'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams says he has aggressive prostate cancer
The creator of the comic strip satirizing office culture said he has the same type of cancer as former president Joe Biden — but may only have months left to live.
May 20, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams also has prostate cancer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/05/20/scott-adams-prostate-cancer-dilbert-biden/
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/19/2025
Diamond Select Toys shut down and more on Diamond layoffs
Heidi MacDonald on 05/19/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/diamond-select-toys-shut-down-and-more-on-diamond-layoffs/
UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP - ALLIANCE AND DIAMOND
Acquisitions of Alliance Game Distributors and Diamond Comic Distributors Close
Milton Griepp on May 16, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59575/under-new-ownership-alliance-diamond
COMIC EXECUTIVES, OTHERS, LAID OFF AT DIAMOND As Ad Populum Takes Control
Milton Griepp on May 19, 2025 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59578/comic-executives-others-laid-off-diamond
Rediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released
By Victor Mather
A version of this article appears in print on May 13, 2025, Section C, Page 5 of the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/arts/television/thomas-friends-pilot-episode-ringo-starr.html
Thomas Nast – Good? Bad? Ugly?
D. D. Degg
May 18, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/18/thomas-nast-good-bad-ugly/
How Thomas Nast's Cartoons Transformed American Life And Culture
By Kaleena Fraga
May 15, 2025
https://allthatsinteresting.com/thomas-nast-cartoons
Jigsaw artist brands games firm woke for ordering him to remove St George's flag and other details [Mike Jupp]
LETTICE BROMOVSKY
12 May 2025 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14702073/Jigsaw-artist-games-woke-remove-St-Georges-flag.html
Artist says woke bosses ordered him to remove St George's flag from jigsaw puzzle [Mike Jupp]
Paul Sims,
11 May 2025
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34902996/artist-woke-st-georges-flag-puzzles/
Keeping it Savage with "Grim" Jim Zub
Gary B The Casual Comic Guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zlueN3YtTw
May 17, 2025
Director Alex Boya Shares the Special Ingredients of His Cannes and Annecy Short, 'Bread Will Walk' [Canada]
Ramin Zahed
Pakistani Animated Feature 'The Glassworker' Heads to U.S. Theaters with Watermelon Pics
Animation Magazine
Mike Deodato On Not Getting Paid For Ironheart By Marvel Studios
Riri Williams' co-creator Mike Deodato talks about not getting paid for the Ironheart TV show by Marvel, and calls on Marvel to do better
18 May 2025
Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mike-deodato-not-paid-ironheart-marvel-studios/
Diamond Select Toys Shut Down As Part Of Ad Populum Purchase?
18 May 2025
Rich Johnston
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/diamond-select-toys-shut-down-as-part-of-ad-populum-purchase/
["Sad to see the end of Diamond Comics as we knew it..."]
Paul Levitz
Paul Levitz's PostMay 17 2025
RIP Jackson 'Butch' Guice, June 27, 1961-May 1, 2025
Andrew Farago | May 19, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/rip-jackson-butch-guice-june-27-1961-may-1-2025/
Groth, Gary. 2025.
An Interview with Jonathan Lackman & Zachary J. Pinson [The Woman With Fifty Faces].
Fantagraphics Bookseller Newsletter (May): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pbqzysw3b95et2ika36a2/Interview-with-Jon-Lackman-and-Zachary-J-Pinson.pdf
Groth, Gary. 2025.
An Interview with Carol Tyler [The Ephemerata].
Fantagraphics Bookseller Newsletter (May): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8kxbczwnbbzbs5ai7qrop/Interview-with-Carol-Tyler.pdf
Groth, Conrad. 2025.
An Interview with Laura Pérez {Spain; ' Nocturnos'].
Fantagraphics Bookseller Newsletter (May): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/av5ix6lerxvi47oabgwhh/Interview-with-Laura-Perez_Final.pdf
Tommi Parrish Author Q+A [Australian trans cartoonist]
Eric Reynolds
Fantagraphics
May 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrXx9YK9lcI
MY LITTLE WARLORD and SHAZAM among new DC GO! webcomic title announcements
Taimur Dar on 05/19/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/new-dc-go-webcomic-titles-announced/
A new cyber-sci-fi epic from Fred Van Lente
word balloon
May 19 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZsuZYwkSOg
Daniel Kibblesmith Talks Darkwing Duck
The Comics Cube with Duy Tano
May 19, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiEKzz-sdgI
'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' Stands on the Shoulders of Animation
Twenty years later, 'Revenge of the Sith' wouldn't have its legacy without the two 'Clone Wars' building on and improving the prequels.
