GlobalComix expands pact with Dark Horse
Heidi MacDonald on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/globalcomix-expands-pact-with-dark-horse/
'Lilo & Stitch': How a Fuzzy Blue Alien Became a Disney Cash Cow
Step aside, Moana, Elsa and Simba. In recent years, Stitch has quietly become one of Disney's most popular — and most merchandised — characters.
By Ashley Spencer
A version of this article appears in print on May 25, 2025, Section AR, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: A Fuzzy Blue Alien Lifts Disney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/movies/lilo-stitch-disney-live-action-merch.htm
'Lilo & Stitch' Review: Creature Chaos
By Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on May 23, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Leaning In to the Cute and Fluffy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/movies/lilo-and-stitch-review.html
SAG-AFTRA and Nickelodeon Animation Reach Tentative Agreement with AI Protections
Animation Magazine
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/sag-aftra-and-nickelodeon-animation-reach-tentative-agreement-with-ai-protections/
To the Moon and Back in the DuckTales NES Game
Amanda Sheriff
May 20, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/to-the-moon-and-back-in-the-ducktales-nes-game/
Animation Scotland Celebrates 3 Years with New Branding and Global Ambitions
Mercedes Milligan
May 22, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/animation-scotland-celebrates-3-years-with-new-branding-and-global-amibtions/
Binc Launches Fundraising Campaign to Help Comic, Book Shops
Amanda Sheriff
May 19, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/binc-launches-fundraising-campaign-to-help-comic-book-shops/
Alex Ross Special Art Exhibit at Dunn Museum
Amanda Sheriff
May 22, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/alex-ross-special-art-exhibit-at-dunn-museum/
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
May 22, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-129/
$1 Million+ Comic Book Collection in NYC! (Metropolis Comics and Collectibles TOUR)
MiniSuperHeroesToday
May 9, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj5dSwCYtXA
Words, Images, & Worlds: Gene Selassie Returns! [Avengers for Dummies]
Jason DeHart
May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zD7KJeFYQk
Declan Shalvey Draws: Mister Miracle
Declan Shalvey
May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP6j0bS1uJ0
Dominic Bustamante Draws Webtoons and Disney-type Art [Canada]
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
May 22, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW-adKflNg0
ANIME CENTRAL 2025 IN PHOTOS, PART 1
Industry Booth, Cosplay, and More
Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on May 22, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59619/anime-central-2025-photos
Diamond Select Toys Shut Down – Say Goodbye to Those Pre-Orders? The toy industry is changing all around us including layoffs and closures across the board and the shut down of Diamond Select Toys
Tyler Roberts 22 May 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/diamond-select-toys-shut-down-say-goodbye-to-those-pre-orders/
Hermes Press: Diamond Is "Effectively Halting Distribution" Of Comics
22 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/hermes-press-diamond-is-effectively-halting-distribution-of-comics/
South Park Creators Offer One Fan a Chance to Be a Permanent Resident
21 May 2025
by Ray Flook
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/south-park-creators-offer-one-fan-a-chance-to-be-a-permanent-resident/
Interview: Brian DeCubellis and Ethan Sacks talk DARK HONOR
Ollie Kaplan on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview/
How Print Will Save Digital Comics
Atom Freeman, Tiffany Babb, Jazzlyn Stone, Dave Witting, and Chip Zdarsky
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
May 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHd5g4vo-hY
New manga publisher BluPetal launched
Merve Giray on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/new-manga-publisher-blupetal-launched/
Q&A: Denis Kitchen Talks Comic Book Censorship, Forgotten Horror Comics, and the Upcoming ODDLY COMPELLING Documentary
5/20/25
Jonathan James
https://dailydead.com/qa-denis-kitchen-talks-comic-book-censorship-forgotten-horror-comics-and-the-upcoming-oddly-compelling-documentary/
Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential
R. Crumb's cartoons plumb the grotesque corners of the American unconscious.
Jeremy Lybarger/May 20, 2025
https://newrepublic.com/article/194673/robert-crumb-cartoonist-life-book-review-lewd-influential
Live Cartoon Drawing with The Buffalo News' Adam Zyglis and Veefriend's DJ Coffman
The Buffalo News
May 22 2025 https://www.facebook.com/TheBuffaloNews/videos/2457722561281040/
Coplan, Chris. 2025. One Step 'Beyond': Matias Timarchi talks Valiant's new heroes, future prospects; The 'Valiant Beyond' initiative is a vital relaunch of sorts for the indie outlet. AIPT (May 20): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/20/valiant-beyond-feature/
Trump Surprises 'Dilbert' Creator With 2 Calls
Jim Thomas
Newsmax 22 May 2025|
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dilbert-comic-strip-donald-trump/2025/05/22/id/1212033/
Scott Adams Details Trump Call After Revealing He's Dying From 'Same Cancer Biden Has'
Zachary Leeman
May 22nd, 2025, https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/scott-adams-details-trump-call-after-revealing-hes-dying-from-same-cancer-biden-has/
'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams: I'm dying from same cancer as Joe Biden
By Martha Ross | Bay Area News Group
UPDATED: May 20, 2025
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/19/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-dying-same-cancer-joe-biden/
'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams reveals he is dying from same cancer as Biden
By Sheri Walsh
UPI May 19, 2025 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/05/19/dilbert-creator-Scott-Adams-prostate-cancer/8221747687746/
'Dilbert' cartoon creator says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden
Associated Press May 19, 2025 https://apnews.com/article/dilbert-scott-adams-biden-prostate-cancer-8f3edf0a108f55344138ceb4b27e02b9
Westmorland Gazette cartoonist Colin Shelbourn retires
21st May2025
By Darren Shield
https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/25174215.westmorland-gazette-cartoonist-colin-shelbourn-retires/
Private Eye cartoonist Barry Fantoni dies aged 85
He had been a long-term stalwart of the Private Eye editorial team from 1963 until his retirement in 2010.
Hannah Roberts
May 20 2025
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nick-newman-private-eye-ian-hislop-bruce-forsyth-ken-dodd-b1229102.html
Trade Rating: With MAFALDA BOOK ONE, one of the world's great comics is finally in English
Zack Quaintance on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/trade-rating-with-mafalda-book-one-one-of-the-worlds-great-comics-is-finally-in-english/
Mafalda Book One
Quino
Translator: Frank Wynne
New York Review Books, 2025
Leaving your mark on the world with James "Jay" DeMarco d his cat are members of #TeamHN
May 22, 2025 Raegen Montaque
https://prohockeynews.com/leaving-your-mark-on-the-world-with-james-jay-demarco/
Even without comics, we need the news
Rex Smith
WAMC Northeast Public Radio's Midday Magazine May 20, 2025
https://www.wamc.org/commentary-opinion/2025-05-20/even-without-comics-we-need-the-news
Best Kind of Trouble: Stars of Lilo & Stitch Confess Their Most Ornery Secrets
Grae Drake
CBR Presents May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-hgYR7QFf4
Lilo & Stitch Filmmakers Share The "Real Authentic Existence" of Their Characters
Grae Drake
CBR Presents May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIv-vtAbmFM
'Lilo & Stitch': An adorable alien remake with no new tricks [in print as Faithful retelling loses some spark but keeps the fuzzy blue chaos]
Review by Jen Yamato
Washington Post May 23, 2025 : Weekend 20.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/05/23/lilo-stitch-review/
Comics in College – Teaching with your Strengths
Beth Hetland
CXC Festival
May 23, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LN0L2y75g
Criticism of Trump Was Removed From Documentary on Public Television
A segment in a documentary about the cartoonist Art Spiegelman was edited two weeks before it was set to air on public television stations across the country.
Marc Tracy
May 23, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/arts/television/art-spiegelman-documentary-edited.html
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Episode 203 - Victor Varnado
Beth Lawler, co-host Paul Nesja, co-host, Nicole Chrolavicius, Mr. Varnado.
