It's time to join THE SPIDER-SOCIETY!
Hi everyone! I hope you’re doing great! Not sure if you saw the big news on Friday, but I’m writing a Spider-Society series for Marvel, with amazing art by...
Welcome to DARK SPACE - a new sci-fi novel from me and Rob Hart
Hi friends! Got another quick news alert for you - I'm co-writing a sci-fi novel! I know I've mentioned Dark Space before - but we now have a cover to the...
BREAKING NEWS: I'm writing a BRUNO novel + WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #1 out this week!
This one will be quick, I promise - especially since I just sent a newsletter out last week! But I got to share this big news on my socials on Friday - which...
Last chance to preorder DICK TRACY #1
Hi friends, I hope you're doing well! It's been busy over here, and - if I'm being honest - I'm still figuring out my newsletter cadence in this, our post-...
ALTER EGO cover reveal, SECRET IDENTITY Strand Award, DICK TRACY and more
Hi friends! I hope you're doing great. Happy New Year. Can we still say that a few days from February? I think so! It's been a minute, huh? About that - I've...
Thwip! Some Spider-News to close out 2023
Oh, hello there! I told myself that this week’s newsletter would be the last of 2023, but then some news broke yesterday and I felt compelled to share it....
A Fan's Notes
Hi friends! Hope you’re doing well as the year wind down and the holidays start taking over. Please remember to be kind and gentle with everyone - these days...
Getting to the Core of a Character
Hi friends, hope you’re having a good week and had a pleasant couple of days. December is always a weird month because half of it is spent scrambling and the...
The Collective
Hey, I hope you’re doing great! If you did celebrate, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving however you wanted to spend it. We sure did - lots of nice...
Talking Short Stories During a Short Week
Hi everyone! I hope you’re doing great. It’s a short week for a lot of people, and I hope you get to spend the holidays with folks you love and care about....
Manifesting the Stories You Want to See
Hi friends! I hope you’re doing as well as can be. I’m still recovering from a busy weekend at Motor City Comic Con plus fighting off whatever germs my kids...
The One About the Claremont Run
Hey, I hope you’re doing well! Good to see you here. This week promises to be a busy one, so I figured I’d knock out my newsletter early-ish. Alex Segura is...
The power of nostalgia
Hey! I hope you’re doing well. So, I had an idea for next week’s post that got derailed by the news that the Beatles had released a “new” and final track -...
On verisimilitude
Verisimilitude. The word is defined as “the appearance of being true or real.” It’s something that’s always fascinated me, even before I knew the word. I...
Peter Parker and Me
Spider-Man was my guy. I remember the moment pretty clearly, considering I was six or seven when it happened. I was at an Xtra Supermarket in southwest Miami...
NYCC is a wrap!
NYCC happened! Thanks for reading Alex Segura! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. What a week! New York Comic Con, the biggest and...
New York Comic Con!
Hi friends! I hope you’re doing great. It’s been a busy summer and fall for me, so I apologize for being radio silent - but I figured it was time for an...
SECRET IDENTITY is here!
Hi friends. Well, today’s the day - my latest crime novel, Secret Identity, is out in the world via Flatiron Books! It’s also my birthday! I can’t believe...
Secret Identity is coming!
Hi friends! Happy New Year! It’s been a minute. I hope you’re doing as well as can be during this insane time and staying healthy. Just popping by to remind...
Secret Identity - revealed!
Hi there! In case you missed it io9 broke a bit of news a few weeks ago: the Alex Merto-designed cover to Secret Identity, my next crime novel. I mean, look...