Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/16/2025

APRIL WAS A BIG MONTH FOR FEES In Diamond Bankruptcy

Milton Griepp on June 16, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59796/april-was-big-month-fees

 

Diamond Has Been Sold. Now What?

Brigid Alverson | June 16, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/diamond-has-been-sold-now-what/

 

Comic Stores Angered Over DC Comics' Krypto Superman Premiere Prize

Comic book stores have been angered over DC Comics' Krypto Golden Biscuits Sweepstake with a Superman movie premiere prize.

15 Jun 2025  Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-stores-angered-over-dc-comics-krypto-superman-premiere-prize/

 

Tom Brevoort & JM DeMatteis On The Marvel Masterworks Cancellations

15 Jun 2025   Rich Johnston   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tom-brevoort-jm-demetteis-on-the-marvel-masterworks-cancellations/

 

J.M. DeMatteis

FOR THE DEFENSE [Defenders; Marvel Masterworks]

J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT June 14, 2025

http://www.jmdematteis.com/2025/06/for-defense.html

 

Famous Fox Animation Dads Invade 'Fortnite' for Father's Day

Mercedes Milligan

June 13, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/famous-fox-animation-dads-invade-fortnite-for-fathers-day/

 

The Directors of 'KPop: Demon Hunters' Take Us Backstage of Their Netflix/Sony Showstopper

Ryan Gaur

June 13, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/the-directors-of-kpop-demon-hunters-take-us-backstage-of-their-netflix-sony-showstopper/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Industry Guilds Unite in Anti-AI Demonstration at Annecy Animation Fest

Animation Magazine

June 13, 2025   https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/industry-guilds-unite-in-anti-ai-demonstration-at-annecy-animation-fest/

 

'Arco,' 'ChaO' and 'The Night Boots' Win Top Prizes at 49th Edition of Annecy Festival

Ramin Zahed

June 14, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/arco-chao-and-winter-boots-win-top-prizes-at-annecy/

 

Annecy Festival Announces Special Prize Winners of 2025

Mercedes Milligan

June 13, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/annecy-festival-announces-special-prize-winners-of-2025/

 

 Cheating On Your Politics: In her new book, Bechdel writes characters whose lofty ideas about society exceed their ability, or desire, to change it.
By Andrea Long Chu, Pulitzer-winning critic for New York and Vulture
June 16 2025
https://www.vulture.com/article/spent-alison-bechdel-book-review.html

'Gut-wrenching': Evansville comic book store hit hard by flash flood
Liz DeSantis
WFIE Jun. 15, 2025  
https://www.14news.com/2025/06/16/gut-wrenching-evansville-comic-book-store-hit-hard-by-flash-flood/

Business Round-up: Layoffs at Boom; Turmoil at Zenescope and much more
Heidi MacDonald on 06/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/business-round-up-layoffs-at-boom-turmoil-at-zenescope-and-much-more/

2025 American Manga Award Nominees Announced
by PW staff                
Jun 16, 2025  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/98028-2025-american-manga-award-nominees-announced.html

The comics industry showed out at 'No Kings' protests
Ollie Kaplan on 06/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-comics-industry-showed-out-at-no-kings-protests/

Ignition Press goes with PRH, announces The Voyeur and The Cullenoscopy
Heidi MacDonald on 06/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/ignition-press-goes-with-prh-announces-the-voyeur-and-the-cullenoscopy/

TCAF answers! from Alex Lupp
 by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC June 16, 2025  https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/tcaf-answers-from-alex-lupp.html

Albertine a disparu, enquête rurale sur fond de Covid
Jea -Laurent Truc
15 juin 2025
https://www.ligneclaire.info/albertine-a-disparu-enquete-rurale-sur-fond-de-covid-696290.html

Hank Hill offers sage advice in new King Of The Hill Father's Day teaser
By Emma Keates  |  June 16, 2025  https://www.avclub.com/king-of-the-hill-teaser-fathers-day

Michael Neno's Life-Changing Guide to Decluttering Your Comic Book Collection re-released

By John Freeman on June 14, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/michael-nenos-life-changing-guide-to-decluttering-your-comic-book-collection-re-released/

Rare early British fanzine Orpheus, featuring work by Ian Gibson, Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse rediscovered
John Freeman on June 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/rare-early-british-fanzine-orpheus-featuring-work-by-ian-gibson-steve-moore-steve-parkhouse-rediscovered/

