Saturday, August 22, 2026

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/21/2026

Starkings, Richard. 2026. ["Former Comicraftsman Dave Lanphear, whose crisp and meticulous pen lettering work at Malibu Comics was brought to my attention aeons ago by Kurt Busiek, passed away this last Tuesday."]. Facebook (August 21): https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bm8f1N8UM/?mibextid=wwXIfr, and https://www.facebook.com/share/199dDqWcuB/

Levitz, Paul. 2026. ["The Internet reports the passing of another player at my old poker table, Roger McKenzie."]. Facebook (August 21): https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DZuMFoLUZ/

Gilbert, Michael T. 2026. ["I've just been told that my old friend, cartoonist Brian Buniak, recently passed away."]. Facebook (August 20).

Starkings, Richard. 2017. Albert Deschesne, comic book letterer, passes away. Bleeding Cool (June 1): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/albert-deschesne-comic-book-letterer-passes-away/

Exner, Eike. 2026. Father Jiggs in Shanghai: The rise and fall of comic strips in Republican China in transnational context. Positions: Asia Critique (August 17): https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-12561840, and https://read.dukeupress.edu/positions/article/doi/10.1215/10679847-12561840/412412/Father-Jiggs-in-Shanghai-The-Rise-and-Fall-of?guestAccessKey=36651b4d-8207-44c1-a8f2-17123b832a66

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Keith Giffen's unseen designs for Jack Kirby's Eternals. Bleeding Cool (August 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/keith-giffens-unseen-designs-for-jack-kirbys-eternals/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Marvelman artist Garry Leach's comic collection up for sale: The comic book collection of Marvelman artist Garry Leach is up for sale now, courtesy of Book Palace. Bleeding Cool (August 20): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvelman-artist-garry-leachs-comic-collection-up-for-sale/

Fernández Sarasola, Ignacio. 2026. History of the Anti-Comic Campaign in Australia. Anti-Americanism, Nationalism, Youth Protection and the Restriction of the Freedom of the Press. Oviedo, Spain: Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo. Online at https://publicaciones.uniovi.es/catalogo/publicaciones/-/asset_publisher/pW5r/content/comic-australia

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. Manga Week - Fall 2026: Vibe check: Digital Heroes: A destination store for manga. ICv2 (August 20): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63184/manga-week-fall-2026-vibe-check-digital-heroes

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. Naoki Urasawa's 'Billy Bat' wins Best New Manga Award: At American Manga Awards at Anime NYC. ICv2 (August 21): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63193/naoki-urasawas-billy-bat-wins-best-new-manga-award

Gardner, Alan. 2026. 2026 Ignatz Award nominees announced. Daily Cartoonist (August 20): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/08/20/2026-ignatz-award-nominees/

Coca, Vin, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius, and Beth Lawler. 2026. Episode 263 - Guy Richards Smit. New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (263; August 19): https://cartooncaptioncontestpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1719352/episodes/19673625-episode-263-guy-richards-smit

MacDonald, Heidi, Christian Holub, and Kate Fitzsimons. 2026. More to Come 721: SDCC 2026. PW Comics World: More To Come (721; July 31): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1417

MacDonald, Heidi and Badr Milligan. 2026. More to Come 722: Alice Darrow and Patrick Horvath interviews. PW Comics World: More To Come (722; August 8): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1418

MacDonald, Heidi, Christian Holub, and Kate Fitzsimons. 2026. More to Come 723: Fall books for 2026. PW Comics World: More To Come (723; August 14): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1419

Carmona, George, 3rd. 2026. Interview: Tim Fielder makes the jump from page to screen with Matty’s Rocket. The Beat (August 21): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-tim-fielder-makes-the-jump-from-page-to-screen-with-mattys-rocket/

Morris, D. 2026. Exclusive: HarperCollins announces KAZÉ Imprint [manga]. The Beat (August 21): https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-harpercollins-announces-kaze-imprint/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 08/21/26: Dark Horse to celebrate Doctor Doom, X-Men. The Beat (August 21): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-082126/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Len Brown – RIP. Daily Cartoonist (August 20): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/08/20/len-brown-rip/

Unknown. 2026. Len Brown October 7, 1941 – August 11, 2026 obituary. Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Homes & Cremation Services. Online at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/lakeway-tx/len-brown-13000185


Chatfield, Jason. 2026. The Bloke with the Highlighter: How I Learned to Write Gooder. New York Cartoons (August 21): https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/the-bloke-with-the-highlighter-how

Thompson, Maggie. 2026. Turning points by Maggie Thompson. Scoop (August 20): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-194/

