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Monday, April 20, 2026

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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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.

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Thursday, January 01, 2026

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/

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, January 02, 2024

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

Monday, May 15, 2023

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.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Clay Jones buries his conservative COVID-denying colleagues

by Mike Rhode
 
In his cartoon from yesterday "Urine Trouble," Clay planted a bunch of conservative cartoonists, many of whom are anti-vaxxers or covid denyers, under a bunch of tombstones.  I see Scott "Dilbert" Adams, Henry Payne, Al Goodwyn, Mike Lester, Branco, Chip Bok, Glenn McCoy, Gary McCoy, Tom Stiglich, Rivers, Lisa Benson, David Hitch, Dick Wright, Bob Gorrell, Steve Kelley, Gary Varvel, Dana Summers, and of course, Ben Garrison.

Christopher Key is not a cartoonist, but a nut who screams at people about being the vaccine police, and is the focus of Jones' blog post.

When asked for a comment, Clay addressed his technique, "The reason I made the lettering on the headstones faint is that I didn't want to make it the focus of the cartoon. It's supposed to be more like Easter eggs, but I struggled with making them faint while also making them clear enough to see." About the content, he said, "I only aimed at anti-vaxxers or those who have politicized the pandemic. I excluded conservatives like Scott Stantis, Michael Ramirez, and Rick McKee because I've seen them promote the vaccines and ridicule the lunatics."

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 12/29/21

Goodwyn, Al. 2021.

Best Of 2021.

Goodwyn Editorial Cartoons (December 28): http://xp4zn.mjt.lu/nl2/xp4zn/5y340.html

 

POLITICAL CARTOONS part 4: MICHAEL RAMIREZ

David Apatoff

Illustration Art December 13, 2021

http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/12/political-cartoons-part-4-michael.html

 

POLITICAL CARTOONS part 5: MIRKO ILIĆ

David Apatoff

Illustration Art December 18, 2021

http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/12/political-cartoons-part-5-mirko-ilic.html

 

POLITICAL CARTOONS part 6: ANN TELNAES

David Apatoff

Illustration Art December 26, 2021

http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/12/political-cartoons-part-6-ann-telnaes.html

 

Joel Pett offers some 2020 hindsight of a year to forget

By Joel Pett | Marcus Dorsey

Lexington Herald Leader December 28, 2020

https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/joel-pett/article248130085.html

 

Cartoonist Phil Hands unveils his 2021 jeer in review

    Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal

    Dec 27, 2021

    https://madison.com/opinion/columnists/cartoonist-phil-hands-unveils-his-2021-jeer-in-review/article_9ee9027e-dba4-5adb-91a7-881031d22ed3.html

 

USA TODAY cartoonist Mike Thompson's 2021 in review

 Dec. 27, 2021

https://www.sj-r.com/picture-gallery/opinion/2021/12/27/2021-funny-cartoon-review-today-cartoonist-mike-thompsons-2021-review/9024561002/

 

The Year in Cartoons: Michael De Adder

Editorial cartoonist Michael De Adder shares the insightful cartoons he is most proud of from 2021.

Toronto Star Dec. 27, 2021

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html

 

The Year in Cartoons: Theo Moudakis

Editorial cartoonist Theo Moudakis looks back at the events that acted as his muse in 2021.

Toronto Star  Dec. 28, 2021

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html

 

The Year in Cartoons: Michael De Adder

Editorial cartoonist Michael De Adder shares the insightful cartoons he is most proud of from 2021.

Toronto Star Dec. 27, 2021

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html

 

The Year in Cartoons: Theo Moudakis

Editorial cartoonist Theo Moudakis looks back at the events that acted as his muse in 2021.

Toronto Star  Dec. 28, 2021

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2021/12/28/the-year-in-cartoons-theo-moudakis.html

 

Matthew Vaughn on 'The King's Man,' the Future of 'Kingsman' and Reuniting with Henry Cavill

Brian Davids

December 24, 2021

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/kings-man-director-matthew-vaughn-sequel-streaming-1235067371/

 

T. Mark Taylor, Artist and Toy Designer for He-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dies at 80

Both franchises went on to launch animated series as well as movies, while Taylor's toy work was featured in documentaries.

Associated Press December 26, 2021

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/t-mark-taylor-dead-artist-toy-designer-for-he-man-and-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1235067478/

 

Why Dark Horse Embraced a Sale to a Swedish Gaming Giant

The deal, expected to close in 2022, gives the publisher financial stability while offering owner Embracer access to new IP.

Graeme McMillan

December 28, 2021

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dark-horse-comics-sale-embracer-1235067627/

 

How Smithers Came Out

The father-son writing duo Rob and Johnny LaZebnik teamed up (with an assist from Christine Baranski) to at last create an openly gay romantic life for Waylon Smithers on "The Simpsons."

By Andrew Marantz

December 27, 2021

Published in the print edition of the January 3 & 10, 2022, issue, with the headline "Whither Smithers?."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/how-smithers-came-out