My latest review on Broken Frontier is unusual in covering a webcomic serialized online (I first read it on bluesky). Sleepyhouse2 is one of my favorite cartoonist discoveries last year. Read some more background on the characters in Hard Core Drugs in this Tumblr post.
Return of Inkstuds Podcast:
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Robin McConnell recently stopped in our favorite Canadian city: Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were on a tour of the country interviewing cartoonists for a history of Canadian comics. Nicholas (Super Shamou) Burns is the subject of this recent interview.
A Quarter Century With Joshua W. Cotter:
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Joshua W. Cotter starts a series of posts on his rather incredible twenty-five years drawing comics. Part one, of many more we hope.
Nebraska Comix Legend Clark Dissmeyer at Poopsheet Foundation:
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New Arrival! An early Clark Dissmeyer-edited Newave comics anthology from 1981. Part of the George Erling collection at Poopsheet Foundation. Entry
Chris Cajero Cilla Movie Poster:
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Can you guess the movie Chris Cajero Cilla based this poster on? This tiny detail is my favorite part of the image, and gives a clue what event the poster touts. Join Cilla's Patreon to keep up to date on his latest work.
Nik Dirga on King Hell Heroica:
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Nik Dirga writes on the impending conclusion of Rick Veitch's "King Hell Heroica" cycle of superhuman stories. Started in 1990 with the brutal Bratpack series, the fifth and final chapter of the epic is the only part left unpublished. Read here
Lew Stringer New Issue of Brickman:
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You may remember Brickman from the 80s, published by Harrier. This new series is self-published by Stringer and profiled by John Freeman
Comics Watch List:
Sunday Chat regulars ComicKkrakK and LahRasa are joined by Colin Blanchette to discuss his Top 100 Best Superhero Comics list. A highlight of the conversation is getting so much background on LahRasa's beginnings of reading and collecting comics, and also her very bold personal Top 10 superhero comics! A star-studded lineup in the live chat, as well!
Editor, publisher, iron man. Andy Oliver has written all but one review for the Broken Frontier site during the month of February! An incredible feat! Guess I'd better get back to writing that review...
Brad Curry vs. Kurt Snooze-iek:
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Brad Curry was a very entertaining guest of Colin Blanchette, discussing the Top 100 Best Superhero Comics list. Brad had Grand Electric Thought Power Mother by Lale Westvind and Jimbo by Gary Panter at #1 and #2 on his personal list! I'm an admirer of both, although I did not consider either superhero comics when making my own list. However, from Brad's perspective of both being an extrapolation of modern myth-making, I would have changed my mind (at least in Jimbo, as I haven't read a lot of Westvind's work). This consideration opens up a whole new avenue for alternative comics being outside of genre conventions, but still being studied along with complimentary genre work.
New Chris Cajero Cilla Book Cover:
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Underworld Amusements has Baron Munchausen's Narrative with this beautiful full colour wraparound cover by the one and only, Chris Cajero Cilla! Source: Patreon
The Mysterious Gato/Ronald Vincens II:
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From the George Erling collection: A mini-comics artist from Hawaii who disappeared under cryptic circumstances.
Kevin Huzienga Subscription Drive:
Get a years worth of Kevin Huzienga's comics through his website, or his Patreon. Here
Stephen Bissette's Tyrant Returns:
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Coming soon to Kickstarter from Jim Rugg, Chris Stevens, and Lighthouse Comics! Stephen Bissette's classic Tyrant series returns in both a collected edition and original art edition. Sign up here to be notified on launch.
The 100 Best Superhero Comics Project by Colin Blanchette, Alex Eklund, and Chris Russ:
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Last year, I was part of a group of eleven folks who contributed to a list of their personal choices for Top 100 superhero comics in history. The final list was recently released here.
