Fantom Comics' Jacob Shapiro on tariffs and printing comics

Retailer op-ed: Trump vs. the American comics industry

by Jacob Shapiro           

04/01/2025       

https://www.comicsbeat.com/retailer-op-ed-trump-vs-the-american-comics-industry/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/31/2025

DSTLRY joins Penguin Random House for distribution

Heidi MacDonald on 03/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dstlry-joins-penguin-random-house-for-distribution/

 

Penn lays off lecturer who drew antisemitic cartoons citing 'budgetary' reasons

"I think it's the same reason they gave to Jesus just before they crucified him," former lecturer Dwayne Booth wrote on social media.

(March 28, 2025 / JNS) https://www.jns.org/penn-lays-off-lecturer-who-drew-antisemitic-cartoons-citing-budgetary-reasons/

 

The news can be stressful. New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt wants you to laugh at it

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist on the climate of editorial cartooning in a divided world

Piya Chattopadhyay and Brianna Gosse · CBC Radio  Mar 29, 2025  https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/cartoonist-barry-blitt-1.7494254

 

A salute to beloved columnist after 35 years (and also a not so beloved comic) ["Phoebe and Her Unicorn";  "Heart of the City"]

AMY GILLIGAN Telegraph Herald  Mar 26, 2025 https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_a08a5faf-581d-4387-ac9c-db7467fd562f.html

 

"Arctic Circle" joins daily U-B comics page, replacing "Phoebe and Her Unicorn"

    Walla Walla Union-Bulletin  Mar 29, 2025

https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/local/arctic-circle-joins-daily-u-b-comics-page-replacing-phoebe-and-her-unicorn/article_c6f4760e-2985-490c-a9a8-5722b7f4405f.html

 

Westfield Childhood Comic Book Fan Publishes First Graphic Novel

Matt Myklusch is hosting a special launch event at the Westfield Memorial Library on Tuesday for his graphic novel "The Blood of Kings."

Alexis Tarrazi,

Westfield, NJ Patch Jan 6, 2025

https://patch.com/new-jersey/westfield/westfield-childhood-comic-book-fan-publishes-first-graphic-novel

 

Drawing Conclusions Part 2: More Topps Copycat Capers

March 27, 2025 By Roy Carlson

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/drawing-conclusions-part-2-more-topps-copycat-capers/

 

Every Live-Action Disney Remake, Ranked

By Josh Bell

Updated Mar. 21, 2025

https://www.vulture.com/article/live-action-disney-remakes-ranked.html

 

'Coyote vs. Acme' Movie Saved by Ketchup Entertainment

The film that ignited social media when Warner Bros. canceled it for a tax write-off has gone to the indie outfit after recent negotiations.

Etan Vlessing

March 31, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coyote-vs-acme-movie0saved-ketchup-entertainment-1236176482/

 

Warner Bros. Set to Raze Historic 'Looney Tunes' Studio Building

Animation Magazine

March 28, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/warner-bros-destroying-former-looney-tunes-studio-building/

 

An interview with Paul Pope: 'You can be your own audience'

Jean Marc Ah-Sen | March 31, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-paul-pope-you-can-be-your-own-audience/

 

To Life Draw or Not to Life Draw, That Is an Animator's Question

Tom Sito

March 28, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/to-life-draw-or-not-to-life-draw-that-is-an-animators-question/

This article was written for the April '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 349).

 

'Look Back' Wins Grand Prix at Niigata Int'l Animation Film Festival

Mercedes Milligan

March 28, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/look-back-wins-grand-prix-at-niigata-intl-animation-film-festival/

 

GKIDS' 4K Re-Release of 'Princess Mononoke' Rules IMAX Theaters with an Estimated $4 Million Weekend

Ramin Zahed

March 30, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/gkids-4k-re-release-of-princess-mononoke-rules-with-an-estimated-4-million-weekend/

 

A War Comics mystery – where was "Hero of the Snows" published?

