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Be honest, do you show up for local small press / indie creator events? If not, today's dispatch has plenty of examples of what you're missing out on. CC: @nashcomicartfest.bsky.social #comics #comicbooks #nashville

Very cool! Alex is particularly wonderful at breathing life into these classic characters, that (for most of my life at least) have existed only in the background of awareness.

...more of "a public service announcement than a formal critique. Drome is an incredible graphic novel, despite even the worst reading-platform usability choices." (Thus, do not sleep on DROME!) cc: @jesselonergan.bsky.social @23rdstbooks.bsky.social #comics #comicbooks

"Devil's Night features four stories that entertain while subtly deconstructing what makes horror a useful genre for digesting reality... Where most people routinely see a therapist, Edwards builds plot lines and fills dialogue into word balloons..." cc: @ipicomics.bsky.social #comics #comicbooks

Catch up on some awesome reading ahead of @harveyawards.bsky.social ceremony this weekend at #NYCC #comics #comicbooks

“…a rich, rewarding graphic novel that will leave you feeling all too appropriately haunted.” The perfect read for fan of history and scary season — by @jamielovett.bsky.social Cc: @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @harveyawards.bsky.social #comics #comicbooks

Ever visit D.C. has a comic fan? A dispatch from our recent trip. cc: @fantomcomics.bsky.social @kharyrandolph.bsky.social @joannestarer.bsky.social @julianlytle.bsky.social @nicolegoux.bsky.social #comics #comicssky #washingtondc

"Publishers are now borrowing tactics from trading card games for every new event crossover launch; but will this displace "quality storyline" as the main draw?" (Thankfully, its chock full o' talent @phillipkjohnson.bsky.social @benjaminpercy.bsky.social ) #comics #comicbooks #midnightmarvel

Have you been Dredd-curious? Don't know where to jump in? This dispatch is for you. Plus, @arthurwyatt.bsky.social answers our questions about A Better World... cc: @2000ad.bsky.social @stevewmorris.bsky.social @robwilliams71.bsky.social

"@sweetshop.app ...joins a small but concerted handful of companies (Global Comix, Neon Ichiban) vying to fill the void left by Comixology in the wake of Amazon's decision to consolidate it into its Kindle ecosystem..." CC: @imagecomics.com @ignitionpress.bsky.social #comics #comicbooks

"My biggest problem with a lot of Wonder Woman stories is their penchant for being about how 'everything you know about Diana’s origin is wrong.' Absolute Wonder Woman is still that kind of story, but @kellythompson.bsky.social makes it affecting and heartfelt." New from @henchman21.bsky.social!

“Only a select few knew the deeper lore: that Moore wrote an even darker, more violent and more extreme work in the same milieu. And even among those who did know, fewer had actually read the story, given how expensive the long-out-of-print issues and collected editions were on the secondary market”

Does someone in your life need to fall in love with digital comics again? Spread the word! Check out this review courtesy of @weirdcitymedia.com www.weirdcitymedia.com/neon-ichiban...

New dispatch is live! By @tched.com Cc: @neonichiban.bsky.social @dstlry.bsky.social

Big feature story dropping soon... Sign up here to read it FREE: www.weirdcitymedia.com

“I decided to test the theory: To embark on a voyage, if you will, into full franchise immersion across film, television, and comics. …revisit[ing] a comic story that directly or thematically relevant. The results? Fascinating.” By @jamielovett.bsky.social cc: @marcguggenheim.bsky.social #comics

Wednesday Dispatch is out! By @jamielovett.bsky.social

$1.99 comics?!?! 😱 A Mischief of Magpies #1 for $4.99?!? 😱 Go check out all the deals in the link!

New Sunday dispatch is live! featuring @curtpires.bsky.social Cc: @madcavestudios.com @onipress.bsky.social @dstlry.bsky.social

“…an alluringly colorful book coyly attempting to disguise murder versions of breakfast cereal mascots as something your mom wouldn't bat an eye at… I had no idea it was filled with such exquisite examples of both horror and comedic sequential storytelling. Stephens is a master of the medium...”

“…Aside from a handful of pointed exceptions, every page of Cannon has four panels of equal size, arranged in a 2×2 orientation. A box of boxes in which the title character is trapped. A steady heartbeat that they cannot escape…” Cc: @harveyawards.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social

Have a Sunday scary comics dispatch! Feat. books from @darkhorse.com @ignitionpress.bsky.social @ipicomics.bsky.social & more.

