PURPLE EARTH COMICS CLOSES, TABLETOP TREASURES GAMES OPENS, ETSY STORE GOES BRICK-AND-MORTAR, RETAILERS TALK TARIFFS, FCBD LOOMS
Shop Talk, April 2025
Brigid Alverson on April 29, 2025
Huntington comic shop closes after three decades
Mike Browning
WOWK Apr 28, 2025
https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/huntington-comic-shop-closes-after-three-decades/
Troy's Cromulent Comics looks to power-up what a comic shop can be
By Rick Marshall,
Albany Times-Union April 18, 2025
Mission Viejo comic shop aims for "nuclear" success
Raniel Santos
Apr 7, 2025
Up, up and away! Free Comic Book Day set for Saturday
Justin Marietti
Mining Journal Apr 28, 2025
https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2025/04/up-up-and-away-4/
Livermore man arrested for comic shop burglary, stolen Legos case
By KTVU Staff
March 28, 2025
https://www.ktvu.com/news/arrest-made-case-comic-shop-burglary-stolen-legos-case
The Best Comic Book Stores in DFW
At these North Texas shops, escapism is only a book away.
By Simon Pruitt
April 14, 2025
https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/best-comic-book-stores-in-dallas-texas-22091604
May 3: The best thing about FREE Comic Book Day isn't even the free comic books
Byline: Press Release
Double Midnight Comics
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Comic Book Day Comic Shop Crawl
https://www.choosechicago.com/event/comic-book-day-comic-shop-crawl/
Free Comic Book Day gives local artists an opportunity to shine
Event also provides Time Travelers a chance to show off new Berkley location
By Kurt Anthony Krug
: April 28, 2025
Free Comic Book Day celebrates everything from manga to Marvel at Houston stores
By Yvette Orozco,
April 25, 2025 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/free-comic-book-day-20292124.php
West Virginia comic book writer named editor-in-chief at Boom! Studios [Andy Schmidt]
Mike Browning
WOWK Apr 14, 2025
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia-comic-book-writer-named-editor-in-chief-at-boom-studios/
2025 Huntington Comic & Toy Convention canceled
Mike Browning
WOWK Mar 21, 2025
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/2025-huntington-comic-toy-convention-canceled/
Marvel vs. DC: Which is West Virginia's favorite?
Isaac Taylor
WOWK Dec 16, 2022
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/marvel-vs-dc-which-is-west-virginias-favorite/
R.I.P. JACK KATZ
Longtime Comics Artist, Creator of Early Graphic Novel 'The First Kingdom'
Brigid Alverson on April 29, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59435/r-i-p-jack-katz
Diamond files motion to approve sale to Universal and Ad Populum
Heidi MacDonald on 04/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-files-motion-to-approve-sale-to-universal-and-ad-populum/
Court approves sale of Diamond assets to Universal/Ad Populum
Heidi MacDonald on 04/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/court-approves-sale-of-diamond-assets-to-universal-ad-populum/
Diamond Motions Court for Sale to Universal Distribution, Ad Populum, and Sparkle Pop LLC
April 29, 2025 by Brett Schenker
286 Days in Space: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN TWO ASTRONAUTS WENT INTO SPACE FOR 9 DAYS - AND GOT STUCK THERE FOR 9 MONTHS
BY THOMAS FULLER•ILLUSTRATIONS BY TONCI ZONJIC
New York Times (April 27 2025): Kids 5
HOW I BECAME A MANGA ARTIST BY POSUKA DEMIZU
Bryan Lufkin and Hisako Ueno
New York Times (April 27 2025): Kids 9
Meet Maia Kealoha, the 8-Year-Old Star of the New 'Lilo & Stitch'.
KATHERINE CUSUMANO
New York Times (April 27 2025): Kids 9
DC Studios' Luca Guadagnino Movie 'Sgt. Rock' Not Moving Forward
Borys Kit
April 30, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-studios-luca-guadagnino-movie-sgt-rock-1236204176/
Free speech row as cartoons are banned: Backlash after venue scraps exhibition of Fleet Street cartoonists - including the Mail's Mac and Pugh - for fear of causing offence
SAM GREENHILL
29 April 2025
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14661933/Free-speech-row-cartoons-banned-exhibition.html
Archie, Jughead and friends are helping raise money for a Newfoundland fire department
Archie Comics was eager to create new tale when approached by Harbour Breton Volunteer Fire Department
Alex Kennedy · CBC News Apr 26, 2025
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/archie-comics-harbour-breton-1.7518041
STEVENSON LOST AND FOUND
https://www.stevensonlostandfound.com/about
Cartoon Liberation | Robert Crumb and His Times
Jeet Heer
April 2025
https://southwestreview.com/volume-110-number-1/cartoon-liberation-robert-crumb-and-his-times/
Half Dream, Half Reality | An Interview with Lynda Barry
Mary Miller
(April 2025): https://southwestreview.com/volume-110-number-1/half-dream-half-reality-an-interview-with-lynda-barry/
Keith Giffen: The Interview part 5
Harry Broertjes
https://glencadigan.substack.com/p/is-this-thing-on-xxiv
Glen Cadigan from 20th Century Refugee April 30 2025
Kadokawa Corporation announces winners of its first "Wordless World Manga Contest"
By John Freeman on April 30, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/kadokawa-corporation-announces-winners-of-its-first-wordless-world-manga-contest/
Studiohoffmann presents Gab 'n' Doodle with guest Brian Biggs
mark hoffmann
Apr 21, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TbNFWhsoc
Skottie Young
I Hate Fairyland: Once Upon A Time FCBD Special [FCBD work]
STUPID FRESH MESS Apr 30, 2025
https://skottieyoung.substack.com/p/i-hate-fairyland-once-upon-a-time
Artist Talks in Times of Fascism
Laylah Ali, whose drawing survey is on view at UMass Amherst, has a knack for addressing what artists stay silent about.