By John Freeman on March 31, 2025 

https://downthetubes.net/a-war-comics-mystery-where-was-hero-of-the-snows-published/

 

HEARING DELAYED, IMAGE/DIAMOND CONTRACT DEETS: Auction Week Bankruptcy Round-Up

Milton Griepp on March 31, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59200/hearing-delayed-image-diamond-contract-deets

 

SPENCER SIMPSON, ART BALTAZAR JOIN COMICBOOKS FOR KIDS BOARDS

Baltazar Is First Appointee to New Advisory Board

Brigid Alverson on March 28, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59195/spencer-simpson-art-baltazar-join-comicbooks-for-kids-boards

 

Ed Piskor Tribute With Jim Mahfood Skeme Richards Michel Fiffe ‪@japanbookhunter

Dave

West Coast Davengers Mar 30, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddr1oxBB-n0

Saturday Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, March 24-28, 2025; Long Lost Lee Lorenz Interview Found

Michael Maslin

Ink Spill March 29, 2025

https://michaelmaslin.com/saturday-spill-the-tilley-watch-online-march-24-28-2025-long-lost-lee-lorenz-interview-found/

 

What of the Humans: Elias Rosner on R.U.R by Kateřina Čupová

Today on SOLRAD, Elias Rosner looks at R.U.R. by Kateřina Čupová, translated by Julie Nováková, and published by: Rosarium Publishing

Elias Rosner

SOLRAD March 24, 2025

https://solrad.co/what-of-the-humans-elias-rosner-on-r-u-r-by-katerina-cupova

 

Faith Erin Hicks Talks Universal Monsters: The Mummy.
Liam McGuire
Comic Frontier Mar 31, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/faith-erin-hicks-talks-universal-monsters-the-mummy

Letter: Comic strip no laughing matter for wildlife [Dennis the Menace]
Lucy Hardy
January 8 2025
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/01/08/letter-comic-strip-no-laughing-matter-for-wildlife/

'Felt violated': Cowabunga Comics in Green Cove Springs burglarized
By Alexus Cleavenger, Action News Jax
January 07, 2025 https://www.wokv.com/news/local/felt-violated-cowabunga-comics-green-cove-springs-burglarized/5YI4XYENP5EGVMKU72W3ZOKKA4/

Graphic Novel "The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide" Seeks to Prepare Us for the Worst
The imagined ruins of the Bagdad Theater could inspire disaster readiness in Portlanders.
Gabriel Granillo
January 07, 2025
https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2025/01/07/graphic-novel-the-pacific-northwest-disaster-guide-seeks-to-prepare-us-for-the-worst/

British newsstand retailer WH Smith changes hands
Dean Simons on 03/31/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/british-newsstand-retailer-wh-smith-changes-hands/

ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns
By  MATT O'BRIEN and SARAH PARVINI
March 28, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/studio-ghibli-chatgpt-images-hayao-miyazaki-openai-0f4cb487ec3042dd5b43ad47879b91f4

Amid a Back-to-the-Future Moment for Animation, Could 'The Critic' Make a Comeback?
A 'King of the Hill' revival is imminent, and 'American Dad!' is set to return to Fox. Could another Fox animated series return in the near future?
Alex Weprin
March 29, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-critic-reboot-fox-animated-series-jon-lovitz-1236175123/

'Common Side Effects' Renewed for Season 2 at Adult Swim
The news comes ahead of Sunday's season one finale for Mike Judge and Greg Daniels' animated take on Big Pharma, created by Joe Bennett and Steve Hely.
Etan Vlessing
March 28, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/common-side-effects-renewed-season-2-1236174892/

Coyote Vs. Acme officially saved by Ketchup Entertainment
That's not all, folks! Coyote Vs. Acme is finally out of Warner Bros. jail.
By Emma Keates  |  March 31, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/coyote-vs-acme-saved-from-warner-bros-by-ketchup-entertainment

Snow White's Failure Has Turned Rachel Zegler Into a Scapegoat—and an Icon
Disney insiders are blaming the young actress for the film's poison box office, but their plan is backfiring.
By Chris Murphy
March 28, 2025
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/snow-whites-failure-has-turned-rachel-zegler-into-a-scapegoat-and-an-icon

Adult Swim's Lazarus offers more than just Cowboy Bebop nostalgia
Shinichirō Watanabe's new anime series stands on its own.
By Kambole Campbell  |  March 31, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/lazarus-review-tv-adult-swim-anime

New Adventures for the World's Favorite Barbarian [Conan]
Sunday, March 16, 2025 Ismail D. Soldan
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/03/16/new-adventures-for-the-worlds-favorite-barbarian/

A Third Term?? by Daniel Boris

Rosarium's edition of R.U.R by Kateřina Čupová reviewed at SOLRAD

What of the Humans: Elias Rosner on R.U.R by Kateřina Čupová

Today on SOLRAD, Elias Rosner looks at R.U.R. by Kateřina Čupová, translated by Julie Nováková, and published by: Rosarium Publishing

Elias Rosner

SOLRAD March 24, 2025

https://solrad.co/what-of-the-humans-elias-rosner-on-r-u-r-by-katerina-cupova

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/29-30/2025

ULTRAMAN Channel launches on Prime Video with 210 hours of iconic content
Hayame Kawachi on 03/30/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/ultraman-channel-launches-on-prime-video-210-hours-iconic-content/

2025 Could Be a Very Bad Year for Comic Books
Derek Gibbs
January 6, 2025
https://clownfishtv.com/2025-comic-book-industry-diamond/

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 321: Jeff Lemire & Nick Robles on reinventing Wally West in 'Absolute Flash'
David Brooke and Alex
March 23, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/23/jeff-lemire-nick-robles/

New comic shares stories of LGBTQs affected by UK military's gay ban – in 10 images
"The process of creating the comic strip was painstaking and at each stage I saw the images getting ever closer to my memories" [Coming Home issue 2]
Jamie Tabberer
https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/literature/veterans-military-gay-ban-comic-book-477591/
6 January 2025

Artist Drew Struzan victim to Alzheimer's, can no longer paint
John Freeman on March 28, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/artist-drew-struzan-victim-to-alzheimers-can-no-longer-paint/

Skybound Sold 4.5 Million Comics In 2024… Would You Invest?
28 Mar 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/skybound-sold-4-5-million-comics-in-2024-would-you-invest/

More Skybound Entertainment Layoffs Identified, This Year And Last
28 Mar 2025  by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/more-skybound-entertainment-layoffs-identified-this-year-and-last/

Graham Nolan Asks People To Buy DC Comics' Absolute Batman
27 Mar 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/graham-nolan-dc-comics-absolute-batman/

Bruce Dickinson Graphic Novel Printed With William Blake Grave Soil
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson's graphic novel The Mandrake Project will be printed with soil from William Blake's grave.
29 Mar 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bruce-dickinson-graphic-novel-printed-with-william-blake-grave-soil/

Lake Como Comic Art Festival Shows Off Its Portfolio Of Guests
28 Mar 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/lake-como-comic-art-festival-shows-off-its-portfolio-of-guests/

Jon Lovitz and Al Jean are trying to bring back The Critic
Say it with us: "Reboot my show! Reboot my show! Reboot my show!"
By William Hughes  |  March 29, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/critic-reboot-jon-lovitz-al-jean

30 years ago, The Critic enrolled six-year-olds everywhere in film school
Al Jean and Mike Reiss' dark comedy about the world's saddest profession was a big hit on the playground
By Matt Schimkowitz  |  May 20, 2024
https://www.avclub.com/the-critic-at-30-essay-childhood-film-school-tv-show-1851472186

5 new comics to read in April, including weekly G.I. Joe Silent Missions
Plus, a trilogy of adaptations, a photographer biography, and a cosmic cooking adventure.
By Oliver Sava  |  March 28, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/new-comic-books-april-2025-gi-joe-new-york-stories

Suicide Squad's mythic "Ayer cut" could see release once DC gets "some scores on the board"
Ahead of A Working Man, David Ayer drops more information about his long-teased director's cut of Suicide Squad.
By Matt Schimkowitz  |  March 25, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/david-ayer-suicide-squad-wins-on-board

Hy Eisman – RIP
D. D. Degg
March 28, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/28/hy-eisman-rip/

Getting Hy on Comics: A Profile of Hy Eisman
Mark Squirek
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Hogan's Alley #15. 2009.
https://www.hoganmag.com/blog/getting-hy-on-comics-a-profile-of-hy-eisman

["It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of an incredibe (sic) artist, and a dear friend and instructor to many at the Joe Kubert School, Hy Eisman"].
Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc .March 28 2025
https://www.facebook.com/thekubertschool/posts/pfbid0R2jEBb6s1Dwy9Wvt296YvH5tuSiirjVV2mB7W8eG9U2LBzmZqxTJKbhQuyPESxKCl

Alan Moore salutes the 'ramshackle institution' that changed his life

Alan Moore is the most revered comics writer alive, and he owes much of his success to Arts Lab, he tells Big Issue
Alan Moore, Alistair Fruish
23 Mar 2025
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/art/alan-moore-arts-lab-northampton-comics/

Mirror, mirror on the wall, is 'Snow White' the dopiest Disney remake of all?
Stephen Thompsom, Aisha Harris, Candice Lim, Shar Jossell,
Pop Culture Happy Hour March 21, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/1239865411/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-is-snow-white-the-dopiest-disney-remake-of-all
https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR4647351234.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1239865411

["Agneta Hallin har tyvärr gått bort." (Agneta Hallin has sadly passed away)][Seriefrämjandet - The Swedish Comics Association supporter]
Fredrik Strömberg's Post March 19 2025
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161142790727901&id=652437900&rdid=s9PKAfatU22h9ezi

Edward Sorel Has a Confession [in print as An Illustrator's Confession]
By David W. Dunlap
March 30, 2025 : A2
online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/pageoneplus/edward-sorel-has-a-confession.html

AI generated Ghibli images go viral as OpenAI loosens its rules [in print as AI-generated images in iconic Ghibli style go viral as Open AI loosens rules]
By Gerrit De Vynck and Tatum Hunter
March 30, 2025: A12
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/28/chatgpt-ghibli-ai-images-copyright/

Archive - JIMI HENDRIX: PURPLE HAZE SIGNING with DJ BEN HA MEEN And Julian Lytle [audio and photos]

JIMI HENDRIX: PURPLE HAZE SIGNING with DJ BEN HA MEEN And Julian Lytle [audio and photos]

by DJ BenHa Meen; Julian Lytle

Washington, DC: Fantom Comics

2025-03-23

https://archive.org/details/jimi-hendrix-purple-haze-signing-w-dj-ben-ha-meen-and-julian-lytle-fantom-comics-250323

WaPo on AI-generated images in iconic Ghibli style

AI generated Ghibli images go viral as OpenAI loosens its rules [in print as AI-generated images in iconic Ghibli style go viral as Open AI loosens rules]

By Gerrit De Vynck and Tatum Hunter

March 30, 2025: A12

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/28/chatgpt-ghibli-ai-images-copyright/

https://wapo.st/42gJp07 - free link

NPR on Snow White

Mirror, mirror on the wall, is 'Snow White' the dopiest Disney remake of all?

Stephen Thompsom, Aisha Harris, Candice Lim, Shar Jossell,

Pop Culture Happy Hour March 21, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/1239865411/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-is-snow-white-the-dopiest-disney-remake-of-all

https://chrt.fm/track/138C95/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/traffic.megaphone.fm/NPR4647351234.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1239865411

DOGE Vader by Daniel Boris

Guy Billout in today's NYT

One of my favorite illustrators whom I consider a cartoonist even if he doesn't. This is from their Kids section.

Edith Pritchett is back in WaPo

Edith Pritchett returned to the print pages of the Washington Post today with a cartoon about 23andMe's bankruptcy.

I apologize for my mistaken assumption that she'd been let go when the Post's editorial page editor resigned. Hopefully she was just enjoying 2-week vacation. ComicsDC regrets the error and will be retracting, or rather correcting, our original post.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/28/2025

 

British publishers launch Comic Book UK trade association

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 03/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/cbuk-trade-assoc/   

 

ANDRA VOICE ACTOR PENS COMIC

'Masters of the Universe: Andra'

  Milton Griepp on March 28, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59188/andra-voice-actor-pens-comic

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

Scoop March 28 2025

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1013?ArticleID=280757

 

Donations Sought for Mike W. Barr

Scoop March 28 2025

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?ArticleID=280838

 

A Fox in Archie's Henhouse  [Alex Toth]

Paul Castiglia

Scoop March 28 2025

https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?ArticleID=280854

 

People Love Studio Ghibli. But Should They Be Able to Recreate It?

An update to ChatGPT made it easy to simulate Hayao Miyazaki's style of animation, which has flooded social media with memes.

Madison Malone Kircher

March 27, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/style/ai-chatgpt-studio-ghibli.html

 

"An Insult to Life Itself": OpenAI's New Tech Fuels Ghibli Imitation Trend, Raises Questions

Animation Magazine

March 27, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/an-insult-to-life-itself-openais-new-tech-fuels-ghibli-imitation-trend-raises-questions/

 

Studio Ghibli faces its biggest villain yet: an ironic onslaught of AI

Hayao Miyazaki's environmentalist masterpiece Princess Mononoke returns to theaters while his style is stolen by AI.

By Jacob Oller  |  March 27, 2025  https://www.avclub.com/studio-ghibli-openai-slop-princess-mononoke-4k-restoration

 

Lost media detectives finally found the full original pilot for Family Guy

Although seven minutes of the pilot were included in Family Guy DVD sets back in 2003, the full version has never been seen online.

By William Hughes  |  March 21, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/family-guy-full-pilot-lost-media-found

 

'The Bully Monster's Art Director Discusses the Acclaimed Brazilian Animated PSA

Ramin Zahed

March 27, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/the-bully-monsters-art-director-discusses-the-acclaimed-brazilian-animated-psa/

 

The Treasured Marvel Comic Book That Could Earn You More Than $3 Million [Amazing Fantasy #15; Spider-Man]

By William Fischer

Jan. 4, 2025 https://www.moneydigest.com/1748593/marvel-comic-book-worth-over-3-million/

 

Comic book industry calls on Chancellor to create hundreds of new creative industry jobs with extension of existing tax relief  [Comic Book UK]

John Freeman

March 27, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/comic-book-industry-calls-on-chancellor-to-create-hundreds-of-new-creative-industry-jobs-with-extension-of-existing-tax-relief/

 

Small Press Day returns in July [UK].

John Freeman

March 27, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/small-press-day-returns-in-july/

 

Barry Blitt's "Left to Their Own Devices"

The Trump Administration's not-so-classified group chat.

By Françoise Mouly

March 28, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-04-07

 

CSotD: Scandal for Schools [editorial cartoons on education]

Mike Peterson

March 28, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/28/csotd-scandal-for-schools/

 

Artist Drew Friedman documentary LA premiere, March 29, 2025

Mark Frauenfelder

Mar 21, 2025

https://boingboing.net/2025/03/21/artist-drew-friedman-documentary-la-premiere-march-29-2025.html

 

Bob Mankoff '66 to Deliver Alumni Keynote at 2025 A&S | Maxwell Convocation

Syracuse University News   March 25, 2025, By Sean Grogan

https://news.syr.edu/blog/2025/03/25/bob-mankoff-66-to-deliver-alumni-keynote-at-2025-as-maxwell-convocation/

 

Northeastern community celebrates power of truth and comics with legendary cartoonist Alison Bechdel

During the 2025 Hanson Lecture, Bechdel, writer and artist behind "Fun Home" and the Bechdel test, and Northeastern faculty and students examined how comics are a powerful tool for truth-telling and empathy.

Cody Mello-Klein

Northeastern Global News  March 20, 2025

https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/03/20/alison-bechdel-cartoonist-hanson-lecture/

 

A closer look at the ban on 'Maus' [Hillary Chute interview]

Hillary Chabot

Northeastern Global News January 28, 2022

https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/01/28/maus-ban/

 

Why comics and graphic novels like 'Maus' are effective teaching tools

Ian Thomsen

June 7, 2023 Northeastern Global News

https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/06/07/comics-graphic-novels-teaching-education/

 

Publisher's Firing Shows Double Standard in Israel/Palestine Cartooning

Hank Kennedy

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) March 27, 2025

https://fair.org/home/publishers-firing-shows-double-standard-in-israel-palestine-cartooning/

 

Op-comic: A personal case against eliminating the penny

By Emily Menez and Theora Kvitka

March 27, 2025

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-27/op-comic-eliminate-penny

 

Ghibli Treasures & Anime Icons Fuel Record-Setting Heritage Auction Event

Mercedes Milligan

March 27, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/ghibli-treasures-anime-icons-fuel-record-setting-heritage-auction-event/

 

The Daily Heller: The Mad Peck is Mad No Longer

By Steven Heller

March 24 2025

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-mad-peck-is-mad-no-longer/

 

Episode 195 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast March 19 2025

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-195-lawrence-wood/id1558958290?i=1000700009144

 

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Episode 196 - Tommy Siegel

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-196-tommy-siegel/id1558958290?i=1000700966996

 

