Friday, January 31, 2025
‘Dog Man’ reviewed in WaPo
“This Beautiful, Ridiculous City” by Kay Sohini reviewed in WaPo
The agonies and ecstasies of New York City, rendered in vibrant color
In her debut graphic memoir, "This Beautiful, Ridiculous City," Kay Sohini examines the lasting appeal of the Big Apple.
Peanuts in the Smithsonian
Why the 'Peanuts' Characters Still Thrive 25 Years After the Last Original Comic Strip Was Published
In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over Charlie Brown's gang
Jules Ruled: Paul Merklein remembers Jules Feiffer
Jules Ruled
By Paul Merklein
Jules Feiffer would not stop talking.
He stood in front of a packed audience seated on folding chairs at Schwartz Bookshop in Wisconsin, answering questions, telling stories, and charming the crowd. Feiffer was a legend, an icon, a rebel with many causes. He was a cartoonist, playwright and novelist who looked and sounded like one of his cartoon characters. He was a Fifties Lefty who rubbed elbows with Jack Nicholson and Robin Williams. He was fired by The Village Voice after contributing his cartoons every week for 40 years, then bounced back to write and illustrate books for children, young adults, and old adults. He was unstoppable.
He would not stop talking, just like he would not stop drawing cartoons, writing books and screenplays, complaining, kvetching and griping about men, women, sex, politics, religion, pop culture, current events, the media, America and anything else that enraged him. Almost everything enraged him. He didn't own a computer. He didn't need a cellphone. He had paper and a pen, and an ambition that would not let him rest. Not until this January, when died at his home in upstate New York at the productive age of 95.
I was seated in one of those folding chairs at Schwartz Bookshop in Shorewood. I could barely stay in my seat. Feiffer was one of my heroes, and here he was right in front of me, answering questions and smirking at his own stories. I had several of his books that he was going to autograph. I couldn't wait. He was going to sign my books. I was going to shake his hand. And then my head would explode.
Feiffer inspired me to draw cartoons. He opened my eyes. Before I discovered his drawings, cartoons were just snarky kids with big heads, super heroes and sexy dames. Feiffer broke all the rules. No more restricting little boxes or borders. No more speech balloons or thought bubbles. No more backgrounds! His pen knew no boundaries. It was all words, words and more words, cascading around a cartoon face and commanding your attention.
Feiffer was the edge. He was a hip mix of George Carlin, Bob Dylan and Picasso. His style and range of topics whiplashed from one cartoon to the next, keeping readers on their toes. He made you think. He made you pause. He made you question everything. He drew himself. He drew Presidents. He drew everyday people. And he gave them all a voice. His voice. His characters never stopped talking. And his audience never stopped listening. We couldn't get enough.
Many years later, I met Feiffer again at a Comic-Con in Baltimore. I was freelancing cartoons to newspapers and magazines, and teaching cartooning at a community center in Arlington VA. He was drawing graphic novels and writing his autobiography. He was on stage, still answering questions, telling stories, and smirking.
His advice to artists was simple. Don't be afraid to fail. Failure inspired him. Failure made him keep drawing. Failure made him keep writing. Read his cartoons. Read his books. Hear his voice. He is still talking.
Paul Merklein is a former resident of Silver Spring MD. His Guess Who cartoon appears in Riverwest Currents newspaper in Milwaukee WI. You can see his cartoons at… https://www.instagram.com/guesswhocartoons
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/30/2025
More publishers announce changes after Diamond bankruptcy
Heidi MacDonald on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/more-publishers-announce-changes-after-diamond-bankruptcy/
Anouk Ricard wins 2025 Angoulême Grand Prix
Dean Simons on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/anouk-ricard-wins-2025-angouleme-grand-prix/
Colleen Doran from Colleen Doran's Funny Business
Jan 30, 2025
Good Omens graphic (sic) novel update
https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/good-omens-grahpic-novel-update
PEOPLE ON THE MOVIE: TOKYOPOP ADDS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES
Owais Farooqui
Posted by Milton Griepp on January 30, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58733/people-movie-tokyopop-adds-director-marketing-sales
The Art of Class War: Newspaper Cartoonists and the 1984-85 Miners' Strike [foreword by Steve Bell]
by Nicholas Jones
Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom (North), 2025
Confronting uncomfortable truths: the power of newspaper cartoons
In the age of Trump, political cartoonists are facing mounting censorship challenges
by Granville Williams
29-01-2025
Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?
