Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/9/2025

So wait a minute, books aren't subject to tariffs?

Heidi MacDonald on 04/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/so-wait-a-minute-books-arent-subject-to-tariffs/

 

Reciprocal Tariffs: Comics, Merch, and Book Bans, Part I

by Jeff Trexler • April 4, 2025

https://cbldf.org/2025/04/tariffs-comics-and-merch-part-i/

 

Why Trump's Tariffs Should Not Apply to Graphic Novels, Manga, and Comics: The Book Ban Connection (pt. 2)

by Jeff Trexler • April 8, 2025

https://cbldf.org/2025/04/why-trumps-tariffs-should-not-apply-to-graphic-novels-manga-and-comics-the-book-ban-connection-pt-2/

 

Drawn in deeply Scribe turned cartoonist encapsulates politics for young eyes [Kaj Hasselriis; Canada; educational comics]

By: AV Kitching

Apr. 4, 2025

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2025/04/04/drawn-in-deeply

 

I became one of the world's best cartoonists after starting my career at the Shields Gazette [David Haldane]

By Ryan Smith

7th Apr 2025 https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/i-became-one-of-the-worlds-best-cartoonists-after-starting-my-career-at-the-shields-gazette-5071936

 

When a cartooning Seattle TV weatherman brought the forecast to life [Bob Hale]

Erik Lacitis

Pacific NW Magazine  April 6, 2025 https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/march-30-backstory-by-erik/

 

Drawing the Line: Dan Misdea on Humor, Hustle, and Toons by Dan

April 5, 2025

Alex Garcia

https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2025/04/05/drawing-the-line-dan-misdea-on-humor-hustle-and-toons-by-dan

 

Drawing the Line: Dan Misdea on Humor, Hustle, and Toons by Dan

Alex Garcia

Comics Kingdom's Inside The Kingdom Apr 4, 2025 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHidD-Fnm0

 

Greenpeace Launches First-Ever NGO Animated Series 'My Pet Footprint'

Mercedes Milligan

April 8, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/greenpeace-launches-first-ever-ngo-animated-series-my-pet-footprint/

 

Bienvenidos a Rudo! Meet the Buenos Aires Studio Behind Pixelatl's 2025 Signal Film

Ramin Zahed

April 8, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/bienvenidos-a-rudo-meet-the-buenos-aires-studio-behind-pixelatls-2025-signal-film/

 

Walt Disney Family Museum Celebrates Mary Blair in New Exhibit

Mercedes Milligan

April 8, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/walt-disney-family-museum-celebrates-mary-blair-in-new-exhibit/

 

Zagreb 2025 Finalists [Croatia editorial cartoon contest]

Guy Badeaux (Bado)

Bado's Blog April 7, 2025

https://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/zagreb-2025-finalists.html

 

A Gretna High Grad is Making Her Mark on the World One Tiny Watercolor Painting at a Time [Anna-Laura Sullivan]

KETV NEWSWATCH 7 Jan 13, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhAVw9PpuM

 

Anna-Laura Sullivan website

https://annalauraart.com/

 

Celebrated Author, Educator, and MFA Design Co-founder Emeritus Steven Heller Named SVA's 2025 Commencement Keynote Speaker

The ceremony will celebrate the achievements of some 1,151 undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

April 8, 2025

by Maeri Ferguson and Greg Herbowy

https://sva.edu/features/celebrated-author-educator-and-mfa-design-co-founder-emeritus-steven-heller-named-sva-s-2025-commencement-keynote-speaker

 

Xencelabs Artist Spotlight | Ed Steckley, Illustrator

Xencelabs

Jan 22, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQrzbmU53S8

 

Interview: Talking cartoons and comics with voice actor James Arnold Taylor

By Taimur Dar on 04/09/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-talking-cartoons-comics-james-arnold-taylor/

 

Eisner Celebration Q&A With Brian M. Bendis, Michael Oeming and Steve Lieber PT1-2

  The Art of Michael Avon Oeming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VSLmlfSOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRa8b4cVaEg

Mar 29, 2025

 

In Discussion with Michael Avon Oeming - Alex Toth In Depth

Paul Fricke

COMIX CRUSH Episode 012  Nov 19, 2021   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2tDTarPiw

