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/

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

 

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

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/26/2025

INTRODUCTION TO ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY, OPERATIONS, FINANCIALS And a Look at What's Next

Milton Griepp on March 26, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59167/introduction-alliance-entertainment-history-operations-financials

 

How do you win The New Yorker's caption contest? This Asheville man cracked the code.

By Helen Chickering

BPR News  March 17, 2025

https://www.wfae.org/2025-03-17/how-do-you-win-the-new-yorkers-caption-contest-this-asheville-man-cracked-the-code

 

Looking Back 5 Years Later [covid-19]

Big Planet Comics Mar 25, 2025

https://www.bigplanetcomics.com/looking-back-5-years-later

 

Thrice upon a time in Tintin's America

Tom Shapira | March 26, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/thrice-upon-a-time-in-tintins-america/

 

Einstein in Kafkaland: Virtual JBC Author Talk by New Yorker Cartoonist and Biographer Ken Krimstein

Pamela Rothstein,

Falmouth Patch Mar 27 2025

https://patch.com/massachusetts/falmouth/calendar/event/20250327/2bb9d6f6-c9ba-4b34-9506-9dd4bb6ea0e2/einstein-in-kafkaland-virtual-jbc-author-talk-by-new-yorker-cartoonist-and-biographer-ken-krimstein

 

Kate Charlesworth Named 2025 Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow [Scotland]

Alan Gardner

March 25, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/25/kate-charlesworth-named-2025-royal-society-of-edinburgh-fellow/

 

Hubble Telescope scientist, The Duke of Edinburgh, and legendary cartoonist among 2025 RSE Fellows [Kate Charlesworth]

Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)  24 March 2025

https://rse.org.uk/hubble-telescope-scientist-the-duke-of-edinburgh-and-legendary-cartoonist-among-2025-rse-fellows/

 

Legendary comic creator Kate Charlesworth among 2025 Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows

By John Freeman on March 25, 2025  https://downthetubes.net/legendary-comic-creator-kate-charlesworth-among-2025-royal-society-of-edinburgh-fellows/

 

OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator for ChatGPT [comic strips]

Cade Metz

A version of this article appears in print on March 26, 2025, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/technology/chatgpt-image-generator.html

 

Brighton's Dave's Comics gets a boost thanks to Jamie Smart!

By John Freeman on March 25, 2025  https://downthetubes.net/brightons-daves-comics-gets-a-boost-thanks-to-jamie-smart/

 

Piranha Comics Of Kingston-Upon-Thames Opens A New, Bigger, Store

25 Mar 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/piranha-comics-of-kingston-upon-thames-opens-a-new-bigger-store/

 

Universal & Ad Populum Are Joint "Back-Up" Bidders For Diamond Comics

Universal Distribution and Ad Populum are named joint "back-up" bidders for Diamond Comics in case the Alliance bid falls through

Rich Johnston  25 Mar 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/universal-ad-populum-are-joint-back-up-bidders-for-diamond-comics/

 

Alliance Entertainment Stock Price Up 13% After Buying Diamond Comics

25 Mar 2025   Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alliance-entertainment-stock-price-up-13-after-buying-diamond-comics/

 

Image Comics Objects To Diamond Bankruptcy Deal, Reveals Contract

  26 Mar 2025   Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/image-comics-objects-to-diamond-bankruptcy-deal-reveals-contract/

 

Alliance chairman Bruce Ogilvie on the Diamond purchase: this wasn't about the comics

Heidi MacDonald on 03/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/alliance-chairman-bruce-ogilvie-on-the-diamond-purchase-this-wasnt-about-the-comics/

 

'RoboGobo' Creator Chris Gilligan Discusses the Inspiration Behind His Disney Preschool Show

Ramin Zahed

March 25, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/robogobo-creator-chris-gilligan-discusses-the-inspiration-behind-his-disney-preschool-show/

 

Live-Action 'Scooby-Doo' Series a Go at Netflix

Greg Berlanti is among the executive producers for the show, which will put a new spin on the Mystery Inc. gang's origin story.

Rick Porter

March 26, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/live-action-scooby-doo-netflix-series-order-1236173221/

 

Skybound looks for private investors for their video game business

Heidi MacDonald on 03/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/skybound-looks-for-private-investors-for-their-video-game-business/

 

Alliance Entertainment Takes Over Diamond – Industry Reactions | Industry of Comics

Jesse James, Dennis Barger and Bryan McClay

Beyond Wednesdays March 25 2025

https://www.youtube.com/live/BTZyAevAe

 

Interview: Keith Arem and Christopher Shy on their latest project, FROST ROAD!

Diego Higuera on 03/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-keith-arem-and-christopher-shy-on-their-latest-project-frost-road/

 

Interview: Patrick Horvath discusses how FREE FOR ALL is 'relevant to the times'

Diego Higuera on 03/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-patrick-horvath-discusses-how-free-for-all-is-relevant-to-the-times/

 

An Interview with David Cowen and Gabriel Wexler [Should We Buy A Gun?]

