Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Hey y’all – sorry for the long hiatus. I’m still in the throes of wrapping my shop up and trying to get out of the space before the end of the month. Soon as that’s done I’ll be able to get back to the ComicBooked community mission! Til then, enjoy the Traveling Wilburys…

I would add that it’s also probably the oldest. How many caves have a variation of the popular long-running strip “Ooog Kills the Mammoth?”

A bit of history of the infamous event called “Inktober” (thread of events ahoy! Plus a bit of a #PSA ):

Time to check out the top articles from the past week at CXF, led by our editorial on the cancellation of Red Hood by DC: comicsxf.com/2025/09/21/e...

What up Blue Sky!? ✨PAINT MORE FAT FOLKS📷 FatPhotoRef is a free, volunteer-submitted resource meant to inspire the inclusion and non-fetishized depiction of fat people in art. Request access at fatphotoref.com Responses may take a few days! (It's just me running things.)

What sound do Cyclops' optic blasts most often make? If you thought the answer was ZARK, you might be wrong. Here, we tally every optic blast SFX from X-Men #1-201 comicsxf.com/2025/09/25/x...

Beneath the Grove is out TODAY!!! A WHOLE CHAPTER after YEARS!!!!!! Go read!!

The Directory Will Be Down Briefly: @manonatelier.bsky.social is moving the business and events directories to a new subdomain in order to avoid anymore conflict glitches between the Geodirectory and BuddyPress code. We’ll let you know when it’s back.

We're hosting an artist market during the Comics in the City: Sequential Art Is... Opening Reception, tomorrow, September 27th from 11am-4pm at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens. Admission is FREE. Click the link to RSVP: www.womenincomicscollective.org/event-detail...

Here's an unedited sample page from FEELING MESSED UP, a 28-page mini-comic I've put together that deals with insomnia, donuts, and depression. The Kickstarter campaign goes live next week, but you can sign up to be notified when it launches now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dfw...

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Are you an indie comics freelancer? Go to comicbooked.directory now and create your listing for free!

Go to ComicBooked.org and create a free member profile — Pop your head in and introduce yourself to the members. Check out the site and if it seems like a community you’d like to be a part of we would love for you to be among the pioneering voices that help shape the space.

The community platform for comic industry pros — Just go to ComicBooked.org and create a profile — Hope to see you there! PS — We haven’t built the mobile app yet, so for the best experience you’ll wanna login on your desktop computer.

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

The private community platform for comic industry pros — Just go to ComicBooked.org and create a profile — Hope to see you there! PS — We haven’t built the mobile app yet, so for the best experience you’ll wanna login on your desktop computer.

“Yeah, something about when you come for the crown that’s so humbling, huh?” Ink commission for @dmisemer.bsky.social 💥🐯

Just go to ComicBooked.org and create a profile — Hope to see you there! PS — We haven’t built the mobile app yet, so for the best experience you’ll wanna login on your desktop computer.

Thank you so much to everyone who has taken a chance on building a new type of community based around our love of comics! If you’re a comic writer or artist and you haven’t created your member profile yet, just go to ComicBooked.org to do it now. And don’t forget to say hi, when you get there!😁

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It’s free, there’s no ads, algorithm, or AI and it’s Black owned & comic industry run. We also have zero tolerance for toxic behavior and harassment Go to ComicBooked.org and create a profile — For best experience login on desktop not mobile *Afua Richardson is not affiliated with ComicBooked.org

Just like Dragon Con, AI art is not permitted on ComicBooked.org — Anyone who joins and posts AI content as their work will be banned from the site.

There’s a lot happening inside of ComicBooked.org — Hop in and be a part of the conversation!

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Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old: copa.apps.uri.edu

Are you a comic writer, artist, comic shop owner, nerdy podcaster, cosplay artist, bookseller, journalist of nerdy content or a librarian? Will you help us reach our 200 member goal for September? Go to ComicBooked.org and create your free member profile and introduce yourself to the community!

Happy Letterer Appreciation Day — To all you letterers out there, thank you for the art of words!

Everybody’s waiting for you!

Your community is waiting for you inside.

Sept. on The Big Picture 9/1 25 for '25 - No. 13 9/3 Telluride + Venice 9/5 HIGHEST 2 LOWEST 9/9 Altman Hall of Fame 9/12 PTA Movie Character Draft 9/15 TIFF Report 9/17 25 for '25 - No. 12 9/19 Physical Media Special 9/22 HIM 9/24 25 for '25 - No. 11 9/26 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 9/29 OBAA Mailbag

Well well well. #Sinners

This is really cool — BINC is such a great org!

Today (right now actually) is the premiere of the new YouTube sitcom THE COMIC SHOP: A WORKPLACE COMEDY Check it out, subscribe and show your support here: youtu.be/oMke8X0f7RM?...

Site performance update: You may notice some odd site behavior for a bit. Manon has to re-save the permalinks to reload the htaccess file for the Industry News page. It should be back soon. She’s also replacing the feed plugin as it’s putting out errors and causing pages to load slow.

What’re you waiting for? ComicBooked.org

Do you own or work in a comic book store? You should be on ComicBooked.org

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It seems like the most and least gate-kept industry out there. You can make a comic, but good luck getting it in front of readers. I love the medium, it is a fantastic way to tell a story.

What is one thing about the comic industry that frustrates you and one thing you love?

Are you a comic book artist? You should be on ComicBooked.org

Are you a comic book writer? You should be on ComicBooked.org

Comic books are the original niche community and it’s time to modernize that idea by creating our own niche digital community with ComicBooked.org

The first paragraph of the ComicBooked.org community guidellines.

Go to ComicBooked.org and create a free member profile — Pop your head in and introduce yourself to the members. Check out the site and if it seems like a community you’d like to be a part of we would love for you to be among the pioneering voices that help shape the space.