Jesse Lambert and Laylah Ali April 29, 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1007254/artist-talks-in-times-of-fascism/
Gil Roth
Craig Thompson
Virtual Memories Show 636: April 30, 2025
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-636-craig-thompson
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_636_-_Craig_Thompson.mp3
'Thunderbolts*': Another Marvel widget, saved by the cast
Review by Ann Hornaday
April 30, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/04/30/thuderbolts-marvel-movie-florence-pugh/
Box Office: 'Thunderbolts*' to Kick Off Summer Season in Pivotal Moment for Marvel Studios
Pamela McClintock
April 29, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-thunderbolts-summer-marvel-studios-1236203557/
Thunderbolts* Zeroes In On The Human Beneath The Hero
By Jarrod Jones | April 30, 2025
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/thunderbolts/thunderbolts-review-mcu-marvel-team-florence-pugh-cast-plot-action-problems
Movie Review: THUNDERBOLTS* won't shock you but will leave you feeling satisfied
Julian Lytle on 04/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review-thunderbolts-wont-shock-you-but-will-leave-you-feeling-satisfied/
Colleen Doran
Eh...nope. [making a living in comic books]
Colleen Doran's Funny Business Apr 30, 2025
https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/ehnope
Sally Williams dir. 2019.
Stevenson Lost And Found [documentary film on James Stevenson].
Salient Films
https://www.stevensonlostandfound.com
Kiwi filmmaker documents the life of one of America's great cartoonists with Stevenson: Lost and Found
Elizabeth White
Newshub June 18, 2020
https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/350539119/kiwi-filmmaker-documents-the-life-of-one-of-america-s-great-cartoonists-with-stevenson-lost-and-found
The shows must go on: Oscar-qualifying film festival Doc Edge goes digital [ "Stevenson - Lost and Found". James Stevenson]
Kate Green
May 31, 2020
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/121671966/the-shows-must-go-on-oscarqualifying-film-festival-doc-edge-goes-digital
Military Decorations, Pete Hegseth-Style
A new lineup of distinguished-service medals, rewarding Martial Lawlessness, Laughing at All of Elon Musk's Jokes, and Outstanding Bone Spurs.
By Ivan Ehlers
April 28, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/military-decorations-pete-hegseth-style
Graphic novelist Gareth Hinds on imagining and illustrating the classics
Adele Haeg
Jan 30, 2025
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/01/30/graphic-novelist-gareth-hinds-on-imagining-and-illustrating-the-classics/
Good Omens shares graphic novel update ahead of season 3
The Terry Pratchett Estate has issued a statement.
Louise Griffin
Radio Times 30 January 2025
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/good-omens-graphic-novel-update-newsupdate/
Virginia veteran and comic book artist Clutch honors his fallen friends through graphic novels ["War Stories: The Battle of Britain," Willie "Clutch" Grimes]
By: Greg McQuade
Jan 31, 2025
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/clutch-comic-book-artist-jan-31-2025
Seven-year-old Bobby Morrison brings comics to the Reflet [Canada]
31 janvier 2025
By Gabrielle Vinette
https://editionap.ca/2025/01/31/seven-year-old-bobby-morrison-brings-comics-to-the-reflet/
More Headaches for Diamond Comic Distributors
By Jim Milliot and John Maher
Apr 30, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/97656-more-headaches-for-diamond-comic-distributors.html
Meet Boom! Studios Publisher Michael Kelly
By Heidi MacDonald
Apr 30, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97522-meet-boom-studios-publisher-michael-kelly.html
PW Close-Up: Mark Siegel on the New 23rd Street Imprint
Apr 27, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97603-pw-studio-pw-close-up-mark-siegel-on-the-new-23rd-street-imprint.html
American Manga Awards Set for August 21
Apr 29, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5341
Manga in The Crosshairs: The State of Manga Bans in 2025
by Coop Bicknell, Apr 25th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025-04-25/manga-in-the-crosshairs-the-state-of-manga-bans-in-2025/.223363
PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 670: Publishing News
Calvin Reid, Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons
on 04/25/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1365
Disney & Marvel Don't Want To Play Nicepool With Justin Baldoni Over 'Deadpool' In Blake Lively Battle
Dominic Patten
April 29, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/04/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-ryan-reynolds-latest-2-1236379694/
Marvel doesn't want to share Nicepool plans with Justin Baldoni; Disney argues that Deadpool is an ongoing franchise, so Nicepool plans are proprietary information.
By Mary Kate Carr | April 29, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/disney-wont-share-nicepool-info-justin-baldoni
Comic Culture with Denis Kitchen
terence dollard
Apr 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGM6X73ggUQ
TAPE DEC #14 | Nate Cosby
Declan Shalvey
Apr 30, 2025 TAPE DEC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFzp7vMGc7s
Tim Seeley Talks TMNT Rouge Vigilante and More
wordballoon
Apr 29, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIMDl3D-xJw
Paul Jenkins Thunderbolts and The Sentry
wordballoon April 30 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvdjEmPJAs
#221: Tyler Boss - You'll Do Bad Things Writer
Justin Soderberg
Apr 30, 2025 Capes and Tights Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEI0zvAy6sQ
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