 

In Discussion with James Romberger - Alex Toth In Depth

Paul Fricke

COMIX CRUSH Episode 010

Oct 18, 2021  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAQox3TTXwAIn  

 

In Discussion with Tommy Lee Edwards - Alex Toth In Depth Episode 015

COMIX CRUSH

Mar 12, 2022  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbIsDDl9tBo

 

Creating Comics: Alex Toth's advice to artists

By John Freeman on April 8, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/creating-comics-alex-toths-advice-to-artists/

 

2000AD-inspired comic zine ZARJAZ, is back!

By John Freeman on April 8, 2025 https://downthetubes.net/2000ad-inspired-comic-zine-zarjaz-is-back/

 

Original Art for First Appearance of Spider-Woman Sells For $690,000

Original art by Gil Kane for first appearance of Spider-Woman sells for $690,000, as well as Frank Miller, Frank Frazetta & Arthur Adams

  Rich Johnston 08 Apr 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-publishers/original-art-first-apperarance-spider-woman-sells-for-690000/

 

John Wagner And Dan Cornwell Tell Tripwire All About Spector: Incorruptible, The Final Work Of Carlos Ezquerra

Paul N Neal  Tripwire April 4, 2025 https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/john-wagner-and-dan-cornwell-tell-tripwire-all-about-spector-incorruptible-the-final-work-of-carlos-ezquerra/

 

Magazine Cartooning – Ongoing

D. D. Degg

April 8, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/08/magazine-cartooning-ongoing/

 

Coming to The Revelator: Exclusive Tom Toro Cartoons

The cartoonist will shine a satirical light on some of the biggest environmental problems of the day, including the extinction crisis.

April 8, 2025 - by John R. Platt

https://therevelator.org/tom-toro-cartoons/

CoyxKenshin's MONSTERS WE MAKE becomes fastest selling indie manga in the U.S
Justin Guerrero on 04/09/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/coryxkenshins-monsters-we-make-becomes-fastest-selling-indie-manga-in-the-u-s/

Comic Culture with the Matron Creative Team [Drew Edwards, David Bowles, and Monica Gallagher]
terence dollard
Apr 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOex3abWVv4

Jimmy Palmiotti talks GI Zombie and Painkiller Jane Team up
wordballoon
April 9 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zGbYomwdUc

Glenn Fleishman
Ink-a Dink-a Do [development of color in comic strips]
How Comics Were Made Newsletter Apr 9, 2025
https://buttondown.com/howcomics/archive/ink-a-dink-a-do/

PW Comics World: More To Come
More to Come 667: 2025 SI MoCCA Interviews Pt 2 [Ellen Lindner, Matt Madden, Boum, Melissa Chan & Badicauo]
Calvin Reid and Meg Lemke
04/04/2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?podcast=1362&channel=2

National Library Week 2025 Emphasizes the Draw of Libraries [Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud]
By Claire Kirch
Apr 04, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/97484-national-library-week-2025-emphasizes-the-draw-of-libraries.html

Walkin' the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel
By Tobias Carroll
Apr 09, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97406-walkin-the-streets-with-r-crumb-pw-talks-with-dan-nadel.html

Jay North, child star of 'Dennis the Menace' sitcom, dies at 73 [in print as Child star of 'Dennis the Menace' was beloved but left traumatized]
Emily Langer
Washington Post April 9, 2025 : B4.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/07/jay-north-dennis-menace-dead/

Robert McGinnis, who painted James Bond and Audrey Hepburn, dies at 99
Harrison Smith
April 7, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/07/robert-mcginnis-dead/

Fight Breaks Out for Ownership of Diamond Comic Distributors
By Jim Milliot
Apr 08, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97505-fight-breaks-out-for-ownership-of-diamond-comic.html

Jack Ohman
Writers who influenced me...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha! Apr 9, 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/writers-who-influenced-me

Tennant and Sheen Forewords Out of Kickstarter Good Omens Graphic Novel
  April 3, 2025 by Mike Glyer
https://file770.com/tennant-and-sheen-forewards/

WaPo obits for Jay North, child star of ‘Dennis the Menace’ and

Jay North, child star of 'Dennis the Menace' sitcom, dies at 73 [in print as Child star of 'Dennis the Menace' was beloved but left traumatized]

His star turn on the hit show in the 1950s and '60s endeared him to millions of TV viewers -- but by his account left him with the scars of a miserable youth.

