For the evening crowd!!

Sex, violence, and crocodiles (alligators?) ‘Tigress Island’ keeps on delivering in a big way. My review (cc @imagecomics.com):

Does @2000ad.bsky.social always deliver? Yes. But this one is really, really cool -- a 50th anniversary book about the gone-but-not-forgotten Action. Thanks to @robwilliams71.bsky.social, @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social l, @stazjohnson.bsky.social, et al. for their super neat insights. Action!

Read my interview w/ Aaron, and the push this bad boy past the finish line. We need more magical weirdness exactly like this one right now.

A week with mechs, MtG, and mayhem galore. Woo, comics!

New Podcast 🎙️ Rob Williams (@robwilliams71.bsky.social) joins us to talk Hidden Springs 👀 Retired legends, a baby kaiju, and one last shot at redemption, out next new comic book day! Plus, we recap the week in #comics! 🔥 #comicsky @darkhorse.com Listen to where you get podcasts:

What that shit, no one is wants this. Booooooook

Immaculate. Book now.

I miss you this and every day. #Gorp

Judging by the Cover is back 🎨 From @bsienk.bsky.social's Daredevil to @davidaja.com Guy Gardner, and a wild Ben 10 variant, @chriscoplan.bsky.social breaks down the week’s best covers 👀 Which one’s your favorite? Don't miss these:

KAPOW moment of the week 💥 @chriscoplan.bsky.social picks Is Ted OK? #3 by @davechisholmcomics.com and @davidbrooke.bsky.social throws it back to Swamp Thing (1989) #1 Two very different vibes, both worth your time 👀 Hear why: aipt-comics.simplecast.com/episodes/fin...

"After two genuinely great issues, 'Is Ted OK?' #3 sees a pivot that ups the weird factor, furthers the gorgeous humanity, and makes it clear that this book is still just getting started." Thank you @aiptcomics.com for the in-depth review: https://bit.ly/4223YxG Comics by @davechisholmcomics.com

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AIPT says White Sky #3 by William Harms & JP Mavinga “elevates itself even further with an issue of gory delights and sharp emotionality.” This series keeps leveling up—don’t miss out. In shops this week from Image Comics. https://ow.ly/BhK150YRen4

"After two genuinely great issues, 'Is Ted OK?' #3 sees a pivot that ups the weird factor, furthers the gorgeous humanity, and makes it clear that this book is still just getting started." @madcavestudios.com #NCBD #comicsky @davechisholmcomics.com Read @chriscoplan.bsky.social's review:

With each new issue, @davechisholmcomics.com continues to prove why 'Ted' is such an important book. Is it uber relevant? Duh. Is it technically immaculate? Also duh. Mostly, though, it's a deeply human expression, and a rallying cry for community and understanding to conquer it all.

Another banger from Rob. This bit especially feels mega, super important to keep in mind.

A genuinely terrible loss. The Newsarama folks did so much (with increasingly less), and no one had as much of an impact for as long.

I did inventory part-time for a line of car dealerships owned by Penske. $13-15 per hour. 2002-2006(-ish).

This is amazing on every conceivable level.

Posting a Comic Cover I Love (By Tom Raney and Scott Hanna)

Oh man, this looks utterly insane. That imp has me sold.

Oh snap, this looks so damn good.

No, YOU’RE stoned telling YOUR wife about 1992’s ‘Braindead.’

I sat down with Chris to chat about Ruffian Meat and the future!!!

After my deep dive last week (read that here: shorturl.at/5BoLn), my review of the returning Head Lopper. The TL:DR? It's so much fun to see the gang back together, eviscerating monsters. Enjoy!

This new volume is out starting this week. And before my review of #1 drops (tomorrow via @aiptcomics.com), enjoy a hearty convo w/ Andrew MacLean about fantasy comics, doing what feels natural/right, making violence mean something, and much, much more. Enjoy! (CC @imagecomics.com).

The FOC for this wonderful book is today. Get on it if you like subtle supernatural, flowers, complex female characters, and shovels.

This week’s theme? “Get ready for a deliverance, sucka!”

With 11 pieces published this week over at @aiptcomics.com, you may be sick of me talking comics. But I'm also back on @post-trash.bsky.social today, going long about this really great new Landowner LP. (RIYL: AI busting, human thought, and Butthole Surfers.) Woo!

If you wrote and/or abide by this, a pox on your entire house for now and forever.

A second Deep Dive of the week. I spoke with @andrewmaclean.bsky.social about all things 'Head Lopper,' including the essence of the story (it's not just beheadings), the break between volumes, the arc of Norgal and Agatha, and what comes next. Enjoy! (CC @imagecomics.com)

'Ruffian Meat' looked hella cool, so I went ahead and pestered @aaronlosty.bsky.social with some Qs. It's some really great-looking indie horror, and they need your support to scare and unsettle. Bye!

I often think about ‘CYN.’

If I’m ever this clueless, murder me with a shovel.

Following Tyler is the gift that keeps on giving.

For the evening crowd!!

Maybe I’m being too hard on this book? IDK, it’s third issue definitely feels like a big change, and I can feel more of that humanity finally shine through. Definitely more worth it from here on out.

As sad as I am to see this go (for now??!?!?!!), @mattbors.bsky.social and @tristanwright.bsky.social (and company) absolutely KILLED it. The end was such a big, fun blow-off that still felt important, and it extended the vital, relevant work of this kooky little title. Huzzah!

Well, @dougwagner13.bsky.social and co. keep delivering with Narco. A slow issue? Yes. One packed with great character work, emotional texture and depth, and a dope opossum? You betcha!

Your boy's latest deep dive is a special one from @imagecomics.com. Erin and Darcy were a treat to talk to, and 'The Cutting Garden' is a genuinely affective, slow-burning meditation on loneliness, memory, imperfect relationships, and so much more. Enjoy!

"Live off the rain and the dirt" now joins "Fix your hearts or die" as declarations for the 21st century.

The theme of this week's edition is, "Blood, misery, and backsides." Enjoy!

Wowzers, I love this. My brain kept thinking, “That’s how William Gibson writes.”

I met a Jonas Brother.* * = I cohosted a podcast that featured a JoBro.

Matthews and Thomas are a winning team. Like, peanut butter and jelly if it could make you acutely aware of your humanity.

It's giving real S1 of Legion (but horrifying and awful and no likely dance numbers), and I'm HERE for it.

Bloody perfect.