Archive Page 2255
December 2025
Books With Pictures comic shop in Portland describes climbing out of financial difficulties – The Comics Journal
Portland, Oregon is a comics town, and it could be fairly said that every generation of Portlanders gets the comic shop it deserves..."
"Kids are into comics again" – MSN BBC
...manager Chris Ball, who has worked at the store for nearly 30 years, reports another crowd getting stuck into the pages – a "healthy wave" of young people. At first, that may not seem surprising. After all, children were once the target audience for the format ... yet the fresh engagement has been enough for Mr Ball to take notice. Underpinned by a market offering "a comic for everybody", he puts the fresh business down, in part, to the superhero movie boom..."
Are your superhero comics worth anything? – MSN WGN News
More stories in the wake of the $9 million dollar sell of a copy of Superman #1 recently.
New magazine launch in 2026 to be concentrated on comic books – Bleedingcool
Comics! The Magazine is the latest attempt to do a new Wizard Magazine, being published by former retailer Atom! Freeman of Prama Direct Market Solutions, formerly of Valiant Entertainment, ComicHub and Bad Idea Comics, with former retailer Joseph Keatinge of Moonray, PopGun Rekcah and writer for Marvel, DC and Skybound, as its Editor-In-Chief..."
Presumably the publication will have a strong web presence and social media outreach.
The characters Scarlett Johansson "might" play in Batman II – Gizmodo
Webtoon program to boost creator viability on their platform
Story at Forbes and at Daily Cartoonist
As webtoons have gone from a niche to an important part of the comics industry in North America, there remains a power curve: a few breakout successes with media deals, merchandise and printed collections; a middle tier of titles doing well enough that creators can focus on them full time; and a vast “long tail” of work still in search of an audience at scale..."
Burning comic books in 1954 – Lexington Herald leader
It’s surprising how willingly kids stop reading bad comics when they realize what it’s doing to them," 12-year-old Richard Chadwell, vice president of his seventh grade’s Civics In Action Club, told a visiting newspaper reporter. "They show you 50 pictures on how to commit a crime and only one showing it doesn’t pay," added 12-year-old Jean McAdams..."
"The Depressed Hunter" coming in 2026 for the Moebius Library – Comicsbeat
What would have been: the Cancelled Angoulême Comic Art Festival for 2026 – Bleedingcool
Comic Con India announces event in 2026 announced for coastal city of Kochi – Deccan Chronicle [Map of Kochi, India]
Rare Spider-Man book "found under a bed" auctions for approx. $15,000 USD – MSN UK Daily Express
The haul, listed as the Alan McCulloch collection, included rare and possibly unique issues that went for over £200,000 when they sold at a series of auctions at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's auction house during November and December, with Spider-Man #1 fetching £11070 alone...."
Marvel is being "crushed" by DC in sales – Comicbook
Unfortunately, like the streaming channels on the internet, the comic book companies no longer report actual numbers on sales. The streaming services no longer release data showing actual viewer counts, the presumption by many being that some of those numbers are embarrassingly small versus money spent on producing and distributing streaming content, something a company might like to keep hidden from investors and the stock market in general. Ditto in the world of comic book publishing, too.
...DC Comics had 9 of the 10 top comics sold in November, with Marvel Comics only making it into the top 10 with Amazing Spider-Man #15. Now, based on this report, Marvel did have more comics in the overall top 50, organized by units sold and dollars made. But either way, the top 10 books were almost completely DC’s territory. A similar story is told in the graphic novel sales report...."
This reminds me of an old interview from the 1980s (I think) in which Neal Adams was recounting what happened with the Green Lantern/Green Arrow title in the early 1970s: it was an award-winning book but it was constantly close to being cancelled because the sales were only in the 150K range. Adams said "if that were the case now, they'd give us a medal."
What happens if the Pramount bid to buy Warner Bros is the winner over Netflix? – MSN National Interest
The 2026 Lake Como comics event – Creative Bloq - guests: Alan Davis, Brian Bolland, Esad Ribic, Gabriele Dell’Otto, J. Scott Campbell, Sara Pichelli, Stanley ‘Artgerm’ Lau, Juanjo Guarnido, Mahmud Asrar, Frank Cho and Riccardo Federici
Lake Como Italy official event website
Royalty controversy about Miles Morales creation – Comicsbeat
Brazilian site Jamesons released an excerpt of an interview with Miles Morales Co-creator Sara Pichelli during CCXP 2025 (originally called Comic Con Experience), in which the illustrator confessed that she receives no royalties from Miles’ appearances in the latest Spider-Man video games from Insomniac Games. This has once again sparked the conversation of royalties, ownership, and work-for-hire contracts in the comic book industry...."
Paramount puts together counter-offer on buying Warner Bros – Techcentral - A lot of online commentators are hoping for Paramount to beat out Netflix's offer. Many are saying Netflix will use their leverage to finally bury physical media. However, all of these deals and offers have to pass anti-trust approval from the federal gov't.
Los Angeles Cats & Comics Rescue gets burgled – Yahoo News
The downtown Upland shop sells comic books and collectibles to support a cat rescue operation.
Scarlett Johansson in Batman 2?
Story at UK The Mirror
The theory right now is that the new Bats film will utilize Mask of the Phantasm character Andrea Beaumont, which could be the role Johansson fills.
How the Batman Animated Series in 1993 won Emmy Awards by dodging censors – / Film
In 1993, the series won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for "Heart of Ice," the episode which reinvented the campy Mr. Freeze into a tragic villain. The same year, the series won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. The winning episode? "Robin's Reckoning, Part I."
DC's online Infinite Universe goes into Europe – Bleedingcool
Home Alone film getting celebration events on 35th anniversry – Comicsbeat
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has died – Deadline
...prolific and instantly recognizable actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Man in the High Castle, died Thursday in Santa Barbara. He was 75."
What was the golden age of comic books? The 1990s! – Savy Gamer
The annual editorial comics award The Berryman Award goes to Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker for 2025 – National Press
Review of grand reprinting of Richard Sala's Night Drive comics from the 1980s – Comicsbeat
About the giant Spider-Man balloon in the 99th Annual Macy's parade in NYC – NY Daily News
Angoulême France building an alternative plan after cancellation of the 2026 International Comics Festival – Comicsbeat
With Netflix deal for Warner Bros., what happens to DC Comics? – Bleedingcool
"One of the oldest studios in Hollywood history is now on track to be absorbed by the biggest streaming service on the planet" – Geeks and Gamers
Retrospective in Singapore for fictional cartoonist Charlie Chan Hock Chye – Straits Times
Cartoonist Sonny Liew created the character Charlie Chan Hock Chye as a fictional Singaporean cartoonist for his award-winning 2015 graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
Chan’s retrospective is just part one of the three-chapter exhibition across spaces important to print and comic history, with the other two chapters showing at Bras Basah Complex."
At Basheer Graphic Books, witness how Liew’s The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015) went from thumbnail to final art."
At comic bookshop InkInk Collectibles, learn about the book’s reception and see Liew’s three Eisner Awards. Liew’s graphic novel has inspired other artists and visitors can catch an exclusive first glimpse at the concept art behind Finding Pictures’ animated feature film adaptation, which is in development."
Dog Man – Big Jim Believes has a first week publication sell of 210K+ copies – Comicsbeat
What?! This must be a fluke! Nobody wants this kid stuff. Comic buyers want muscle-bound, self-afflicted emotional wrecks in cape and cowl!
750,000 copies print run by Scholastic Graphix for Captain Underpants: First Epic Manga – Bleedingcool
What! Another fluke!
"The year placing simple orders became a guessing game" – Bleedingcool
How would I sum up 2025? The year placing simple orders became a guessing game. Comic ordering was almost the same as it always was. As I type this, I am waiting for Lunar to get back to me about where this week's comics are. We received three boxes, but their online site shows that we are supposed to receive them with tracking. We received the three, but there is only one big issue. The three boxes contain only comic supplies, such as bags and boards. As for the comics that are supposed to be with this shipment, not a single one. I am hoping to receive an email stating that a fourth box of our comics is on its way...."
Denzel Washington has a favorite superhero movie – CBR
His favorite movie is also a lot of peaople's favorite superhero movie.
The 1941 small-sized Pocket Comics #1 featuring The Black Cat – Bleedingcool
The article quotes Joe Simon (of co-creation of Captain America fame) saying that the concept of a small "pocket sized" book was a "crazy idea" that the newstand people turned out to hate because the little books were stolen at such a high rate, since they fit so conveniently into pockets.
Christopher Reeves' Superman suit again at auction – MSN Collectibles SI
Christopher Reeve's original on-screen Superman costume that has been up for auction at Sotheby's will be ending in less than a week. The Luxury Week auction with Sotheby's, started the costume's bidding on November 21, 2025 and ends on December 9, 2025 in New York...."
Sotheby's page on auctioning the super-suit
A complete 6-piece costume, comprised of blue tunic, red trunks, blue leggings, yellow belt, red cape, and red boots. Costume currently fitted on bespoke mannequin with painted Christopher Reeve lifecast, on silver metal base in the shape of the Superman emblem. Tunic, leggings, and trunks comprised of custom-woven spandex manufactured for production. Tunic featuring classic red and yellow "S" logo with hidden zipper at back. Cape comprised of red wool, fastens to tunic at neck with snap-buttons at each shoulder. Yellow "S" logo hand-stitched to cape in black thread. Leather belt, hand-painted yellow. Boots comprised of red synthetic vinyl with hidden zipper closure at back..."
Introducing the new Spider-Man! – CBR
Did Peter Parker need a new origin story? Well, he's got one!
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Original page December 14, 2025