheroes of Welcoming Classrooms
It's a bird…It's a plane…It's a champion of diversity!
By: Cindy Long, Senior Writer/Editor
Published: April 4, 2025
First Appeared In NEA Today, October 2025 https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/teaching-with-comics

Declan Shalvey and Rory McConville discuss The Terminator: Metal
Ollie Kaplan
Comics Beat  Oct 5, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb503xBJxo4

47 Copies Of The Rare Superman "Bradman" Comic Found And Auctioned
47 copies of the insanely rare Superman comic, "This Island Bradman", have just been found and listed at auction in England.
  13 Oct 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/47-copies-of-the-rare-superman-bradman-comic-found-and-auctioned/

Watch: 'KPop Demon Hunters' Creator Maggie Kang Talks Sequels, Spin-Offs & More
 Mercedes Milligan
October 13, 2025
 https://gizmodo.com/kpop-demon-hunters-is-sticking-with-animation-2000672093

How "KPop Demon Hunters" Creator Maggie Kang Made Netflix's Biggest Film Ever | UTA Spotlight
David Park
United Talent Agency
  Oct 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAIpMsHsksE

'The Twits' Review: Netflix's Animated Roald Dahl Adaptation Goes From Grossly Generic to Surprisingly Political
Margo Martindale and Natalie Portman are among the voice cast for this Phil Johnston-directed version of the beloved author's ickiest book.
Richard Lawson
October 13, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-twits-review-netflix-phil-johnston-natalie-portman-1236399597/

The Beat Digest 10/14/25: Frank Miller is releasing a memoir
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/14/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-101425/

  CBR newsletter  Oct 14, 2025  
 Brian Cronin Interviews Ronda Rousey at New York Comic Con About her Brand-New Graphic Novel

How Ronda Rousey Created A Hero John Wick and Quentin Tarantino Would Embrace
By  Brian Cronin
 Aug 31, 2025
https://www.cbr.com/ronda-rousey-graphic-novel-interview/

"Can We Make a Fight With No Powers and Raise the Stakes Through Character?": Tom King and Ryan Sook on Black Canary: Best of the Best
By  Brian Cronin
Published Nov 20, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/tom-king-and-ryan-sook-on-black-canary-best-of-the-best/

TIME Magazine Cover by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/13/2025

Grant Morrison Talks Flex Mentallo and Alex Ross' Brainiac - Creator Owned Art
Liam McGuire
 Comic Frontier Oct 13, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/grant-morrison-talks-flex-mentallo-and-alex-ross-brainiac-creator-owned-art

Veitch, Rick. 2025. ["No celebration of DC's decision to publish SWAMP THING 88 is complete without raising a toast to Michael Zulli, who pencilled it back in 1989."]. Rick Veitch's Post (October 11): https://www.facebook.com/share/1BacvukuZ5/

DIY Bad-Boy and Black Cohosh author, Eagle Valiant Brosi, spreads Scabies all over town, leaves us wanting more
Sally Madden | October 13, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/diy-bad-boy-and-black-cohosh-author-eagle-valiant-brosi-spreads-scabies-all-over-town-leaves-us-wanting-more/

Three 1943 cartoons from Ameri-Topics, a newspaper for Amertorp torpedo manufacturer
ComicsDC blog October 13, 2025
https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/10/three-1943-cartoons-from-ameri-topics.html

A Note From Patrick: Remembering Jane Goodall
Patrick McDonnell
October 02, 2025
https://mutts.com/blogs/news/a-note-from-patrick-remembering-jane-goodall

Knoxville comic book shop owner concerned tariffs could raise prices, impact small businesses
Hannah Moore
Apr 2, 2025 https://www.wate.com/news/local-news/how-tariffs-could-impact-comic-books/
Brancato, Sergio, Stefano Cristante, and Marcello Serra (eds). 2023. Doppia icona criminale. Diabolik & Eva Kant nell'immaginario collettivo (1962-2023). Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/issue/view/1662 and https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/issue/view/1662/194 [pdf]

Brancato, Sergio, Stefano Cristante, and Marcello Serra. 2023. Understanding Diabolik. Mediascapes Journal 22 (1): ii-iii. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18429

Bandirali, Luca. 2023. Saluti da Clerville L'immaginazione spaziale in Diabolik. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 3-11. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18375

Artieri, Giovanni Boccia. 2023. Tutto ha una fine? Diabolik & Eva Kant: la serialità a fumetti tra ridondanza e varietà. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 12-31. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18376

Brancato, Sergio. 2023. Genealogia di Diabolik e Eva Kant. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1; 2013): 32-41. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18377

Offuso, Olimpia. 2023. La coppia criminale e il codice della devianza. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1; 2023); 42-50. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18378

Serra, Marcello. 2023. Diabolik: Il tempo mitico di un fumetto iconico. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 51-59. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18389

Iranzo, Ivan Pentor. 2023. La oscuridad y el mal Iconografías de la negatividad en Diabolik. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 60-67. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18409

Pellitteri, Marco. 2023. Coincidenze e concomitanze fra Diabolik e gli antieroi giapponesi Golgo 13 e Lupin III Circolazione e circolarità di tratti e ispirazioni comuni nell'esprit du temps degli anni Sessanta e Settanta. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 68-77. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18414

Terracciano, Bianca. 2023. Icone in maschera La straordinarietà femminile negli universi finzionali: a partire da Eva Kant. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 78-88. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18415

Cristante, Sterano. 2023. Il gioco mentale del lettore nel mondo stilizzato di Eva e Diabolik. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 89-98. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18416

Panarari, Massimiliano. 2023. Il Diabolik si nasconde nei dettagli Tecnologia e "modernità amorale". Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18417

Chirchiano, Emiliano and De Mascelles, Alberto Maria. 2023. La trasposizione videoludica del fumetto di Diabolik ed Eva Kant fra tradizione e innovazione narrativa. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 108-117. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18420

D'Autilia, Antonella. 2023. Comicscapes, fashion, pratiche del corpo: una comparazione mediologica fra Eva Kant e Valentina. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 118-132. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18419

Manuzatto, Lisa Maia Quaianni. 2023. Promuovere il Re del Terrore L'immaginario diaboliko attraverso eventi, mostre e iniziative. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 159-166. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18423

Brancato, Sergio, Stefano Cristante, and Marcello Serra. 2023. Aparato Iconographico [Diabolik]. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 134-158. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18422

Gomboli, Mario and Giiuseppe Palumbo. 2023. Diabolik allo specchio Storia inedita sceneggiata. Mediascapes Journal 21 (1): 167-170. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18424

LANTERNS Set Photos Show Aaron Pierre's (Powerless?) John Stewart In The Middle Of A Gunfight
By Josh Wilding - Apr 02, 2025 https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/lanterns/lanterns-set-photos-show-aaron-pierres-powerless-john-stewart-in-the-middle-of-a-gunfight-a217427

"Subversive" Graphic Novel Publisher Gungnir Entertainment Launches With Steve Aoki Comic
By Max Goldbart, Andreas Wiseman
April 2, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/04/steve-aoki-comic-gungnir-entertainment-matthew-medney-1236357047/

