Nathan Fairbairn

Haha, a very understandable reaction! 😄🙂😐😑😢😭

I think rates have actually gone down at some publishers since I started working in comics 20 years ago. 😑

Gotta remember that euphemism the next time someone calls out my objective stupidity. "Actually, I didn't spell it wrong—I'm challenging literary orthodoxy." "I don't lack the proper permits—I'm challenging bureaucratic orthodoxy." "I didn't forget to wear pants—I'm challenging fashion orthodoxy!"

Thanks, Brian! It's so wild to me that this was 14 years ago!

I got you!

I just saw the sad news that Drew Hennessy has passed. I didn't know him personally but had the pleasure of coloring some of his work. He was a brilliant inker—a master of the craft. Please take a moment to read these recollections by those who knew him best:
perkyposts.blogspot.com/2025/11/drew...

Ah, Drew Struzan. RIP, you absolute legend.

Wow! You nailed it!

If they can't provide the service that they have a monopoly on, then the only ethical choice is crime, lol

I can't believe I paid almost 400 bucks for this garbage. Next year I am going to pirate every single game and sleep like a baby. 😂

Same. What an absolute joke. 325 bucks this year. $75 more than last year. And every single year the product gets worse. Infuriating.

That's when it booted me. Unreal.

I know the double standard is silly to even mention at this point, but I can't help imagining the outcry if a Democrat Press Secretary told CNN "the Republican Party's main constituency is made up of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and violent misogynists."

Entirely unrelated, I'm sure, but I was just thinking that I could really use a win right now.

I thought Edmonton tap water was good until I moved to Vancouver. 😜

It's amazing how obsessed you are with how old these people look. You've posted like half a dozen times about this. We get it: you're proud of the fact you are ageing well, and you think looking old is gross and indicative of moral failure.

Yeah, I had to check it myself. We live in ridiculous times.

nope

the first time I've ever been told that the reason I look old for my age is because I am "evil". Natural ageing is a moral failure now? Not only should I feel bad for looking the way I do, but I *am* bad? Yeesh.

Thanks for posting all of this. I generally appreciate the commentary and context Kevin offers, but he seems to have a real blind spot when it comes to ageism. As a middle-aged man who started balding and greying two decades ago, I'm used to being mocked for my appearance, but I think this is …

So awesome that you managed to get Bryan to sign them, too. Why aren't those framed by now?! 😂

Please tell your daughter I'm sorry about the wait. It's frustrating for us, too. We finished book 5 almost six months ago! It's agonizing to me that it won't be out till March. The world of book publishing is so different from that of comics. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, wow, that's great to hear! Not only that your daughter likes the books, but that you discovered them for her because we'd chatted on Twitter. Man, that place used to be fun. I met (sometimes parasocially, admittedly) so many cool people on there.

Hell yeah! Next time we're headed there I'll give you a shout!

First one! I unironically love that place 😅

WHAT! Faith why

Lol, if I was making excuses for my reckless link clicking, I'd blame the fact I was checking my email in bed with one eye still refusing to open all the way.

ha! I'm a grammar scold at heart (before comics I worked as an English teacher and a newspaper editor) so it jumped out at me, but I try to check my judgment these days and remind myself that ESL speakers exist (and that 99% of native speakers don't give a shit about comma splices). 😅

There were quite a few red flags -- the bad English, the bcc, the time it was sent -- but the email address was legit and I was curious. I've always been the kind of guy to touch the stove to see how hot it really is, lol

I think it's a pretty common scam now. I saw a few days ago a report on scammers who set up fake "Free Wifi, powered by Google" hubs in airports and when people connected, they were sent to a fake Google login page that just harvested their email address and password. Gotta be so careful these days!