A bit of a read, but worth it.

Today is the birthday of artist Richard "Grass" Green (May 7, 1939-Aug. 5, 2002). He started in fanzines such as Alter Ego & Rocket's Blast Comicollector in the 60s before moving to Charlton Comics & then Underground Comix.

Taiyō Matsumoto has been posting a couple pages from his new comic which recently started serialisation in Big Comic Spirits over on the other website.

rip ted turner, he taught me it was ok to watch the shawshank redemption every rainy saturday afternoon

Jeff Bezos could’ve done what several other wealthy newspaper owners have done — turn the Post into a nonprofit and provide it a sizable endowment. Instead he did shit like this ⤵️

Bob Peak

If it’s “Bowser” with an S Then he’s Mario’s nemesis If it’s “Bowzer” with a Z Then from Sha Na Na he be

FRITZ THE CAT (1972, Ralph Bakshi)

I don’t know what to tell you. This is art.

My obituary for Yoshiharu Tsuge in @comicsjournal.bsky.social "Anyone who is serious about manga has read "Nejishiki."" www.tcj.com/yoshiharu-ts...

I've learned that when an idea pops in my head, it's sometimes more efficient to just draw it than to let it keep needling at me.

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from April 29, 1906.

ok but other than that how are negotiations going

Breaking my (often broken) no social media before 10:00am rule to let you know that I’m back at The Comics Journal with a review of a book I really really liked that is kind of about professional wrestling. www.tcj.com/reviews/soft...

BREAKING: Fidelity won't let customers donate to the SPLC anymore via their charitable gift/donor-advised funds, citing Trump admin indictment of SPLC. No response yet from Schwab, Vanguard... but soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...

Some great reporting here

Don't think I've ever seen @rickhasen.bsky.social this angry. "The Supreme Court itself has shown itself to be the enemy of democracy. [Democrats] have to consider reform of the Supreme Court itself, a conclusion I had been resisting until the court made this unavoidable." slate.com/news-and-pol...

I encourage you to read the 1901 final Congressional speech of George Henry White, who would be the last Black man in Congress for 30 yrs.This “is perhaps the Negroes’ temporary farewell to the American Congress; but…phoenix-like he will rise up some day and come again… blackpast.org/african-amer...

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

"Alan Moore Knows the score" Nostalgia is a trap, but in this case there's something in it - I review the Complete Alan Moore (2000AD Version) on @comicsjournal.bsky.social www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...

UPCOMING TITLE Occult Detective Club / Graveyard of the Death Dolls by Hideshi Hino (our ✪ STAR FRUIT Edition ) Visions of discarded dolls plague Chika's nights, following a foreboding encounter with a possessed doll resting among a collection of occult curiosities...

Can't stop singing this to the theme of the Muppet Show

Never in my life have I clicked on a link faster than one with a Frank Quitely interview

Who would rather see baby goats playing than talk about this shit anymore?

Frank Stack was a cartoonist, fine artist, educator, & one of the founding figures of underground comics. He passed away recently, and to honor his memory @comicsjournal.bsky.social has made available an interview that @gtlabsrat.bsky.social & I did with him a while back. www.tcj.com/the-comics-j...

Holy cow we got the gang back together to record a new episode of Comic Books Are Burning in Hell. The world is stuffed with possibilities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

As DC’s publisher, Jim now has the opportunity to do the funniest thing: adjust the expectations of freelancers so no one ever has to worry about kicking into “5th gear” and damaging their health for unrealistic publishing schedules.

Julius Schwartz having a little fun with Bob Kane. #comics

There is literally no employment lawyer in the country who would allow their client to put their name to this, this is incredible

as promised, here’s Maid to Skate, by Suzushiro:

The Comics Journal has an interview with Linnea Sterte by Gina Gagliano that delves deeper into Sterte's inspirations and process.

A week or so ago I was working on my presentation on Aya of Yopougon (for the French class I take) when, to my shock, I found out about the death of its illustrator, Clément Oubrérie. A talented artist with so much visual verve and imagination.

This lovely and heartfelt tribute to Hermann Huppen (Jeremiah, The Towers of Bois-Maury), who died in March at the age of 87, is well worth your time today. It was written by Cynthia Rose for @comicsjournal.bsky.social. www.tcj.com/hermann-hero...

"Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told me she saw 1,500 detainees housed in cages at the site, a cage area that smelled like urine, and one cage configuration where detainees appear to have no option but to go to the bathroom in front of everyone."

www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco... Holy SHIT this is incredible

Reddit is so great

And here’s a gift link to the remarkable story about the FBI Director from @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Things anti-trans policy and propaganda is: - hateful - fascist - eugenicist - deadly Things anti-trans policy and propaganda is not: - a luxury belief - a difference of opinion - a polling issue - a matter of salience - a distraction

RIP Frank Stack, who worked on my favorite one shot comic ever, ‘American Splendor: Transatlantic Comics.’ THE best, in my opinion, American Splendor artist.

R.I.P. legendary cartoonist Frank Stack, aka "Foolbert Sturgeon"

It will never not make me sad how unknown jiri trnka is. literally my favorite puppeteer ever. if there were any justice in the world he'd be held up on a pedestal as high as aardman or laika

great popular science fiction is always weirdly horny. there are no exceptions to this rule.

Comics folks: if you know anything about the round of layoffs at Marvel today, feel free to send me a message on signal: ZRabiroff.73

Fuck target. I mean. For a lot of reasons. But this is a straw even past the last straw. Awful company.

The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free. Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...

Breaking: ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota county investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Several important nuggets in here: • Swalwell was rebuilding Newsom's inner circle; he was the establishment hope • One lobbyist: "Were we willing to delude ourselves or not ask questions that should have been asked? 1000%" • His campaign started sending cease-and-desists last year