By Brittany Allen
January 29, 2025, https://lithub.com/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-political-cartoons/
An Artist's Principled Stand [on editorial cartooning history including Telnaes]
Sage Stossel
January 2025
https://www.sagestossel.com/editorial-cartooning.html
A Conversation with Art Spiegelman
Sage Stossel
Boston Globe May 33 2014: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2014/05/03/coversation-with-art-spiegelman/tu1OBk6jD6YDaaR6fV5GJL/picture.html
online at https://www.sagestossel.com/artspiegelmaninterview.html
Hunt continues for early British comic zines at The Fanscene Project
John Freeman on January 29, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/hunt-continues-for-early-british-comic-zines-at/
Creating Comics: Christopher Fenn talks about "Seron", his Sci-Fi Noir comic series
John Freeman on January 29, 2025
TASQ Art, Ireland's first Academy dedicated solely towards the Sequential Arts, launches "Creator In Conversation" podcast
John Freeman on January 29, 2025
Boom Jumps To Penguin Three Months Early, After Diamond Bankruptcy
Boom Studios jumps to Penguin Random House three months early after Diamond Comic Distributors chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Rich Johnston 29 Jan 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/boom-jumps-to-penguin-three-months-early-after-diamond-bankruptcy/
Sook-Yin Lee with Chester Brown on the story behind the film version of Paying For It
William Schwartz | January 30, 2025
Nancy Beiman from FurBabies
Jan 30, 2025
We interrupt this broadcast [COVID-19 cartoons]
https://nancybeiman.substack.com/p/we-interrupt-this-broadcast
Barbra Dillon,
Fanbase Press Interviews MK Reed and Jonathan Hill on the Launch of the Horticultural Fantasy Series, 'Budding Crisis,' with ComiXology Originals
Fanbase Press January 27, 2025
Valiant Comics Legend, Arthur 'Art' Nichols, Japanese Video Game Icon, Dies at Age 63
By Brian Cronin
CBR Jan 23, 2025 https://www.cbr.com/valiant-art-nichols-video-game-f-zero-obituary/
GOOD OMENS Kickstarter project severs ties with Gaiman
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/good-omens-proceeds/
Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman
Producers say it is 'impossible to continue' with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April
Nadia Khomami
Wed 29 Jan 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/29/stage-adaptation-of-coraline-cancelled-after-allegations-against-neil-gaiman
Bringing 'Dog Man' to Life: A Conversation with Peter Hastings and Karen Foster
By Dan Sarto Animation World Network January 29, 2025
Gil Roth
Matt Madden
Virtual Memories Show 623 January 29, 2025
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-623-matt-madden
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_623_-_Matt_Madden.mp3
Green Lantern Corps: Jeremy Adams and Morgan Hampton on John Stewart, Hawkwoman, and how the Justice League animated series inspired their new comic
Interview | Adams and Hampton tease Green Lantern Corps #1
By Will Salmon
Newsarama Jan 29 2025
https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc-comics/Green-Lantern-Corps-interview-2025/
Joe Quesada teases all-star lineup of comic creators for Amazing Comics imprint
Taimur Dar on 01/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/joe-quesada-amazing-comics-imprint-creators-announced/
Interview: Briana Loewinsohn Talks New Graphic Novel, Raised by Ghosts
Liam McGuire
Comic Frontier January 30, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/interview-briana-loewinsohn-talks-new-graphic-novel-raised-by-ghosts
Aardman Selects Senior Hires for Brand & Licensing
Mercedes Milligan
January 29, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/01/aardman-selects-senior-hires-for-brand-licensing/
Fascinating Fungi: 'Common Side Effects' Creators Raise the Curtain on Their Clever Animated Series
Ramin Zahed
January 29, 2025
This article was written for the March '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 348).
Angoulême International Comics Festival crowns Anouk Ricard, queen of the absurd
The winner of the Grand Prix, awarded on January 29, specializes in the offbeat and nonsensical, with childlike drawings and animal characters.
By Adrien Le Gal
Le Monde January 29, 2025,
Anouk Ricard sacrée Grand Prix du Festival BD d'Angoulême 2025 : "C'est la consécration !" [interview]
Laurence Le Saux
29 janvier 2025
Festival de la BD d'Angoulême 2025: Anouk Ricard sacrée Grand Prix
Jérôme Lachasse
Le 29/01 2025
Anouk Ricard remporte le Grand Prix du Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême 2025
Écrit par Romain Bizeul
Publié le 29/01/2025 à 18h52
National Museum of the American Indian's online Animation Celebration!
Animation Celebration!
February 1–28, 2025
All films are available on demand from February 1, 2025, 12:01 AM ET, to February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.
Animation Celebration! features a collection of Indigenous short animated films that highlight colorful stories of magical tales, humorous encounters, and hidden histories as part of the museum's Art of Storytelling program.

All films are available on demand from February 1, 2025, 12:01 AM ET, to February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice
DetailsDancers of the Grass
DetailsFirst Contact
DetailsKapaemahu
DetailsLate
DetailsMəca
DetailsRaccoon and Crawfish
DetailsThe Mountain of SGaana
DetailsThis program is funded in part by The Walt Disney Company.