By Justin Carter
io9 May 19, 2025 https://gizmodo.com/revenge-of-the-sith-20th-anniversary-clone-wars-animation-2000604026
Animation Studio Toei Wants to Use AI for Future Productions
In the next few years, anime made by Toei may be touched up by AI in some capacity.
By Justin Carter
io9 May 18, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/animation-studio-toei-wants-to-use-ai-for-future-productions-2000603817
Diamond Staff Laid Off in Post-Acquisition Restructuring
May 19, 2025
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5373
Sentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie
Features by Joshua Lapin-Bertone, Contributing writer
Additional contributions by Chris Arrant
Apr 29 2025 Popverse
https://www.thepopverse.com/movies-comics-marvel-studios-thunderbolts-the-sentry-creators-creator-paul-jenkins-rick-veitch-cast-aside
Marvel's X-Men comics are broken, says Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, but he knows who can fix them (No, it's not him)
Graeme McMillan, Editor
May 19 2025 Popverse
https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-rob-liefeld-marvel-xmen-scott-snyder-broken-podcast-robservations
Short Lived British Comics: Marvel UK's "Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails"
By John Freeman
downthetubes May 18, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/short-lived-british-comics-marvel-uks-lady-lovely-locks-and-the-pixietails/
In Memoriam: Comic Artist Mario Capaldi
John Freeman
downthetubes on 6th July 2004.
https://downthetubes.net/british-comics-reference/in-memoriam-comic-artist-mario-capaldi/
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2' Delayed a Year to 2027
Paramount is also delaying the release of 'The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender' to later in 2026.
Ryan Gajewski
May 16, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-2-delays-release-1236219433/
Ann Telnaes, Liza Donnelly: cartoonistes, Américaines et en colère
À Morges, la Maison du dessin de presse frappe fort en exposant ces deux dessinatrices de presse qui comptent. Rencontre sans tabou.
Florence Millioud
17.05.2025, https://www.24heures.ch/maison-du-dessin-de-presse-deux-voix-americaines-qui-comptent-369000634305
Monday, May 19, 2025
Telnaes and Donnelly interviewed, but in French
Ann Telnaes, Liza Donnelly: cartoonistes, Américaines et en colère
À Morges, la Maison du dessin de presse frappe fort en exposant ces deux dessinatrices de presse qui comptent. Rencontre sans tabou.
Florence Millioud
17.05.2025, https://www.24heures.ch/maison-du-dessin-de-presse-deux-voix-americaines-qui-comptent-369000634305
Tom King talked about Supergirl on io9
The Team Behind Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Looks Back on Kara's Legacy, and Her Future
Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes sit down with io9 to discuss shaping Supergirl's modern legacy in Woman of Tomorrow.
Shannon Gallant remembers Butch Guice
It's towards the bottom of this obituary.
RIP Jackson 'Butch' Guice, June 27, 1961-May 1, 2025
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/17-18/2025
Britos, Maximiliano. 2020.
Entrevista a Germán Erramouspe (Parte 1-2).
Legado de Orfeo (September 9, 11): https://legadodeorfeo.com.ar/entrevista-a-german-erramouspe-parte-1/ and https://legadodeorfeo.com.ar/entrevista-a-german-erramouspe-parte-2/
Freeman, John. 2025.
Comic Creator Spotlight: Artist Germán Erramouspe [Argentina].
Downthetubes (May 17): https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-artist-german-erramouspe/
Entrevista a Germán Erramouspe (Parte 1-2).
Legado de Orfeo (September 9, 11): https://legadodeorfeo.com.ar/entrevista-a-german-erramouspe-parte-1/ and https://legadodeorfeo.com.ar/entrevista-a-german-erramouspe-parte-2/
Freeman, John. 2025.
Comic Creator Spotlight: Artist Germán Erramouspe [Argentina].
