For Immediate Release: JETPACK LIZARD ENTERTAINMENT Announces Groundbreaking U-PAY-THEM Program
JETPACK LIZARD ENTERTAINMENT, the groundbreaking publisher of award-ignoring creator-owned comics like GHOUL FUCKER 5000, ADAM FRANKENSTEIN AND HIS WANDERING...
Tips And Tricks For Launching A Comic Book Slate
As I write this letter to you, we are exactly ten years removed from that first week of September, when everything seemed new. This week ten years ago, DC...
What If I Was Normal For A Change?
Can you believe, reader dearest, that I had ever thought that this would be easy? That all there was to do was to think about comics, which I already do...
In The Deal Business For Deals, And Business
Folks, it's deal season, and when it rains deals, it pours deals. People are making so many deals and taking so many deals that it's a hell of deal if you...
EXTRA EXTRA! SUBSTACK SMELLS
Was I surprised at the high profile signings Substack revealed on Monday in the New York Times? Absolutely not. I am a high-powered mover and shaker in the...
Diary of a Comic Book Industry Lawyer
Before we begin: I'd like to apologize for not doing the newsletter last week. One of the perils of running this as a one-man operation is that I am the...
THE HEAT OF BLOOD: A HYBC Mystery
I know this line of work has never been good to the washed-up, so, since I'm at the end of my rope anyways, I might as well come clean: I've never been good...
To Robson Rocha
Robson Rocha passed away from complications caused by the COVID-19 virus on July 11th. He was 41, and he was barely getting started. His ten-year career in...
THE ALL-REVIEW SPECIAL I: WELCOME TO THE BIRTHDAY ZONE
As someone who's just been through it, I can say with some level of authority that turning twenty-nine absolutely fucking blows. The particular circumstances...
Totino's Presents: The Pride Month 2021 Post-Game Wrap-Up Show
Well, pals from all around the acronym, it would seem that, once again, our thirty days are up, and LGBTQ+ Pride Month is no more. As I take stock of...
When Is It Okay To Pirate Comics?
We've been at this for a while now, so we know how this awful game they call social media works: every minute, a new topic is introduced for the rabble to...
One Must Imagine Batman Fucking
I write these words to you on an altogether far too sunny for my tastes Tuesday afternoon, on the eve of a second shot of the Moderna vaccine, which I expect...
To The Eisner Awards Judging Panel
Dear esteemed panel of judges, For the past six months, I have set myself the task of producing, on a weekly basis, the single greatest newsletter about...
Understanding the Rise of Manga; Also The COVID-19 Epidemic Is Real
The facts are, at this point, undeniable: manga is more popular than ever. This has been true for years, mind you, but the particular circumstances of 2021,...
So You've Written A Hateful Comic
Has this ever happened to you? You write a completely hateful comic, something as completely on-its-face awful as "A 14-year old Asian girl who's...
Should You Be Worried About The WarnerMedia/Discovery Merger?
Once more, this little hobby of ours finds itself at the whim of the corporate behemoths who have declared themselves in charge of so many aspects of our...
Advance notice to all Luxury Comics retailers re: PROFESSOR MONSTER #1
To all our trusted LUXURY COMICS retailers, From day one, you have been vital parts of the LUXURY COMICS ecosystem. As part of our groundbreaking "All Other...
To John Paul Leon
John Paul Leon passed away, at 49, on May 2nd. The news just kinda knocked me on my ass, and I'm not sure that I have recovered today, on May 5th, as I'm...
Things I Did On My Content Break
You know how it is: some weeks there's just no no content worth talking about, and you somewhat feel like garbage, and you're still boycotting a company that...
The First Annual HYBC Enemies List Bracket!
A couple of weeks back, DC Comics announced the first-ever "DC Round Robin", a four-week single-elimination style tournament pitting 16 comic book pitches...
