Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/11/2025

Meet Jenny Blake Isabella, the transgender co-creator of BLACK LIGHTNING

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 02/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/isabella-trans/

 

Black Lightning's Tony Isabella Now Known As Jenny Blake Isabella

Black Lightning's Tony Isabella comes out as transgender at the ege of 73, now to be known as Jenny Blake Isabella 

11 Feb 2025

by Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/black-lightning-trans-jenny-blake-isabella/

 

Jenny Blake Isabella Creates New Trans Superhero Character

Jenny Blake Isabella creates a new trans superhero character as a "contemporary Peter Parker for queer and straight kids alike"

  11 Feb 2025

by Rich Johnston

 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jenny-blake-isabella-creates-new-trans-superhero-character/

 

R.I.P. TURTEL ONLI

Comics Artist and Creator of the 'Black Age of Comics'

 Brigid Alverson on February 11, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58830/r-i-p-turtel-onli

 

MARV WOLFMAN, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, JODY HOUSER, MICHAEL AVON OEMING Among Contributors to Mad Cave's LA Fire Relief Anthology

  Brigid Alverson on February 11, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58824/marv-wolfman-brian-michael-bendis-jody-houser-michael-avon-oeming

 

Behind the Infamous Disney Little Mermaid Scandal

Bill Morrison

Jan 13, 2025

https://13thdimension.com/the-complete-uncensored-truth-behind-the-infamous-disney-little-mermaid-scandal/

 

A FUTURAMA NEW YEAR: The Fine Art of Producing a Fab Calendar

By BILL MORRISON

 Dec 30, 2024

https://13thdimension.com/a-futurama-new-year-the-fine-art-of-producing-a-fab-calendar/

 

Morrison Mondays [column on animation, comic books, Simpsons, Futurama]

Bill Morrison. 2024-

13th Dimension (March 25-present): https://13thdimension.com/category/morrison-mondays/

 

NEW PUBLISHER, REKCAH, MIXES COMICS AND CYBERSECURITY

Signs with Lunar Distribution; Five-Year Monthly Publishing Plan to Be Unveiled at ComicsPRO

  Brigid Alverson on February 11, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58829/new-publisher-rekcah-mixes-comics-cybersecurity

 

Movie Review: Captain America: Brave New World might be getting the MCU back on track

Julian Lytle on 02/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review-captain-america-brave-new-world-mcu-back-on-track/

 

2025 Eisner Judges announced: Conte, Helwick, Lemke, Manhoff and Versaci

           

 

By Heidi MacDonald on 02/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/2025-eisner-judges-announced-conte-helwick-lemke-manhoff-and-versaci/

 

Reading of comics magazines in Dayton Ohio, June 1948

Stewart, Dougall and Associates.

New York : The Associates, [1948].

 

O'Brien, Elizabeth, and Johanna Cooke. "Reading Comics in Dayton Ohio - A Continuing Study" US Senate Report; Juvenile Delinquency, 1950.

 

Roz Chast on George Booth's Cartoons

By Roz Chast

February 10, 2025

Published in the print edition of the February 17 & 24, 2025, issue, with the headline "Roz Chast on George Booth's Cartoons."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/takes/roz-chast-on-george-booths-cartoons

 

Seth's Dominion and the Realm of an Artist's Interest

Tiffany Babb | February 12, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/seths-dominion-and-the-realm-of-an-artists-interest/

 

Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar on Bug Wars and "Oh, No! I'm Shrunk!" Stories

Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast

Feb 5 2025

https://www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/jason-aaron-mahmud-asrar-bug-wars-interview

 

Let's Talk Comics BONUS: A Real Bug Expert (Dr. Adrian Smith) Talks Bug Wars with Jason Aaron!

February 12, 2025

https://imagecomics.com/podcasts/lets-talk-comics-bonus-a-real-bug-expert-dr-adrian-smith-talks-bug-wars-with-jason-aaron

 

Let's Talk Comics Ep 3: Kyle Higgins on Radiant Black, Massive-verse & More!

January 27, 2025

https://imagecomics.com/podcasts/lets-talk-comics-ep-3-kyle-higgins-on-radiant-black-massive-verse-more

 

Let's Talk Comics Ep 4: Marjorie Liu on Monstress, Her Creative Process & More!

