Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/3/2025

Articles marked with a * will be in the 2025 annual compilation

  *MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. Lunar's Christina Merkler: "The numbers are bonkers." [distribution]. The Beat (December 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/lunars-christina-merkler-the-numbers-are-bonkers/

  *Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Here's why you can't watch A Charlie Brown Christmas anymore. The Beat (December 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/heres-why-you-cant-watch-a-charlie-brown-christmas-anymore/

  *Alverson, Brigid. 2025. Sacramento City Council To Lift Ban On Crime Comics: Widely Ignored Ordinance to Be Repealed After 75+ Years. ICv2 (December 2): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61131/sacramento-city-council-lift-ban-crime-comics

  *Associated Press. 2025. On paper, The City of Sacramento bans the sale of comic books to kids. Officials want to change that. Sacramento Observer (November 27): https://sacobserver.com/2025/11/sacramento-comic-book-ban/

  *Unknown. 2025. Top 50 Comics - November 2025 Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data. ICv2 (December 3): https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/61136/top-50-comics-november-2025

  *Arnott, Christopher. 2025. Beloved comic strip with CT ties facing resurgence with new artist and collections of classic strips [Nancy]. Hartford Courant (December 3): https://www.courant.com/2025/12/03/beloved-comic-strip-with-ct-ties-facing-resurgence-with-new-artist-and-collections-of-classic-strips/

  *Dueben, Alex. 2025. We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 2. TCJ (December 3): https://www.tcj.com/we-are-all-in-the-gutter-starman-at-30-part-2/

  *Gardner, Alan. 2025. 2026 Angoulême Comic Festival Cancelled. Daily Cartoonist (December 2): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/02/2026-angouleme-comic-festival-cancelled/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. 'KPop Demon Hunters' Wins New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature of the Year. Animation Magazine (December 2): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/kpop-demon-hunters-wins-new-york-film-critics-circle-award-for-best-animated-feature-of-the-year/

  *Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. 'Lupin the IIIrd The Movie – The Immortal Bloodline' Breaks into Theaters in January with GKIDS. Animation Magazine (December 2): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/lupin-the-iiird-the-movie-the-immortal-bloodline-breaks-into-theaters-in-january-with-gkids/

  *Amiri, Jasmine, Angie Jameson, Rosemary Kiladitis, Andrea Lipinski, Allison Tran. 2025. Best Graphic Novels 2025 - SLJ Best Books. School Library Journal (November 19): https://www.slj.com/story/best-graphic-novels-2025-slj-best-books

  *Amiri, Jasmine, Rachel Forbes, Joe Pascullo, Lisa Rowland. 2025. Best Manga 2025 - SLJ Best Books. School Library Journal (November 19): https://www.slj.com/story/best-manga-2025-slj-best-books

  *Doherty, Brian. 2025. The John Galt of Comic Books: The co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange later created some failed Ayn Rand–inspired superheroes. [Steve Ditko; in print as The Howard Roark of Comics]. Reason (December 27; in print January 2026): https://reason.com/2025/12/27/the-howard-roark-of-comics/

  *Johnson, R. Kikuo & Dash Shaw. 2025. R. Kikuo Johnson & Dash Shaw: On Rea Irvin's The Smythes, Dec 1, 2025. New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium (438; December 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9F0Snzb2yE

  *White, Shane Patrick. 2025. Mark Schultz Reveals The Story Behind Xenozoic Tales. Beyond The Process (December 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iOoY2yz1w

  *Crane, Jordan. 2025. Jordan Crane, November 18th, 2025. New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium (436; November 21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtM0ZGQAJ_c

  *Harper, David. 2025.  Matt Fraction talks AdventureMan, Batman, and the journey he's been on in recent years. SKTCHD's Off Panel (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjfjFkDUjY

  *Harper, David. 2025. Zander Cannon talks his new Image series, Sleep. SKTCHD's Off Panel (November 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNuhi6Z6Ro

  *Gonzalez, Elijah. 2025. Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued; Amazon backed down from its very bad initial AI dubbing experiment, but the fact they tried at all says a lot. AV Club (December 3): https://www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-anime-dubbing-voice-acting-issues

  *Smith, Steve. 2025. The Year in Pre-Code Comic Book Reprints, 2025 [reviews; Atlas and EC; horror and romance]. Panels & Prose (December 3): https://panelsandprose.com/2025/12/03/the-year-in-pre-code-comic-book-reprints-2025/

  *Held, John Jr. and Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. 1952. Held's Angels. New York: Crowell

  *Richards, Dave. 2025. Hart and Ryall Return to Spread Christmas Fear with Dread the Halls 2025 [interview]. Dave Richards Writes Awesome Stuff (December 3): https://www.patreon.com/posts/hart-and-ryall-144952658

  *Cox, Bill. 2025. Comic Art Collector Ron Sonenthal. CAF+ (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiOWVBtyuQ0


Mallonee, Dennis. 2025. Artist Don Nguyen talks about his gorilla Pablo, Topps and Upper Deck, and life. The Heroic Voice (72; November 27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfz6Dri0ewo

Dollard, Terence. 2025. Comic Culture with Regine Sawyer. Comic Culture (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nc39QyiQ20

Dollard, Terence. 2025. Comic Culture with Matt Yocum. Comic Culture (December 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBefUah7G7M

Milligan, Mercedes. 2025. ZAG Races Ahead with Animated Women's Motorsport Project 'Carmen'. Animation Magazine (December 2):  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/12/zag-races-ahead-with-animated-womens-motorsport-project-carmen/

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Luke Piotrowski. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurCdhYUH_I

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Austin McKinley & Dirk Manning [Tales of Mr. Rhee; McKinley is comics artist]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SwJE2_rzf8

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Brian Buccellato & Mattia Monaco [Eat Your Young]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMIrmT8Oj_w

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds: Snake Returns! Words, Images, & Worlds (November 23): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcRPTdeLgX8

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds with Scott Fogg & Charlie McElvy [The Monster Hunter Called Claymore]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7tPi84qFA

DeHart, Jason. 2025. Words, Images, & Worlds: Stuart Moore Returns! [Dr. Strange]. Words, Images, & Worlds (November 11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q-zcVlUbgM

 Unknown. 2025. Japan Plans to Distribute Manga Overseas Via New Platform. Yomiuri Shimbun (November 26): https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/manga-anime/20251126-294948/

Simons, Dean. 2025. Check out the finalists for France Info's 2026 Graphic Journalism and Current Affairs Prize. The Beat (December 3): https://www.comicsbeat.com/check-out-the-finalists-for-france-infos-2026-graphic-journalism-and-current-affairs-prize/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/2/2025

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. Angouleme Comics Festival Canceled For 2026 After Boycott, Publisher Withdrawals, Loss of Public Funding. ICv2 (December 1):  https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61125/angouleme-comics-festival-canceled-2026

  *Unknown. 1925. [""Skippy" in comic strip form, drawn by Percy L. Crosby, contributor to Life, has been purchased for newspaper syndication by Johnson Features, Inc., New York."]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

  *Johnson Features, Inc. 1925. "Skippy" [syndicate advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 21. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/20/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. ["The McClure Newspaper Syndicate, New York, is now printing comic pages in tabloid size, it was announced last week"]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. [Dumb Dora adds a full-color Sunday page]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

  *Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate. 1925. Gaar William... consistently good [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4

  *Big Planet Comics. 2025. Best of 2025. Big Planet Comics (December 1): https://www.bigplanetcomics.com/best-of-2025

  *Unknown. 1925. ["Bill" Counselman and "Charley" Plumb, Author and Artist of Ella Cinders']. Editor and Publisher 58 (4; June 20): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-20_58_4/page/26/mode/2up