Coming soon - the return of Tanama, Haiti’s first female superhero
Meet Tanama, Haiti’s first female superhero!
A protector of her homeland and a beacon of hope, Tanama’s journey is about courage, unity, and fighting for a sustainable future.
In Tanama: The Awakening, she faces her greatest challenge yet—an alien force threatening the balance of nature in her beloved homeland. Can she rise to the occasion?
Join the movement on February 1st as we launch Tanama: The Awakening on Kickstarter. Together, let’s empower the next generation of heroes!
Anthony Louis-Jeune
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/29/2025
Interview: Chris Condon gets Snikt-y with ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #1
Christian Angeles on 01/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-chris-condon-gets-snikt-y-with-ultimate-wolverine-1/
Doug Sneyd – RIP
D. D. Degg
January 28, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/28/doug-sneyd-rip/
EXCLUSIVE: MAD CAVE STUDIOS MOVES TO LUNAR DISTRIBUTION For All Imprints
Milton Griepp on January 29, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58724/exclusive-mad-cave-studios-moves-lunar-distribution
'Dog Man' Review: Pete Davidson in a Consistently Delightful, Surprisingly Heartfelt 'Captain Underpants' Spinoff
The 'SNL' alum voices a villainous cat in DreamWorks' animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's best-selling series of children's graphic novels about a half-human, half-canine police officer.
Frank Scheck
January 29, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/dog-man-review-1236120358/
Movie Review: Dog Man – a perfect kid movie and comic book adaptation
Julian Lytle on 01/29/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review-dog-man-a-perfect-kid-movie-and-comic-book-adaptation/
Editorial cartoons are sadly leaving the picture
Tom Lawrence
January 28 2025
The scientists who re-created Spider-Man's web fluid explain their feat
Thanks to Tufts researchers, there's now a solution that shoots, solidifies and even picks up objects. Alas, you can't use it to swing between buildings.
By Omari Daniels
January 29, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/01/29/spider-man-web-fluid-tufts/
What is the point of art?
A conversation with Liana Finck for creative thinkers, caregivers, people who feel different, and fans of The New Yorker.
Carissa Potter and Liana Finck
Bad at Keeping Secrets! Jan 27, 2025 https://peopleiveloved.substack.com/p/what-is-the-point-of-art
Liana Finck -> Essential Knowledge Interview #1
Colin Matthes
Essential Knowledge with Colin Matthes Jan 28, 2025
https://colinmatthes.substack.com/p/liana-finck-es
Denny O'Neil's Batman Bible and the longevity of comics characters
Heidi MacDonald on 01/29/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/batman-bible-denny-oneil/
Diamond Comic Distributors seeking buyer to avoid layoffs, Hunt Valley closure
Hayes Gardner
Baltimore Banner 1/23/2025
Maryland's Diamond Comic Distributors had a monopoly. How did it go bankrupt?
Hayes Gardner
Baltimore Banner 1/23/2025
2D Animation Champion Tony White Debuts New Memoir 'Animation Me'
Animation Magazine
January 28, 2025
"It's our responsibility to rise to these challenges": Talking independent comics with Silver Sprocket's Avi Ehrlich
Jason Bergman | January 29, 2025
'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' Review: Disney+'s New Web-Slinging Adventure Offers Throwback Charm but Little Innovation
Daniel Fienberg
January 29, 2025
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred twenty-four | Tyler Boss Returns, part two
Jan 29, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/if-you-take-my-meaning-sir
Liam Sharp Talks The Future Of Starhenge
https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/liam-sharp-talks-the-future-of-starhenge/
Paul Neal January 29, 2025
Interview with Hugh D'Andrade
Amaris Ketcham
Autobiographix Jan 29 2025 https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/interview-with-hugh-dandrade
Studies in Comics Vol 15 No. 1-2: Comics, Conscience and Gender, Jan 2025
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/stic/15/1-2
Introduction: Comics, Conscience and Gender
Authors: Michael Connerty and Julia Round
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00115_2
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00115_2
Drawing in circles: Feminized labour in autobiographical comics and cartoons on Instagram
By Charlotte J. Fabricius
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00116_1
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00116_1
The pregnant body in Polish comics: Reading Agata Nowicka's Projekt: Człowiek ('Project: A human being') and Olga Wróbel's Ciemna Strona Księżyca ('The dark side of the moon')
By Małgorzata Olsza
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00117_1
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00117_1
Of monsters and women: Gender, sexual violence and the logic of familiarity in Drawing Power
By Mihaela Precup
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00118_1
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00118_1
Queer unmaking: Monstrosity and dancing liberation in Percy Bertolini's Da sola (2021)
By Alice Parrinello
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00119_1
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00119_1
Race, gender and the erasures of gentrification in Ezra Daniels and Ben Passmore's BTTM FDRS
By John Conlan
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00120_1
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00120_1
'WAIT! Isn't cartooning supposed to be fun?!': Little Barbara Brandon's earliest lessons
Authors: Darnel Degand and Annika Tyson Grier
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00121_1
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00121_1
Interviews
Scary monsters and super creeps: An interview with Emil Ferris
By Michael Connerty
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00122_7
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00122_7
Disrupting the gaze: An interview with Anna F. Peppard
By Julia Round
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00123_7
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00123_7
Book Review
The Rise of the Graphic Novel: Computational Criticism and the Evolution of Literary Value, Alexander Dunst (2023)
By Paul Williams
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00124_5
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00124_5
Review of: The Rise of the Graphic Novel: Computational Criticism and the Evolution of Literary Value, Alexander Dunst (2023) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, xiv + 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-00918-293-5, h/bk, £85.00
Comics
Call Daddy!
By Ollie Hicks
https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00125_7
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/stic_00125_7
Mad Cave announces exclusive partnership with Lunar Distribution
Heidi MacDonald on 01/29/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/mad-cave-announces-exclusive-partnership-with-lunar-distribution/
Arsenic Lullaby-Chuck Dixion's new book done with AI art hahahaha
Douglas Paszkiewicz
Jan 5, 2025
https://arseniclullabies.com/nl20241230chuckdxn.html
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is a Marvel classic in the making
Disney+ debuts an energetic, carefully crafted, and endearing animated series.
By Jarrod Jones | January 29, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-review-marvel-disney-plus-tv
Ironically, the star of the aggressively silly Dog Man is its cat villain
Despite being a spin-off of a spin-off, this animated Dav Pilkey adaptation is a very good boy.
By Andy Crump | January 29, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/dog-man-review
Dog Man Is a Sweetly Silly Cartoon That Knows Itself
By Jesse Hassenger | January 29, 2025
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/dreamworks/dog-man-dav-pikley-animated-movie-2025-pete-davidson
'Coraline' Musical Canceled After Neil Gaiman Sexual Assault Allegations
Michaela Zee
Jan 29, 2025
https://variety.com/2025/legit/global/coraline-musical-uk-canceled-neil-gaiman-sexual-assault-allegations-1236289937/
Pop Culture SquadCast - Live - Episode #076: With Special Guest John Ostrander
Pop Culture Squad Jan 28 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-AdJfWq7qo
The Enduring Art of Manga Gets the Spotlight in a New San Francisco Show
The de Young Museum's "Art of Manga" will spotlight 10 of the field's leading artists.
Min Chen January 27, 2025
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-of-manga-de-young-san-francisco-2601806
Cautiously Optimistic NYC Comics: PW Talks with Kay Sohini
by Shaenon K. Garrity
Nov 15, 2024
A version of this article appeared in the 11/18/2024 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Optimistic NYC
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/96499-this-comics-creator-is-still-optimistic-about-n-y-c-pw-talks-with-kay-sohini.html
Jules Feiffer—Author, Illustrator, Cartoonist, and More—Dies at 95
By Dean Simons, with Emma Kantor
Jan 28, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/96916-jules-feiffer-author-illustrator-cartoonist-and-more-dies-at-95.html
Comic Industry Insiders - Gene Miguel [Shortboxed comics dealer]
Atom! Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Nov 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRQuPP7XgRY
Comic Industry Insiders - Brian Haberlin [Anomaly Productions]
Atom! Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Nov 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuDbA1_ujQo
Comic Industry Insiders - Rich Johnston
Atom! Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Oct 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13m8q6BoXng
Comic Industry Insiders - Kris Longo [PANICK Entertainment]
Prana: Direct Market Solutions Oct 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEK67d7tj1k
Comic Industry Insiders - Shannon & Matt Live [non-profit literacy organization, Bat City]
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Oct 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463lxtI_aRk
Comic Industry Insiders - Jamie S. Rich
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Oct 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj9s07jU2EY
Comic Industry Insiders - Filip Sablik
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Sep 24, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r0REPy78BQ
Comic Industry Insiders - Mark Irwin [Mad Cave]
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Oct 1, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD_KhpxRgbY
Comic Industry Insiders - Jeremy and Cecilia Shorr [Titan Comics store]
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Sep 17, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRtau2r6Y14
Comic Industry Insiders - Jim Valentino
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Jan 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwjGLu11T6E
Comic Industry Insiders - A Sound of Thunder & Rafer Roberts
Atom! Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Sep 10, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljY7WVrU0Qk