Monday, July 28, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/26-27/2025

SDCC '25: Announcing the 2025 Eisner Award winners
Samantha Puc
07/25/2025
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-announcing-the-2025-eisner-award-winners/

SDCC '25: JUNJI ITO voted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame
Samantha Puc on 07/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-junji-ito-voted-into-the-will-eisner-comic-awards-hall-of-fame/

Junji Ito Inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame
 Viz media
  Jul 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2rE0NTdkI

SDCC '25: Eisner Awards admin Jackie Estrada announces retirement after 35 years
Samantha Puc on 07/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-eisner-awards-admin-jackie-estrada-announces-retirement-after-35-years/

SDCC '25: Image honors Australia's Comics Etc. with Image Select Retailer Award
Samantha Puc on 07/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-image-honors-australias-comics-etc-with-image-select-retailer-award/

Image Comics Select Retailer Award Goes To Comics Etc. Of Australia
The Image Comics Select Retailer Award for the Summer of 2025 goes to Comics Etc of Brisbane, Australia, presented at San Diego Comic-Con
 25 Jul 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-select-retailer-award-goes-to-comics-etc-of-australia/

SDCC '25: For Tony Weaver Jr., an Eisner nom is a win for mental health [interview]
Nancy Powell on 07/26/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc25-tony-weaver-jr-interview/

SDCC '25: Abrams ComicArts creators talk originals, adaptations, and essentials
Shaun Manning
The Beat  07/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-abrams-comicarts-creators-talk-originals-adaptations-and-essentials/

The Many Shades of Legendary Trans Colorist Tamra Bonvillain
For nearly two decades, the artist has given life to some of the comic industries' most beloved titles.
By Samantha Riedel
June 21, 2022
https://www.them.us/story/one-of-them-tamra-bonvillain

Paramount Settled With Trump. Its Shows Are Skewering Him.
"South Park," Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have all been critical of their own company and President Trump this week.
 John Koblin and Derrick Bryson Taylor
A version of this article appears in print on July 26, 2025, Section B, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Despite Settlement, Shows Skewer the President.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/media/trump-south-park-colbert-stewart.html

"South Park" Skewers a Satire-Proof President
The new season première goes after Trump as never before—and solves a problem that's plagued comedians since his first term in office.
 Tyler Foggatt
July 25, 2025  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/south-park-skewers-a-satire-proof-president

Steve Bissette Eisner Hall of Fame
Bowwowmedia.tv
 Jul 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si&v=U62O7ETVFzI

Eisner Hall of Fame Thank you with sub- titles
Steve Bissette
Bowwowmedia.tv
 Jul 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si&v=U62O7ETVFzI

Chatting with Liza Donnelly
A recording from Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson's live video
Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson
Seeing Things Jul 25, 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/chatting-with-liza-donnelly

Buzz off ["Dustin" letter]
Rhona Bosin
Washington Post July 26 2025: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/nvidia-gergen-texas-flood-misogyny-reagan/

A comic walks into a bar ["Flash Gordon" letter]
Eric Wenocur
Washington Post July 26 2025: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/nvidia-gergen-texas-flood-misogyny-reagan/

A blight in shining armor ["Hagar the Horrible" letter]
Thomas V. Berry
Washington Post July 26 2025: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/nvidia-gergen-texas-flood-misogyny-reagan/

Ay güey, mucho major ["Lio" letter]
Mark Doty
Washington Post July 26 2025: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/nvidia-gergen-texas-flood-misogyny-reagan/

Gail Simone
[" Reputations in this industry are weird." (Chris Claremont)]
Gail Simone's post July 25 2025
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161599907751778&id=672811777&post_id=672811777_10161599907751778&rdid=spACKkrbpVSYiUil

Can Tiny Chef fans get his show back on Nickelodeon?
Elizabeth Blair
  Morning Edition  July 2, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5451718/tiny-chef-nickelodeon-cancellation
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2025/07/20250702_me_fans_protest_nickelodeon_s_decision_to_cancel_the_tiny_chef_show.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5451718

What's the best Pixar movie? Here's what our listeners said
Aisha Harris and Stephen Thompson
Pop Culture Happy Hour July 7, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5452425/best-pixar-movies-ranked-inside-out-toy-story

'KPop Demon Hunters' is a viral smash that crushes the songs
Stephen Thompson, Regina G. Barber, Jae-Ha Kim
Pop Culture Happy Hour  July 17, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1255812248/kpop-demon-hunters-is-a-viral-smash-that-crushes-the-songs
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2825650857.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1255812248

'Superman' takes off and nails the landing
Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Chris Klimek
Pop Culture Happy Hour July 11, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/11/1255526967/superman-takes-off-and-nails-the-landing
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR5440468061.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1255526967

