Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 9/1/2026

O'Neil, Tegan. 2026. No time for half-measures - Some thoughts on Vertigo’s return. TCJ (September 1): https://www.tcj.com/no-time-for-half-measures-some-thoughts-on-vertigos-return/

  *Degg, D. D. 2026. Al Goodwyn Retires. Daily Cartoonist (August 31): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/08/31/al-goodwyn-retires/

  *Unknown. 2019. This Week’s Q&A - Meet Al Goodwyn, an award-winning freelance cartoonist. Virginia Press Association (November 20): https://www.vpa.net/articles/this-weeks-qa-meet-al-goodwyn-an-award-winning-freelance-cartoonist/

  *Walchuk, Mary. 1999. Goodwyn's Editorial Cartoons Speak Truths. The Health Physics Society's Newsletter XXVII (8; August): 1, 3-4. Online at https://hps.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/goodwyn.pdf

  *Degg, D. D. 2026. George Camden - RIP [editorial cartoonist]. Daily Cartoonist (August 31): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/08/31/george-camden-rip/

  *Unknown. 2026. Obituary for George H. Camden. Jowett Funeral Home (August): https://www.jowettfuneraldirectors.com/obituaries/george-camden/#!/Obituary

Simons, Dean. 2026. 2000 AD printer goes bust, this week’s issue delayed in UK. The Beat (September 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/2000-ad-printer-goes-bust-this-weeks-issue-delayed-in-uk/

Griepp, Milton. 2026. Pop King Offers To Buy Consignment Inventory From Consignment Vendors [Diamond bankruptcy]. ICv2 (September 1): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63266/pop-king-offers-buy-consignment-inventory

Griepp, Milton. 2026. Sparkle Pop Objects To Diamond Consignment Settlement - Asks Court To Deny Motion [Diamond bankruptcy]. ICv2 (September 1): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63255/sparkle-pop-objects-diamond-consignment-settlement

Seigel, Julie. 2026. “How I Got My Start in Art” - 12th Annual Small Press Expo Talk with Award-Winning Cartoonist Kim Deitch. Library of Congress' Headlines & Heroes blog (September 1): https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2026/09/cartoonist-kim-deitch/

Dar, Taimur. 2026. Interview - Steve Skroce explores the pitfalls of comic collaboration with Tales of Wonder. The Beat (September 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-steve-skroce-explores-the-pitfalls-of-comic-collaboration-with-tales-of-wonder/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 09/01/26 - Marvel’s Indiana Jones revival gets new ETA, crossover covers. The Beat (September 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-090126/

Gardner, Alan. 2026. Fred Fordham Wins Hugo Best Graphic Story. Daily Cartoonist (August 31): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/08/31/fred-fordham-wins-hugo-best-graphic-story/

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. Report - Netflix snapping up the rights to many comics. The Beat (September 1): https://www.comicsbeat.com/netflix-2026/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. The Big Marvel Midnight Universe Bargain For Comic Book Retailers... The LED Sign that comes with 60 free copies of the books. Bleeding Cool (August 31): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-big-marvel-midnight-universe-bargain-for-comic-book-retailers/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. The Dan Buckley And Jonathan Hickman Phone Call That Began Midnight. Bleeding Cool (August 31): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-dan-buckley-and-jonathan-hickman-phone-call-that-began-midnight/

Milligan, Mercedes. 2026. Pluto TV Anime Lineup Expands with Top Titles, More Dubs & Simulcasts. Animation Magazine (August 31): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/pluto-tv-anime-lineup-expands-with-top-titles-more-dubs-simulcasts/

Wolfe, Jennifer. 2026. Drawing from Memory - ‘Tangles’ Director Leah Nelson Recalls the Making of Her Animated Alzheimer’s Story [Exclusive]. Animation Magazine (361; September/October): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/drawing-from-memory-tangles-director-leah-nelson-recalls-the-making-of-her-animated-alzheimers-story/

