Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Fwd: February 26: CREATOR TALK & SIGNING WITH SHAWN MARTINBROUGH at Fantom Comics

CREATOR TALK & SIGNING WITH SHAWN MARTINBROUGH
>> WEDNESDAY, February 26th @ 6:30 pm
Shawn Martinbrough returns to Fantom Comics to discuss RED HOOD: THE HILL from DC Comics to celebrate the release of the trade!

Red Hood delivers his own brand of justice in one of Gotham's most dangerous neighborhoods.Welcome to the Hill—formerly one of Gotham's most dangerous suburbs, where its residents had to band together to keep themselves safe when the police, or even Batman, wouldn't. Now, as the Hill finds itself gentrifying, old habits die hard as the vigilante known only as Strike works with her team to keep the town safe—but she's not alone. Jason Todd, one of the Hill's newest residents, is more than happy to don the visage of Red Hood to help Strike keep his new home safe. But a new villain is emerging from the shadows. Will Red Hood, Strike, and the Hill's small militia of vigilantes be able to keep their home safe?
Buy a copy in-store or online: https://stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/products/red-hood-the-hill_0

What I Accomplished Last Week by Daniel Boris




Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/24/2025


One of the New Yorker's First Women Cartoonists Gets an Overdue Revival

A book and an exhibition are finally putting Barbara Shermund back into the spotlight.

by Min Chen

February 22, 2025

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/barbara-shermund-new-yorker-cartoonist-caitlin-mcgurk-2609899

 

AMP Launch at ComicsPRO With Love Struck, NeverWars And Martin Kove

  Rich Johnston  23 Feb 2025 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/amp-launch-at-comicspro-with-love-struck-neverwars-and-martin-kove/

 

Boom Studios Talks About Publishing Fewer Comics In 2025 At ComicsPRO

Michael Kelly, Publisher of Boom Studios, talks about publishing fewer comics in 2025 at ComicsPRO, with a fake beard.

Rich Johnston| 23 Feb 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/boom-studios-talks-about-publishing-fewer-comics-in-2025-at-comicspro/

 

ComicBooks For Kids Launches Retailer Kit at ComicsPRO 2025

Rich Johnston 23 Feb 2025

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comicbooks-for-kids-launches-retailer-kit-at-comicspro-2025/

 

COMICSPRO: ONI PRESS ANNOUNCES RETAILER APPRECIATION PROGRAM

Following Oni's Most Successful Year Ever, Gorinson Says

Brigid Alverson on February 21, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58908/comicspro-oni-press-announces-retailer-appreciation-program

 

IDW RE-UPS WITH TOHO, ANNOUNCES GODZILLA CONNECTED UNIVERSE

Launching with Three Titles, Including First New Ongoing Series in 10 Years [Kai-Sei Era]

Brigid Alverson on February 21, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58909/idw-re-ups-toho-announces-godzilla-connected-universe

 

Happy Edward Gorey Week!

Sally Madden | February 24, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/happy-edward-gorey-week/

 

My family's curious correspondence with Edward Gorey

Cynthia Rose | February 24, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/the-curious-correspondence/

 

Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist Visits SFU [Deon Parson]

Colette Costlow, February 20, 2025

http://troubadour.francis.edu/5253/visual-arts/nationally-syndicated-cartoonist-visits-sfu/

 

ND Stevenson making his prose debut with SCARLET MORNING

Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 02/24/2025

https://www.comicsbeat.com/scarlet-morning/

 

DC Studios' Slate Evolution: Some Projects Put on Backburner as Others Are Full Steam Ahead

Borys Kit

February 24, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-movies-tv-shows-updates-superman-batman-1236145240/

 

Tributes after 'legend' Birmingham Mail cartoonist Colin Whittock dies

Birmingham Mail editors past and present have queued up to pay tribute to a talented cartoonist

Graeme Brown

Birmingham Live:  19 Feb 2025

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tributes-after-legend-birmingham-mail-31030622

 

Jeanne O'Neil Obituary [Cookie, the daughter of Blondie and Dagwood]

Tampa Bay Times on Feb. 23, 2025.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tampabaytimes/name/jeanne-o-neil-obituary?id=57629408

 

Joe Casey Writes 

 Feb 24, 2025 

 FOR FREAK'S SAKE! [Master of Kung Fu influence on JESUSFREAK]

https://thejoecasey.substack.com/p/for-freaks-sake


Dark Horse Digital is shutting down
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 02/24/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/dh-digital-shutdown/

TAPE DEC #12 | Joe Mulvey
Declan Shalvey
February 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJsAH0x4hQ

Words, Images, & Worlds with Scott Harris-King
Jason DeHart
  Feb 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ajEdB_J7XE

Comic Industry Insiders - David Harper
Atom Freeman
Prana: Direct Market Solutions
Feb 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUSgN3WPhrI

"The Funniest Jokes to Me are the Ones I Can't Explain": Beetle Moses, the Cartoonist, Talks Beetle Moses, the Webcomic [Harris Fishman]
David Harper
February 19, 2025
https://sktchd.com/interview/beetle-moses-interview/

Jason Chatfield
New York Cartoons  Feb 24, 2025
The New Yorker Cartoonists Centoonial Party
https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/the-new-yorker-cartoonists-centoonial

Monday, February 24, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/22-23/2025

(VeeFriends) Comic Corner – New Sunday Comic for Lee Newspapers
D. D. Degg
February 22, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/22/veefriends-comic-corner-new-sunday-comic-for-lee-newspapers/

LEE ENTERPRISES PARTNERS WITH GARY VAYNERCHUK'S VEEFRIENDS TO PRODUCE EXCLUSIVE WEEKLY COMICS
Fun and inspiring weekly comics to make you laugh, cry, think and feel.
    Feb 20, 2025
    https://lee.net/news/lee-enterprises-partners-with-gary-vaynerchuk-s-veefriends-to-produce-exclusive-weekly-comics/article_a5c6f6be-efc0-11ef-b705-ab9f35008f15.html

Celebrating 100 Years of Edward Gorey
Gilbert Cruz
The Book Review podcast Feb. 21, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/books/review/podcast-edward-gorey-centennial.html
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/celebrating-100-years-of-edward-gorey/id120315179?i=1000694755545

Why Children Love Edward Gorey: A Centenary Tribute
 Lisa Brown
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 23, 2025, Page 18 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Why Young Readers Love Edward Gorey.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/books/review/edward-gorey-children.html

On Edward Gorey (1925–2000)
Alison Lurie
May 25, 2000 issue
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/05/25/on-edward-gorey-19252000/

In Goreyland
John Russell
March 28, 2002
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2002/03/28/in-goreyland/

Reviewed: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey interviews selected and edited by Karen Wilkin Harcourt, 292 pp., $35.00

The Object-Lesson by Edward Gorey. Harcourt,

The Art of Elsewhere: The worlds of Edward Gorey
Jed Perl
May 10, 2018
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/10/edward-gorey-art-of-elsewhere/

A Treasure Trove of Edward Gorey
Eve Bowen
August 4, 2012
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2012/08/04/collecting-edward-gorey/

Edward Gorey in the Basement
Lucas Adams, illustrated by Edward Gorey
Hidden away in the Review's archives were eleven panels of an unfinished serial comic, Les Mystères de Constantinople.
February 22, 2025
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/02/22/edward-gorey-in-basement/

A Gorey Centennial
D. D. Degg
February 22, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/22/a-gorey-centennial/

From the archives: Illustrator Edward Gorey
Martha Teichner
CBS Sunday Morning ( April 20, 1997; reposted Feb 22, 2025):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqfOqkTJl30

Collection of Macabre Author and Illustrator Edward Gorey Items, ca. 1980
Ken Sanders
Antiques Roadshow PBS  Oct 21, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l751FCZhIJM

Nick Barrucci Talks Diamond And Dynamite, Past, Present And Future
Rich Johnston
21 Feb 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/nick-barrucci-diamond-dynamite/

Megacon's Huge Success in 2025 | Diamond Update | Nick Barrucci | Industry of Comics | Episode 50
Dennis Barger
Beyond Wednesdays
 Feb 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skr60iALJRA

ComicsPRO: Bad Idea Comics Joins Lunar Distribution for Planet Death
 Rich Johnston
, 21 Feb 2025  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comicspro-bad-idea-comics-joins-lunar-distribution-for-death-planet/

DC General Manager SVP Anne Leung DePies' Keynote Speech to ComicsPRO
DC Comics General Manager and Senior Vice President Anne Leung DePies' Keynote Speech to ComicsPRO for 2025
by Rich Johnston
21 Feb 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-general-manager-svp-anne-leung-depies-keynote-speech-to-comicspro/

'Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse' profiles the cartoonist of 'Maus'
Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen,
Documentary of the Week Podcast
Feb 20, 2025 https://www.wnyc.org/story/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-profiles-the-cartoonist-of-maus

'Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse' Review: Graphic Doom
By Manohla Dargis
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 21, 2025, Section C, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Comic Books as Path To a Profound Memoir.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/movies/spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-review.html

As 'The New Yorker' turns 100, its art editor reflects on magazine's distinct look [Françoise Mouly]
Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel
 Morning Edition February 21, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5300020/new-yorker-100-year-anniversary-cover-art-editor
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2025/02/20250219_me_as_the_new_yorker_turns_100_an_art_editor_reflects_on_its_distinctive_look.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5300020

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis discusses his Oscar-nominated animated film 'Flow'
Scott Simon
 Weekend Edition Saturday February 22, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/1232637577/paddington-in-peru-puts-a-mild-bear-in-the-wild-jungle
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2025/02/20250222_wesat_movie_flow.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5302784

One man's 'trash' [Lisa Benson letter]
Louise Gilmore,
Washington Post February 22 2025: A15.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/21/rent-seeking-anthony-mackie-spaz-harry-stewart/

Daryl Cagle
TRUMP WANTS CANADA as the 51st STATE! – SEE 51 FUNNY ANGRY USA vs Canada Cartoons
Caglecast 61 Feb 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1IW8buTBPk

TRUMP WANTS CANADA! Angry Canadian cartoonists, & their hilarious Donald Trump, 51st State cartoons!
Daryl Cagle, Terry "Aislin" Mosher, Dave Whamond, Michael de Adder and Graeme MacKay
Caglecast 61;   Feb 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wMIy5LYhoE

Fountain Hills creator releases graphic novel; 'When We Were The Voyage' launches in Kickstarter [Eric Williamson]
Fountain Hills Times Independent December 13, 2024
https://www.fhtimes.com/stories/reader-immersion-is-at-the-heart-of-this-project-says-williamson,551992

Words, Images, & Worlds with RG Llarena
Jason DeHart
Feb 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SNO0qIDwQk

Words, Images, & Worlds with Thomas E. Sniegoski
Jason DeHart
 Feb 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ6av5zp1mg

Just a comic book [editorial]
Anjali Nayak  
Daily Californian Dec 13, 2024 https://www.dailycal.org/blogs/arts-blog/just-a-comic-book/article_92dabbd6-b991-11ef-ad3d-5b9ca2b5eece.html

Author Explores the Art of Comics at Boswell Books
Alex Beringer explores the origins and history of newspaper funnies and freedom to challenge readers' visual and literary sensibilities in Lost Literacies.
Dec. 11, 2024
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/comedy/author-explores-the-art-of-comics-at-boswell-books/

John Freeman from Crucible Comic Press   Feb 23, 2025
Subject: Cartoonist or Comic Creator with Something to Say?
https://cruciblecomic.substack.com/p/cartoonist-or-comic-creator-with

Original Rapid Arrows comic strips on display at Prague Museum of Literature [Rychlé šípy or The Rapid Arrows, a Czech comic series by Jaroslav Foglar]
Ruth Fraňková
Czech Radio - Radio Prague International 12/13/2024 https://english.radio.cz/original-rapid-arrows-comic-strips-display-prague-museum-literature-8837345
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/0cd2040c78d5b510fce6899737ea934e.mp3

Signals from the Unknown highlights history of Czech comics at DOX [exhibit]
Jan Velinger
Czech Radio - Radio Prague International 03/22/2013 https://english.radio.cz/signals-unknown-highlights-history-czech-comics-dox-8546677
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/signals-from-the-unknown-highlights-history-of-czech-comics-at-dox.mp3

The Czech Books You Must Read 9) Czech Comics from Ferda the Ant to Zátopek and Cecil's Quest
Czech Radio - Radio Prague International 05/20/2020
Ruth Fraňková
https://english.radio.cz/czech-books-you-must-read-8506310/9
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/czech-comics-from-ferda-the-ant-to-zatopek-and-cecils-quest.mp3

Biggest Czech festival of illustration and comics kicks off in Prague
  Ruth Fraňková
09/20/2024 https://english.radio.cz/biggest-czech-festival-illustration-and-comics-kicks-prague-8829367
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/69634cb6a34f6bc44996eee81c912d68.mp3

