The 100 Best Superhero Comics Project by Colin Blanchette, Alex Eklund, and Chris Russ:
Art: Kevin Newburn
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:
Nancy January 24, 2026
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:
Poopsheet Foundation
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!
Kickstarter
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.