January 30, 2025

https://imagecomics.com/podcasts/lets-talk-comics-ep-4-marjorie-liu-on-monstress-her-creative-process-more

 

Let's Talk Comics Ep 5: Juni Ba Talks Monkey Meat, Pushing Boundaries & More!

February 6, 2025

https://imagecomics.com/podcasts/lets-talk-comics-ep-5-juni-ba-talks-monkey-meat-pushing-boundaries-more

 

Let's Talk Comic Ep 6: Mahmud Asrar talks Bug Wars, Conan and Finding His Style

February 11, 2025

https://imagecomics.com/podcasts/lets-talk-comic-ep-6-mahmud-asrar-talks-bug-wars-conan-and-finding-his-style

 

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | The Making Of | Netflix

Nick Park & Merlin Crossingham

Still Watching Netflix Jan 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv77YVSynQw

 

Jason Aaron Talks Reinventing the Man of Steel With Absolute Superman (Interview)

Go Read Some Comics with Jenna

 Feb 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTNsd_t9jLs

 

Steve Foxe - Writer of Let This One Be a Devil

Justin Soderberg

Capes and Tights Podcast #210: Feb 12, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X977L2bGLQ

 

Grim Jim Zub storms London Comic Con and takes no prisoners with CONAN THE BARBARIAN!

Forbidden Planet TV

Feb 12, 2025 Conversations with Andrew Sumner

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

 

Bendis Fortune Pt 2 plus DC and Marvel memories

word balloon Feb 11 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZa48hm7_3c

 

Creator of popular comic strip Pickles visits Carson City School [Brian Crane]

    2 News Nevada Feb 2, 2025

    https://www.2news.com/news/local/creator-of-popular-comic-strip-pickles-visits-carson-city-school/article_f25582f8-e1c8-11ef-8546-0fd714420de8.html

 

The Return of Latine Comics Imprint, Chispa, from AMP in April 2025

The return of latine comics imprint, Chispa, previously from Scout Comics but now from AMP in April, with Rosario #1.

Rich Johnston

10 Feb 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/return-latine-latino-latinx-comics-imprint-chispa-amp-april-2025/

 

Latino Comics Imprint Chispa Launches With AMP At ComicsPRO Next Week

Latino comics imprint Chispa Launches with AMP Comics at ComicsPRO next week with the origin comic for the movie Rosario.

11 Feb 2025

by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/latino-comics-imprint-chispa-launches-with-amp-at-comicspro-next-week/

 

It's a 'Dog Eat Doug' world for Worcester's Brian Anderson

The nationally syndicated cartoonist is doggedly pursuing a new goal with his "Sophie" graphic novels.

By Peter Chianca         

February 10, 2025

https://www.boston.com/culture/books/2025/02/10/its-a-dog-eat-doug-world-for-worcesters-brian-anderson-sophie-graphic-novels/

 

Strip Search Episode 53, Brian Anderson

Peter Chianca and Will London

Feb 9, 2025

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/stripsearch/SS_0225_Anderson_audio.mp3

 

The Catered Quiz 4: Caitlin McGurk answers questions about 'Ghost World' and the 'Nancy' comic strip

Rick Katschke

Milwaukee Record  February 11, 2025

https://milwaukeerecord.com/podcast/the-catered-quiz-caitlin-mcgurk-answers-questions-about-ghost-world-and-the-nancy-comic-strip/

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/j3rya9eb5qim6d83/The_Catered_Quiz_2025_Episode_4_Caitlin_McGurkakvra.mp3

 

Official 'Peanuts' podcast reveals what it takes to make Snoopy soar in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Charles Swanson

The Press Democrat

November 21, 2024

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/peanuts-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-podcast/

 

'Peanuts' podcast host talks to popular SiriusXM show about revealing comic strip's secrets, upcoming episodes

Charles Swanson

The Press Democrat

January 7, 2025

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/peanuts-podcast-siriusxm/

 

Share your 'Peanuts' love stories on our new podcast

David Templeton

The Press Democrat October 7, 2024

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/peanuts-love-story/

 

Episode 2 of 'Peanuts' podcast debuts on Charles Schulz's 102nd birthday

David Templeton

The Press Democrat November 26, 2024

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/charles-schulz-peanuts-podcast-episode-2/

 

'You Don't Know Peanuts' explores Franklin's role in that famous Thanksgiving episode

David Templeton

The Press Democrat December 5, 2024

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/franklin-thanksgiving-podcast-you-dont-know-peanuts/

 

'You Don't Know Peanuts' podcast discusses stunning Peanuts-themed street art

"You Don't Know Peanuts" discusses the Peanuts Global Artists Collective, established to give back through public art.