James Gunn's 'Superman' movie is corny. Which is why it gets Superman right
Glen Weldon and Scott Detrow
  All Things Considered July 10, 2025
 https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5453867/superman-review
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/07/20250710_atc_james_gunn_s_superman_movie_is_corny._which_is_why_it_gets_superman_right.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5453867

The new 'Fantastic Four' starts Marvel's next phase off on the right (gigantic) foot
Glen Weldon
Pop Culture Happy Hour July 25, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/25/nx-s1-5475015/review-fantastic-four-first-steps-marvel-cinematic-universe

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' heralds good things for the MCU's future
Glen Weldon, Jordan Morris, Shar Jossell, Ronald Young Jr.
Pop Culture Happy Hour July 25, 2025  
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/25/1256217297/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-heralds-good-things-for-the-mcus-future
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9813406717.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1256217297

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' plus a rom-com turned sideways and more in theaters
Bob Mondello
July 24, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5475021/fantastic-four-first-steps-oh-hi-diciannove-in-theaters

At Zunar's book launch, Anwar vows judicial independence while blasting hypocrisy of new champions
By Anis Zalani
  22 Jul 2025
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/07/22/at-zunars-book-launch-anwar-vows-judicial-independence-while-blasting-hypocrisy-of-new-champions/184782

Zunar Celebrates 50 Years with Book Memoir
 Alan Gardner  
July 23, 2025   https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/07/23/zunar-celebrates-50-years-with-book-memoir/

Look Up in the Sky! It's a Trans-Led Supergirl Comic Series Coming Soon!
The new DC series will be written and drawn by Sophie Campbell with colors by Tamra Bonvillain.
By Samantha Riedel
February 21, 2025 https://www.them.us/story/supergirl-dc-comic-series-all-in-sophie-campbell-tamra-bonvillain

Compestine dishes on graphic novel cookbook
New title filled with Chinese folklore, history and recipes
By Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News
  February 22, 2025, https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/feb/22/compestine-dishes-on-graphic-novel-cookbook/

Repton Prep School pupil wins prestigious national competition with graphic reimagining of classic novel
Sarah Newton.
24/02/2025 https://penguinpr.co.uk/newscentre/2025/02/24/repton-prep-school-pupil-wins-prestigious-national-competition-with-graphic-reimagining-of-classic-novel/

Crunchyroll is Bringing More Anime to Movie Theaters Like seeing anime in theaters? Crunchyroll hopes so, because its new monthly Anime Nights program wants you in the theater every month.
By Justin Carter July 27, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/sdcc-2025-crunchyroll-anime-night-theates-2000635301

Off Panel #508: Playing the Hits with Si Spurrier
David Harper
July 21, 2025
https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-508-playing-the-hits-with-si-spurrier/
https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Si_Spurrier_2025.mp3

Editoonist George Danby Inducted to Maine Press Assoc Hall of Fame
D. D. Degg
 July 26, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/07/26/editoonist-george-danby-inducted-into-maine-press-assoc-hall-of-fame/

BDN cartoonist George Danby to be inducted into Maine Press Association hall of fame

Bangor Daily News July 25 2025
https://www.newsbreak.com/bangor-daily-news-1696700/4134621503021-bdn-cartoonist-george-danby-to-be-inducted-into-maine-press-association-hall-of-fame

Returning to My Dress-Up Darling After 3 Years: Hina Suguta and Shoya Ishige
by Bolts, Jul 25th 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-07-25/returning-to-my-dress-up-darling-after-3-years-hina-suguta-and-shoya-ishige/.226816

James Gunn Receives Hero's Welcome During 'Superman' Victory Lap at Comic-Con
Borys Kit
July 26, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/james-gunn-receives-heros-welcome-superman-comic-con-1236330396/

CBS: Caving. Bowing. Scraping. [South Park; Oliphant]
Maureen Dowd
A version of this article appears in print on July 27, 2025, Section SR, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: CBS: Caving. Bowing. Scraping.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opinion/trump-south-park-cbs.html

James Gunn's 'Superman' Hall of Justice Murals are Filled With Deep-Cut DC History
The Hall of Justice's mural in 'Superman' is so full of obscure Easter eggs, even we're not 100% on who some of these guys are!
By Gordon Jackson
io9 July 27, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/james-gunn-superman-hall-of-justice-mural-characters-explained-2000634723

Saturday, July 26, 2025

NPR on Tiny Chef, Superman, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and KPop Demon Hunters

Can Tiny Chef fans get his show back on Nickelodeon?

Elizabeth Blair

  Morning Edition  July 2, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5451718/tiny-chef-nickelodeon-cancellation

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2025/07/20250702_me_fans_protest_nickelodeon_s_decision_to_cancel_the_tiny_chef_show.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5451718

 

What's the best Pixar movie? Here's what our listeners said

Aisha Harris and Stephen Thompson

Pop Culture Happy Hour July 7, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5452425/best-pixar-movies-ranked-inside-out-toy-story

 

'KPop Demon Hunters' is a viral smash that crushes the songs

Stephen Thompson, Regina G. Barber, Jae-Ha Kim

Pop Culture Happy Hour  July 17, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1255812248/kpop-demon-hunters-is-a-viral-smash-that-crushes-the-songs

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR2825650857.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1255812248

 

'Superman' takes off and nails the landing

Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Chris Klimek

Pop Culture Happy Hour July 11, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/11/1255526967/superman-takes-off-and-nails-the-landing

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR5440468061.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1255526967

 

James Gunn's 'Superman' movie is corny. Which is why it gets Superman right

Glen Weldon and Scott Detrow

  All Things Considered July 10, 2025

 https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5453867/superman-review

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/07/20250710_atc_james_gunn_s_superman_movie_is_corny._which_is_why_it_gets_superman_right.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5453867

 

The new 'Fantastic Four' starts Marvel's next phase off on the right (gigantic) foot

Glen Weldon

Pop Culture Happy Hour July 25, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/25/nx-s1-5475015/review-fantastic-four-first-steps-marvel-cinematic-universe

 

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' heralds good things for the MCU's future

Glen Weldon, Jordan Morris, Shar Jossell, Ronald Young Jr.

Pop Culture Happy Hour July 25, 2025 

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/25/1256217297/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-heralds-good-things-for-the-mcus-future

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR9813406717.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1256217297

 

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' plus a rom-com turned sideways and more in theaters

Bob Mondello

July 24, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5475021/fantastic-four-first-steps-oh-hi-diciannove-in-theaters


Those darn comic strips in WaPo

Free for All
Washington Post July 26 2025: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/nvidia-gergen-texas-flood-misogyny-reagan/


(Steve Kelley, Jeff Parker/King Features Syndicate)

Buzz off

"Dustin" portrays women as shallow, mean and rude. The strip's female characters consistently shame male characters about their weight, intellect, appeal (to women), lack of initiative, struggle with willpower and so on.

The strip also relies on the trope of men approaching women in bars and getting shot down. I find this outdated, stale and devoid of creativity. Do the writers hold a resentment toward women?

Rhona Bosin, Silver Spring




(Dan Schkade/King Features Syndicate)

A comic walks into a bar

Amid all the chaos and violence in the world today, do The Post's comics really need to regularly feature imprisonment and torture? The new "Flash Gordon" strip is written and formatted for a graphic novel, not a newspaper whose readers include children. This kind of material doesn't belong in the Comics section.

Eric Wenocur, Olney




(Chris Browne/King Features Syndicate)

A blight in shining armor

The July 15 "Hagar the Horrible" comic lived up to that titular sobriquet. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a medical condition that can be debilitating to those living with it, not a casual term for somebody who likes things to be clean. The Post's decision to print that strip belittles those who struggle with OCD.

Thomas V. Berry, Orlando




(Mark Tatulli/Andrews McMeel Syndication)

Ay güey, mucho mejor

Regarding the Corrections in the July 19 paper, I must say I rather enjoyed the comic "Lio" being published in Spanish for four days. It made me take the time to look up the translation, and I actually laughed more after translating than if I had read it in English to begin with. It was a nice change of pace and made me use my brain more than I usually would have reading the comics.

Mark Doty, Glen Allen, Virginia


Julian Lytle's interviews from SDCC - 2 and he's teased a 3rd

SDCC'25: Hasbro is real excited about G.I. Joe in 2025

G.I. Joe team is expanding the battlefield


SDCC '25: What did the Hasbro GHOSTBUSTERS team bring to the show?

Ghostbusters fans have a ton of new items to add to their collection


Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/25/2025

Pat Oliphant, at 90, Joins TDC's Senior Strippers Club

D. D. Degg 

July 24, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/07/24/pat-oliphant-at-90-joins-tdcs-senior-strippers-club/

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

July 24, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-138/

 

The Simplistic Moral Lessons of "Superman"

In James Gunn's reboot of the franchise, the titular hero's credo is as shallow as it is broad.

By Richard Brody

July 10, 2025

Published in the print edition of the July 21, 2025, issue, with the headline "Fortress of Synergy."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/21/superman-movie-review

 

2025 Buffalo News Editorial Cartoon Contest Winners [children]

    Adam Zyglis

    July 24 2025

    https://buffalonews.com/news/article_8fa94caf-c911-42c1-9fd8-6134ff1d8c68.html

 

Trump and Satan Are Bedmates in 'South Park's Scathing 27th Season Opener (Updated with WH response, Comic-Con Panel)

Animation Magazine July 24, 2025   https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/trump-and-satan-are-bedmates-in-south-parks-scathing-27th-season-opener/

 

Musical Adaptation Of Manga Graphic Novel 'Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen' In Development With Duncan Sheik

Greg Evans, February 20, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/02/memoirs-of-amorous-gentlemen-duncan-sheik-broadway-1236295886/

 

High school graduate publishes his first trailblazing graphic novel [Ayomiku "Yomi" Adegbile]

Ming Henry

February 20, 2025

https://www.aroundosceola.com/news/high-school-graduate-publishes-his-first-trailblazing-graphic-novel

 

Art exhibit brings history of Frederick Douglass, John Brown to life in graphic novel form [Barron Bell]

February 19, 2025 : By Ryan Klinker

https://www.liberty.edu/news/2025/02/19/art-exhibit-brings-history-of-frederick-douglass-john-brown-to-life-in-graphic-novel-form/

 

The Daily Heller: Pepe, a Frog That Was Wronged by the Right [Matt Furie]

By Steven Heller

The Daily Heller July 24 2025

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-pepe-a-frog-that-was-wronged-by-the-right/

 

The Daily Heller: Humor as Competitive Sport [Seymour Chwast; Society of Illustrators' "HUMOR '87" competition]

Steven Heller

The Daily Heller July 22 2025

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-humor-as-a-competitive-sport/

 

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 211 - Harry Bliss

July 23, 2025 • Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius • Season 5 • Episode 211

https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/17553375-episode-211-harry-bliss

 

Symptom of the Universe — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | July 25, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/symptom-of-the-universe-this-weeks-links/

 

Family tragedy, the repression of Argentina's military dictatorship and the delicate legacy hidden in 'The Eternaut'

Martín Oesterheld is the grandson of the man who wrote the comic of the same name. He has led the Netflix series adaptation of the legendary graphic novel. The original creator of the series was disappeared during the Argentine military dictatorship, along with his four daughters and three sons-in-law

Gregorio Belinchón

  EL PAÍS USA Edition JUL 20, 2025

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-20/family-tragedy-the-repression-of-argentinas-military-dictatorship-and-the-delicate-legacy-hidden-in-the-eternaut.html

 

The comeback of indie comics

Sumi Alexander Anup's Red Eye Chapters, is an online store that offers a space for independent comics; stocks a variety of fiction, non-fiction with graphic narratives

Diya Maria George

22 Jul 2025  https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2025/Jul/23/the-comeback-of-indie-comics

 

    Fanbase Press Interviews Dillon Gilbertson on His Return to Kickstarter for the Third Issue of 'My Neighbor Necromancer'

    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief

    July 18, 2025

      https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/57132-fanbase-press-interviews-dillon-gilbertson-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-third-issue-of-my-neighbor-necromancer/

 

Reading with Manga One App Editor-in-Chief, NOVELOUS App Producer Yuki Wada

by Rebecca Silverman, Jul 18th 2025

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-07-18/reading-with-manga-one-app-editor-in-chief-novelous-app-producer-yuki-wada/.225182

 

Radical Time Warp: PW Talks to Ben Passmore

by Cheryl Klein

Jul 18, 2025

A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Ben Passmore

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/98248-radical-time-warp-pw-talks-to-ben-passmore.html

 

X-Men Monday #302 – Murewa Ayodele Talks 'Storm', 'Thunder War', and 'Rogue Storm'

Chris Hassan

July 21, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/07/21/x-men-monday-murewa-ayodele-rogue-storm/

 

How one G.I. Joe writer turned Marvel Rivals into a comics run for the ages [Paul Allor]

Josh Broadwell

Jul 21, 2025, https://www.polygon.com/features/614688/marvel-rivals-comics-writer-paul-allor-profile

 

Why Does It Have To Be So Difficult?: Isaac Roller on PETER KAPRELIAN: A Life In Comics [minicomics]

Isaac Roller

SOLRAD Jul 7, 2025

https://solrad.co/why-does-it-have-to-be-so-hard-isaac-roller-on-peter-kaprelian-a-life-in-comics

 

'DREDD', Peach Trees, and the Architecture of Oppression

Dystopian cyberpunk film DREDD may unfold within a single building, but that building is a microcosm of how power, poverty, and architecture intertwine to brutal effect.

