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Dispatches from an Elseworld

November 8, 2024

Nowhere to go but now

Less Of A Question, More Of An Accusation Followed By Some Slander

October 27, 2024

Would that someone had anything smart to say about fandom; ah well

DC All In And The Crisis Junkies

October 11, 2024

NOTHING BUT THE LOUDEST COMICS, THAT'S OUR GUARANTEE

The Doom That Came To San Diego Comic Con

August 9, 2024

Comics? At the San Diego Comic Con? What next? Comics in stores? X-Men comics? You people will come up with anything

Paris I love you but you're bringing me down

July 27, 2024

A salute to New York, a city Not Hosting A Summer Olympiad

Wake Up And Taste The Ashes

July 12, 2024

You didn't think we'd be gone when there's a whole new era of X-Men to talk about? Did you? DID YOU?

A Logic Riddle From Detective Wacky!

April 22, 2024

Introducing the Games section of HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE COMICS with a Marvel Comics puzzler for the ages

The Year Of Learning To Fly (Not Gonna Explain That One, Just Feel It)

January 14, 2024

Ultimate Spider-Man #1, illustration by Marco Checchetto and design by Jay Bowen I know that, since they're not gonna have an Eisner for comics journalism...

The Year Happened And Now Here We Are: An Awards Ceremony For 2023

December 30, 2023

Awards Without Honor Or Ceremony

The Whole Planet's Leaking, Everybody's Leaking

October 7, 2023

Read more comics, have more takes, never EVER stop, the beast must feed.

Crosseyed and Timeless

September 22, 2023

Antiquities from the Old World, and, also, Wonder Woman

The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Public Domain Was

September 17, 2023

It would be really funny if there was a comic about superhero comics called "Public Domain", but ah well

Twilight of the Content Gods (or: "Blöggerdämmerung")

August 27, 2023

TOP FIVE SEXIEST TOP TEN BEST-SELLING SIGNS YOU HAVE TURNED A BELOVED WEBSITE INTO A HOLLOW SHELL OF ITS FORMER SELF FOR PENNIES IF YOU'VE SEEN AHSOKA

50,000 Orchis Operatives Can't Be Wrong

August 19, 2023

New Books Emerge

It’s Not a Dream if It’s a Comic Book Event

July 29, 2023

THIS IS WHY I DON'T GO TO PARTIES ANYMORE, WELL THAT AND THE OTHER THING

Can you believe that some comics AREN'T about the funeral of Kamala Khan?

July 14, 2023

And more horrifying thoughts to be found reading KNIGHT TERRORS

Only The Young Die Good

June 1, 2023

Let's just get through this one.

A Free Comic Book Day Miracle

May 6, 2023

The only serious newsletter about comic books returns, PLUS: whoa so many new releases

HELP! I AM TRAPPED INSIDE A CONTENT FACTORY!

February 26, 2023

How to make money on AI comics, plus the X-Men, plus Superman!

Futuretakes/Lovecourse

January 29, 2023

Writer's block is one hell of a drug, and I think I did too much of it last year. Dwelling on that bit of failure (and we're counting it as personal AND...

Biff! Bam! Pow! Comics Aren't Just For Child Pornographers Anymore

December 17, 2022

Plus: What's going on in the comics for regular perverts?

Everyone Appreciates Power, and Hierarchies

October 23, 2022

Well gang, it happened: the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe has changed. We were warned, all of us, through the strangely compelling medium of Dwayne...

"The Animaniacs" Was Not A Factual Report

August 7, 2022

You Know What's In That Water Tower? Water.

The future of film: will AI take over ON INFINITE EARTHS?

July 25, 2022

THE MACHINES ARE COMING FOR OUR COMIC BOOK OPINIONS

THE GRIMDARK MANIFESTO

June 12, 2022

To know oneself, and to know the world around oneself, is to know a truth as terrifying as it is foundational: we are all in freefall, and our destination is...

And That's All I Have To Say About The City Of Toronto

June 5, 2022

We now rejoin HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE COMICS, already in progress: That's all well and good, but, ultimately, what does the "Pink Cat at TCAF" fiasco teach us...

The State of the X-Men Address

May 29, 2022

My fellow freaks in fandom; I write to you today to report that the state of the X-Men is good. This wasn't always a done deal. I have seen the worry in you...

