Bud is Retiring—sort of—in 2026!
Bud Plant's Incredible Catalogue Summer 2025
online at https://budplant.blogspot.com/2025/06/ditkos-dc-universe-ernie-bushmillers.html#news
TCAF answers! from Richmond's C. A. P. Ward
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog (June 14, 2025): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/tcaf-answers-from-richmonds-c-p-ward.html
Boom Studios Lays Off Senior Staffers In Third Wave Of Redundancies
13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/boom-studios-lays-off-senior-staffers-in-third-wave-of-redundancies/
Diamond Drops No Cost Returns Service, Demands Retailer Details Today
Diamond Comic Distributors drops their No Cost Returns Service for publishers, and demands retailer bank details, today
13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-drops-no-cost-returns-service-demands-retailer-details-today/
Diamond Comics Challenges Dynamite's Half Million Expenses Claim
, 13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-challenges-dynamites-half-million-expenses-claim/
A major malfunction [Dustin letter]
Vince Greenwald,
Washington Post (June 14 2025): A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/fathers-day-grief-english-majors-terrorism/
Incendiary device [Ramirez letter]
Patrick Theros,
Washington Post (June 14 2025): A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/fathers-day-grief-english-majors-terrorism/
Marvel Sends Comic Shops A Fantastic Four Secret For Marvel 616 Day
13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-sends-comic-shops-a-fantastic-four-secret-for-marvel-616-day/
'How to Train Your Dragon': Life lessons and eye-popping action [in print as Is 'live-action' remake a cash grab? Maybe, but it's also a delight]
Review by Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post June 13, 2025: Weekend 19
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/06/12/how-to-train-your-dragon-live-action-review/
'How to Train Your Dragon' Review: The Return of Hiccup and Toothless
By Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on June 13, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Live-Action Remake Is Faithful to the Original.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-review.html
Inside Universal's Big Bet on 'How to Train Your Dragon'
By Ashley Spencer
June 14, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-universal.html
Natalie Portman-Produced French Animated Film 'Arco' Wins Annecy
Illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's debut feature, about a boy from the future trying to find his way home, took the Cristal for best feature film at the 2025 Annecy international film festival.
Scott Roxborough
June 14, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/french-film-arco-from-ugo-bienvenu-wins-annecy-2025-1236291086/
Annecy Winners: Natalie Portman-Produced & Neon-Acquired Fantasy 'Arco' & Japan's 'ChaO' Scoop Top Prizes
Melanie Goodfellow
June 14, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/annecy-winners-natalie-portman-arco-chao-top-prizes-1236434188/
'Little Amelie' Review: Awards Buzz Awaits This Delightfully Dark Meditation On Life And Death From A Child's Perspective – Annecy Festival
Damon Wise
June 14, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/little-amelie-review-awards-buzz-annecy-festival-1236434168/
'Arco' Review: Natalie Portman Produces French Time-Traveling Rainbow-Colored 'Toon With Climate Change Message And 'E.T.' Influences – Annecy Animation Film Festival
Pete Hammond
June 11, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/06/arco-review-natalie-portman-time-traveling-toon-annecy-1236430541/
'A Magnificent Life' Review: Director Sylvain Chomet Brings French Icon's Life To Visual Glory In Biopic Toon That Plays It Safe – Annecy Animation Film Festival
Pete Hammond
June 11, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/a-magnificent-life-review-sylvain-chomet-pagnol-bio-annecy-1236430499/
'Fixed' Review: Very R-Rated Hot-To-Trot Dog Cartoon Tries Hard To Be Outrageous & Succeeds- Annecy Animation Festival
Pete Hammond
June 13, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/06/fixed-review-r-rated-hot-to-trot-dog-cartoon-netflix-annecy-animation-festival-1236433860/
July 1976 (w/Brian Michael Bendis) - "Captain America's Bicentennial Battles"
Robb Milne, Jamie Wenger, Bryan Stratton
Marvel by the Month 271; June 11th, 2025 | 01:29:41 | S9:E16
https://marvel-by-the-month.simplecast.com/episodes/271-july-1976-w-brian-michael-bendis-captain-americas-bicentennial-battles
https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1a3c5097-0ac6-4d15-a619-3b0bdc0ada77/episodes/af2b5198-482b-4866-b6e3-306f75183f76/audio/4b4b8c66-e363-4802-b1fb-c34bb6e8b46f/default_tc.mp3
Zenescope Pulls Out Of Diamond Comics, Considers Legal Action
Zenescope pulls out of Diamond Comic Distributors, looks to consider legal action, and moves to direct store distribution
, 14 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zenescope-pulls-out-of-diamond-comics-considers-legal-action/
Paramount's 'South Park' streaming deal is in limbo as Skydance merger drags on
By Meg James, Matt Hamilton and Ryan Faughnder
June 13, 2025 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-06-13/south-park-to-paramount
Laika's 'ParaNorman' Is Coming Back to Theaters
The beloved supernatural hit is getting a one-week return on the big screen during Halloween, with a new CG short attached.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 14, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/laikas-paranorman-is-coming-back-to-theaters-2000615796
The Wonder and Legacy of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, Thirty Years Later
David Harper
November 18, 2015
https://sktchd.com/longform/the-wonder-and-legacy-of-bill-wattersons-calvin-and-hobbes-thirty-years-later/
Origins: Marmaduke
D. D. Degg
June 14, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/14/origins-marmaduke/
The Marmaduke Files - Setting the Record Straight: Phil Leeming, Not Brad Anderson, Was the Creator of Marmaduke
David Mudrick
Tom Duck and Harry blog
https://tomduckandharry.com/marmaduke
Steve Smeltzer 2024
Fort Wayne in a Nutshell: A Cartoon Retrospective.