Hathaway-Price, David. The Fanscene Project: Celebrating Over 50 Years Of UK Comics Fandom & Comics Fanzines. https://www.comicsfanzines.co.uk/home

'Rick and Morty' Creators Address That Hilarious New Plot Hole
You'll never look at the Easter Bunny the same way after watching 'The Last Temptation of Jerry.'
By Cheryl Eddy
io9 June 16, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/rick-and-morty-last-temptation-of-jerry-plot-hole-spoilers-2000613412

'How to Train Your Dragon' is Another Hit Remake at the Box Office
Dreamworks' first go at a live-action remake with 'How to Train Your Dragon' is a success.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 15, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-train-your-dragon-is-another-hit-remake-at-the-box-office-2000616083

Edi Gathegi Hopes Being Mr. Terrific Redeems His Short 'X-Men' Role
If you're still bitter about Darwin's treatment in 'X-Men: First Class,' Gathegi hopes seeing him as Mr. Terrific heals you.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 15, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/edi-gathegi-hopes-being-mr-terrific-redeems-his-short-x-men-role-2000616030

Michael Sheen Sounds Unconvinced That the 'Good Omens' Finale Special Will Be Released
But sources say Prime Video is still planning on releasing the special in the wake of the allegations against Neil Gaiman.
By Cheryl Eddy  io9 June 16, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/good-omens-finale-special-neil-gaiman-prime-video-michael-sheen-2000616474

Michael Sheen breaks silence on making Good Omens after Neil Gaiman accusations
Though Sheen expressed doubts, the finale is still set to be released at Prime Video.
By Mary Kate Carr  |  June 16, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/michael-sheen-good-omens-neil-gaiman-comment

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/14-15/2025

Bud is Retiring—sort of—in 2026!
Bud Plant's Incredible Catalogue Summer 2025
online at https://budplant.blogspot.com/2025/06/ditkos-dc-universe-ernie-bushmillers.html#news

TCAF answers! from Richmond's C. A. P. Ward
by Mike Rhode
ComicsDC blog (June 14, 2025): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/tcaf-answers-from-richmonds-c-p-ward.html

Boom Studios Lays Off Senior Staffers In Third Wave Of Redundancies
 13 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/boom-studios-lays-off-senior-staffers-in-third-wave-of-redundancies/

Diamond Drops No Cost Returns Service, Demands Retailer Details Today
Diamond Comic Distributors drops their No Cost Returns Service for publishers, and demands retailer bank details, today
 13 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-drops-no-cost-returns-service-demands-retailer-details-today/

Diamond Comics Challenges Dynamite's Half Million Expenses Claim
, 13 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-comics-challenges-dynamites-half-million-expenses-claim/

A major malfunction [Dustin letter]
Vince Greenwald,
Washington Post (June 14 2025): A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/fathers-day-grief-english-majors-terrorism/

Incendiary device [Ramirez letter]
Patrick Theros,
Washington Post (June 14 2025): A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/fathers-day-grief-english-majors-terrorism/

Marvel Sends Comic Shops A Fantastic Four Secret For Marvel 616 Day
  13 Jun 2025  
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-sends-comic-shops-a-fantastic-four-secret-for-marvel-616-day/

'How to Train Your Dragon': Life lessons and eye-popping action [in print as Is 'live-action' remake a cash grab? Maybe, but it's also a delight]
Review by Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post June 13, 2025: Weekend 19
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/06/12/how-to-train-your-dragon-live-action-review/

'How to Train Your Dragon' Review: The Return of Hiccup and Toothless
By Brandon Yu
A version of this article appears in print on June 13, 2025, Section C, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Live-Action Remake Is Faithful to the Original.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-review.html

Inside Universal's Big Bet on 'How to Train Your Dragon'
By Ashley Spencer
June 14, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/movies/how-to-train-your-dragon-universal.html

Natalie Portman-Produced French Animated Film 'Arco' Wins Annecy
Illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's debut feature, about a boy from the future trying to find his way home, took the Cristal for best feature film at the 2025 Annecy international film festival.
Scott Roxborough
June 14, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/french-film-arco-from-ugo-bienvenu-wins-annecy-2025-1236291086/

Annecy Winners: Natalie Portman-Produced & Neon-Acquired Fantasy 'Arco' & Japan's 'ChaO' Scoop Top Prizes
Melanie Goodfellow
June 14, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/annecy-winners-natalie-portman-arco-chao-top-prizes-1236434188/