Vigna, Giovanni. 2026. The Woman Drawing Gaza From Inside a Tent - Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah has documented the war, her displacement, and everyday life as she experiences them. Her work now travels to places she cannot. The Middle East Uncovered (August 13): https://www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/the-woman-drawing-gaza-from-inside

Kallaugher, Kevin KAL, and Matt Davies. 2026. Live Video with Kal Featuring Special Guest Matt Davies. Kaltoons (September 1): https://kaltoons.substack.com/p/live-video-with-kal-featuring-special

Sernaker, Matt. 2026. Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Young Justice) shares his Secret Origin with ComicsOnline at Fan Expo Chicago 2026! ComicsOnline (August 24): https://www.comicsonline.com/2026/08/so-gw/

MacGregor, Amanda. 2026. Fast Five Interview - Stephan Pastis and Will Henry. School Library Journal (September 1): https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2026/09/01/67797/

Mozzocco, J. Caleb. 2026. Hulk Teach - A Tale of 2 Teachers! Review [Jeffrey Brown]. School Library Journal (August 27): https://goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2026/08/27/hulk-teach-a-tale-of-2-teachers-review/

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. 12 Manga for Young and Teen Readers Centering Critters, Cowboys, and Dungeon Crawls. School Library Journal (August 31): https://www.slj.com/story/12-manga-for-young-and-teen-readers-centering-critters-cowboys-and-dungeon-crawls

Groban, Betsy. 2026. Always Dreaming Big - PW Talks with Shannon Hale. Publishers Weekly (September 1): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101127-always-dreaming-big-pw-talks-with-shannon-hale.html
Hendrix, John. 2026. 20 Years Later, the Long-Awaited Companion to a Classic Graphic Novel; As Shaun Tan reminds us with his stand-alone follow-up to “The Arrival,” some truths are so enormous, so beautiful, they can be told only through myth [in print as Can Humans Be Happy in a Nonhuman World?]. New York Times Book Review (August 30): 14. Online at https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/books/review/shaun-tan-hometown.html

Unknown. 1929. Kirby Wins Pulitzer Prize Third Time. N. Y. World Cartoonist Gets 1928 Award for Cartoon Published During Heat of Presidential Campaign [Rollin Kirby]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (52; May 18): 62. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-05-18_61_52/page/62/mode/2up

Kirby, Rollin. 1929. Cartoon Which Won Pulitzer Award for Kirby [Rollin Kirby; 1928 Pulitzer Prize for Best Cartoon]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (52; May 18): 7. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-05-18_61_52/page/6/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Artist Joins Autocaster Service [Pinky Dinky by Terry Gilikson]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (1; May 25): 44. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-05-25_62_1/page/44/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Andy Gump Not a Reproduction of David Hoag's Face, Court Rules. Million-Dollar Cases against New York Daily News and Syracuse Post-Standard Dismissed in Canandaigua, N. Y. -- Other Cases Continued -- Col. House, Sidney Smith, and Arthur Crawford Testify. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (2; June 1): 10. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-06-01_62_2/page/10/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. Artist-Cartoonist -- Experienced [job wanted classified advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (2; June 1): 63. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-06-01_62_2/page/62/mode/2up

Unknown. 1929. [Carey Orr, Chicago Tribune cartoonist, addressed the Free Lance Guild of Artists at the Chicago Art Institute]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (2; June 1): 37. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-06-01_62_2/page/36/mode/2up

Ledger Syndicate. 1929. Went Over with a Bang! Connie by Frank Godwin [advertisement]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 62 (2; June 1): 59. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-06-01_62_2/page/58/mode/2up

Daily Cartoonist on Al Goodwyn's career

Al Goodwyn Retires

 D. D. Degg 

August 31, 2026 

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/08/31/al-goodwyn-retires/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 8/31/2026

Goodwyn, Al. 2026. So long, and thanks for all of the fodder. Political (a)Musings (August 31): https://algoodwyn.substack.com/p/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-of-the

Alverson, Brigid. 2026. R.I.P. Will Murray - Squirrel Girl Co-Creator and Prolific Pulp Writer Who Went from Fan to Pro. ICv2 (August 31): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63259/r-i-p-will-murray

Sobel, Marc. 2026. Reviews - Like Swimmers. TCJ (August 27): https://www.tcj.com/reviews/like-swimmers/

Shaw, Dash. 2026. Like Swimmers. NYRC.

