My pal @jimmyaquino.bsky.social interviewed me at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social. Fun time!

New York Film Festival Queue be killin' me. #NYFF

Nice! Please let me know what you think!

Thank you and let me know what you think! :-)

Nice to chat with you, Jimmy!

Thank you, you did an amazing job!

Walking through SPX with comix legend Jay Lynch, I asked: Why did Bazooka Joe wear an eyepatch? His answer was classic. Rick Parker nailed the punchline. Catch me at SPX Sept 13–14! #SoButtons #SPX2025

Page 4 (the end): First con ever. College kid geeking out with Byrne, Miller, Mignola & Gibbons… and somehow convincing Topps I was employable. Comics + bubblegum cards = destiny with a stick of gum.

First comics con. Still in college. One day I’m meeting Byrne, Miller, Gibbons… the next I’m talking with the Topps crew. Those conversations? They’d lead to my first real job in the industry. #SoButtons #Topps #ComicsHistory

New YouTube channel 💧 chatting with 2025 Eisner nominated comics writer @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about his project So Buttons. youtu.be/2Iq31pdSdmY?...

From summers in the Catskills to a dream gig at Topps — my trading card obsession was about to pay off. Garbage Pail Kids, baseball cards, bubblegum wrappers… if it came in a wax pack, I probably bought it. Now I was making them. #SoButtons #Topps

From Kirby to Bazooka Joe… and me. Summers in the Catskills = Star Wars & Bazooka gum (wrappers and all, if you were my grandma). Years later, I was at Topps making Star Wars cards. From bungalow games to Lucasfilm secrets. #SoButtons #AutobioComics #ComicMemoir

Hi @ginagagliano.bsky.social, just listened to an old podcast between you and @anniek.bsky.social. What a delight, if a bit of time travel. I feel like neither of you is shedding tears for Diamond, LOL. Just got back from the Eisners where I lost to Godzilla (boo-hoo). Oh well, next year! :-)

Such a pleasure to do this interview!

Dropped off a check… and picked up a memory. This used to be a Waldenbooks. Stern, Anne Rice, George Foreman. Now? A bank. And I’m a “Borders & Noble” Boomer. 🥲 Words: Jonathan Baylis Art: @tjkirsch81 From So Buttons #11 #SoButtons #EisnerAwards

The new Superman movie totally had some of that All-Star energy, right? Loved it.

✏️ From Miracleman to Trident, from Bruce Paley to Scott Dunbier — my semester in London turned into a full-on comix universe connect-the-dots. Who knew one trip abroad could lead to this much small press magic? Finale from So Buttons #11 Art by #PhilElliott #SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics

@mariavicente.com, @katemckean.bsky.social what do you think about Query pulldowns that feature graphic novel in fiction, and memoir in non-fiction, but no selection for graphic memoir? You'd almost think that would've changed with Fun Home, LOL.

Ever go all the way to London just to find a comic shop run by a guy from Brooklyn? In So Buttons #11, I dive into UK small press and stumble onto Skinny Melinks (Bruce Paley) — and a small world moment I never saw coming. Art by #PhilElliott Attn: Paul Gravett #SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics

🇬🇧 So… I left NYU for a semester abroad in London, hoping to “learn British” and shake off my suburban NY roots. Found: 📍 A flat in Lewisham 💥 Miracleman 📰 Escape Magazine And my first love affair with small press comics. From So Buttons #11 #SoButtons #EisnerAwards #PhilElliott

Keep on Silly Walkin’. Robert Crumb meets Monty Python in this absurdist mashup by @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social, inspired by my comic So… Cheesy (yes, there’s actual cheese and John Cleese involved). #SoButtons #EisnerAwards #MontyPython

I wish I could get my Eisner-nominated book on there. I'm too small as an individual to get on Hoopla.

Part 4 of “So… Jonesing” — the story of when James Earl Jones spoke at my graduation… and what happened years later. From So Buttons #14, Eisner-nominated. Art by @mrcplcraig.bsky.social #EisnerAwards #JamesEarlJones #SoButtons

Page 3 of “So… Jonesing” — James Earl Jones delivers one of the greatest graduation speeches I’ve ever heard. From So Buttons #14, Eisner-nominated. Art by @mrcplcraig.bsky.social #EisnerAwards #JamesEarlJones #IndieComics

Just days left to vote in the Eisners! So Buttons #14 is up for Best Anthology, featuring a true tale of meeting @garydellabate.bsky.social —drawn by @boxbrown.bsky.social! Vote for indie comics with heart & humor. #EisnerAwards #BoxBrown #SoButtons

@marinaomi.bsky.social drew the cover of So Buttons #14, which is Eisner-nominated (!). Their art felt especially meaningful since Mari is half-Japanese, like my mom. Voting ends in days—if you're eligible, I'd be honored for your vote. #SoButtons #EisnerAwards #MariNaomi

Page 2 of “So… Jonesing” from the Eisner-nominated So Buttons #14. From the first movie I ever saw to naming my kid Lucas… But the real force? The voice. Art by the incredible @mrcplcraig. #EisnerAwards #JamesEarlJones #StarWars

Thanks Karl!

