Monday, September 28, 2026

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/26-27/2026

Heller, Steven. 2026. The Daily Heller: Mark Alan Stamaty’s Opus Donutus. Print (September 22): https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-mark-alan-stamatys-opus-donutus/

Rhode, Mike. 2026. Dana Jeri Maier Exhibit at the Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads. ComicsDC (September 26): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2026/09/dana-jeri-maeir-at-goodwin-house.html and https://archive.org/details/dana-jeri-maier-exhibit-at-the-goodwin-house-baileys-crossroads

Banerjee, Arunava. 2026. The Struggles of Golden Age Indian Comics in an Era of AI. Critical Collective (September 23): https://www.criticalcollective.in/

Phillips, Maya. 2026.  ‘Forgotten Island’ Review: A Supernatural Filipino Adventure [in print as A Supernatural Filipino Adventure]. New York Times (September 25): C8. online at https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/movies/forgotten-island-review.html  

Diaz, Chris Anthony. 2026. Young Man, There’s No Need to Feel Down: Pride in Panels; Photo Gallery. TCJ (September 25): https://www.tcj.com/young-man-theres-no-need-to-feel-down-pride-in-panels-photo-gallery/

Craggs, Ryan. 2026. He’s a One-Man Animation Studio: ‘AI Hasn’t Changed Me Yet’; Wong Ping turns sex, shame, loneliness, and desire into wonderful, shameless, deprived, beautiful, candy-colored fever dreams [Hong Kong]. Gizmodo (September 25): https://gizmodo.com/hes-a-one-man-animation-studio-ai-hasnt-changed-me-yet-2000817316

Freeman, John. 2026. New Digital Comics App, Sweet Shop Launched. downthetubes (September 25): https://downthetubes.net/new-digital-comics-app-sweet-shop-launched/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Penguin Gives an English Bookshop a Grant to Fund Kids Reading Comics. Bleeding Cool (September 25): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/penguin-gives-an-english-bookshop-a-grant-to-fund-kids-reading-comics/

Campbell, Tim. 2026. Resident Human Being vs. AI Slop; Round One, Round Won. tc2oons (September 26): https://tc2oons.substack.com/p/resident-human-being-vs-ai-slop

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Absolute Batman #1 CGC 9.9 Jumps From $10,000 to $18,000 in One Month. Bleeding Cool (September 26): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/absolute-batman-1-cgc-9-9-jumps-from-10000-to-18000-in-one-month/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Len Brown, Co-Creator of Mars Attacks & Thunder Agents, Dies Aged 84. Bleeding Cool (September 25): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/len-brown-co-creator-of-mars-attacks-thunder-agents-dies-aged-84/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. Cartooning for Peace Turns 20. Daily Cartoonist (September 25): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/09/25/cartooning-for-peace-turns-20/

Scholastic. 2026. On September 19, The Baby-sitters Club Creator Ann M. Martin (l.) and Cartoonists Raina Telgemeier (c.) and Gale Galligan (r.) Gathered at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Series and the Publication of Telgemeier and Galligan’s New Graphic Novel Adaptation, The Baby-sitters Club Super Special: Baby-sitters on Board [photo]. Publishers Weekly (September 27): https://pubwkly.omeclk.com/portal/public/ViewCommInBrowser.jsp?Sv4%2BeOSSucwRpgTayOJRnvJ89C%2BY0AtBTXf1KMt9pHAm9ZhpV77gOJ9Wc2ku8W0%2Fb0bVlQKv89IqM%2BZx6q9M6g%3D%3DA

Ogden, Eloise. 2026. Exhibit Focuses on Military Cartoons [by Cord Scott]. Minot Daily News (September 26): https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2026/09/exhibit-focuses-on-military-cartoons/

Adam. 2025. A Conversation With Chuck Austen and Pat Olliffe; Creator Commentary on The Call. Comic Shenanigans, episode 1116 (November 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0l7d7NCvg

Unknown. 2026. Arthur Asa Berger Obituary. Marin Independent Journal (September 22): https://www.marinij.com/obituaries/arthur-asa-berger-mill-valley/

Kit, Borys. 2026. ‘Transformers No. 1’ Getting 15th Printing as Skybound’s Energon Universe Comics Sell Over 7.6 Million Units; We know that Skybound's Energon Universe is a hit, but how big of a hit? In this case, knowing (the sales figures) is the entire battle. Hollywood Reporter (September 25): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/transformers-engergon-universe-comics-1236710111/

Carter, Justin. 2026. ‘Transformers’ and the ‘Energon Universe’ Are a Massive Success; The Energon Universe is big, but only 'Transformers' is big enough to keep getting reprinted over and over. Gizmodo (September 27): https://gizmodo.com/transformers-and-the-energon-universe-are-a-massive-success-2000817740

Roth, Gil. 2026. Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand [on Bunny Matthews]. Virtual Memories Show (692; September 23): https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-692-alison-fensterstock-and-michael-tisserand and https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/virtualmemories/Episode_692_-_Alison_Fensterstock_and_Michael_Tisserand.mp3

Unknown. 2026. Longtime Las Vegas Sun Editorial Cartoonist Mike Smith Enters Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame. Las Vegas Sun (September 26): https://lasvegassun.com/news/2026/sep/26/longtime-las-vegas-sun-editorial-cartoonist-mike-s/

Rashid, Saira Abdul. 2026. Could Comics Make a Comeback? Readers and artists reflect on what comics once brought to the page before they largely disappeared from newspapers. Kuwait Times (September 24): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/50347/kuwait/other-news/could-comics-make-a-comeback/

Keystone-SDA. 2026. The 2026 Geneva Töpffer Prize Goes to Comic Book Author Anna Sommer [Switzerland]. Bluewin (September 22): https://www.bluewin.ch/en/lifestyle/the-2026-geneva-topffer-prize-goes-to-comic-book-author-anna-sommer-li.3608749

Colbert, Isaiah. 2026. If ‘Kamen Rider’ and ‘Parasyte’ Did a Fusion Dance, It’d Come Out Looking Like ‘Jagaaan’; Before 'Blue Lock' became a mega-hit, series creator Muneyuki Kaneshiro wrote a gleefully unhinged horror manga that's getting an official English release just in time for Halloween. Gizmodo (September 25): https://gizmodo.com/jagaaan-manga-review-volume-1-horror-sci-fi-muneyuki-kaneshiro-blue-lock-2000817573

Pett, Joel. 2026. Stand-Up Guy? Terrible Hobby, but Somehow I Can’t Stand Down [comedian]. Joel Pett's Substack (September 26): https://joelpett.substack.com/p/stand-up-guy

Harper, David. 2026. The New Future With Rob Williams. SKTCHD’s Off Panel (571; September 21): https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-571-the-new-future-with-rob-williams/ and https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Rob_Williams.mp3

Nicolaou, Victoria. 2026. From Mud Puddles to Mayors: How Editorial Cartoons Documented the History of St. Catharines; As the city marks its anniversary in 2026, historian Arden Phair discusses documenting the city’s editorial cartoonists — from 19th-century illustrators to Standard staff. St. Catharines Standard (September 24): https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara-region/st-catharines-at-150-a-history-told-in-cartoons/article_e8a98bbd-0eed-5f22-9e7a-186b8a2f5ff1.html

Cellini, Aidan. 2026. AFL Cartoonist Reveals Why Fremantle Forced a Redraw of Premiership Poster; “It sounded like I was working on a marketing campaign and not the premiership poster.” [Mark Knight]. Zero Hanger (September 24): https://www.zerohanger.com/afl-cartoonist-reveals-why-fremantle-forced-a-redraw-of-premiership-poster-183076/

Noakes, Cameron. 2026. Brisbane Lions and Fremantle Dockers Get Pedantic Over Grand Final Posters; New details have emerged about changes to both premiership posters ... and what was actually said [Mark Knight]. 7NEWS (September 23): https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/brisbane-lions-and-fremantle-dockers-get-pedantic-over-grand-final-posters-c-22918983

*Unknown. 2026. Rodolphe (78) Overleden. Stripspeciaalzaak (September 23): https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/rodolphe-78-overleden

*Truc, Jean-Laurent. 2026. Le Décès de Rodolphe. Ligne Claire (September 23): https://www.ligneclaire.info/le-deces-de-rodolphe-711808.html

  *Truc, Jean-Laurent. 2018. Interview: Christian Rossi dans le Cœur des Amazones. Ligne Claire (March 1): https://www.ligneclaire.info/rossi-bindi-66240.html

Unknown. 2026. Vertongen & Co Verdwijnt. Stripspeciaalzaak (September 23): https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/vertongen-co-verdwijnt

Unknown. 2026. Eerste Gestolen Originelen van Blake en Mortimer Terug bij Fondation Jacobs. Stripspeciaalzaak (September 24): https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/eerste-gestolen-originelen-van-blake-en-mortimer-terug-bij-fondation-jacobs

Best, Daniel. 2026. Banning Comic Books in Queensland [Australia]. Daniel Best's Substack (September 27): https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/banning-comic-books-in-queensland

Metropolitan Newspaper Service. 1929. Do You Know about Our Sporting Proposition? [Tarzan advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (22: October 19): 37. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-10-19_62_22/page/36/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. De Beck Back in U. S. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (24; November 2): 44. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-02_62_24/page/44/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Offers Zuppke Collegiate Strip [football; drawn by B.W. Depew]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (24; November 2): 44. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-02_62_24/page/44/mode/2up

Metropolitan Newspaper Service. 1929. Folk-Tales. A Little Feature with a Big Appeal [Edward McCandlish advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (24; November 2): 37. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-02_62_24/page/36/mode/2up

Perry, John W. 1929. Forget the Average Reader -- Webster. Too Great a Deference to Public Taste Ruins Artist's Originality, New York World Cartoonist Says -- Hails Syndicates as a Boon to Newspaper Workers -- Success Due to His Lively Personality [H. T. Webster]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (24; November 2): 11, 54. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-02_62_24/page/10/mode/2up

Perry, John W. 1929. Fox Longs for Old Newspaper Days. Creator of "Toonerville Trolley" Says His Happiest Times Were with "the Boys" on Louisville and Chicago Dailies -- Achieved Fame as Syndicate Cartoonist. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (25; November 9): 11, 56. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-09_62_25/page/10/mode/2up

Pellissier, Carroll E. 1929. John Held Woodcuts Enliven Copy of Boston Electric Firm.  Series of Humorous Advertisements Proving Successful in Promoting Home Service Division of Edison Company, Officials Declare. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (25; November 9): 25. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-09_62_25/page/24/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Swinnerton Elected. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (25; November 9): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-09_62_25/page/26/mode/2up

McNaught Syndicate. 1929. Show Girl! The Most Modern of Comic Strips Is Taking the Country by Storm [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (25; November 9): 35. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-09_62_25/page/34/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Cartoonist -- Mr. Editor: A cartoonist, an industrious worker... [job wanted classified advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (25; November 9): 59. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-09_62_25/page/58/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Gruelle Has New Comic [Brutus by Johnny Gruelle]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (25; November 9): 42. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-11-09_62_25/page/42/mode/2up

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