McGuire, Liam. 2026. Rafael Albuquerque Talks Making Absolute Green Arrow. Comic Frontier (August 31): https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/rafael-albuquerque-talks-making-absolute-green-arrow

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. Wizard Of Earthsea wins the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic. The Beat (August 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/wizard-of-earthsea-hugo-award/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. Marvel is improving retailer relations and compact offerings. The Beat (August 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-is-improving-retailer-relations-and-compact-offerings/

Hassenger, Jesse. 2026. Coyote Vs. Acme won its case, but still loses to the legacy of Looney Tunes - Even good Tunes movies compete less with Disney and DreamWorks, and more with the pure cinema of the original cartoons. AV Club (August 31): https://www.avclub.com/coyote-vs-acme-looney-tunes-legacy-pure-cinema

Vitral, Ramon. 2026. Brazilian cartoonist Marcelo D’Salete on history, slavery, politics and Tiodora’s Letters. TCJ (August 31): https://www.tcj.com/brazilian-cartoonist-marcelo-dsalete-on-history-slavery-politics-and-tiadoras-letters/

Cagle, Daryl. 2026. Trump Thwacks Canada! Best Political Cartoons of August 2026. Caglecast (August 30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvL5vuzbXg

Weldon, Glen, Ronald Young Jr., and Roxana Hadadi. 2026. ‘Lanterns’ rings true (detective). Pop Culture Happy Hour (August 24): https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5939870/lanterns-rings-true-detective, https://tracking.swap.fm/track/XvDEoI11TR00olTUO8US/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/npr.simplecastaudio.com/f75261d2-0860-4d61-91c1-a78a2b997ff2/episodes/8428c0b8-531a-477b-a5ae-e9db30bf07d5/audio/128/default.mp3, and https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5939870

Harris, Aisha, Stephen Thompson, and Glen Weldon. 2026. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ is as looney as it needs to be. Pop Culture Happy Hour (August 28): https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5946403/coyote-vs-acme-is-as-looney-as-it-needs-to-be, https://tracking.swap.fm/track/XvDEoI11TR00olTUO8US/prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/npr.simplecastaudio.com/f75261d2-0860-4d61-91c1-a78a2b997ff2/episodes/f8664835-0ab8-4ef2-b84d-2462cd9923eb/audio/128/default.mp3, and https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5946403

Moreno, Lyra, and Tim Jenkins. 2026. Celebrating Conan the Barbarian's newest event and a Jim Zub milestone! Gamingtrend (August 28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0YJjZsDZU

Johnny O. 2026. Jim Zub Interview - Conan the Barbarian, Dungeons & Dragons & More. Double Axe Handle Smash (August 25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE9UaaN_b2Y

Fallavollita, JP. 2026. Exclusive Interview - Jim Zub On Swords & Sorcery, Conan & Fan Expo Canada. Biff Bam Pop! (August 26): https://biffbampop.com/2026/08/26/exclusive-interview-jim-zub-on-swords-sorcery-conan-fan-expo-canada/

Mike. 2026. Creator Spotlight - Jim Zub on Conan and Journey to the West. VerseDB (August 25): https://versedb.com/blog/creator-spotlight-jim-zub-on-conan-and-journey-to-the-west

Collins, Eli Ives. 1929. Pays Tribute to TAD [letter to editor]. Editor and Publisher and the Fourth Estate 61 (51; May 11): 60. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1929-05-11_61_51/page/60/mode/2up

Al Goodwyn, formerly local editorial cartoonist, packs it in to hit the road

  So long, and thanks for all of the fodder

Al Goodwyn
 Political (a)Musings Aug 31, 2026  

https://algoodwyn.substack.com/p/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-of-the

Al, a conservative cartoonist, moved south when he retired from the Federal Government a few years ago.