'Lost the Color in Our Rainbow': A graphic novel with a queer protagonist was removed from Siuslaw High School library shelves [Flamer by Mike Curato].
Emma J Nelson
04/03/2025
https://eugeneweekly.com/2025/04/03/lost-the-color-in-our-rainbow/

Chris Ware's new retrospective explores drawing as thinking
The exhibition at CCCB Barcelona celebrates the comic book artist and New Yorker collaborator's weighty influence on the world of comics
By Aimée McLaughlin 03/04/2025 https://www.creativereview.co.uk/chris-ware-retrospective-cccb/

Interview: Matt Wagner on DRACULA: BOOK III and 'living in an age of vampires'
Ollie Kaplan on 10/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-matt-wagner-on-dracula-book-iii-and-living-in-an-age-of-vampires/

NYCC '25: ND Stevenson & Lee Knox Ostertag host a fireside chat
by Jeremy Fuscaldo
Beat 10/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-nd-stevenson-lee-knox-ostertag-host-a-fireside-chat/

Harry Bliss's "Cannonball": The delights of fall.
By Françoise Mouly
October 13, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-10-20

The Directors of Goya-Winning Short 'Cafunè' Dive into Their Creative Journey [Spain]
 Ramin Zahed
October 12, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/the-directors-of-goya-winning-short-cafune-dive-into-their-creative-journey/

Carlson, Johanna Draper. 2025. Vertigo Returns With 10 New Series Announced for 2026. ICv2 (October 10): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60755/vertigo-returns-with-10-new-series

Carlson, Johanna Draper and Milton Griepp. 2025. DC To Finally Publish Controversial Rick Veitch 'Swamp Thing' Story: 'Swamp Thing 1989' to Conclude Canceled 1980s Story. ICv2 (October 12): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60761/dc-finally-publish-controversial-rick-veitch-swamp-thing-story

Carlson, Johanna Draper. 2025. Final Ultimate Universe Issues Revealed: Five 2026 Issues. ICv2 (October 12): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60760/final-ultimate-universe-issues-revealed

Casey, Joe. 2025. Marvel Vs. DC – Part Two [George Perez]. Joe Casey Writes (October 13):
https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/marvel-vs-dc-part-two
Hundt, Brad. 2025. Nate Powell talks about life in comics, graphic novels. Observer-Reporter (October 10): https://www.observer-reporter.com/living/2025/oct/10/nate-powell-talks-about-life-in-comics-graphic-novels/

Martin. 2025. GVN Talking Comics Interview: Patrick McDonnell on The Gift of Nothing And The Gift of Everything. GeekVibesNation (October 8): https://geekvibesnation.com/gvn-talking-comics-interview-patrick-mcdonnell-gift-of-nothing-gift-of-everything/

Mouly, Françoise, Genevieve Bormes and Joe Sacco. 2025. A Cartoonist's Journey to the Scene of a Riot; A trip to Uttar Pradesh in 2014 yields encounters with people making sense—and stories—from memories of violence. New Yorker (October 9): https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-cartoonists-journey-to-the-scene-of-a-riot

Three 1943 cartoons from Ameri-Topics, a newspaper for Amertorp torpedo manufacturer

This is off-topic, but provided by ComicsDC supporter Randy T from some family clippings. And it's cool.

These cartoons are from Ameri-Topics, a bi-weekly newspaper for Amertorp torpedo manufacturer in St. Louise, from August 18, 1943. The cover says "Published in the interest of the employees of Amertorp." Obviously they relate to World War II. 

One is a WWII political cartoon by Fitzgerald. Another is by Rinaldi. There is a strip called Lena and Louie Amertwerp by C.R. Schwartz, which deals with safety in using forklifts. 

"Axis Co-operation" by Fitzgerald in "The Charge"

Lena and Louie Amertwerp by C.R. Schwartz

 

 

"Forward Passer De Luxe" by Rinaldi in the Hole

 

Fundraiser for Clay Jones, after his stroke

 

 

https://gofund.me/fc52679da

He had a stroke last week and could use some financial help.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/11-12/2025

Degg, D. D. 2025. Clay Jones' Streak Ends. Daily Cartoonist (October 10): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/10/clay-jones-streak-ends/

Deadpool/Batman Sold Half A Million Copies Last Month
 10 Oct 2025  
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/deadpool-batman-sold-half-a-million-copies-last-month/

Rick Veitch On DC Vertigo Finally Publishing His Cancelled Swamp Thing
  10 Oct 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rick-veitch-dc-vertigo-finally-publishing-cancelled-swamp-thing/

Bouden, Tom. 2025. De Jommeke-jaren van (8): Eric De Rop [Belgium]. Strip Speciaal Zaak
(October 10): https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/interviews-reportages/de-jommeke-jaren-van-8-eric-de-rop

Hofman, Martin. 2025. Winkel in de kijker: Hermelijn (Aalst) [Belgium store]. Strip Speciaal Zaak
(October 8): https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/de-kijker/winkel-de-kijker-hermelijn-aalst

NYCC '25: J. Scott Campbell reveals his first initial & recounts career highlights
Christian Angeles on 10/11/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-j-scott-campbell-reveals-his-first-initial-recounts-career-highlights/

Sparkle Pop/Diamond II Lawsuit Claims Dynamite Owes Them $1.7 Million
  10 Oct 2025  
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sparkle-pop-diamond-ii-lawsuit-claims-dynamite-owes-them-1-7-million/

Gardner, Alan. 2025. Harvey Awards 2025 Winners Announced. Daily Cartoonist (October 10): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/10/harvey-awards-2025-winners-announced/

The Last (Advance) Editoonist
D. D. Degg
October 11, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/11/the-last-advance-ed-op-cartoonist/

Mediascape Vol. 22 No. 2 (2023): Comics and the Invisible
Francesco Piraino, Matteo Stefanelli  (eds)
https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/issue/view/1670/200
https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/issue/view/1670/200 [pdf]

Stefanelli, Matteo. 2023. Immersive marginality. Comics and the cultural power of (its) invisibility. Mediascapes Journal 22 (2; 2023): 3-13. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18595/17607

Piraino, Francesco and Matteo Stefanelli. 2023. Comics and the Invisible. Mediascapes Journal 22 (2; 2023): i-iv. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18594/17606

Dal Canto, Rodolfo. 2023. Lived and Abandoned Spaces. Mediascapes 22 (2; 2023): 132-145. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18604/17633

Gavaler, Chris. 2023.  The Color of Paper: Seeing Race in the Comics Medium, Mediascapes Journal 22 (2; 2023): 14-28. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18596/17608

Pietropaolo, Francesca. 2023. How To Make the Invisible Visible: Some Innovative Approaches in 21st-Century Comic Art  [trauma]. Mediascapes 22 (2; 2023): 106-131. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18639
Ivanescu, Carolina. 2023. Making Visible the Invisible: Representing religious content in manga  [manga]. Mediascapes 22 (2; 2023): 78-92. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18601

Piraino, Francesco. 2023. Spirituality and Comics in Hugo Pratt, Alan Moore, and David B.: Esotericism as "Unsettled Knowledge". Mediascapes 22 (2; 2023: 52-77. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18600.
Barbieri, Daniele. 2023. Playing with the Invisible: Novel, Movies, Comics. Mediascapes Journal 22 (2; 2023). Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18598