'Little Amelie' Review: Awards Buzz Awaits This Delightfully Dark Meditation On Life And Death From A Child's Perspective – Annecy Festival
Damon Wise
June 14, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/little-amelie-review-awards-buzz-annecy-festival-1236434168/

'Arco' Review: Natalie Portman Produces French Time-Traveling Rainbow-Colored 'Toon With Climate Change Message And 'E.T.' Influences – Annecy Animation Film Festival
Pete Hammond
 June 11, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/06/arco-review-natalie-portman-time-traveling-toon-annecy-1236430541/

'A Magnificent Life' Review: Director Sylvain Chomet Brings French Icon's Life To Visual Glory In Biopic Toon That Plays It Safe – Annecy Animation Film Festival
Pete Hammond
 June 11, 2025
https://deadline.com/2025/06/a-magnificent-life-review-sylvain-chomet-pagnol-bio-annecy-1236430499/

'Fixed' Review: Very R-Rated Hot-To-Trot Dog Cartoon Tries Hard To Be Outrageous & Succeeds- Annecy Animation Festival
Pete Hammond
June 13, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/06/fixed-review-r-rated-hot-to-trot-dog-cartoon-netflix-annecy-animation-festival-1236433860/

July 1976 (w/Brian Michael Bendis) - "Captain America's Bicentennial Battles"
Robb Milne, Jamie Wenger, Bryan Stratton
Marvel by the Month  271; June 11th, 2025 | 01:29:41 | S9:E16
 https://marvel-by-the-month.simplecast.com/episodes/271-july-1976-w-brian-michael-bendis-captain-americas-bicentennial-battles
https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/1a3c5097-0ac6-4d15-a619-3b0bdc0ada77/episodes/af2b5198-482b-4866-b6e3-306f75183f76/audio/4b4b8c66-e363-4802-b1fb-c34bb6e8b46f/default_tc.mp3

Zenescope Pulls Out Of Diamond Comics, Considers Legal Action
Zenescope pulls out of Diamond Comic Distributors, looks to consider legal action, and moves to direct store distribution
, 14 Jun 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zenescope-pulls-out-of-diamond-comics-considers-legal-action/

Paramount's 'South Park' streaming deal is in limbo as Skydance merger drags on
By Meg James, Matt Hamilton and Ryan Faughnder
June 13, 2025 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-06-13/south-park-to-paramount

Laika's 'ParaNorman' Is Coming Back to Theaters
The beloved supernatural hit is getting a one-week return on the big screen during Halloween, with a new CG short attached.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 14, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/laikas-paranorman-is-coming-back-to-theaters-2000615796

The Wonder and Legacy of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, Thirty Years Later
David Harper
November 18, 2015
https://sktchd.com/longform/the-wonder-and-legacy-of-bill-wattersons-calvin-and-hobbes-thirty-years-later/

Origins: Marmaduke
D. D. Degg  
June 14, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/14/origins-marmaduke/

The Marmaduke Files - Setting the Record Straight: Phil Leeming, Not Brad Anderson, Was the Creator of Marmaduke
David Mudrick
Tom Duck and Harry  blog
https://tomduckandharry.com/marmaduke

Steve Smeltzer 2024
Fort Wayne in a Nutshell: A Cartoon Retrospective.
Fort Wayne, IN: Steven L Smeltzer

Homegrown hilarity: Cartoonist's compilation chock full of chuckles [Steve Smeltzer]
Keith Elchert
    Journal Gazette Jun 13, 2025
    https://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/books/homegrown-hilarity-cartoonists-compilation-chock-full-of-chuckles/article_7001f35f-aeb3-47f0-85dd-de1ab3eb7a3a.html

Cartoons win 'Best in Ohio': Darcy cartoons
    Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com
Jun. 14, 2025, https://www.cleveland.com/darcy/2025/06/cartoons-win-best-in-ohio-darcy-cartoons.html

Guide: Where to read manga online LEGALLY?
Matias De la Piedra on 06/15/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/where-to-read-manga-online-legally/

animate opens first-ever store in France with Paris POP UP location this July
Hayame Kawachi on 06/14/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/animate-opens-first-ever-store-in-france-with-paris-pop-up-location-this-july/

Answerman
How to Hire a Japanese Studio to Produce Your OVA
by Jerome Mazandarani, Jun 9th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2025-06-09/.225189

From Sanji to Kotetsu T. Kaburagi — An Interview with Hiroaki Hirata at Animazement 2025 [voice actor]
by Coop Bicknell, Jun 13th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-13/from-sanji-to-kotetsu-t-kaburagi-an-with-hiroaki-hirata-at-animazement-2025/.224977