Griepp, Milton. 2026. Manga Week - Fall 2026: Interview with TOKYOPOP CEO Stu Levy [Part 1 and Part 2]. ICv2 (August 21): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63190/manga-week-fall-2026-interview-tokyopop-ceo-stu-levy-part-1, and https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63189/manga-week-fall-2026-interview-tokyopop-ceo-stu-levy-part-2

Heller, Steven. 2026. The Daily Heller: Jules Feiffer remembered [interview]. The Daily Heller (August 21): https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-jules-feiffer-remembered/

Fleming, Ronald-Thomas. 2026. Peter Kuper. Fantastic Comic Fan (August 16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuVAjtdYdo

Fleming, Ronald-Thomas. 2026. More with Peter Kuper. Fantastic Comic Fan (August 18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HgpieArttE

Sandler, Jonathan. 2026. Matthew Dooley: The quiet art of comedy in graphic novels; On Flake, Seth, Jonathan Cape and why handmade art still matters. GraphicMemoirBlog (August 21): https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/matthew-dooley-the-quiet-art-of-comedy

Hibbs, Brian. 2026. Olivia Sullivan for Oracles - Comix Experience Graphic Novel Kids Club. Comix Experience (August 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqNnbnvX_s

Dueben, Alex. 2026. ‘Rewriting the World’: Lettrism and comics [exhibit]. TCJ (August 21): https://www.tcj.com/rewriting-the-world-lettrism-and-comics/

Brown, Kevin. 2026. Reviews: The Nightingales. TCJ (August 20): https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-nightingales/

Shapira, Tom. 2026. Reviews: Shade the Changing Man Omnibus Volume 2. TCJ (August 18): https://www.tcj.com/reviews/shade-the-changing-man-omnibus-volume-2/

Burscough, Clark. 2026. Here comes the rain again — This week’s links. TCJ (August 21): https://www.tcj.com/here-comes-the-rain-again-this-weeks-links/

Wells, V. S. 2026. Graphic novel Frostbite bares its fangs. Georgia Straight (August 13): https://www.straight.com/arts/graphic-novel-frostbite-bares-its-fangs

Dillon, Barbra. 2026. Fanbase Press interviews Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard on the Kickstarter campaign launch for ‘I Love Apocalyptic Zombie Misfits’ with Clover Press’ new creator-owned imprint, The Fourth Leaf. Fanbase Press (August 18): https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/59114-fanbase-press-interviews-doug-wagner-and-daniel-hillyard-on-the-kickstarter-campaign-launch-for-i-love-apocalyptic-zombie-misfits-with-clover-press-new-creator-owned-imprint/

Stwalley, Steven. 2026. RIP Roger Lootine. Cartoonist Conspiracy (August 19): https://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire/?p=7311

Cormack, Kevin. 2026. An interview with Rensuke Oshikiri, creator of Geniearth, Sayuri, and Hi Score Girl. Anime News Network (August 19): https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2026-08-19/an-with-rensuke-oshikiri-creator-of-geniearth-sayuri-and-hi-score-girl/.240557

O'Neill, Anna. 2026. The London cartoonists living on a private island in the Thames [Bitter and Twisted caricaturists Simon and Sheba Cassini]. BBC (August 15): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0gggm35dyo

Baci, Aria. 2026. The circuitous route toward authenticity: Aria Baci’s review of Wandering Son with thoughts from creator Takako Shimura. SOLRAD (August 18): https://solrad.co/the-circuitous-route-toward-authenticity-aria-bacis-review-of-wandering-son-with-thoughts-from-creator-takako-shimura

Mainichi Japan. 2026. Legacy of 3 manga legends who transformed 'shojo' genre to be honored in Tokyo exhibit. Mainichi Japan (August 15): https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260813/p2a/00m/0et/019000c

Jeffrey, Andrew. 2026. Alberta librarians feeling anxious about complying with new restrictions ahead of Jan. 1 deadline: Questions still linger about expectations of Bill 28. CBC News (August 18): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/libraries-deadline-january-compliance-9.7306732

Ramachandran, Rakhi. 2026. Book banning, the graphic novel, and the new American censorship. Peer-Reviewed Journal of Arts and Literature 1 (3; July-September): https://peerreviewjournal.in/index.php/prjal/article/view/81, and https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21914025

Haffner, Brandon. 2026. New murder-mystery graphic novel explores Richmond’s art world [Dash Shaw, COVID-19]. Richmonder (August 17): https://www.richmonder.org/new-murder-mystery-graphic-novel-explores-richmonds-art-world/

Hassan, Chris. 2026. X-Men Monday #350 – Jed MacKay and Tom Brevoort talk ‘Jean Grey’, ‘DNX’, and more. AIPT (August 17): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/08/17/x-men-monday-mackay-brevoort-jean-grey/

