I loved the first 20 years of MTV, but I think on balance, the last 20 did more damage than good, culturally. I think you can draw a reasonably straight line between the rise of reality TV and the ongoing trainwreck/clown show that is the modern media landscape. collider.com/mtv-official...

Look, you can put Heroes over pretty much anything and it will be awesome, but I really dug the ending credits of Stranger Things. And I think overall, they stuck the landing… maybe a little “safe”, but definitely a good watch, and good capper to the series.

Q: What do @monibarre.bsky.social @davidbooher.bsky.social @rdouek.com @francescafantini.bsky.social & @gvonstoddard.bsky.social have in common? A: They're all part of this new incredible, anti-fascist anthology that's LIVE NOW on KS. You've, backed it, right? www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...

Sheeeeeit. 🙁 deadline.com/2025/12/isia...

Check out the new HORROR, NOT HATE anthology, launching today on Kickstarter! I have a story in here with the talented Caleb Ady, and all proceeds are going to help marginalized groups! www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...

Very happy to see ROAD OF BONES among a bunch of other horror greats in @fangoria.bsky.social’s list of 13 wintery horror comics to read by the fire! www.fangoria.com/best-horror-...

Very happy to see ROAD OF BONES among a bunch of other horror greats in @fangoria.bsky.social’s list of 13 wintery horror comics to read by the fire! www.fangoria.com/best-horror-...

Here’s to 25 or so years of great music television!

“There is no god here. No god but hunger.” Real world incidents like this inside the Soviet gulag system directly inspired Road of Bones. Sad to see. www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...

TFW the dog tries to convince you nobody fed him dinner yet.

I don’t talk much about my run on Magic: The Gathering, but I think about this opening page a lot. I thought it was a nice coda to all of Jed’s excellent work in the previous 20 issues, and spoke to the deepest fear of every would-be-conqueror. Drawn by the incomparable Ig Guara.

Too real, Alan Wake. Too real. 🤣

there’s simply no day that owning more knives won’t be emotionally and cognitively therapeutic

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE blog.playstation.com/2025/12/11/c...

Congrats Michele!

The Beat’s Best Comics of 2025 The Beat staff has come together once again to compile its annual, wide-spanning list of the best comics of 2025.

Surprise! A new segment called Fave 5 drops on the COMICS FOR YOU feed with writer @alexsegura.bsky.social dishing why Grant Morrison’s “Animal Man” is 1 of his five 5 comics runs of all-time. Do you agree? What else ranks on Alex’s list? Listen up and find out! Link in comments #ncbd #comics

Hero.

“Inevitable” apple.news/AUV5nU9PETwG...

The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar

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It's the 5th Anniversary of Commander Rao! 🚀👢 To celebrate Im excited to announce COMMANDER RAO: ANNIVERSARY EDITION - A beefy new reprint collecting the original stories, a cover gallery, and a BRAND NEW 16 page comic titled Old Ghosts! Launching on my webstore JAN 2026. Link below!

Great post by @rdouek.com Specifically on becoming a comics creator but relevant to artists in general. #writingcomics #indiecomics #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

I would not say no… screenrant.com/new-venom-se...

WRITERS! Want to troubleshoot, level up your work or learn a new medium? Bring joy back to your writing practice or come back from burnout? I have openings for coaching clients! Drop a line to jay.edidin(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject COACHING QUERY for a free consultation!

The world needs more comic shops! Check out Santa Monica Comics Company if you’re in LA, and if not, spread the word and wish them well!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Today’s the day! If you’re stopping by your local comic shop to pick up something to read over the break, I hope you add Venom: Black White and Blood #4 to your pile!

Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting. *An insane sports yuri about a damaged perfectionist and her golden retriever ex gf trying to reconnect through the motorcycle fight club known as the Seismic Ironclash Roulette (S.I.R.)

It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant! My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st. forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...

Damn @rdouek.com, paired with two of my favorites in artist Robert Gill and A Haunted Girl colorist Andres Mossa, has crafted a hell of a story about everyone’s favorite symbiote in VENOM: BLACK, WHITE & RED #4. Douek has a superpower of distilling what makes a hero great. Hoping to see more.

"Venom: Black, White & Blood #4 closes out the latest installment of the #Marvel anthology... and featuring plenty of blood in the process." @rdouek.com #NCBD #Venom @alewingpromotes.bsky.social #comicsky Read @cjwritesstuff.bsky.social's review:

Can’t believe Vice didn’t go with this photo.

Today’s the day! If you’re stopping by your local comic shop to pick up something to read over the break, I hope you add Venom: Black White and Blood #4 to your pile!

5/5 ⭐ #VENOM: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #4 OF 4 uncomicmas.blogspot.com/2025/11/rese... By #AlEwingg #KEIZAMA #RACHELLEROSENBERG @rdouek.com ROBERT GILL ANDRES MOSSA #Chrisbachalo JAIME MENDOZA y CLAYTON COWLES Cover #philiptan

Stopped by @fpnyc.bsky.social, one of my favorite stores, and signed a FAT stack of Venom: Black White and Blood #4. Grabs copy off the shelf tomorrow, or online right here! www.fpnyc.com/venom-black-...

“Device hoarding” un fucking real Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit

So thrilled to see ALTER EGO out in paperback today! Eternally proud of this standalone sequel to SECRET IDENTITY, which was an immediate USA TODAY-bestseller, Anthony Award-nominee, and got rave reviews from all over. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

THIS WEDNESDAY! Eddie Brock vs. Mac Gargan with the Venom symbiote in the balance! VENOM: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #4

This headline sounds like a Smashing Pumpkins album title.

Having artist collaborators check in to let me know they’re working on our new projects has me shivering with

THIS WEDNESDAY! Eddie Brock vs. Mac Gargan with the Venom symbiote in the balance! VENOM: BLACK WHITE & BLOOD #4

had a chance to read The Peril of the Brutal Dark #1 this weekend by @christophcondon.bsky.social @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social & Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou…and THIS is a perfect #1, powered by fun noir subject matter, a great lead character, and a compelling mystery that lands on a chilling last panel

In other @boom-studios.com news, GRIM has been picked up by @netflix.com for a series to be put into production! Very cool for creators @stephsmash.bsky.social and Flaviano. icv2.com/articles/new...

OpenAI recently did their first advertising for ChatGPT. Other than some on-screen text, it was filmed with real actors, real crew, even on real 35mm film. No Sora, no prompting, no generated images, even. Think about that for a minute.

Just a @tylerboss.bsky.social appreciation post. This cover is for G.A. issue thirty - out next week.

So honored to have a Bleeding Hearts 1 variant from @shadex6.bsky.social, one of the all time greats. Just look at how much work was put into that -- what a privilege! And that's on top of the perfect main cover from @stipanmorian.bsky.social & another brilliant one from legendary Jae Lee!

Said thoughts, because I am too lazy to retype them. Originally posted on Alex Segura's discord, which you should definitely check out, he's building a really fun and vibrant community of fans and fellow creators there!

All these years later, I still use my own variation of @rycady.bsky.social's salsa chart to track my projects. Caliente!

Some open advice to aspiring and struggling creators, in my latest newsletter: If You Want A Career in Comics, Learn to Surf.* open.substack.com/pub/richdoue...