Look Back Director Discusses Artistic Struggles, Anime Adaptation Philosophy, and AI's Role in Creativity
by Isaiah Colbert, Jun 11th 2025
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-11/look-back-director-discusses-artistic-struggles-anime-adaptation-philosophy-and-ai-role-in-/.224661

Merging Western Comics and Anime: An Interview with Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Writer Kazuki Nakashima
by Richard Eisenbeis, Jun 9th 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-09/merging-western-comics-and-anime-an-with-batman-ninja-vs-yakuza-league-writer-kazuki-nakashima/.224620

    Fanbase Press Interviews Shannon Eric Denton and David Hartman on the Upcoming Release of the Monstrous Comic Book Series, 'Spectors,' with Titan Comics
    Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    June 13, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56957-fanbase-press-interviews-shannon-eric-denton-and-david-hartman-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-monstrous-comic-book-series-spectors-with-titan-comics/

    Between the Panels: Cartoonist Paulina Ganucheau on School Bus Art Trading, Filling the Project Plate, and Disaster Leading to Opportunity
    Kevin Sharp, Fanbase Press Contributor
    June 11, 2025
    https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/56938-between-the-panels-cartoonist-paulina-ganucheau-on-school-bus-art-trading-filling-the-project-plate-and-disaster-leading-to-opportunity/

20 Years Ago, Batman Began a New Era of Hollywood
Love it or hate it, 'Batman Begins' is key to the character's ongoing popularity and Hollywood's reboot obsession.
By Justin Carter
io9 June 15, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/20-years-ago-batman-began-a-new-era-of-hollywood-2000616037

Be Careful What You Wish For [Vera Brosgol,  Daniel Nayeri and Liz Enright's MIRROR TOWN: The Bizarre Bazaar, Book 1]
By Michael Ian Black
New York Times Book Review June 15, 2025, Page 18
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/books/review/vera-brosgol-return-to-sender-daniel-nayeri-mirror-town-the-bizarre-bazaar.html

Daniel Best - Author Jun 13, 2025
Diamond Distribution: Who's Getting Paid?
https://danielbest1967.substack.com/p/diamond-distribution-whos-getting

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/13/2025

The Beat Digest 06/13/25: IDW resurrects THE TWILIGHT ZONE

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 06/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-061325/

 

GlobalComix launches "Watch," a new hub for comic and manga video content

Hayame Kawachi on 06/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/globalcomix-launches-watch-new-hub-comic-manga-video-content/

 

Graphic Novel Review: They Shot the Piano Player: The Graphic Novel

reviewed by Elk Paauw, PhD Student and Lecturer, University of Western Ontario

International Journal of Comic Art blog June 13, 2025

https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/graphic-novel-review-they-shot-piano.html

 

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal; translated by Edward Gauvin. They Shot the Piano Player: The Graphic Novel. London: Self-Made Hero Publications, 2024. ISBN: 9781914224249. $34.99. https://www.selfmadehero.com/books/they-shot-the-piano-player-a-graphic-novel

 

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: HELLWHALERS, ITTO, BUCK ROGERS, and three more projects you'll love

Diego Higuera on 06/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/comics-crowdfunding-round-up-hellwhalers-itto-buck-rogers-and-three-more-projects-youll-love/

Spoonist Forks with Chaz Hutton

 

The Jersey Devil Is Ready For Its Close-Up

From poetry to comics to theatre, the Garden State's favorite cryptid is getting its moment to shine.

By Tobias Carroll

https://reactormag.com/the-jersey-devil-is-ready-for-its-close-up/

June 3, 2025

 

Are Polybags Back?

On the surprisingly resurgent tactic from the 1990s and what's fueling its resurrection.

https://sktchd.com/longform/are-polybags-back/

By David Harper

June 11, 2025

 

DYNAMITE ASKED COURT TO ORDER DIAMOND TO PAY; Diamond Objects

Milton Griepp on June 13, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59787/dynamite-asked-court-order-diamond-pay

 

Linocut (Hand Carved Stamp) Sketch Variants for the Exquisite Corpses Launch Party

Sami DeMonster's avatar

Sami DeMonster

May 19, 2025

  https://samidemonster.substack.com/p/linocut-hand-carved-stamp-sketch

 