Jim Keefe  Mar 28, 2025 

  Hy Eisman [obituary]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/hy-eisman-125385631

 

Hy and Fernando Full [aka Behind the Tracing Paper: Hy Eisman and Fernando Ruiz]

Kubert School Media  May 3, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8uwAVnOyo

 

"Rest Stop: How San Diego's location is impacting the Spread of bird flu." [comics journalism]

Steve Breen and Philip Salata

inewsource

https://inewsource.org/2025/03/26/san-diego-bird-flu-migration-illustrated/

 

Alabama halted a library's funding. Supporters raised the cash in days. [in print as Advocates raise cash to keep Ala. library open; Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan; censorship]

Kyle Melnick

Washington Post (March 28, 2025 ): A2.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/26/fairhope-alabama-library-funding-pause/

 

Disney's Liz Shortreed on putting authenticity at the heart of its Disney Princess collection with Bath & Body Works

Billy Langsworthy

  21.03.25 https://www.brandsuntapped.com/disneys-liz-shortreed-on-putting-authenticity-at-the-heart-of-its-disney-princess-collection-with-bath-body-works/

 

Mummy Pig's pregnancy to usher in "transformative new era" for Peppa Pig

Billy Langsworthy

  March 06..25 https://www.brandsuntapped.com/mummy-pigs-pregnancy-to-usher-in-transformative-new-era-for-peppa-pig-2/

 

Craig Narveson – Director of Partnerships at Kahoot! – on crafting educational content with brands like Hello Kitty, SpongeBob and Peanuts

Billy Langsworthy

25.03.25 https://www.brandsuntapped.com/craig-narveson-director-of-partnerships-at-kahoot-on-crafting-educational-content-with-brands-like-hello-kitty-spongebob-and-peanuts/    

 

Interview: COME OUT AND PLAY editors on why 'queerness and athletics are not at odds'

Ollie Kaplan on 03/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-come-out-and-play-editors-on-why-queerness-and-athletics-are-not-at-odds/     

 

Do Not Collect $200 – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | March 28, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/do-not-collect-200-this-weeks-links/

 

'Comics Sans Frontières' celebrates the magic of the medium [academic conference; Art Spiegelman]

By Lily Harvey    

The Rice Thresher. 3/25/25

https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2025/03/comics-sans-frontires-celebrates-the-magic-of-the-medium

 

Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance [African-American history]

Dominic Davies

The Conversation UK.  March 24, 2025

https://theconversation.com/three-graphic-novels-that-address-the-history-of-slavery-and-commemorate-resistance-251740

 

Off Panel #492: No Rain with Matt Fraction

March 24 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-492-no-rain-with-matt-fraction

 

Meet the creator of ITHAQA, a comic book mystery set in the gorgeous Finger Lakes city [Michael Watson]

  Jacob Mack

Ithaca Journal March 24 2025

https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/2025/03/24/ithaqa-comic-creator-michael-watson-set-to-attend-ithacon-april-5-6/82634637007/

 

A License to Cartoon: Creativity and Capitalism in Schulz, Davis, and Watterson

CJ Standal

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025

https://cartoonist.coop/journal/a-license-to-cartoon-creativity-and-capitalism-in-schulz-davis-and-watterson/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with El Hufbauer

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-el-hufbauer/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with Asmodeus

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-asmodeus/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with Mariah Currey

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-mariah-currey/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with Grovey Pascasio [Philippines]

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-grovey-pascasio/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with studioCARTRIDGE [Canada]

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-interview-with-studiocartridge/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with Maiji/Mary Huang [Canada]

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-maiji-mary-huang/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with A F Azar

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-a-f-azar/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with Blue Delliquanti

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-2025-interview-with-blue-delliquanti/

 

NIF 2025 Interview with spicymotte [Germany]

CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE March 2025 https://cartoonist.coop/journal/nif-interview-with-spicymotte/

 

Swept Away: PW Talks with Cara Gormally

by Ash Holland

Mar 21, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/97396-swept-away-pw-talks-with-cara-gormally.html

 

Faith Erin Hicks on capturing the gothic romance of The Mummy in comics with Skybound

Billy Langsworthy

25.03.25 https://www.brandsuntapped.com/faith-erin-hicks-on-capturing-the-gothic-romance-of-the-mummy-in-comics-with-skybound/

 

Filmmaker Sook-Yin Lee adapted her ex-boyfriend's sex-work memoir Paying for It

by Justine Smith

March 24, 2025

https://cultmtl.com/2025/03/filmmaker-sook-yin-lee-adapted-her-ex-boyfriends-sex-work-memoir-paying-for-it-interview/

 

The Comic Art of James Swinnerton, March 19, 2025 [aka Jimmy! How comics pioneer James "Jimmy" Swinnerton finally got his due.

Pete Maresca,   Michael Tisserand, Paul C. Tumey, Eddie Campbell and Rick Marschall

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 417;  Mar 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1voFhszoLNw

 

Carol Lay, March 25, 2025 [aka The Comic Art of Carol Lay]

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium

418; Mar 26, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfoV0DZJxrU

 

EXCLUSIVE Simon Bisley interview - The 2000 AD Creator

Michael Molcher,

The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Mar 22, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJZDYCeVcpcTapes

 

Cris Siqueira's graphic novel "May You Get What You Want"

Milwaukee PBS's  The Arts Page Mar 23, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TwwHIfBZQ

 

Goats Flying Press prods comics to new heights (and depths)

Chris Coplan

March 27, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/27/goats-flying-press-interview/

 

X-Men Monday #290 – Jason Loo Talks 'Concert of Champions'

Chris Hassan

March 24, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/24/x-men-monday-jason-loo-concert-champions-2/

 

Sculpting the Mythic: Javier Rodríguez on crafting 'Absolute Martian Manhunter's' surreal vision

Rodríguez reveals how stepping out of his comfort zone helped him create a bold, mythic vision for Martian Manhunter.

David Brooke

March 25, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/25/javier-rodriguez-absolute-martian-interview/

 

Cry When the Baby Cries by Becky Barnicoat review – the black and white truth about motherhood

Barnicoat's memoir of early parenthood is funny, unflinching and a welcome corrective to the ceaseless pressures new mums face from social media

Rachel Cooke

10 Mar 2025  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/10/cry-when-the-baby-cries-by-becky-barnicoat-review-the-black-and-white-truth-about-motherhood

 

There's No Time Like the Present by Paul B Rainey review – a funny, unpredictable and wild comic

Three characters stuck in the past are given access to the future in the former Observer/Faber prize winner's mordant and misanthropic sci-fi graphic novel

Rachel Cooke

23 Mar 2025  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/23/theres-no-time-like-the-present-by-paul-b-rainey-review-a-funny-unpredictable-and-wild-comic

 

The Cartoon Museum Announces the Winners of the Young Cartoonist Awards 2024

Broken Frontier  March 24, 2025

    https://www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoonist-2024/

 

American comics writer brings Korean hero Yi Sun-shin's legacy to life

Onrie Kompan's Yi Sun-shin comic series sold over 460,000 copies

By  Jang Yoon,

Lee Jae-eun

Published 2025.03.26.  https://www.chosun.com/english/people-en/2025/03/26/OBAZZHQGOVFJZN7KDF6LPIEG7Y/

 

Reviews:  The Collected Toppi Vol. 11: War Stories

Hagai Palevsky | March 27, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/reviews/the-collected-toppi-vol-11-war-stories/

 

The Collected Toppi Vol. 11: War Stories

Sergio Toppi

Magnetic Press

 

Moen and Nolan cited in Alabama library defunding

Alabama halted a library's funding. Supporters raised the cash in days. [in print as Advocates raise cash to keep Ala. library open; Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan; censorship]
Kyle Melnick
Washington Post (March 28, 2025 ): A2.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/26/fairhope-alabama-library-funding-pause/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/27/2025

Daniel Boris: artist / cartoonist / illustrator blog - https://danielboris.blogspot.com/

 

BACK-UP BIDDERS IN PLACE; COMIC SUPPLIERS ABSENT FROM CONTRACTS ASSUMED; MORE

Diamond Bankruptcy Round-Up

Milton Griepp on March 27, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59178/back-up-bidders-place-comic-suppliers-absent-contracts-assumed-more

 

Marvel Unveils 'Avengers: Doomsday' Cast With MCU Mainstays and 'X-Men', 'Fantastic Four' Stars

Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU with other confirmed actors including stars Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, 'X-Men' stars like Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, and a good chunk from the studio's 'Thunderbolts.'

