Sunday, May 31, 2026

Oddball World War II cartoon photos from the Library of Congress

Not pictures of cartoons, but rather of exhibits or cartoonists. I ran across these sometime last year and never posted them. Larger versions of each image are at the link for each photo.

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  • Title: Quartermaster sgt. Neal C. Goodman, an instructor in cartooning Marine Inst. of Learning Washington, D.C. Sgt. Goodman is cartoonist for the "Leather Neck" official organ of the Marine Corps
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016645660/
  • Date Created/Published: [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1920?]
  • Medium: 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 16.5 x 21.9 cm, on mount 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
  • Summary: Photograph shows Quartermaster Sergeant Neal C. Goodman, half-length portrait, seated at desk, drawing.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-40785 (digital file from original photo)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Call Number: LOT 12358-6 [item] [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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  • Title: Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Shirley Hogge is listed on the rools as a chipper and caulker, but actually his job is to draw cartoons and safety posters. Most of his posters are on the all-important subject of safety on the job. He is believed to be the only cartoonist employed in a government navy yard
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017699491/
  • Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
  • Related Names:
       United States. Office for Emergency Management.
  • Date Created/Published: 1941 Oct.
  • Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USE6-D-001746 (b&w film neg.)
  • Call Number: LC-USE6- D-001746 [P&P] LOT 2068 (corresponding photographic print)
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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  • Title: Production. Airplane manufacture, general. At the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, bond posters, conservation posters, rurals and editorial cartoons for house organs are created by the company's public relations artist, Dennis McCarthy. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017695183/
  • Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
  • Related Names:
       United States. Office of War Information.
  • Date Created/Published: 1942 Oct.
  • Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USE6-D-007603 (b&w film neg.)
  • Call Number: LC-USE6- D-007603 [P&P] LOT 1986 (corresponding photographic print)
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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  • Title: New York, New York. Margo Cooke, and Louis Priscilla, Chairman of the Committee on War Cartoons of the American Society of Magazine Cartoons, discussing their contribution to an exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production, sponsored by the OWI (Office of War Information)
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017856501/
  • Creator(s): Smith, Roger, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: 1943 June.
  • Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-031132-C (b&w film neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)
  • Call Number: LC-USW3- 031132-C [P&P] LOT 834 (Location of corresponding print.) (corresponding photographic print)
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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  • Title: New York, New York. Miss Anna Rosenburg of the War Manpower Commission, and Louis Priscilla, a Chairman of the Committee on War Cartoons of the American Society of Magazine Cartoons, at the exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production sponsored by the OWI (Office of War Information)
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017856489/
  • Creator(s): Smith, Roger, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: 1943 June.
  • Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
  • Summary: Photograph shows people looking at cartoons depicting insects including one labeled "If the absentee bugs bite you ... tell us!"
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-031120-C (b&w film neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)
  • Call Number: LC-USW3- 031120-C [P&P] LOT 834 (Location of corresponding print.) (corresponding photographic print)
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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  • Title: [Untitled photo, possibly related to: New York, New York. Margo Cooke, and Louis Priscilla, Chairman of the Committee on War Cartoons of the American Society of Magazine Cartoons, discussing their contribution to an exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production, sponsored by the OWI (Office of War Information)]
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017856494/
  • Creator(s): Smith, Roger, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: 1943 June.
  • Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-031125-C (b&w film neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)
  • Call Number: LC-USW3- 031125-C [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
  • Notes:
  • Annotation on original negative jacket.
  • This image in a jacket marked "Killed"
  • Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.)
  • Appears to be related to negative LC-USW3-031132-C https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017856501/
  • Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
  • More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

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  • Title: New York, New York. Mayor La Guardia, speaking at the opening of the exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production sponsored by the OWI (Office of War Information)
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017856499/
  • Creator(s): Smith, Roger, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: 1943 June.
  • Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-031130-C (b&w film neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)
  • Call Number: LC-USW3- 031130-C [P&P] LOT 834 (Location of corresponding print.) (corresponding photographic print)
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

and... one from 1991?