Have a Sunday Newsletter: "A 72-hour dispatch into the comics-saturated land of Scott Pilgrim. Plus, creator spotlights on @funeralbeat.bsky.social" and more... By @tched.com

But does Billy Bat hold up when reading it on digital apps like Kindle or Hoopla? New one from @jamielovett.bsky.social

This week’s newsletter is out, with @henchman21.bsky.social making his Weird City debut!

“the majority of Marvel's recent comics have felt incredibly safe, almost more like branding exercise…” @jamielovett.bsky.social on the House of Ideas editorial shake up

What’s on your summer reading list? Here’s a few from ours…

“This won’t be a revelation for some of you, but next time you're in an unfamiliar place, see what the local comic store has on offer. You may be in for a pleasant surprise” Cc: @mattemmons.bsky.social @aaronlosty.bsky.social @secondatbest.bsky.social @oilycomics.com @challengers.bsky.social

Our Sunday feature is live! Digital Comics State of the Union, Part 1 By @tched.com

“To put this into context: If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, think of this as the One Ring — the single piece that rules all the others, but for digital comics...” By @tched.com

Part 2 of our chat with Ed Brubaker is out! By @jamielovett.bsky.social

Happy Wednesday! Over at @weirdcitymedia.com, I chatted with Ed Brubaker about two decades of CRIMINAL, including the latest volume, FIVE GEARS IN REVERSE. You can read part one here:

The first part of our chat with Ed Brubaker about he and @seanphillips.bsky.social's Criminal. Check it out now!

Did you catch our latest piece yet? (Btw, signing up lets you read everything we do for FREE.)

What’s the best way to connect with your kids through comics? Thoughts from two seasoned comics journalist dads on this Father’s Day.

"The Ultimate and Absolute Universes have a slightly different shared problem: How long can you tell a story about people trying to change the world without actually changing it, and thus bringing the story to its end?" by @jamielovett.bsky.social

I really have missed writing fun headlines… (for @weirdcitymedia.com)

"Endeavour is a modern 'Lord of the Flies'... Phillips' talent for writing rich, emotionally vulnerable characters [paired with] amazing art from Laming." - @weirdcitymedia.com Don't miss the finale of Endeavour from @stephsmash.bsky.social & @marclaming.bsky.social FOC's 6/15. On Sale in August.

Tom has written a terrific and thoughtful review of issue 3 of Endeavour from @dstlry.bsky.social

“Part of what makes Tezuka's comics so endearing …is the universality and relatability of the themes that run through much of his work. His stories pose questions like “How do we overcome man's cruelty toward one another?” and “What is one individual's worth in the vast universe?”

“…these are the sorts of weird, let-your-mind-wander, intentionally constructed experiments within the comics medium that Alan Moore opines about the world needing more of in occasional interviews and book forewords.”

“Imagining what it feels like to go insane is not easy. Not if you’ve never experienced it. The only options for getting some idea are through dense academic journals or a collection of hallucinogen-heavy experiential works of fiction. Neither of which are terribly effective…”

"It's hard to encapsulate exactly what's good about Galactic, the magazine-sized limited series comic from DSTLRY. It feels like a product of feeding the bulk of high-quality science fiction space films from the last century into a meat grinder to produce a delicious sausage." by @tched.com

Curious about the new Vertigo yet? We have you covered. Cc: @dc.com

We celebrate one-shots (& continue the @kierongillen.bsky.social hype train 🙌) in our latest piece…

Not quite a month into @weirdcitymedia.com’s launch, but @bsky.app is already the top referrer after email, and with only a little (non-automated) human effort. THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make noise on here so far 👊 💪

Don’t miss part 2 of our chat with @kierongillen.bsky.social, up now!

Have a Sunday newsletter! Inside: @samlotfi.bsky.social’s Innards, @iambabydaddy.bsky.social’s Warm Fusion, & lots of other indie gems

“A Mischief of Magpies Scratches at the Limits of Comics and Fantasy” - @weirdcitymedia.com A Mischief of Magpies #1 by @sispurrier.bsky.social & @matiasbergara.bsky.social is coming!⁠ ⁠ Contact your local comic shop today and secure your copy before FOC this Monday May 25th. On shelves in July.

For your (pull list) considerations… We talk to @sispurrier.bsky.social about the gorgeous new DSTLRY series with @matiasbergara.bsky.social