David Templeton

The Press Democrat December 11, 2024

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/you-dont-know-peanuts-podcast-episode-4-street-art/

 

Episode 5 of 'Peanuts' podcast explores Schulz' rich history with Hallmark Cards

David Templeton

The Press Democrat December 20, 2024

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/entertainment/you-dont-know-peanuts-schulz-hallmark/

 

'You Don't Know Peanuts' interviews Jean Schulz in launch of Season 2

In the latest episode, our podcast hosts talk with the woman behind the man behind "Peanuts."

David Templeton

Petaluma Argus-Courier February 6, 2025,

https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/you-dont-know-peanuts-podcast-season-2-schulz/

 

The Untold Story Behind The Macy's Day Parade Peanuts Balloons - What it Takes for Snoopy to Soar

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 1-1; Nov 19, 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tgdxbWE12vL3ypPdHk6zO

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/ytydptft8fihhh56/YDKP-S1E1.mp3

 

The Story Behind 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 1-2; November 26 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KUXlfm3sKCp8sEv1Ub3rb

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/3wvc99fxerhdtpjh/YDKP-S1E2.mp3

 

The Origin Story of Franklin: How the First Black Peanuts Character Met the Gang

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 1-3; December 3 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ulxagaeLBSKwes2ZdYGKh

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/nzivr8vwcntb4wrk/YDKP-S1E3.mp3

 

How Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Other Peanuts Characters Transformed Public Art Worldwide

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 1-3; December 10 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4VKVF5xMC0U9UEErwQ4MPK

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/azwptwmxzxcpnc4m/YDKP-S1E4.mp3

 

The Secret History (and Superfandom) Behind Charles Schulz's Long Relationship with Hallmark

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 1-5;December 17 2024

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6k8PNL32azVYAYGPhTNaGY

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/4hafcg7driqkewqy/YDKP-S1E5.mp3

 

Jeannie Schulz: The Woman Behind the Man Behind Peanuts

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 2-1; February 6, 2025,

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/download/2ks99ig3s88kvres/YDKP-S2E1.mp3

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yPeMXVD3rkAJj0GMC4Qs5

 

How Snoopy is Making Hospitals a Happier Place - With Art!

David Templeton and Melissa Menta

You Don't Know Peanuts podcast 2-2; February 11, 2025,

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2O1GWw08TaFgnvG0MAileE

 

Carl Lumbly on his superhero roles, acting with a Beatle, and stepping into Scatman Crothers' shoes [Captain America: Brave New World]

By Will Harris  |  February 11, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/carl-lumbly-interview-random-roles-cagney-lacey-buckaroo-banzai-justice-league

 

The fourth Captain America enters a Brave New World of sequelizing Marvel leftovers

The film teases a fresh start for Cap, but it strands Anthony Mackie with a bunch of MCU loose ends.

By Jesse Hassenger  |  February 12, 2025

https://www.avclub.com/captain-america-brave-new-world-review

 

'Captain America: Brave New World' Review: Anthony Mackie Takes the Lead, but Uninspired Marvel Entry Lets Him Down

Frank Scheck

February 12, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/captain-america-brave-new-world-review-anthony-mackie-harrison-ford-marvel-1236133439/

 

'Captain America: Brave New World' Aims for $90M-Plus U.S. Opening, Nearly $200M Globally

Pamela McClintock

February 11, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/captain-america-brave-new-world-1236133487/

 

Otto N. Larsen papers, 1946-2007 [Comics Magazine Association of America, Inc. (CMAA)]

        University of Washington. University Archives

2024 (Last modified: 6/21/2024)

https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv406139

 

Will the Diamond Bankruptcy Change the Comics Business Forever?

