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All-time favorite comics artist - The Man called Nova was my entry point to the world of comics.

Canonizing Pope: The Case For THB - The Comics Journal Brian Nicholson dives into 23rd Street’s publication of Total THB Volume 1 to see if how Paul Pope's previously uncollected series holds up.

Wrote about my favorite comic

The Complete C Comics - The Comics Journal The Complete C Comics by Joe Brainard (NYRC, 2025), reviewed by Frank M. Young.

A "Comics Journal" look at my favorite comics reprint of 2025, "The Complete C Comics." Brilliant book!

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Sal Buscema 1936-2026 - The Comics Journal Sal Buscema (January 26, 1936-January 24, 2026) born in Brooklyn, was best known to you all for his work with Marvel and a long tenure on The Incredible Hulk series.

Full TCJ obituary here: www.tcj.com/sal-buscema-...

Enough With The Socializing, it's Time to Read: Selections from Thought Bubble 2025 - The Comics Journal What do you think burns off more calories than a stick of carefree gum? Why, a visit with Hagai Palevsky to Thought Bubble 2025, of course!

Over at The Comics Journal, Hagai Palevsky highlights Another Way Out by Carol Swain as one of his notable pick-ups at Thought Bubble - www.tcj.com/186652-2/

During the peak of my comics fandom, from the mid-'70s to the mid-'80s, no other artist produced as much work across as many titles as Sal Buscema.

Sal Buscema 1936-2026 - The Comics Journal Sal Buscema (January 26, 1936-January 24, 2026) born in Brooklyn, was best known to you all for his work with Marvel and a long tenure on The Incredible Hulk series.

Sal Buscema 1936-2026 www.tcj.com/sal-buscema-...

The Complete C Comics - The Comics Journal The Complete C Comics by Joe Brainard (NYRC, 2025), reviewed by Frank M. Young.

The Complete C Comics by Joe Brainard (with multiple collaborators)New York Review Comics, 2025 reviewed by Frank M. Young www.tcj.com/reviews/the-...

Enough With The Socializing, it's Time to Read: Selections from Thought Bubble 2025 - The Comics Journal What do you think burns off more calories than a stick of carefree gum? Why, a visit with Hagai Palevsky to Thought Bubble 2025, of course!

Enough With The Socializing, it’s Time to Read: Selections from Thought Bubble 2025 by Hagai Palevsky www.tcj.com/186652-2/

Enough With The Socializing, it's Time to Read: Selections from Thought Bubble 2025 - The Comics Journal What do you think burns off more calories than a stick of carefree gum? Why, a visit with Hagai Palevsky to Thought Bubble 2025, of course!

Today on TCJ, it’s my annual Thought Bubble review roundup, featuring two books I found frustrating and one I adored:

A Scream Into The Void- Bob Levin on Joe Sacco’s The Once and Future Riot www.tcj.com/a-scream-int...

Requiem Vampire Knight Omnibus Vol. 1 - The Comics Journal Tom Shapira looks at a long out-of-print Pat Mills work, now released in omnibus form.

Requiem Vampire Knight Omnibus Vol. 1 by Pat Mills and Oliver Ledroit (Panini, 2025), reviewed by Tom Shapira www.tcj.com/reviews/requ...

Ghost Story: an interview with Tessa Hulls on her Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir - The Comics Journal In May 2025, first-time author Tessa Hulls was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her stunning autobiography Feeding Ghosts, making her the only graphic novelist other than Art Spiegelman to ever win the ...

Ghost Story: Tessa Hulls on her Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir interviewed by Emily Rems www.tcj.com/ghost-story-...

Requiem Vampire Knight Omnibus Vol. 1 - The Comics Journal Tom Shapira looks at a long out-of-print Pat Mills work, now released in omnibus form.

"Nazi vampires having sex in the afterlife? Coming up next on Sick, Sad World!"
Wherein I review Requiem Vampire Knight Omnibus for @comicsjournal.bsky.social
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Infinite wrath and infinite despair — This Week's Links - The Comics Journal Trains and taxes wait for no one, and the keys were in a bag that hasn’t been used in weeks, of course.

Hey my review of Joshua Barkman (aka False Knees guy)’s comic Life After Life is in the Comics Journal link roundup for last week and also have you read my review yet? It’s good, probably.

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Ghost Story: an interview with Tessa Hulls on her Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir - The Comics Journal In May 2025, first-time author Tessa Hulls was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her stunning autobiography Feeding Ghosts, making her the only graphic novelist other than Art Spiegelman to ever win the ...

This is a great interview with Tessa Hulls in The Comics Journal. Process photos!

www.tcj.com/ghost-story-...

I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026 - The Comics Journal The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 - January 13, 2026

When Scott Adams died, I had no idea what to write. That’s why I thank @comicsjournal.bsky.social and @andrewfarago.bsky.social for this article🙏

And for one shining moment, The spectre of the old “take no prisoners / give no fucks” original TCJ returned just when it was most needed

This was a really terrific read! Highly recommend it.

Great work here.

I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026 - The Comics Journal The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 - January 13, 2026

The Comics Journal obituary for Scott Adams is a rollercoaster worth reading. www.tcj.com/i-have-no-mo...

I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026 - The Comics Journal The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 - January 13, 2026

That's... Quite a title from @comicsjournal.bsky.social
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Hahaha the Comics Journal headline

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I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026 - The Comics Journal The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 - January 13, 2026

Sorry/not sorry for the title I came up with for my Comics Journal Scott Adams obituary.

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I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026 - The Comics Journal The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 - January 13, 2026

TIL Scott Adams had a cameo on Babylon 5.

(from this long overview of his life and career www.tcj.com/i-have-no-mo...)

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I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026 - The Comics Journal The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 - January 13, 2026

An excellent piece by @andrewfarago.bsky.social, and the only thing I ever need to read about (or by) Scott Adams.

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Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics - The Comics Journal Eike Exner’s Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History (Rutgers University Press, 2021) is quite possibly the best nonfiction work on comics that I have encountered. At once a display of ...

Eike Exner’s COMICS AND THE ORIGINS OF MANGA is among the finest of scholarly works on comics; now, in his new book, MANGA: A NEW HISTORY OF AMERICAN COMICS, Exner errs on the side of broadness, trying too much with too little space. My first review of the year, for TCJ: www.tcj.com/reviews/mang...

Arrivals and Departures — January 2026 - The Comics Journal This month, RJ picks 10 comics from his to-read tower and jots down some micro-flash reviews.

Snicker snack! Arrivals and Departures — January 2026 by RJ Casey www.tcj.com/arrivals-and...

I do recommend THE PASS.

'I can't see doing this stuff just for fun': The Glenn Head Interview, part 1 - The Comics Journal Glenn Head talks about his life and career as an autobiographical cartoonist in a wide-ranging two part interview with comics historian John Kelly

"And it's a question of luck: who survives, who makes it, why do we? And often there's no reason at all." Read part 1 of John Kelly's interview with Glenn Head over at TCJ! https://ow.ly/nYIq50Y0rt0