By Emily Langer

Washington Post April 9, 2025 : B4.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/07/jay-north-dennis-menace-dead/

Robert McGinnis, who painted James Bond and Audrey Hepburn, dies at 99

A prolific, much-admired artist and illustrator, he worked on hundreds of paperback covers, along with posters for movies including "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

By Harrison Smith

April 7, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/07/robert-mcginnis-dead/

and here's a local pull quote...

"He really was like the rock star that everybody turned to," said David Apatoff, an art critic and illustration scholar.

Dan Nadel , former Big Planet clerk, on his new bio of Crumb

Walkin' the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel

By Tobias Carroll

Apr 09, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97406-walkin-the-streets-with-r-crumb-pw-talks-with-dan-nadel.html

April 16: Sara Duke of Library of Congress on postcards

I'm sending you a lemon from... Published by Edward H. Mitchell, 1910. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.67979

Finding Pictures: Postcards – Wish You Were Here!

April 9, 2025

Posted by: Melissa Lindberg

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/04/finding-pictures-postcards-wish-you-were-here/

Join Sara Duke, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Art, on Wednesday, April 16th at 3pm EDT for a whirlwind tour of postcards in the Prints & Photographs Division collections. From fanciful to serious, these small mementos appeal to everyone, whether the most dedicated collector, the novice historian, or anyone interested in eye-catching imagery.

As Sara notes, "The Library is at the start of a multi-year project to process, digitize and make accessible online nearly 100,000 postcards in our collection. As someone who dabbled in collecting postcards as a teenager, I find them an excellent window into our past – whether it's the built environment, people, or humor.

My goal in this presentation is not to provide an exhaustive history of postcards, but rather to provide an introduction to the types of postcards in the collection, how to access those that already appear online, and how to make an appointment to make use of unprocessed collections in person."

This post features a sampling of the fantastic images that will be shown in the webinar. We hope you will join us to see more!

Rena, Mildred, and Tijke(?) at the Statue of Liberty, New York. Photo postcard, May 5, 1928. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.11404Cherry Blossom's Time, Washington, D.C. Image by Theodor Horydczak, between 1905 and 1969. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2025664638/World War I soldier with American flag in background. Photo postcard, between 1914 and 1918. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.11404New Jewish market on the East Side, New York. Postcard, between 1901 and 1907. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19044Petrogradʺ – T︠S︡erkovʹ – pami︠a︡tnikʺ pogibshimʺ mori︠a︡tnik.ʺ Photo postcard, 1916. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.33688

Learn More:

• Register to attend the virtual presentation Finding Pictures: Postcards – Wish You Were Here! which will take place live on Wednesday, April 16 from 3:00-4:00pm EDT.
• Read more Picture This blog posts about postcards.
• Watch recordings of past Finding Pictures talks.

Max Meow #6 is #1

From John Gallagher on Facebook 

Feeling so grateful! Thanks to everyone supporting the Max Meow books— Book 6 came out a month ago, and has been the number 1 new book in the Kids' Superhero category the whole time! #maxmeow #KidLit

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/8/2025

The Kickstarter campaign for Stan Lee: The Final Chapter has been closed

Heidi MacDonald on 04/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-campaign-for-stan-lee-film-ends/

 

TARIFFS WILL NOT APPLY TO BOOKS AND COMICS PRINTED IN ASIA

Exempted from New Import Taxes

  Milton Griepp on April 8, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59267/tariffs-will-not-apply-books-comics-printed-asia

 

DIAMOND BANKRUPTCY AUCTION REVEALS

Bidders, Bids, Process

Milton Griepp on April 8, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59266/diamond-bankruptcy-auction-reveals

 

AENT Is Now Suing Diamond Comic Distributors Over Bankruptcy Auction

Alliance Entertainment, or AENT, is now suing Diamond Comic Distributors over the bankruptcy auction... and what happened afterwards.

  Rich Johnston  08 Apr 2025   https://bleedingcool.com/comics/aent-is-now-suing-diamond-comic-distributors-over-bankruptcy-auction/

 

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: ANDY SCHMIDT NEW EIC AT BOOM!, JANN JONES TO GALAXYCON

Plus: Editorial Team at Gungnir Entertainment

Brigid Alverson on April 7, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59259/people-move-andy-schmidt-new-eic-boom-jann-jones-galaxycon

 

Interview: Brandon Easton, Vincent Edwards, and Samuel Kugbiyi on Cartoon Network's IYANU

Julian Lytle on 04/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-brandon-easton-vincent-edwards-and-samuel-kugbiyi-on-cartoon-networks-iyanu/

 

Reviews: Flash Point [manga]

Brian Nicholson | April 8, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/flash-point/

 

Flash Point [manga]

Imai Arata, translated by Ryan Holmberg

Glacier Bay Books

 

R.E. Burke Returns To Comic Cons With Macclesfield's Macc-POW in June

  07 Apr 2025   Rich Johnston

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/r-e-burke-returns-to-comic-cons-with-macclesfields-macc-pow-in-june/

 

ZCN: Zdarksy Comics News Stays North Of The Canadian Border in July 

07 Apr 2025  by Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zcn-zdarksy-comics-news-stays-north-of-the-canadian-border-in-july/

 

The Daily Heller: Mourning for Brad Holland (Stage One)

By Steven Heller

April 7 2025 https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-mourning-for-brad-holland-stage-one/

 

Brad Holland – RIP

D. D. Degg 

April 7, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/07/brad-holland-rip/

 

'A Goofy Movie' Stars Reunite in New 30th Anniversary Road Trip Video

Mercedes Milligan

April 7, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/a-goofy-movie-stars-reunite-in-new-30th-anniversary-road-trip-video/

 

'Ultraman: Rising' Co-Director John Aoshima Inks Overall Deal with Warner, Joins 'Blue Eye Samurai' S2

Animation Magazine

April 7, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/ultraman-rising-co-director-john-aoshima-inks-overall-deal-with-warner-joins-blue-eye-samurai-s2/

 

'Lazarus' Creator Shinichiro Watanabe Discusses the Daredevil Action of His New Adult Swim Anime

Charles Solomon

April 7, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/lazarus-creator-shinichiro-watanabe-discusses-the-daredevil-action-of-his-new-adult-swim-anime/

 

'A Goofy Movie,' With a Serious Impact
The 30-year-old animated Disney film has fans across generations. Now, a documentary looks back at its legacy.
By Carlos Aguilar
A version of this article appears in print on April 8, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Admiring Goofy's Serious Side, 30 Years On.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/movies/a-goofy-movie-anniversary.html

'Boop! The Musical' Review: Betty Gets a Brand Extension
Jesse Green
A version of this article appears in print on April 8, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: It Girl With Spit Curls, in Oz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/theater/boop-the-musical-review-broadway.html

"Mr Monopoly" Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
April 7, 2025 by Lawrence Wood
https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/mr-monopoly-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

Kyle Bravo's CartoonStock Caption Contest
Lawrence Wood, Trevor Hoey, Joel Mishon and cartoonist Kyle Bravo
CartoonStock, a Cartoon Collections Co.
Apr 4, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CqtKEClmps

Words, Images, & Worlds with Damian Duffy
Jason DeHart
 Apr 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUkD2-f-5qw

Pop Culture SquadCast - Live: With Special Guest David Petersen
Pop Culture Squad
April 8 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fxzbr5nOMw

AL EWING celebrates FORBIDDEN PLANET CAMDEN and the importance of local comic book stores!
Forbidden Planet TV
 Apr 8, 2025 Conversations with Andrew Sumner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78w2mu--gK4

Fight Breaks Out for Ownership of Diamond Comic Distributors
By Jim Milliot
Apr 08, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97505-fight-breaks-out-for-ownership-of-diamond-comic.html

The Wonder of Roy Wilson, comic artist, and his meticulous approach to creating comics
John Freeman on April 7, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/the-wonder-of-roy-wilson-comic-artist-and-his-meticulous-approach-to-creating-comics/

Bay Area comic book store staff track down suspect in string of burglaries
Katie Nielsen
KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
 Apr 1, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMmfBTxP7cg

Hulu shares first look at secret animated Predator project
Predator: Killer Of Killers premieres June 6 on Hulu.
By Mary Kate Carr  |  April 8, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/predator-killer-of-killers-first-look

Drawing on 'emotional honesty' to understand human existence in new Chris Ware exhibition
Retrospective on renowned illustrator's work open in Barcelona's CCCB until November 9
Cillian Shields
April 2, 2025
https://www.catalannews.com/culture/item/drawing-on-emotional-honesty-to-understand-human-existence-in-new-chris-ware-exhibition

'Your ideas matter': N.S. author Kate Beaton on the art-economy relationship
Jacqueline Shirokov
The Signal Apr 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wYDQWWP4I

Chris Ware: "AI images look like corpses"
Illustrator. Starring in the CCCB exhibition "Drawing is Thinking"
Xavi Serra
April 4 2025
https://en.ara.cat/misc/ai-images-look-like-corpses_128_5335761.html

On the Road Again: A Goofy Movie 30th Anniversary with Bill Farmer and Jason Marsden | Disney
Disney Apr 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLROLskFe5I

Tim Kreider on writing, W. Bush v. Trump, and the future of the future
Ken
Out of the Wild with Ken Ilgunas Apr 07, 2025
https://kenilgunas.substack.com/p/tim-kreider-on-writing-w-bush-v-trump

TV Alert: Kwame Alexander's 'Acoustic Rooster'
By Iyana Jones
Apr 08, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97506-tv-alert-kwame-alexander-s-acoustic-rooster.html

4/19: Chip Zdarsky at Third Eye Comics Annapolis

From his newsletter.

Okay, last but not least, a reminder of my signing at THIRD EYE COMICS in a couple of weeks! David and I will be on hand to sign TIME WAITS and anything else that you put in front of us!

It's gonna be a great time. THIRD EYE is always the best!

Another Ryan Holmberg-translated manga reviewed at TCJ

Reviews: Flash Point

Brian Nicholson | April 8, 2025 

https://www.tcj.com/reviews/flash-point/

Flash Point

Imai Arata, translated by Ryan Holmberg

Glacier Bay Books

$25

248 pages

Buy Now

Some pics from Awesome Con Saturday by Bruce Guthrie

 by Bruce Guthrie

  Between the Hands Off ! rally (which Dawn Griffin had snuck away for too)  and then an evening event at the Katzen Arts Center, I only spent a couple of hours there but it was good seeing folks.  I didn't take many pics  ( http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2025_04_05B2_AwesomeA ) but some are below.

Kata Kane

Dawn Griffin

Dave Roman

Patrick Michael Strange and Jamar Nicholas

John Gallagher

Alexandra Bowman

Mark Mariano of the Mariano Brothers.

Harry Crosland, cosplay photographer

 

--

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

Julian Lytle's interview on Cartoon Network’s IYANU (based on a Maryland comic book)

Interview: Brandon Easton, Vincent Edwards, and Samuel Kugbiyi on Cartoon Network's IYANU

By Julian Lytle on 04/08/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-brandon-easton-vincent-edwards-and-samuel-kugbiyi-on-cartoon-networks-iyanu/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 4/7/2025

Interview: Voice actor Dee Bradley Baker channels his inner feline as Willa the cat in THE KING OF KINGS animated film

Taimur Dar on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dee-bradley-baker-king-of-kings/           

 

GoComics website relaunches

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/gocomics-relaunch/

 

John Peck, Underground Cartoonist Known as The Mad Peck, Dies at 82

Among many other accomplishments, he illustrated a scholarly work on the history of comic books and wrote record reviews in four-panel comic-strip form.