Editor Colin Blanchette conducted interviews with a number of list makers this past week:
And, you can hear my incoherent rambling on my YouTube debut (much thanks to Donald Rex, ChaosandComics, and ComicKkrakK for joining us on the live chat!) here
Fantagraphics Books Facsimile Edition of their Naughty Bits:
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Keep your Silver and Bronze Age superhero retreads, we want to see your Naughty Bits! This was my favourite single artist anthology of the 90s. Wonderfully expressive art and funny situational comedy. Preorder
Steven Solomon aka. SpeedPasteRobot Serialized Newest Comic via Email:
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We are big fans of SpeedPasteRobot from our Bluesky days. While we aren't on any socials currently, it's been great getting a weekly email preview of his next comic. What a wonderful, angst-free way to experience the wild world of Solomon. Check it out here
Caroline Cash Completes First Month of Nancy Strips:
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D.D. Degg of Daily Cartoonist shares a link to former The Comics Journal editor, Frank M. Young's review of Caroline Cash's take on classic comic strip character, Nancy. (sign-in required to read full article)
Hatch, Match, and Dispatch for February:
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Michael Owen Carroll covers new titles and cancellations in the UK comics scene going back 130(!) years. The infamous Action weekly is a particular highlight, as is the strange story of Epic Illustrated in the UK. Read here
New Patrick Wray Short Story:
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Patrick Wray announces he has a short story in Chris Wade's Peculiar Tales #3.
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Not only the return of Wray's hand-painted t-shirts, but this one has a great story behind it!
New Jim Aparo Biography From TwoMorrows:
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I've never checked out one of these TwoMorrows cartoonist biographies, but I'm tempted with this one as it goes all the way back to his Charlton days. press release
Comics Watch List:
Killer tour and history of the Billy Ireland Museum by Caitlin McGurk, can't recommend this one highly enough.
It's the 50th anniversary of the most innovative and contentious comics company ever. I don't think a publisher has been the subject of more love and hate than Fantagraphics, admittedly it's equal parts love and indifference for my forty-ish year affair with them! Colin Blanchette and Alex Eklund come up with a very well thought out "50 Things I Love About Fantagraphics". There were actually a few new things to me: Fantagraphics first on the scene with Artist Editions, the Eros Comics 900 number, The Seven Hills Fundraiser. We know Colin and Alex are acolytes of the Church of Impenetrable Prose for including the wonderful Kenneth Smith on their list! order here
Another Gem From the Bill Fitts Collection:
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I've really been enjoying these drops from Bill Fitts and Rick Bradford on Poopsheet Foundation. This is a rare one from famous homeless Berkeley cartoonist, B.N. Duncan.
Complete Peanuts Hardcovers Being Reissued:
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After a large drop of Peanuts reissues in January, The Complete Peanuts Volume 17 hardcover edition is being re-released February 14th.
Garth Ennis Johnny Red Reboot Available in Collected Editions:
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I presume these come from the new Battle Action anthologies, this is the second of two collections by Garth Ennis and the brilliant aviation artist, Keith Burns. A rare treat for war comics fans. previeworder
Take the Piss, You Nutter!
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A more dignified statement has been issued by one of the most respected comics journalists, disputing recent comments by a disgraced charity comics hustler. Read the full story here
Legend Bill Schanes Purchases Legendary Bud Plant Operations:
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Formerly of Pacific Comics, Diamond Distributors, and countless other comics related endeavors, Bill Schanes has purchased all the rights to Bud's Art Books online catalog and warehouse. Also coming on board is Marty Grosser, well-known as editor of the defunct Previews monthly catalog, who will be taking over Bud Plant's duties. The Beatdownthetubes
From a few years later, a California-based fanzine from 1985 featuring a Vigil cover
Rowley Zero channel flipping through all three issues of Vigil's Omen series from Northstar.
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Fantastic Fables 2 uncirculated title, I remember seeing this on the kochcomics ebay store for years. Better find out who bought their comics inventory!
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A 2025 project from Vigil collecting the 90s series Gothic Nights, plus bonus material, that was successful on kickstarter
Underworld Collectibles is an older site offering (at one time, anyway?) Tim Vigil commissions and signed items, check out this list of Vigil comics and fill out your mycomicshop want list!
Chaos and Comics released a flurry of new videos last year that I missed, please take a look if you were stupid like me and missed them the first time. My favorite is the Last Gasp haul, and talking about Pageant by Justin Gradin.
My Latest Review on Broken Frontier:
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It's always difficult for me to review Steve Willis comix, nonetheless here's my take on his classic take on Hamlet. Newly, and respectfully, collected in one volume by Tom Fellrath.
I had the honour of nominating titles for the Broken Frontier Awards 2025, and I was most proud that this LDComics Online Comics Fair entry by Abs Bailey was nominated in THREE different categories! It's the most visually striking comic I've seen since Leo Fox's My Body Unspooling. Congratulations to all the winners.