Ahmed,  Maaheen. 2023. Tracing the Invisible: Lynda Barry's Comics. Mediascapes Journal, 22(2), 35–51. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18635

Dejasse, Erwin. 2023. Giving Up the Artistic Aspect: The invisibility of comics made in extreme conditions of confinement: Charlotte Salomon, Karel Frans Drenthe and Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro. Mediascapes Journal, 22(2), 94–105. online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18602

Vari, Sylvia. 2023. Dancing with the (un)seen. Problematizing the viewer's gaze through Mediterraneo's visual aesthetics [wordless graphic novel]. Mediascapes 22 (2; 2023): 146-163. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18605

Bonura, Massimo. 2024. Il cinema nel periodico a fumetti Topolino (Nerbini, 1932-1935. Mediascapes Journal 24 (2; 2024): 207-223. Online at https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/mediascapes/article/view/18748

A perfect Sunday with... Ruairí Coleman
Cavan Scott
 The Cavletter  , Oct 12, 2025  
https://www.cavletter.com/a-perfect-sunday-with-ruairi-coleman/

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 221 - Isaiah Legette
October 08, 2025 • Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius • Season 5 • Episode 221
https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/17979753-episode-221-isaiah-legette

Bottorff, Ray Jr. 2025. The Bottorff Comic Backs Price Guide & Checklist 2025 Edition. Greenbelt, MD: Ray Bottorff, Jr. online at https://archive.org/details/the-bottorff-comic-backs-price-guide-checklist-2025-edition

Quinn, Chris. 2025. With Jeff Darcy's retirement, we evolve again to meet the moment: Letter from the Editor. Cleveland.com/The Cleveland Plain Dealer (October 11): https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10/with-jeff-darcys-retirement-we-evolve-again-to-meet-the-moment-letter-from-the-editor.html

NYCC '25: Patrick Horvath on BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES and what's next for the Harvey-winning series
Russ Burlingame on 10/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-2025-patrick-horvath-beneath-trees-interview/

NYCC '25: DEAD SKY PUBLISHING offers horror, splatter westerns, and anthologies galore
Ricardo Serrano Denis on 10/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-dead-sky-publishing-offers-horror-splatter-westerns-and-anthologies-galore/

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Turkey! Time to Strike's Hana Hishikawa and Noriko Hidaka [voice actors]
by Ken Iikura-Gross, Oct 10th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-10-10/exclusive-with-turkey-time-to-strike-hana-hishikawa-and-noriko-hidaka/.228367

Manga Is a Pop Culture Phenomenon. It's Also a Singular Art Form.
A first-of-its-kind exhibition in San Francisco shows the artistry and history of the Japanese comics that have fueled hits across TV and film.
By Maya Phillips
Oct. 11, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/arts/manga-exhibition-de-young.html

Nagourney, Adam. 2025. 'Kavalier & Clay' Hears an Unusual Call From the Met: Encore! New York Times (October 10): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/arts/music/kavalier-and-clay-met-opera-revival.html

Maag, Christopher. 2025. What Inspires the Best Costumes at Comic Con? A Little Childhood Trauma. [in print as Comic Con Lets You Be a Superhero, if Just for One Day]. New York Times (October 12): A14. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/nyregion/comic-con-new-york.html

When Your Hinge Date Is New York's Mayoral Front-Runner [Rama Duwaji]
Sadiba Hasan
A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 12, 2025, Section ST, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: By His Side, but Not on His Trail.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/style/rama-duwaji-zohran-mamdani-wife.html

Young, Jin Yu. 2025. 'Kpop Demon Hunters' Noodle Cup Trend May Increase Burn Risks for Kids. New York Times (September 29):   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/kpop-demon-hunters-noodles-tiktok.html

Paterson, Colin. 2025. KPop Demon Hunters directors on Oscar chances and a possible sequel. BBC (October 11): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rvzmyyzmpo

Introducing the Bottorff Comic Backs Price Guide & Checklist 2025 Edition

 Years ago, Ray Bottorff, Jr and I were members of the Grand Comics Database, and wrote a paper on the origins of the group. Years have gone by since we've worked on anything together, even though he lives about 10 miles from me. Recently I reached out to him with a question about his longtime bibliography which he's been working on for a long time. We chatted on the phone for almost an hour and put together a version for distribution on the Internet Archive. Here's the link, and an excerpt from Ray's introduction.

 The Bottorff Comic Backs Price Guide & Checklist 2025 Edition
Ray Bottorff, Jr.
Greenbelt, MD: Ray Bottorff, Jr.
https://archive.org/details/the-bottorff-comic-backs-price-guide-checklist-2025-edition

What Exactly Is a ComicBack?

Basically, it is a neologism meaning a cartoon or comic related mass-market-sized paperback. In 2001, I was going through my two boxes of comic paperbacks and discovered that no one had done anything cataloging them. A little bit of brainstorming later, I came up with the term for them, ComicBacks. 

I decided to record all printings and editions that I could. I began with the obvious choices, comic strip and comic book reprint paperbacks, which are still the vast bulk of my listings. Then it became clear I needed to add new and reprint cartoon paperbacks. Then prose novels of comic characters which had been in vogue then. With a bit of mission creep, that was followed by prose novels of those proto-superheroes, pulp hero reprint paperbacks, which expanded to include new paperback stories of those characters, and then new prose novels about non-comic originating superheroes or superhero themed paperbacks. Then I added movie and TV show novelizations based on comic characters. Dime Novel hero reprints joined the list. I was adding joke books with cartoon or cartoon-like illustrations and paperback books about the history of all of the above and animation. That led to adding animated-related paperbacks and paperback comic book price guides. As I write this, there are over 9400 entries in my ComicBacks listings, with probably hundreds, if not thousands of titles and printings, to still identify and add to this list.

 

The Peace Place by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/10/2025

INTERVIEW: Gerry Duggan on the Oversized Art Book Edition FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL ART BOOK EDITION!
Diego Higuera on 10/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-gerry-duggan-on-the-oversized-art-book-edition-falling-in-love-on-the-path-to-hell-art-book-edition/

The Watercolour Control Problem with Jessie Kanelos Weiner
A free replay of Jessie Kanelos Weiner's live video about painting, art and colour.
Jason Chatfield and Jessie Kanelos Weiner
Oct 10, 2025
https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/the-watercolour-control-problem-with

Daniel Best - Author Oct 10, 2025
1954 The Horwitz Code Of Publishing Ethics: How Australia Regulated Comic Books In The 1950s and Beyond
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/1954-the-horwitz-code-of-publishing

NYCC '25: Presenting the 2025 Harvey Awards winners
 Samantha Puc
 10/10/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-presenting-the-2025-harvey-awards-winners/

Desmond Reed | Cola Pop Creemees and Beyond! | THE HORRORS OF BEING A HUMAN
Henry Chamberlain
 Comics Grinder Jul 14, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1aOVnCjCQ

Jason Chatfield
  Let's Go Birds! The Process of Creating Today's Official Philadelphia Eagles Game Day Poster
New York Cartoons Oct 9, 2025  
https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/lets-go-birds-the-process-of-creating

Unknown. 1923. Lillums goes to Hollywood -- and so does Harold! [Harold Teen]. Editor and Publisher 55 (48; April 28): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-04-28_55_48/mode/2up