Diary by veteran artist named Czech comic book of year [ Lucie Lomová; Každý den je nový or Every Day Starts Anew ]
  Ruth Fraňková
02/22/2023
https://english.radio.cz/diary-veteran-artist-named-czech-comic-book-year-8775781
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/7fb15bf60f0384e42b5336e94311c9cd.mp3

Lucie Lomová: no bounds to reality
  David Vaughan
Czech Radio - Radio Prague International  03/28/2015
https://english.radio.cz/lucie-lomova-no-bounds-reality-8099830
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/lucie-lomova-no-bounds-to-reality.mp3

Komiksfest highlights work of Generation 2.0 as well as long-established artists
 Jan Velinger
 10/23/2015 https://english.radio.cz/komiksfest-highlights-work-generation-20-well-long-established-artists-8244529
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/audios/komiksfest-highlights-work-of-generation-20-as-well-as-long-established-artists.mp3

Japanese poet who translated the entire Peanuts comic strip catalog dies at age 92
Michelle Marques
13 December 2024
https://norcalpublicmedia.org/2024121397010/news-feed/japanese-poet-who-translated-the-entire-peanuts-comic-strip-catalog-dies-at-age-92

9 February 2025
Cast 597: Guest Brad Guigar
https://wholesomeaddiction.libsyn.com/cast-597-guest-brad-guigar
http://traffic.libsyn.com/wholesomeaddiction/WA597.mp3

The Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain
https://ccgb.org.uk/wordpress/

Horror Director Rebekah McKendry Talks Her New Cosmic Horror Comic 'Barstow'
Mary Beth McAndrews
Dec 13, 2024
https://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/518195/horror-director-rebekah-mckendry-talks-her-new-cosmic-horror-comic-barstow/

Censoring Games: What China's influence over Marvel Rivals reveals about censorship.
German Lopez
Feb. 23, 2025,
The Morning newsletter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/briefing/censoring-games.html

The Dummy Show - Patrick Rosenkranz [underground comics historian]
John Kelly
DummyZine  Feb 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnYtwVVTHyg

The Art of P. Craig Russell Opus 4 - Dance on a Razor's Edge (1977) [photoreference] February 23, 2025 • Wayne Alan Harold • Season 1 • Episode 4
https://www.artofpcraigrussell.com/2450291/episodes/16677684-opus-4-dance-on-a-razor-s-edge-1977

The Art of P. Craig Russell
Opus 5 - Parsifal (1976-1977)
February 23, 2025 • Wayne Alan Harold
https://www.artofpcraigrussell.com/2450291/episodes/16677731-opus-5-parsifal-1976-1977

 In An Old Box [Imagine comic, P. Craig Russell]
Warren Ellis
Orbital Operations  Feb 23, 2025 https://orbitaloperations.beehiiv.com/p/in-an-old-box

The New 'Captain America' Movie Isn't Great. But Don't Call Him a D.E.I. Hire.
Maya Phillips
A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 22, 2025, Section C, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: In No Way Is This Hero A D.E.I. Hire.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/movies/captain-america-anthony-mackie-dei.html

Saturday, February 22, 2025

That darn Lisa Benson

One man's 'trash' [ Lisa Benson letter]

Louise Gilmore, New York

Washington Post February 22 2025: A15.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/21/rent-seeking-anthony-mackie-spaz-harry-stewart/

Strongly disagreeing with the message of Lisa Benson's Feb. 12 editorial cartoon, I acknowledge that there is waste in our government, just as there is waste in my kitchen. The appropriate metaphor for the actions of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their foot soldiers is not Democrats protecting waste. It's Republicans throwing out our beloved baby, our "nation conceived in liberty," including those hard-fought-for-and-won unalienable rights, benefits and protections of American citizenship, with the bathwater that accumulates in virtually all gigantic organizations.





NPR on 'The New Yorker' and Latvian director of 'Flow' Gints Zilbalodis

As 'The New Yorker' turns 100, its art editor reflects on magazine's distinct look [Françoise Mouly]

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/21/2025

One of the world's largest comic book distributors is bankrupt, and it has this St. John's publisher reeling

Black Panel Press publisher Andrew Benteau says he's owed $28K

Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News   Feb 20, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/black-panel-press-diamond-1.7461515

 

'Maya, Give Me a Title' Review: Michel Gondry Dreams Up a Deliciously Silly World of Stop-Motion Adventure

The French filmmaker's first animated feature, competing in Berlin's Generation Kplus section, is an hourlong compilation of handmade shorts he made for his daughter over a period of six years.