By Heidi MacDonald

Feb 12, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97080-will-the-diamond-bankruptcy-change-the-comics-business-forever.html

 

Comics Classic 'Billi 99' Returns to Print After 34 Years

By Rob Salkowitz

Feb 12, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97066-sarah-byam-brings-her-classic-tim-sale-collab-billi-99-back-into-print.html

 

Raccoon Hijinks: PW Talks with Alex Krokus

By Tiffany Babb

Feb 12, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97063-raccoon-hijinks-pw-talks-with-alex-krokus.html

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 659: PW's Spring 2025 Manga Previews

Meg Lemke and Shaenon K. Garrity,

on 02/07/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1354

 

Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It's changing children's relationship with books

Elizabeth Segran

02-12-2025

https://www.fastcompany.com/91268554/graphic-novels-youth-reading-books

The Chair Person by Daniel Boris

Julian Lytle reviews Captain America: Brave New World

Movie Review: Captain America: Brave New World might be getting the MCU back on track

By Julian Lytle on 02/12/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/movie-review-captain-america-brave-new-world-mcu-back-on-track/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/11/2025

MAGNETIC PRESS GETS FIRST LOOK AT LABEL 619

First Title Will Be 'MKFZ'

Milton Griepp on February 11, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58818/magnetic-press-gets-first-look-label-619

 

How Diamond Book Distributors helped change the comics industry

Heidi MacDonald on 02/11/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/how-diamond-book-distributors-helped-change-the-comics-industry/

 

The New GoComics for 2025 – updated

D. D. Degg

February 10, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/10/the-new-gocomics-for-2025/

 

A Darrin Bell Comics Timeline

D. D. Degg

February 11, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/11/a-darrin-bell-comics-timeline/

 

Rob Liefeld Says Marvel Is Broken And His Appearance Delayed Deadpool

10 Feb 2025 by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rob-liefeld-says-marvel-is-broken-and-his-appearance-delayed-deadpool/

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Marks Tom & Jerry's 85th Anniversary With Slew Of New Licensing Deals

 Amid Amidi | 02/10/2025  https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/warner-bros-discovery-marks-tom-jerrys-85th-anniversary-with-slew-of-new-licensing-deals-245663.html

 

'Black Lightning' creator Jenny Blake Isabella comes out as transgender at 73

"This is real. I'll have more to say soon," wrote Jenny Blake Isabella.

Rachel Shatto

February 10 2025

https://www.pride.com/coming-out/black-lightning-creator-jenny-blake-isabella-comes-out-as-transgender-at-73

 

She Keeps 'The Lion King' in Motion

"Everything in the show moves," said Ruthlyn Salomons, whose job for 25 years has been to oversee all the parts, people and puppets of this kinetic musical.

By Ellen Jacobs

    Feb. 10, 2025

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/arts/dance/ruthlyn-salomons-lion-king-broadway.html

 

'Goldie' Creator Emily Brundige Introduces Her Big-Hearted Animated Heroine (NEW CLIP)

Ramin Zahed

February 10, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/goldie-creator-emily-brundige-introduces-her-big-hearted-animated-heroine-new-clip/

This article was written for the March '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 348).

 

Conan Movie Introduction

Jim Zub

Feb 10, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA8QKxuGmCI

 

Making Black Panther: Five Decades of Marvel Creators Explain How They Built the World of Wakanda

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

February 8 2025

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-talking-with-marvel-creators-across-five-decades-about-the-world-of-wakanda-7d174a6faf7a

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-five-decades-of-marvel-creators-explain-how-they-built-the-world-of-wakanda-98df8f08dbf9

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-five-decades-of-marvel-creators-explain-how-they-built-the-world-of-wakanda-296f7ac59553

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-five-decades-of-marvel-creators-explain-how-they-built-the-world-of-wakanda-5c11180e1b8a

Rhode, Mike. 2025.
WaPo published final Candorville comic strip this weekend.
ComicsDC (February 11): https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/02/wapo-published-final-candorville-this.html