2025-05-21
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-ydpwe-258bec7b
Alison Bechdel Is Finally at Peace Mixing Fiction and Memoir: The lauded cartoonist talks about the process behind her autobiographical new graphic novel, "Spent."
Gilbert Cruz
The New York Times BOOK REVIEW PODCAST
May 23, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/books/review/alison-bechdel-is-finally-at-peace-mixing-fiction-and-memoir.html
https://nyt.simplecastaudio.com/621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9/episodes/9be9745e-d179-428d-be3c-ef13a21c8a89/audio/128/default.mp3
Telnaes, Ann. 2025.
Bedrohte Meinungsfreiheit? Warum ihre Jeff-Bezos-Karikatur in der "Washington Post" nicht erscheinen durfte.
Swiss Media Forum (May 15): https://swissmediaforum.ch/videos/
Ann Telnaes: Washington Post-tegneren som ble sensurert av sjefen [Nordic Media Days].
KOTV May 19 2025
https://vimeo.com/1085680158
Disparition de Lidwine, le maître du detail [France]
Par Akira OIKAWA 5 mai 2025
https://www.actuabd.com/Disparition-de-Lidwine-le-maitre-du-detail
Du Fresne, Karl. 2025. The colourful life and times of Bob Brockie ‒ obituary. Waikato Times (May 9): https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/world-news/360682079/colourful-life-and-times-bob-brockie-obituary
Unknown. 2025. Dr Robert Ellison "Bob" Brockie: Robert Brockie Obituary. New Zealand Post (May 10): https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/thepost-nz/name/robert-brockie-obituary?id=58357854
The Story of Crunchyroll, GGWP, and Forge [Kun Gao interview]
Aaron Bush
Naavik Gaming PodcastJan 31, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYXnaxl_dM
Violence Dimension — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | May 23, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/violence-dimension-this-weeks-links/
"A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture" – Sara Kenney and Company on 'Acid Box', Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young Creators
Andy Oliver
May 16, 2025 https://www.brokenfrontier.com/acid-box-avery-hill-kenney/
MangaDex Says It's Not Shutting Down in Official Response After 'Approximately 7,000 Titles' Hit by DMCA Takedowns
Written by Chike Nwaenie May 19, 2025
https://animecorner.me/mangadex-responds-no-shut-down-7000-titles-dmca-takedowns/
Alison Bechdel Creates An Alternate Reality In New Novel 'Spent'
GO Magazine May 20, 2025 Becca Williams
https://gomag.com/article/alison-bechdel-creates-an-alternate-reality-in-new-novel-spent/
Alison Bechdel: 'It might seem like I'm taking the piss but I love these characters'
Rachel Cooke
17 May 2025 https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/alison-bechdel-it-might-seem-like-im-taking-the-piss-but-i-love-these-characters
What Is Alison Bechdel's Secret? The cartoonist has spent a lifetime worrying. In a new graphic novel, she finds something like solace.
By Hanna Rosin
May 19, 2025
This article appears in the June 2025 print edition with the headline "The Secret to Happiness."
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/alison-bechdel-spent-comic-review/682583/
https://archive.is/IR5Pi#selection-1293.0-1307.59
INTERVIEW: Put on your poker face for 'Arcana Royale'
May 20, 2025 John Soltes
https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/interview-put-on-your-poker-face-for-arcana-royale/
MINDLESS COMMUNICATION – The Black Casebook [ Walt Lewellyn, Batman comics podcaster interview]
Illogical Volume May 17th, 2025
https://mindlessones.com/2025/05/17/mindless-communication-the-black-casebook/
An artist learned to draw comics to understand her family's trauma. She has now made Pulitzer Prize history
With her graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts,' Tessa Hulls is only the second author to win the prestigious award for a comic, 33 years after 'Maus.' 'I won't write any more books,' she warns
Iker Seisdedos
Washington - MAY 18, 2025
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-18/an-artist-learned-to-draw-comics-to-understand-her-familys-trauma-she-has-now-made-pulitzer-prize-history.html
Remembering artist Rob Stull, whose work spanned canvases and comics
Arielle Gray
May 20, 2025
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/20/artist-rob-stull-remembrance
Chris Condon and Jeffrey Alan Love dispatch 'News From The Fallout'
'News From The Fallout' asks the question, "How much would you suffer for your humanity?"