Ryan Dyer / 21 July 2025  https://www.popmatters.com/dredd-architecture-of-oppression

 

Baumeister, Hannah. 2025. Giuseppe Martinico and Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo (ed), Graphic Law and Drawn Justice: A Legal Analysis [book review] Liverpool Law Rev (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-025-09388-y and https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10991-025-09388-y

 

Giuseppe Martinico and Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo (ed), Graphic Law and Drawn Justice: A Legal Analysis, London UK & New York, NY: Anthem Press, 2025

 

Labra, Diego. 2025. Going "Against the Grain": The (Re)configuration of Argentine Comics as a Field of Restricted Production in the Face of Increasing Globalization, 2001–2019. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, vol. 43, 2025, p. 129-153. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sla.00009. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/966256

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/966256/pdf

 

Intuitive, Impractical Passions

Dan Nadel on the work of legendary underground cartoonist, artist, and sculptor Michael McMillan.

By Dan Nadel

July 21, 2025  https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/intuitive-impractical-passions/

 

Terminal Exposure: Comics, Sculpture, and Risky Behavior by Michael McMillan and Dan Nadel (editor). New York Review Comics, 2025. 248 pages.


'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Review: A Newborn Franchise
Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on July 25, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Family Drama in Superhero Tights.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/movies/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-review.html

The 'Fantastic Four' Movie That Never Was
The first attempt at making a film about the superheroes was an extremely low-budget affair that was shot, abandoned and mostly forgotten about in the 1990s.
Maya Phillips
July 25, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/movies/fantastic-four-forgotten-film.html

Manga's First Century
How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905–1989
by Andrea Horbinski
University of California Press 2025
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/mangas-first-century/

Vintage Vibes and Fresh Finds: Comic book collecting can be an expensive, but joyful hobby
    Taylor Staples
Wyoming Tribune Eagle Feb 21, 2025
https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/vintage-vibes-and-fresh-finds-comic-book-collecting-can-be-an-expensive-but-joyful-hobby/article_3073669e-ef08-11ef-89ba-bba75519c288.html

Chery, Samantha and Emily Yahr. 2025. 'South Park' makes fun of Trump over Epstein list, Paramount lawsuit [in print as 'South Park' skewers Trump]. Washington Post (July 25): B1-2. online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/07/24/south-park-trump-episode-paramount-season-27-premiere/

Branigin, Anne. 2025. The hottest sound of the summer? K-pop [in print as K-pop is slaying: With Netflix's animated demon hunters, the music genre is the sound of summer]. Washington Post (July 25): B1-2. online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/07/24/k-pop-demon-hunters-bts-blackpink/

Yang, Jeff. 2025. How 'KPop Demon Hunters' became a global phenomenon: The hit film shows how remixing South Korean culture with an American eye can have universal appeal. Washington Post  
(July 25): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/kpop-demon-hunters-asian-americans/

Klimek, Chris. 2025. Finally, the Fantastic Four get the movie they (and we) deserve [in print as For superheroes, a step in the right direction]. Washington Post (July 25): Weekend 18. online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/23/fantastic-four-first-steps-review/

For Superman, sequels are kryptonite
James Gunn's upbeat new blockbuster is an attempt to reboot a superhero with a dodgy screen history.
Chris Klimek
July 25, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/24/superman-movie-sequels/

SRJC Multicultural Museum features Black comic book character history exhibit
Max Underdown,
February 20, 2025 https://www.theoakleafnews.com/arts-entertainment/2025/02/20/srjc-multicultural-museum-features-black-comic-book-character-history-exhibit/

Lessons from a comic mastermind [Bill Watterson].
By JEREMY SPEER
Feb 22, 2025
https://advertiser-tribune.com/news/566085/lessons-from-a-comic-mastermind/

CT resident and longtime comics fan has created funny-named private eye for new graphic novel [Mark Nelson O'Brien]
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant February 21, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ct-resident-longtime-comics-fan-110000347.html

The Million Year Picnic: A Hidden Comic Haven [store]
Neeraja S. Kumar
February 20, 2025
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/2/20/the-million-year-picnic/


Friday, July 25, 2025

WaPo on ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Fantastic Four, and Superman

The hottest sound of the summer? K-pop [in print as K-pop is slaying]

Netflix's animated "KPop Demon Hunters" is slaying the Billboard charts, BTS has reunited, and Blackpink is back on tour. It's a great time to be a K-pop fan.

Washington Post (July 25): B1-2. online at

How 'KPop Demon Hunters' became a global phenomenon

The hit film shows how remixing South Korean culture with an American eye can have universal appeal.

By

Washington Post  


Finally, the Fantastic Four get the movie they (and we) deserve [in print as For superheroes, a step in the right direction]

Review by

Washington Post (July 25, 2025): Weekend 18. online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/23/fantastic-four-first-steps-review/

For Superman, sequels are kryptonite

James Gunn's upbeat new blockbuster is an attempt to reboot a superhero with a dodgy screen history.