Wife of 'Rubes' cartoonist was eating lunch when a devastating injury upended their lives  [Leigh Rubin].
By Joan Lynch
February 11, 2025
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article299854329.html

Paranoid Gardens Artist Chris Weston Talks Being Starstruck by Moebius - Creator Owned Art
Weston met the comic "god" years ago
Liam McGuire
Comic Frontier  Feb 11, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/paranoid-gardens-artist-chris-weston-talks-being-starstruck-by-moebius-creator-owned-art

The Comics That Define Superman
Think Superman is nothing but a boring do-gooder with too many powers? These great comics will change your mind.
  By Joe George | February 10, 2025
https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/the-comic-books-that-defined-superman/

Silence in the Quagmire:The Vietnam War in U.S. Comics
Harriet E. H. Earle
Nebraska Press, 2025
https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496240545/silence-in-the-quagmire/

Storytelling in Kabuki: An Exploration of Spatial Poetics of Comics [David Mack]
Steen Ledet Christiansen
Nebraska Press, 2024
https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496226686/storytelling-in-kabuki/

The New Nancy: Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century
Jeff Karnicky
Nebraska Press, 2023
https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496235862/the-new-nancy/

Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life
Dan Nadel  
Scribner, 2025

Rea Irvin's "Eustace Tilley" at One Hundred
The magazine celebrates its centenary.
By Françoise Mouly
February 10, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-02-17

Welcome to this month's CartoonStock Caption Contest by Peter Kuper
Bob Mankoff, Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and Peter Kuper
CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.
Feb 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9sFDq1RX8g

"Unhealthy Doctor" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
February 10, 2025 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/unhealthy-doctor-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

Can A.I. Voice 'The Simpsons'? We Found Out. | NYT Opinion
Hank Azaria
The New York Times Feb 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hz19kpCse4

Boredom, blacklisting or new beginnings? Why Crockett Johnson ended Barnaby
Philip Nel | February 11, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/boredom-blacklisting-or-new-beginnings-why-crockett-johnson-ended-barnaby/

Saving Captain America [original art conservation]
Heather Wanser,
Library of Congress Guardians of Memory blog February 11, 2025
https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2025/02/captain-america/

 

Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviewed

Meet Troy-Jeffrey Allen

CanvasRebel February 3, 2025

 https://canvasrebel.com/meet-troy-jeffrey-allen/

Library of Congress blog on Captain America original art conservation

Paper Conservator Heather Wanser holding the drawing in its housing after treatment. Yasmeen Khan, Conservation Division, 2020.

Saving Captain America [original art conservation]

Heather Wanser,

Library of Congress Guardians of Memory blog February 11, 2025

https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2025/02/captain-america/

WaPo published final Candorville comic strip this weekend

The strip has been cancelled by its syndicate due to Darrin Bell's legal troubles. The Washington Post newspaper dropped him immediately when they came to light, but slipped up on Sunday and published the last strip that was distributed weeks ago. They had replaced it on Sunday with Curtis (which runs weekdays as well) and with Six Chix on weekdays. DD Degg at the Daily Cartoonist has a good rundown of Bell's career today. I'm mailing my copy to the Billy Ireland library at Ohio State University.

Troy-Jeffrey Allen reprints his history of Black Panther

Making Black Panther: Five Decades of Marvel Creators Explain How They Built the World of Wakanda

Troy-Jeffrey Allen

 February 8 2025

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-talking-with-marvel-creators-across-five-decades-about-the-world-of-wakanda-7d174a6faf7a

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-five-decades-of-marvel-creators-explain-how-they-built-the-world-of-wakanda-98df8f08dbf9

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-five-decades-of-marvel-creators-explain-how-they-built-the-world-of-wakanda-296f7ac59553

https://tjacomics.medium.com/making-black-panther-five-decades-of-marvel-creators-explain-how-they-built-the-world-of-wakanda-5c11180e1b8a

PR: Special Early Access: The Adventures of Lion Man from Rosarium

 

