Autumn Equinox — This Week’s Links
Let’s bask in the pumpkin spice ignorance of what the future holds, solemnly observe another national comic book day (???), and enjoy some more of this week’s links.
Article Archive
Elijah Brubaker, 1975-2025
Austin English collects remembrances from the friends and colleagues of the Reich and Story of Jezebel author, who died on Aug. 28 at the age of 50.
Bud Plant is calling it a day: A conversation with the comics retail pioneer
Bud Pant’s Incredible Exit Interview by Zach Rabiroff.
San Diego Comic Con 2025 in pictures
Chris Anthony Diaz saw more people than you could ever dare dream of at SDCC ’25- and out of the goodness of his heart, will share his sightings with you all.
Where Light Barely Reaches — This Week’s Links
Wishing a fond fare-thee-well to short-sleeved flannel shirt weather, and warmly opening the door to long-sleeved flannel shirt weather, as the cosmic ballet goes on and on and on, here at this week’s links.
The Professional: Peter David, 1956-2025
Peter David died in a hospital bed on May 24, 2025, having suffered the latest in a series of strokes and heart attacks that had mounted in severity over the course of 13 years.
Arrivals and Departures — September 2025
Month after month I have put out reviews of the latest self-published and micropress offerings and do you know what I’ve gotten in return? A lot of DMs, that’s what.
An interview with Josh Pettinger: ‘Well-written comedy is like a magic trick’
Richard Pound talks to the Tedward and Pleasure Beach author about his life and work.
Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker-Martin on DC pulling Red Hood after Charlie Kirk comments: ‘I had no regrets’
As if you’ve never gotten in trouble at work? Gretchen Felker-Martin dishes on the abrupt cancellation of her new DC series, Red Hood.
And The Sky Is Gray — This Week’s Links
Run, don’t walk, to your nearest internet cafe, in order to get the latest edition of this week’s links.
Reading without words: Akira Toriyama’s visual manga and its cross-cultural impact
Kaoru Kumi examines the Dragon Ball creator’s work and the visual techniques it explores while asking how we read comics when we can’t read the words.
Joe Sacco’s The Angel Laughs
A comic from Joe Sacco originally commissioned by Le Monde Diplomatique about the ongoing genocide.
‘Comics are the perfect medium for challenging material’: An interview with Johnny Damm
Ian Thomas talks to Damm about his new comic, Technocrat Tales, the art of collage, and what makes comics special.
Autumn Almanac — This Week’s Links
Time to welcome in new school supplies, the changing colours of the leaves, plastic Hallowe’en tat, pumpkin spiced everything, and, of course, this week’s links.
‘Comics people generally hate what I do’: The Ilan Manouach Interview
Ilan Manouach interviewed by Robert Aman.
Fifty-eight views of Miss Ruki
New Daniel Meyerowitz steps forward to sing the praises of Fumiko Takano’s classic manga, now available in English for the first time.
Witch Hat Atelier: The Work of Art
Shaenon Garrity reads Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama.
After Summer Merrily – This Week’s Links
A Deftones-themed end to this week’s links’ summer, as a new LP arrives, right as preparations are made to go Back to School.
The Cabbie vs. Night Zero
The Cabbie by Martí versus Night Zero by John Bronson and Kev Hopgood: Hagai Palevsky hails the cab.
‘It has to get ugly in order for it to be beautiful sometimes’: Mike Curato on his latest, Gaysians
Mike Curato talks to Alex Deuben about the drama of the page turn, drag, and his latest comic, Gaysians,
The artist’s ‘touch’ and drawing tools: A history of changes in manga expression
Translators Satomi Newsom and Jon Holt bring to us a chapter from Natsume Fusanosuke and Takekuma Kentaro’s How to Read Manga, looking at how using different art tools helped change the face of the medium.
‘Trans people being generous with their voices and stories is the reason that I’m here today’: Sam Szabo’s path to enlightenment
The etnlightened Sam Szabo talks to Tate McFadden about Valerie Solanas, Lynda Barry, and the literal spiral to get out of not knowing what to write.
Kneel Before Zod — This Week’s Links
A classic return-from-vacation edition of this week’s links as covid riddles the household.