Jeré Longman

April 6, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/arts/john-peck-dead.html

 

Huge Swerve: Diamond now wants to approve Universal/Ad Populum bid for assets

Heidi MacDonald on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-now-wants-to-approve-universal-ad-populum-bid-for-assets/

 

All hell breaks loose as Alliance Entertainment sues Diamond

Heidi MacDonald on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/all-hell-breaks-loose-as-alliance-entertainment-sues-diamond/              

 

ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT SUES DIAMOND

After Diamond Tries to Switch Winning Bidder (Price Revealed)

Milton Griepp on April 7, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59253/alliance-entertainment-sues-diamond

 

Interview: Mattie Lubchansky talks SIMPLICITY and making trans culture, for trans people

Ollie Kaplan on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-mattie-lubchansky-talks-simplicity-and-making-trans-culture-for-trans-people/

 

'THE EXPANSE,' 'RICK AND MORTY' KICKSTARTERS OFF TO STRONG STARTS

Over $500K Pledged for Second 'The Expanse' Campaign

by Brigid Alverson on April 4, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59250/the-expanse-rick-morty-kickstarters-off-strong-starts

 

Hy Eisman: A Legacy in Ink, A Life in Laughter

April 6, 2025

Amy Anderson

https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2025/04/06/hy-eisman-a-legacy-in-ink-a-life-in-laughter

 

'Right now I'm just trying to get the stories done': Catching up with Kyle Baker

Jason Bergman | April 7, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/right-now-im-just-trying-to-get-the-stories-done-catching-up-with-kyle-baker/

THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES anime arrives on Netflix this month
Ollie Kaplan on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-rose-of-versailles-anime-arrives-on-netflix-this-month/

Robert McGinnis – RIP
D. D. Degg
April 5, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/04/05/robert-mcginnis-rip/

Robert McGinnis, legendary poster and cover artist, dead at 99
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/robert-mcginnis-obit/

Andy Schmidt Joins BOOM! Studios as Editor-in-Chief
Apr 07, 2025 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5302

Good news: books are exempt from China tariffs….for now
Heidi MacDonald on 04/07/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/good-news-books-are-exempt-from-china-tariffs-for-now/

Liam McGuire
Paul Jenkins on Creating The Sentry, The Void, and The Hero's Place In The Marvel Universe (Part 1)
 Comic Frontier  Apr 7, 2025
https://www.comicfrontier.com/p/paul-jenkins-on-creating-the-sentry-the-void-and-the-hero-s-place-in-the-marvel-universe-part-1

NCS Profile of Russell Myers 2024 Gold Key Recipient
Karen Evans
national cartoonists society Apr 7, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJAHYniIdc

Kaboom Animation Festival Announces 2025 Award Winners [The Netherlands]
By Mercedes Milligan
April 4, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/kaboom-animation-festival-announces-2025-award-winners/

Oscar-nominated Czech-American Writer, Director and Animator Paul Fierlinger Dies at 89
Ramin Zahed
April 6, 2025
 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/oscar-nominated-czech-american-writer-director-animator-paul-fierlinger-dies-at-89/

Forbidden Planet Camden Opened With Al Ewing, Ram V And Dave Gibbons
  06 Apr 2025
by Rich Johnston
 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/forbidden-planet-camden-opened-with-al-ewing-ram-v-and-dave-gibbons/

Childhood Memories of Connecting Through Cartooning
Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud's "The Cartoonists Club" and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander's "J vs. K."
By James Sturm
A version of this article appears in print on April 6, 2025, Page 22 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Connecting Through Cartooning.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/books/review/cartoon-books-raina-telgemeier-kwame-alexander.html

Taki Soma and Mike Oeming talk sci fi and more [Alienated]
wordballoon
  Apr 6, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLqw66DrkBM

TAPE DEC #13 | Charles Soule & Will Sliney [The Shrouded College]
Declan Shalvey
  Apr 7, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eomFi-tXtQI

Bill Willingham
Apr 5, 2025
The Complete Prose Works, Part Two
https://billwillingham.substack.com/p/the-complete-prose-works-part-two

Tom Brevoort from Man With A Hat Apr 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bonus - Newsletter Index
https://tombrevoort.substack.com/p/bonus-newsletter-index

Mutant Readers, Reading Mutants: Appropriation, Assimilation, and the X-Men
By Neil Shyminsky
The International Journal of Comic Art 8 (2). 387-405. 2006.
https://www.academia.edu/226078/Mutant_Readers_Reading_Mutants_Appropriation_Assimilation_and_the_X_Men

