Would That There Was Anything Funny About The Sentence "THE DEAD SPEAK!"
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?
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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")
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...
It's A Very Irreverent, Very Random, South Park Kind Of Comics Distributor
We've spent a significant chunk of the past nine months talking about the drastic changes the direct market comic book industry was going through, trying to...
Visionary novels of a future yet to be written!
Before we begin: I'd like to apologize for not doing the newsletter last week. You know it's hard for me to run this operation on my own. You know how, if...
Mysterio's Deception Was Also A Deception By Mysterio
In one fell swoop, The Amazing Spider-Man #73 rewrote gigantic chunks of Spider-Man continuity, instantly making it one of the most controversial single...