Downthetubes (May 17): https://downthetubes.net/comic-creator-spotlight-artist-german-erramouspe/
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/16/2025
It's official: Diamond Comics acquired by Universal Distribution and Ad Populum
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/its-official-diamond-comics-acquired-by-universal-distribution-and-ad-populum/
Breaking: "Massive" layoffs at Diamond Comics today
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/breaking-massive-layoffs-at-diamond-comics-today/
Aftershock Comics emerges from bankruptcy
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/aftershock-comics-emerges-from-bankruptcy/
Business Wrap-up: Rebellion goes with Lunar, Dynamite explores, comings and goings
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/business-wrap-up-rebellion-lunar-dynamite/
Rebellion/2000AD/Judge Dredd Signs Up To Lunar Distribution
Rich Johnston
15 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rebellion-2000ad-judge-dredd-signs-up-to-lunar-distribution/
Universal Distribution And Ad Populum Officially Buy Diamond Comics
by Rich Johnston
16 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/universal-distribution-and-ad-populum-officially-buy-diamond-comics/
Turtel Onli, indie comic book pioneer and Black Age of Comics founder, dies at 72
Evgenia Anastasakos,
Feb 10, 2025 https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/turtel-onli-indie-comic-book-pioneer-and-black-age-of-comics-founder-dies-at-72/article_36518b80-e801-11ef-be77-bbc4ae17d6ea.html
Interview: NICK CARTER takes on comics, AI, and LOVE LIFE TRAGEDY [music]
Deanna Destito on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-nick-carter-takes-on-comics-ai-and-love-life-tragedy/
Clark, Alan. 1998. Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors. London: The British Library
Friday Spill: Whatever Gave You That Idea? [gag cartoon ideas]
Michael Maslin
Inkspill May 16, 2025
https://michaelmaslin.com/friday-spill-what-ever-gave-you-that-idea/
Dan McDaid auctions unusual Thunderbolts* art in aid of mental health charity, MIND
John Freeman on May 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/dan-mcdaid-auctions-unusual-thunderbolts-art-in-aid-of-mental-health-charity-mind/
Why Comics and Crowdfunding Are a Perfect Match
By Tyler James, Publisher of ComixTribe, Creator of the ComixLaunch Comic Book Crowdfunding Planner
downthetubes May 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/why-comics-and-crowdfunding-are-a-perfect-match/
Well Before Star Trek Hit TV, Starfleet Took Flight With a Little-Known Comic [in UK's Joe 90 anthology]
Ambrose Tardive
Feb 10, 2025 https://screenrant.com/star-trek-old-comic-tv-show-differences-factoid/
Hilma af Klint Inspires an Artist to Take a Closer Look
She was an artist who believed in progress, in the evolution of humanity.
Sarah Glidden
Hyperallergic April 19, 2019
https://hyperallergic.com/496146/hilma-af-klint-inspires-an-artist-to-take-a-closer-look/
When The Subway Sun Ruled NYC's Underground
With its signature two-toned design and illustrations, the mock newspaper encouraged polite passenger etiquette and promoted local attractions. [Fred Cooper]
Maya Pontone May 15, 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1008490/when-the-subway-sun-ruled-nyc-underground-poster-house/
Zapiro Cartoon Deemed Unfit
D. D. Degg
May 16, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/16/zapiro-cartoon-deemed-unfit/
Solidarity and AfriForum vs Daily Maverick [Zapiro]
Tyrone August
30 April 2025
https://presscouncil.org.za/2025/05/05/solidarity-and-afriforum-vs-daily-maverick/
2025 Jay Kennedy Scholarships to Samantha Huyck/Abby McColgan
D. D. Degg
May 16, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/15/2025-jay-kennedy-scholarship-to-samantha-huyck-and-abby-mccolgan/
Clay Jones versus ToonAmerica AI-yi-yi (and some good news)
D. D. Degg
May 15, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/15/clay-jones-versus-toonamerica-ai-yi-yi-and-some-good-news/
'Arco' Review: In Charming, Natalie Portman-Produced French Animated Film, a Boy From the Future Must Find His Way Home
Illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's debut feature tells a story of unexpected friendship and the fate of a world impacted by climate change.
Lovia Gyarkye
May 16, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/arco-review-natalie-portman-animation-1236215110/
The Beat Digest 05/16/25: Remender and Acuña plot an ESCAPE
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-051625/
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
May 15, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-128/
The Daily Heller: Peter Kuper Takes a Bug's-Eye View of the World
By Steven Heller
The Daily Heller May 13 2025
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-peter-kuper-takes-a-bugs-eye-view-of-the-world/
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred thirty-seven | Mark Waid, part two
May 16, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/pay-it-no-mind
'Fairly OddParents' Creator Butch Hartman Launches Independent Animation Studio
Mercedes Milligan
May 15, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/fairly-oddparents-creator-butch-hartman-launches-faith-based-animation-studio/
'Hair Love' Director Matthew A. Cherry Launches Kickstarter for New Musical Short
Mercedes Milligan
May 15, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/hair-love-director-matthew-a-cherry-launches-kickstarter-for-new-musical-short/
The Director of 'Thunderbolts*' Unpacks the Movie's Spoilers
The filmmaker Jake Schreier explains how a test of the film led to a change in the ending and other developments.
By Kyle Buchanan
May 16, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/movies/thunderbolts-jake-schreier-movie-ending-changes.html
Inside 3 Rare art spiegelman Books | Collector's Commentary with Paul C. Tumey
Paul C. Tumey Author
May 4, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2L1ZhzpxB8
Al Ewing Thor Green Lantern Venom and More
word balloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZRi-Ouo0U
Matt Bors Talks Toxic Avenger and more
word balloon May 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir9pAWCyedI
Brodner Kuper
Steve Brodner May 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAu-5AiASq0
Peter Kuper interview: On Comics and INSECTOPOLIS
Henry Chamberlain
May 9, 2025
https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/05/09/peter-kuper-interview-on-comics-and-insectopolis/
Here's Your First Look at Nicolas Cage's SPIDER-NOIR
by Eric Diaz
May 13 2025
https://nerdist.com/article/nicolas-cage-spider-noir-prime-video-series-first-look/
Watch Daredevil Brooding in the Rain for 10 Hours in Marvel's Latest ASMR Video
by Eric Diaz
May 12 2025
https://nerdist.com/article/marvel-daredevil-rain-asmr-ambiance-video/
Fanbase Press Interviews Stephan Franck on His Return to Kickstarter for the Neo-Noir Graphic Novel Series, 'Palomino: Volumes 4 and 5'
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press May 15, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56762-fanbase-press-interviews-stephan-franck-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-neo-noir-graphic-novel-series-palomino-volumes-4-and-5/
Fanbase Press Interviews Sara Kenney on Launching a Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Acid Box,' with Avery Hill
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
May 9, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56730-fanbase-press-interviews-sara-kenney-on-launching-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-acid-box-with-avery-hill/
Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92 [Superman musical and movie co-writer]
Douglas Martin
A version of this article appears in print on May 14, 2025, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Robert Benton, Force Behind Bonnie, Clyde and Kramers, Dies at 92
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/movies/robert-benton-dead.html
At Least, Be Human – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | May 16, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/at-least-be-human-this-weeks-links/
Off Panel #499: Giallo-wood with Alejandro Arbona
May 12 2025
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-499-giallo-wood-with-alejandro-arbona
Dan Nadel on Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life, May 6, 2025
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 424 May 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsS7g7d4d0c
'Absolute Batman' restores a long-lost Bruce Wayne trait
Diane Darcy
May 15, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/15/absolute-batman-homages-golden-age-scott-snyder/
The Absolute truth: Scott Snyder on rebuilding Batman and why comics matter more than ever
The modern comics legend is using 'Absolute Batman' to redefine his career and comics at-large.
David Brooke
May 13, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/13/scott-snyder-absolute-batman-qa/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 328: Scott Snyder's 'Absolute Batman': Fear, Trauma, and Rebuilding a Dark Knight
David Brooke and Chris Coplan
May 11, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/11/aipt-comics-podcast-328-scott-snyders-absolute-batman/
Inside 'Exquisite Corpses': James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh unleash a serial killer event unlike any other
David Brooke
May 12, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/12/exquisite-corpses-tynion-walsh-qa/
Found in Translation: Two theater veterans forge their own artistic path by freely adapting the acclaimed graphic novel, Berlin.
