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...

👨‍🍳 NEW EP! 👨‍🍳 On a grocery run to the marketplace of ideas, Yan and Nat stumble upon a strange stall. Far from the nostalgic scents of the retconfectionery and the electric buzz of the canned-dialogue dispensers, comics critic @riteshwriter.bsky.social invites our hosts for… (1/2)

🔔 NOW AVAILABLE on komiks.space: “Aking Mga Kaibigan (My Friends)” by Megel A silent comic about letters sent to friends for a special occasion. 📚 Read for free: read.komiks.space/aking-mga-kaibigan #readkomiks

@comicsanspod.com from andasproductions.com is your go-to podcast for a deep dive into the world of comics. Hosted by Myle Yan Tay and nathanielmah.bsky.social, they explore everything from crime capers to sports manga. Perfect for both new readers and seasoned fans alike.

🎬 NEW TRAILER ALERT! 🎬 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐥, a neo-noir audio thriller about violence, identity, and the dark pursuit of meaning premieres TOMORROW, 24 October! New episodes every Friday, wherever you get your podcasts. youtube.com/shorts/hBu6GDvZWvY?feature=share

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🔔 NOW AVAILABLE on komiks.space: “Ang Mga Pusa ng Barangay Masikap” by @zekemachine.bsky.social Issues #1 and #2 available in Filipino! 📚 Read for free: read.komiks.space/barangay-masikap #readkomiks

🚨 NEW EP! 🚨 Earlier today, the RSS Comic Sans returned safely to Earth after its slingshot voyage around the sun, making Yan and Nat the first—and last—podcast hosts to go to space. They'll spend today's press conference discussing the graphic novel "Through a Life" by Tom Haugomat... 1/2

📚📚 Ep 1 (TOMORROW!) — Through a Life by Tom Haugomat Ep 2 — Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by @patrickhorvath.bsky.social & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Ep 3 — A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong Ep 4 ft. @riteshwriter.bsky.social — Rare Flavours by @therightram.bsky.social & Filipe Andrade

‼️ An all-new season of Comic Sans starts TOMORROW 😱😱😱 🗓️ With new episodes every other Thursday! 🎙️ Our hosts, Yan and @nathanielmah.bsky.social are back with more of that page-turning, mind-melting comic book goodness you know and love 😋 ⬇️ Check out the comics we discuss in the first few eps...

NEW 👻 INTERACTIVE 👻 KOMIK! “The Ghosts of Kapok Dorm” by Nina Martinez Our dormers stay in two recently renovated buildings with... historical significance. Have a look around with Ghost Vision™! 📚 Read for free: read.komiks.space/the-ghosts-of-kapok-dorm #readkomiks 1/3

🔔 NEW KOMIKS: “The Existential Horrors of a Mundane Adulthood” by @robcham.bsky.social A comic about the true horrors we face day to day: taxes, relationships, rent! How will we survive? The answers aren't here! 📚: komiks.space/the-existential-horrors-of-a-mundane-adulthood #readkomiks

🔔 NEW ESSAY on komiks.space: "Seven Pages, Not Seven Volumes" by @carljavier.bsky.social On making the leap from pitch to page. 💬 : talk.komiks.space/essays/seven... #talkkomiks

@kellykanayama.bsky.social 's essay about 'The Punishette' in this week's @shelfdust.bsky.social is crazy good! Just a well-rounded, thoughtful reflection on 'take-up-the-mantle' characters, comic book machismo, and the police state. Check both Kelly and Shelfdust out on Patreon!

🔔 NEW RESOURCE on komiks.space: "Rest in Peace, Ol' Unreliable — or: How to print comics on your sh*t printer" A how-to zine by @bskynirenren.bsky.social ✂️: make.komiks.space/resources/rest-in-peace-ol-unreliable #makekomiks

🔔 OPEN CALL: Contribute to komiks.space! We are now accepting submissions from writers and komiks creators: talk.komiks.space/essays/submi... Pitch us: ✍️ Reviews, essays, and interviews that expand the conversation about Southeast Asian komiks, for talk.komiks.space 🎨 ... (1/2)

🚨 NEW EP 🚨 As the sweltering purple sun rises over the ruins, the comics in Yan and Nat's hands crumble to dust. The end seems nigh for our brave hosts, until… look! With a mighty cry, comics critic @mlkejera.bsky.social soars in on a biometallic pterodactyl... 1/2

🦇 The audio adaptation of the "Dark Victory" arc begins this week on DC High Volume: Batman! 🥳 I'm immensely proud to have co-written this audio adaptation together with @roshansinghsambhi.bsky.social & @finalrune.com! Just from reading their drafts, I've learned so much from them about... 1/2

Please look at this amazing resource one of our Actions Committee members made! 💖

Seriously this was such a fun talk! I was so nervous but it turned into a total party. Please listen and hear me gush about Hu’s graphic novel “A Night Ride to the Day”!

🔔 NOW AVAILABLE: “Crocodile Complex” by @venz228.bsky.social Long nails, missing pins, & foggy brass. After an incident up north, Lt. Plover Capulong and Nurse Yago Dimalanta must hike forests with shared dread for a glimpse of peace. 📚: read.komiks.space/crocodile-co... #readkomiks

🔔 Komiks by Maria Maranan now on komiks.space! "Riot Shield" — an autobio comic about physical clashes with the police at protests 📚: read.komiks.space/riot-shield 2. "Tulip Cove" Issues #1 and #2 📚: read.komiks.space/tulip-cove Available in English and Filipino! #readkomiks

Surprise — it's the TEMUJIN SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER DOUBLE FEATURE! Today, listen to Temujin as it was originally written: a feature-length theatrical experience, or as the kids say: a supercut 😎 🎬 And tomorrow, listen to the Temujin talkback episode five years in the making, featuring... (1/3)

II by Ren Galeno is a short, mostly silent comic in which a young woman is haunted by the eyes of babies and infants around her. It is powerful, effective, and the eventual reveal rewards recursive reading as you'll see more things that make sense. If you see it at a convention, go pick it up!

