Interview: Benjamin Byron Davis channels his comics fandom as Rupert Thorne in CREATURE COMMANDOS
Taimur Dar on 01/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-benjamin-byron-davis-rupert-thorne-creature-commandos/

Back in Troy, comics publisher tries to rewrite life again
Marc Arsenault, promoting others' work for more than 35 years with Wow Cool comics, faces financial and health struggles
By Steve Barnes,
Nov 27, 2024 https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/wow-cool-comics-marc-arsenault-troy-19940650.php

Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
Amid the political turmoil of the late 1930s, as global conflicts unfolded, a group of American Jewish writers emerged as the unsung heroes of a burgeoning comic book industry.
Nov 26, 2024 • By Peter Zablocki, https://www.thecollector.com/comic-books-wwii/

How East Van's Scott Underwood made it onto the comics pages with Slylock Fox
Scott Underwood has been living his childhood dream. He contributes the art and colour for the Sunday pages of Slylock Fox, a comic strip aimed at kids.
Author of the article:
Shawn Conner
Nov 26, 2024 https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/east-vanscott-underwood-comics-pages-slylock-fox

'From the classroom to the community': How a comic book store recently engaged S.I. students | In Class column
Annalise Knudson
Nov. 26, 2024, https://www.silive.com/parents/2024/11/from-the-classroom-to-the-community-how-a-comic-book-store-recently-engaged-si-students-in-class-column.html

The Most Popular Cartoons of 2024! Masterclass with Top Editorial Cartoonists Koterba & Weyant
Daryl Cagle, Jeff Koterba and Chris Weyant
Caglecast 55, Jan 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ42XoU6eUQ

Words, Images, & Worlds with John Stinsman
Jason DeHart
Jan 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_mmdgGGceA

Tintin, Now in Public Domain, Gets a Modern Day Reboot in The Big Lie; Tintin, now in the Public Domain, gets a modern revival in The Big Lie, to be Kickstartered this year from Fabrice Sapolsky.
by Rich Johnston 01 Jan 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tintin-now-in-public-domain-gets-a-modern-day-reboot-in-the-big-lie/

'Opulent' hotel toilets inspire comic book [The Secrets of the Majestic]
26 November 2024
Rachel Russell
BBC News, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3mdz1ngeyo

The Beat's Annual Creators Survey '24-'25, Part two – yet more 2025 projects
Heidi MacDonald on 01/02/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-annual-creators-survey-24-25-part-two-yet-more-2025-projects/

The Swinging Hog of Neverwhere
American artist Richard Corben's early professional comics work was published in horror and independent comics anthologies in the late '60s and early '70s
RM Rhodes
December 30, 2024
https://www.heavymetal.com/post/the-swinging-hog-of-neverwhere

John Stanley's lost Little Lulu stories: Summer camp shenanigans
Frank M. Young | January 2, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/john-stanleys-lost-little-lulu-stories-a-significant-find/

Fanbase Press Interviews Dave Dwonch on the Upcoming Release of the Crime Caper Comic Book Series, 'The Loose End,' from Titan Comics' Hard Case Crime
Written By Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
December 30, 2024
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56139-fanbase-press-interviews-dave-dwonch-on-the-upcoming-release-of-the-crime-caper-comic-book-series-the-loose-end-from-titan-comics-hard-case-crime/

'We Sincerely Apologize to Viewers': One of Fall 2024's Biggest Fantasy Anime Goes on Indefinite Hiatus [ Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?]
By Nic Guastella
Published Dec 26, 2024
https://www.cbr.com/danmachi-season-5-hiatus-announce/

CBR News Picks: The 10 Best Anime of 2024
By Paris Geolas , Timothy Blake Donohoo , Chike Nwaenie , Renee Senzatimore , Leo Reyna & Christy Gibbs
December 28 2024
https://www.cbr.com/best-anime-series-2024-cbr-news/

A Year in Review: Newly Scanned Maps of 2024 [Gerrymander cartoon]
Julie Stoner
Library of Congress' Worlds Revealed Blog January 2, 2025
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/01/a-year-in-review-newly-scanned-maps-of-2024/

Thursday, January 02, 2025

NSFW! RM Rhodes on Richard Corben's Den in Heavy Metal

The article below concerns itself completely with male nudity in Richard Corben's Den comic book series, with ample illustrations.

The Swinging Hog of Neverwhere

American artist Richard Corben's early professional comics work was published in horror and independent comics anthologies in the late '60s and early '70s

RM Rhodes

December 30, 2024

https://www.heavymetal.com/post/the-swinging-hog-of-neverwhere

Saturday, September 09, 2023

Small Press Expo, 2023, day one in photos

Day one was great. The floor was hopping but not jammed. Lots of fun seeing people again for the first time in a year, or longer. Back tomorrow to spend more money.