Rob Salkowitz
@robsalk.bsky.social
Author, educator, consultant, Eisner Award nominated writer and sayer of things about comics and pop culture, Senior Media/Entertainment contributor for Forbes
New digital comics app @sweetshop.app opens to the public today on iOS and Android. Exclusive launch details at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Sweet Shop App Launches Today, Promising Simple Access To Digital Comics And Manga
The new app hopes to differentiate in a crowded market by rejecting AI and investor-driven gimmicks.
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"Just because the Attorneys General settled their suit doesn't oblige fans to look past their misgivings if DC’s new owners start throwing their weight around like swaggering supervillains." Some thoughts on the merger's impact on #DCComics at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Is Paramount Smart Enough To Leave DC Comics Alone?
A huge part of DC's multibillion dollar value to Warner Bros comes from fan sentiment, which can be easily squandered by ham-fisted management decisions.
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@rickperlstein.bsky.social what is best way to contact you regarding possibility of blurbing a book I am working on for Bloomsbury involving pop culture in the 70s?
Shorter Ed: Worrying about AI doomer stuff instead of the real business and tech issues is like being scared of the kid with a flashlight under his chin telling ghost stories while there’s an actual family of bears outside the tent.
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2w agoFree newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...
Platforms becoming publishers! Publishers becoming digital distributors! Licensors building studios! What's going on in the #webtoon space now that all the easy growth is over? My guide to "the Great Muddle," today on @icv2.com icv2.com/articles/col...
The ''Great Muddle'' is Coming for Webtoon Platforms, Publishers and Content. Here's What It All Means
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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For folks at NY comic con, reminder to join us on Oct 10, Saturday, 2:45pm-3:30pm for our panel on Creatives defense against AI, with the great @kortizart.bsky.social and Tim Friedlander from NAVA, moderated by @robsalk.bsky.social.
Original #BabysittersClub artists @goraina.bsky.social and @galegalligan.bsky.social on their collaboration on the BSC 40th anniversary "Baby-Sitters on Board" graphic novel from Scholastic, today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Raina Telgemeier And Gale Galligan On Board For Baby-Sitters Club 40th Anniversary Special
The two superstar graphic novelists discuss their love for Ann M. Martin's stories, collaborating on the series that launched their careers, and future possibilities.
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How can creatives respond to AI through regulation, legislation, technology countermeasures & consumer activism? Check out this #SDCC panel featuring @benzhao.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social @timfriedlander.bsky.social and me filmed by @lawrencebrenner.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPT_...
A.I. and the Creative Industries: Where We Stand at SDCC 2026
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Derf Backderf's new graphic novel "The Dissidents" is a chilling tale of how America silenced critics of an unpopular war, anti-immigrant hysteria and consolidation of wealth... in 1917. Review today on @forbes.com @derfbackderf.bsky.social @abramscomicarts.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Derf Backderf’s ‘The Dissidents’ Takes Us Back 110 Years To Find Today’s America
Imagine a time of anti-immigrant fervor, unpopular wars and official intolerance of dissent. It's easy if you try, as Derf Backderf shows in his new graphic novel.
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Upper Deck and Hasbro announce partnership on trading cards and games, starting with card set celebrating 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie, Exclusive news @forbes.com #UpperDeck #Transformers @upperdeckent.bsky.social #tcg www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Upper Deck Debuts Transformers 40th Anniversary Card Set To Kick Off New Hasbro Partnership
The multiyear licensing deal will see Upper Deck release trading cards and games based on a range of iconic Hasbro IP.
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The recent attacks on the artist app Cara, built specifically as a place to protect art from AI scraping, suggest a deliberate disregard for the principle of consent, says Cara founder Jingna Zhang. Story on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Artists Built A Site To Escape AI. Scrapers Are Coming For It Anyway
Cara was set up specifically for artists who do not consent to having their work used to train AI models. Those principles seem to have made it a target for attacks.
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Arturo O'Farrill comes to mind. He's contemporary, acclaimed, innovative, very productive, and his live gigs blow the roof off.
Who is the Greatest Living Jazz Musician? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Here’s a question to debate: Who is the greatest living jazz musician? I promised a post like this after Sonny Rollins died because to me at least, Rollins was clearly the greatest living jazz musicia...
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Roberta Gregory's 'Bitchy Bitch,' now in a deluxe collected edition from @fantagraphics.bsky.social blazed a trail for hilarious, proudly unlikeable female anti-heroes and remains biting satire to this day. Story on @forbes.com thx @superfanpr.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Inside The Hilarious, Brilliant, Messy World Of Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy’
A deluxe new collection of the groundbreaking 90s indie comix shows Bitchy's humor still bites.
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With global growth of webtoons in general slowing dramatically, WEBTOON Entertainment is turning to new strategies to drive revenue, investing big in co-owned IP and AI. Will it pay off? Deep dive into the Q2 financials today on @forbes.com #Webtoon www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Webtoon’s Growth Is Slowing But Its Ambitions Are Growing
The mobile comics platform's surprising recent financial performance sugarcoats some troubling market dynamics. Will new strategic moves pay off?
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If the concern is that advanced AI will fall into the “wrong hands,” I have some bad news for you…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoEMMER: Our enemy -- China -- is trying to stop us from beating them in the AI war by frustrating our ability to build data centers BARTIROMO: Yeah. It is an industrial revolution part 2 with the amount of jobs and build out from these data centers, and it's certainly helping the economy as well
This year's San Diego Comic-Con was a pressure-cooker of a show that kept springing leaks at the seams. It remains the world's essential fan culture, entertainment and industry event but something needs to give. My report today on @icv2 icv2.com/articles/col...
SDCC 2026 - Flying High, Running Hot
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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SDCC dropped a shocking bombshell at the "Comic-Con Talkback" panel on Sunday. EXCLUSIVE ON @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
SDCC Stunner: Hall H On Borrowed Time?
Comic-Con International's David Glanzer dropped a bombshell about the famed media theater at the end of Comic-Con 2026.
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The #sdcc “AI: Where We Stand” panel features some great ways for creators and fans to protect their works and careers. Thx @benzhao.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social and @timfriedlander.bsky.social for sharing news you can use.
Guess whats today? The coolest panel of the entire weekend!!! Come check out the amazing conversational skills of @douglaswolk.bsky.social @davidharper.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social and Dave Baker!!! 1PM or bust!!
New Bill Sienkiewicz documentary announced at #SDCC last night! Exclusive interview, story and preview clips today on @forbes.com @bsienk.bsky.social @salabbinanti.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Visionary Illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz Gets The Documentary Treatment With ‘That Polish Guy’
The work of artist Bill Sienkiewicz, once nicknamed "That Polish Guy" by Clint Eastwood, has influenced comics, illustration, advertising, animation and film.
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Today at #SDCC - What can creators do to level the playing field against AI? The current state of litigation, legislation, labor organizing, technology and business countermeasures from leaders @benzhao.bsky.social @timfriedlander.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social 2pm Rm 32AB
Today at twilight, the wild women emerge at #sdcc inspired by the magnificent work of fantasy art grandmaster Frank Frazetta, 6pm room 9 with @sarafrazetta.bsky.social @ericafett.bsky.social @sozomaika.bsky.social @taffetadarling.bsky.social
Actor John Cusack debuted his new graphic novel ‘Momo’ at #SDCC today and it is definitely not what you’d expect. @madcavestudios.com @melissameszaros.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
John Cusack’s New Graphic Novel ‘Momo’ Is The Surreal Thing
Whatever you might expect from a graphic novel by actor John Cusack, 'Momo' is certain to surprise you with its range of offbeat influences.
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Today at #sdcc 3pm looking forward to moderating an amazing conversation with some of the top comics memoirists in the biz including @mimipond.bsky.social , @shamirk.bsky.social , @lisahanawalt.bsky.social and @sophieyanow.bsky.social , thx to @dandq.bsky.social
Today #SDCC, some of today’s top creators discuss their unique pathways into comics presented by @comixology.bsky.social and @superfanpr.bsky.social 1pm!
At #SDCC? Join Michael Dooley, Jim Thompson and me in an animated conversation about the medium of comics moderated by Alonso Nunez this morning at the Omni, 11am
As San Diego Comic-Con is set to kick off this week, a look at how the organization behind it is managing growth opportunities, expansion, relocation possibilities and stability in challenging times, today at @forbes #SDCC www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
San Diego Comic-Con Roars Back To Life This Week In Strong Shape Despite Challenges
San Diego Comic-Con costs millions to run and the nonprofit behind it is constantly seeking new opportunities to grow within the constraints of its market and facilty.
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Industry folks going to #sdcc here are my annual picks for Panels for Pros, up today on @icv2.com icv2.com/print/articl...
SDCC Panels for Pros 2026
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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