Out now!! I highly encourage folks who are interested in learning the origin of comic shops to check out this documentary. It’s SO good! (And yes I’m briefly in it but I’m more just cheering on my retailer pals who are much smarter and more articulate than me!) 🖤

I think folks should take a moment to recognize that between Cult of the Lamb and Murder Drones @oni-press.bsky.social is making a real attempt at bringing new readership to western comics. How they’re educating shops about these titles & audiences about comic shops is where my interest lies tho.

I CANNOT be having stress dreams about NYCC. I simply CANNOT.

Lord help me, I’m getting back into competitive Pokémon vgc

As of a few weeks ago, I am no longer with Bad Egg. Grateful for the amazing creators I worked with during my time there. I'm freelance editing/writing, excited for my work with life(and death)line comics. I am open for the right fulltime editorial role for me and who I am as a person/creative.

Panels so nice, we’re hoping you hang out with us, in Room 1A03 twice! See you there? 👀

I don’t usually post about prose books but OMG Hollow Kingdom was a hilarious and unique take on an apocalypse story told from the POV of a domesticated crow. 10/10 hella recommend especially as an audiobook.

Matthew asked some really awesome questions about manga in comic shops, which I was ALL TOO HAPPY to answer. ✨

I love how many people ask if I like Wednesday Addams, and I’m like yes, my first tattoo was of her. It’s a huge portrait style and it was done in someone’s garage in DTLA for minimal money and a sandwich. I feel like Wednesday would approve. @chaoticute.bsky.social DID NOT and they shame me YEARLY!

What a fun chat! Thanks for having me @matthewklein316.bsky.social !!

When the Hayashii band’s song in DanDaDan’s dub plays and you think it sounds like DragonForce, and it ends up being because it’s the lead singer of DragonForce…

So I’m bummed because we made the decision a while back to postpone our honeymoon trip to Japan, which was fine BUT I could have gone to USJ and experienced The Apothecary Diaries during that time and now I’m HELLA bummed.

We work in funny books. It’s a serious business.

C018 says “let’s go, humans!” #SDCC

My personal SDCC prep started this weekend because I don’t trust time anymore

Update: Marcy came home today with a clean bill of health after spending two sleeps in the hospital. She’s resting in the office rn as the newest member of Team Tummy Troubles, and she’s expected to make a fully recovery. Thank you to everyone who reached out to check on her. 🖤

So…uh…please send good vibes to the little comics coven voiding if you have space. She had to be hospitalized tonight with pancreatitis, which we thankfully caught & she’s on fluids and meds. I’m just gonna bury myself in work for the next 3 days and manifest the best. 🖤

Did I use my VPN to purchase LINE stickers from the JP store? Yes because they had Mr. Villain!

I paid off my credit card in full recently and the feeling is so freeing.

I think about this seafood Chawanmushi from Kura Sushi we had in Japan almost every day.

I appreciate that my phone gives me a volume level safety notification. But please let me just be over caffeinated and deaf from the screams of metal and my favorite anime ops. It’s my coping mechanism.

Me researching VTubers and Otome games like Love in Deep Space…

Well I’m out for the height of our season with a foot sprain because I kept doing the roller derby thing after being injured in a double header a month ago like an idiot. At least I can walk this time.

NEW: Hegseth is deploying Marines against U.S. citizens. Mayor Bass says to know your rights :

I just watched the new King of the Hill intro and 1) I love it and 2) I have SO many questions such as ⁉️ Why’d they move? ⁉️ Who’s that guy? ⁉️ Do they call him “New Hank”? ⁉️ Why would Dale run for public office? ⁉️ Who would vote for Dale to hold public office? ⁉️ Is that guy still in their house?!

I constantly run into this banner all the time and it resonates with me so much I almost need it tattooed across my forehead.

Found this on my phone! I wrote this in 2018 on @ohcararara.bsky.social stationery. All of this is still true. 💙

Received the hardest of hard stares from the Urgent Care doctor yesterday when I came in to get an xray of my foot 2 weeks after initial injury because our team medics suspected a hairline fracture. Thankfully no fracture, just pushing myself in the stupidest way and now being forced to sit down.

Happy #WorldGothDay from me to you, spooky bats 🖤🦇

Listen, I do have thoughts on the Eisners (as we are all prone to have), but my loudest one is always “man, I wish manga was considered for more than just the one category.”

The @behindthemanga.com had some really great questions that ended up making this interview a 3-part series. The importance of comp titles, knowing who you’re pitching to, awareness of trends in adjacent markets, and a little bit of variant cover trauma are revealed in part 2!

“I’m sorry I can’t, I have to catch up on this anime for work.” is a real sentence I said to my partner last night.

If someone allows me to talk comics marketing for an extended period of time, they better watch out because I won’t shut up 🤣. Thanks for having me on the podcast & being so patient with my ramblings, @behindthemanga.com!!

Happy Free Comic Book Day to those who celebrate! My shop doesn’t open for five hours, but when you go, don’t forget to not just grab your free comics, also get some cool ones that cost money to support your shop! And high five the people who work there because they’re going to be stressed!

Tomorrow! I'm so excited to be a part of this with my awesome LCS. I'll have a few freebies of my own in addition to a copy of just about everything I've worked on- including anthologies like Let Her Be Evil and Killtopia Nano Jams!

Tomorrow. If you tag us with your Free Comic Book Day adventures, we'll reshare them in our feed.

With the dissolution of Diamond, I sincerely encourage folks to visit your #LocalComicShop tomorrow (Saturday 5/3) for #FreeComicBookDay as it’s uncertain if it will continue. It’s the single largest retail day for comic shops & they put SO much love and effort into it for their community!

Pleased to spotlight the 2025 American Manga Awards Manga judges! @annlynzee.bsky.social fr. @animenewsnetwork.com, Ashley Hawkins mangalibrarian.com, CJ Suzuki @cybercjay.bsky.social, @vlordgtz.bsky.social fr. @mangamavericks.bsky.social, & Katy Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social fr. @yattatachi.com

A couple additional announcements about which I am ENORMOUSLY excited for DC PRIDE 2025 as we sprint to our print deadline this Friday (and FOC next monday!! by the way, if u even care!!!) 💖

All of my tattoos are just weird little guys that I have strong connections to. From Wednesday Addams to Skullface Bookseller Honda-san to Frieren, I am a collection of awkward & powerful humanoids, and I think that’s neat.

Sharing Team Japan’s GoFundMe Fundraiser to take them to the 2025 World Cup. I’ve hosted/skated with two of the rostered skaters when they were training cross-country a few years ago & they’re incredible! gofund.me/3415b898

It's finally time for our Annual April Sale - Saturday-Sunday April 26th-27th!

The MHA: Vigilantes anime has some big THWIP energy with all the western superhero references in the animation.

Manga ARE Comics so we’re hoping to reinforce that by supporting local comic shops and their manga loving communities! #ComicShops

True crime ✅ Possessed Podcasts ✅ Comics ✅ Just @ me next time, @ignitionpress.bsky.social and @jerhaun.bsky.social. Immediately backed & glad to see it 3/4 to goal! kck.st/4jwyw13

It’s always really weird hearing Achalasia mentioned in medical dramas because you’re left wondering if the writers high five themselves for using this super rare (and potentially dangerous) esophageal disorder you happen to have as a one off plot point without actually knowing how awful it is.

Me at Barnes & Noble with my fiance hoping he doesn’t decide to buy the Gunsmith Cats omnibus edition for himself because I’ve been hiding it in my car for over month to give him on his birthday.

Board games are being abandoned at Chinese factories and U.S. ports as the tariff on goods made in China hit 145%. If you don’t want a devastating Christmas this year, reach out to your representatives and ask them to pass legislation exempting toys and games from the tariffs.

Come join our team!! 🖤

The tariffs are going to have an impact on the comic industry, not just in production & printing, but most significantly on your local comic shop when there’s a decline in purchasing non-essential goods. Let’s not cut back or cut off the communities comic shops provide. It’s an essential service!