Pat Oliphant RIP - photos by Bruce Guthrie

 by Bruce Guthrie 

Pat Oliphant died yesterday.  Over the years, I saw him a fair amount, usually with Richard Thompson.  

Richard and I had attended Art Wood's Great Cartoonist series at the Smithsonian back in 1983, but I wasn't taking photos then.

The next time I saw him was when I ran into Art and he said Richard and Pat and KAL were doing an exhibit together at Pat's wife Susan Conway's gallery in Georgetown.  That was in 1998 and that was my first time to meet Amy Thompson and Charlotte, their first child.

When Pat was at Politics and Prose back in 2007, Hunter "Patch" Adams came in blue hair and a clown costume. 

When Pat and Richard were both at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 (the year that Richard announced he had Parkinson's), I attended Pat's panel.  I was sitting next to Susan Conway and Pat was talking about his career, showing slides of some of his cartoons, and then doing random drawings.  When he drew Monica Lewinski giving Bill Clinton fellatio or Sarah Palin getting rear-ended by a moose, Susan just covered her eyes in mock embarrassment.  

The last time I saw him was in 2018 when he came for the White House Historical Association book fair.

He'll be missed!

Some pics over the years.  

with Joe Sutliff

with Al Goodwyn

with Ann Telnaes

with Richard Thompson

with Ann Telnaes, Clay Bennett, and Matt Davies

with Rick Banning and Patch Adams

with Mike Rhode

Bill Clinton

Sarah Palin

with Richard Thompson and KAL

--

Bruce Guthrie
Photo obsessive
http://www.bguthriephotos.com

Al Goodwyn's Short Term Absence

Al doesn't live in the DC area anymore, but ComicsDC considers him an alumni and sends our condolences.

 

From: Goodwyn Cartoons 

I’ll be taking a small break from cartooning.

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	Goodwyn Short Term Absence Al Goodwyn Apr 20 I’ll be taking a small break from cartooning. Last week my mother passed away at the age of 89 from pneumonia. She’ll be missed, especially her love for her family, sense of humor, sharp intelligence, and love for her country. Thanks for reading Al Goodwyn's Political (a)Musings! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. For more of Al’s cartoons, visit Goodwyn Cartoons and Illustrations. Contact Creators Syndicate for newspaper or magazine cartoon use.

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/31/2025

  *Campbell, Tim. 2025. The Best Cartoon I've Ever Done: Have a wonderful New Year! tc2oons (December 31): https://tc2oons.substack.com/p/the-best-cartoon-ive-ever-done

Watterson, Bill. 1995. ["I will be stopping Calvin and Hobbes at the end of the year."].
Brazosport Facts (December 31). Scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-The_Facts_1995_12_31_Page_4-768x631.jpg

Maidenberg, Mike. 1995. So Long, Calvin and Hobbes, it was awesome. Grand Forks Herald (December 31). Scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-Grand_Forks_Herald_1995_12_31_18-768x582.jpg

Moon, Troy. 1995. (Sigh!) Why can't life be like the funny papers? Readers will miss Calvin & Hobbes' whimsical wit and wisdom. Pensacola News Journal (December 31): 1E, 3E. Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-Pensacola_News_Journal_1995_12_31_49-768x927.jpg

Roberts, Tom. 1995. So long, Calvin and Hobbes. Richmond Times Dispatch (December 31): G1-2. Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/31/30-years-ago-calvin-and-hobbes-ends/

Various. 1995. Fans draw their farewells to Calvin and Hobbes. Reno Gazette Journal (December 31): 38. Scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-Reno_Gazette_Journal_1995_12_31_Page_11-768x779.jpg