@jimmypalmiotti.bsky.social, I can get you a PDF of my nominated Eisner-anthololgy, no prob.

After seeing the heart of @johncleeseofficial in So… Cheesy, here’s the flip side: A bonkers tribute to the Cleese pantheon—drawn by @atpratt.bsky.social and featured in So Buttons #11. From Basil Fawlty to “Ni!” to A Fish Called Wanda. #eisnerawards #montypython #johncleese

I’ve seen a lot of wishes in 20 years. Jeter. Triple H. Gaga. But what @johncleeseofficial did was different. Quiet. Personal. Kind. Page 5 of “So… Cheesy” Art by @bmure.bsky.social Thanks for reading. #eisnerawards #graphicmemoir #kindnessmatters

While dazzling the parents with stories, @johncleese quietly cut the boy’s food. No fuss. No words. Just kindness. Page 4 of “So… Cheesy” Art by @bmure.bsky.social #eisnerawards #kindnessmatters #graphicmemoir

Thanks so much, Andy! If any comics pro, retailer, journalist, wants to check it out, hit me up for a link!

John Cleese’s real last name? Cheese. Page three of “So… Cheesy” is full of laughs and Python references—but also quietly sets up one of the kindest things I’ve ever seen a celebrity do. Art by @bmure.bsky.social #comics #johncleese #montypython #makeawish #graphicmemoir #SoButtons #kindness

Helmets. Pen on paper.

Soooo... The Eisner Award nominations for 2025 are up. Iron Circus Comics has been nominated ✨FOUR TIMES.✨ Our personal best! Congrats to @secase.bsky.social, @neomeruru.bsky.social, @lackadaisy.bsky.social, and Sarah Airriess. Proud to work with y'all. www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne...

Some cityscape sketches.

My most personal comic just got nominated for an Eisner Award. Loss, love, legacy — and some of the best artists I’ve worked with like @boxbrown.bsky.social @marinaomi.bsky.social @karlckrumpholz.bsky.social and more! Want to read it? Just ask. Because comix… is forever. 🖤 #EisnerAwards #SoButtons

A big congrats to @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social , whose SO BUTTONS comic was nominated for an Eisner Award. It’s his ‘Life & Death’ issue. I was quite humbled when he asked me to illustrate the story of his mom’s passing for this issue, joining many other brilliant cartoonists. Well done, Jonathan!

Hi @pattonoswalt.bsky.social! I just got nominated for an Eisner yesterday. I wonder if you ever got any of my comics thru Birdcage Bottom. But I'd love for you to read the newest! Dm me and I'll send you a link and/or hardcopy! Awesome artists inside like @boxbrown.bsky.social and more!

Billy was a teen in a wheelchair, quoting Monty Python with joy—and dreaming of cheese. Page two of “So… Cheesy” continues this true Make-a-Wish story. Art by @bmure.bsky.social #comics #johncleese #makeawish #graphicmemoir #SoButtons

So… what happens when a teen Monty Python fan meets John Cleese through Make-a-Wish? Here's the first page of "So… Cheesy", a true story with heart, humor… and cheese. Art by @b_mure #comics #graphicmemoir #johncleese #makeawish #SoButtons

There's a Dennis Kitchen bio in the works too www.kickstarter.com/projects/tin...

Aw, thanks! Hope you like it! (Maybe my most personal)

Thanks! Hope you like it!

Thanks Jimmy! It was fun to chat about my new family history on your show. I think it WILL truly be my first long-form graphic memoir. (though I always find the term memoir to be hoity-toity, LOL)

4 great interviews today at @kicexpo! @peterrostovskyart.bsky.social, Annie Dwyer, @jeremyholtbooks.com, @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social #ComicNewsInsider #KICx

🥃 Joan Rivers' green room. A Scotch egg. And finally—after 15 years—the forbidden Laphroaig touches my lips. Part 3 of 3 of So... Scotchy Scotch Scotch, art by @novembergarcia. Tastes like triumph. #SoButtons #comics #whisky