PRHPS SIGNS NEW PUBLISHER IGNITION PRESS Beginning in September

  Milton Griepp on June 13, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59785/prhps-signs-new-publisher-ignition-press

 

NEW MANGA PUBLISHER ANNOUNCES FIRST THREE TITLES

Digital and DTC for Now, but Open to Retailers [ Manga Mavericks]

Brigid Alverson on June 12, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59779/new-manga-publisher-announces-first-three-titles

 

Kal Draws The Line

Kevin KAL Kallaugher

Jun 12, 2025

https://kaltoons.substack.com/

 

Bad Idea announce CUL-DE-SAC #1 IMPALED EDITION

Javier Perez on 06/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/bad-idea-announce-cul-de-sac-1-impaled-edition/

 

Graphic Novel Review: IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI is a walkthrough of LGBTQ+, American history

Javier Perez on 06/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-it-rhymes-with-takei-is-a-walkthrough-of-lgbtq-american-history/

 

The Week in Diamond: non-payments, non-shipping and $10 million lost value

Heidi MacDonald on 06/13/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-week-in-diamond-non-payments-non-shipping-and-10-million-lost-value/

 

"Artificial: A Love Story" Book Talk

Amy Kurzweil and Jason Adam Katzenstein.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1TLElaP2s

Museum of Jewish Heritage May 21, 2025

 

Matt Madden

Rules for Jam Comics

Build Your Own Labyrinth: Constraints and Creativity Jun 13, 2025

https://mattmadd.substack.com/p/rules-for-jam-comics

 

Ignition Press Sign Up Comics Distribution With Penguin Random House

12 Jun 2025   Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ignition-press-sign-up-comics-distribution-with-penguin-random-house/

 

Aethon Books Has Acquired Majority Stake in Vault Comics

Amanda Sheriff

Scoop  June 12, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/aethon-books-has-acquired-majority-stake-in-vault-comics/

 

Original "Calvin and Hobbes" art by Bill Watterson included in upcoming Heritage Auction

John Freeman on June 12, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/original-calvin-and-hobbes-art-by-bill-watterson-included-in-upcoming-heritage-auction/

 

TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

June 12, 2025

https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-132/

 

Genndy Tartakovsky Developing 'Heist Safari' Animated Series for Adult Swim

Animation Magazine

June 12, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/genndy-tartakovsky-developing-heist-safari-animated-series-for-adult-swim/

 

Pixar Gives First Look at 'Toy Story 5,' Teases New Original 'Gatto' at Annecy

Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter unveiled behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive clips to tease two of the studio's hottest upcoming releases.

Scott Roxborough

June 13, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/toy-story-5-first-look-pixar-1236290167/

 

Alex Woo on Building 'In Your Dreams' From Scratch — and Why Netflix Said Yes

The director and creative team behind the new animated feature recount how their original idea, about two siblings journeying through the land of dreams, went from scribbles on a grease-stained pizza box to become Netflix's big awards play.

Scott Roxborough

June 13, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alex-woo-on-netflix-animated-film-in-your-dreams-1236263432/

 

Annecy: Adult Swim Announces New Series 'Keeping Up with the Joneses,' 'The Elephant' Special & More

Mercedes Milligan

June 12, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/annecy-adult-swim-announces-new-series-keeping-up-with-the-joneses-the-elephant-special-more/

 

Fish Tale: 'Tiddler' Producer Barney Goodland Reflects on the Making of Magic Light's Swimming CG Special

Ramin Zahed

June 12, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/fish-tale-tiddler-producer-barney-goodland-reflects-on-the-making-of-magic-lights-swimming-cg-special/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Annecy: Crunchyroll Exec VP Mitchel Berger Presses Anime's Growing Influence

Ryan Gaur

June 12, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/annecy-crunchyroll-senior-vp-mitchel-berger-presses-animes-growing-influence/

 

Live With Liza and Ann Telnaes!