Hey, Party People! We're excited to launch our next project: The Adventures of Lion Man. If you're unfamiliar, Lion Man is considered one of the first Black superheroes. He was featured in the historic comics anthology, All Negro Comics,  by Orrin C. Evans. We are bringing this character back to life in order to entertain, educate, and pay homage to the Black pioneers who helped make what we do possible. As a fan of ours, we want to ask for your commitment to pledge on day ONE so that we can have the strongest launch possible. We would love to hit $5,000 of our $10,000 goal in our first week. We could really use your help in getting there. Please be sure to get one of our two Early Bird Specials. Can we count on your pledge? Click here to count yourself in! Thanks! Bill Campbell

The Greater Threat by Daniel Boris

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/10/2025

RIP KC Carlson

Heidi MacDonald on 02/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/rip-kc-carlson/

 

We Stand on Guard is selling briskly in Canada

Heidi MacDonald on 02/10/2025  https://www.comicsbeat.com/we-stand-on-guard-is-selling-briskly-in-canada/

 

Interview: Carl Lumbly explores deeper layers of Isaiah Bradley in CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD

Taimur Dar on 02/10/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-carl-lumbly-captain-america-brave-new-world/

 

What Is Happening To Free Comic Book Day Under Diamond Bankruptcy?

09 Feb 2025  by Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-is-happening-to-free-comic-book-day-under-diamond-bankruptcy/

 

PLANS FOR THE AUCTION OF DIAMOND, ALLIANCE, AND OTHER ASSETS Including FreeComicBookDay.com

  Milton Griepp on February 10, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58807/plans-auction-diamond-alliance-other-assets

 

Rea Irvin: An Appreciation

An homage to the man who invented Eustace Tilley.

By Seth

February 10, 2025

Published in the print edition of the February 17 & 24, 2025, issue, with the headline "Rea Irvin: An Appreciation."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/17/rea-irvin-an-appreciation

 

Consuming Consequences: Anémona Studio's Henedy Macias Discusses Her Animated Oxfam Spot 'Inequality Destroys Everything' [Mexico]

Ramin Zahed

February 7, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/consuming-consequences-anemona-studios-henedy-macias-discusses-her-animated-oxfam-spot-inequality-destroys-everything/

 

52nd Annie Awards: 'Wild Robot' & 'Arcane' Sweep Categories, 'Flow' Wins Best Indie & Writing Prizes

Mercedes Milligan

February 8, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/52nd-annie-awards-wild-robot-arcane-sweep-categories-flow-wins-best-indie/

 

In Defense of Synthetic Comics

Ilan Manouach | February 10, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/in-defense-of-synthetic-comics/

 

'I would potentially sacrifice my life to strangle you': A Sentiment Against AI Art

Ben Passmore | February 10, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/i-would-potentially-sacrifice-my-life-to-strangle-you-a-sentiment-against-ai-art/

 

What A.I. Doesn't Understand About Chief Wiggum

The actor Hank Azaria on why his "Simpsons" characters need a human touch.

By Hank Azaria

The Opinions  2025-02-04

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/opinion/hank-azaria-ai-voice.html

Tini Howard
How I Taught A Rock Star To Use The Soccer Mom App: the most pinteresting woman you know [comic book writing]
The Scorpio Room Feb 10, 2025
https://tinihoward.substack.com/p/how-i-taught-a-rock-star-to-use-the

How I Reached Acceptance 7 Years After Losing My House in a Wildfire
Feb. 10, 2025
Sean Hope Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/los-angeles-wildifres-loss.html

Emil Ferris: My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Book Two exhibition review
reviewed by Laurie Anne Agnese
International Journal of Comic Art blog February 10, 2025
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/02/emil-ferris-my-favorite-thing-is.html

À la rencontre d'Emil Ferris, épisode 1 : L'Ange de la mort
Dominique Bordes Oct 4, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddvcpNpBTAY

À la rencontre d'Emil Ferris, épisode 2 : Uptown
Dominique Bordes
Nov 21, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HouotcijJMw

À la rencontre d'Emil Ferris, épisode 3 : La nuit, je dessine
Dominique Bordes
 Jan 23, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd2PJ1y1MIg

Production : Monsieur Toussaint Louverture
Réalisation : Mathieu Gervaise
Traduction : Lisa Folliet

Words, Images, & Worlds with Glenn Head
Jason DeHart
 Feb 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmXWfI-ISM0