Sheri Linden

February 20, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/maya-give-me-a-title-review-michel-gondry-stop-motion-animation-1236140976/

 

EXCLUSIVE: DSTLRY LAUNCHES NEW RETAILER PLATFORM, 'TASTING ROOM,' AT COMICSPRO

App Will Offer Previews, Info, and Incentives for Retailers

  Brigid Alverson on February 20, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58899/exclusive-dstlry-launches-new-retailer-platform-tasting-room-comicspro

 

Ray Mundo Futcast interviews Roy of the Rovers Editor Barrie Tomlinson "Live from Melchester"

John Freeman on February 20, 2025  https://downthetubes.net/ray-mundo-futcast-interviews-roy-of-the-rovers-editor-barrie-tomlinson-live-from-melchester/

 

"The 2000AD Art of Sean Phillips" out in October

John Freeman on February 20, 2025

https://downthetubes.net/the-2000ad-art-of-sean-phillips-out-in-october/

 

Fighting the Streaming Wars With Prestige Cartoons [GKIDS]

Eric Vilas-Boas,

Vulture  Feb. 20, 2025

https://www.vulture.com/article/gkids-animation-toho-acquisition-streaming.html

 

'Super Duper Bunny League' Swoops in to Save the Day on Nickelodeon

Mercedes Milligan

February 20, 2025  https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/nickelodeon-unmasks-brand-new-pre-k-toon-super-duper-bunny-league/

 

'Robot Chicken' Celebrates 20 Years of Animated Parodies with New Adult Swim Special

Mercedes Milligan

February 20, 2025

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/robot-chicken-celebrates-20-years-of-animated-parodies-with-new-adult-swim-special/

 

'Captain America must die in China': Nationalism fuels Ne Zha 2 fans

Koh Ewe

BBC News February 20 2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl026rw7xpo

 

Kickstart Entertainment Workers Vote To Leave The Canadian Animation Guild

By Amid Amidi | 02/20/2025

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/kickstart-entertainment-workers-have-voted-to-leave-the-canadian-animation-guild-245941.html

 

'Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse' Review

Alan Gardner 

February 20, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/20/art-spiegelman-disaster-is-my-muse-review/

 

'Conej Steps Out' Is A Charming, Exuberant Homage To The Golden Age Of American Animation [Spain]

By Chris Robinson | 02/19/2025  https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/conej-steps-out-is-a-charming-exuberant-homage-to-the-golden-age-of-american-animation-245928.html

 

The Daily Heller: Knowing Which Way the Wind Blows [ The Weatherman,  Nathan Fox interview]

The Daily Heller February 17 2025

By Steven Heller

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-which-way-the-wind-blows/

 

10 wry, controversial, viral covers from the New Yorker's 100 years

The New Yorker, now celebrating its centenary, has defied media trends by giving an unusual amount of control to the artists behind its conversation-starting covers.

By Michael Cavna

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/02/21/new-yorker-covers-100th-anniversary/

 

M Is for Mortality: Lessons from Edward Gorey on His Hundredth Birthday

Gorey said, "I write about everyday life." His work reminds us that death is a major fact of existence.

By Bryn Durgin and Navied Mahdavian

February 21, 2025

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/m-is-for-mortality-lessons-from-edward-gorey-on-his-hundredth-birthday

 

IDW Hires Kim Estlund, April Venditti & Zane Lomeli, Promotes Many

20 Feb 2025  Rich Johnston  https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-hires-kim-estlund-april-venditti-zane-lomeli-promotes-many

 

Rocketship Signs With Lunar, Hires SNL's Danielle Garre As VP

20 Feb 2025  Rich Johnston https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rocketship-lunar-snl-danielle-garre-vp/

 

Exclusive Interview: Adriana Melo on Their Latest Campaign, THE ART OF ADRIANA MELO! [Brazil]   

By Diego Higuera on 02/21/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-interview-adriana-melo-on-their-latest-campaign-the-art-of-adriana-melo/

 

Ethics Gradient – This Week's Links

Clark Burscough | February 21, 2025

https://www.tcj.com/ethics-gradient-this-weeks-links/

 

As 'The New Yorker' turns 100, an art editor reflects on its distinctive look [Françoise Mouly]

STEVE INSKEEP,and LEILA FADEL

Morning Edition February 19, 2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5300020/as-the-new-yorker-turns-100-an-art-editor-reflects-on-its-distinctive-look

 

Anand Shenoy, February 19th, 2025 [aka Anand Shenoy on How Comics Chose Me; India.]