Coplan, Chris. 2026. Dance of the giant robots: Olivia Dufault and Rebekah Isaacs on marrying ballet-mechs in ‘Prima Apparata’. AIPT (August 18): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/08/18/prima-apparata-dufault-isaacs-qa/

Brooke, David. 2026. How twin-dom inspired Leah Hayes’ haunting sci-fi graphic novel ‘Identical’: The OGN explores identity, sisterhood, and the unsettling possibilities of AI. AIPT (August 20): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/08/20/hayes-identical-feature/

Dar, Taimur. 2026. Interview: Big City Greens producers reveal how they got Stephen King to guest star this season. The Beat (August 21): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-big-city-greens-season-5-producers/

Kaplan, Arie. 2006. Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed. Chicago: Chicago Review Press

Kaplan, Arie, Harvey Pekar (foreword), and J. T. Waldman (foreword). 2008. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society

Kay Features. 1929. Kay Features, Inc. Offers Seven Comic Features That Are Unbeatable [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (33; January 5): 60. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-01-05_61_33/page/n61/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. "Political Cartoonist, with metropolitan newspaper and syndicate, experienced, desires change.” [classified advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (35; January 19): 55. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-01-19_61_35/page/54/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Issuing New Comic Page [King Features]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (35; January 19): 38. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-01-19_61_35/page/38/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Adds Saturday Comics [Richmond [VA] News-Leader]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (35; January 19): 15. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-01-19_61_35/page/14/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Cartoon Inspires Ad. Macy Buys Space To Answer Batchelor Drawing in N. Y. Post. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (34; January 12): 52. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-01-12_61_34/page/52/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Hoag, Plaintiff, in "Andy Gump" Suit Now Charges "Uncle Bim" Libels Him. Canadaigua Broom Manufacturer Files New Action against Albany Knickerbocker Press -- Four Pending Suits Totaling $4,000,000 Schedules for Trial in Rochester. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (34; January 12): 8. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-01-12_61_34/page/8/mode/2up

Baskind, Samantha. 2011. Review: From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books and Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed! Shofar:  An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 165-168. Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Baskind, Samantha and Ranen-Omar-Sherman (eds). 2008. The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

Laga, Barry. 2011. Review: The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches, edited by Samantha Baskind and Ranen-Omar Sherman. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 159-161. Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Gonzalez, Christopher. 2011. Review: Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero by Danny Fingeroth.  Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 171-173.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Gantz, David. 2006. Jews in America: A Cartoon History (rev. ed.). Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society

Buhle, Paul (ed). 2008.  Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form. New York: The New Press

Karp, Amy. 2011. Review: Jews in America: A Cartoon History (rev. ed. by David Gantz and Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form, edited by Paul Buhle. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 174-177.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Kotek, Joël and Alisa Jaffa (trans). 2009. Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media. Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell & Company

Rader, Pamela J. 2011.  Review: Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media by Joël Kotek with translation by Alisa Jaffa.  Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 177-179.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Omar-Sherman, Ranen. 2011. Review:  Art Spiegelman: Conversations, edited by Joseph Witek and Backing into Forward: A Memoir by Jules Feiffer.  Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 179-184.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Lolis, Thomas. 2011. Review:  The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, edited by Denis Kitchen & Paul Buhle and Kirby: King of Comics, by Mark Evanier. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 184-188.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Walton, David. 2011. Review: Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert by Bill Schelly. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29 (2; 2011): 188-190.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Cooke, Andrew D. (dir). 2007. Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist [DVD 2010 release]. Montilla Pictures

Lundy, Tiel. 2011. Review:  Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist, DVD, directed by Andrew Cooke.  Online at https://www.academia.edu/12465298/From_Krakow_to_Krypton_Jews_and_Comic_Books_and_Masters_of_the_Comic_Book_Universe_Revealed_book_review_2_books_

Unknown. 1922. Pim To Teach Course in Cartooning. Fourth Estate (January 26). Online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858034161772&seq=736&__cf_chl_tk=AlCXrG6GRMQMonp693Z.tfqF.WdXqdfEZNSSyel1wcM-1787202139-1.0.1.1-X9KDsKEJXoYUHDkcY44qOkYMvWMxPktg67JxVl_aCs4

Unknown. 1922. Drawing Pictures of Only Actual Happenings Make “Pantomine” Unique Comic [John Striebel]. Fourth Estate (December 2): 20. Online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858034161772&seq=762&__cf_chl_tk=AlCXrG6GRMQMonp693Z.tfqF.WdXqdfEZNSSyel1wcM-1787202139-1.0.1.1-X9KDsKEJXoYUHDkcY44qOkYMvWMxPktg67JxVl_aCs4

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