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  • Title: [Visitor viewing an exhibit in the U.S. Capitol of political cartoons, photographs and drawings by Lily Spandorf related to the filming of the movie "Advise and Consent"]
  • https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015646953/
  • Creator(s): Roth, Rebecca, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: [21 Sept 1991]
  • Medium: 1 photograph : negative ; film width 35mm (roll format)
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-38832 (digital file from original item)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Access Advisory: Use digital image. Negatives are not served to researchers.
  • Call Number: LC-RC15-1999-474, no. 13 [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
  • Notes:
    • Title devised by Library staff.
    • Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-474 or corresponding negative sleeve.
    • Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-474, no. 13.
    • Contact sheet or negative sleeve caption: "Exhibit."
    • Forms part of: CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection.



History's Skid Mark by Daniel Boris

 

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Shawn Martinbrough, Rodney Barnes and David Betancourt for Comictropolis (updated)

The talk moved into the auditorium on the 5th floor and it's starting now.

Shawn. Rodney, David
Rodney Barnes 
Shawn Martinbrough 
David Betancourt

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Herblock prize lecture by Judy Woodruff

She did an excellent job, and actually talked about Mr. Block at length...

Judy Woodruff's remarks at the Herblock Prize ceremony...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!   May 30, 2026  
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/judy-woodruffs-remarks-at-the-herblock 

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/29/2026

Chiu-Tabet, Christopher. 2026. The Beat Digest 05/29/26: Neverlanders returns. The Beat (May 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-052926/

Baker, Dave. 2026. Guest Essay: Dave Baker on Halloween Boy – “The Process Is the Idea”. The Beat (May 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/guest-essay-dave-baker-on-halloween-boy-the-process-is-the-idea/

Milligan, Mercedes. 2026. MoMA Announces ‘It’s Alive! A Century of Animation from the Collection’. Animation Magazine (May 28): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/moma-announces-its-alive-a-century-of-animation-from-the-collection/

Brooke, David. 2026. Five of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Favorite Sci-Fi Inspirations for ‘Salvation’s Child’ and the World of ‘The Final Architecture’ Series. AIPT (May 27): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/27/adrian-tchaikovsky-salvations-child/

Unknown. 2026. Netflix Animation Production Workers Ratify First Union Contract With The Animation Guild. Animation Magazine (May 28): https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/netflix-animation-production-workers-ratify-first-union-contract-with-the-animation-guild/

Groth, Gary. 2026. The Comics Journal #59: The Ted White Interview. TCJ (May 29): https://www.tcj.com/the-comics-journal-59-the-ted-white-interview/

Reyna, Leo. 2026. Gundam Writer Hiroyuki Kawasaki Has Died at 60. CBR (May 28): https://www.cbr.com/gundam-writer-hiroyuki-kawasaki-dead/

Thompson, Maggie. 2026. Turning Points [#182]. Scoop (May 28): https://www.overstreetaccess.com/turning-points-by-maggie-thompson-182/

Degg, D. D. 2026. Editooning – By Necessity A New System Emerges. Daily Cartoonist (May 28): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/28/editooning-by-necessity-a-new-system-emerges/

Tornoe, Rob. 2026. Editorial Cartoons Find New Digital Life: Sack’s comeback highlights shift from newsrooms. E&P Magazine (May 27): https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/editorial-cartoons-find-new-digital-life-sacks-comeback-highlights-shift-from-newsrooms,261760

Newton, Pamela. 2026. Authorized? Unauthorized? Garry Trudeau Calls a New Biography ‘Unopposed’; Back at the Yale library that holds his archive, the low-key creator of “Doonesbury” reunites with the journalist who pieced together his life story. New York Times (May 28): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/books/review/garry-trudeau-doonesbury-biography.html

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Panini to Publish Ten Volume Hardcover Spider-Man: Web of Heroes Line [UK]. Bleeding Cool (May 28): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/panini-to-publish-ten-volume-hardcover-spider-man-web-of-heroes-line/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. Mike Mayhew's Manifesto for Artists – Stop Going to Comic Cons; Mike Mayhew's Manifesto for Comic Book Artists - Stop Going to Comic Cons.... with Mark Brooks, Dan Panosian and Dennis Barger joining in. Bleeding Cool (May 28): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/mike-mayhews-manifesto-for-artists-stop-going-to-comic-cons/

