Mark O. Stack

@markwwc.bsky.social

Comics writer/self-publisher/freelance editor. Travis Muñoz and the Fire of the Aztecs (Vault). Chicano. He/him. "Arriving from always, you'll go away everywhere." Icon by Kat Baumann. Shop: weekendwarriorcomics.com/shop

New Fire Emblem bringing back the world map and adding traditional turn-based combat in dungeons is really cool. Feels like a great way to recall the past while offering some new flavor for folks who really rocked with Three Houses.

Spider-Man hasn't fully left the Daily Bugle behind because J. Jonah Jameson is one of the all-time support cast members, but Peter Parker has been removed from being a photojournalist for so long that I do really miss it as a flavor.

Every time I've seen the trailer for the new Spider-Man before another movie, it feels like I should be hearing "New York I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down" but it never kicks in

My fool-proof method for maintaining sobriety is to start getting into card games. You will instead spend all your money on Magic the Gathering boosters. THEN you can re-start DBT and serious financial counseling

The most difficult part of attending the Eisners was being seated next to a gentleman who introduced himself and not being able to stop myself from immediately saying the specific Spectacular Spider-Man issue of his I was a huge fan of

I like the Epic and the DC Finest collections (particularly the design for the latter), but I really do miss the Essentials/Showcase format of black and white phonebooks of comics.

SOLRAD exists on a simple, slightly stubborn belief: comics deserve the same serious critical attention as any other art form. We're a nonprofit magazine published by @fieldmouse.press -- reviews, essays, interviews, original comics. And we pay our contributors. 🧵

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