What a doozy of a week, and historically significant

Liza Donnelly and Ann Telnaes

Seeing Things Jun 13, 2025  https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/live-with-liza-and-ann-telnaes-e50

 

What Was I Thinkin' In My Head — This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | June 13, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/what-was-i-thinkin-in-my-head-this-weeks-links/

 

At Home with Marc Torices

Drawn & Quarterly

Jun 3, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9L6s0nX334

 

Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer Identity

    by Eve and Spire Greenwood

    June 6, 2025

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/ruin-of-the-house-of-the-divine-visage-inside-look/

 

"Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter" – The 'Aw, Nuts!' Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious Universe

    by Lydia Turner

    June 6, 2025

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/aw-nuts-papercutz/

 

Alison Bechdel's new graphic novel illustrates the comic side of Vermont

The nationally recognized cartoonist behind "Dykes to Watch Out For" and "Fun Home" has filled her latest work, "Spent," with lots of local color.

by Kevin O'Connor June 8, 2025,

https://vtdigger.org/2025/06/08/alison-bechdels-new-graphic-novel-illustrates-the-comic-side-of-vermont/

 

Off Panel #503: Fun and Fundamental with Eitan Manhoff [comic book store]

June 9 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-503-fun-and-fundamental-with-eitan-manhoff

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 676: Happy Pride Month

Calvin Reid, Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons

on 06/06/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1371

 

The Enemy Is a Bowl of Soup: On Quino's Mafalda

By Julia Kornberg

Paris Review June 6, 2025

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/06/the-enemy-is-a-bowl-of-soup-on-quinos-mafalda/

 

Netflix's 'The Eternaut' makes a haunting series of an esteemed Argentine comic

Bob Mondello

NPR's All Things Considered June 9, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5422356/netflix-the-eternaut-el-eternauta-argentina

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2025/06/20250609_atc_review-the_eternaut.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5422356

 

The Eternaut speaks to our uneasy times – that's why this cult comic has become a global Netflix hit

Jordana Timerman

9 Jun 2025   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/the-eternaut-cult-comic-netflix-hit-argentina-sci-fi

 

Local illustrator helps reimagine 'Huck Finn' tale through Jim's perspective

Marcus Kwame Anderson worked with author David F. Walker on graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy"

By Jim Shahen Jr., June 11, 2025 https://www.timesunion.com/books/article/big-jim-white-boy-reimagines-huck-finn-20368299.php

 

Return to Form? An Interview with John Pistelli, Author of "Major Arcana"

Theodore Anderson | June 12, 2025

https://lit.newcity.com/2025/06/12/return-to-form-an-interview-with-john-pistelli-author-of-major-arcana/

 

La Jolla exhibit to showcase Kumeyaay past, present and future

The 'Kumeyaay Visual Storytelling Project' show is based on two graphic novels that offer Indigenous-led accounts of tribal and California history

By Ashley Mackin Solomon | ashleym@lajollalight.com

  La Jolla Light June 9, 2025

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/09/la-jolla-exhibit-to-showcase-kumeyaay-past-present-and-future/

 

The American cartoonist discussed her new comic novel, Spent, on Bookends with Mattea Roach [aka Alison Bechdel on making money and seeing Fun Home in a new light]

CBC Radio · Posted: Jun 04, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/books/bookends/how-characters-from-alison-bechdel-s-past-shook-her-out-of-her-memoir-writing-kick-1.7550896

 

Steve Thompson takes us on an 'Ill Vacation'

Chris Coplan

June 10, 2025  https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/10/ill-vacation-qa/

 

Xmas come early: Jason Shawn Alexander details long-brewing 'Scrooge: A Christmas Carol'

The Zoop campaign begins this week for the daring Christmas rework.

Chris Coplan

June 12, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/12/scrooge-zoop-qa/

 

Loss and love for a space vampire: Christopher Priest discusses ongoing 'Vampirella' run

On superhero marriages, time-traveling babies, and subverting expectations.

Marvel Maximus

June 12, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/12/vampirella-christopher-priest-feature/

 

X-Men Monday #299 – Ashley Allen Talks 'Magik'

Chris Hassan

June 9, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/09/x-men-monday-299-ashley-allen-magik/

Prison Shivs, Pigeon Blue, & the Art of Spoonist Forks with Chaz Hutton [aka DMA#14: On Instagram Cartoonists, Ornithology & Comedian Hangs].
Process Junkie June 13 2025
Jason Chatfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIP8yn8zAYc

Interview: Ernie Altbacker launches AREA 51 STUDIOS comics Kickstarter
Taimur Dur
Comics Beat Jun 12, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsRRjtyqmpE

Scott Christian Sava Returns | Pencil To Pencil 6/11/25
Jamar Nicholas, Steve Conley and Mike Manley
Pencil to Pencil  Jun 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAJQs4cNwE

Pencil To Pencil Live In The Studio 7/11/20 w/ Scott Christian Sava
Mike Manley, Jamar Nicholas and Bret Blevins
Pencil to Pencil
Jul 11, 2020  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pkKWgYmJAE