Parsons, Grant. 1995. Calvin and Hobbes ready to take one last transmogrifier ride. News and Observer (December 31): 1A, 10A. Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-The_News_and_Observer_1995_12_31_1.jpg

England, Dan. 1995. Drawing to a Close: Artistic creator of "Calvin and Hobbes' retires successful comic strip today. Salina Journal (December 31): B1, 8. Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-The_Salina_Journal_1995_12_31_Page_9-768x928.jpg

Woolley, Bryan / Dallas Morning News. 1995. Calvin and Hobbes comic strip comes to an end. Greenville News (December 31). Scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-The_Greenville_News_1995_12_31_Page_34-768x632.jpg

Robison, Ken. 1995. Bye, Buddies! The wit and wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes. Fresno Bee (December 31): E1, 5. Partial scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-The_Fresno_Bee_1995_12_31_47-673x1024.jpg

Hughes, Dick. 1995. A goodbye to an old friend [Calvin and Hobbes]. Central New Jersey Home News (December 31). Scan online at https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/calvin-and-hobbes-The_Central_New_Jersey_Home_News_1995_12_31_27-768x725.jpg

Unknown. 1926. ["'Gasoline Alley' created by Frank King for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate won first place in a reader voting contest conducted recently by the Springfield (Mass.) Union to determine the paper's most popular feature]. Editor and Publisher 58 (34; January 16): 43. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1926-01-16_58_34/page/42/mode/2up

Unknown. 1926. ["George Herriman, creator of 'Krazy Kat,' is now drawing a new Sunday comic page called 'Us Husbands,' for the King Features Syndicate, New York"]. Editor and Publisher 58 (34; January 16): 43. Online at https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1926-01-16_58_34/page/42/mode/2up

Prange de Oliveira, Djamilia. 2025. Barbie's inspiration was a fictional German call girl [Reinhard Beuthien, Lilli comic strip]. DW (August 13): https://www.dw.com/en/barbies-inspiration-was-a-fictional-german-call-girl/a-73623112

Degg, D. D. 2025. 30 Years Ago: Calvin and Hobbes Ends. Daily Cartoonist (December 31): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/31/30-years-ago-calvin-and-hobbes-ends/

Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Ryan Coogler shares Black Panther 2's original story. The Beat (December 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/ryan-coogler-shares-black-panther-2s-original-story/

Beat staff. 2025. DC Round-Up: The 10 Best DC Comics of 2025. The Beat (December 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-round-up-the-10-best-dc-comics-of-2025/

Morris, D. et al. 2025. The Marvel Rundown: The Best Marvel Comics of 2025. The Beat (December 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-marvel-rundown-the-best-marvel-comics-of-2025/

Beat staff. 2025. Wednesday Comics Reviews: Books you may have missed in 2025. The Beat (December 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/wednesday-comics-reviews-books-you-may-have-missed-in-2025/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2025. The Beats 2025-2026 Creator Survey Part 3: Favorite comics shops around the world. The Beat (December 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-beats-2025-2026-creator-survey-part-3-favorite-comics-shops-around-the-world/

Burlingame, Russ. 2025. Public Domain Day is coming — here's what you need to know about characters like Betty Boop. The Beat (December 31): https://www.comicsbeat.com/public-domain-day-is-coming-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-betty-boop/

Richards, Jon. 2025. Our Favorite Jon Richards Cartoons of 2025. WhoWhatWhy (December 30): https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/our-favorite-jon-richards-cartoons-of-2025/

Goodwyn, Al. 2025. The Best of 2025. Goodwyn Cartoons / Al Goodwyn's Political (a)Musings (December 31): https://algoodwyn.substack.com/p/the-best-of-2025

de Adder, Michael. 2025. Best of 2025 Part 2 [Page 1]. The deEP STATE (December 31): https://deadder.substack.com/p/best-of-2025-part-2-page-1

Steadman, Ralph. 2025. What the Art?! 2025 in Review [aka 2025 - A Year in Art!]. Ralph Steadman Art Collection (December 31): https://mailchi.mp/ee05d7f4bc72/2023-a-visual-round-up-10614109

Johnston, Rich. 2025. The Top 100 Most-Read Stories On Bleeding Cool In 2025: The story of R.E. Burke being detained in the USA topped the list. Bleeding Cool (December 30): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/top-100-most-read-stories-bleeding-cool-2025/

Johnston, Rich. 2025. How A Pottery Collection Saved Mile High Comics From Being Closed Down: Chuck Rozanski tells us how a pottery collection saved Mile High Comics from being closed down by the banks. Bleeding Cool (December 30): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/how-a-pottery-collection-saved-mile-high-comics-from-being-closed-down/

Freeman, John. 2025. Angoulême announces "Le Grand Off", free event replacing annual festival. downthetubes (December 30): https://downthetubes.net/angouleme-announces-le-grand-off-free-event-replacing-annual-festival/

Richmond, Tom. 2025. The Ink Stained Wretch #217 12/31/25: The Dregs of 2025 Issue! The Ink Stained Wretch (217; December 31): https://art4mad.substack.com/p/the-ink-stained-wretch-217-123125

Blair, Brigitta. 2025. 2025 Recap: Losing My Creative Spark & Achieving a Childhood Dream. Brigitta's Blurbs (December 31): https://brigittablair.substack.com/p/2025-recap-losing-my-creative-spark

Jones, Clay. 2025. Best of 2025: My best cartoons from 2025 chosen by readers (mostly). Claytoonz (December 31): https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/best-of-2025

Koterba, Jeffrey. 2025. Koterba's Best 25 of '25: With a couple of bonus toons. Jeffrey Koterba (December 30): https://jeffreykoterba.substack.com/p/koterbas-best-25-of-25-d22

Degg, D. D. 2025. A Man Martin Pop-Up. Daily Cartoonist (December 30): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/12/30/a-man-martin-pop-up/

Boyd, Robert. 2024. Best Comics of 2024: Maurice Vellekoop, Igort, and Charles Burns. The Great God Pan Is Dead (December 20): https://thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com/p/best-comics-of-2024

Thompson, Maggie. 2025. Turning Points [#161]. Scoop (December 30): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-161/

Sheriff, Amanda. 2025. Comics & Original Art Auction Highlights of 2025. Scoop (December 30): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/comics-original-art-auction-highlights-of-2025/

Vaughn, J.C and Rosina Ally. 2025. Flashback Interview: Terry Moore [1994]. Scoop (December 30): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/flashback-interview-terry-moore/

Sheriff, Amanda. 2025. GoFundMe for Comic Artist Tom Tenney. Scoop (December 30): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/gofundme-for-comic-artist-tom-tenney/

Sheriff, Amanda. 2025. Creator Profile: George Kashdan. Scoop (December 30): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/creator-profile-george-kashdan/

Snyder, Scott. 2025. 2025 in Review: Going over this year and giving some craft advice as we go into 2026! Our Best Jackett Newsletter (255; December 31): https://bestjackettpress.substack.com/p/newsletter-255-2025-in-review

Zdarsky, Chip. 2025. 2025 IN REVIEW: A year of ups and downs I guess. It's Chip Zdarsky's Newsletter, Okay? (December 31): https://zdarsky.substack.com/p/2025-in-review

Nangle, Jared. 2025. A Semi-Darwinian Chart Semi-Explaining 2025. New York Times (December 30): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/opinion/culture/a-semi-darwinian-chart-semi-explaining-2025.html

Rosner, Elias. 2025. "Punisher MAX" One-Shots with Sebastian Girner: or, Listening to a Podcast Not Made By God. Make Mine Multiversity (140; December 31): https://art19.com/shows/make-mine-multiversity/episodes/1caaacec-ba30-4c50-ae0f-5bfd7725dabc and https://rss.art19.com/episodes/1caaacec-ba30-4c50-ae0f-5bfd7725dabc.mp3