  *Mollo, Drew, Jeremy Courtney, Kari Sanders, and Leo Pond. 2025. Chris Eliopoulos Talks Franklin Richards, Pet Avengers & Ordinary Heroes. Splash Pages Comic Book Club (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0UG6-ASvkY

  *Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2025. The Beat Digest 12/02/25: Live-action TMNT reboot coming 2028 The Beat (December 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-120225/

  *Clowes, Daniel and Ari Aster. 2025. Minor Indignities in Moviegoing. The Metrograph 1. Online at https://metrograph.com/magazine-1-minor-indignities-in-moviegoing/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Angoulême Comics Festival Officially Cancelled, Accusation Of Sabotage. Bleeding Cool (December 1): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/angouleme-comics-festival-officially-cancelled-accusation-of-sabotage/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Frank Cho Outrage With Rogue, ThunderCats, Power Girl And Poison Ivy. Bleeding Cool (December 1): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/frank-cho-outrage-with-rogue-thundercats-power-girl-and-poison-ivy/

  * Frank Cho Print dealer - https://www.raremarq.com/u/frankchoartist

  *Cho, Frank. 2022. More Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published
  *Cho, Frank. 2023. The Book of Even More Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published
  *Cho, Frank. 2024. The Book of Outrage 4: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published
  *Cho, Frank. 2025. The Book of Outrage 5: The Art of Frank Cho. Self-published

  *Lamberti, Rod. 2025. Comic Store In Your Future: 2025, The Year I Felt Handcuffed & Beaten. Bleeding Cool (December 2): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-2025-the-year-i-felt-handcuffed-beaten/

  *Morrissey, J. Alex. 2025. JH Williams III. Tradecraft (255; December 2): https://jalexmorrissey.substack.com/p/episode-255-jh-williams-iii

  *Boyd, Robert. 2025. Canada Post has some comics recommendations for you [postage stamps]. The Great God Pan Is Dead (July 30): https://thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com/p/canada-post-has-some-comics-recommendations

   *Boyd, Robert. 2025. Donald Trump Is Oppressing Me! He is preventing me from acquiring the Canadian comics collectible I crave! [postage stamps]. The Great God Pan Is Dead (December 2): https://thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-oppressing-me

  *De Jonge, Stefanie. 2025. De VUB eert Ever Meulen, nu hijzelf nog: 'Mijn werk is zeer belangrijk voor mij, maar moet ik daar trots op zijn?' HUMO (December 1): https://www.humo.be/achter-het-nieuws/de-vub-eert-ever-meulen-nu-hijzelf-nog-mijn-werk-is-zeer-belangrijk-voor-mij-maar-moet-ik-daar-trots-op-zijn~b79c7cc5/

  *Unknown. 2023. Ever Meulen: 'Ik ben een estheet en kijk voor Ella Leyers naar 'DIW''. HUMO (December 29): https://www.humo.be/eindejaarsvraagjes/ever-meulen-ik-ben-een-estheet-en-kijk-voor-ella-leyers-naar-diw~b34458ff/

  *Bellwinkel, Joris. 2025. Herr Seele stalt HUMO-cartoonisten uit: 'Een mooi onsterfelijk rijtje: de Vlaamse primitieven, Rubens, René Magritte en Cowboy Henk' [exhibit]. HUMO (June 13): https://www.humo.be/nieuws/herr-seele-stalt-humo-cartoonisten-uit-een-mooi-onsterfelijk-rijtje-de-vlaamse-primitieven-rubens-rene-magritte-en-cowboy-henk~b9a4ae0d/

  *Unknown. 2024. Herr Seele wordt 65 jaar: vier mee met 10 avonturen van Cowboy Henk. HUMO (April 12): https://www.humo.be/humor/herr-seele-wordt-65-jaar-vier-mee-met-10-avonturen-van-cowboy-henk~beeea9d2/

  *Freeman, John. 2025. In Memoriam: Comic Artist Frank Pé. Downthetubes (December 1): https://downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-comic-artist-frank-pe/

  *Chris Beetles Gallery. 2025. E H Shepard The Art of Popular Culture: From Winnie-the-Pooh to Punch. London: Chris Beetles Gallery (December 16 2025 - January 3 2026). Online at https://chrisbeetles.com/exhibition/349/e-h-shepard-the-art-of-popular-culture

  *Hughey, Jesse. 2025. 'Superman' No. 1 Sells for $9.12 Million at Heritage, Becomes World's Most Expensive Comic Book: The First-Edition Copy Had Been Forgotten In An Attic For Decades. Intelligent Collector (December 2):https://intelligentcollector.com/superman-no-1-sells-for-9-12-million-at-heritage-becomes-worlds-most-expensive-comic-book/

  *Griffin, Rick. 2025. MarketInk: Editorial Cartoonist Steve Breen, 'Reports of my absence are greatly exaggerated'. Times of San Diego (December 1): https://timesofsandiego.com/uncategorized/2025/12/01/steve-breen-union-tribune-ai-music-iheartmedia/

  *Harlock, J.D. 2025. Rahil Mohsin on using an endangered language in the recent series, Hallubol (Speak Softly) [India]. TCJ (December 2): https://www.tcj.com/indian-cartoonist-rahil-mohsin-on-his-new-comic-series-that-uses-an-endangered-language/

  *Young, Bud and Ken LG. 2025. Jim Zub stops by the show to discuss D&D, Avengers No Surrender, and Conan!!! Avengers Forever Podcast (November 27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LizjWq10adk

  *Young, Bud and Ken LG. 2025. Jim Zub recalls the making of Avengers No Surrender. Avengers Forever Podcast (November 28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjbhjaSUqc

  *Tommy. 2025. Jim Zub talks all this Conan the Barbarian! Worldatwarcomics (November 25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKhbS7OYp0

  *Fiffe, Michel. 2025. Keith Giffen Part 1: Marvel, Legion of Super-Heroes, Ambush Bug, Lobo. Fiffe Files (November 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm2Jc5qwr_E

  *Whitbrook, James. 2025. Amazon Quietly Rolls Back Its AI Anime Dubs After Massive Backlash; As quickly as they arrived, many of Prime Video's controversial generated dubs have been removed from the streamer. io9 (December 2):  https://gizmodo.com/amazon-anime-ai-dub-backlash-removal-2000694695

  *Denis, Ricardo Serrano. 2025. Interview: The Outer Worlds 2 composer Oleksa Lozowchuk on creating music for choices [videogame animation]. The Beat (December 2): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-the-outer-worlds-2-composer-oleksa-lozowchuk-on-creating-music-for-choices/

  *Gold, Mike and Bob Harrison. 2025. Live: With Special Guest Wells Thompson. Pop Culture SquadCast (November 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZjV5o4MIU

  *Gold, Mike and Bob Harrison. 2025. Live: With Special Guest Benjamin Percy. Pop Culture SquadCast (December 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvxeiSriIA

  *Kannout, Farouk. 2025. With anime more popular than ever, it's time to go beyond shonen; While anime can be about anything, most Western viewers associate the medium with a specific kind of action series. AV Club (December 2): https://www.avclub.com/time-to-go-beyond-shonen-anime

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/1/2025

* means added to 2025 CRB compilation

  *Simons, Dean. 2025. Chabouté wins 2025 Landernau Prize. The Beat (December 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/chaboute-wins-2025-landernau-prize/

  *Simons, Dean. 2025. Breaking: Angoulême 2026 cancelled, Bondoux defiant. The Beat (December 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/breaking-angouleme-2026-cancelled-bondoux-defiant/