Episode 713: Paul Pope
RiYL Podcast
Jun 13, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTK0b_IvViw

John Romita Jr Talks New Projects and Old Favorites
word balloon June 13 2025
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwIyOsvjYSA

Circles and Corners: The Comics Retailer Spectrum Explained - Comics Industry Insiders LIVE
Atom! Freeman and Brian Garside
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
 Jun 10, 2025   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18HGue3JPMY

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/12/2025

TCAF answers! from Angela Hsieh

by Mike Rhode

ComicsDC blog June 12, 2025

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/06/tcaf-answers-from-angela-hsieh.html

 

Interview: Jason Shawn Alexander revisits a literature classic in SCROOGE!

Diego Higuera on 06/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/jason-shawn-alexander-scrooge/

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: STEVE LEAF FROM DIAMOND TO HERMES PRESS As Sales Director

by Brigid Alverson on June 11, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59769/people-move-steve-leaf-diamond-hermes-press

 

John Shakespeare – RIP [Australia]

D. D. Degg   June 11, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/06/11/john-shakespeare-rip/

 

Interview: Writer Ernie Altbacker embarks on his first comics Kickstarter project with AREA 51 STUDIOS

Taimur Dar on 06/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-ernie-altbacker-area-51-studios/

 

A Song of Resilience: 'The Last Whale Singer' Director Reza Memari Takes Us on a Deep Dive into the New Animated Feature [Germany]

Ramin Zahed

June 11, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/a-song-of-resilience-the-last-whale-singer-director-reza-memari-takes-us-on-a-deep-dive-into-the-new-animated-feature/

This article was written for the

May-June '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 350).

 

Director Celia Catunda Offers a Sneak Peek at Pinguim's New Movie, 'My Grandfather Is a Nihonjin' [Brazil]

Ramin Zahed

June 11, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/director-celia-catunda-offers-a-sneak-peek-at-pinguims-new-movie-my-grandfather-is-a-nihonjin/

 

Annecy: Cartoon Network's Iconic Creators Reflect on Studio's Past and Present at Special 25th Anniversary Panel

Kambole Campbell

June 11, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/annecy-cartoon-networks-iconic-creators-reflect-on-studios-past-and-present-at-special-25th-anniversary-panel/

 

Action's 50th anniversary to be celebrated in new "Before The Ban" Archival Editions from Rebellion

John Freeman on June 12, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/actions-50th-anniversary-to-be-celebrated-in-new-before-the-ban-archival-editions-from-rebellion/

 

'BoJack Horseman' Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Ditching Satire for Sincerity in 'Long Story Short'

The new Netflix series, lightly autobiographical, follows the "small t traumas" of a Jewish family. "How we communicate love is by making jokes. How we communicate anxiety is by making jokes. How we communicate love is by communicating anxiety."

Scott Roxborough

June 12, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/raphael-bob-waksberg-interview-long-story-short-1236263405/

Illustrating Aquaculture - A Journey Into Kelp Farming [non-fiction educational cartooning]

Lucy Bellwood

Aquaculture Information Exchange Apr 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3wIqT1lE-g

 

The 'Superman' Cast Talk Superman's Suit, Lex Luthor's Weakness, and the Expansion of the DCU

Perri Nemiroff

Fandango June 11, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN2Qolp5yJ4

 

Netflix Reveals First Details of 'Stranger Things' Animated Series, Award Contender 'In Your Dreams'

'80s-era Hawkins gets animated in 'Stranger Things: Tales from '85,' and dreams come to life in Alex Woo and Erik Benson's original feature.

Scott Roxborough

June 11, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-first-details-stranger-things-animated-series-1236262432/

 

Reviews: Sláine: The Definitive Edition, Volume 1

Tom Shapira | June 12, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/slaine-the-definitive-edition-volume-1/

 

Sláine: The Definitive Edition, Volume 1

Pat Mills, Angie Kincaid, Massimo Belardinelli, Mick McMahon and Mike McMahon

2000 AD

 

Frazetta's "Famous Funnies"

Sara Frazetta

Oct 07, 2021

 https://www.frazettagirls.com/blogs/news/frazettas-famous-funnies

 

Legendary 1954 Buck Rogers comic cover art by Frank Frazetta hits $432,000 at auction

Ellsworth Toohey

Jun 10, 2025

https://boingboing.net/2025/06/10/legendary-1954-buck-rogers-comic-cover-art-by-frank-frazetta-hits-432000-at-auction.html