By Aaron Couch, Borys Kit        

March 26, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avengers-doomsday-cast-announced-1236172556/

 

'Common Side Effects' Is a Stylish and Trippy Animated Thriller

Margaret Lyons

March 26, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/arts/television/common-side-effects-max.html

 

'Snow White' Producer's Son Slams "Immature" Rachel Zegler: "Clearly Hurt the Film"

Producer Marc Platt's son Jonah posted and deleted a scathing comment about the Disney star.

James Hibberd

March 26, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snow-white-marc-platt-jonah-slams-rachel-zegler-1236173434/

 

Animated Biblical Epic 'David' Caught in Legal Battle Over Rights

Slingshot, the film's producer, brought a lawsuit against Angel Studios for allegedly co-opting the feature to advance its own business interests, including its fledgling streaming service.

Winston Cho

March 26, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/rights-biblical-animated-film-david-angel-studios-1236173606/

 

'Lil Kev' Director Musa Brooker on Animating Kevin Hart's Childhood in N. Philly

Ramin Zahed

March 26, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/lil-kev-director-musa-brooker-on-animating-kevin-harts-childhood-in-n-philly/

 

Exclusive: 30 Animated TV Projects Selected to Compete at the 2025 Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival

Ramin Zahed

March 26, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/30-animated-tv-series-and-specials-selected-to-compete-at-the-2025-annecy-intl-animated-film-festival/

 

Process + Interview: Arley Nopra on THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: MALLORY AND THE TROUBLE WITH TWINS

Avery Kaplan on 03/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/process-interview-arley-nopra-on-the-baby-sitters-club-mallory-and-the-trouble-with-twins/

 

#THEKIDSAREALRIGHT: Interrogating and Enacting Youth Empowerment via Comics Pedagogies [aka "Frederick Luis Aldama Award Talk With Christian Hines"; literacy; African-American representation]

March 26 2025

https://comicsstudies.org/uncategorized/frederick-luis-aldama-award-talk-with-christian-hines/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2e_cpEwUhM

 

  Joe Casey Writes 

 Mar 27, 2025

 WHEN THINGS WENT DARK [Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns; Batman]

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/when-things-went-dark

 

Interview: Anders Nilsen hopes TONGUES provokes 'readers to think about who we are as humans'

Ollie Kaplan on 03/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-anders-nilsen-hopes-tongues-provokes-readers-to-think-about-who-we-are-as-humans/

Colleen Doran from Colleen Doran's Funny Business  Mar 27, 2025
PENS
https://colleendoran.substack.com/p/pens

Literary gold: There is a treasure trove of rare books in the vaults at the University of Calgary
Eric Volmers
Mar 26, 2025
https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/literary-gold-there-is-a-treasure-trove-of-rare-books-in-the-vaults-at-the-university-of-calgary

Ryan North supercharges Fantastic Four comic book with a healthy dose of reality
Corey Mintz
Toronto Globe and Mail March 27 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-ryan-north-supercharges-fantastic-four-comic-book-series-with-a/

IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred thirty-two | Aubrey Sitterson, part two
Mar 27, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/whats-this

    Fanbase Press Interviews Keith Arem on the Launch of the Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Frost Road,' Through PCB Entertainment
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    March 27, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56519-fanbase-press-interviews-keith-arem-on-the-launch-of-the-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-frost-road-through-pcb-entertainment/

The Fanbase Weekly: Episode #264 (Will Todd McFarlane Buy Diamond & More) [ Mark London (Mad Cave Studios) and Amie Wright (Toronto Comic Arts Festival)]
Barbra Dillon, Drew Siragusa, Claire Thorne
March 24, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/audio/podcasts/the-fanbase-weekly/item/56503-the-fanbase-weekly-episode-264-will-todd-mcfarlane-buy-diamond-more/

Comic Character Spotlight: Billy Bunter
John Freeman on March 26, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/comic-character-spotlight-billy-bunter/

Cover to Cover: An Analysis of Titles Banned in the 23-24 School Year
Madison Markham, Tasslyn Magnusson, Sabrina Baêta, Kasey Meehan
February 27, 2025
https://pen.org/report/cover-to-cover/?ms=20250305PENNews

 From Swamp Sounds to Graphic Novels: The Creation of Frankie Crossroads
Barney Smith
StoryComic  Mar 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt95GUCaR8E