New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 414;  Feb 19, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qJ9VqlrPko

 

Beloved Tacoma comic book shop known for its queer and BIPOC-friendly titles to close

By Becca Most

  Tacoma News-Trbune February 14, 2025

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article300152059.html

 

The Beginning After The End Web Comic's TurtleMe on His Upcoming Anime Adaptation

by MrAJCosplay & Rebecca Silverman, Feb 19th 2025

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-02-19/the-beginning-after-the-end-web-comic-turtleme-on-his-upcoming-anime-adaptation/.217387

 

The grand mythology of the Fourth World: Ram V and Evan Cagle on 'The New Gods' #3

David Brooke

February 17, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/17/the-new-gods-3-ram-v-evan-cagle/

 

TMNT Tuesday #4: Tom Waltz and Luis Antonio Delgado answer your fan questions

David Brooke

February 18, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/18/tmnt-tuesday-4-tom-waltz-delgado/

 

Absolute Flash: Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles talk redefining Wally West

David Brooke

February 20, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/20/absolute-flash-jeff-lemire-nick-robles-qa/

 

Yoon Ha Lee explores the cost of heroism in 'Doom's Division'

David Brooke

February 21, 2025

https://aiptcomics.com/2025/02/21/yoon-ha-lee-explores-the-cost-of-heroism-in-dooms-division/

 

PW Comics World: More To Come

More to Come 660: Meg Lemke Named Eisner Judge and More

Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons

on 02/14/2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=1355

 

Off Panel #487: Know Yourself with Tradd Moore

Feb 17 2025

https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-487-know-yourself-with-tradd-moore

 

David F. Walker, Mark Twain and Big Jim

By Beth Accomando

KPBS' Cinema Junkie February 13, 2025

https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/cinema-junkie/david-f-walker-mark-twain-big-jim-and-the-white-boy

 

At Home with Michael D. Kennedy for Milk White Steed

Drawn and Quarterly February 18 2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGORxSRI-U9/

 

Smash Pages Q&A | MK Reed + Jonathan Hill on 'Budding Crisis'

The creators of 'Americus' reunite for a new fantasy series from Comixology Originals.

JK Parkin

February 18, 2025

https://smashpages.net/2025/02/18/smash-pages-qa-mk-reed-jonathan-hill-on-budding-crisis/

 

DS Interview: Comic Writer Matthew Rosenberg talks punk rock, "What's The Furthest Place From Here?" and more

Forrest Gaddis

Dying Scene February 17 2025

https://dyingscene.com/ds-interview-comic-writer-matthew-rosenberg-talks-punk-rock-whats-the-furthest-place-from-here-and-more/

 

Graphic novels, zines from the Northeast have become a gateway to know the region

The Brahmaputra Literature Festival brought together artists, illustrators, poets, from Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, among other northeastern states. [India]

Tina Das

The Print 14 February, 2025  https://theprint.in/feature/around-town/graphic-novels-zines-from-northeast-become-gateway-to-know-region/2493266/

 

Review: 'I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer' Is A Bloody Good Time

Tiffany Leigh,

Feb 18, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/tiffanyleigh/2025/02/18/review-i-was-a-fashion-school-serial-killer-is-a-bloody-good-time/

 

Fans And Scholars Are Rediscovering Their Love For Romance Comics

Rob Salkowitz,

Feb 14, 2025, https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2025/02/14/fans-and-scholars-are-rediscovering-their-love-for-romance-comics/

 

How MAD magazine, family ghosts and censorship made Art Spiegelman an anti-fascist artist

A new documentary about the 'Maus' author reveals his influences, and what keeps him up at night

By PJ Grisar

The Forward February 18, 2025

https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/697249/art-spiegelman-documentary-maus-comic-book-ban-holocaust/

 

The Combined Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2024!

February 15, 2025 Jamie Coville

https://jamiecoville.com/blog/blog/2025/02/15/the-combined-best-comics-graphic-novels-of-2024/

Friday, February 21, 2025

Make Monarchies Great Again by Daniel Boris





New Yorker covers by Cavna and Mouly

10 wry, controversial, viral covers from the New Yorker's 100 years

The New Yorker, now celebrating its centenary, has defied media trends by giving an unusual amount of control to the artists behind its conversation-starting covers.

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 2/20/2025

It's the End of an Era for Shonen Jump & Manga As We Know It

  Angelo Delos Trinos

CBR February 15 2025

https://www.cbr.com/shonen-jump-undead-unluck-mha-jjk-manga-ending/

 

The Art and Politics of Ollie Harrington by Mark Anthony Neal

Mark Anthony Neal (T/X: @NewBlackMan)

February 16 2025

https://medium.com/@tnimixtape/the-art-and-politics-of-ollie-harrington-by-mark-anthony-neal-b0e83770bf25

 

BLOOMSBURY LAUNCHES 'MARVEL AGE OF COMICS' SERIES

Short, Focused Takes on Marvel History, Similar to '33 1/3' Music Books

  Brigid Alverson on February 19, 2025

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58886/bloomsbury-launches-marvel-age-comics-series

 

Jim Silke, Grammy Award-Winning Graphic Designer, Photographer, Writer, and Comic Book Artist, Passes Away at 93

  Brian Cronin

CBR February 19 2025

https://www.cbr.com/jim-silke-artist-obituary/

 

Steven Appleby keeping it unreal

    Glenn Marshall

    Professional Cartoonists' Association Blog,  February 18, 2025

    https://procartoonists.org/steven-appleby-keeping-it-unreal/

 

Flash Gordon: Lowland Station Tales by Schkade, et al. – Updated

D. D. Degg

February 20, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/20/flash-gordon-lowland-station-tales-by-schkade-and-guests/

 

New 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Animated Series Greenlit at Nickelodeon

The announcement of 'Avatar: Seven Havens' is timed to the 20th anniversary of the original show's premiere.

Rick Porter

February 20, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/new-avatar-the-last-airbender-animated-series-nickelodeon-1236141377/

 

Nickelodeon Rides With 'Kid Cowboy,' Its First Original Animated Series for YouTube (Exclusive)

The show, created by Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler, follows a young cowboy dedicated to fighting for good.

Rick Porter

January 24, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kid-cowboy-nickelodeon-animated-series-youtube-1236116775/

 

'You can do all kinds of weird stuff if you're delivering the goods': The Zander Cannon Interview

Jake Zawlacki | February 20, 2025 https://www.tcj.com/you-can-do-all-kinds-of-weird-stuff-if-youre-delivering-the-goods-the-zander-cannon-interview/


Marvel Age Of Comics Series is coming via Bloomsbury
Christian Angeles on 02/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-age-of-comics-series-is-coming-via-bloomsbury/

Bloomsbury, Marvel Strike Deal for Marvel Age of Comics Series
By Jim Milliot
Feb 19, 2025
A version of this article appeared in the 02/24/2025 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/licensing/article/97127-bloomsbury-marvel-strike-deal-for-marvel-age-of-comics-series.html

My Comic Book Page Template and Lettering Technique
Terry Moore Art
 Feb 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN_iST3Ps80

Words, Images, & Worlds with Jack Pittman
Jason DeHart
 Feb 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfonAe5T2_Q

TAPE DEC #12 | Joe Mulvey
Declan Shalvey
 Feb 19, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AolApsyfae4

Matthew Rosenberg - We're Taking Everyone Down With Us
Justin Soderberg
 Feb 19, 2025 Capes and Tights Podcast #211
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9_uSeZ2XU

Terry Dodson and Matt Fraction Talk Adventureman
wordballoon
 Feb 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbpSjr7ecSU

Review Essay: Wilhelm Busch. Die Bildergeschichten. Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe. Bearbeitet von Hans Ries
David Kunzle
IJoCA No. 5-2 (Fall 2003): 441-449 

Busch, Wilhelm, Hans Ries, and Ingrid Haberland (eds.). 2002.  Die Bildergeschichten. Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe. Hanover: Schlütersche


Acclaimed writer Jeremy Adams signs exclusive contract with DC Comics
Taimur Dar on 02/20/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/jeremy-adams-signs-exclusive-contract-with-dc-comics/

I tried a new AI-generated comic book app and Marvel has nothing to worry about [Pocket Toons]
Eric Hal Schwartz
TechRadar Feb 19 2025
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/i-tried-a-new-ai-generated-comic-book-app-and-marvel-has-nothing-to-worry-about

Cartoonist Kate Beaton rewrites the classic mermaid tale
The Cape Breton author draws from her roots in a bold new children's book
By Kate Spencer
Broadview March 2025 (online February 18, 2025 )
https://broadview.org/category/magazine/2025-03/

