Enough with the Interesting Times, TYVM
Moving off Substack, PDX Ice Storm, Writing as Sewing, etc.
Milkfed * Masterminds Coast to Coast
*I had to let the Criminal part be implied to make my reference fit.
Taking the L
Reflecting on wins and losses.
Rose City Comic Con
Since the last time we spoke, I haven’t done a single thing to improve my sleep hygiene. Not one. I promised I’d check back in with you on the subject and...
Recommendations: Have Some, Need Some
Like Freecycle, but for... wait, no, that metaphor falls apart. Forget it. Let's just refer to these as Hivemind Missives.
Milkfed Dispatches Has Entered the Chat
...a very short follow up to yesterday's newsletter.
Bombs for Robots
Sure. Why not?
it's showtime folks
but in a literal way because we have been working on shows not in the ALL THAT JAZZ way promise
Finding My Sunshine
...or, "Yet another thing I learned from a dog."
Happy Belated Pig Day!
Did you know this was a thing? It's a thing.
Russian warship...
Go f**k yourself.
Oh! I almost forgot --
Hawkeye stuff
"Cryptic Like a Fable"
I gave Henry Leo Historia 1 to read, and this is how he described the opening narration. Is it weird to use a pull quote from your kid??
Hawkguys and Pizza Dogs
...and stuff.
It's Complicated.
And by "it" I think I mean everything.
Caftans, Turbans, Goddesses and Grief
This is a lot.
Happy Sunday
I'm trying to get back in the newsletter habit while we figure some things out.
It's Been a While.
Did you miss us?
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Good thing nothing else is going on the next couple weeks.
- matt fraction - OH GOD So this NOVEMBER V2 Commentary Edition I'm doing for Elsa is becoming quite A Thing. So as my collaborator on NOVEMBER, Elsa...
How the NOVEMBER sausage got made
- matt fraction - NOVEMBER in October!... In September. And: Elsa's new Kickstarter has a lot more meeeee This coming month -- I think? Time's getting...
BGSD is back.
I have a version of that logo that blinks. It's in my email sig file and it never fails to freak people out. I LOVE IT.Anyway. Hiiii. Kelly Sue here. I think...
You're Locked In Here With Us
Milkfed Criminal Masterminds' COVID-19 Policy Everyone we've ever done business with has emailed us to let us know about their COVID-19 response, so I guess...
November! Crimbo! Keynote! Exclamation Points?
- matt fraction - NOVEMBER vol 2: THE GUN IN THE PUDDLE is off to print this week. I wrote it; Elsa Charretier drew it; Matt Hollingsworth colored it; Kurt...
Elsa, November, Her Kickstarter, and More
- matt fraction - GUESS WHO still pays for a newsletter? hey gang In the next couple weeks a long-gestating project called NOVEMBER will finally begin its...
Have you seen the new trailer?
Hey, friends.Just interrupting your Sunday for a second to share this new trailer for PRETTY DEADLY: THE RAT. You can check it out on YouTube here:...
Tapas!
- matt fraction - SEX CRIMINALS #24 is out today. There's fire, hats, and it turns out Dewey wears an Akira jacket, so. • We were in Barcelona last month....
2nd Quarter starts today
- kelly sue deconnick - I can't remember where I got this, but I have it in mind that newsletters fare best on weekends. So every Friday I'm like, "Oh boy!...
On Journals and Journaling
Photo by Nayoung Wilson.- kelly sue deconnick -Fraction's doing the newsletter heavy lifting this week, bless. We celebrated our little Viking's 10th...
Tormund Giantsbane
- kelly sue deconnick - It's been a batshit crazy week here in Lake Wobegon*. Dog fight on our front lawn,Pediatric scare that sent me running to grab the ER...
Tick Tock
- kelly sue deconnick - I just checked Twitter and it felt like that COMMUNITY gif with the fire and the pizzas. The American President is apparently...
Nixon's Tooth
- matt fraction - In the dream, it didn’t matter what I had done; I had made an enemy of Nixon, and Nixon would come for me. Blackmail, shame, ignominy,...
Bitch Planet Triple Feature and Heroes Con
this week's newsletter: quick hits We're on our way to North Carolina, so this is a short one. Our Milkfed retreat is coming up -- June 26th, I believe --...
New Comic Book Day News
- matt fraction -Stealth graphic novel drop? Sorta? Check it. The whole story is here, more or less, but the short version is: I have written, and the...
Emerald City and Solid State
Don't trust them.- kelly sue deconnick -Things have been moving pretty fast around here, so I'm not sure I mentioned that we got a pilot order from NBC for...
Long Lungs and One Degree from Lin-Manuel Miranda
Feeling the winter today.- matt frac--THE SNAKE PIT -Snake here filling in for Matthew this go around. There's been a great sickness which he's just about...
Mind Maps for Planning Comics
Hey, whatdaysay? Cubs are gonna win today (I hope)- matt fraction - I'm a part of the Wordstock Literary Arts festival this coming weekend in and around the...
How to drive a classroom crazy.
Great news! For Halloween we're going as Sexy . Hope that's okay?- matt fraction -I spent the weekend working on the WIC+DIV show. Adapting someone’s work,...
Emerald City, Redliners, and How I Plan a Comic
You're our favorite, .- kelly sue deconnick - This is what it looks like when I break down an issue of a comic. I usually work backwards, sometimes--...
ODY-C 11, British Fantasy Awards & Podcasts
If we had a band, , it'd be called "The World's Shittiest Cellist and "- matt fraction - Because, apparently, I felt concern that not enough people realized...
Weddings and Anniversaries
Get along home , get along home Get along home , I'll marry you some time- matt fraction - Yahrzeit, among the Jews, means the anniversary of someone's...
Reality Show Politics and Apocalypse Fatigue
, , my heart's on fire, for Giddy Up, Oom Poppa Oom Poppa Mow Mow Giddy Up, Oom Poppa Oom Poppa Mow Mow High-o Silver, away- kelly sue deconnick -Welcome to...
Answers! Answers! Answers!
THIS WEEK IN NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL HITS CURATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR BY YOUR "FRIENDS" AT MILKFED™- matt fraction - chip zdarsky is a national treasure...
Tattooed Ladies
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, And Mrs. |LNAME|'s pies, And walked off To look for America.- matt fraction - ODY-C 10 hit this week, and wraps up the...
Chip's in town!
y'know who's great, ? Annie Wu. Annie Wu is great, - matt fraction -- kelly sue deconnick -Chip's in town. See above. The house is a bit of chaos at the...
He was Dumbledore and Snape
there's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all- matt fraction - I tried to tell my kids who and what Clyde Fowler was to me and had to explain it to...
ODY-C 9
I bought you a pair of shoes A trumpet you can blow And a book of rules On what to say to people When they pick on you 'Cause if you stay with us you're...
Motivational Orb
, , , I'm begging of you please don't take my man , , , Please don't take him even though you can- just two chums talkin' bout KAPTARA -Matt Fraction:okay...
Ask an Intern
Here comes a stingray There goes a manta ray In walked a jellyfish There goes a dogfish Chased by a - kelly sue demonic - Heyo. Christmas tree is up! Aaaaand...
Image Comics Powell's Event
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair are you contemplating, going out somewhere- kelly sue demonic - Tallulah is making her...