Matt Kindt on John le Carré!
Christian Gossett, Kris Simon, and Davd Hyde
  Superfan Podcast Ep. 04 Oct 10, 2025
https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/superfan-podcast-ep-04

NYCC '25: MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell inducted into Harvey Awards Hall of Fame
Samantha Puc on 10/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-mutts-creator-patrick-mcdonnell-inducted-into-harvey-awards-hall-of-fame/

The Hidden Reason Digital Comics Never Took Off
Kenny Meyers
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
 Oct 2, 2025 Comic Industry Insiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7CyIwatqWM

The Hidden World of the Comic Book Industry
Atom! Freeman
 Prana: Direct Market Solutions  Oct 9, 2025 Comic Industry Insiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4MYCRKt5hQ

 From Script to Shelf Panelists: Jame S. Rich, Ignition Press Michael Fragassi, GMA Taylor Crowell Merkler, Lunar Distribution Roger Prows, The Nerd Store Holly Atchison, Mad Cave Studios

'Basket Case' Meets 'Who's the Boss?' in Adult Animated Series 'Beefy Frank' [Exclusive Clip]
Alex DiVincenzo
October 9, 2025
https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3908365/basket-case-meets-whos-the-boss-in-adult-animated-series-beefy-frank-exclusive-clip/

Clay Jones Partially Paralyzed by Stroke
Alan Gardner  
 October 10, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/10/clay-jones-partially-paralyzed-by-stroke/

Heartracing anime 100 Meters finds it all in a few glorious seconds
A standard sports story sprints through rotoscoped humanity and transcendent abstraction.
By Jacob Oller  |  October 9, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/100-meters-review

James Gunn Explains How the 'Peacemaker' Finale Changes the DCU Forever, Why Deadpool Almost Made a Cameo and Not Having Plans for Season 3
Adam B. Vary
Oct 10, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/peacemaker-finale-james-gunn-salvation-checkmate-deadpool-cameo-1236545270/

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
Scoop October 9, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-149/

In Praise of… John Farrelly [Ireland]
 Peter Duncan
downthetubes October 10, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/in-praise-of-john-farrelly/

Peter Arno Inducted Into The Society of Illustrators Hall Of Fame
Michael Maslin
Inkspill Oct 10 2025
https://michaelmaslin.com/friday-spill-peter-arno-inducted-into-the-society-of-illustrators-hall-of-fame-whos-at-this-weekends-nyc-comic-con-donnelly-galindo-arroyo-receive-awards-at-st-just-festival-of-internationa/

Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 1. Continuity and Innovation
Alessio Aletta (Ed.)
https://vernonpress.com/book/2376

Preface. From the Newsstand to the Bookstore: A Note on Contemporary Comics by a Seasoned Reader
Luca Somigli
University of Toronto
Introduction. Italian Comics, Zero Slash One
Alessio Aletta
University of Toronto

OF MICE AND MEN: NAVIGATING CHANGE IN ITALIAN SERIAL COMICS
Chapter One
Italian Disney Comics in the New Millennium: Publishing Strategies and New Challenges
Andrea Tosti
Lancaster University
Chapter Two
Dante between Tradition and Innovation: Paper Dante
Marialaura Pancini
Università per Stranieri di Siena
Chapter Three
New Serial Strategies in Sergio Bonelli Editore
Francisco Sáez de Adana
Universidad de Alcalá
Chapter Four
Larger than Life: Punk and Intertextuality in Luca Enoch's Gea (1999–2007)
Manuela Di Franco
Universiteit Gent
Chapter Five
Reinventing Seriality, Redefining the (Graphic) Novel: Leo Ortolani's Rat-Man
Antonio Mirizzi
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

OLD AND NEW MASTERS: BRIDGING GENERATIONS FROM PAZIENZA TO ZEROCALCARE
Chapter Six
The "Pazienza-function." Andrea Pazienza's Legacy from the Graphic Novel to the Social Network
Carlotta Vacchelli
American University of Rome
Chapter Seven
From Stigmate to Christian: An Italian way to a Supranatural (Inter-transmedia) Comics
Mario Tirino
University of Salerno
Chapter Eight
An Unreadable (Hi)Story: Gipi's La terra dei figli Considered As a Monitory Tale
Umberto Rossi
Sapienza University
Chapter Nine
From Zero? A Retrospective on Zerocalcare's Early Comic Books
Alessio Aletta


Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 2. New Scenarios, New Forms, New Themes

Alessio Aletta (Ed.)
https://vernonpress.com/book/2377

IN PERSON OR ONLINE? PRESENT (AND FUTURE) OF THE ITALIAN COMICS INDUSTRY
Chapter One
"Una fitta rete di contatti umani": the Contemporary Italian Self-publishing Comics
Lisa Maya Quaianni Manuzzato
WOW Spazio Fumetto
Chapter Two
Digitalian Comics: Italian Digital Comics' Path from National Tradition to Platform Society
Giorgio Busi Rizzi
Ghent University
Lorenzo Di Paola
ULB-Université Libre de Bruxelles
Chapter Three
Impacts of the Digital Transformation on the Italian Comics Field: An Exploration of the Comics Creators' Changing Work Dynamics
Yesim Tonga
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Lisa Maya Quaianni Manuzzato
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Francesca Leonardi
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Francesca Fino
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Nicole Crescenzi
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Maria Luisa Catoni
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

STORIES AND HISTORY: TRENDS AND CASE STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN COMICS
Chapter Four
A Critical Overview of Italian Comics Journalism (2002-2022)
Dario Boemia
IULM University
Chapter Five
Immigration in Italian Comics: Tracing a Genealogy of Migrant Narratives in the Fumetto di realtà
Silvia Vari
University of Warwick
Chapter Six
The New Wave of Italian Comics and the Representation of the Italian Province
Rodolfo Dal Canto
University of L'Aquila
Chapter Seven
A Queer Trend in Italian Graphic Novels? Analyzing Forms in the Years of the Cirinnà Law and Ddl Zan
Alice Parrinello
St Cross College, University of Oxford
Chapter Eight
Beyond Facts and Fiction. Investigating Female Genealogies in Italian Graphic Memoirs
Claudia Cerulo
University of Naples Federico II
Chapter Nine
History and Storytelling: Isa Conquers All
Lorenzo Bonoldi

'Tangled' Live-Action Movie Back in Development With Scarlett Johansson Eyed to Star
Ryan Gajewski
October 9, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tangled-live-action-movie-scarlett-johansson-disney-1236397034/

Cynthia Erivo to Star in Animated Musical 'Bad Fairies' for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Locksmith Animation
Borys Kit
October 9, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cynthia-erivo-to-star-in-animated-musical-bad-fairies-1236397117/

Charles Criner – RIP
D. D. Degg  
October 10, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/10/charles-criner-rip/

It's a Comix Thing, you wouldn't understand: a photo gallery from Comix Thing 2025
Isaac Odai | October 10, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/its-a-comix-thing-you-wouldnt-understand-a-photo-gallery-from-comix-thing-2025/

Here's Hoping You're Swell — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | October 10, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/heres-hoping-youre-swell-this-weeks-links/