By Web Behrens
April 9, 2025, https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2025/the-acclaimed-graphic-novel-berlin-hits-the-stage/
Long London, Magic & the future of Humanity
by smoky man in collaboration with Omar Martini & Francesco Pelosi
May 6, 2025
https://alanmooreworld.blogspot.com/2025/05/long-london-magic-future-of-humanity.html
Versus, 'Fall in Love, You False Angels,' Historie Win 49th Kodansha Manga Awards
2025-05-12 Joanna Cayanan
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-12/versus-fall-in-love-you-false-angels-historie-win-49th-kodansha-manga-awards/.224366
Japanese manga artist urges calm over viral 2025 earthquake prediction [Ryo Tatsuki]
15-05-2025
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world-news/article/302550/Japanese-manga-artist-urges-calm-over-viral-2025-earthquake-prediction
Japan dismisses viral manga, feng shui earthquake rumours as tourist bookings plunge [Ryo Tatsuki]
Julian Ryall
30 Apr 2025 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3308398/japan-dismisses-viral-manga-feng-shui-earthquake-rumours-tourist-bookings-plunge
What's behind these weird viral rumours of a massive earthquake in Japan in July? [Ryo Tatsuki]
Julia Davis
06 May 2025
https://macaonews.org/travel/japan-july-earthquake-rumours-ryo-tatsuki/
Disaster prophecy in 1999 Japan book leads to flight reductions, canceled trips from HK [Ryo Tatsuki]
Ayane Matsuyama
May 17, 2025 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250516/p2a/00m/0na/002000c
Ep. 119: Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1, by Naoya Matsumoto
May 15, 2025
https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-119-kaiju-no-8-vol-1-by-naoya-matsumoto/
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/its-official-diamond-comics-acquired-by-universal-distribution-and-ad-populum/
Breaking: "Massive" layoffs at Diamond Comics today
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/breaking-massive-layoffs-at-diamond-comics-today/
Aftershock Comics emerges from bankruptcy
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/aftershock-comics-emerges-from-bankruptcy/
Business Wrap-up: Rebellion goes with Lunar, Dynamite explores, comings and goings
Heidi MacDonald on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/business-wrap-up-rebellion-lunar-dynamite/
Rebellion/2000AD/Judge Dredd Signs Up To Lunar Distribution
Rich Johnston
15 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/rebellion-2000ad-judge-dredd-signs-up-to-lunar-distribution/
Universal Distribution And Ad Populum Officially Buy Diamond Comics
by Rich Johnston
16 May 2025
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/universal-distribution-and-ad-populum-officially-buy-diamond-comics/
Turtel Onli, indie comic book pioneer and Black Age of Comics founder, dies at 72
Evgenia Anastasakos,
Feb 10, 2025 https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/turtel-onli-indie-comic-book-pioneer-and-black-age-of-comics-founder-dies-at-72/article_36518b80-e801-11ef-be77-bbc4ae17d6ea.html
Interview: NICK CARTER takes on comics, AI, and LOVE LIFE TRAGEDY [music]
Deanna Destito on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-nick-carter-takes-on-comics-ai-and-love-life-tragedy/
Clark, Alan. 1998. Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors. London: The British Library
Friday Spill: Whatever Gave You That Idea? [gag cartoon ideas]
Michael Maslin
Inkspill May 16, 2025
https://michaelmaslin.com/friday-spill-what-ever-gave-you-that-idea/
Dan McDaid auctions unusual Thunderbolts* art in aid of mental health charity, MIND
John Freeman on May 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/dan-mcdaid-auctions-unusual-thunderbolts-art-in-aid-of-mental-health-charity-mind/
Why Comics and Crowdfunding Are a Perfect Match
By Tyler James, Publisher of ComixTribe, Creator of the ComixLaunch Comic Book Crowdfunding Planner
downthetubes May 15, 2025
https://downthetubes.net/why-comics-and-crowdfunding-are-a-perfect-match/
Well Before Star Trek Hit TV, Starfleet Took Flight With a Little-Known Comic [in UK's Joe 90 anthology]
Ambrose Tardive
Feb 10, 2025 https://screenrant.com/star-trek-old-comic-tv-show-differences-factoid/
Hilma af Klint Inspires an Artist to Take a Closer Look
She was an artist who believed in progress, in the evolution of humanity.
Sarah Glidden
Hyperallergic April 19, 2019
https://hyperallergic.com/496146/hilma-af-klint-inspires-an-artist-to-take-a-closer-look/
When The Subway Sun Ruled NYC's Underground
With its signature two-toned design and illustrations, the mock newspaper encouraged polite passenger etiquette and promoted local attractions. [Fred Cooper]
Maya Pontone May 15, 2025
https://hyperallergic.com/1008490/when-the-subway-sun-ruled-nyc-underground-poster-house/
Zapiro Cartoon Deemed Unfit
D. D. Degg
May 16, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/16/zapiro-cartoon-deemed-unfit/
Solidarity and AfriForum vs Daily Maverick [Zapiro]
Tyrone August
30 April 2025
https://presscouncil.org.za/2025/05/05/solidarity-and-afriforum-vs-daily-maverick/
2025 Jay Kennedy Scholarships to Samantha Huyck/Abby McColgan
D. D. Degg
May 16, 2025 https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/15/2025-jay-kennedy-scholarship-to-samantha-huyck-and-abby-mccolgan/
Clay Jones versus ToonAmerica AI-yi-yi (and some good news)
D. D. Degg
May 15, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/15/clay-jones-versus-toonamerica-ai-yi-yi-and-some-good-news/
'Arco' Review: In Charming, Natalie Portman-Produced French Animated Film, a Boy From the Future Must Find His Way Home
Illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's debut feature tells a story of unexpected friendship and the fate of a world impacted by climate change.
Lovia Gyarkye
May 16, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/arco-review-natalie-portman-animation-1236215110/
The Beat Digest 05/16/25: Remender and Acuña plot an ESCAPE
Christopher Chiu-Tabet on 05/16/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-051625/
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson
May 15, 2025
https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-128/
The Daily Heller: Peter Kuper Takes a Bug's-Eye View of the World
By Steven Heller
The Daily Heller May 13 2025
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-peter-kuper-takes-a-bugs-eye-view-of-the-world/
IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode one hundred thirty-seven | Mark Waid, part two
May 16, 2025
https://ashcanpress.substack.com/p/pay-it-no-mind
'Fairly OddParents' Creator Butch Hartman Launches Independent Animation Studio
Mercedes Milligan
May 15, 2025 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/fairly-oddparents-creator-butch-hartman-launches-faith-based-animation-studio/
'Hair Love' Director Matthew A. Cherry Launches Kickstarter for New Musical Short
Mercedes Milligan
May 15, 2025
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/hair-love-director-matthew-a-cherry-launches-kickstarter-for-new-musical-short/
The Director of 'Thunderbolts*' Unpacks the Movie's Spoilers
The filmmaker Jake Schreier explains how a test of the film led to a change in the ending and other developments.
By Kyle Buchanan
May 16, 2025,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/movies/thunderbolts-jake-schreier-movie-ending-changes.html
Inside 3 Rare art spiegelman Books | Collector's Commentary with Paul C. Tumey
Paul C. Tumey Author
May 4, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2L1ZhzpxB8
Al Ewing Thor Green Lantern Venom and More
word balloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZRi-Ouo0U
Matt Bors Talks Toxic Avenger and more
word balloon May 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir9pAWCyedI
Brodner Kuper
Steve Brodner May 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAu-5AiASq0
Peter Kuper interview: On Comics and INSECTOPOLIS
Henry Chamberlain
May 9, 2025
https://comicsgrinder.com/2025/05/09/peter-kuper-interview-on-comics-and-insectopolis/
Here's Your First Look at Nicolas Cage's SPIDER-NOIR
by Eric Diaz
May 13 2025
https://nerdist.com/article/nicolas-cage-spider-noir-prime-video-series-first-look/
Watch Daredevil Brooding in the Rain for 10 Hours in Marvel's Latest ASMR Video
by Eric Diaz
May 12 2025
https://nerdist.com/article/marvel-daredevil-rain-asmr-ambiance-video/
Fanbase Press Interviews Stephan Franck on His Return to Kickstarter for the Neo-Noir Graphic Novel Series, 'Palomino: Volumes 4 and 5'
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press May 15, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56762-fanbase-press-interviews-stephan-franck-on-his-return-to-kickstarter-for-the-neo-noir-graphic-novel-series-palomino-volumes-4-and-5/
Fanbase Press Interviews Sara Kenney on Launching a Kickstarter Campaign for the Graphic Novel, 'Acid Box,' with Avery Hill
Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief
May 9, 2025
https://fanbasepress.com/press/interviews/comics/item/56730-fanbase-press-interviews-sara-kenney-on-launching-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-the-graphic-novel-acid-box-with-avery-hill/
Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92 [Superman musical and movie co-writer]
Douglas Martin
A version of this article appears in print on May 14, 2025, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Robert Benton, Force Behind Bonnie, Clyde and Kramers, Dies at 92
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/movies/robert-benton-dead.html
At Least, Be Human – This Week's Links
Clark Burscough | May 16, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/at-least-be-human-this-weeks-links/
Off Panel #499: Giallo-wood with Alejandro Arbona
May 12 2025
https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-499-giallo-wood-with-alejandro-arbona
Dan Nadel on Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life, May 6, 2025
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium 424 May 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsS7g7d4d0c
'Absolute Batman' restores a long-lost Bruce Wayne trait
Diane Darcy
May 15, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/15/absolute-batman-homages-golden-age-scott-snyder/
The Absolute truth: Scott Snyder on rebuilding Batman and why comics matter more than ever
The modern comics legend is using 'Absolute Batman' to redefine his career and comics at-large.