The Broken Frontier Six to Watch Class of 2026 continues my personal favourite feature of BF since the years of lockdown. Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai (Skhoshbell) Campbell, and Yu-Ching Chiu are definitely worthy successors to past honorees.
New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium Spring 2026 Season Announced:
Carol Tyler (2/24) is the must-see guest of this session, for me. Also looking forward to creators George Wylesol (4/20), Katie Lane & Angela Fanche (2/17), and Frederic Coche (5/5). Caitlin McGurk (2/2) of The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library should also be a good watch. Register here
Action Revived With New Stories of Controversial Characters:
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Two Garth Ennis stories highlight this revival of the short-lived comic that caused a "moral panic" in it's brief original run in 1976-77. Although, today you could probably make some good money selling bootleg t-shirts with that banned cover of "Kids Rule OK" assaulting the police.
Victor De La Fuente 60th Anniversary Collection From Treasury of British Comics:
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Legendary Spanish artist Victor De La Fuente is celebrated with this collection of Trelawny of the Guards from Lion in 1966. Pre-order from Treasury of British Comics.
Corto Maltese Again:
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I was excited to hear Fantagraphics is taking over reprinting Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt, they have a good track record for finishing reprint series. If I remember correctly, there was some controversy over the formatting of the previous attempt at presenting this series. I believe this may be the first time former Eclipse head Dean Mullaney is collaborating with Fantagraphics, in the role of translator it seems. John Freeman gives his usual in-depth rundown of Hugo Pratt and Corto Maltese.
David Sandlin's Epic Comic Series: Belfaust:
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I had no idea David Sandlin was working on an 18 issue autobiographical comic series. Stephen Heller profiles the series and provides samples from the latest issue.
Interview With Wanda John-Kehewin and Nicole Marie Burton:
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Dreams Volume 2: Visions From the Fire by Wanda John-Kehewin and Nicole Marie Burton from Highwater Press is the sort of YA graphic novel that young adults actually deserve, rather than the formulaic crap they are usually force fed. High praise to Andrew Irvin and the Comix Book Yeti team for this thoughtful in-depth interview on a book outside the usual subject matter of comics today. I will be tracking this one down on Hoopla or the local library, very curious to see how this looks.
If You Don't Like Bill Griffith You Can Kiss Our Ass:
Zippy the Pinhead has been in syndication so long, it seems a lot of people either overlook the strip or actively dislike them. While Griffith has been rolling out full-length historical books on a regular basis that have been well-received, we don't get a lot of analysis or notice of a comic strip that's been running for 50 years (40 years at King Features Syndicate).
Rick Veitch and Dave Sim in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Bitches!
The Beat passes on word of 18 "Judge's Choice" entrants into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. Mark Evanier reports on one last choice left out of the original announcement. A very well-rounded group, with a couple of my favorite underground cartoonists starting the best of the rest...
Carol Tyler, Lee Marrs, Hector German Osterheld, Bud Plant, Mike Friedrich, Denys Cowan, Go Nagai, Mike Royer, Tom Palmer Sr., Abe Kanegson (score one for the letterers!), Bob Bolling, Oliver Harrington, Jimmy Swinnerton, Edwina Dumm, possibly the most prolific comic book writer in comic book history: Paul S. Newman, Gerry Conway, Don Heck.
Comics Watch List:
Tom Fellrath shows off a real classic from Allen Freeman with some great art from Jeff Gaither, Michael Roden, and the one and only Brad Foster.
John Kelly talks at length to underground comix proponent and historian, Patrick Rosencranz. I've always wondered if Rosencranz and Clay Geerdes ever crossed paths. They did, according to Rosencranz, like two alley cats fighting over a trash can full of anchovies. I love Clay Geerdes, so I was laughing out loud as Rosencranz bristled at the mere mention of him!
Two feature length videos on alternative cartoonists, one I'm not so familiar with and one of my favorites:
Nate McDonough
Chris Cajero Cilla
Comix Reading List:
I will try new or old Manga titles on Hoopla, this old-fashioned teen, mystical, romantic comedy was a rare hit. Peach-Pit are a Manga duo I'd never heard of before, they have a solid drawing style and a tell a compelling (if silly) story.
