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Two Former Editors at The Nib Have Made the Only Primer On Ethical Comics Reporting Suzette Smith

Two former editors at The Nib, Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris, have created the only primer on ethical comics reporting.

You can read six pages (!) of my upcoming EC story below. Out next month in Catacomb of Torment.

What a beauty

Next week the Fantasy issue of Toxic Avenger Comics drops in comic stores. Described as "Heavy Metal-meets-Band of Brothers" with the exquisite @grimwilkins.bsky.social on art and the debut of a strange new character.

You can read a preview here:
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The New Pornographers to keep their name after drummer's arrest for possession of child pornography | CBC Music The band's frontman, A.C. Newman, opened up about the decision in a Rolling Stone interview.

I would not, personally.
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Shout out to Cary Shenk!

The People Using ChatGPT to Cheat at Their Hobbies Why are so many of us letting AI have all the fun?

A lot of people are becoming big time losers
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Our next arc is going to take Toxie to Washington, DC... where everything is normal.

Raw scan of an EC cover depicting the sun-blistered and seagull-picked corps of a billionaire floating among the wreckage of his top of the line yacht, life preserver, captain’s hat, and hair. All of which he naturally figured he could handle. The boat is named “meritocracy”. Eat the rich.

Recently solicited EC cover: “Meritocracy”

Look, I would never procure a sex trafficked minor from my rich friend whom I was photographed with 400 times. So I don't know how it works. But if one did, surely you would not campaign for the office of president on a pledge to release your rich friend's secret client list and email correspondence

This object has coalesced experience and power that most Dominoes plastic cups from the 80s could only dream of. It is surely one of the elder members of its factory run. RIP cup.

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Krakoom! Alien Insectoid Chemical Apocalypse on the shores of New Jersey, from Toxic Crusaders #1, in shops now! Color by the incredible Lee Loughridge. Written by the Unstoppable @mattbors.bsky.social published by the sequential crusaders at @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social

ILLUSTRATION | Ramaduwaji

Protect Rama Duwaji at all costs www.ramaduwaji.com/illustration

Toxic Crusaders #2 is in shops today! Pick up your copy and let us know what we fucked up the most. 🤢🤮☢️❤️✨
@ahoycomicmags.bsky.social @mattbors.bsky.social

A lot of going on so just a reminder: Dick Cheney is dead.

No other book is exploring our political moment with as much depth, precision, humor, and general quality.

Dick Cheney Will Be Tortured in Hell An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame, and other Election Day comics!

New comics section at In These Times with Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Keith Knight, Ruben Bolling and one from me on Cheney.
inthesetimes.com/article/mamd...

You can read a five page preview in my newsletter:

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Toxic Crusaders #2 is out today. When an alien hedge fund manager crashes the economy, the crew invades his penthouse to mop up.

Written by me
Art by @tristanwright.bsky.social
Colors by Lee Loughridge
Letters by Rob Steen

I'm going to be the rambling old man at the socialist revolution continually introducing motions to exhume the corpses of the Bush administration to be put on trial like Pope Formosus. "This again..." Yes, this again! Grab a shovel, comrades. History cries out for justice.

More Justice Warriors. More Matt Bors/Ben Clarkson madness. Toxie Team-Ups go all out. @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social

Dick Cheney is portrayed as a worried man sitting on a flaming rock, surrounded by playful devils holding a trident, a towel, and a bottle. A speech bubble reads, "We do not torture."

An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame via @mattbors.bsky.social, and other Election Day comics!

www.inthesetimes.com/article/mamd...

Drew it today, but came up with the idea 17 years ago.

Cheney in Hell. Demon baby: We do not torture.

RIP Dick Cheney

For @inthesetimes.com
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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

‘Toxic Crusaders’ #2 steps up big time with face-tearing, friendship, and laser-focused satire If you're the Toxic Avenger, you can have it all.

Great review of Toxic Crusaders #2, in which the crew takes on an alien hedge fund manager, "cutting to the essence of modern economic/social decay."
aiptcomics.com/2025/11/04/t...

As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.

The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
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The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3] A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb

The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter campaign end tonight! Make sure to get your pledges in and grab a copy of the coolest comics criticism newspaper around.

Thinking about you on stage at the 2026 Comics Pro announcing the Jack Chick Tract Expanded Universe