Amaris Ketcham and Nora Hickey

Mar 26 2025

https://autobiographix.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-david-cowen-and

 

The Rags-to-Richness Story of the Stroopwafel

Once considered "poor man cookies," these Dutch sweets have found a global audience of loyal fans.

Rachelle Meyer

  March 21, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/dining/stroopwafel-cookie.html

 

Monomythic: On Neil Gaiman and how to get over your idols: a question, not a statement

Christian Angeles on 03/26/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/monomythic-on-neil-gaiman-and-how-to-get-over-your-idols-a-question-not-a-statement/

Underground Comix Legend Denis Kitchen
word balloon Mar 25, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6JEmcuv7DU

Bryan Hitch Talks Redcoat and Superman The Last Days Of Lex Luthor
word balloon  Mar 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-qY17ltgMI

Erica Schultz Talks Daredevil and Wolverine
word balloon March 26 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBPQb2a6fjs

Briana Loewinsohn for Raised By Ghosts
Comix Experience Mar 26, 2025  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9cl3zH1nrs

Matthew Klein Returns, Again!
Justin Soderberg
Capes and Tights Podcast #216 Mar 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNkKgi1qGY

Interview with Artgerm [ Stanley Lau, Singapore]
Interview by CT Lim.
December 1, 2023
https://sgcartoonhub.com/interview-with-artgerm/

Hannah Rose May Breaks Down The Finale Of 'The Exorcism At 1600 Penn': "My Goal Was To Keep Readers Questioning"
Alex Zalben
https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/03/26/hannah-rose-may-the-exorcism-at-1600-penn-finale-interview/

Alex and Justin.
Comic Book Club Bonus: Faith Erin Hicks On Universal Monsters: The Mummy
Comic Book Club May 25 2025
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FEge4s82T7U9R9NGZWpLq?go=1&sp_cid=b4f71d0231ee64168af7710168a4e5a2&nd=1&dlsi=254c1c915e0b4bf5

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

Mar 25, 10:06 AM EDT by Frank Landymore
NASA Deletes Comic Book About How Women Can Be Astronauts.
Grim.
https://futurism.com/nasa-deletes-comic-women-astronauts

Three Graphic Novels Removed from Radnor High School Library in Pennsylvania
National Coalition Against Censorship March 18 2025
https://ncac.org/news/three-graphic-novels-removed-from-radnor-high-school-library-in-pennsylvania

Making Marvel magic: The creative spark from my hospital bed
Nnedi Okorafor
BBC Outlook 24 Mar 2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5nrl

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 665: 2025 SI MoCCA Interviews Pt 1 [Gina Gagliano, Mattie Lubchansky, Tom Kaczynski, John Vazquez Mejias and Chloé Wary]
Calvin Reid and Meg Lemke
on 03/21/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1360

Plausible Motives: PW Talks with Margie and Matt Kindt
By Brigid Alverson |
Mar 26, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97407-tk-pw-talks-with-margie-and-matt-kindt.html

Diamond Comic Distributors Has a Buyer. Now What?
 John Maher
Mar 26, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97418-alliance-entertainment-buys-diamond-comic-distributors.html

Raising Felix: Google Misunderstood
By Julia Wertz
March 26, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/raising-felix-google-misunderstood

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 3/25/2025

NEW COMICS TRADE ASSOCIATION Formed by UK Publishers [Comic Book UK]

  Milton Griepp on March 24, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59152/new-comics-trade-association

 

IDW TO DISTRIBUTE ALIEN BOOKS Including Valiant Titles

Milton Griepp on March 24, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59153/idw-to-distribute-alien-books

 

TILTING AT WINDMILLS #300: This is the big one [history of distribution]

Brian Hibbs

03/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-300-this-is-the-big-one/

 

Alliance Entertainment buys Diamond Comics

Heidi MacDonald on 03/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/alliance-entertainment-buys-diamond-comics/               

 

Alliance Entertainment Buys Diamond Comic Distributors

Rich Johnston  25 Mar 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alliance-entertainment-buys-diamond-comic-distributors/

 

ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT TO ACQUIRE DIAMOND ASSETS Including Diamond Comic Distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, Diamond Select, and CGA

  Milton Griepp on March 25, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59164/alliance-entertainment-acquire-diamond-assets

 

This Philly Comic Shop Claims To Have Made A Bid For Diamond Comics

A Philadelphia comic store claims to have made a bid for Diamond Comic Distributors as part of their Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings

25 Mar 2025 Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/this-philly-comic-shop-claims-to-have-made-a-bid-for-diamond-comics/

 

Graham Nolan Comes Out Against Absolute Bane In Absolute Batman

Bane co-creator Graham Nolan comes out against Nick Dragotta's design of Absolute Bane as seen in Absolute Batman #9

  25 Mar 2025

 Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/graham-nolan-comes-out-against-absolute-bane-in-absolute-batman/

 