  *Hamilcaro-Berlin, Maïa and Marlene Agius. 2025. Minute papillon! The 285 Manifesto girlcott halts the 2026 Angoulême Festival. TCJ (December 1): https://www.tcj.com/the-285-manifesto-news-from-the-angouleme-international-comics-festival-s-girlcott/

  *Tweedle, Mark. 2025. Hellboy Universe Reading Order 2025. The Beat (December 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/hellboy-universe-reading-order-2025/

  *Morris, D. 2025. Anime Review: Angel's Egg still mystifies forty years later. The Beat (December 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/anime-review-angels-egg-still-mystifies-forty-years-later/

  *Perez, Javier. 2025. The original artwork of "Video Girl Ai" was stolen and sold online. The Beat (December 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-original-artwork-of-video-girl-ai-was-stolen-and-sold-online/

  *Barnes, Brooks. 2025. 'Zootopia 2' Goes Wild at the Worldwide Box Office [in print as 'Zootopia 2' Fills Seats As PG-Rated Movies Soar]. New York Times (December 1): B3. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/business/zootopia-2-box-office.html

  *McClintock, Pamela. 2025. Box Office: 'Zootopia 2' Rules Thanksgiving With $156M U.S. Opening, Record-Smashing $556M Globally. Hollywood Reporter (November 30): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zootopia-2-rules-thanksgiving-box-office-1236437850/

  *Brzeski, Patrick. 2025.  China Box Office: 'Zootopia 2' Opens With Massive $272 Million, Biggest Hollywood Haul in Years. Hollywood Reporter (November 30): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/china-box-office-zootopia-2-record-disney-1236437999/

  *Weprin, Alex. 2025. Bob Iger Has a Cameo in Disney's 'Zootopia 2': The veteran executive, set to exit the company next year, plays a tiger weatherman named "Bob Tiger" in what is credited as his first acting role. Hollywood Reporter (November 27): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bob-iger-cameo-zootopia-2-disney-bob-tiger-weatherman-1236436877/

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. Frazetta Movie Poster Art Sells At $1.75 Million; Neal Adams Cover Art Sells for $1.5 Million [auction; Superman original art]. ICv2 (December 1): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61116/frazetta-movie-poster-art-sells-1-75-million

  *Mendez-Padilla, Brianna. 2025. NCTE partnership will harness the power of comics to teach immigrants' contributions [literacy]. K-12 Dive (June 25, updated July 1): https://www.k12dive.com/news/ncte-partnership-will-harness-the-power-of-comics-to-teach-immigrants-cont/751620/

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. Rarities: W. P. Trent panels. Daily Cartoonist (December 1): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/01/rarities-w-p-trent-panels/

  *Unknown. 1928. Trent's 'Snob Stories' Start in Brooklyn Times Tomorrow. Brooklyn Daily Times May 27, 1928. Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/01/rarities-w-p-trent-panels/

  *Uknown. 1929. Cartooning a Leisure Art: W.B. Trent, Jr.'s Dad Figured Higher Education Would Only Hurt Career. Omaha World-Herald (August 14). Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/01/rarities-w-p-trent-panels/

  *Garcia, Alex. 2025. Blondie at 95: Family, Food, and Funny Pages. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (November 28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bLxAQt7684

  *Freudberg, Jake. 2025. Comic Shop News to move to Skowhegan, along with bookstore; The owners said they chose the downtown storefront in large part because of recent economic revitalization in the area. CentralMaine (November 26): https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/26/comic-shop-news-to-move-to-skowhegan-along-with-bookstore/

  *Rutherford, Adam. 2025. The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco review – a masterclass in visual reportage; The author of Palestine turns his attention to the legacies of Indian partition in this brilliant portrait of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. Guardian (November 19): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/19/the-once-and-future-riot-by-joe-sacco-review-a-masterclass-in-visual-reportage

  *Garcia, Alex. 2025. Lab Rats & Laughs: Inside The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (November 14): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkLb_LdVqg

  *Garcia, Alex. 2025. 75 Years in the Ranks: Brian Walker on Beetle Bailey's Legacy. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (September 19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxeKvQXrKso

  *Garcia, Alex. 2025. Between Friends: 35 Years of Laughter, Life, and Friendship with Sandra Bell-Lundy. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (October 24): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut_fiUEjT_w

  *Harper, David. 2025. Lunar/DCBS' Christina Merkler talks the very weird year for comics distribution and retail. SKTCHD's Off Panel (December 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ho7QuH49a0

  *Harper, David. 2025. Chasing That Feeling with Gene Luen Yang [aka Gene Luen Yang talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and his comics life on Off Panel]. SKTCHD's Off Panel (527; November 24): https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-527-chasing-that-feeling-with-gene-luen-yang/ and https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Gene_Luen_Yang_2025.mp3 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc5s56n3Wzo

  *Freeman, John. 2025. Comic Creator Spotlight: Artist François Boucq. Downthetubes (November 30): https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-artist-francois-boucq/

  *Horsey, David and Kevin KAL Kallaugher. 2025. Live with Kevin KAL Kallaugher. David Horsey's Substack (November 30): https://horseytoons.substack.com/p/live-with-kevin-kal-kallaugher

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Disney's 'Zootopia 2' Serves Up a Big Feast with Record-Breaking $556 Million Opening Weekend Worldwide. Animation Magazine (November 30):  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/disneys-zootopia-2-serves-up-a-big-feast-with-record-breaking-556-mil-opening-weekend-worldwide/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Bo-sol Kim's 'The Square' Wins Best Animated Feature Prize at the Asian Pacific Film Awards [South Korea]. Animation Magazine (November 28): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/bo-sol-kims-the-square-wins-best-animated-feature-prize-at-the-asian-pacific-film-awards/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Toonz Media Group CEO P. Jayakumar to Step Down After 26 Years of Leading the Prominent Indian Animation Studio. Animation Magazine (November 27): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/toonz-media-group-ceo-p-jayakumar-to-step-down-after-26-years-of-leading-the-prominent-indian-animation-studio/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Nordic Flight: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg Looks Back at Her Award-Winning Porcelain-Animated 'On Weary Wings Go By' [Estonia]. Animation Magazine (November 26): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/nordic-flight-anu-laura-tuttleberg-looks-back-at-her-award-winning-porcelain-animated-on-weary-wings-go-by/

  *Evanier, Mark. 2025. Tony Benedict, R.I.P. News from ME (November 29): https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/11/29/tony-benedict-r-i-p/

  *Zahed, Ramin. 2025. Longtime Hanna-Barbera Writer and Storyboard Artist Tony Benedict Dies at 89. Animation Magazine (November 29): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/longtime-hanna-barbera-write-and-storyboard-artist-tony-benedict-dies-at-89/

  *Puc, Samantha. 2025. Remow launches It's Anime FAST channel on Vizio's WatchFree+: Anime without a subscription. KComics Beat (December 1): https://kcomicsbeat.com/2025/12/01/remow-launches-its-anime-fast-channel-on-vizios-watchfree/

  *Conley, Steve. 2025. Is Backerkit's Holiday Market worth it? [crowdfunding site]. Steve Conley (November 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZF-JVL4-oc

Roth, Mike. 2025. Designing Batman's Beard - Bat-Fam. Warner Bros. TV (November 25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEAMWouJnhE

Mr. Fish. 2025. In Conversation with Patrick Chappatte and Ann Telnaes. The Independent Ink (Nov 30): https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/in-conversation-with-patrick-chappatte

Zahed, Ramin. 2025. 'God's Gang' Appoints New Team Members, CEO Nimrod May Discusses the Holy Heroes' Future (Exclusive). Animation Magazine (November 27): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/gods-gang-appoints-new-team-members-ceo-nimrod-may-discusses-the-holy-heroes-future-exclusive/