Words, Images, & Worlds with Tom Priestley [animator]
Jason DeHart
 Feb 10, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKIzeCFcR4U

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/8-9/2025

Föräldrar fick bibliotek att begränsa utlåningen av bok med ickebinärt tema [Gender Queer book ban in school in Sweden]
Jon Voss
2025-02-06
https://www.qx.se/samhalle/sverige/284795/foraldrar-fick-bibliotek-att-begransa-utlaningen-av-bok-med-ickebinart-tema/

Unknown. 2025.
P-I editorial cartoonist Clyde Peterson dies.
Paris Post-Intelligencer (February 4): https://www.parispi.net/news/local_news/article_d0ebeed4-e300-11ef-893f-dbda03fbb206.html

Flame-broiling our sanity [Pearls Before Swine letter]
Jill Machol
Washington Post February 8 2025: A13.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/07/chicken-nuggets-plane-crash-doge-freeze-swimming/

Dstlry Now Adds Digital Comic Remarques From Comic Book Artists
Dstlry now adds digital comic remarques from comic book artists and that main and alternative covers will remain in digital circulation.
Rich Johnston 07 Feb 2025  
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dstlry-now-adds-digital-comic-remarques-from-comic-book-artists/

The USAID Peru "$32,000 Transgender Comic" That Isn't What They Say
07 Feb 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/usaid-peru-32000-transgender-comic-peru-trans/

Paul Levitz
[" Sad to hear of the passing of KC Carlson, one of the gentlest effective editors DC had in my decades."]
Paul Levitz's Post February 9 2025
https://www.facebook.com/100000547972338/posts/9864991803528987/?rdid=vcW5gr0rPVHhD9RX

RIP KC Carlson
Johanna Draper Carlson.
Comics Worth Reading  February 9, 2025
https://comicsworthreading.com/2025/02/09/rip-kc-carlson/

KC Carlson, Legion Of Super-Heroes Editor, Dies Aged 68
  09 Feb 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/kc-carlson-legion-of-super-heroes-editor-dies-aged-68/

KC on Comics 1981 [KC Carlson; comic book collecting]
Johanna Draper Carlson
 Dec 18, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHsZEfYiH0c

R.I.P. KC CARLSON
Editor of 'Legion of Super-Heroes' Also Wrote Comics, Worked in Retail and Distribution
Brigid Alverson on February 9, 2025
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58806/r-i-p-kc-carlson

Comics and Black Punk
CM Campbell (mod.), Raeghan Buchanan and Bianca Xunise
CXC Festival
 Feb 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKcEd6iJI4


Off Panel #485: Hit and Run with Matthew Rosenberg
David Harper
February 3, 2025
 https://sktchd.com/podcast/off-panel-485-hit-and-run-with-matthew-rosenberg/
https://traffic.libsyn.com/sktchd/Matthew_Rosenberg_2025.mp3

The Art of P. Craig Russell Opus 1 - The Chimera (1973)
February 07, 2025 • Wayne Alan Harold • Season 1 • Episode 1
 https://www.artofpcraigrussell.com/2450291/episodes/16584225-opus-1-the-chimera-1973

The Art of P. Craig Russell Opus 2 - Killraven (1974-1976)
February 09, 2025 • Wayne Alan Harold • Season 1 • Episode 2
https://www.artofpcraigrussell.com/2450291/episodes/16588034-opus-2-killraven-1974-1976

AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 313: Unpacking the Massive-Verse 'Rebuild' era with Kyle Higgins and Ryan Parrott
David Brooke and Nathan Simmons
February 2, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/02/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-313-kyle-higgins-ryan-parrott/

Annie Awards: 'The Wild Robot' Sweeps Its Categories With Nine Wins, Including Best Feature
In the TV/media categories 'Arcane' won all seven awards for which it was nominated.
Hilary Lewis
February 8, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-annie-awards-winners-list-1236131218/

X-Reads Podcast Episode 137: Bow Before the Queen of Limbo! Magik Writer Ashley Allen Joins the Chaos
This week, we're cracking open 'Magik' #1 with the incredible Ashley Allen…
Chandler Poling and Chris Riley
X-Reads Podcast February 1, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/01/x-reads-podcast-episode-137/