Aaron Blabey, Popular Kids Author Behind 'The Bad Guys', Sets Two New Book Series With Macmillan

Jill Goldsmith

March 18, 2025

https://deadline.com/2025/03/kids-author-aaron-blabey-book-deal-new-series-macmillan-1236328761/

 

Legendary Spanish cartoonist Nazario on his life and legacy: 'We must always be vigilant'

Nicholas Burman | March 25, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/legendary-spanish-cartoonist-nazario-on-his-life-and-legacy-we-must-always-be-vigilant/

 

CSotD: Putting Our Business in the Street

Mike Peterson

March 25, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/03/25/csotd-putting-our-business-in-the-street/

 

Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Induction Class [Johnny Hart]

    Thomas Turgeon

    Mar 23, 2025

    https://www.wicz.com/sports/binghamton-hockey-hall-of-fame-announces-2025-induction-class/article_6bac32d0-1fda-404e-9ff2-32d743f039c5.html

 

REDEEMING INFERIOR COMICS REPRINT BOOKS: The Mixed Record of Herb Galewitz, Editor of Pioneering Anthologies of Vintage Comics

by Rick Marschall

Yesterday's Papers March 15, 2025

https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2025/03/redeeming-inferior-comics-reprint-books.html

 

All the controversies surrounding 'Snow White,' explained

By Herb Scribner

Washington Post March 24, 2025: C4.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/03/20/snow-white-controversy-explained/

 

Box Office: How 'Snow White' Landed in Potential Bomb Territory

Disney's tentpole opened to near-disastrous numbers considering its megabudget. Is there still a chance for a fairy tale ending?

Pamela McClintock

March 24, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/is-snow-white-box-office-bomb-1236170816/

 

The New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt reflects on the art of finding a laugh

The Sunday Magazine

with Piya Chattopadhyay

March 23, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-57-the-sunday-magazine/clip/16135679-the-new-yorker-cartoonist-barry-blitt-reflects-art

 

New exhibit at NY Transit Museum highlights 100 years of commuting through The New Yorker cartoons

Kemberly Richardson

WABC Eyewitness News March 24, 2025

https://abc7ny.com/post/new-exhibit-ny-transit-museum-highlights-100-years-commuting-yorker-cartoons/16076996/

 

Jules Feiffer's Oral History, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Shelter Island, New York, November 1, 2017.

https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0000994/jules-feiffer-2017 and  https://archive.org/details/JulesFeiffer1Nov2017YiddishBookCenter

 

Canadian writer Chip Zdarsky is the comic-book world's very own Nostradamus

BARRY HERTZ

March 24 2025

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-canadian-writer-chip-zdarsky-is-the-comic-book-worlds-very-own/

 

How reading comics as a boy led to successful career as cartoonist for Milton Keynes author [Paul B Rainey, UK]

Sally Murrer

Milton Keynes Citizen 13th Mar 2025, https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/how-reading-comics-as-a-boy-led-to-successful-career-as-cartoonist-for-milton-keynes-author-5031830

 

Disney Celebrates 30 Years of 'Toy Story' with New Product Collabs & Brand Spot

Mercedes Milligan

March 24, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/03/disney-celebrates-30-years-of-toy-story-with-new-product-collabs-brand-spot/

 

Oscar-Winning Pixar Animator Pete Docter On 30 Years of 'Toy Story,' the Future of AI in Animation and New Sequel (Exclusive)

Danielle Directo-Meston

March 24, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/toy-story-5-pete-docter-interview-future-of-pixar-animation-new-products-1236170265/

Horror Beat: BRIDGIT CONNELL talks all things Lady Baltimore!
D. Morris on 03/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/bridgit-connell-lady-baltimore

At Home with Paul B. Rainey
Drawn & Quarterly March 25 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMVcz7rXQPA

Words, Images, & Worlds with Danny Harrell
Jason DeHart
 Mar 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBxu-SL9Ug

Underground Comix Legend Denis Kitchen
word balloon Mar 25, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb2jXMPkQ4w

Godzilla Talk With Gabriel Hardman
word balloon Mar 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaSNqa_5fo

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guest Aaron Kuder
Pop Culture Squad
March 25 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IckLK_-oLPo

Daredevil star Charlie Cox says keeping his Spider-Man: No Way Home cameo a secret for two years was a "nightmare"
Megan Garside
March 24, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/daredevil-star-charlie-cox-says-112547644.html

What we know about the Alliance Entertainment and Diamond Comics deal
Heidi MacDonald on 03/25/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/what-we-know-about-the-alliance-entertainment-and-diamond-comics-deal/

Huda Fahmy on Airing Dirty Laundry Taboos in YA
By Huda Fahmy |
Mar 25, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/97411-huda-fahmy-on-airing-dirty-laundry-taboos-in-ya.html

 The Death Of Comics Journalism (and how we'll rebuild it) - Heidi MacDonald -Comic Industry Insiders
Atom! Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
 Mar 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s8ryecBuSE