Hughes, William. 2025. Amazon rolls out AI-generated dub of well-loved anime series Banana Fish; Banana Fish is now available in English and Spanish—if you don't mind lifeless, drab, voice-actor free zombie audio. AV Club (November 29): https://www.avclub.com/amazon-banana-fish-ai-dub

Harper, David. 2025. Ten Things I've Been Thankful for from the Year in Comics. SKTCHD (November 26): https://sktchd.com/column/ten-things-ive-been-thankful-for-2025/

Garcia, Alex. 2025. Wannabe & the Art of "Figuring It Out" with Luca Debus. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (November 21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-55HsSVJqs

Garcia, Alex. 2025. Life's weird, but mostly gravy: Behind the scenes with Ellen Liebenthal. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (November 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XszanWQeGMk

Ellen Liebenthal Website - https://ellenliebenthal.com

Garcia, Alex. 2025. From Fields to Funny Pages: The Heart of Amber Waves [David Phipps]. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (October 17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UndSTjeP4xA

Garcia, Alex. 2025. Lost in Space, Found in Comedy: The Story of Goomer [Ricardo Martínez & Nacho Moreno]. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (October 31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVMenHG5QE

Garcia, Alex. 2025. Alleyway Wit & Bagel Crumbs: Tyler Dewhirst on Nibbles & Scratch. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (October 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTpJiELAUfQ

Garcia, Alex. 2025. Lines of Inspiration: Andrea Beizer on Women in Comics and "Alice". Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (March 25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJkGdHuIykU

Garcia, Alex. 2024. Olive & Popeye with Randy Milholland & Emi Burge. Comics Kingdom's Inside the Kingdom (April 15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvZ6sSgmbRM

Higuera, Diego. 2025. Interview: Strangers Publishing on their newest project: Hostile Planet. The Beat (December 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-strangers-publishing-on-their-newest-project-hostile-planet/

Bull, Bart. 1988. Comics [state of comic books]. Spin (August)

Casey, Joe. 2025. The "Best Work Is Behind Us" Rant - Following Up [1980s comic book field]. Joe Casey Writes (December 1): https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/the-best-work-is-behind-us-rant-following

Albinson, Heather. 2025. Indies Introduce Q&A with Sam Prentice-Jones [UK; Arcana: The Lost Heir]. ABA (June 25): https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-sam-prentice-jones-1632050

Best, Daniel. 2025. The Influence of McFarlane, or Swipes Away: McFarlane Swiped By Byrne. 20th Century Danny Boy (November 30): https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/the-influence-of-mcfarlane-or-swipes

Whitbrook, James. 2025. Amazon's Atrocious AI Anime Dubs Are a Dark Sign of Things to Come; Prime Video has begun rolling out a supposed beta test using generative AI voices to dub anime—but they're a bad sign regardless of their dismaying quality. io9 (December 1): https://gizmodo.com/amazon-anime-ai-dub-banana-fish-no-game-no-life-2000693962

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/29-30/2025

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Captain Underpants: First Epic Manga by Dav Pilkey's 750,000 Print Run. Bleeding Cool (November 28): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/captain-underpants-first-epic-manga-by-dav-pilkeys-750000-print-run/

Lost Heroes [Canadian superheroes documentary]
Will Pascoe (dir.)
Farpoint Films
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014 - 108 minutes
https://www.farpointfilms.com/lost-heroes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaF2uKHv7WA

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Batman/Deadpool "Plot Need Not Be The Best Possible". Bleeding Cool (November 28): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-batman-deadpool-plot-need-not-be-the-best-possible/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. The Bedside Cabinets of Eternity and Kismet in Batman/Deadpool. Bleeding Cool (November 29):  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/eternity-kismet-batman-deadpool-grant-morrison-dan-mora/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Grant Morrison On Writing Themselves Into Batman/Deadpool (Spoilers). Bleeding Cool (November 30): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/grant-morrison-on-writing-themselves-into-batman-deadpool-spoilers/

  *Morrison, Grant. 2025. Back To Bat [Batman/Deadpool]. Xanaduum (November 26): https://grantmorrison.substack.com/p/2611-back-to-bat

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Princess Academy Graphic Novel Gets A Quarter Of A Million Print Run.  Bleeding Cool (November 30): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/princess-academy-graphic-novel-gets-a-quarter-of-a-million-print-run/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. I Am Stephen Hawking by Brad Meltzer Gets a 150,000 Print Run. Bleeding Cool (November 29): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/i-am-stephen-hawking-by-brad-meltzer-gets-a-150000-print-run/

  *Johnston, Rich. 2025. Supergirl And The Love That Dare Not Neigh Its Name. Bleeding Cool (November 30): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/supergirl-love-that-dare-not-neigh-its-name/

  *Higuera, Diego. 2025. Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: The Wilder, RPG Party Questions, Malloch The Damned, and two more projects you'll love! The Beat (November 28): https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-the-wilder-rpg-party-questions-malloch-the-damned-and-two-more-projects-youll-love/

Dixon, Kerry. 2025. Comic-Con Museum "40 Years of Luann" and tokitoki Exhibits Opening June 30. SDCC Unofficial Blog (June 23): https://sdccblog.com/2025/06/comic-con-museum-40-years-of-luann-and-tokitoki-exhibits-opening-june-30/

Accomando, Beth. 2025. From fanboys to power players: 2 local creators and the stories that shaped them [aka Comics creators pursue a passion for sequential art; Chris Ryall; Scott Dunbier]. KPBS (June 23): https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2025/06/23/comic-con-san-diego-creators-chris-ryall-scott-dunbier and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Agaueqz0c

Battle For Dream Island's first comic book released as part of Black Friday sale
Russ Burlingame on 11/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/battle-for-dream-islands-first-comic-book-released-as-part-of-black-friday-sale/

The Beat Digest 11/28/25: BRIARWOODS starring in VOX MACHINA graphic novel
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 11/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-112825/

ARPAD OKAY et. al.
The Beat's 2025 COMICS LOVER Gift Guide
The Beat Staff on 11/28/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-2025-comics-lover-gift-guide/

  *Takahashi, Rumiko. 2025. The Art of Rumiko Takahashi: Colors 1978-2024. Viz

  *Rapold, Nicolas. 2025. The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films. Frances Lincoln

  *Gossett, Christian, Kris Simon, and David Hyde. 2025. Noir-vember: With Guests Alex Segura & Ivy Pochoda! Superfan Podcast (November 28): https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/noir-vember-with-guests-alex-segura

  *Gossett, Christian, Kris Simon, and David Hyde. 2025. Noir-vember: with Guests Jamie Harrison & Stephan Franck! Superfan Podcast (November 21): https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/noir-vember-with-guests-jamie-harrison

  *Gossett, Christian, Kris Simon, and David Hyde. 2025. Noir-vember BONUS! With Guests Marco Finnegan & Jason Starr! Superfan Podcast (November 30): https://spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/noir-vember-bonus-with-guests-marco

  *Tsumele, Edward. 2025. Up-Close and Personal with cartoonist Zapiro whose sketch book and pencil rattle the corrupt among the political elite in South Africa and beyond. CityLife/Arts (November 25): https://citylifearts.co.za/up-close-and-personal-with-cartoonist-zapiro-whose-sketch-book-and-pencil-rattle-the-corrupt-among-the-political-elite-in-south-africa-and-beyond/

Danny Seagren, 'Electric Company' Star and the First Live-Action Spider-Man, Dies at 81
Mike Barnes
November 27, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/danny-seagren-dead-electric-company-spider-man-1236436815/

The Daily Heller: Tomi Ungerer, Provocateur [2015 interview]
By Steven Heller
The Daily Heller November 27 2025
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/tomi-ungerer-provocateur/

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End casts a spell (that makes you spend $200 on its Blu-rays)
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray set brings home the magic of this excellent anime.
By Elijah Gonzalez  |  November 28, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/frieren-beyond-journeys-end-review-blu-ray

tc2oons - Tim Campbell's substack - https://tc2oons.substack.com/

Will Mark Knight toon flick Bowen switch on rising power prices?
Mark Knight
Kids News November 27, 2025
https://www.kidsnews.com.au/explainers/will-mark-knight-toon-flick-bowen-switch-on-rising-power-prices/news-story/1633cb0ed5ed7a01d2a59e3d6d6e88a2

'Angel's Egg' Still Embodies Anime's Wonderous Ability to Move Without Words
Mamoru Oshii's cult classic original video anime, a haunting, wordless vision, returns to theaters in 4K for its 40th anniversary.
By Isaiah Colbert
io9 November 28, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/angels-egg-anime-mamoru-oshii-gkids-retro-review-2000692231

Krispy Kreme partners with Peanuts for unique holiday doughnut collection
11.24.2025
By Brian Amick
https://www.bakemag.com/articles/20976-krispy-kreme-partners-with-peanuts-for-unique-holiday-doughnut-collection

Dart, Chris. 2025. This rapper is making 'The Watchmen of rhyming comics': Wordburglar teamed up with Canadian comic creators to illustrate his songs for his new greatest hits package. CBC Arts (June 23): https://www.cbc.ca/arts/wordburglar-rhymes-with-comics-1.7568530

7 nights at sea aboard the last grand ocean liner
The Queen Mary 2 keeps a romantic age of transatlantic sailing alive.
By Christine Mi
Mi wrote and illustrated this comic after spending seven nights aboard the Queen Mary 2.
Washington Post November 3, 2025  [in print November 30, F1-5 (poorly)]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/interactive/2025/queen-mary-2-ocean-liner/
free link https://wapo.st/3M1b153

Why this family of British aristocrats still obsesses the public [Mimi Pond; in print as The forever Mitford sisters]
By Sophia Nguyen
Washington Post November 30, 2025: C1, 5.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/11/28/mitford-sisters-do-admit-mimi-pond-troublemaker-carla-kaplan/

Mills, Kadin. 2025. A new animated film offers a way for kids to learn about contemporary Native culture ["Pow!" by Joey Clift]. NPR's All Things Considered (November 28): https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-5611177/a-new-animated-film-offers-a-way-for-kids-to-learn-about-contemporary-native-culture and https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/11/20251128_atc_mills-pow_short_film.mp3 and https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5611177

In Pictures: A Tremendous Thought Bubble Festival 2025!
By James Bacon on November 29, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/in-pictures-a-tremendous-thought-bubble-festival-2025/

Finding Relena: Exploring A Gundam Heroine's Legacy With Voice Actor Lisa Ann Beley
by Lauren Orsini, Nov 28th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-11-28/finding-relena-exploring-a-gundam-heroine-legacy-with-voice-actor-lisa-ann-beley/.229463

Horror Manga Creator Minetaro Mochizuki Prefers the Darkness
by Bamboo Dong, Nov 26th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-11-26/horror-manga-creator-minetaro-mochizuki-prefers-the-darkness/.229537

'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' creators had 'rare' dispute over beloved holiday special
Sara Donnellan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
 Nov. 25, 2025,  https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2025/11/a-charlie-brown-thanksgiving-creators-had-rare-dispute-over-beloved-holiday-special.html

Celebrating 75 Years of "Peanuts"
Will Spencer
The Crossroads Suncast  Nov 27, 2025
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/peanuts-cartoonist-discusses-franchise-s-enduring-resonance/article_83d89ae0-d907-4e0b-9f39-769d7851f1a4.html
https://redcircle.com/show/4e083ef8-257b-44ec-a166-ffc39442b8c8/ep/d51b09dc-ef5d-498a-b621-8245abde9441

'Peanuts' cartoonist discusses franchise's enduring resonance [Robert Pope]
    Will Spencer
    Nov 27, 2025  https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/peanuts-cartoonist-discusses-franchise-s-enduring-resonance/article_83d89ae0-d907-4e0b-9f39-769d7851f1a4.html


  *MacMillan, Paul. 2025. The Lawrence Brothers Join Forces with Z2 Comics for a New Graphic Novel Series. Ghost Cult Comics (June 25): https://ghostcultmag.com/the-lawrence-brothers-join-forces-with-z2-comics-for-a-new-graphic-novel-series/

  *Telling, Gillian. 2025. The Lawrence Brothers Announce Their Next Joint Career Move, Which Requires Some Detective Skills [Lawrence Brothers Detective Agency]. People (June 24): https://people.com/lawrence-brothers-are-starting-a-detective-agency-graphic-novel-exclusive-11760412

  *Brown, Carolyn. 2025. Based on a true story: With his first adult graphic novel, Northampton author hopes other gay, Asian people feel seen [Mike Curato; Gaysians]. Daily Northampton [MA] Gazette (June 27): https://gazettenet.com/2025/06/27/gaysians-june-26-61953417/

Unknown. 2025. Jackson native, comic book creator to return to the Hub City for signing event [Mike Norton; Comics Universe, Jackson TN store]. WBBJ Eyewitness News (June 24): https://www.wbbjtv.com/2025/06/24/jackson-native-comic-book-creator-to-return-to-the-hub-city-for-signing-event/

  *Johnson, Julia. 2025. Laugh, learn, repeat: Comics take on health education. Steven Christian, a third year MD/Ph.D. student, turns medical education into engaging comics that connect, inform and delight audiences far beyond the classroom ["Cütie Catcherz"]. Nevada Today (June 24): https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2025/faces-of-the-pack-cutie-catchers

  *Pittawala, Iqbal. 2025. Using comic books to communicate health issues. UCRiverside's Inside UCR (June 24): https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2025/06/24/using-comic-books-communicate-health-issues

  *Kusek, Sam. 2025.  On comics as a machine for empathy [Raymond Tyler and Noah Van Sciver, Democratic Socialists of America: A Graphic History]. Creative Independent (June 25): https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/writer-raymond-tyler-and-illustrator-noah-van-sciver-on-comics-as-a-machine-for-empathy/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/29/2025

  *Griepp, Milton. 2025. Diamond Advisors Bill Another $900K For October. ICv2 (November 27): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61108/diamond-advisors-bill-another-900k

 

  *Brooke, David. 2025. Venom Unleashed #13: MJ-Venom's future, Carnage's next chapter, and exclusive art revealed. AIPT (November 12): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/11/12/venom-unleashed-13-mj-carnage/

           

  *Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Brian Michael Bendis shares an exclusive look at Avengers #800. The Beat (November 28): https://www.comicsbeat.com/brian-michael-bendis-shares-an-exclusive-look-at-avengers-800/

 

  *Chatfield, Jason and Chaz Hutton. 2025. Prison Shivs, Pigeon Blue, & the Art of Spoonist Forks with Chaz Hutton; DMA#14: On Instagram Cartoonists, Ornithology & Comedian Hangs. New York Cartoons (June 12):  https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/dma14-with-special-guest-chaz-hutton

 

  *Siuntres, John. 2025. Alex Ross Superman Film FF Film expectations and more. Word Balloon (July 15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHROqy-7qV0

 

 

 

  *Lederman, Marsha. 2020. Retelling the Holocaust: Graphic novelists sketch out new versions of survivors' little-known stories; A University of Victoria-led project pairs survivors with graphic novelists as a way to re-engage young readers about one of the darkest periods in history [Miriam Libicki's 'A Kind of Resistance,' in "But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust"].

Globe and Mail (January 18): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-retelling-the-holocaust-graphic-novelists-sketch-out-new

 

*Lederman, Marsha. 2025. Holocaust survivor David Schaffer shared his harrowing story in a graphic novel [obituary; Miriam Libicki's 'A Kind of Resistance,' in "But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust"]. Globe and Mail (June 23): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-holocaust-survivor-david-schaffer-shared-his-harrowing-story-in-a/

 

  *Bird, Jared. 2025. Interview: Luigi Formisano on crafting Nights. The Beat (November 28): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-luigi-formisano-on-crafting-nights/

 

  *Wood, Robert. 2025. New Far Side Comic Is a Joke 38 Years in the Making: Gary Larson's New Far Side Comic Is a Tribute to Jane Goodall. Screen Rant (November 28): https://screenrant.com/new-far-side-comic-jane-goodall-gary-larson/

 

  *Coplan, Chris. 2025. 'Oppressiveness has its uses, but not in these books': David Pepose talks licensed comics and earnest storytelling. The writer of 'Space Ghost,' 'Captain Planet,' and 'Speed Racer' has lots to say about comics' latest "phase." AIPT (November 13): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/11/13/david-pepose-licensed-comics-feature/

 

  *Brooke, David. 2025. Light at the end of the tunnel: Gail Simone on the heart, humor, and humanity of X-Men. AIPT (November 25): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/11/25/gail-simone-x-men-interview/

 

  *Brooke, David and Alex Schlesinger. 2025. Creator Spotlight: Gail Simone talks heart, humor, and humanity of the X-Men. AIPT Comics Podcast (350; October 19): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/10/19/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-350-gail-simone/

 

  *Hassan, Chris. 2025. Peach Momoko and Friends Talk 'Sai: Dimensional Rivals'. AIPT's X-Men Monday (322; November 25): https://aiptcomics.com/2025/11/25/x-men-monday-322-peach-momoko-sai-rivals/

 

  *Glover, Eric Anthony. 2018. Meditations on 'Black Panther' and the Future of Black Superhero Movies; Why did it succeed where many other black superhero movies have failed? Medium (March 7): https://medium.com/@ericanthonyglover/meditations-on-black-panther-and-the-future-of-black-superhero-movies-815e03136d5f

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/28/2025

  *Briggs, Clare and New York Tribune, Inc. 1921. Clare Briggs 1921 comic strip contract (From The Collection of Warren Bernard). ComicsDC blog (November 27, 2025): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/11/clare-briggs-1921-comic-strip-contract.html and
https://archive.org/details/clare-briggs-1921-comic-strip-contract-from-the-collection-of-warren-bernard and https://www.flickr.com/photos/42072348@N00/albums/72177720330580562

  *Campbell, Eddie. 2007. "Oh Skin-nay, c'mon over! Smooch is gittin' a hair cut." [Clare Briggs]. Eddie Campbell (August 28): https://eddiecampbell.blogspot.com/2007/08/oh-skin-nay-cmon-over-smooch-is-gittin.html

  *Unknown. 1925. Bicycle Ad Drive Launched [Clare Briggs; Ain't it a Grand and Glorious Feelin'? The Days of Real Sport]. Editor and Publisher 58 (1; May 30): 29. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-30_58_1/page/28/mode/2up

  *Sharp, Liam. 2025. Conan Portfolio. Liam Sharp's SubStack The Brave And The Bold (November 27): https://liamsharp.substack.com/p/conan-portfolio

  *Metropolitan Newspaper Service. 1925. Ella Cinders Immediate Success [advertisement for the strip]. Editor and Publisher 58 (3; June 13): 40. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-13_58_3/page/40/mode/2up

  *Simons, Dean. 2025. Organiser 9e Art+ puts Angoulême Festival 2026 on hold; Suspended but not yet 'officially' cancelled. The Beat (November 27): https://www.comicsbeat.com/breaking-organiser-9e-art-puts-angouleme-festival-2026-on-hold/

  *Keefe, Jim. 2025. A Sally Forth Thanksgiving. Jim Keefe's Patreon (November 27):  https://www.patreon.com/posts/sally-forth-144498923

Unknown. 1925. [New comic, "The Boyfriend," by Marjorie Henderson available from Ledger Syndicate]. Editor and Publisher 58 (2; June 6): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-06_58_2/page/28/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1925. Daily Comic Strips Compiled in Volume [Gasoline Alley]. [Rochester, NY] Democrat and Chronicle (August 11): 18

Kline's. 1931.Kline's Book Section Announces the addition of a Rental Library [advertisement includes giveaway of comic strip books]. Kansas City Times (July 2): 2

Austin Daily Herald. 1929. Mom and Pop [announcing strip by Cowan]. Austin Daily Herald (November 13): 9

San Bernardino County Sun Subscription Department. 1929. On Sale Wednesday. "Ben Webster Comic Strip Book [advertisement for comic strip collection]. San Bernardino County Sun (April 17): 21

  *Unknown. 1925. LeCocq Named "Ding's" Assistant. Editor and Publisher 58 (1; May 30): 12. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-30_58_1/page/12/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1925. "Ding" Leaves Hospital [Jay "Ding" Darling]. Editor and Publisher 57 (52; May 23): 4. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-23_57_52/page/4/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1925. Davenport's Home Being Razed. Editor and Publisher 57 (52; May 23): 31. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-23_57_52/page/30/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1925. [Ernest Bushmiller is now drawing "Fritzie Ritz" for the New York World Syndicate]. Editor and Publisher 57 (52; May 23): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-23_57_52/page/26/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. W. R. Bradford Dead; Was for Twenty Years Cartoonist on Philadelphia North American. Editor and Publisher 58 (3; June 13): 26. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-13_58_3/page/26/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. ["Switchboard Sally," written by H. C. Witter has been added to the offerings of King Features Syndicate]. Editor and Publisher 58 (3; June 13): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-13_58_3/page/26/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. ["Wood Cowan, who draws the strip "Carrie and Her Cat" for Ledger Syndicate, Philadelphia, has been appointed one of the judges in the New York Evening Graphic's cartoon contest for children, which closes June 27."]. Editor and Publisher 58 (3; June 13): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-13_58_3/page/26/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. [Comic strips are being put to a new use by W. J. Enright for "Once Upon a Time"]. Editor and Publisher 58 (1; May 30): 24. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-30_58_1/page/24/mode/2up

Unknown. 1925. ["Building a Billion," by John Roberts, is a new release from Bell Syndicate]. Editor and Publisher 58 (2; June 6): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-06_58_2/page/28/mode/2up

INTERVIEW DEC [Gary Moloney; UK works in American comic books]
Declan Shalvey
DECLARATIONS 186; Nov 25 2025: https://declanshalvey.substack.com/i/178623213/interview-dec

  *Bernstein, Alan et. al. 2025. When We Went MAD! The Unauthorized Story of Mad Magazine. Chassy Media. Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q09EYB84th4

Where to Find 'Bluey' This Holiday Season and New Year
An update for fans of the Ludo Studio Heeler family's future adventures on Disney+ and beyond.
By Sabina Graves
io9 November 27, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/where-to-find-bluey-this-holiday-season-and-new-year-2000692342

  *Yu, Brandon. 2025. 'Zootopia 2' Review: Natural Habitats, Expanded [in print as Big City Critters Make No Little Plans]. New York Times (November 28): C7. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/movies/zootopia-2-review.html

