Adding a Newsletter to This Announcements List
This newsletter will continue to have a free version with announcements. If you pay to upgrade to premium, you will receive at least one reported or researched article a month, plus access to a back catalog of work that I will be posting over time.
With an Open, er, Closed Heart, I Persist!
A quick review of 2025, and onward and upwards into 2026!
Some Personal News
Hi, folks, sorry to send another newsletter so soon after the previous one, but I have some important personal news. In mid-November, I'm getting my aortic...
I Sound Like a Chicken
Why do I sound like a chicken? Because all day long I say “book, book, book.” Thank you for coming to my comedy show. Reading Things I had a big mental block...
Six Centuries Ships & So Does How Comic Are Made
Hello, there! As usual, it’s been a busy…everything. Summer is surprisingly slower, as the seeds of winter and spring become summer fruits and I prepare for...
June Book Double-Header
Hello! Last month was remarkable as Six Centuries of Type & Printing’s Kickstarter campaign blazed to a finish, doubling my goal for the project on the final...
Last Call on Six Centuries
The Kickstarter campaign for a second edition of Six Centuries of Type & Printing is entering its last seven days. Just a reminder that you have access to a...
Subscriber Discount on New Edition of Six Centuries of Type & Printing
Today, I launched a Kickstarter campaign for a second edition of Six Centuries of Type & Printing. You have access to a special discount for list...
40% Off; Ebook bundle; New Book on Sharing
Hello! Let me start with my most exciting news: the retail (or trade) edition of my comics history book is just a few months away from shipping! On June 3,...
A Tariffic Deal! 10% Off How Comics Were Made
It’s a new year, and in honor of the post-holiday period and the terrifying prospect of high tariffs, I have a one-week 10% off sale on How Comics Were Made....
Nobody’s Perfect, Letterpress Edition
Greetings and happy holidays a few days in advance of the first time in years that Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa almost entirely overlap. (Hanukah is based...
Black Friday Books
I wanted to alert you to a public sale and offer special list-member discounts over this Black Friday and “Cyber Monday” weekend: Take Control Books just...
Fall into Books
The big news of my autumn is that How Comics Were Made has shipped! The book took years to conceive fully, and I was in intense stages of writing and...
How Comics Were Made Will Shortly Be Made
Hello! A short update on my latest projects. How Comics Were Made at the Printers I delivered the electronic files for How Comics Were Made yesterday to the...
Last Copies of Six Centuries and Pre-Orders for How Comics Were Made
Welcome to May, everyone! A few projects updates in this brief issue. A Week of Research and Visits I spent last week in New Jersey, New York, and...
How Comics Were Made Launches Tomorrow
Hello! For a couple of years now, I’ve been telling you about a book idea that’s gone through a few forms. This coalesced into How Comics Were Made, a...
At Least, It’s My Happiest Place on Earth
Last month, I spent a couple of days among old friends—acquaintances since my early childhood: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder…if you grew up...
New List Host, Same Old Glenn
Notice the new list home? I grew weary of Mailchimp’s interface, upselling, and limitations and migrated this list to Buttondown. It’s a small operation run...