Paul Buhle & Abigail Susik, on Franklin Rosemont: Comics, Cartoons and Popular Culture. Oct 7, 2025
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium
430 Oct 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caLdLrltQjQ

The Center for Cartoon Studies marks two decades of artistic innovation
This story by Marion Umpleby was first published in the Valley News on Oct. 1, 2025.
 https://vtdigger.org/2025/10/06/the-center-for-cartoon-studies-marks-two-decades-of-artistic-innovation/

Faced With A Million Paths: Lara Boyle Interviews PAUL KARASIK
Lara Boyle
October 6, 2025
https://solrad.co/faced-with-a-million-paths-lara-boyle-interviews-paul-karasik

Q & A with Trung Le Nguyen
By Amanda Ramirez              
Oct 02, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/98747-q-a-with-trung-le-nguyen.html

Alison Bechdel, cartoonist: 'We've gotten so polarized in the United States that we're unable to see each other's humanity'
Iker Seisdedos
New Haven (Connecticut) - OCT 04, 2025
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-04/alison-bechdel-cartoonist-weve-gotten-so-polarized-in-the-united-states-that-were-unable-to-see-each-others-humanity.html

INTERVIEW: Hirschfeld Foundation pays tribute to Sondheim with new book
October 6, 2025 John Soltes
https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/interview-hirschfeld-foundation-pays-tribute-to-sondheim-with-new-book/

'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees' to Get Third Volume as IDW Mints a Hit Franchise (Exclusive)
Currently in the middle of its second volume, the cuddly serial killer title has sold more than 300,000 copies of the comic and collected editions.
Borys Kit
October 3, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees-third-volume-1236392624/

Interview: Matt Wagner & Kelley Jones on Giving the Count His Due in DRACULA: BOOK III
Jed W. Keith
Oct 3, 2025
https://www.freaksugar.com/interview-matt-wagner-kelley-jones-on-giving-the-count-his-due-in-dracula-book-iii/

Pass The Monster Meat Milady is Cooking Up a Delicious Anime Confection
by Jeremy Tauber, Oct 3rd 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-10-03/pass-the-monster-meat-milady-is-cooking-up-a-delicious-anime-confection/.228612

Overcoming Insecurities with Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love Manga Creator mamakari
by Jeremy Tauber, Oct 8th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-10-08/overcoming-insecurities-with-plus-sized-misadventures-in-love-manga-creator-mamakari/.229439

    Fanbase Press Interviews Nihaarika Negi on the Upcoming Release of the Graphic Novel, 'Hunger,' with The Lab Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 9, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57618-fanbase-press-interviews-nihaarika-negi-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-graphic-novel-hunger-with-the-lab-press/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Ryan Claytor on His Return to Kickstarter for the 'Elephant Eater Comics Annual Dispatch'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 3, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57577-fanbase-press-interviews-ryan-claytor-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-elephant-eater-comics-annual-dispatch/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Melissa F. Olson on the Upcoming Release of the 'Archaic' Trade Paperback with AHOY Comics
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 3, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57581-fanbase-press-interviews-melissa-f-olson-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-archaic-trade-paperback-with-ahoy-comics/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Patrick Coyle on His Return to Kickstarter for the Third Chapter of 'Bixby Grant, Private Eye: Fangs & Brimstone'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 6, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57594-fanbase-press-interviews-patrick-coyle-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-third-chapter-of-bixby-grant-private-eye-fangs-brimstone/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Andy Nordvall on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Comic Book Anthology, 'Bad Future'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 7, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57602-fanbase-press-interviews-andy-nordvall-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-comic-book-anthology-bad-future/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Louis Southard on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for the Comic Book, 'Laugh Riot #1'
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 8, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57606-fanbase-press-interviews-louis-southard-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-the-comic-book-laugh-riot-1/

X-Men Monday #315 – Jason Loo Talks 'X-Vengers'
Chris Hassan
October 6, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/06/x-men-monday-315-jason-loo-x-vengers/

A Sweet new deal: Developers behind 'Software for Comic Folk' talk products, commerce, and collaboration
The buzzy little tech company has big plans for comics from here on out.
Chris Coplan
October 9, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/09/sweet-comics-software-feature/

Brooke, David. 2025. Mark Evanier on curating 75 years of story magic for 'The Essential Peanuts'. AIPT (October 7): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/07/mark-evanier-the-essential-peanuts/

Brooke, David. 2025. Interview: Jeff DiBartolomeo on Comixology Originals, 'Salvation's Child,' and what's next. AIPT (October 7): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/07/interview-jeff-dibartolomeo-comixology/

Brooke, David. 2025. Chris Ryall on bringing Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' to the comics. AIPT (October 7): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/07/chris-ryall-megalopolis-qa/

Mary Shyne Interview: YOU AND ME ON REPEAT
Henry Chamberlain
Comics GrinderOctober 5, 2025
https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/10/05/mary-shyne-interview-you-and-me-on-repeat/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEX2ouYIP7g

In This Graphic History, an Unflinching Look at Black Activism

"Black Arms to Hold You Up," the latest salvo from the award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore, merges of-the-moment urgency with historical fact.
Sam Thielman
 Oct. 7, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/books/review/black-arms-to-hold-you-up-ben-passmore.html

'God of manga' Osamu Tezuka's unknown storyboards discovered
Oct 6, 2025
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/manga-artist-osamu-tezuka-works-discovered/

GUS GORDON for INTO THE BEWILDERNESS
Comix Experience   Oct 3, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtmgXPbudPU

More to Come 699: Stargazing plus Carla Speed McNeil
 Calvin Reid, Meg Lemke and Heidi MacDonald
PW Comics World: More To Come 10/03/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1395

Forceville, Charles. 2025. The JOURNEY metaphor in Marc-Antoine Mathieu's graphic novel → (Sens). Language and Literature, (October 1, 2025 ). https://doi.org/10.1177/09639470251381545
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09639470251381545
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/09639470251381545

Special Issue: Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling
Special Issue Editors: Erin Kathleen Bahl and Andy Kolovos
Journal of American Folklore
Volume 138, Number 550, Fall 2025
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55668

Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling: Introduction
Erin Kathleen Bahl, Andy Kolovos
pp. 393-404
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970590

Finding the Lost Light: The Performance of Myth in Transformers Comic Books
Daniel Peretti
pp. 405-419
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970591

They Who Build Monstresses: Tracing Folkloric and Literary Monster Motifs in E. M. Carroll's When I Arrived at the Castle
Ayanni C. H. Cooper
pp. 420-432
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970592  

What to Wear When Saving Ukraine: Folkloric References and National Symbolism in Ukrainian Superhero Comics
Jennifer A. Dickinson
pp. 433-443
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970593  

No, You Can't Just Draw Cats: Drawing and Thinking About Gender-Diverse Human Bodies in Comics-Based Research
Sally Pirie
pp. 444-457
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970594
   
"How Did We Meet?": Experiments with Ethnographic Comics in Nepal
Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway, Promina Shrestha
pp. 458-467
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970595
 
Perplexities of Settler Colonial Folklore: Stripping for the Holidays ["Indian humor" via comic strips]
Bernard C. Perley
pp. 468-479
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970596
 

