Weekly Weird Trigger Warnings 10

 Broken Frontier Blasts Into the New Year:

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.

Skhoshbell

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:

2000 A.D.

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:

2000 A.D.

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:

Print Magazine

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:

Comic Book Yeti

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:

zippythepinhead.com

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.

The rest from Hoopla: