Monday, June 01, 2026

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/30-31/2026

Ohman, Jack. 2026. Judy Woodruff's Remarks at the Herblock Prize Ceremony.... Jack Ohman's You Betcha! (May 30): https://jackohman.substack.com/p/judy-woodruffs-remarks-at-the-herblock

Sava, Oliver. 2026. 5 New Comics to Read in June, Including the U.S. Debut of Urasawa's Billy Bat; Also coming next month: The latest incarnation of DC's Deadman. AV Club (May 30): https://www.avclub.com/best-june-comics-2026-dc-the-deadman-billy-bat

Kim. 2026. Inkterviews #5 With The Fury of Firestorm & Daredevil Artist Rafael de LaTorre. Inkterviews (5; May 31): https://kimskmetalle.substack.com/p/inkterviews-5-with-the-fury-of-firestorm

Betancourt, David, Rodney Barnes, and Shawn Martinbrough. 2026. Comictropolis - From The Boondocks to a Galaxy Far Far Away: An afternoon with Rodney Barnes audio and photos. Washington, DC: Martin Luther King Jr. Library. online at https://archive.org/details/comictropolis-from-the-boondocks-to-a-galaxy-far-far-away-an-afternoon-with-rodney-barnes

Unknown. 1927. Using Color Comics [Leslie M. Rogers, African-American cartoonist for Chicago Defender]. Editor and Publisher (35; January 22): 51. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1927-01-22_59_35/page/50/mode/2up

Carter, Justin. 2026. Amazon Pisses Off Animation Industry With AI Animation Fund; No one's happy about the Amazon AI Creators Fund, with two of the shows drawing even more negativity for different reasons. io9 (May 30): https://gizmodo.com/amazon-pisses-off-animation-industy-with-ai-animation-fund-2000765057

Loveridge, Lynzee. 2026. Show, Don't Tell: Sentenced to Be a Hero Director Hiroyuki Takashima, Screenwriter Kenta Ihara. Anime News Network (May 27): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2026-05-27/show-dont-tell-sentenced-to-be-a-hero-director-hiroyuki-takashima-screenwriter-kenta-ihara/.237128

Mateo, Alex. 2026. Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki Dies; Kawasaki wrote scripts for Blade of the Immortal, Silent Möbius, Sakura Wars, more anime. Anime News Network (May 28): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-28/scriptwriter-hiroyuki-kawasaki-dies/.237912

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press Interviews Steve Darnall on the Release of ‘Marvels: The Novelization’ With Abrams ComicArts. Fanbase Press (May 26): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/58617-fanbase-press-interviews-steve-darnall-on-the-release-of-marvels-the-novelization-with-abrams-comicarts/

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press Interviews Joël Dos Reis Viegas on the Kickstarter Campaign Launch for ‘Urbance: The Graphic Novel Saga’ in Collaboration With Magnetic Press. Fanbase Press (May 21): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/58603-fanbase-press-interviews-joel-dos-reis-viegas-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-urbance-the-graphic-novel-saga-in-collaboration-with-magnetic-press/

Burman, Nicholas. 2026. What Never Got to Be: Nicholas Burman reviews I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars [Iran]. Solrad (May 25): https://solrad.co/what-never-got-to-be-nicholas-burman-reviews-i-wont-pretend-these-missiles-are-stars

Heritage, Stuart. 2026. ‘I Am Very Serious About Being Silly’: Children’s illustrators on the art of storytelling; From The Twits to The Gruffalo and an angry bear in search of his hat… Quentin Blake, Cressida Cowell, Axel Sheffler, Lauren Child and more reveal how they bring children’s books to life [Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration]. Guardian (May 30): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/30/i-am-very-serious-about-being-silly-childrens-illustrators-on-the-art-of-storytelling

Unknown. 2026. Our View: New comics to start in June. Sharon Herald (May 30): https://www.sharonherald.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-new-comics-to-start-in-june/article_a84becb8-f220-46a6-812e-869659ed5b46.html

Degg, D. D. 2026. Has the Newspaper Revolution Over Rerun Comic Strips Begun?. Daily Cartoonist (May 30): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/30/has-the-newspaper-revolution-over-rerun-comic-strips-begun/

Lang, Jamie. 2026. Momo Cao’s ‘Not Alone’ Wins First-Ever Cartoon Brew Award at ASIFA-East Festival. Cartoon Brew (May 25): https://www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/asifa-east-animation-festival-award-winners-261529.html

Senzamici, Peter. 2026. Legendary Art Critic Accuses NYC Socialite Libbie Mugrabi of Not Returning Nearly 100 of His Cartoons Worth $1K Each- Suit [Anthony Haden-Guest]. New York Post (May 28): https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/us-news/legendary-art-critic-accuses-nyc-socialite-libbie-mugrabi-of-not-returning-nearly-100-of-his-cartoons-worth-1k-each-suit/