Chris Coplan
May 22, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/22/news-from-the-fallout-feature/
X-Men Monday #297 – Jed MacKay Talks 'X-Men'
Chris Hassan
May 19, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/19/x-men-monday-297-jed-mackay-talks-x-men/
The Next Wave Of Comic Book Movies: Creator Documentaries
Rob Salkowitz,
May 16, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/05/16/the-next-wave-of-comic-book-movies-creator-documentaries/
It's About Working Alongside People I Love: Julian Bata Interviews Maxime Gérin [Canada]
Julian Bata
May 19, 2025
https://solrad.co/its-about-working-alongside-people-i-love-julian-bata-interviews-maxime-gerin
Small island in Ehime has big dreams with manga school
Koichi Amano
Asahi Shimbun May 19, 2025
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15735990
'Sailor Moon' makes stop in Nagoya on 30th anniversary tour [exhibit]
Toshihiro Matsumoto
Asahi Shimbun August 13, 2024 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15372150
Tokyo getting 'Sailor Moon' manhole covers in March
Takahiro Takizawa
Asahi Shimbun March 4, 2024
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15157069
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
By Eric Margolis
Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/05/23/language/manga-translation-japanese/
What Makes Latin American Public Histories Different?
Dialogues, Debates, Perspectives
Marìa Elena Bedoya Hidalgo, Jimena Perry, Sebastián Vargas Álvarez
USAbroad 2025-05-14
Vol. 8 (2025)
https://usabroad.unibo.it/article/view/20223
https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-2752/20223
Laura Park – Curiosity and Cats, May 20, 2025
Lilli Carré
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 421; May 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4eA6PA7wyo
Paul Karasik Conversation
Noah Van Sciver
May 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GSMhqBcaNU
Heidi MacDonald on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/globalcomix-expands-pact-with-dark-horse/
'Lilo & Stitch': How a Fuzzy Blue Alien Became a Disney Cash Cow
Step aside, Moana, Elsa and Simba. In recent years, Stitch has quietly become one of Disney's most popular — and most merchandised — characters.
By Ashley Spencer
A version of this article appears in print on May 25, 2025, Section AR, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: A Fuzzy Blue Alien Lifts Disney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/movies/lilo-stitch-disney-live-action-merch.htm
'Lilo & Stitch' Review: Creature Chaos
By Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on May 23, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Leaning In to the Cute and Fluffy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/movies/lilo-and-stitch-review.html
SAG-AFTRA and Nickelodeon Animation Reach Tentative Agreement with AI Protections
Animation Magazine
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/sag-aftra-and-nickelodeon-animation-reach-tentative-agreement-with-ai-protections/
To the Moon and Back in the DuckTales NES Game
Amanda Sheriff
May 20, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/to-the-moon-and-back-in-the-ducktales-nes-game/
Animation Scotland Celebrates 3 Years with New Branding and Global Ambitions
Mercedes Milligan
May 22, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/animation-scotland-celebrates-3-years-with-new-branding-and-global-amibtions/
Binc Launches Fundraising Campaign to Help Comic, Book Shops
Amanda Sheriff
May 19, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/binc-launches-fundraising-campaign-to-help-comic-book-shops/
Alex Ross Special Art Exhibit at Dunn Museum
Amanda Sheriff
May 22, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/alex-ross-special-art-exhibit-at-dunn-museum/
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
May 22, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-129/
$1 Million+ Comic Book Collection in NYC! (Metropolis Comics and Collectibles TOUR)
MiniSuperHeroesToday
May 9, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj5dSwCYtXA
Words, Images, & Worlds: Gene Selassie Returns! [Avengers for Dummies]
Jason DeHart
May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zD7KJeFYQk
Declan Shalvey Draws: Mister Miracle