By k

July 25, 2025


Former DC cartoonist Oliphant turned 90 yesterday

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 7/24/2025

DIAMOND MOVES TO SELL DIAMOND UK TO EMPLOYEE GROUP By Selling Shares

  Milton Griepp on July 24, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60125/diamond-moves-sell-diamond-uk-employee-group

 

JOE ILLIDGE, KEVIN RODITELI LAUNCH NEW CREATIVE SERVICES AGENCIES

One Working with Creators, One Partnering with Publishers

  Milton Griepp on July 24, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60120/joe-illidge-kevin-roditeli-launch-new-creative-services-agencies

 

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2025/02/18/black-culture/

Stephen Lawrence Research Centre backs art contest exploring Black culture

The charity has partnered with Opal22 Arts and Edutainment to launch a comic strip competition aimed at young artists

 

Graphic novels inspire readers [library]

Abby Kolosovskiy

Verona Press Feb 18, 2025 

https://www.veronapress.com/opinion/columns/kolosovskiy-graphic-novels-inspire-readers/article_7df5a1ce-eb12-11ef-b6f9-b79dabbd2a32.html

 

Here come the winners of the Graphic Medicine Awards 2025

Dean Simons on 07/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/here-come-the-winners-of-the-graphic-medicine-awards-2025/

 

Reviews: Daredevil by Nocenti and Romita Jr. Omnibus volume 1

Tom Shapira | July 24, 2025 | https://www.tcj.com/reviews/daredevil-by-nocenti-and-romita-jr-omnibus-volume-1/

 

Reviews: Boat Life Vol. 1

Valerio Stivé | July 22, 2025  https://www.tcj.com/reviews/boat-life-vol-1/

 

Boat Life Vol. 1

Tadao Tsuge

Floating World Comics

 

Jim Shooter, Sept. 27, 1951-June 30, 2025

Steven Ringgenberg | July 24, 2025 

https://www.tcj.com/jim-shooter-sept-27-1951-june-30-2025/

 

The Beat Digest 07/24/25: Marvel's STRANGE TALES returns

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 07/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-072425/

 

I tried a new AI-generated comic book app and Marvel has nothing to worry about

Eric Hal Schwartz

February 19, 2025

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/i-tried-a-new-ai-generated-comic-book-app-and-marvel-has-nothing-to-worry-about

 

White House Slams 'South Park' as "Desperate" for Attention After Unflattering Depiction of Trump

The season 27 premiere of the series finally saw its creators bring a satirical depiction of the president to the show.

Kevin Dolak

July 24, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/white-house-south-park-trump-desperate-for-attention-1236328272/

 

SDCC '25: What to do if ICE crashes the con

 Beat Staff on 07/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-what-to-do-if-ice-crashes-the-con/

 

LDC Fair comics plumb the cute, the grotesque

Arpad Okay on 07/23/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/ldc-online-comics-fair/

 

Lisa Launches Comic Company to Accompany Debut Album 'Alter Ego' [Lalisa Comics]

by Jeff Benjamin, 18 February 2025

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/lisa-launches-comic-company-debut-album-alter-ego-1236311368/

 

LISA of BLACKPINK Launches Lalisa Comics Ahead of 'Alter Ego' Album

The first release is a 56-page graphic novel titled Alter-Ego: The Official Comic.

02/18/2025

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blackpink-lisa-alter-ego-comic-book-new-album-1235904935/

 

Comic Book Creator Special Thanks For The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The comic book creators who get special thanks in the credits for The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie

Rich Johnston 24 Jul 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-creator-special-thanks-for-the-fantastic-four-first-steps/

 

Black Mask Sell New Calexit Comic At SDCC To Benefit ICE Victims

Black Mask sells a brand new Calexit comic at San Diego Comic-Con To benefit the victims of those targeted by ICE

23 Jul 2025   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/black-mask-sell-new-calexit-comic-at-sdcc-to-benefit-ice-victims/

 

Diamond Comics Sells Diamond UK For Over $2 Million To… Diamond UK

  24 Jul 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-sells-diamond-uk-for-over-2-million-to-diamond-uk/

Rich Johnston

 

Graphic novel brings Indigenous creation stories to a new generation [Alex Mankiewicz; Australia; When the World was Soft]

February 19, 2025 BY Angela Saurine

https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/tweedcoasttimes/news/graphic-novel-brings-indigenous-creation-stories-to-a-new-generation/

 

Los Altos resident releases first graphic novel [Kyle Hurlbut]

By Ella Henn Town Crier Editorial Intern

Feb 18, 2025

https://www.losaltosonline.com/community/los-altos-resident-releases-first-graphic-novel/article_fe611c32-ee2b-11ef-8e69-9f0bf7597edb.html

 

Inks Volume 9, Issue 1, Spring 2025
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/54898