The Greatest Canadian Superhero There Never Was: Kao-kuk "the Eskimo Astronaut"
By Neil Shyminsky
2019, The Spaces and Places of Canadian Popular Culture
191-200

Mutation, Racialization, Decimation: The X-Men as White Men
By Neil Shyminsky
2020, Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics
158-173

Unmasking 'Gay' Sidekicks: Queer Anxiety and the Narrative Straightening of the Superhero
By Neil Shyminsky
Men and Masculinites 14.3, August 2011: 288-308.
https://www.academia.edu/226080/Unmasking_Gay_Sidekicks_Queer_Anxiety_and_the_Narrative_Straightening_of_the_Superhero

Chris Ware, dibujante: "No sirve de nada intentar regular la IA, llegamos tarde"
Jordi Sabaté
2 de abril de 2025
https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/chris-ware-dibujante-comic-e-ilustrador-no-sirve-de-nada-regular-ia-hemos-llegado-tarde-cat_1_12185750.html

Maggie Shang interviewed by StoryComics

I'm pretty sure this hasn't appeared on YouTube yet.

Maggie Shang & Johnell DeWitt Dive into the "Let's Go" Anthology

Barney Smith

https://www.storycomic.com/blog/2025/3/30/storycomic-weekly-newsletter-april-5th

In a captivating interview, Maggie Shang and Johnell DeWitt, contributors to the Kids Comics Unite anthology "Let's Go," shared their creative journeys and the passion that drives their work. Both authors bring unique backgrounds that enrich their storytelling—Maggie, with her deep roots in illustration and graphic design, and Johnell, with her extensive experience in writing enriched by global travels and a rich career in public relations.

Their stories in the anthology reflect not just their artistic talents but their commitment to fostering a love for reading and creativity among children. Maggie's work, often inspired by her personal history and a strong foundation in character art, complements Johnell's skillful narrative construction influenced by a lifetime of cultural experiences.

This interview not only highlighted their individual contributions to the anthology but also shed light on the collaborative spirit that defines the Kids Comics Unite community. Their discussion provided valuable insights into the challenges and triumphs of creating engaging content for young readers, making it a must-watch for anyone interested in children's literature and the art of comic book creation.

WaPo on ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli filter

With ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli filter, creativity is being spirited away

An unsettling AI fad reworks photos in the studio's animation style. No creativity required.

By Oliver Bateman

April 2, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/02/chatgpt-studio-ghibli-miyazaki/

That darn Edith Pritchett

Letters to the Editor

Readers critique The Post: A painfully unfunny cartoon

Let's not be mean-spirited and hurtful.

An illegitimate joke

Barbara Wilson, Bethesda

April 5, 2025: A13

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/04/kermit-puppeteer-navratilova-23andme-deportation/

Well, Edith Pritchett has done it again. Her March 29 editorial cartoon, "Your 23andMe results are here," was mean-spirited and hurtful. We all know people who have faced some of the very situations she makes fun of, and I can imagine how they might feel if they saw this cartoon.

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Charretier and DC's King's Love Everlasting to be adapted

Sony picks up LOVE EVERLASTING: Another one in the can for Tom King!

Javier Perez

04/05/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sony-picks-up-love-everlasting-another-one-in-the-can-for-tom-king/

Fantom Comics' Jacob Shapiro on tariff's toll on comics shops

Owner of comics shop that relies on imports fears it won't survive Trump tariffs [Fantom Comics; Jacob Shapiro]

Nancy Cordes

CBS Evening News Apr 4, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzPNXcmk06I

The early casualties of the trade war are not just investors, but small businesses as well. Nancy Cordes talks to a comic book store owner concerned his business won't survive President Trump's new tariffs. Then, Lana Zak speaks to a crane operator for Stellantis who fears she could be included in the company's temporary layoffs. Kelly O'Grady joins for analysis of today's Wall Street losses. "CBS Evening News" delivers the day's most important stories, delivering context and depth to bring greater understanding to your world. Check local listings for "CBS Evening News" broadcast times.