Kaunzner, Ulrike and Terry Chang. 2025. In Conversation With Liza Donnelly: Drawing Power, Humor, and Women's Lives Into View. Two Moons (December): https://twomoonshealth.co/blogs/all/liza-donnelly-on-womens-humor-and-visibility

Evanier, Mark. 2025. ASK me: Carl Barks and Chase Craig. News from ME (December 28): https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/12/28/ask-me-carl-barks-and-chase-craig/

Evanier, Mark. 2016. Chase [Craig; Western and Gold Key editor]. News from ME (August 29): https://www.newsfromme.com/2016/08/29/chase-3/

Brigitta Blair's year in review, Clay Jones' 2025 best cartoons, Al Goodwyn's 2025 best cartoons, and Carolyn Belefski's library card debut

2025 Recap: Losing My Creative Spark & Achieving a Childhood Dream

 Brigitta Blair

Brigitta's Blurbs Dec 31, 2025
https://brigittablair.substack.com/p/2025-recap-losing-my-creative-spark

Best of 2025: My best cartoons from 2025 chosen by readers (mostly)

 Clay Jones  

Claytoonz  Dec 31, 2025 
 https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/best-of-2025

The Best of 2025

Al Goodwyn

 Goodwyn Cartoons /Al Goodwyn's Political (a)Musings Dec 31, 2025

https://algoodwyn.substack.com/p/the-best-of-2025

Fairfax County Public Library will offer new card designs in new year

By Angela Woolsey

 December 29, 2025

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/29/fairfax-county-public-library-will-offer-new-card-designs-in-new-year/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 1/1/2024

Comic Arts Deaths in 2023

January 01, 2024

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2024/01/comic-arts-deaths-in-2023.html

 

2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part One: Debuts and Departures

D. D. Degg

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/01/2023-debuts-departures-and-the-dearly-departed-part-one-debuts-and-departures/

 

2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Two: Deviations

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/01/2023-debuts-departures-and-the-dearly-departed-part-two-deviations/

 

2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Three: The Dearly Departed

D. D. Degg      

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/01/01/2023-debuts-departures-and-the-dearly-departed-part-three-the-dearly-departed/

 

Bande dessinée : Ils nous ont quittés en 2023

Par Didier Pasamonik (L'Agence BD) le 1er janvier 2024

https://www.actuabd.com/Bande-dessinee-Ils-nous-ont-quittes-en-2023

 

Sparky in the Digital Age

December 8, 2023

Jean Schulz's Blog

https://schulzmuseum.org/sparky-in-the-digital-age/

 

Schulz, Jean. 2008-

Jean Schulz's Blog.

Charles M. Schulz Museum (February 15-): https://schulzmuseum.org/jeanschulz/

 

Goodwyn, Al. 2024.

2023 In Review.

Goodwyn Newsletter (January 1): http://xp4zn.mjt.lu/nl3/LOc4HyIKn6vP9npZHWEQVA

 

Debut of Barry Allen as Flash to Become 1st $1,000,000 Silver Age DC?

Does the highest grade copy of Showcase #4 (DC, 1956), the first appearance of Barry Allen as Flash, have a shot at the $1,000,000 mark?

  31 Dec 2023

by Mark Seifert

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/debut-of-barry-allen-as-flash-to-become-1st-1000000-silver-age-dc/

 

Gender Queer Graphic Novel Remains A Polarising, Political Grift

Bleeding Cool continues covering book bans in libraries, schools and bookstores, especially graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe,

  31 Dec 2023 

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/gender-queer-graphic-novel-remains-a-polarising-political-grift/

 

Torunn Grønbekk talks mind games with Judge Anderson in '2000 AD' #2362

David Brooke

December 12, 2023

https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/12/torunn-gronbekk-2000-ad-2362/

 

Amy Chase. 2023-.

