Brad Brooks 💬

Jonny’s thoughts on the great comic artists are always a treat. He looks carefully and manages to bring new insights and connections to work I’ve known for years. Sharing enthusiasm and knowledge like this is what fandoms are built on

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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 Jirō 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-...

Yep. The substitutions didn't help either.

A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL A1 and DEADLINE, two landmark UK comic book publications ARE BACK! The heart of UK counterculture returns to print.

I just backed A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

Nope. My impostor syndrome is the Incredible Hulk of impostor syndromes…

“Impostor symdrome SMASH!”

A must buy!!!

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 moment…

Oy. The world today, DUMPSTER FIRE. #occasionalcomix #comics #comicssky

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...

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And to you and yours! Hope you’re all well and life is good (well, as good as can be in these times we live in)

@dylanhorrocks.bsky.social happy birthday old chum! Many happy returns! 🎉

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)

I know, right? Sigh.

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

At this point, I'm not sure who I hate more: the corrupt PGMOL or Newcastle with their murderous owners and their moronic fans.

Not only do I dream about this condition, I suffer from it in reality. It really messes with my head… #occasionalcomix #comics #strips

I do wonder if this following fact will ever change: people continue to make incredible works of art in comics with essentially zero support

Yeah, he’s seriously a wanker. Props to @reubs.bsky.social for his heads up about this…

Wooo! Go Kalamazoo Whirlygigs! #ksefamily #arseblog #arsenal #upthewhirlygigs

Oh, I don't know. You'd just nip off for a kip when shit got real. Sounds pretty good to me…

I've completed the UK Comics Creators survey, and if you're involved in comics in the UK, you should too!

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I Don't Speak German: News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter What do we know about Tyler Robinson?  What don't we know?  What are people saying?  Why are they saying what they're saying?  And again, who was Charlie Kirk really? Content Warni...

NEW IDSG News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter, etc. Who is Tyler Robinson? And, again, who was Charlie Kirk? idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-brief-a...

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.

Fucking hell. I didn't realise he was such a c**t.

Blocking him everywhere now… Thanks for posting this, Reuben.

A positive Covid test :(

I wondered why I was feeling so awful…

Can ChatGPT replace our Research Assistants? — What Were Comics? I’m not much of a science fiction reader, but a story that I read in middle school has always stuck with me. A. E. van Vogt’s 1944 short story “Far Centaurus” 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? ✔ Inability to count? ✔ Mis-attribution of data from one area of a text to another? ✔ Read it to laugh at the specifics and to weep for its wider implications.

What are you celebrating?

This is brilliant:
youtu.be/CIj847pfyTU...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: everything really went to shit when Bowie passed.