David Brooke
May 13, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/13/scott-snyder-absolute-batman-qa/
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 328: Scott Snyder's 'Absolute Batman': Fear, Trauma, and Rebuilding a Dark Knight
David Brooke and Chris Coplan
May 11, 2025 https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/11/aipt-comics-podcast-328-scott-snyders-absolute-batman/
Inside 'Exquisite Corpses': James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh unleash a serial killer event unlike any other
David Brooke
May 12, 2025
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/12/exquisite-corpses-tynion-walsh-qa/
Found in Translation: Two theater veterans forge their own artistic path by freely adapting the acclaimed graphic novel, Berlin.
By Web Behrens
April 9, 2025, https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2025/the-acclaimed-graphic-novel-berlin-hits-the-stage/
Long London, Magic & the future of Humanity
by smoky man in collaboration with Omar Martini & Francesco Pelosi
May 6, 2025
https://alanmooreworld.blogspot.com/2025/05/long-london-magic-future-of-humanity.html
Versus, 'Fall in Love, You False Angels,' Historie Win 49th Kodansha Manga Awards
2025-05-12 Joanna Cayanan
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-12/versus-fall-in-love-you-false-angels-historie-win-49th-kodansha-manga-awards/.224366
Japanese manga artist urges calm over viral 2025 earthquake prediction [Ryo Tatsuki]
15-05-2025
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world-news/article/302550/Japanese-manga-artist-urges-calm-over-viral-2025-earthquake-prediction
Japan dismisses viral manga, feng shui earthquake rumours as tourist bookings plunge [Ryo Tatsuki]
Julian Ryall
30 Apr 2025 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3308398/japan-dismisses-viral-manga-feng-shui-earthquake-rumours-tourist-bookings-plunge
What's behind these weird viral rumours of a massive earthquake in Japan in July? [Ryo Tatsuki]
Julia Davis
06 May 2025
https://macaonews.org/travel/japan-july-earthquake-rumours-ryo-tatsuki/
Disaster prophecy in 1999 Japan book leads to flight reductions, canceled trips from HK [Ryo Tatsuki]
Ayane Matsuyama
May 17, 2025 (Mainichi Japan)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250516/p2a/00m/0na/002000c
Ep. 119: Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1, by Naoya Matsumoto
May 15, 2025
https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-119-kaiju-no-8-vol-1-by-naoya-matsumoto/
WaPo comics from Gemma Correll and Michelle Kondrich
These both appeared in print today. I'm not sure why they didn't run Kondrich's on Father's Day though.
An hour-by-hour countdown of your emotions on an international flight [in print as A cartoonist's take on the emotional journey that is a 10-hour flight]
Time flies when you're stuck in a tin can.
Guest column by Gemma Correll
Washington Post May 18, 202: F6.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/05/16/international-flight-emotions-comic/
free to read link: https://wapo.st/44K103s
When timelines cross
Watching my daughter with her grandfather brings age into sharp focus.
Washington Post May 18, 202: FA18.
online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/when-timelines-cross/
free to read link: https://wapo.st/4mmdwMP
Also, for the record, this local appearance by Nilah Magruder was missed. If anyone went, please feel free to comment
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Comics links in the Mucha exhibit at the Phillips
I just saw the show yesterday. Here's info from the Phillips Gallery on it. Relevant quotes are
In the 1960s, Mucha’s distinctive style found new life in the vibrant poster art of the counterculture movement—becoming a trademark of psychedelic rock posters and album covers, influencing iconic bands like the Grateful Dead and The Rolling Stones—as well as comic books, Japanese manga, and murals.