Flook, Ray. 2026. Jorge R. Gutierrez Responds to AI Backlash: "Cautious as Possible"; Jorge R. Gutierrez (The Book of Life) responded to being called out over Amazon Web Services and Amazon MGM Studios' GenAI Creators’ Fund. Bleeding Cool (May 28): https://bleedingcool.com/tv/jorge-r-gutierrez-responds-to-ai-backlash-cautious-as-possible/

Johnston, Rich. 2026. DC Comics Boycott: 1200 Days With No Ongoing DC Universe Black Lead; DC Blackout: a DC Comics fan boycott launches after 1200 days without an ongoing DC Universe comic book series with a black lead character. Bleeding Cool (May 28): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-boycott-1200-days-with-no-ongoing-dc-universe-black-lead/

MacDonald, Heidi. 2026. Black Comics Alliance Calls for #DCBlackout Boycott; #DCSOWhite has been followed by #DCBlackout. The Beat (May 29): https://www.comicsbeat.com/576474-2/

Biggs, Brian. 2026. Fancy Pens! Are They Worth It? Brian Biggs (May 29): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxK_K49Upg

Sandler, Jonathan. 2026. From The New Yorker to Graphic Memoir: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell; The cartoonist and comedian on Schulz’s influence and her two graphic memoirs. GraphicMemoirBlog (May 29): https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/from-the-new-yorker-to-graphic-memoir

Sandler, Jonathan. 2026. Yevgenia Nayberg’s Chernobyl Graphic Memoir: From Kyiv to Brooklyn, on Jewish identity, memory, migration, and Soviet life. GraphicMemoirBlog (May 22): https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/yevgenia-naybergs-chernobyl-graphic, and https://graphicmemoir.co.uk/f/yevgenia-nayberg

Sandler, Jonathan. 2026. Alex Frith on Neuroscience and Comics: On family collaboration, and working with illustrator Daniel Locke to turn science into comics. GraphicMemoirBlog (May 15): https://jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/alex-frith-on-neuroscience-and-comics

Burscough, Clark. 2026. Kill the Sunflower — This Week’s Links. TCJ (May 29): https://www.tcj.com/kill-the-sunflower-this-weeks-links/

Harold, Kate. 2026. Coming Clean: 5 questions with Cincinnati graphic novelist Jay Kalagayan; Indie publisher Creative Mussel uses panel-to-panel storytelling to provide a window into worlds different from the reader’s own. Soapbox Cincinnati (May 26): https://soapboxmedia.com/coming-clean-5-questions-with-cincinnati-graphic-novelist-jay-kalagayan/

Kaplan, Ollie. 2026. Interview: Tilly & Susan Bridges on Star Trek, ‘hope-fueled sci-fi’ and more. Prism Comics (May 25): https://www.prismcomics.org/interview-tilly-susan-bridges-on-star-trek-hope-fueled-sci-fi-and-more/

Paschal, Belinda M. 2026. Billy Ireland Museum Reopens With Redesigned Galleries, New Exhibits. Columbus Dispatch (May 25): https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/arts/2026/05/25/billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-reopens-exhibits/89959041007/

Logan, Brian. 2026. ‘I Want to Bury It Under a Roundabout!’ Kim Noble on His Unusual Approach to Promoting His Graphic Novel. Guardian (May 25): https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/may/25/kim-noble-graphic-novel-in-pursuit-of-a-wonderful-nothing

Quaintance, Zack. 2026. Comics Series Find Strength in Numbers; Comics publishers innovate to help older series revive and thrive [In print as: Strength in Numbers]. Publishers Weekly (May 22): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/100482-comics-series-find-strength-in-numbers.html

Quaintance, Zack. 2026. Comics Comebacks From Back in the Day [In print as: Comeback Comics]. Publishers Weekly (May 22): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/100483-comics-comebacks-from-back-in-the-day.html

Salkowitz, Rob. 2026. Fantagraphics Looks Back on Half a Century; This year, iconoclastic comics publisher Fantagraphics celebrates 50 years in business. It all started with a barn, a printer, and a dream [In print as: Rebels With a Cause]. Publishers Weekly (May 22): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100476-fantagraphics-looks-back-on-half-a-century.html

Rabiroff, Zach. 2026. Eisner Awards to Implement AI Policy Following Controversy. Publishers Weekly (May 27): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/100473-stardust-anthology-withdrawn-from-eisner-awards-after-ai-controversy.html

Harper, David. 2026. Buy and Sell with Aaron Trites [store owner]. SKTCHD's Off Panel (553; May 25): https://sktchd.libsyn.com/off-panel-553-buy-and-sell-with-aaron-trites

Power, Tom. 2026. Arizona O’Neill on Drawing Organs and Making Peace With Her Past. Q With Tom Power (May 20): https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-50-q/clip/16215626-arizona-oneill-drawing-organs-making-peace-past

Neri, Gabriele. 2026. The Cartoonist Who Mocked the Madness of Modernism; With biting satire, Alan Dunn captured how 20th-century architectural trends left everyday Americans astonished, baffled, and enraged. MIT Press Reader (May 26): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-cartoonist-who-mocked-the-madness-of-modernism/

Rascoe, Ayesha. 2026. A Mississippi Warehouse Full of Comic Books Is at the Center of a Legal Battle. Weekend Edition Sunday (May 24): https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/nx-s1-5830105/a-mississippi-warehouse-full-of-comic-books-is-at-the-center-of-a-legal-battle, https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2026/05/20260524_wesun_comically_expensive_court_battle.mp3, and https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5830105

Randles, Jonathan. 2026. JPMorgan Fights Over Millions of Comic Books Locked in a Mississippi Warehouse. Bloomberg (May 21): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-21/jpmorgan-publishers-fight-over-bankrupt-comic-distributor-diamond-s-assets

Hassan, Chris. 2026. X-Men Monday #340 – Steve Foxe Talks ‘X-Men ’97: Season Two’. AIPT (May 25): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/25/x-men-monday-340-foxe-x-men-97-season-2/

Coplan, Chris. 2026. Truth, Death, and The Great Depression: J.G Jones and Phil Bram talk ‘Dust to Dust’ TPB. AIPT (May 26): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/26/dust-to-dust-tpb-qa/

Brooke, David. 2026. Inside the Neon Nightmare of ‘Heavens:’ Katie Skelly on vulnerability, desire, and growing up. AIPT (May 26): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/26/heaven-katie-skelly-qa/

Brooke, David. 2026. Che Grayson Reveals How ‘Absolute Catwoman’ Turns Selina Kyle Into DC’s Deadliest Spy. AIPT (May 28): https://aiptcomics.com/2026/05/28/che-grayson-absolute-catwoman-interview/

Modi, Chintan Girish. 2026. Review - Meet ‘Musalman’, the Non-Violent Superhero With a ‘Skull-Cape’ and a Sense of Humour; Falah Faisal’s comic book is a witty alternative to conventional superhero narratives. Guardian (May 22): https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/musalman-comic-falah-faisal-artist-spud-muslim-superhero-new-india/article70982705.ece

Chachowski, Richard. 2026. Alan Moore Reveals His Optimistic Side; The comic book legend, known for dark visions, talks about his new novel, I Hear a New World. Inverse (May 26): https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/alan-moore-interview-i-hear-a-new-world

Carbajal-Carrera, Beatriz. 2026. Representations of Madrid’s Collective Identity Traversed by Humour in M21 Magazine. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (May 12): 1–22. Online at https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2026.2674109 or https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2026.2674109

Maldonado, Jennifer Caroccio. 2026. The Body Draws the Score: Queer Temporalities and Somatic Experience in Latinx Graphic Narratives. JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies 65 (3): 174-179. Online at https://muse.jhu.edu/article/990444

