Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/2/2026

Matanle, Peter, Kuniko Ishiguro, and Leo McCann. 2014. Popular Culture and Workplace Gendering among Varieties of Capitalism: Working Women and their Representation in Japanese Manga. Gender, Work and Organization 21 (5): 472-489. Online at https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12050 and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gwao.12050

Ito, Kinko. 2005. A History of Manga in the Context of Japanese Culture and Society. The Journal of Popular Culture 38 (3): 456-475. Online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.2005.00123.x and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0022-3840.2005.00123.x

Ogi, Fusami. 2003. Female Subjectivity and Shoujo (Girls) Manga (Japanese Comics): Shoujo in Ladies' Comics and Young Ladies' Comics. The Journal of Popular Culture 36 (4): 780-803. Online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-5931.00045 and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-5931.00045

Ito, Kinko. 2002. The World of Japanese Ladies' Comics: From Romantic Fantasy to Lustful Perversion. The Journal of Popular Culture 36 (1): 68-85. Online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-5931.00031 and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-5931.00031

Blackmore, Tim. 1998. McCay's McChanical Muse: Engineering Comic-Strip Dreams. The Journal of Popular Culture 32 (1): 15-38. Online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3201_15.x and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3201_15.x

Grigsby, Mary. 1998. Sailormoon: Manga(Comics) and Anime(Cartoon) Superheroine Meets Barbie: Global Entertainment Commodity Comes to the United States. The Journal of Popular Culture 32 (1): 59-80. Online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3201_59.x and https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3201_59.x

 Milligan, Mercedes. 2026. Animation y'all expo returns to Nashville; Tennessee declares 'Animation day'. Animation Magazine (April 1): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/04/animation-yall-expo-returns-to-nashville-tennessee-declares-animation-day/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. MAD about DC short film starring Chip Zdarsky released. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/mad-about-dc-movie/

Maier, Dana Jeri. 2026. Letter #31: To Richard Thompson from Dana Jeri Maier. Skipping to the Fun Parts and Letters to Dead Authors & Artists (April 2): https://letterstodeadartists.substack.com/p/letter-31-to-richard-thompson-from

Holub, Christian. 2026. Brooklyn to get its own comic convention this fall. Publishers Weekly (April 2): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/100069-a-new-comic-convention-is-coming-to-brooklyn-later-in-2026.html

Puc, Samantha. 2026. New comics nonprofit BODEGA launches Brooklyn expo of comics. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/new-comics-nonprofit-bodega-launches-brooklyn-expo-of-comics/

O'Brien, Jim. 2026. In review: Guido Crepax – "We loved you so much, Valentina" at the Galerie Martel, Brussels. downthetubes (April 1): https://downthetubes.net/in-review-guido-crepax-we-loved-you-so-much-valentina-at-the-galerie-martel-brussels/

Milligan, Mercedes. 2026. Screen Australia backs animated series & short in narrative content funding round. Animation Magazine (April 1): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/04/screen-australia-backs-animated-series-short-in-narrative-content-funding-round/

Mark. 2026. Declan Shalvey interview - writer of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Baroness #1. Talking Joe (April 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99o5GFiZevQ

Milligan, Mercedes. 2026. Season 2 of animated kids' series 'Odo' flies to Angel premiere. Animation Magazine (April 1): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/04/season-2-of-animated-kids-series-odo-flies-to-angel-premiere/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Dennis the Menace's April fools prank. Daily Cartoonist (April 1): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/04/01/dennis-the-menaces-april-fools-prank/

Collins, Michele. 2026. Cartoonist shares his artistic journey at Solon Historical Society program [Ron Hill]. Chagrin Valley Today (April 2): https://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/article_caeca515-1171-4918-b622-743dcaa4c5ca.html

Viau, Dennis. 2026. C2E2 2026 photos – part 1-2: Friday. Scoop (April 1): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62022/c2e2-2026-photos-part-1, and https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62021/c2e2-2026-photos-part-2

Baxi, Steve. 2026. Trade rating: The Complete 2000AD By Alan Moore Vol 1 – Future Shocks & Other Stories. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/trade-rating-the-complete-2000ad-by-alan-moore-vol-1-future-shocks-other-stories/

Powell, Nancy. 2026. Animation legend Willie Ito on Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and the two-decade journey of Hello Maggie. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/wca-26-animation-legend-willie-ito-on-disney-hanna-barbera-and-the-two-decade-journey-of-hello-maggie/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. Avengers: Armageddon #1 to come with free Magic: The Gathering card. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/avengers-armageddon-mtg/

Higuera, Diego. 2026. Comics crowdfunding round-up: Iron Barge, Bixby Grant, The Royal, and two more projects you'll love!. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-iron-barge-bixby-grant-the-royal-and-two-more-projects-youll-love/

Serrano Denis, Gabriel. 2026. Interview: The Nocturnals return! Dan Brereton talks newest chapter Darkly. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-nocturnals-brereton-darkly/

McGuire, Liam. 2026. Jorge Fornés talks writing 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions — Firefly' #1. Comic Frontier (April 2): https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/jorge-forn-s-talks-writing-debut-with-g-i-joe-a-real-american-hero-sssilent-missions-firefly-1

Unknown. 2026. The return of CAB? New Brooklyn nonprofit announced debut of comics show, award, magazine. TCJ (April 2): https://www.tcj.com/the-return-of-cab-new-brooklyn-nonprofit-announced-debut-of-comics-show-award-magazine/

Wertz, Julia. 2026. Social-media advertisements vs. reality: Postpartum-clothes edition. New Yorker (April 2): https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/social-media-advertisements-vs-reality-postpartum-clothes-edition

Gorga, Jon. 2026. MoCCA Festival '26 report and all the Awards of Excellence winners. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/mocca-festival-26-report-and-all-the-awards-of-excellence-winners/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. Graphic novel sales rose 28.5% in Q1 2026. The Beat (April 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-sales-rose-28-5-in-q1-2026/

Brill, Pamela. 2026. Jenny Han's 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' gets the graphic novel treatment. Publishers Weekly (April 2): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/100068-jenny-han-s-to-all-the-boys-i-ve-loved-before-gets-the-graphic-novel-treatment.html

Spratford, Sam. 2026. HarperCollins partners with 'AI-powered' animation house Toonstar. Publishers Weekly (April 2): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100065-harpercollins-partners-with-ai-powered-animation-house-toonstar.html

Unknown. 2026. The secret history of Tim Burton's "Superman lives". Adam Savage's Tested (March 23): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icldbf-UHXY

McFarlane, Todd and Alex Ross. 2026. Todd McFarlane: Why comics needed Kingdom Come. Todd McFarlane (April 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPyGvfYWYGo

Smith, Barney. 2026. The origin story behind Cosmic Wars (it started when he was 12) [Samuel Vera]. Story Comic Presents (499; April 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S5B74cWnfA

Harrison, Bob and Mike Gold. 2026. Pop Culture Squadcast - LIVE with special guest Tiffany Babb. Pop Culture Squad (April 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MISdK7-LwUY

Montpetit, Mathilde. 2026. Doing impressions: Monet's early caricatures (ca. late 1850s). Public Domain Review (March 25): https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/claude-monet-caricatures/

Morgan, Wallace. 1907. Fluffy Ruffles. New York: D Appleton. Online at https://archive.org/details/morgan-fluffy-ruffles-1907-lyons/mode/2up