Jonnyβs thoughts on the great comic artists are always a treat. He looks carefully and manages to bring new insights and connections to work Iβve known for years. Sharing enthusiasm and knowledge like this is what fandoms are built on
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15.11.2025 16:58 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The Solitary Gourmet - The Comics Journal
Joe McCulloch offers his thoughts on the latest Jiro Taniguchi offering from Fanfare/Ponent Mon.
The Solitary Gourmet by JirΕ Taniguchi and Masayuki Kusumi, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian with Chitoku Teshima (Fanfare/Ponent Mon, 2025)
reviewed by TCJ first-timer Joe McCulloch! www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...
11.11.2025 15:25 β π 42 π 19 π¬ 3 π 3
Yep. The substitutions didn't help either.
12.11.2025 19:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Nope. My impostor syndrome is the Incredible Hulk of impostor syndromesβ¦
βImpostor symdrome SMASH!β
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A must buy!!!
13.10.2025 16:40 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Four panel strip detailing how the author is so depressed by the state of the world, they are finding it almost impossible to make comics at the momentβ¦
Oy. The world today, DUMPSTER FIRE. #occasionalcomix #comics #comicssky
13.10.2025 16:38 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The ECHR was Britainβs response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, weβd be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we wonβt let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
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07.10.2025 09:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
And to you and yours! Hope youβre all well and life is good (well, as good as can be in these times we live in)
06.10.2025 21:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@dylanhorrocks.bsky.social happy birthday old chum! Many happy returns! π
06.10.2025 12:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Final Days to fill out the survey!
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.
DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)
05.10.2025 10:03 β π 17 π 19 π¬ 0 π 0
I know, right? Sigh.
04.10.2025 12:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So tell me--who's the ref for today's game?
Jarred Gillett, you say? The same Jarred Gillett, who's a Liverpool supporter?
The same Liverpool that lost yesterday?
Hmm.
#arsenal
28.09.2025 16:59 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
At this point, I'm not sure who I hate more: the corrupt PGMOL or Newcastle with their murderous owners and their moronic fans.
28.09.2025 16:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Not only do I dream about this condition, I suffer from it in reality. It really messes with my head⦠#occasionalcomix #comics #strips
27.09.2025 16:33 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I do wonder if this following fact will ever change: people continue to make incredible works of art in comics with essentially zero support
27.09.2025 03:30 β π 29 π 4 π¬ 3 π 0
Yeah, heβs seriously a wanker. Props to @reubs.bsky.social for his heads up about thisβ¦
23.09.2025 00:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Wooo! Go Kalamazoo Whirlygigs! #ksefamily #arseblog #arsenal #upthewhirlygigs
22.09.2025 12:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh, I don't know. You'd just nip off for a kip when shit got real. Sounds pretty good to meβ¦
21.09.2025 12:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I've completed the UK Comics Creators survey, and if you're involved in comics in the UK, you should too!
UKComicsCreators.org.uk
16.09.2025 13:07 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Why are they still banning books in 2025? Graphic novels are seen as a threat because they are so effective. LGBTQ+ is seen as a threat because it undermines the Patriarchy. The Patriarchy has been oppressing women and minorities for centuries, and it needs to be gotten rid of.
15.09.2025 15:04 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Fucking hell. I didn't realise he was such a c**t.
Blocking him everywhere now⦠Thanks for posting this, Reuben.
15.09.2025 14:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A positive Covid test :(
I wondered why I was feeling so awfulβ¦
15.09.2025 09:22 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Can ChatGPT replace our Research Assistants? β What Were Comics?
Iβm not much of a science fiction reader, but a story that I read in middle school has always stuck with me. A. E. van Vogtβs 1944 short story βFar Centaurusβ tells the story of a group of interstell...
A true story of #AI gone wild (specifically the "PhD-level" #ChatGPT5) in a #digitalhumanities project focused on #comics. Hallucinations? β Inability to count? β Mis-attribution of data from one area of a text to another? β Read it to laugh at the specifics and to weep for its wider implications.
12.09.2025 13:46 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
What are you celebrating?
This is brilliant:
youtu.be/CIj847pfyTU...
11.09.2025 14:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Iβve said it before and Iβll say it again: everything really went to shit when Bowie passed.
09.09.2025 10:38 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
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