Balancing Creativity and Coping: How Comic Art Reveals Challenges for the Survivor-Folklorist
Nic Hartmann
pp. 480-490
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970597

Fairy Tales, #FolktaleWeek, and Vernacular Narrative Sequential Art Online
Erin Kathleen Bahl
pp. 491-499
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970598

Continuing The Most Costly Journey: Two Case Studies
Andy Kolovos
pp. 500-502
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970599

rending and mending heARTs: Joy, Aesthetic Expression, Creative Pedagogy, and Collaborative Representation
Sandra Mizumoto Posey, Cricket Malament
pp. 503-516
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970600

Changing the Narrative: Stories of Student Homelessness and Housing Instability
Kacy McKinney
pp. 517-528
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/25/article/970601

 

More to Come 699: Stargazing plus Carla Speed McNeil

 Calvin Reid, Meg Lemke and Heidi MacDonald

PW Comics World: More To Come 10/03/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1395

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This Stargazing episode, Meg and Calvin discuss 'The Weight,' Melissa Mendes' depression-era family saga, and Mimi Pond's 'Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me,' a graphic biography of the entertaining and wildly dysfunctional Mitford family. Plus, 'Absolute Wonder Woman' by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, and 'Grommets' by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn. Also, Heidi interviews Carla Speed McNeil, Eisner winning creator of 'Finder', about their new book 'Settlers of the Storm Worlds'.

Fredericksburg cartoonist Clay Jones has a stroke

Clay put this notice out today on Facebook and his email list:

Dear friends, lovers, and co-conspirators,

Unfortunately, this week I had a stroke and my right side is partially paralyzed. This means the streak is over and I have to relearn how to use my hand and my voice.

Please bear with me until I figure this out. I appreciate everyone's love and concern. I will see you when I see you.

This post was made with great difficulty using voice messaging. Please do not call or message me.

I love you all,

Clay Jones

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/9/2025

NYCC '25: DC Comics announces 10 new titles for Vertigo revival
And all of them are by creative teams that have previously worked together
Zack Quaintance
10/09/2025  
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-dc-comics-announces-10-new-titles-for-vertigo-revival/

NYCC '25: DC Comics to complete Rick Veitch's scuttled run with SWAMP THING 1989
Complete with the original ads and trade dress
Zack Quaintance
 10/09/2025   https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-dc-comics-to-complete-rick-veitchs-scuttled-run-with-swamp-thing-1989/

NYCC '25: Retailers get a ComicKnowledge drop
Could this be the change retailers need?
 Jon Gorga
10/09/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-retailers-get-a-comicknowledge-drop/

Charles Criner, 1945 – 2025 [U.S. Army cartoonist]
by Nicholas Frank October 2, 2025
https://glasstire.com/2025/10/02/charles-criner-1945-2025/

NYCC '25 DAY 1: Retailer Day report
Heidi MacDonald on 10/09/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-day-1-retailer-day-report/

The Beat Digest 10/09/25: Jae Lee's HELLSHOCK returns
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-100925/

NYCC'25 – What happened on Day Zero of NYCC??
Billy Henehan on 10/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc25-what-happened-on-day-zero-of-nycc/

NYCC '25: Cebulski says "we don't condone AI in the Marvel Comics division"
Samantha Puc on 10/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-cebulski-says-we-dont-condone-ai-in-the-marvel-comics-division/

Jim Lee at the New York Comic Con 2025 Retailer Day for DC Comics
Rich Johnston
Bleeding Cool Oct 8, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTWrFJ5NtY

"DC Comics Will Not Support AI Generated Storytelling Or Art"- Jim Lee
08 Oct 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-will-not-support-ai-generated-storytelling-or-art-jim-lee/

2025 Silha Lecture with Ann Telnaes and Roslyn Mazer
Silha Center Oct 9, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOC2Ac4mtg

Joe Casey Writes Oct 9, 2025  
 MARVEL VS. DC - PART ONE  [John Byrne]
https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/marvel-vs-dc-part-one

Remembering The Mad Peck, eccentric artist behind iconic Providence poster
"His work was brilliant and I think, like so many artists, that was the most comfortable way he knew how to interface with the world."
by Luis Hernandez and Ben Berke March 31, 2025 https://thepublicsradio.org/arts-and-culture/remembering-the-mad-peck-eccentric-artist-behind-iconic-providence-poster/

Unknown. 1923. Comics Appear in Savannah [colored comic strips]. Editor and Publisher 55 (42; March 17): 14. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-03-17_55_42/page/14/mode/2up

Daniel Best - Author Oct 6, 2025
The Jerry Siegel Project: Part Three: 1935 - 1937
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-jerry-siegel-project-66f

Creating a 'Hullabaloo' for Middle Grade Readers
By Shannon Maughan                
Oct 09, 2025  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/98812-creating-a-hullabaloo-for-middle-grade-readers.html

J Alex Morrissey from TRADECRAFT Oct 7, 2025
EPISODE 247 CHRIS SCHWEIZER: Graphic Novelist and Lettering Obsessive
 https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-247-chris-schweizer

Four Questions for Jennifer L. Holm
By Sally Lodge              
Oct 09, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/98819-four-questions-for-jennifer-l-holm.html

Jeff Kinney Knows What It's Like to Be a Party Pooper
SCOTT HELLER
A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 12, 2025, Page 4 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Jeff Kinney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/books/review/jeff-kinney-wimpy-kid-partypooper.html

Reviews: Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog
Nicholas Burman | October 9, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/cornelius-the-merry-life-of-a-wretched-dog/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones on Their Return to Kickstarter for 'Dracula: Book III – The Count' with Orlok Press
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 3, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57573-fanbase-press-interviews-matt-wagner-and-kelley-jones-on-their-return-to-kickstarter-for-dracula-book-iii-the-count-with-orlok-press/

    Fanbase Press Interviews Chris Ryall on the Release of 'Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel' with Abrams ComicArts
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    October 9, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57613-fanbase-press-interviews-chris-ryall-on-the-release-of-megalopolis-an-original-graphic-novel-with-abrams-comicarts/

New Awards to Honor Jack Kirby's Legacy
Oct 09, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5595

IDW DARK ANNOUNCES NEW HORROR TITLES
First Half 2026 Brings Four New Series
 Johanna Draper Carlson on October 8, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60738/idw-dark-announces-new-horror-titles

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ACQUIRED By Distributor
Milton Griepp on October 8, 2025  
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60740/free-comic-book-day-acquired

Universal Distribution Buys Free Comic Book Day
Rich Johnston
  08 Oct 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/universal-distribution-buys-free-comic-book-day/

Tales From Erotech Is Too Hot For Bookstores, Will Be Comic Shops Only
 08 Oct 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tales-from-erotech-is-too-hot-for-bookstores-will-be-comic-shops-only/

Frank Miller Tells You How He Tells Stories In "Push The Wall"
  08 Oct 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-miller-tells-you-how-he-tells-stories-in-push-the-wall/

Watch: How 'Transferable' Directors Crafted a Compelling Question of Sacrifice in Agora's First Animated Short
  Mercedes Milligan
October 7, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/watch-how-transferable-directors-crafted-a-compelling-question-of-sacrifice-in-agoras-first-animated-short/