Declan Shalvey
May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP6j0bS1uJ0
Dominic Bustamante Draws Webtoons and Disney-type Art [Canada]
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
May 22, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW-adKflNg0
ANIME CENTRAL 2025 IN PHOTOS, PART 1
Industry Booth, Cosplay, and More
Jeffrey Dohm-Sanchez on May 22, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59619/anime-central-2025-photos
Diamond Select Toys Shut Down – Say Goodbye to Those Pre-Orders? The toy industry is changing all around us including layoffs and closures across the board and the shut down of Diamond Select Toys
Tyler Roberts 22 May 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/diamond-select-toys-shut-down-say-goodbye-to-those-pre-orders/
Hermes Press: Diamond Is "Effectively Halting Distribution" Of Comics
22 May 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/hermes-press-diamond-is-effectively-halting-distribution-of-comics/
South Park Creators Offer One Fan a Chance to Be a Permanent Resident
21 May 2025
by Ray Flook
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/south-park-creators-offer-one-fan-a-chance-to-be-a-permanent-resident/
Interview: Brian DeCubellis and Ethan Sacks talk DARK HONOR
Ollie Kaplan on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview/
How Print Will Save Digital Comics
Atom Freeman, Tiffany Babb, Jazzlyn Stone, Dave Witting, and Chip Zdarsky
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
May 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHd5g4vo-hY
New manga publisher BluPetal launched
Merve Giray on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/new-manga-publisher-blupetal-launched/
Q&A: Denis Kitchen Talks Comic Book Censorship, Forgotten Horror Comics, and the Upcoming ODDLY COMPELLING Documentary
5/20/25
Jonathan James
https://dailydead.com/qa-denis-kitchen-talks-comic-book-censorship-forgotten-horror-comics-and-the-upcoming-oddly-compelling-documentary/
Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential
R. Crumb's cartoons plumb the grotesque corners of the American unconscious.
Jeremy Lybarger/May 20, 2025
https://newrepublic.com/article/194673/robert-crumb-cartoonist-life-book-review-lewd-influential
Live Cartoon Drawing with The Buffalo News' Adam Zyglis and Veefriend's DJ Coffman
The Buffalo News
May 22 2025 https://www.facebook.com/TheBuffaloNews/videos/2457722561281040/
Coplan, Chris. 2025. One Step 'Beyond': Matias Timarchi talks Valiant's new heroes, future prospects; The 'Valiant Beyond' initiative is a vital relaunch of sorts for the indie outlet. AIPT (May 20): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/20/valiant-beyond-feature/
Trump Surprises 'Dilbert' Creator With 2 Calls
Jim Thomas
Newsmax 22 May 2025|
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dilbert-comic-strip-donald-trump/2025/05/22/id/1212033/
Scott Adams Details Trump Call After Revealing He's Dying From 'Same Cancer Biden Has'
Zachary Leeman
May 22nd, 2025, https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/scott-adams-details-trump-call-after-revealing-hes-dying-from-same-cancer-biden-has/
'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams: I'm dying from same cancer as Joe Biden
By Martha Ross | Bay Area News Group
UPDATED: May 20, 2025
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/19/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-dying-same-cancer-joe-biden/
'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams reveals he is dying from same cancer as Biden
By Sheri Walsh
UPI May 19, 2025 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/05/19/dilbert-creator-Scott-Adams-prostate-cancer/8221747687746/
'Dilbert' cartoon creator says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden
Associated Press May 19, 2025 https://apnews.com/article/dilbert-scott-adams-biden-prostate-cancer-8f3edf0a108f55344138ceb4b27e02b9
Westmorland Gazette cartoonist Colin Shelbourn retires
21st May2025
By Darren Shield
https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/25174215.westmorland-gazette-cartoonist-colin-shelbourn-retires/
Private Eye cartoonist Barry Fantoni dies aged 85
He had been a long-term stalwart of the Private Eye editorial team from 1963 until his retirement in 2010.
Hannah Roberts
May 20 2025
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nick-newman-private-eye-ian-hislop-bruce-forsyth-ken-dodd-b1229102.html
Trade Rating: With MAFALDA BOOK ONE, one of the world's great comics is finally in English
Zack Quaintance on 05/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/trade-rating-with-mafalda-book-one-one-of-the-worlds-great-comics-is-finally-in-english/
Mafalda Book One
Quino
Translator: Frank Wynne
New York Review Books, 2025
Leaving your mark on the world with James "Jay" DeMarco d his cat are members of #TeamHN
May 22, 2025 Raegen Montaque
https://prohockeynews.com/leaving-your-mark-on-the-world-with-james-jay-demarco/
Even without comics, we need the news
Rex Smith
WAMC Northeast Public Radio's Midday Magazine May 20, 2025
https://www.wamc.org/commentary-opinion/2025-05-20/even-without-comics-we-need-the-news
Best Kind of Trouble: Stars of Lilo & Stitch Confess Their Most Ornery Secrets
Grae Drake
CBR Presents May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-hgYR7QFf4
Lilo & Stitch Filmmakers Share The "Real Authentic Existence" of Their Characters
Grae Drake
CBR Presents May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIv-vtAbmFM
'Lilo & Stitch': An adorable alien remake with no new tricks [in print as Faithful retelling loses some spark but keeps the fuzzy blue chaos]
Review by Jen Yamato
Washington Post May 23, 2025 : Weekend 20.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/05/23/lilo-stitch-review/
Comics in College – Teaching with your Strengths
Beth Hetland
CXC Festival
May 23, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LN0L2y75g
Criticism of Trump Was Removed From Documentary on Public Television
A segment in a documentary about the cartoonist Art Spiegelman was edited two weeks before it was set to air on public television stations across the country.
Marc Tracy
May 23, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/arts/television/art-spiegelman-documentary-edited.html
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Episode 203 - Victor Varnado
Beth Lawler, co-host Paul Nesja, co-host, Nicole Chrolavicius, Mr. Varnado.
2025-05-21
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-ydpwe-258bec7b
Alison Bechdel Is Finally at Peace Mixing Fiction and Memoir: The lauded cartoonist talks about the process behind her autobiographical new graphic novel, "Spent."
Gilbert Cruz
The New York Times BOOK REVIEW PODCAST
May 23, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/books/review/alison-bechdel-is-finally-at-peace-mixing-fiction-and-memoir.html
https://nyt.simplecastaudio.com/621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9/episodes/9be9745e-d179-428d-be3c-ef13a21c8a89/audio/128/default.mp3
Telnaes, Ann. 2025.
Bedrohte Meinungsfreiheit? Warum ihre Jeff-Bezos-Karikatur in der "Washington Post" nicht erscheinen durfte.
Swiss Media Forum (May 15): https://swissmediaforum.ch/videos/
Ann Telnaes: Washington Post-tegneren som ble sensurert av sjefen [Nordic Media Days].
KOTV May 19 2025
https://vimeo.com/1085680158
Disparition de Lidwine, le maître du detail [France]
Par Akira OIKAWA 5 mai 2025
https://www.actuabd.com/Disparition-de-Lidwine-le-maitre-du-detail
Du Fresne, Karl. 2025. The colourful life and times of Bob Brockie ‒ obituary. Waikato Times (May 9): https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/world-news/360682079/colourful-life-and-times-bob-brockie-obituary
Unknown. 2025. Dr Robert Ellison "Bob" Brockie: Robert Brockie Obituary. New Zealand Post (May 10): https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/thepost-nz/name/robert-brockie-obituary?id=58357854
The Story of Crunchyroll, GGWP, and Forge [Kun Gao interview]
Aaron Bush
Naavik Gaming PodcastJan 31, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYXnaxl_dM
Violence Dimension — This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | May 23, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/violence-dimension-this-weeks-links/
"A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture" – Sara Kenney and Company on 'Acid Box', Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young Creators
Andy Oliver
May 16, 2025 https://www.brokenfrontier.com/acid-box-avery-hill-kenney/
MangaDex Says It's Not Shutting Down in Official Response After 'Approximately 7,000 Titles' Hit by DMCA Takedowns
Written by Chike Nwaenie May 19, 2025
https://animecorner.me/mangadex-responds-no-shut-down-7000-titles-dmca-takedowns/
Alison Bechdel Creates An Alternate Reality In New Novel 'Spent'
GO Magazine May 20, 2025 Becca Williams
https://gomag.com/article/alison-bechdel-creates-an-alternate-reality-in-new-novel-spent/
Alison Bechdel: 'It might seem like I'm taking the piss but I love these characters'
Rachel Cooke
17 May 2025 https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/alison-bechdel-it-might-seem-like-im-taking-the-piss-but-i-love-these-characters
What Is Alison Bechdel's Secret? The cartoonist has spent a lifetime worrying. In a new graphic novel, she finds something like solace.
By Hanna Rosin
May 19, 2025
This article appears in the June 2025 print edition with the headline "The Secret to Happiness."
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/alison-bechdel-spent-comic-review/682583/
https://archive.is/IR5Pi#selection-1293.0-1307.59
INTERVIEW: Put on your poker face for 'Arcana Royale'
May 20, 2025 John Soltes
https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/interview-put-on-your-poker-face-for-arcana-royale/
MINDLESS COMMUNICATION – The Black Casebook [ Walt Lewellyn, Batman comics podcaster interview]
Illogical Volume May 17th, 2025
https://mindlessones.com/2025/05/17/mindless-communication-the-black-casebook/
An artist learned to draw comics to understand her family's trauma. She has now made Pulitzer Prize history
With her graphic memoir 'Feeding Ghosts,' Tessa Hulls is only the second author to win the prestigious award for a comic, 33 years after 'Maus.' 'I won't write any more books,' she warns
Iker Seisdedos
Washington - MAY 18, 2025
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-18/an-artist-learned-to-draw-comics-to-understand-her-familys-trauma-she-has-now-made-pulitzer-prize-history.html
Remembering artist Rob Stull, whose work spanned canvases and comics
Arielle Gray
May 20, 2025
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/20/artist-rob-stull-remembrance
Chris Condon and Jeffrey Alan Love dispatch 'News From The Fallout'
'News From The Fallout' asks the question, "How much would you suffer for your humanity?"
Chris Coplan
May 22, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/22/news-from-the-fallout-feature/
X-Men Monday #297 – Jed MacKay Talks 'X-Men'
Chris Hassan
May 19, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/19/x-men-monday-297-jed-mackay-talks-x-men/
The Next Wave Of Comic Book Movies: Creator Documentaries
Rob Salkowitz,
May 16, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/05/16/the-next-wave-of-comic-book-movies-creator-documentaries/
It's About Working Alongside People I Love: Julian Bata Interviews Maxime Gérin [Canada]
Julian Bata
May 19, 2025
https://solrad.co/its-about-working-alongside-people-i-love-julian-bata-interviews-maxime-gerin
Small island in Ehime has big dreams with manga school
Koichi Amano
Asahi Shimbun May 19, 2025
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15735990
'Sailor Moon' makes stop in Nagoya on 30th anniversary tour [exhibit]
Toshihiro Matsumoto
Asahi Shimbun August 13, 2024 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15372150
Tokyo getting 'Sailor Moon' manhole covers in March
Takahiro Takizawa
Asahi Shimbun March 4, 2024
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15157069
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
By Eric Margolis
Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/05/23/language/manga-translation-japanese/
What Makes Latin American Public Histories Different?
Dialogues, Debates, Perspectives
Marìa Elena Bedoya Hidalgo, Jimena Perry, Sebastián Vargas Álvarez
USAbroad 2025-05-14
Vol. 8 (2025)
https://usabroad.unibo.it/article/view/20223
https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-2752/20223
Laura Park – Curiosity and Cats, May 20, 2025
Lilli Carré
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 421; May 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4eA6PA7wyo
Paul Karasik Conversation
Noah Van Sciver
May 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GSMhqBcaNU