X-Reads Podcast Episode 132: Writer Murewa Ayodele on Storm's new path
Chandler Poling and Chris Riley
X-Reads Podcast November 20, 2024
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/20/x-reads-podcast-episode-132-writer-murewa-ayodele-on-storms-new-path/

Sony Puts The Final Nail In The Coffin Of Their Spider-Man Universe By Removing An Untitled Marvel Movie From Their 2025 Release Slate
By  Nicolas Ayala
 Jan 31, 2025
https://screenrant.com/sony-marvel-movie-2025-release-removed/

Thirty Parties Currently Looking at Buying Diamond Comic Distributors
08 Feb 2025
by Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/thirty-parties-currently-looking-at-buying-diamond-comic-distributors/

Comic Store In Your Future 2025 Starting Like A Dumpster Fire
Comic Store In Your Future has 2025 starting like a dumpster fire, after Diamond Comic Distributors went bankruptcy
Rod Lamberti
08 Feb 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-store-in-your-future-2025-starting-like-a-dumpster-fire/

Mort Künstler, Renowned Painter of Epic Historical Scenes, Dies at 97
His years illustrating pulp novels honed his sense of pictorial drama, and his meticulous research ensured historical accuracy, notably in his Civil War paintings.
By Corey Kilgannon
Feb. 7, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/arts/mort-kunstler-dead.html

Comic Events and Neurodivergence
Samuel Edme
SOLRAD January 27, 2025
https://solrad.co/comic-events-and-neurodivergence-by-samuel-edme

'Thunderbolts' Brings Marvel's Dysfunctional Team to the Super Bowl
Aaron Couch
February 9, 2025  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-thunderbolts-brings-marvels-super-bowl-1236131623/

Jules Feiffer, Cartoonist Who Worked At Terrytoons And Wrote 'Popeye' Feature, Dies At 95
Amid Amidi | 01/28/2025
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/jules-feiffer-cartoonist-who-worked-at-terrytoons-and-writer-of-popeye-feature-dies-at-95-245327.html

Anthony Mackie is finally starring in an Anthony Mackie movie [Captain America].
 Timothy Bella
Washington Post Feb 9 2025: E8-11.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/02/09/anthony-mackie-captain-america/

Lent Comic Art Classification 2017 Edition online as free ebook

Now available at https://archive.org/details/lent-comic-art-classification-2017-edition-with-covers

I've been updating it and hopefully a 2nd edition will come out next year as this version is dated due to comic art evolving and changing. You can see newer additional headings in the 2023 Comics Research Bibliography at https://archive.org/details/crb-2023-ebook-edition-final-v.-1.0  2024 is in production.

Excerpts from the introduction by Dr. John A. Lent:

In 1986, in preparation for a conference presentation in India, I self-published a 156-page international bibliography on comic art, which I also sent to some libraries and researchers. That led to the compilation of ten volumes of comic art sources, broken down by regions, genres, functions, and other aspects, published by Greenwood Press between 1994 and 2006. As I assembled materials for these bibliographies, I developed categories into which to place sources. The classification system presented in this monograph is the result.

The classification system portrayed in these pages is meant to bring some order to filing, categorizing, and discussing comics and cartoons. Actually, the fullest section, on the United States, can be used with minor modifications to organize comic art studies about any country.

WaPo on Anthony Mackie as Captain America

Anthony Mackie is finally starring in an Anthony Mackie movie

Marvel needs a Captain America. America just might need a hero. After two decades as a sideman, it's Mackie's turn.

 Timothy Bella

Washington Post Feb 9 2025: E8-11.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/02/09/anthony-mackie-captain-america/

Diversity is a Super Power by Daniel Boris

That darn Pearls Before Swine

Flame-broiling our sanity [Pearls Before Swine letter]

Jill Machol, Washington

Washington Post February 8 2025: A13.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/07/chicken-nuggets-plane-crash-doge-freeze-swimming/

Thank you to Stephan Pastis for the Jan. 20 "Pearls Before Swine." That Burger King jingle should be outlawed. Of all the irritating ads on TV, that's the absolute worst. Now, I will think of this strip whenever I hear it.