 October 7, 2025 by Gil Roth
Episode 657 – Tom Tomorrow
Virtual Memories Show 657:
Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. Dan Perkins)
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-657-tom-tomorrow
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_657_-_Tom_Tomorrow.mp3

SNAPSHOTS: TEACHING LOS BROS HERNANDEZ
 edited by William Nericcio & Frederick Aldama
 Amatl Comix, a San Diego State University Press Imprint
 date: ‎ September 16, 2025 https://amatlcomix.sdsu.edu/
 
Finding Our Pedagogical Way into the Everything-Everywhere Storyverse of
Los Bros Hernandez
Frederick Luis Aldama 11
Professor Latinx & the Everything-Everywhere Storyverse of Los Bros Hernandez
Frederick Luis Aldama with Miguel Angel Hernandez 18
An Origin Story in Ivy League Spandex: My Life Teaching Los Bros Hernandez's Love & Rockets
William ''Memo'' Nericcio 27
The Women of Los Bros
Ellen M. Gil-Gomez 31
Teaching Generous, Precise, & Intersectional Reading with "Vida Loca 2: The Death of Speedy Ortiz"
Kathryn Frank 40
Los Bros Chicanx Geographies
Ellen M. Gil-Gomez 52
Teaching Quotidian Temporalities of Queer Worldmaking in Jaime Hernandez's
"Locas 8:01 A.M."
Maite Urcaregui 64
Wordless Pages and Unspoken Intimacies in The Love Bunglers
William Orchard 72
A Letter to Penny Century: The Foundational Latinx Superheroine
Enrique Garcia 81
Sleuthing the Grammatext of Love and Rockets X
Joanna Davis-McElligatt 88
Earthly Legacies of Coloniality of Power in Gilbert Hernandez's "An American in Palomar"
Patrick L. Hamilton and Allan W. Austin 103
Re-schematizing Narrative Temporalities in Gilbert Hernandez's Julio's Day
Ralph Villanueva 112
Mexican American Deployments of Central American Spaces in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
Regina Marie Mills 118
Not So Lost in Translation: Teaching Luba and Her Family in Belgium
Jan Baetens 132
Aqui Tenemos Todo: Hemispheric Aesthetics in Gilbert Hernandez's Heartbreak Soup
Jose Alaniz 138
Creating Child-Adult Audiences in Marble Sea
Christopher Gonzalez 147
Teaching Los Bros: A Reflection in Four Parts
Charles Hatfield 158
Reframing Immigrant Narrativesin "Mojado Power" and "The KKK Comes to Hoppers"
Fernanda Dfaz-Basteris 171
"La Blanca" as Borderland Mythos
Samantha Ceballos 177
Sequential Meaning Making in "Bob Richardson
Chad A. Barbour 186
Marble Season as Pop Cultural Anchor in the Humanities Classroom
Jessica Rutherford 189
Fandoms and Superheroes in Marble Season
Anthony R. Ramirez 201
Learning Latinx Culture with Bumper Head
Hector Garza 204
Ghost in the Mirror: Gilbert Hernandez's "Errata Stigmata" Revisited
William ''Memo'' Nericcio 207
Making Comics While Dreaming Lemons and Goatmen in SLOTH
Theresa Rojas 212
Poison River's Pedro Pacotilla as Decolonial Character
Marc Sobel  217
Woman on the Verge or A Verge Within the Woman? Jaime Hernandez and the Bordered Psycho/cultural Terrain of a Latina Writer
William ''Memo'' Nericcio 221
Garden of the Flesh and its Counter Cultural Legacies
Nhora Lucia Serrano
Jaime's Odyssey by Interview
Frederick Luis Aldama and llan Stavans
An Anatomy of Jaime's Tonta
Frederick Luis Aldama and Jaime Hernandez
Beto's Odyssey by Interview
Frederick Luis Aldama and Gilbert Hernandez 248
Drawing Power: A Conversation with Jaime Hernandez & Lalo Alcaraz
Jaime Hernandez, Lalo Alcaraz & Frederick Luis Aldama 257

2025 Silha Lecture with Ann Telnaes and Roslyn Mazer

Silha Center Oct 9, 2025 MINNEAPOLIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOC2Ac4mtg

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Voter Enthusiasm"

"Voter Enthusiasm"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4191

I happily confess that nearly my entire contact with Legacy Media™ these
days comes from the five minutes or so I spend scoping out the front
pages of the Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, New
York Times – and the New York Post, if I think I can stand it – in
search of inspiration at the newsstands of my local bodegas while out on
my morning walk.

Isn't it adorable how all the DNC can think about is getting their
goddamn vote out while our neighbors are being snatched and disappeared
by gangs of masked thugs, the regime is spitting in our faces on live TV
and trying to provoke a civil war, and pretty much every goddamn
American institution we were taught to venerate in school has turned out
to be total garbage? But yeah, sure, Donkeycrats; let's get that
mid-term vote out.

And what's with the "voter enthusiasm" thing? Goddamn Democrats can't
shut the hell up with that crap. What, are they bugged that the voters
are so goddamn beat down, desperate and indoctrinated that they're just
kind of reflexively dragging their glum, dejected asses out to punch a
chad, tap a screen, pull a lever, then back home for "The Price Is
Right" instead of eagerly, happily, proudly – dare I say "joyfully" –
skipping and singing on their way to the polls?

--------------

"Under Pressure From The Left, Democrats Rejoin The Fight; Divided party
hopes shutdown will help reignite voter enthusiasm", Wall Street
Journal, Page A1 10.03.2025
https://www.sinkers.org/posters/enthusiasm/WSJ_A1_Oct0325-01voterenthusiasm.jpg
  
___________________________________________________________
Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

What He Really Whispered by Daniel Boris

 

Oct 12: Fantom Comics INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB: CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT

INTERFAITH BOOK CLUB: CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT
>>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12th @ 6:30pm

The October in-person meeting of our interfaith book club will be discussing New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's memoir CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?

It's a funny book but it's also about death! This book club will be hosted by Jacob's mom, Robin.

Available at Fantom now! If you can't afford your own copy, we may have some free copies for those who may need it. Please check in if we have them in-stock, first come first serve.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 10/8/2025

Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine debuts immersive DC comic attraction

By Teresa Gubbins

Mar 26, 2025 https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/gaylord-texan-dc-comics-lanterns/

 

Siuslaw School District Removes Graphic Novel Flamer From the High School Library

National Coalition Against Censorship March 25, 2025

https://ncac.org/news/siuslaw-school-district-removes-graphic-novel-flamer-from-the-high-school-library

 

Ghibli effect: How ChatGPT's AI tool sparked a new viral comic strip trend

Ghibli movies have a unique look—soft watercolor-like backgrounds, expressive characters, and a dreamy, magical feel. Now, thanks to AI, people can recreate this style with their own photos.

Ankita Chakravarti

March 27, 2025

https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/why-does-x-feed-look-like-a-comic-strip-blame-it-on-chatgpt-s-ghibli-effect-article-12977407.html

 

French duo making graphic novel about Choctaw Code Talker

Austin Hedgcoth

Mar. 26, 2025

https://www.kxii.com/2025/03/27/french-duo-making-graphic-novel-about-choctaw-code-talker/

 

Cubicle Pirates Stranded on a Desert Island without a Punchline in Sight

Ilan Manouach | October 8, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/cubicle-pirates-stranded-on-a-desert-island-without-a-punchline-in-sight/

 

Boom! Crash! ASU club strikes down concerns about the future of comic books

The Comic Book Club at ASU Poly meets up weekly to discuss the ever-growing comic book universe

Kate Gore | March 26, 2025

https://www.statepress.com/article/2025/03/comic-book-club-profile

 

NYCC '25: BOOM! snaps up JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS rights

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/boom-jem-holograms/

 

NYCC '25: Kindt moving his Flux House to Oni Press

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 10/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kindt-oni-press/

 

Comic creation: My semester teaching elementary students

Zoey Belk,

Mar 31, 2025 https://lanthorn.com/123363/ae/comic-creation-my-semester-teaching-elementary-students/

 

Barnaby's Futura Fantasy

In Crockett Johnson's iconic comic strip, the type speaks for itself.

Nicole Rudick

03.19.25

https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/barnaby-crockett-johnson-nicole-rudick

 

NYCC '25: Jim Lee's Retailer Day speech – "DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."

Heidi MacDonald on 10/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-jim-lee-retailer-day-speech-ai/

 

 The Power Cut

https://www.tumblr.com/thepowercut

 

The Power Cut Issue #1: "The Balancing Act" [fanzine about The Power Fantasy].

February 14, 2025

https://thepowercut.itch.io/the-power-cut-1

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11nsRrEVUmw98U6BuXADSYsY9dEOL7BEF?usp=drive_link

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/laorcr6g14uhccts56x5m/AH9B7Fx-m8ar7VvoYdW3ot0?rlkey=nj94wtukq0e4bnbmj0admjfjv&e=1&st=qg965pfa&dl=0

 

The Power Cut #2: Time and Time Again [fanzine about The Power Fantasy].

October 5 2025

https://thepowercut.itch.io/the-power-cut-2

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mu4vUFo2VAac9xtYGWhAhe8smkQXH0oO?usp=sharing

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/s5lysumnzd67ntr0646xx/AIKb3_IFffuzRdLFcQUoCs8?rlkey=jfz0pl184ggpo7ul1ijfdr782&st=oh52qgix&dl=0

 

Unknown, 1923. Reform for Omaha Speeders: World-Herald Artist Pointed to Jail, But Speedometer Man Knew Better [editorial cartoon]. Editor and Publisher 55 (43; March 24):17. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1923-03-24_55_43/page/16/mode/2up

 

Françoise Mouly & Genevieve Bormes

Li'l Kayla Endures It All: A young Texas girl who loves solitude and honey buns navigates a cruel and indifferent world [Precious Rubbish]

March 31, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lil-kayla-endures-it-all

 

Interview: Mark Evanier on the joy of creating THE ESSENTIAL PEANUTS collection

Ollie Kaplan on 10/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mark-evanier-on-the-joy-of-creating-the-essential-peanuts-collection/

 

NYCC '25: You can buy 1,360 different exclusives at the show

  Heidi MacDonald on 10/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-you-can-buy-1360-different-exclusives-at-the-show/

 

Joe Brainard's iconic comic strip interpretations on display in New York [Nancy, fine art]

Art Daily March 30 2025

https://artdaily.com/news/180534/Joe-Brainard-s-iconic-comic-strip-interpretations-on-display-in-New-York

 

Peter Sanderson

The Fantastic Four's Supporting Cast [First Steps movie]

Sanderson on Comics Oct 7, 2025

https://substack.com/inbox/post/175579730

 

NYCC '25: Image unveils massive programming slate

Adam Barnhardt on 10/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-image-panels-schedule/

 

Dynamite Entertainment Buys Jae Lee's Hellshock

07 Oct 2025 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dynamite-entertainment-buys-jae-lees-hellshock/

 

Matt Kindt Brings Flux House Imprint From Dark Horse To Oni Press

 07 Oct 2025 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/matt-kindt-brings-flux-house-imprint-from-dark-horse-to-oni-press/

 

Matt Kindt, Oni Press Sign Publishing, Media Partnership for "Bigger, Bolder, Weirder" Comics (Exclusive); The deal comes with two new titles out of the gate: a relaunch of the creator's acclaimed 'Mind MGMT' series and action comic 'Fort Psycho.'

Borys Kit

October 7, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/matt-kindt-oni-press-sign-publishing-media-partnership-1236394389/

 

Oni Press Teams with Matt Kindt's Flux House

by Sophia Stewart               

Oct 08, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/98788-oni-press-teams-with-matt-kindt-s-flux-house-imprint.html

 

Matt Kindt Moves Flux House Imprint To Oni Press With Plans to Develop Existing Series and Launch New Ones

  Brigid Alverson on October 7, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60731/matt-kindt-moves-flux-house-imprint-oni-press

 

EXCLUSIVE: PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: IGNITION PRESS ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW HIRES In Sales, Marketing, More

Brigid Alverson on October 7, 2025 

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60724/exclusive-people-move-ignition-press-announces-four-new-hires

 

You've seen his work in The New Yorker, now Portland cartoonist Tom Toro has a new book

kgw.com  October 7, 2025

https://www.kgw.com/video/features/hello-rose-city/youve-seen-his-work-in-the-new-yorker-now-portland-cartoonist-tom-toro-has-a-new-book/283-e7ab591e-cdfe-476e-b39a-2c408458d54c

 

TDC @ 20: Meeting Your Heroes [Richard Thompson, Matt Groening, Dick Locher]

 Alan Gardner 

October 8, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/08/tdc-20-meeting-your-heroes/

 

Interviewed: Dick Locher talks about his cartooning career, future and Parkinson's

 Alan Gardner

June 24, 2010

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/06/24/interviewed-dick-locher-talks-about-his-cartooning-career-future-and-parkinsons/

 

'Sanda' Is a Weird, Wild, and Wonderfully Unhinged Holiday Horror-Comedy Anime

The premiere episode of Science Saru's 'Sanda,' from 'Beastars' creator Paru Itagaki, is a delightfully deranged Halloween-meets-Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

By Isaiah Colbert

io9 October 8, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/sanda-prime-video-science-saru-anime-paru-itagaki-beastars-premiere-review-2000669543

 

'Vinland Saga' Creator Makoto Yukimura Looks Back on Writing His Pacifist Viking Epic

The mangaka talks to io9 about the risks, inspirations, and aspirations behind his creation.

By Isaiah Colbert

io9 October 7, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/vinland-saga-creator-makoto-yukimura-looks-back-on-writing-his-pacifist-viking-epic-2000664303

 

Exclusive: See the Official 'NANA' Cover Featuring Vivienne Westwood For The Manga's 25th Anniversary

Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki are strutting down the runway in their own VW looks!

By Tamara Fuentes

 Oct 6, 2025 https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/a68404276/nana-vivienne-westwood-25th-anniversary-cover-reveal/

 

A Seriously Fun Conversation about Queer Food, with Dr. Alex Ketchum and Megan Joanna Elias [Queers at the Table]

 Thalia Stopa  

Oct 6, 2025

https://scoutmagazine.ca/a-seriously-fun-conversation-about-queer-food-with-dr-alex-ketchum-and-megan-joanna-elias/