Table of Contents
One Does Not Simply Overlook New Forms of Sequential Art: Memes as Fixed-Image Comics
Michelle Ann Abate
pp. 1-23
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960641
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960641/pdf

From Bleachman to the PrEP Heroes: Superhero Fantasies and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Nicholas Derda
pp. 24-46
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960642
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960642/pdf

Beyond Icons: Contemporary Perspectives on Breast Cancer in Graphic Pathographies
Christian Lenemark
pp. 47-70
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960643
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960643/pdf

Black Comics Studies Now
Joanna Davis-McElligatt, D'Arcee Charington Neal, Sasha Sanders, Kiana T. Murphy, Julia Brown, Christian M. Hines
pp. 71-90
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960644
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960644/pdf

No Substitute for the Experience: A Case for Practice-Based Comics Teaching and Research
Nicholas Wirtz
pp. 91-120
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960645
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960645/pdf

Blockheads, Beagles and Sweet Babboos by Michelle Ann Abate (review)
Kerry Soper
pp. 121-124
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960646
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960646/pdf

The New Nancy: Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century by Jeff Karnicky (review)
Fi Stewart-Taylor
pp. 124-127
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960647
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960647/pdf

On Comics and Grief by Dale Jacobs (review)
Paul Young
pp. 127-131
 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960648
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/article/960648/pdf

Most of us love memes. But are they a form of comics?
Research says the two art forms share visual, verbal elements [Michelle Ann Abate]
 Jeff Grabmeier
Ohio State News  Jul 15, 2025
https://news.osu.edu/most-of-us-love-memes-but-are-they-a-form-of-comics/

Our New Comics and Poetry Nebula Awards!
February 18, 2025
by the SFWA Publications Crew in conversation with Jessica Maison, Holly Lyn Walrath, and Wendy Van Camp
https://www.sfwa.org/2025/02/18/sfwa-presents-get-to-knowthe-road-to-sfwas-new-comics-and-poetry-nebula-awards/

Whiteboard warrior: Marvel is priming Mister Fantastic to be the new leader of the Avengers
Ben Child
Fri 18 Jul 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/18/mister-fantastic-avengers-pedro-pascal-fantastic-four-first-steps

A real wag: Superman gets the bleak realities of dog ownership spot on
Stuart Heritage
Thu 17 Jul 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/17/tiresome-useless-superman-may-be-sci-fi-but-it-dog-ownership-right

Puppy power: canine in new Superman movie spurs pet adoption interest
Searches for 'adopt a dog near me' on Google increased by 513% after Superman, starring Krypto, released in the US
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Thu 17 Jul 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/17/superman-movie-krypto-dog-adoption

'Superman' is here to to save us, despite MAGA backlash
Man of Steel was always a flashpoint for controversy
John Paul King
Washington Blade July 18, 2025: 28.
Online at https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/15/superman-movie-review/

Smurfs review – Rihanna is star turn of the new generation of floppy-hatted blue elves
Peter Bradshaw
Wed 16 Jul 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/16/smurfs-review-rihanna-james-corden-animation

Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado review – plucky teen explorer goes looking for lost Incan magic
Cath Clarke
Tue 15 Jul 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/15/dora-and-the-search-for-sol-dorado-review-plucky-teen-dora-the-explorer

DreamWorks Commissary Workers Strike Amid Union Contract Negotiations
Katie Kilkenny
July 24, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dreamworks-studio-commissary-workers-strike-1236328124/

David Wright's Carol Day Showcase reprint confirmed
John Freeman on February 17, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/david-wrights-carol-day-showcase-reprint-confirmed/

'South Park' Creators Reveal Network Battle Over Premiere's Trump Penis as They Joke: "We're Terribly Sorry"
Ryan Gajewski
July 24, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-trey-parker-matt-stone-trump-comic-con-1236328836/

'South Park' makes fun of Trump over Epstein list, Paramount lawsuit
 Samantha Chery and  Emily Yahr
July 24, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/07/24/south-park-trump-episode-paramount-season-27-premiere/

'The Bad Guys 2' Review: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron and Awkwafina Return for More Criminally Fun Animated Antics
Frank Scheck
July 24, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-bad-guys-2-review-sam-rockwell-marc-maron-1236328110/

Fall 2025 Comics & Graphic Novels Preview
Compiled by Meg Lemke and Shaenon K. Garrity              
Jul 18, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Fall 2025 Comics & Graphic Novels Preview
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/98238-fall-2025-comics-graphic-novels-preview.html

Joe Sacco Asks Why History Repeats Itself
By Meg Lemke                
Jul 18, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Mob Rules
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/98247-joe-sacco-asks-why-history-repeats-itself.html