Thunderbolts and Writing newsletter.

https://amythunderjam.substack.com/

 

Mickey's Copyright Adventure: Early Disney Creation Will Soon Be Public Property

By Brooks Barnes

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 28, 2022, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Mickey's Copyright Adventure: Public Will Soon Own 'Willie'.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/business/mickey-mouse-disney-public-domain.html

 

These Classic Characters Are Losing Copyright Protection. They May Never Be the Same.

By Sopan Deb

Jan. 1, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/arts/public-domain-mickey-mouse.html

 

Chapter 142: IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode sixty-eight | Christopher Cantwell, part two

Jan 1, 2024

https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/of-course-i-can-sir

 

'Steamboat Willie' is now in the public domain. What does that mean for Mickey Mouse?

Neda Ulaby

Morning Edition January 1, 2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/01/1221606624/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney

https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2024/01/20240101_me_steamboat_willie_is_now_in_the_public_domain_what_does_that_mean_for_mickey_mouse.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1221606624

 

Mickey Mouse is finally in the public domain. Here's what that means.

The earliest 'Steamboat Willie' Mickey is now public — along with Minnie, Tigger and works by Keaton, Lawrence and Woolf

By Michael Cavna

January 1, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2024/01/01/mickey-mouse-public-domain-steamboat-willie/

 

Peanuts and the public domain

Nat Gertler

    The AAUGH Blog January 1, 2024

    https://aaugh.com/wordpress/2024/01/peanuts-and-the-public-domain/

 

Will 2024 Be the Year of Snoopy Girls?

He's the multigenerational icon that feels like home

By Sydney Gore

December 21, 2023

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/will-2024-be-the-year-of-snoopy-girls

 

Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog lead a 2D turn in entertainment; Metaverse be damned, games and movies are adopting a retro look [animation]

Oct 12th 2023

https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/10/12/mario-and-sonic-the-hedgehog-lead-a-2d-turn-in-entertainment

The formerly local Al Goodwyn's latest newsletter

Goodwyn Cartoons 7/19/23

WaPo doesn't understand comics 3: This is an editorial cartoon? [UPDATED]

With all due respect to Ellis Rosen, whom I don't know at all, why is this on the editorial page of the Washington Post. Is this a political cartoon? If so what does it mean?

I'm absolutely serious about asking what does it mean. One might have expected to find a cartoon like this in the New Yorker 35 or 40 years ago, but one expected nonsensical comics from them.

The Post made an extremely large mistake by not appointing Ann Telnaes to replace Tom Toles (or Herblock even IMHO), and they continue to compound it by running works like this. 

For their home cartoonist, we should have someone that lives here. Michael de Adder is a perfectly competent cartoonist, but he's a Canadian who stayed in Canada and works on a contract. He's not a WaPo employee. To add to the disrespect they show him, the editor runs his cartoons smaller than this one is, and his color cartoons with extensive cross-hatching are run in black and white, so they are extremely muddy and sometimes unreadable. We deserve our own local cartoonist, and one who is treated with respect, in the great tradition of Herblock.

 

5/16/23: formerly local editorial cartoonist Al Goodwyn wrote in to say that a version of the cartoon had a title of "Monumentally Exhausted" -  here it is in the online version, which I don't understand any better.  Hmmm, the link calls it "Washington Chaos" which isn't any better as a title.

Finally, just to be clear, I know and like Michael de Adder, and I like his work when it's printed in color and larger than 4x4." He's still not a Washingtonian, even a transplanted one like Block, Toles, Telnaes (and me). Also, I'm sure Ellis Rosen is a fine cartoonist - as I said, I don't know him. I just didn't think the Post's editorial page was the place for this cartoon. As a filler on another page, which newspapers used to do, I would have glanced at it, perhaps smiled, and moved on. Adding to this blog on a computer, and not writing it on my phone like I did last night, I can see that he actually IS a New Yorker cartoonist. Good for him. I subscribe to that print magazine too, but I'm way behind on reading it.

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