Fort Wayne, IN: Steven L Smeltzer
Homegrown hilarity: Cartoonist's compilation chock full of chuckles [Steve Smeltzer]
Keith Elchert
Journal Gazette Jun 13, 2025
https://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/books/homegrown-hilarity-cartoonists-compilation-chock-full-of-chuckles/article_7001f35f-aeb3-47f0-85dd-de1ab3eb7a3a.html
Cartoons win 'Best in Ohio': Darcy cartoons
Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com
Jun. 14, 2025, https://www.cleveland.com/darcy/2025/06/cartoons-win-best-in-ohio-darcy-cartoons.html
Guide: Where to read manga online LEGALLY?
Matias De la Piedra on 06/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/where-to-read-manga-online-legally/
animate opens first-ever store in France with Paris POP UP location this July
Hayame Kawachi on 06/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/animate-opens-first-ever-store-in-france-with-paris-pop-up-location-this-july/
Answerman
How to Hire a Japanese Studio to Produce Your OVA
by Jerome Mazandarani, Jun 9th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2025-06-09/.225189
From Sanji to Kotetsu T. Kaburagi — An Interview with Hiroaki Hirata at Animazement 2025 [voice actor]
by Coop Bicknell, Jun 13th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-13/from-sanji-to-kotetsu-t-kaburagi-an-with-hiroaki-hirata-at-animazement-2025/.224977
Look Back Director Discusses Artistic Struggles, Anime Adaptation Philosophy, and AI's Role in Creativity
by Isaiah Colbert, Jun 11th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-11/look-back-director-discusses-artistic-struggles-anime-adaptation-philosophy-and-ai-role-in-/.224661
Merging Western Comics and Anime: An Interview with Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Writer Kazuki Nakashima
by Richard Eisenbeis, Jun 9th 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-09/merging-western-comics-and-anime-an-with-batman-ninja-vs-yakuza-league-writer-kazuki-nakashima/.224620
Fanbase Press Interviews Shannon Eric Denton and David Hartman on the Upcoming Release of the Monstrous Comic Book Series, 'Spectors,' with Titan Comics
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56957-fanbase-press-interviews-shannon-eric-denton-and-david-hartman-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-monstrous-comic-book-series-spectors-with-titan-comics/
Between the Panels: Cartoonist Paulina Ganucheau on School Bus Art Trading, Filling the Project Plate, and Disaster Leading to Opportunity
Kevin Sharp, Fanbase Press Contributor
June 11, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/56938-between-the-panels-cartoonist-paulina-ganucheau-on-school-bus-art-trading-filling-the-project-plate-and-disaster-leading-to-opportunity/
20 Years Ago, Batman Began a New Era of Hollywood
Love it or hate it, 'Batman Begins' is key to the character's ongoing popularity and Hollywood's reboot obsession.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 15, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/20-years-ago-batman-began-a-new-era-of-hollywood-2000616037
Be Careful What You Wish For [Vera Brosgol, Daniel Nayeri and Liz Enright's MIRROR TOWN: The Bizarre Bazaar, Book 1]
By Michael Ian Black
New York Times Book Review June 15, 2025, Page 18
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/books/review/vera-brosgol-return-to-sender-daniel-nayeri-mirror-town-the-bizarre-bazaar.html
Daniel Best - Author Jun 13, 2025
Diamond Distribution: Who's Getting Paid?