The Fastest Way to a Comics Fan's Heart
This season lays out a banquet of stories about cooking, restaurants, eating, and imbibing, including memoirs with recipes, a fantastical tale of a café in the belly of a beast, and slice-of-life comics.
by Meg Lemke                
Jul 18, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Fastest Way to a Fan's Heart
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/98243-the-fastest-way-to-a-comics-fan-s-heart.html

We Can Do Hard Things: Inspirational Comics for Kids
by Meg Lemke                
Jul 18, 2025  
A version of this article appeared in the 07/21/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/childrens-announcements/article/98246-we-can-do-hard-things-inspirational-comics-for-kids.html

INTERVIEW: Paul Pope on the enduring influence of THB
Nancy Powell on 07/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-paul-pope-on-the-enduring-influence-of-thb/

'The Sandman' Showrunner Allan Heinberg Explains Decision to End Netflix Series After Two Seasons
Max Gao
July 7, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-sandman-season-2-part-1-showrunner-allan-heinberg-interview-1236308149/

'The Sandman' Star Ruairi O'Connor Breaks Down That Fatal Choice
Max Gao
July 7, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-sandman-season-2-orpheus-death-tom-sturridge-ruairi-oconnor-1236308134/

'Sandman' Creator on How the Part 2 Finale Lays Groundwork for a Possible Return to the Universe
Max Gao
July 24, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/sandman-part-2-finale-netflix-future-allan-heinberg-interview-1236327950/

Back in Black: Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton Break Their Silence on 'Wednesday' Season 2
James Hibberd
July 23, 2025
This story appeared in the July 23 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jenna-ortega-tim-burton-wednesday-season-two-interview-1236325035/

Tecknad pornografi marknadsfördes till barn på Akademibokhandeln [Sweden; censorship]
 17 juli 2025
 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/tecknad-pornografi-marknadsfordes-till-barn-pa-akademibokhandeln

Interview: Prepare to be illuminated – Jose Villarrubia and Josh O'Neill on THE ILLUMINATED WONDER BOOK
Diego Higuera on 07/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-prepare-to-be-illuminated-jose-villarrubia-and-josh-oneill-on-the-illuminated-wonder-book/

Itch.io delists & removes explicit comics, zines, games & more under pressure from payment processors
Samantha Puc on 07/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/itch-io-delists-removes-explicit-comics-zines-games-more-under-pressure-from-payment-processors/

Jeremy Adams Take 2 Green Lantern Aquaman Superman film and More
wordballoon
   Jul 23, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7CUSaVkeY

Words, Images, & Worlds: Jana Tropper Returns!
Jason DeHart
Jul 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8SkkQ3dalE

Fantastic Four Interview: Julia Garner & Ralph Ineson on IMAX, Comic Villains & Marvel Movies
CBR Presents Jul 24, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK3NS8yv0Rg

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, And The Fantastic Four Cast Play Marvel Trivia
Sean O'Connell
CBR Presents Jul 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQlRjxVc98Y

The Fantastic Four Director Matt Shakman Talks Comic Influences and Finding Ben Grimm's Voice
Sean O'Connell
CBR Presents   Jul 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Pzuj2D2_o

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige on Bringing Marvel's First Family into the MCU
Marvel Entertainment
Jul 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAxcQ6D8DLE

A Comic Art Page I Love with Pat Olliffe [Uncanny X-Men #141 by John Byrne and Terry Austin!]
  Kevin Sharp
CAF+   Jul 23, 2025 #141  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X66lrqGaHr4

ALEX SAVIUK | PENCIL TO PENCIL 7/23/25
JAMAR NICHOLAS, STEVE CONLEY and MIKE MANLEY
Pencil to Pencil  Jul 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTWAKPdF9Y

Simon Spurrier discusses his departure from THE FLASH and his final issue: THE FLASH 25!
Forbidden Planet TV
 Jul 23, 2025 Conversations with Andrew Sumner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfxGUxNc3ls

Murewa Ayodele Teases Thunder War! Storm Author Joins the Comic Corner [Antoine Dodson]
TJ Pistilli
Agents of Fandom  Jul 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHCy-m7g7Xs

Phillip Kennedy Johnson Picks His Favorite Comic Books: The Stacks Episode 4
  Brad and Lisa Gullickson
Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast
  Jul 22, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Actr8U-DUMQ

Rob Liefeld Biographical Interview Part 2 by Alex Grand (2025)
Comic Book Historians
Jul 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdxfRsSSD78

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guests Adam Schlagman & Doug Pasko [T.A.M.A.]
Pop Culture Squad  Jul 22, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc6qTATEoPc

Live: Mike Carlin Talks Superman 2025!
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
 Jul 22, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBitizDP_dc

Tree Texture Armor: Easier Than You'd Think!
Chris Schweizer
Jul 24, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wQ_HF6Q2QE