Archive Page 2265
June 2026
Marjane Satrapi 1969–2026 Obituary – The Comics Journal
Marjane Satrapi (Marjan Ebrahimi), whose death at 56 was announced June 4, was a highly atypical artist. Her incredible life embraced numerous cultures, languages and traumas. At 12, she was cowering in a basement while bombs fell; at 39, she was on a Hollywood red carpet. Her character was shaped early on by war and repression but it also owed a lot to her lonely adolescence..."
"DC's bets big on"the girl in the shadow of Superman" – News 24
Deniz Camp gets exclusive writing deal at DC Comics – Bleeding Cool
"I think we all agree Marvel Comics is struggling a bit right now" – Comics Beat
The coming book The DC Art of Michael Turner – IGN
Boxoffice "a decent weekend for theaters"
Story at The Numbers
Masters of the Universe drops 71% from first weekend, and now at $86.1 million for the world take. That's terrible news (money-wise) for a film reportedly costing $200 million to make. With another $100 million (guess) spent on marketing, to break-even, the film needs to earn approximately $600 million world wide (since theaters usually keep 50% of of ticket money). Intended as a blockbuster summer film, the He-Man live action film appears to be tanking.
The opening week for the Steven Spielberg movie Disclosure Day pulled $92.8 million worldwide, and that's a strong start for film that cost $200 million for both film and marketing, which means the hurdle to leap over is $400 million (that is, anything past the 50% mark is probably profit) - which is possible based on Disclosure Day's strong start. This has been called "Grandpa Spielberg's return to his roots" but not the Spielberg Retirement Film since he has a remake of Steve McQueen's 1968 Bullitt on his schedule.
Barrie Tomlinson 1938–2026 – UK The Times
UK comics editor, writer and innovator known for Roy of the Rovers, 2000 AD, Battle, the weekly horror comic Scream!, among others.
The new Spider-Woman – Bleedingcool
What held the top on the comic book sales charts for May
Story at Comicsbeat
"The everlasting allure of the American comic book"
Story at Washington Post
They are ridiculous. They are addictively great. Comic books, of the superhero variety, are 100% American. Compare the thin comic book to Europe’s graphic novels, and they come off looking flimsy, infantile. Compare the American comic to Japanese Manga and they appear innocent in their fixation with heroism; they hark back to a departed American age..."
The Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum in Connecticut – Family Destination
Tucked away in Cheshire, this museum is a love letter to pop culture, animation, and the kind of nostalgia that hits you right in the feels..."
The comic strips by Marjane Satrapi for Le Monde – Le Monde
"Gideon Brimingham is a one-man comic book band" – Time Free Press
The DCU is setting up its reboot of Wonder Woman – Comicbookmovie
The role of comic books in the invention of America – Orange County Register
Exhibit Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution at the Skirball Cultural Center, 701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles
A lot of that’s because the industry was founded in New York City, which was a major center of immigration," Reed says. "The comics companies that were sort of low-end publishing coming out of pulp and broadsheets were an industry founded largely by immigrants, by Jewish Americans.
"And if you were a young Jewish American in New York City, and you had artistic aspirations as Jack Kirby did, if you wanted to work in the arts, the comic book was there.
"The kids in the Lower East Side [where Kirby was born] weren’t necessarily attending fine art programs or going to art schools," Reed says. "They weren’t necessarily able to jump straight to commercial illustration. So to work in comic books was a way to express your creativity and also provide for your family."
Underground comics, Don Donahue, and getting them printed – The Comics Journal
Fantagraphics racks up 50 year anniversary – KUOW
If there is a "house style" at Fantagraphics, it seems to be somewhere in the team's counterculture beginnings, their appreciation for art, and their disdain for the status quo..."
44th year of the Charlotte NC HeroesCon – Charlotte Observer
Beginning Friday and going until Sunday, HeroesCon attendees will get the chance to meet prolific comic book writer and artist John Romita Jr., get a look at an original copy of Superman’s first issue from 1938 in Action Comics, or show off their cosplay."
At the door of the Hot Topic mall store "Truth, justice, whatever" June 9, 2026
The Rolling Stones rock group is doing a promo with Marvel Comics – Broadway World
Hopefully they're not donating blood for the project, like some other bands.
The "definitive Batman" - Adam West – Early Game MSN
Marjane Satrapi's Defiance – The Atlantic
Marjane Satrapi obit: The French-Iranian known for her graphic novel Persepolis – UK The Guardian
Marjane Satrapi 1969–2026 – Vogue
An outpouring of grief filled my social media feeds at the sudden death, last week, of Marjane Satrapi, the 56-year-old French-Iranian author, artist, filmmaker, and activist, best known for her comic book memoir-slash-novel, Persepolis.
...Arriving in the United States in the wake of 9/11, Persepolis shattered common preconceptions about Iran, bringing the country’s complex history and the humanity of its people vividly alive for readers.
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Lee Lai's graphic novel Cannon has won the 2026 Doug Wright Award for best comic book – CBC CA
The award are named for Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright.
The Dark Horse Comics Union gets recognition – Comicsbeat
The weeks best selling comics: Batman over Spidey – Bleedingcool
Jim Fitzpatrick Cap'n America murals going up on auction – Irish Times
Scary Movie leads weekend box office; Masters of the Universe opens with $4.4 million in previews. They expect $30 million to $35 million for the weekend haul up against the production cost of estimated $200 million – Variety
Supergirl Movie 2026
It's gotten pretty easy to bet against superhero movies, too many have failed in the last years. A tragic irony will be that Hollywood, seeing the money being made from the earlier superhero films, have moved forward to blow all the profits on those movies on sequels and reboots that don't make money but just cost money. Supergirl 2026
Why does Manga dominate traditional comic books? Its the delivery method for the stories! – Amazon S3 Comicstorian
You got to live long enough to get past the video ads and the sponsorship type stuff at the start, but the analysis of the "why" provides an interesting take.
The George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is getting closer to the opening date – MSN New York Post
Its vast collection stretches across more than 100,000 square feet of gallery space, showcasing over 1,200 treasures selected from a founding collection of more than 40,000 works..."
Archie Comics and Shaquille O'Neal doing comic books together – MSN Variety
The "unusual 40th anniversary for Dark Horse Comics" – The Comics Journal
"Union Demands and Financial Troubles" — This article examines some of the major changes affecting the various branches of Dark Horse, such as publishing, retail stores, and other miscellaneous stuff, but particularly the effort of employees to unionize.
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Original page June 14, 2026