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/diamond-distribution-whos-getting
Bud Plant's Incredible Catalogue Summer 2025
online at https://budplant.blogspot.com/2025/06/ditkos-dc-universe-ernie-bushmillers.html#news
TCAF answers! from Richmond's C. A. P. Ward
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog (June 14, 2025): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/tcaf-answers-from-richmonds-c-p-ward.html
Boom Studios Lays Off Senior Staffers In Third Wave Of Redundancies
13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/boom-studios-lays-off-senior-staffers-in-third-wave-of-redundancies/
Diamond Drops No Cost Returns Service, Demands Retailer Details Today
Diamond Comic Distributors drops their No Cost Returns Service for publishers, and demands retailer bank details, today
13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-drops-no-cost-returns-service-demands-retailer-details-today/
Diamond Comics Challenges Dynamite's Half Million Expenses Claim
, 13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-challenges-dynamites-half-million-expenses-claim/
A major malfunction [Dustin letter]
Vince Greenwald,
Washington Post (June 14 2025): A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/fathers-day-grief-english-majors-terrorism/
Incendiary device [Ramirez letter]
Patrick Theros,
Washington Post (June 14 2025): A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/fathers-day-grief-english-majors-terrorism/
Marvel Sends Comic Shops A Fantastic Four Secret For Marvel 616 Day
13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-sends-comic-shops-a-fantastic-four-secret-for-marvel-616-day/
'How to Train Your Dragon': Life lessons and eye-popping action [in print as Is 'live-action' remake a cash grab? Maybe, but it's also a delight]
Review by Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post June 13, 2025: Weekend 19
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/06/12/how-to-train-your-dragon-live-action-review/
'How to Train Your Dragon' Review: The Return of Hiccup and Toothless
By Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on June 13, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Live-Action Remake Is Faithful to the Original.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-review.html
Inside Universal's Big Bet on 'How to Train Your Dragon'
By Ashley Spencer
June 14, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-universal.html
Natalie Portman-Produced French Animated Film 'Arco' Wins Annecy
Illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's debut feature, about a boy from the future trying to find his way home, took the Cristal for best feature film at the 2025 Annecy international film festival.
Scott Roxborough
June 14, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/french-film-arco-from-ugo-bienvenu-wins-annecy-2025-1236291086/
Annecy Winners: Natalie Portman-Produced & Neon-Acquired Fantasy 'Arco' & Japan's 'ChaO' Scoop Top Prizes
Melanie Goodfellow
June 14, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/annecy-winners-natalie-portman-arco-chao-top-prizes-1236434188/
'Little Amelie' Review: Awards Buzz Awaits This Delightfully Dark Meditation On Life And Death From A Child's Perspective – Annecy Festival
Damon Wise
June 14, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/little-amelie-review-awards-buzz-annecy-festival-1236434168/
'Arco' Review: Natalie Portman Produces French Time-Traveling Rainbow-Colored 'Toon With Climate Change Message And 'E.T.' Influences – Annecy Animation Film Festival
Pete Hammond
June 11, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/06/arco-review-natalie-portman-time-traveling-toon-annecy-1236430541/
'A Magnificent Life' Review: Director Sylvain Chomet Brings French Icon's Life To Visual Glory In Biopic Toon That Plays It Safe – Annecy Animation Film Festival
Pete Hammond
June 11, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/a-magnificent-life-review-sylvain-chomet-pagnol-bio-annecy-1236430499/
'Fixed' Review: Very R-Rated Hot-To-Trot Dog Cartoon Tries Hard To Be Outrageous & Succeeds- Annecy Animation Festival
Pete Hammond
June 13, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/06/fixed-review-r-rated-hot-to-trot-dog-cartoon-netflix-annecy-animation-festival-1236433860/
July 1976 (w/Brian Michael Bendis) - "Captain America's Bicentennial Battles"
Robb Milne, Jamie Wenger, Bryan Stratton
Marvel by the Month 271; June 11th, 2025 | 01:29:41 | S9:E16
https://marvel-by-the-month.simplecast.com/episodes/271-july-1976-w-brian-michael-bendis-captain-americas-bicentennial-battles
https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1a3c5097-0ac6-4d15-a619-3b0bdc0ada77/episodes/af2b5198-482b-4866-b6e3-306f75183f76/audio/4b4b8c66-e363-4802-b1fb-c34bb6e8b46f/default_tc.mp3
Zenescope Pulls Out Of Diamond Comics, Considers Legal Action
Zenescope pulls out of Diamond Comic Distributors, looks to consider legal action, and moves to direct store distribution
, 14 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zenescope-pulls-out-of-diamond-comics-considers-legal-action/
Paramount's 'South Park' streaming deal is in limbo as Skydance merger drags on
By Meg James, Matt Hamilton and Ryan Faughnder
June 13, 2025 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-06-13/south-park-to-paramount
Laika's 'ParaNorman' Is Coming Back to Theaters
The beloved supernatural hit is getting a one-week return on the big screen during Halloween, with a new CG short attached.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 14, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/laikas-paranorman-is-coming-back-to-theaters-2000615796
The Wonder and Legacy of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, Thirty Years Later
David Harper
November 18, 2015
https://sktchd.com/longform/the-wonder-and-legacy-of-bill-wattersons-calvin-and-hobbes-thirty-years-later/
Origins: Marmaduke
D. D. Degg
June 14, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/14/origins-marmaduke/
The Marmaduke Files - Setting the Record Straight: Phil Leeming, Not Brad Anderson, Was the Creator of Marmaduke
David Mudrick
Tom Duck and Harry blog
https://tomduckandharry.com/marmaduke
Steve Smeltzer 2024
Fort Wayne in a Nutshell: A Cartoon Retrospective.