  *Barnes, Brooks. 2025. Can Disney Animation Reclaim Its Magic? Jared Bush is trying to make the heart of the media empire beat more consistently. "Zootopia 2" will be a test. [in print as 'Zootopia 2' Tests Disney And C.C.O.]. New York Times (November 27): B1. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/business/disney-zootopia-2-jared-bush.html

  *Goldberg, Matt. 2025. C'mon Zootopia 2, let's stop with the conspiracy theorist heroes. Like many recent films, the Disney sequel mistakes the search for clicks for the search for truth. AV Club (November 27): https://www.avclub.com/zootopia-2-conspiracy-theorist-hero-spoilers

  *Eddy, Cheryl. 2025. The 'Rick and Morty' Thanksgiving Episode Takes a Delightfully Cynical Jab at American Values. io9 (November 27): https://gizmodo.com/the-rick-and-morty-thanksgiving-episode-takes-a-delightfully-cynical-jab-at-american-values-2000689804

  *Dolak, Kevin. 2025. 'South Park' Thanksgiving Episode Sees Cartman Turn to "Race Science" in Saudi-Funded Turkey Trot. Hollywood Reporter (November 26): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-thanksgiving-cartman-race-science-saudi-arabia-1236436648/

Degg, D. D. 2025.
An Early History of Newspaper Illustration and Cartooning.
Daily Cartoonist (November 27): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/27/an-early-history-of-newspaper-illustration-and-cartooning/

Unknown. 1897. Illustrating the Progress of Art in Journalism [newspaper cartoonists]. San Francisco Chronicle (February 24): 1-6. Online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/27/an-early-history-of-newspaper-illustration-and-cartooning/ and https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17xSbnhLkH/

Jonny Hawkins Launches "Street Scene," a Celebration of Wordless City Comedy

The cartoonist behind "Zoolies" returns with a silent single-panel strip inspired by skyscrapers, signage, and a lifetime of urban wonder.
Rachel DeSchepper
November 24, 2025
https://www.gocomics.com/extras/street-scene-launches-jonny-hawkins

  *Gardner, Alan. 2025. Ashraf Omar Referred to Criminal Court [Egypt]. Daily Cartoonist (November 26): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/26/ashraf-omar-referred-to-criminal-court/

  *Unknown. 2025. Egypt refers cartoonist Ashraf Omar to criminal court on terrorism-related charges. New Arab (November 23): https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-refers-cartoonist-omar-criminal-court-terror-charges

  *Degg, D. D. 2025. David Pope's "Gaza" Judged Walkley Cartoon of the Year. Daily Cartoonist (November 27): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/27/david-popes-gaza-judged-walkley-cartoon-of-the-year/

  *Unknown. 2025. David Pope wins his third Walkley award. Canberra Times (November 27): https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9122061/david-pope-wins-third-walkley-award-for-powerful-cartoon/

CBR newsletter Nov 27, 2025
Brian Cronin Names His Five Favorite Comic Books Set at Thanksgiving

Unknown.1925. [""Mazie the Model," new comic strip by Larry Whittington appearing in the New York Mirror, will be syndicated nationally by King Features Syndicate, Inc., New York"]. Editor and Publisher 58 (2; June 6): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-06_58_2/page/28/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1925. [John Held Jr, creator of "O! Margy!", recovering from injuries received in an accident, is now in Morocco, from where he notified the United Features Syndicate this week he expects to return to this country the latter part of June]. Editor and Publisher 58 (1: May 30): 24. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-30_58_1/page/24/mode/2up

  *Unknown. 1925. King Knights Cartoonist [Bernard Partridge; Great Britain]. Editor and Publisher 58 (2; June 5): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-06-06_58_2/page/28/mode/2up

'The More You Bully Us, the More Staff Will Disappear:' Acclaimed Animator Addresses One-Punch Man Season 3 Controversy
Leo Reyna
CBR November 22 2025
https://www.cbr.com/opm-season-3-controversy-animator-claps-back/

  *Kughn, Sherry. 2025. Tom Sims helped steer the Popeye character rooted in Coosa River life. Aniston Star (November 25): https://www.annistonstar.com/news/tom-sims-helped-steer-the-popeye-character-rooted-in-coosa-river-life/article_a93e2090-775f-4aca-9a6b-c7d4a48b49a1.html

'A Cartoon Revival': The illustrated poems, satirical ads, and talking shoes that filled the pages of C Comics [Joe Brainard].
Lucy Sante
New York Review of Books December 18, 2025
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/12/18/a-cartoon-revival-complete-c-comics-brainard/

The Complete C Comics
by Joe Brainard, with a foreword by Ron Padgett and an essay by Bill Kartalopoulos
New York Review Books, 184 pp., $45.00

Cracking Angel's Egg is a fool's errand, but let's try anyway
Forty years later, Angel's Egg still challenges us to make sense of shadows on a cave wall.
By Elijah Gonzalez  |  November 27, 2025  
https://www.avclub.com/angels-egg-film-themes-explained

  *Duzan, Christina. 2025. "Stone Soup" at 30: Jan Eliot Wouldn't Change a Thing. We chat with the cartoonist about her favorite strips from a 25-year-run, the highest praise she ever received, and how art imitates life. Go Comics (November 17): https://www.gocomics.com/extras/stone-soup-30th-anniversary

  *Johnson, Deej. 2025. Bagpuss is back! Threewise's Michael Ford reveals how Britain's best-loved cat is heading for the big screen. Brands Untapped (October 29): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/bagpuss-is-back-threewises-michael-ford-reveals-how-britains-best-loved-cat-is-heading-for-the-big-screen/

The Hunt for a Particular First Manga
  October 4, 2025 by Eike Exner
https://eikeexner.com/2025/10/04/the-hunt-for-a-particular-first-manga/

"Nonsense" Manga Historiography and the Limits of Academic Peer Review [Horbinski book].
November 26, 2025 by Eike Exner
https://eikeexner.com/2025/11/26/nonsense-manga-historiography-and-the-limits-of-academic-peer-review/

Manga's Global Century: A History of Japanese Comics, 1905-1989 [thesis]
Horbinski, Andrea
University of California, Berkeley 2017
    https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5rb9x964
    https://escholarship.org/content/qt5rb9x964/qt5rb9x964.pdf

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 11/27/2025

  *Unknown. 1925. [""Dwig," creator of the "Schooldays" and "Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn" comics has gone to his summer camp at Green Lake, in the Adirondacks"]. Editor and Publisher 57 (51; May 16): 32. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-16_57_51/page/32/mode/2up

 

Richmond, Tom. 2025. The Ink Stained Wretch #213 11/26/25 [Deadlines ain't what they used to be]. The Ink Stained Wretch (213;  November 26): https://art4mad.substack.com/p/the-ink-stained-wretch-213-112625

 

Tim Seeley Quits Twitter After Online Response To Marvel's Magik Comic

by Rich Johnston

25 Nov 2025 

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tim-seeley-quits-twitter-after-online-response-to-marvels-magik-comic/

 

Comics Artist Elena Mistrello Turned Away At French Border As Antifa; Italian comics artist Elena Mistrello turned away at a French airport for antifascist activism

  25 Nov 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-artist-elena-mistrello-turned-away-at-french-border-as-antifa/

 

Roger Langridge Returns To The Muppets In 2026 With Muppets Noir

25 Nov 2025 

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/roger-langridge-returns-to-the-muppets-in-2026-with-muppets-noir/

 

67 Black Friday Sales From Comic Book Stores Coming This Week

25 Nov 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/67-black-friday-sales-from-comic-book-stores-coming-this-week/

 

Young V&A Exhibition Explores the 'Cracking Creations' of Aardman's Animated Favorites

Mercedes Milligan

November 25, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/young-va-exhibition-explores-the-cracking-creations-of-aardmans-animated-favorites/

 

J. D. King – RIP

D. D. Degg 

November 25, 2025 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/11/25/j-d-king-rip/

 

J.D. King: 'I don't think artists should limit themselves'

LISA KAPPS

Utica Observer-Dispatch January 28 2011

https://www.uticaod.com/story/business/transportation/2011/01/28/j-d-king-i-don/44854353007/

 

Book news: Dog Man tops the charts yet again, but elsewhere comics snubs [sales]

Heidi MacDonald on 11/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/book-news-dog-man-tops-the-charts-yet-again-but-elsewhere-comics-snubs/

 

5 new comics to read in December, including Marvel's Ultimate Endgame

We close out the year with the return of Criminal and a new take on Santa Claus.