Introducing: The HYBC Standard Comics Newsletter Template!

May 21, 2022

As you may have surmised from the fact I don't do this as often as I used to, the practice of writing a newsletter discussing the latest news and trends in...

Controversy Creates Something Something

May 2, 2022

We were all supposed to get really mad at The Amazing Spider-Man #1. In his letter column, Spider-Man editor Nick Lowe is practically begging for fans'...

Crit Sells... But Who's Buying?

April 23, 2022

You've seen the news, as well as I have: Hollywood is getting absolutely desperate for some of that hot hot hot intellectual property. They just signed a...

The Alan Moore Storytelling Masterclass Masterclass

March 26, 2022

In an effort to achieve this newsletter's ultimate goal, which is a complete takeover of the American comic book industry for the purpose of revenge against...

Would That There Was Anything Funny About The Sentence "THE DEAD SPEAK!"

March 18, 2022

As I have done every so often in this newsletter, I will tell you about a big comic. How big? Well, it's going to have a first print run of 1.2 million...

It's Amazon! What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

February 25, 2022

Long-time readers of this newsletter will know my opinion when it comes to physical comics versus digital comics: I think that the physicality of a comic is...

A Pithy Quote From "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" By The Smiths

February 12, 2022

So, the Joelle Jones thing. Before we go any further, let's make sure everyone is caught up: last Friday, DC put out some promotional art by Joelle Jones for...

They Watched As Rome Burned

February 4, 2022

I could use my limited time on Earth to express the whole of my anger and my disappointment towards the creators involved in the second wave of comic...

Everything Except Saga #55

January 30, 2022

Look: this week has mostly sucked. We laughed at some grifters, we recoiled in horror as a county school board in Tennessee banned Maus, and, in the middle...

The Problem Is That I Am Too Nice, And Cool To Be Around

January 21, 2022

Over the course of the past year of newsletters, we have established a pattern: when I'm unable to provide you with the commentary and insight you so richly...

He Is The Lightning! He Is Mad At Comics!

January 8, 2022

It is usually pretty safe to take a break in the final weeks of December. Nothing much is supposed to happen at that time, because people are supposed to...

NEW YEAR, NEW ME, NEW MANIFESTO

January 1, 2022

IT IS A FACT, STILL KNOWN TO ALL AND YET STILL SELDOM ACKNOWLEDGED BY MOST, THAT COMIC BOOKS ARE THE SINGLE GREATEST STORYTELLING FORM MANKIND HAS EVER...

THE FUTURE HAS TAKEN ROOT IN THE PRESENT (It's the 2021 recap)

December 27, 2021

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that one wanted to summarize the events of the year that was in the form of a funny little editorial to be distributed...

At Last, The Worst Comic Of All Time

December 12, 2021

The big news this week is depressing as all hell, and I'd rather do anything else than talk about it, because I don't want to admit to myself that our time...

A Griftmas Gift To You

December 4, 2021

I am writing these words, opening this week's newsletter, on December 1st, 2021, a date which I wish to be consigned in memory as the day I have concluded...

At Home For Takesgiving

November 28, 2021

You know what? I'm done making plans. I genuinely thought that nothing much would happen on the week of American Thanksgiving, because everyone was so busy...

Further Tales From The Supplypocalypse

November 20, 2021

I went into this week assuming things would get better; I'd line up two weeks of reviews from this week and the week past, we'd get back on the horse, and...

I Went Almost Viral On Twitter Dot Com And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

November 11, 2021

Hey! Hi! Hello! Based on the numbers available to me, this is going to be the first installment of the newsletter for a lot of you out there, and I really...

The ETERNALS (2021) Take

November 5, 2021

When I try to make sense of the intense discourse surrounding ETERNALS, I think about the film Marvel Studios promised. Where previous films seemed all too...

The Horror Of The Dead Man's Knife: A Halloween Spooktacular

October 30, 2021

Usually when I miss a week of doing this newsletter, I start with some apologies, and then we go into setting up whatever dumb little bit I'm going to get...

Exercises In Takes (or: "Imagine Four Takes On The Edge Of A Cliff")

October 18, 2021

National Coming Out Day happened this week, and in a spirit of honesty, I will tell you two facts about me. The first: I am somewhat invested in Jon Kent as...