Betancourt, David, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, and Shawn Martinbrough. 2026. Comictropolis - La Borinqueña Rises: An Afternoon With Edgardo Miranda Rodriguez and Learn How To Create Comic Books With Shawn Martinborough. Martin Luther King Jr. Library. audio recording online at https://archive.org/details/comictropolis-la-borinquena-rises-an-afternoon-with-edgardo-miranda-rodriguez-an

Unknown. 2026. John A. Lent, in Memoriam (1936-2026). International Comic Arts Forum (May 29): http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/lent-memorial.html

Rhode, Mike (ed.). 2026. Remembering John Lent, Part 11: Mechademia and ICAF. International Journal of Comic Art Blog (May 29): https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2026/05/remembering-john-lent-part-11.html

Comictropolis - La Borinqueña Rises: An Afternoon With Edgardo Miranda Rodriguez and Learn How To Create Comic Books With Shawn Martinborough audio recording

Comictropolis - La Borinqueña Rises: An Afternoon With Edgardo Miranda Rodriguez and Learn How To Create Comic Books With Shawn Martinborough

by
David Betancourt; Shawn Martinbrough; Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
photos by Mike Rhode

Washington, DC: Martin Luther King Jr. Library
https://archive.org/details/comictropolis-la-borinquena-rises-an-afternoon-with-edgardo-miranda-rodriguez-an


Friday, May 29, 2026

NPR on Diamond's bankruptcy

 A Mississippi warehouse full of comic books is at the center of a legal battle [Diamond bankruptcy]

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bloomberg reporter Jonathan Randles about a legal battle that's left over 8 million comic books sitting in a Mississippi warehouse.

TCJ reprints its Ted White interview

 

The Comics Journal #59: The Ted White Interview

| May 29, 2026

https://www.tcj.com/the-comics-journal-59-the-ted-white-interview/

Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/28/2026

 Hudoshnyk, Oksana and Oleksandr P. Krupskyi. 2022.  Science and comics: from popularization to the discipline of Comics Studies. History of Science 12 (2): 210-230. Online at https://www.hst-journal.com/index.php/hst/issue/view/20


RING Latinoamérica [Latin American Graphic Narrative Research Network]

ringlatinoamerica.wordpress.com


Unknown. 2026. Lamentamos el fallecimiento de John A. Lent. RING Latinoamérica (May 19): https://ringlatinoamerica.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/despedimosajohnlent/


Sherif, Adam Karenina. 2026. Interview: Dave Baker and Nicole Goux talk craft, marketing, and Punk’n Heads. The Beat (May 28): https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-dave-baker-and-nicole-goux-talk-craft-marketing-and-punkn-heads/


Holub, Christian. 2026. Dark Horse Employees Form Union. Publishers Weekly (May 27): https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/100492-dark-horse-employees-announce-the-formation-of-staff-union.html


Griepp, Milton. 2026. Dark Horse Workers Unionize: Include creator-owned comics in list of demands. ICv2 (May 27): https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62486/dark-horse-workers-unionize


Johnston, Rich. 2026. Staff of Dark Horse Comics Form a Union After Changes at the Publisher. Bleeding Cool (May 27): https://bleedingcool.com/comics/staff-of-dark-horse-comics-form-a-union-after-changes-at-the-publisher/


Baines, Graham. 2026. Creating Comics: An interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky. downthetubes (May 27): https://downthetubes.net/creating-comics-an-interview-with-adrian-tchaikovsky/


Langsworthy, Billy. 2026. “Play Is Evolving…”: Hasbro’s Tim Kilpin talks kids, kidults and KPop Demon Hunters. Brands Untapped (May 27): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/play-is-evolving-hasbros-tim-kilpin-talks-kids-kidults-and-kpop-demon-hunters/


Langsworthy, Billy. 2026. Takashi Iizuka – Head of the Sonic Team at SEGA – Reflects on the Hedgehog’s Journey From Video Game Star to Pop Culture Icon. Brands Untapped (May 27): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/takashi-iizuka-head-of-the-sonic-team-at-sega-reflects-on-the-hedgehogs-journey-from-video-game-star-to-pop-culture-icon/


Langsworthy, Billy. 2026. Konami Cross Media NY’s Mark Kirk Looks at How FAST Platforms Drive Engagement for Yu-Gi-Oh!. Brands Untapped (May 18): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/konami-cross-media-nys-mark-kirk-looks-at-how-fast-platforms-drive-engagement-for-yu-gi-oh/


Langsworthy, Billy. 2026. Paul Gitter of Disney Consumer Products on Blockbuster Launches for The Mandalorian and Grogu, Toy Story 5, Moana and More. Brands Untapped (May 27): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/paul-gitter-of-disney-consumer-products-on-blockbuster-launches-for-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-toy-story-5-moana-and-more/


Bloomfield, Sophie. 2026. Reactivating Relevance [Pink Panther]. Brands Untapped (May 27): https://www.brandsuntapped.com/reactivating-relevance/


Degg, D. D. 2026. Victoria Berrocales Awarded Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship. Daily Cartoonist (May 27): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/27/victoria-berrocales-awarded-2026-jay-kennedy-memorial-scholarship/


Barnett, David. 2026. The Comic Artist Detained by ICE; Becky Burke was about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. What followed was 19 days of hell. Prospect Magazine (May 26): https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/73617/the-comic-artist-detained-by-ice


Gardner, Alan. 2026. Jack Ohman Receives His Herblock Prize Award. Daily Cartoonist (May 26): https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/26/jack-ohman-receives-his-herblock-prize-award/


Colbert, Isaiah. 2026. You Should Race to Your Local Theater to See ‘Adolescence of Utena’; GKIDS is bringing the eclectic 'Revolutionary Girl Utena' movie to the big screen for two nights only this June. io9 (May 28): https://gizmodo.com/adolescence-of-utena-movie-theaters-theatrical-release-2000764513


Kogan, Rick. 2026. Ready to Travel Into the Secret Life of Garry Trudeau and ‘Doonesbury’?. Chicago Tribune (May 27): https://www.recorderonline.com/features/entertainment_news/column-ready-to-travel-into-the-secret-life-of-garry-trudeau-and-doonesbury/article_0768badd-2ccb-568f-88cc-975bcbca6a95.html


Rollyson, Carl. 2026. ‘Trudeau & Doonesbury’ Examines a Comic Strip That Became Part of the National Discussion; Joshua Kendall’s new biography shows the cartoonist was prophetic about Donald Trump, first depicting him as a presidential candidate in 1987. New York Sun (May 25): https://www.nysun.com/article/trudeau-doonesbury-examines-a-comic-strip-that-became-part-of-the-national-discussion


Simons, Dean. 2026. Joel Meadows Launches New Kickstarter Campaign as George Pratt Issues New Message. The Beat (May 28): https://www.comicsbeat.com/joel-meadows-launches-new-kickstarter-campaign-as-george-pratt-issues-new-message/


Andrews, Sarah. 2026. Stephen R. Bissette, Vermont’s New Cartoonist Laureate, Draws From Waterbury-Duxbury Roots. Waterbury Roundabout (May 26): https://www.waterburyroundabout.org/news-archive/stephen-r-bissette-vermonts-new-cartoonist-laureate-draws-from-waterbury-duxbury-roots


Rhode, Mike (ed.). 2026. Remembering John Lent, Part 10: Chinese caricatures and RING's Latin American scholars tribute. International Journal of Comic Art Blog (May 28): https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2026/05/remembering-john-lent-part-10-chinese.html


Pattinson, Tom. 2026. The World’s Largest Museum of Illustration Is About to Open Its Doors [Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration]. Positive News (May 25): https://positive.news/lifestyle/arts/landmark-illustration-museum-launches-in-the-capital/


Jameson. 2026. Ink & Insight w/Denis Kitchen & Kim Munson!. Comix 4 All (171; May 26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co7onndQfX4