2024 Children's Bestsellers: Graphic Novels, YA Sequels, and Old Favorites Chart High
Compiled by Cady Zeng
Feb 20, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/97136-2024-children-s-bestsellers-graphic-novels-ya-sequels-and-old-favorites-chart-high.html

Fanbase Press Interviews Philippe Labaune on the Launch of the Will Eisner Exhibit at the Philippe Labaune Gallery    
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
    February 19, 2025
     https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56351-fanbase-press-interviews-philippe-labaune-on-the-launch-of-the-will-eisner-exhibit-at-the-philippe-labaune-gallery/

The MCU's simplified Presidents reflect its simplified heroes
Marvel doesn't know what to do with the President, because Marvel doesn't know what to do with power.
By Rory Doherty  |  February 19, 2025
https://www.avclub.com/marvel-cinematic-universe-presidents-superheroes-power


MacGYVER YOUR ENTHUSIASM (15): LIQUID TELEVISION | 1991–95
By: Marc Weidenbaum
February 20, 2025
https://www.hilobrow.com/2025/02/20/macgyver-15/

MacGYVER YOUR ENTHUSIASM (5): TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | 1987–1996
By: Adelina Vaca
January 15, 2025
https://www.hilobrow.com/2025/01/15/macgyver-5/

MacGYVER YOUR ENTHUSIASM (1): MAX HEADROOM | 1987–1988
By: Michael Grasso
January 2, 2025
https://www.hilobrow.com/2025/01/02/macgyver-1/

Comics Research Bibliography 2024 E-book Edition
Mike Rhode; John A. Lent; Tony R. Rose
Arlington, VA: ComicsDC 2025
Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2024


Comics Research Bibliography 2024 E-book Edition available online now

29 years in the making, the latest version of the Comics Research Bibliography by Mike Rhode; John A. Lent; Tony R. Rose is available for free online.

Now at 1,614 pages (up from 2023's 1535 pages), it's available at https://archive.org/details/crb-2024 . An asterisk (*) marks entries or articles that are new since the last published version – 1,701 of them. Daily listings of articles to be included in the future can be found on here on the ComicsDC blog 
 
Also newly online is The Lent Comic Art Classification 2017 Edition by John A. Lent and Mike Rhode, which since 2009 provides the skeleton for the CRB. Find it at https://archive.org/details/lent-comic-art-classification-2017-edition-with-covers

SPX Announces Art Spiegelman Documentary at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center



Contact: Warren Bernard


Email: warren@smallpressexpo.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Small Press Expo and AFI Silver Theatre Announce Comic-Related Film Series, Kicking Off with the Washington, DC area Premiere of Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse! on March 9


Bethesda, MD (February 20, 2025) – The Small Press Expo (SPX) is pleased to announce an exciting collaboration with the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to present a film series celebrating comics and their impact on storytelling. This special series will feature screenings of acclaimed films and documentaries, culminating in the highly anticipated SPX 2025 weekend, that will occur September 13-14.


The series launches with the Washington, DC premiere of Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse! on Sunday, March 9, at 7:00 PM at the AFI Silver Theatre.


This intimate documentary explores the life and creative process of legendary Maus cartoonist Art Spiegelman.


Following the screening, co-director Philip Dolan will participate in a Q&A session to discuss the making of the film and Spiegelman's profound influence on the comics world.

Throughout the year, the SPX-AFI Silver film series will continue with a diverse lineup of films celebrating comics, cartoonists, and their unique storytelling power.


In April, the series will feature Funny Pages, a teen coming-of-age story about becoming a cartoonist, screening in 35mm with a special appearance by director Owen Kline. Tickets go on sale next week at AFI.com/Silver.

  

"We're incredibly excited to partner with AFI Silver to bring these films to the DC-area audience," said SPX Executive Director Warren Bernard. "This series not only showcases the artistry and storytelling of comics but also celebrates the creators who have shaped the medium."


Further screenings and guest appearances will be announced in the coming months. For tickets and additional information, please visit AFI.com/Silver.

 

Small Press Expo (SPX) is the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. SPX is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together more than 650 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators. The expo includes a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year's guests.

The Ignatz Award is a festival prize held every year at SPX recognizing outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning, with the winners chosen by attendees at the show.

For more information on the Small Press Expo, please visit http://www.smallpressexpo.com.
Small Press Expo
P.O. Box 5704
Bethesda, Maryland
20824
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