Mucha’s visual language also made a lasting impact on Japanese manga, where his stylized forms can be seen in the work of artists such as Hideko Mizuno, one of the first successful “shojo manga (girls’ comics)” artists in Japan, and others. Underscoring his enduring influence, the exhibition will pair classic Mucha works with contemporary examples they inspired, from the cover of a 1969 album for Diana Ross & The Supremes to Joe Quesada’s comic book illustrations.
Not mentioned therein is Mucha's work on designing Krokodil, a comics magazine in the late 19th century. Here's photos of that and the people that adapted his style.
Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise comic cover, and Mucha's original
Mangaka influenced by Mucha includes Yoshitaka Amano, Akemi Matsunae, and Hideko Mizuno.
Comic books by Joe Quesada, John Tyler Christopher, and Michael Kaluta. None by Charles Vess surprisingly...
Two prints by Barry Windsor-Smith
.The Phillips Collection, in collaboration with The Mucha Foundation, announces the North American tour of Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line,
a groundbreaking exhibition that reappraises the work and influence of
Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939). Organized by the Mucha
Foundation, this major exhibition will premiere at The Phillips
Collection in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2025, and will be on view
through May 18, 2025. The exhibition will then travel to the New Mexico
Museum of Art, Sante Fe, NM (June 20–September 20, 2025); the Boca Raton
Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (November 19, 2025–March 1, 2026); the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (April 11–August 30, 2026);
and the Museo Kaluz, Mexico City, Mexico (October 8, 2026–February
8, 2027).\
I'll try to improve and repost the photos, but no promises.
That darn Michael Ramirez and Prickly City
Pope Sam XIV [Michael Ramirez letter]
Clara M. Lovett, Chevy Chase
Washington Post May 17 2025: A13
Michael Ramirez hit a new low with his May 9 editorial cartoon, "An American pope," depicting the newly elected pope garbed in stars and stripes.
Did Ramirez intend to celebrate with American Catholics? Does he understand how offensive his cartoon is to non-Catholic Christians struggling against Christian nationalism? Does he recognize what his cartoon signals to millions of Americans who do not happen to be Christian and who depend on the separation of church and state to protect their rights?
It's unfunny because it's true [Prickly City letter]
Anne Schwartz, Washington
Washington Post May 17 2025: A13
Presumably, The Post includes "Prickly City" on its comics page to be inclusive of various political opinions. But the May 5 comic depicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent throwing one of the strip's characters into a van was deeply offensive.
The Trump administration has admitted to sending at least one person to El Salvador in error but seems to be doing everything in its power to resist bringing him home. The upshot is that anyone (not just those who are undocumented) is at risk of being sent to a maximum-security prison overseas without recourse. Please reconsider your inclusion of this strip in The Post.
RIP ‘Annie’ and ‘It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman’ composer Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse, composer of 'Bye Bye Birdie' and 'Annie,' dies at 96
His opening theme for the groundbreaking sitcom "All in the Family" also became part of the American musical canon.
May 15, 2025
Cartoonists Today at Gaithersburg Book Festival
It's all children's book cartoonists this year.
10:15 AM
11:05 AM
Vera Brosgol, Dianne K Salerni, Angela Dominguez
Children's
Willa Cather Pavilion
Brosgol will present "Return to Sender." Salerni will present "The Tontine Caper." Dominguez will present "Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers."
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Workshop: Comic Character Creation
Children's Workshops
Children's Village - Workshops Tent
Join cartoonists Dave Roman (“Unicorn Boy”) and John Gallagher (“Max Meow”) for a fun-filled workshop about developing unique characters.
2:15 PM
3:05 PM
Jonathan Roth, Leland Melvin, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Children's
Willa Cather Pavilion
Roth will present "Rover and Speck: It's a Gas!" Leland Melvin will present "Space Chasers." Charles F. Bolden, Jr. will present "Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut."
3:15 PM
4:05 PM
Jacqueline Davies, JoHo, Kami Garcia
Children's
Willa Cather Pavilion
Davies will present "The Lemonade War Graphic Novel" JoHo will present "Saphie the One-Eyed Cat." Garcia will present "Mixed-Up."
4:15 PM
5:05 PM
John Patrick Green, Dave Roman, Alexis Frederick-Frost
Children's
Willa Cather Pavilion
Green will present "Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase." Roman will present "Unicorn Boy." Alexis Frederick-Frost will present "Team Unihorn and Woolly #2: Revenge of the Unicorn."
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