Fort Wayne, IN: Steven L Smeltzer
Homegrown hilarity: Cartoonist's compilation chock full of chuckles [Steve Smeltzer]
Keith Elchert
Journal Gazette Jun 13, 2025
https://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/books/homegrown-hilarity-cartoonists-compilation-chock-full-of-chuckles/article_7001f35f-aeb3-47f0-85dd-de1ab3eb7a3a.html
Cartoons win 'Best in Ohio': Darcy cartoons
Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com
Jun. 14, 2025, https://www.cleveland.com/darcy/2025/06/cartoons-win-best-in-ohio-darcy-cartoons.html
Guide: Where to read manga online LEGALLY?
Matias De la Piedra on 06/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/where-to-read-manga-online-legally/
animate opens first-ever store in France with Paris POP UP location this July
Hayame Kawachi on 06/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/animate-opens-first-ever-store-in-france-with-paris-pop-up-location-this-july/
Answerman
How to Hire a Japanese Studio to Produce Your OVA
by Jerome Mazandarani, Jun 9th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2025-06-09/.225189
From Sanji to Kotetsu T. Kaburagi — An Interview with Hiroaki Hirata at Animazement 2025 [voice actor]
by Coop Bicknell, Jun 13th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-13/from-sanji-to-kotetsu-t-kaburagi-an-with-hiroaki-hirata-at-animazement-2025/.224977
Look Back Director Discusses Artistic Struggles, Anime Adaptation Philosophy, and AI's Role in Creativity
by Isaiah Colbert, Jun 11th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-11/look-back-director-discusses-artistic-struggles-anime-adaptation-philosophy-and-ai-role-in-/.224661
Merging Western Comics and Anime: An Interview with Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Writer Kazuki Nakashima
by Richard Eisenbeis, Jun 9th 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-09/merging-western-comics-and-anime-an-with-batman-ninja-vs-yakuza-league-writer-kazuki-nakashima/.224620
Fanbase Press Interviews Shannon Eric Denton and David Hartman on the Upcoming Release of the Monstrous Comic Book Series, 'Spectors,' with Titan Comics
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56957-fanbase-press-interviews-shannon-eric-denton-and-david-hartman-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-monstrous-comic-book-series-spectors-with-titan-comics/
Between the Panels: Cartoonist Paulina Ganucheau on School Bus Art Trading, Filling the Project Plate, and Disaster Leading to Opportunity
Kevin Sharp, Fanbase Press Contributor
June 11, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/56938-between-the-panels-cartoonist-paulina-ganucheau-on-school-bus-art-trading-filling-the-project-plate-and-disaster-leading-to-opportunity/
20 Years Ago, Batman Began a New Era of Hollywood
Love it or hate it, 'Batman Begins' is key to the character's ongoing popularity and Hollywood's reboot obsession.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 15, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/20-years-ago-batman-began-a-new-era-of-hollywood-2000616037
Be Careful What You Wish For [Vera Brosgol, Daniel Nayeri and Liz Enright's MIRROR TOWN: The Bizarre Bazaar, Book 1]
By Michael Ian Black
New York Times Book Review June 15, 2025, Page 18
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/books/review/vera-brosgol-return-to-sender-daniel-nayeri-mirror-town-the-bizarre-bazaar.html
Daniel Best - Author Jun 13, 2025
Diamond Distribution: Who's Getting Paid?
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/diamond-distribution-whos-getting
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