It's been really difficult to end my Monday emails with the usual "Hope you had a good weekend!" when lately each weekend brings a new set of horrors If you get an email like this from me, please know it's with the caveat of: "in spite of everything"

me? oh yeah, fine. I'm doing great. just sort of left my body for a second to observe the current moment and my place in it from a high angle, sort of like what I imagine you'd see from a spy satellite? but one that can look through time? but yeah, I'll have that report done by the end of the day

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

Hey can we also pause and unpack what “quotas” means

If you're in New York, please take two minutes right now to call Governor Hochul and tell her to support and sign New York 4 All, which would prevent state and local agencies from collaborating with ICE. 518-474-8390. This is important.

Literally everyone who even vaguely knew what a tariff was said this when they were introduced! You don’t need a team of economists to analyze the situation — no one who lives in reality was confused by this!

2026 continues to be shitty! An AI policy that says anything other than “AI sucks and we do not use it” is a failure, but it’s a special failure when a library-adjacent product promotes AI-generated slip. Boo! Boooooo!!!

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

Microdosing heart attack symptoms by being a comic book editor and checking email on a holiday

This year I’m going to be kinder, more positive, work harder, and put more faith in myself until the very first minor obstacle throws me off for the next 350+ days

December reading stats! Another fun month for reading!

Happy new year! Hope you got to sleep in a little.

I think every comics creator should internalize the fact that using a.i. for any part of your job not only comprises your work but it also fucks over every other person working with you. It's not worth it. Ever.

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

Sorry if this is a bit personal but does this shit make anyone else feel completely fucking insane

On 12/18, the storage unit my girlfriend and I packed our whole lives into last year will be auctioned off. I’m trying to prevent that from happening. I’ve made a Spotfund and outlined the situation there. If you have a moment, please read and share the link below. spot.fund/8r5jg8wsc

Finally (!!!), we can announce our @madcavestudios.com/Maverick OGN, BEAT EVERY 1-UP! I can't wait for y'all to meet Princess Helia and her bodyguard, Sidra, as they try to take down Boss Gogo and his slew of hench wizards and baddies and do what the book says...beat EVERY ONE up!

Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact: TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.

Have you heard about the snazziest newspaper-format journal of comics criticism around? The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter is chugging towards it's end date on Oct 31 - make sure to get your pledge in today!

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

A lot of speculation about how things got so Stupid and Evil and I think one reason is we've collectively been too tolerant of Stupid and Evil for too long

Grim Reaper [ 1 ] Part 1 or 2.

September reading wrap up! I had a lot of fun reading in September, just a good month all around reading at home on the couch, on the MetroNorth heading into the city, and even on the beach in Cape Cod. Yes, I love Dog Man so much that I give those books five stars every time.

We have gathered here to mourn the murder of one of our own and to encourage the murder of many others

Since Antifa isn’t really an “organization”, this is just carte blanche to arbitrarily declare people terrorists.

Jimmy Fallon as the last late-night host standing is truly the kind of dire shit you hope the graphic novel memoirs don't leave out in 30 years

I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town

Living in someone's shadow sounds so nice during the summer. That's like a ten-degree difference

The president calling for the prosecution of individuals & companies he doesn't like should immediately end a presidency like it would have for anyone before this One Special Boy

Just gave. Please consider helping if you can. Right now is an incredibly important time. Right now.

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

2-year olds:

I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator very grim

Pre-Colombian ceramic Chihuahuas. 👍👍

Demystifying some of those questions you have about the role of editing in comics and how to approach your pitch, @jimmygaspero.bsky.social’s chat with @jamesbemmett.bsky.social of @madcavestudios.com is up on the YouTube channel. youtu.be/Cs0thgXQGFY?...

Galactus and the Surfer.

my “canceling colbert is not part of the trump bribe” t shirt is raising many questions which are already answered by my t shirt

whoever wrote this episode was having more fun than everyone else in the entire world #tng #trek

Because "what happens" is all that matters in stories

This really isn’t a hard message. Obama neutralized the Iran nuclear program through the hard work of diplomacy, but Trump tore up the deal in his first term out of spite and chose war instead.

"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger