Calvin Reid

i know nyc folks need more notice to turn up usually, but please come thru regardless!

new dates and details from my boom tour.

Heading to Coney Island with the fabulous Jody Culkin!

Hooray!!!! Congratulations to my colleague and to my dear friend Heidi MacDonald editor in chief of The BEAT!!!!! Winner of an Eisner best journalism. Heidi and the BEAT rules!!!!!

What makes SDCC so magical? We asked Eric Reynolds and Lauren Pugh from @fantagraphics.bsky.social and @barbrajdillon.bsky.social and @comicbooksniffer.bsky.social of @fanbasepress.bsky.social.

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SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.

SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con

If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.

The San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is open for business! Photo: Meg Lemke

At #SDCC, be sure to say hi to Eddie Campbell @eddiecampbell.bsky.social in Artist Alley (all the way in Hall G), who has some of his recent books and new editions of From Hell for sale! Also catch his panel at 2pm room 4

What's your favorite Fantastic Four story? What's your favorite Fantastic Four story?

What's your favorite Fantastic Four story?

The Beat's Marvel Rundown team tackle their favorite Fantastic Four stories in time for the new film.

No Kings

Artist colleague of mine created these June 14 posters

View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO?

#NOKINGS

Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment.

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NYC Resist

Tiny protest at DFW with @scottmccloud.bsky.social—repping while on the road!

Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!

Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Shitty news to wake up to. All my love to Avi and the gang.

The one and only “gentleman cartoonist” Keith Knight, graphic novel author & comics strip creator,  political satirist, performer, creator of Woke TV series, and Black brainiac behind lots more comics stuff, represents at his table at SI MoCCA Fest Saturday at the Metropolitan Pavilion on W.18th st

Three black and white photos of her from the 1960s.

Today is the birthday of fabulous Flo Steinberg (March 17, 1939-July 13, 2017), for a time in the 1960s the only full-time Marvel staffer besides Stan Lee, & later underground/indie comics publisher.

"Flow" won the Oscar for Best Animated Film ♡

Resist! The Union Square NYC 2/18/25 #presidentsDayProtests

RIP Jules Feiffer, one of our very best.

Safe travels. Thanks for all you gave us.

I really hate 2025.

The Great Comic Book Heroes, by Feiffer. The copy I got for Christmas in the early 70s, held together by tape and love

#julesfeiffer

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More To Come 62: MLK and The Montgomery Story Interview Special. From the Archive: MTC interviews Andrew Aydin about the historic 1957 comic book documenting the bus boycott & Civil Rights movement philosophy & nonviolent strategies

Quimby's Bookstore, Wicker Park's Indie Publishing Paradise, For Sale After More Than 3 Decades Quimby's, known for its wide variety of books, comics and zines, opened in Wicker Park in 1991. Its current owner has been at the helm since 1996, and is looking for a buyer to take the store into the...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Store on the block. Liz Mason is leaving, too.

Nikki Giovanni: Three Decades on the Edge Nikki Giovanni: I don't answer to the bestseller Gods...I answer to the ancestral Gods.

A PW interview from 1999. Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni

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Sometimes I just wanna read more Sgt. Rock comics.