Wrote a blog post about a way to integrate Google Forms with e-signature platform RabbitSign! The goal: whenever someone submits the Google Form, they receive a customized document ready for signing. Good for podcast consent forms, license agreements, etc! scottleechua.com/blog/googlef...

🔔 NEW EP ALERT! 🗓️ Today's match: Myle Yan Tay of Comics College versus Nathaniel Mah of Sans School! 🏸 These bitter rivals face each other once again on the badminton courts of "Blue Box" by Kouji Miura to prove, once and for all… their love for each other?! 🎧: l.comicsanspod.com/s03e03

S03E02 — These Savage Shores out now! 🎧: l.comicsanspod.com/s03e02 📜 ✍️ Dear Yan, Here in the exotic, faraway lands of Singapore, there are whispers of a new episode of Comic Sans: one about colonialism, political intrigue — and vampires?! 🧛 I do not know what to make of this news...

ok but why can't my dyson be that cute 🥺😭

While reading the new, beautifully curated and typeset Greg Brillantes collection last weekend, I felt compelled to dig through my crumpled college printouts and find the first Brillantes story I ever read: The Apollo Centennial 🚀 The story is about a school field trip to a space museum... 🧵 #STS

Play some Roachman and chat with us at the MadeWithSG booth (B2-88A) right beside Nickelodeon! #indiedev #indiegame #SGCC2024

Excited, a little nervous, and so so proud to be demoing "Roachman" — a 2D action adventure from our indie team at @andasproductions.com — at this weekend's Singapore Comic-con! You can play "Roachman" at booth B2-88A beside Nickelodeon, and win merch from Andas and MadeInSG! "Roachman" is... 🧵

RT if you hate it when Galactus removes your space-time powers

Hello BlueSky!🦋 Now that we’ve officially migrated to the blue app, we’re excited to share our LGLM CLIENT starter pack! Now’s your chance to get to know our amazing list of illustrators & writers. Follow for updates and more!📚✨ go.bsky.app/2gTBG3i

I trace the rim of dust on top of our Roomba. Its plight calls to mind the great clown Pagliacci, who is visiting town tonight,

if you found me via @notanotheralex.bsky.social's STACKED comic writers starter pack — hello!! 👋 my name is Scott, a Filipino-Chinese comic writer based in Manila! in 2017 i coauthored Doorkeeper, a dark fantasy komik based on Philippine 🇵🇭 history and myths: read.komiks.space/doorkeeper 1/3 🧵

It's been a month and we still can't believe it! 🤯 "Sayang," our latest audio drama, was awarded BEST OF THE BEST of audio fiction at New Jersey Webfest 2024!! 😱🥳🎉 Sayang also took home: 1) Outstanding Science Fiction, and 2) Best Supporting Performance by Shrey Bhargava... (1/4)

Yan makes a haunting appearance on the Halloween special of Escape the Mojoverse (@mojoversepod.bsky.social), an X-Men comics podcast! If you like Comic Sans, we think you'll love Escape the Mojoverse. Listen to our spooky crossover here: 🎧 l.comicsanspod.com/mojoverse-sabretooth

On the last day of Shortbox Comics Fair — a thread of my favorite reads! Buy them all here: shortboxcomicsfair.com (1/?) 🧵 #art #illustration #comics

[Crossposting a recent #STS thread from Twt as I slowly move over!] To my 🇵🇭 Philippine friends --- when was the last time you got a spam text? Did you use to get 5 to 10 spam texts a day, and then recently... nothing? I think I know why... 🧵

In our latest bonus episode, @jordanmorris.bsky.social introduces us to a comic that, as the kids say, is “giving maximalist” (are we doing this right?) 🤷🏻‍♂️ Check out our discussion on X-Terminators by @iamhandaxe.bsky.social & Carlos Gomez: 🎧 l.comicsanspod.com/s02e10

DAREDEVIL SANS! DAREDEVIL SANS!

We’re extremely proud to unveil ANDAS PRESENTS, a new podcast feed for one-shot audio stories from Andas Productions, distributed by Realm! You can already check out our first release under the ANDAS PRESENTS banner, FEVER DREAM, wherever you get your podcasts.

I've got some really terrific news to share from Andas Productions, alongside a bit of a sad note. In short: our biggest game release so far is live, but will no longer be playable after March 2024! PLAY HERE (while it lasts): play.andasproductions.com/lars (1/5)

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A razor-sharp commentary on the phrenological undertones supervillain archetype! An immense read from start to finish

Superheroes are sentinels of the city. Indeed, Scott Bukatman argues #GoldenAge superheroes “encapsulated & embodied the same utopian aspirations of modernity as the cities themselves.” They are also designed to survive the real & symbolic dangers of modern urban existence. 1/12

Season 2 of Comic Sans just started last week! Yan and Nat gush over the glorious chase sequence of Daredevil #1 (2014), by the inimitable @markwaid.bsky.social and @chrissamnee.bsky.social! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/41UJ... (7/?)