 

616 Day Identifies A Moment That Began The Marvel Universe (Spoilers)

616 Day identifies the moment that began the Marvel Universe in Giant Size Spider-Man #1 from Al Ewing and Mark Buckingham (Spoilers)

by Rich Johnston

 11 Jun 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/616-day-identifies-a-moment-that-began-the-marvel-universe-spoilers/

 

Gail Simone Definition Of "Fridge" Now In Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 12 Jun 2025 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gail-simone-definition-of-fridge-now-in-merriam-webster-dictionary/

 

Skottie Young Live w/ Derek Laufman [I Hate Fairyland ]

Skottie Young

 Jun 10, 2025  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA9hdfU8gH4

 

Mason Adams

February 12, 2025

Graphic Novel Illustrates Fight Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline

This conversation originally aired in the Feb. 9, 2025 episode of Inside Appalachia.

https://wvpublic.org/graphic-novel-illustrates-fight-against-the-mountain-valley-pipeline/

 

Talking Comics With Richard Hamilton

word balloon June 12 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T74mxEyRZlA

 

Rural noir Revival is heavy on drama and light on thorny questions

Syfy brings the engrossing horror comics series to life.

By Jarrod Jones  |  June 9, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/revival-review-tv-syfy

 

French award for Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva's "Neverlanders" [Australia]

John Freeman on June 8, 2025  https://downthetubes.net/french-award-for-tom-taylor-and-jon-sommarivas-neverlanders/

 

The Yellow Kid: the birth of modern comics; From New York's slums to iconic legacy

9 June 2025,

Humberto Aguirre

https://www.meer.com/en/88057-the-yellow-kid-the-birth-of-modern-comics

 

647 words, one Krazy comic: The surreal brilliance of George Herriman

    Greg Hill

    June 11 2025

https://www.newsminer.com/features/our_town/at_the_library_column/647-words-one-krazy-comic-the-surreal-brilliance-of-george-herriman/article_5d7376fd-0750-4c44-bdd6-f11cb94dd537.html

 

'Steven Universe' Will Return With a New Spinoff Sequel

5 years after it first came to an end, 'Steven Universe' is coming back–and heading to a few new places.

By James Whitbrook

June 11, 2025

https://gizmodo.com/steven-universe-sequel-series-amazon-prime-lars-of-the-stars-2000614414

 

Disney, Universal Launch AI Legal Battle, Sue Midjourney Over Copyright Claims

Erik Hayden

June 11, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-universal-midjourney-1236262563/

 

Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm for Copyright Infringement

The suit, against Midjourney, is the first time major Hollywood companies have sued over A.I.-generated images.

Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on June 12, 2025, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Start-Up for Copyright Infringement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/business/media/disney-universal-midjourney-ai.html

 

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios Order Adult Animation Series 'Mister Miracle'

The show is based on the Eisner Award-winning comic from Tom King and Mitch Gerads.

June 12, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/warner-bros-dc-studios-order-mister-miracle-series-1236263407/

 

DC Studios Is Finally Making a 'Mister Miracle' Animated Series

'Mister Miracle' comic book writer Tom King will serve as showrunner for the animated series.

By Isaiah Colbert

io9 June 12, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/mister-miracle-animated-series-dc-studios-tom-king-2000614929

 

Adult Swim Tackles Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones in Latest Series

'Keeping Up With the Joneses' will follow a family trying to fit in with their wealthy Dallas neighbors.

Rick Porter

June 12, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jerry-jones-adult-swim-keeping-up-with-the-joneses-series-1236263784/

 

'Doctor Who' Will Return… as an Animated Kids Show

Even as the future of the main series is left uncertain, there's still life in the TARDIS just yet.

By James Whitbrook

io9 June 12, 2025  https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-cbbc-animated-series-2000614906

 

'Unfailingly big-hearted and generous': Beloved Herald cartoonist John Shakespeare dies after cancer battle

Jordan Baker

Sydney Morning Herald. June 10, 2025 — https://www.smh.com.au/national/unfailingly-big-hearted-and-generous-beloved-herald-cartoonist-john-shakespeare-dies-after-cancer-battle-20250609-p5m633.html

 

'Don't be sad. I've had a great life': John Shakespeare on the art of living

Peter FitzSimons

Sydney Morning Herald. May 18, 2025 https://www.smh.com.au/national/don-t-be-sad-i-ve-had-a-great-life-john-shakespeare-on-the-art-of-living-20250515-p5lzmn.html