By Oliver Sava  |  November 26, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/marvel-ultimate-endgame-criminal-december-comics

 

Unknown. 1925. ["Ethel Hayes, feature cartoonist of the Cleveland Press, has been added to the staff of the NEA Service, Inc., Cleveland"]. Editor and Publisher 57 (36; January 31): 13. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-31_57_36/page/n11/mode/2up

 

  *Unknown. 1925. [Henry Hershfield and the Cheese Club to choose next musical comedy star]. Editor and Publisher 57 (34; January 17): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-17_57_34/page/28/mode/2up

 

  *Unknown. 1925. [John McCutcheon in Hawaii on an around-the-world cruise]. Editor and Publisher 57 (38; February 14): 25. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-02-14_57_38/page/24/mode/2up

 

  *Unknown. 1925. ["John T. McCucheon, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate, and Mrs. McCutcheon, left Chicago last week for San Francisco to sail on a world tour via the South Sea Islands."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (33; January 10): 26. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-10_57_33/page/26/mode/2up

 

Unknown. 1925. [Theodore Scheel has been appointed staff artist of Science Service, Washington D. C.]. Editor and Publisher 57 (37; February 7): 29. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-02-07_57_37/page/28/mode/2up

 

Unknown. 1925. [Vincent Berni cartoonist on the Providence [RI] Journal is doing a series of comic strips for the L. A. M. Motor News, published in Providence]. Editor and Publisher 57 (38; February 14): 21. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-02-14_57_38/page/20/mode/2up

 

Unknown. 1925. [Hoboken Jersey Observer] Adds Magazine Section [and colored comics section]. Editor and Publisher 57 (38; February 14): 31. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-02-14_57_38/page/30/mode/2up

 

Unknown. 1925. Twelve Page Comics in N. Y. [Sunday colored comics]. Editor and Publisher 57 (37; February 7): 25. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-02-07_57_37/page/24/mode/2up

 

Unknown. 1925. Sunday Edition for Vancouver [Vancouver (BC)] Province [Canada, colored comics]. Editor and Publisher 57 (36; January 31): 1. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-31_57_36

 

Eastment Syndicate. 1925. The Only Cross-word Comic [advertisement for Cross Word Charlie]. Editor and Publisher 57 (35; January 24): 1./ Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-24_57_35/page/18/mode/2up

 

  *Brainard, Henry Allen. 1925. Enjoyed Williams Cartoon [letter]. Editor and Publisher 57 (33; January 10): 30. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-10_57_33/page/30/mode/2up

 

  *New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate. 1925. Briggs is supreme! [advertisement; Claire Briggs; Real Folks at Home]. Editor and Publisher 57 (34; January 17): 20, 21. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-17_57_34/page/20/mode/2up

 

  *Unknown 1925. ["Clare Briggs, cartoonist, recently spent several days visiting his old home in Dixton, Ill., where "Oh Skinnay," and "The Days of Real Sport" had their origin."]. Editor and Publisher 57 (37; February 7): 29. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-02-07_57_37/page/28/mode/2up

 

Associated Editors, Inc. 1925. Al Demeree's One Column Sports Cartoon [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher 57 (34; January 17): 29. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-01-17_57_34/page/28/mode/2up

 

Unknown. 1925. [Sol Hess, creator of The Nebbs, visited Minneapolis last week]. Editor and Publisher 57 (52; May 23): 28. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1925-05-23_57_52/page/28/mode/2up

  *The Westerner 3 (2; Winter 1982 Commemorative Issue). Western Publishing Company, Inc. online at https://archive.org/details/the-westerner-winter-1982-commemorative-issuemissing-p.-11

French critics association ACBD announces 2025 Kids Prize Winner and Grand Prize Finalists
Dean Simons on 11/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/french-critics-association-acbd-announces-2025-kids-prize-winner-and-grand-prize-finalists/

Angela Hsieh
A Book with Good Bones: on thumbnailing a graphic novel
AngelAHH newsletter Nov 26, 2025
https://angelahh.ghost.io/a-book-with-good-bones-on-thumbnailing-a-graphic-novel/

  *Thompson, Maggie. 2025. Turning Points [156]. Scoop (November 25):   https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-156/

  *Lytle, Julian. 2025. Movie Review: Zootopia 2 is an animal buddy cop blast. The Beat (November 26): https://www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review-zootopia-2-is-an-animal-buddy-cop-blast/

  *Vasaly, Madeleine. 2024. The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style: An Editorial Handbook for Print and Digital Comics. Minneapolis, MN Madeleine Vasaly. For sale at https://comicbookstyle.com/

The Official Website of Maggie Thompson. 2008-2014; 2025-
https://www.maggiethompson.com/

CBR newsletter Nov 26, 2025
Brian Cronin Explains How a Famous Stan Lee/John Romita Spider-Man Dinner Became an Iconic Thanksgiving Meal

VITO x DINO: Episode 45 - x Charlie McElvy
Vito Delsante
  Nov 20, 2025 VITO X DINO
https://www.youtube.com/watch/ysOA2P0fCUg

  *Adams, Tim. 2025. Remembering Rachel Cooke: The Observer journalist was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. She leaves an extraordinary legacy [British graphic novel reviewer]. The Observer (November 14): https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/rachel-cooke-a-tribute

  *Garrity, Shaenon K. 2025. The Joy of Not Cooking: PW Talks with Jennifer Hayden. Publishers Weekly (November 24): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/99159-the-joy-of-not-cooking-pw-talks-with-jennifer-hayden.html

  *Juris, Carolyn. 2025. Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Fiction, Poetry & Comics. Publishers Weekly (October 3): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/98768-holiday-gift-guide-2025-fiction-poetry-comics.html

  *Lemke, Meg. 2025. Six Comics that Keep Westerns Weird. Publishers Weekly (November 19): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/99143-six-comics-that-keep-westerns-weird.html

  *Dueben, Alex. 2025. We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 1. TCJ (November 26):  https://www.tcj.com/we-are-all-in-the-gutter-starman-at-30-part-1/

The Power Fantasy Ethics – Introduction
Eric Marcotte
Comic Philosophy November 25, 2025
https://comicphilosophy.com/index.php/2025/11/25/the-power-fantasy-ethics-introduction/

Eric Marcotte. 2025-
Comic Philosophy [ethics in superhero comics]
https://comicphilosophy.com/

  *Harper, David. 2025. The Sound of Comics with Grant Morrison. Off Panel (526; November 17): https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-526-the-sound-of-comics-with-grant-morrison and https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Grant_Morrison.mp3

Shahaf @shahaf  ·  Nov 9 2025.
https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/community/thread/41756941
AMA Announcement!! Thursday, November 13th, Writer Kieron Gillen joins us for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the League of Comic Geeks!