Burns, Thommy. 2026. Larry Stark, Pioneer of EC Comics Fandom and Noted Theater Critic, Dies at 93. TCJ (May 28): https://www.tcj.com/larry-stark-pioneer-of-ec-comics-fandom-and-noted-theater-critic-dies-at-93/


Tonight! Angela Hsieh at Loyalty Bookstore

From Query to Bookshelf: AANHPI Creators Discuss Children’s Book Publishing

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Date: Fri, 5/29/2026
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Place:
Petworth Neighborhood (Main Location!)
4203 9th St NW
Washington, DC 20011

Join SCBWI’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter for an AANHPI Heritage Month panel for a candid, heart-forward conversation with AANHPI children’s book creators in our region. Panelists will discuss the business side of books—from query to book deal, marketing your work, sustaining creativity, navigating representation, and advocating for authentic stories. Our panelists will share honest lessons, practical insights, and the behind-the-scenes realities of children’s book publishing.

This event warmly welcomes all creators—whether you’re aspiring to be published, newly debuted, or already published and looking for deeper industry insight. Come ready to learn, ask questions, and celebrate the power of our stories and the pathways that bring them to life. Authors will be available to mingle and sign books during the event.

About the Panelists:

Patricia (Pat) Tanumihardja grew up a third-culture kid, forever curious about the world around her and her place in it. Born in Jakarta and raised in Singapore, her Chinese Indonesian parents encouraged her appetites for both delicious foods and good books. Growing up surrounded by bustling markets, beloved family recipes, and stacks of well-thumbed books sparked a lifelong love of both delicious food and the written word. As a writer, Pat’s work explores food, culture, and self, and especially the in-between spaces she inhabited as an immigrant three-times-over. Her fun, heartwarming stories often echo her lived experiences buoyed by universal themes. Her debut children's book “Ramen for Everyone” was a JLG Gold Selection. Her latest, “Monkey’s Sweet Surprise,” launched in December 2025.

Angela Hsieh is a Taiwanese American author, illustrator, and all-around nature enthusiast. Her debut middle grade fantasy graphic novel, LU AND REN’S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY, is a 2026 SCBWI Golden Kite Award Honoree and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. It was named a "Best Book of 2025" by the ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table, the Chicago Public Library, Booklist, and the National Library of New Zealand, among others. Angela also illustrated ANTARCTICA: THE MELTING CONTINENT, a critically acclaimed nonfiction book about real-life scientists and explorers.

Sylvia Liu grew up with books and daydreams in Caracas, Venezuela. Once an environmental attorney protecting the oceans, she now spins stories about nature, strong girls, and the intricacies of family and friendship. Her middle grade books include Stealing the Score, Near and Deer, Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation, and Manatee’s Best Friend, and her picture book, A Morning with Grandpa was the Lee and Low New Voices Award winner. Learn more at enjoyingplanetearth.com.

Celeste Dador writes cozy rom-coms with festive flair and big main-character energy. She was a finalist on reality TV show America’s Next Great Author and is an assistant advisor for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her YA debut, Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights, blends swoony romance with her love of public service. A proud Filipino American, Celeste lives in the D.C. area and can usually be found writing in coffee shops or on Instagram @celestedador. 
 


Thursday, May 28, 2026

Guardian journalist based in DC reviews new Trudeau biography

How Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoons captured America: ‘One of our nation’s greatest journalists’

A new book looks back at the work of artist and journalist Garry Trudeau and how he told the story of a country’s highs and lows through a comic strip

David Smith
in Washington
Wed 27 May 2026 05.00 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/27/garry-trudeau-doonesbury

Comic Art of the National Press Club

 I was lucky enough to be invited to lunch with Herblock winner Jack Ohman, and took some shots of the cartoons that are permanently on the National Press Club's The Reliable Source restaurant.

 These aren't visible to the general public unfortunately. Better captioning comic soon...

  


Jack Ohman, 2026 Herblock prize winner and NPC president Mark Schoeff Jr.in front of Jack's cartoons



The Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart






Snuffy Smith by Fred Laswell


Dick Tracy by Chester Gould