One of my favorite people, @jkparkin.bsky.social, posted his favorite comics of 2025 and i agree with just about all of them. While I'm not writing for Smash Pages much lately. I'm happy i have them as friends. I can't imagine not having the crew at @smashpages.bsky.social to talk to about comics.

Nice haul of graphic novels arrived today by creators I like, but also by people I like:

'Don’t blame me, I voted for Lex': A quick history of a billionaire's brief presidency, by @tombondurant.bsky.social: smashpages.net/2025/02/05/d...

I haven't tested this yet, but I look forward to doing so: arstechnica.com/google/2025/...

Smash Pages' @jkparkin.bsky.social shares his favorite comics and graphic novels of 2024: smashpages.net/2025/01/08/m...

As a matter of fact, I do like this song: thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/16/e...

New Warriors

If you're interested in the crazy shit that happens in Texas, the Barbed Wire is a great indie news outlet.

WHAT!

Doom recruits Thunderbolt Ross as his secretary of defense, kind of. Not the worst choice made this week ...

I did a Q&A with @mckelvie.bsky.social that's up on the @dstlry.bsky.social website, talking about his new comic 'One for Sorrow,' which he wrote and drew: dstlry.co/blogs/news/j...

I did this interview with Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett for the @dstlry.bsky.social blog on their new comic, 'The Big Burn,' the first issue of which came out today. Pick it up; it's hella fun! dstlry.co/blogs/news/1...

Bloodhunting 3 | The Smash Pages crew, including @shanembailey.bsky.social, Tom Bondurant + @jkparkin.bsky.social, talk about Blood Hunt #3 and #4: smashpages.net/2024/07/12/b...

Calvin and Hobbes.

Some Usagi supporting characters I've drawn for folks over the last few years

Last day of school for my son. He went to school sick the first week, then spent most of Jan at home because of flu and bronchitis. Had to make up time before and after school because Texas is stupid. Has had all A’s all year. Wouldn’t you know it … woke up sick today.

Smash Pages Q&A | 'Harsh Prospect' creator Will Tempest talks to @jkparkin.bsky.social about the horror/science fiction webcomic-turned-graphic novel: smashpages.net/2024/05/14/s...

Bloodhunting 1: The Smash Pages crew discusses the explosive start of Marvel's vampire-infested summer event: smashpages.net/2024/05/08/b... @shanembailey.bsky.social @jkparkin.bsky.social

Smash Pages Q&A | Josh Hicks talks with @jkparkin.bsky.social about his new graphic novel, 'Hotelitor,' which is about a giant robot-shaped hotel and the characters who inhabit it: smashpages.net/2024/05/03/s...

Hey @cmautner.bsky.social congrats! This is awesome news: www.tcj.com/my-last-sigh/

Only ~60 hrs left to get your copy and help us make Vol 2 ASAP

I really like this cover too Uncanny X-Men #1 by David Marquez but @jkparkin.bsky.social had a really funny comment that he wants to see this from another point of view and now I need someone to commission that. Lol

Remembering the late, great "ROWDY" RODDY PIPER on what would have been his 70th birthday.

Tonight is the halfway point of the campaign! Tomorrow we wake up for part 2, and man would it be nice to wake up with a new backer Death of Comics Bookcase fts. Nick Cagnetti, PJ Holden, Anna Readman, and more! 6 stories, 48 pages, 1 epic demise. Live now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zac...

Smash Pages Q&A | S.E. Case talks with @jkparkin.bsky.social about the crowdfunding campaign for the webcomic 'Rigsby WI,' which is coming to print from Iron Circus Comics: smashpages.net/2024/04/10/s... @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social @secase.bsky.social

Sarah Byam and Clover Press are bringing 'Billi 99,' one of Tim Sale's early projects, back to print via Kickstarter. Read my interview with her here: smashpages.net/2024/02/28/s...

Younger comics creators, you need to know this: if a small indy publisher makes you think you can be "blacklisted from the industry" for requesting monies owed you, they're lying, full-stop. They don't have that kind of power. In fact, I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone who does. Fight back.

Upcoming Batman variant cover. Line art by me, color by @nathanfairbairn.bsky.social

These guys are a lot of fun, and they provided some great visuals to go with the interview.

Growing up, my older brother and I bonded over comics, and one of our favorites was the Paul Levitz/Keith Giffen Legion of Super-Heroes. The Great Darkness Saga in particular was a high point of my early comic book reading.

I see that Banned Book Week is coming up Oct. 1. This year, every week has felt like Banned Book Week.

I spoke with Mat Groom about the new Inferno Girl Red graphic novel currently up on Kickstarter, as well as some of his current favorite tokusatsu and boarding school dramas.

It's the end of The Nib. I wrote about the great people I worked with who made the publication possible. mattbors.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

I imagine there are a lot of happy Wordle players today.

All 15 issues of The Nib magazine are available to download for free. 1,600 pages of comics.

Action Jaxxon.

Kevin Melrose, my friend and former colleague from The Great Curve, Blog@Newsarama and Robot 6, is in need of help. Please donate to him if you can, and keep him in your thoughts: https://gofund.me/ab154955

This is gross and embarrassing for Texas A&M all the way around. Kathleen McElroy is a distinguished professor and journalist, AND an Aggie, and would have been the perfect person to revive their journalism program.

Kickstarter shared some of their data around comics projects for 2023 so far with me. The total # of comics projects has increased by 14%, while total dollars pledged increased to $17.6 million: https://smashpages.net/2023/07/13/kickstarters-comics-projects-have-increased-by-14-this-year/

I'm so fascinated by the story of the surfboard-stealing otter with a tragic background: https://www.ktvu.com/news/wildlife-experts-seek-to-capture-surfing-santa-cruz-sea-otter-deemed-public-safety-risk

I spoke with Paul Cornell about Con & On, his new comic with Marika Cresta that's coming from Ahoy Comics tomorrow. It's set across several years of a West Coast comics convention, with each issue depicting a different year of the show.

I still miss Google Reader: https://www.theverge.com/23778253/google-reader-death-2013-rss-social

As a big fan of Victorian ghost stories, Christmas and all the creators involved, I'm looking forward to this: https://smashpages.net/2023/07/08/eric-powell-recruits-becky-cloonan-mike-mignola-james-harren-for-a-spooky-christmas-anthology/

I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there a name for the individual posts on Bluesky (ie like tweets, but not "tweets," obviously)?

Promising a friend on the hellsite that you'll get them an invite code ASAP