Unleashing Readers asked me to tell them a bit about the origins of my new book with Matt Loux, The Spark Experiment. So I made the obvious choice and wrote a piece about spraying Windex on Rice Krispies. You can read it here: www.unleashingreaders.com/30298

Tomorrow! #thesparkexperiment #asheville

Happy everyone is liking the new Spider-Man movie, and I'll go see it eventually, but this week is all about a certain Caped Crusader #BatmanCapedCrusader #capedcrusader #batman

bruh is this gonna be in doomsday

I don't want to brag, but working in comics can get you that new car money #dicktracy

Fredericksburg Comic Con - Day 2 #fredericksburgva #fredericksburgcomiccon

This weekend! Virginia is for lovers... of comic books

Comix 4 All The Graphic Library Book 08 The Spark Experiment by Matthew K. Manning & Matthew Loux, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in hardcover format on April 28, 2026, 144 pages. Ask your #library to buy copies today! @matthewkmanning.bsky.social @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social

Happy 4th!

Forgot to show off my haul from this year's Heroes Con. Big thanks to @chuck.brown.902 for the #onthestump and #flawed trades, to @andrewmaclean for the great sketch, and to living legend Mike Friedrich for signing one of my favorite bat-books #heroescon #batman #headlopper

Heroes Day 2. Stop by!

I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers.

To me, this cover hits hard and says, "Here's a secret club you can be part of. No one else in your school is going to be into this - this is just for you, but you are going to love the hell out of this world." Man, people who grew up reading comic books are just the luckiest.

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George Perez covered Amazing Heroes 50 (1984).

Comic book reviewers and fellow pros! Interested in a digital review copy of the first trade of my creator-owned series Pause from John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction? Send me a message! What if time stopped for everyone but you? #Pause #JohnCarpentersTalesofScienceFiction #StormKingComics

An early take on Batman by Brian Bolland from Justice League of America #200 (March 1982) #batman #justiceleague #dccomics

Next up is one of the best comic shows in the world, Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina. Will I see you there? #heroescon #heroesarenthardtofind #charlottenc

Set up at the Tryon Comic and Arts Expo. Stop by! #tryoncomicsexpo #wnc

Comic book reviewers and fellow pros! Interested in a digital review copy of the first trade of my creator-owned series Pause from John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction? Send me a message! What if time stopped for everyone but you? #Pause #JohnCarpentersTalesofScienceFiction #StormKingComics

Join us tonight at the Edneyville Community Center (15 Ida Rogers Drive, Hendersonville, NC) from 5-8 to celebrate the launch of Islands in the Sky, our Hurricane Helene graphic novel anthology. Thanks to Mountain Xpress for spotlighting the book! #mountainxpress #hurricanehelene #islandsinthesky

Check out an interview with @matthewkmanning.bsky.social and @mattloux.bsky.social , the creative duo behind The Spark Experiment on this week's episode of the Book Faire Podcast! #kidlit #STEM #graphicnovel #middlegrade bookfairepod.riverside.com/e/a-fun-blen...

Anyway here’s a one pager I did featuring my “comic persona” based on a dream/recurring fear styled like a Twilight Zone comic/episode, for your enjoyment

This Bat-Signal book set is from the personal estate of Matthew Perry in a Heritage Auction directly benefitting the Matthew Perry Foundation. matthewperryfoundation.org Friends was such a big show for me in high school, it's strangely touching that Matthew had one of my books in his Bat-collection.

Big congratulations to Janice Chiang for her Eisner nomination today for Best Lettering. Thanks for always making Pause "sound" so good! #eisners #pause #johncarpenterstalesofsciencefiction

Latest newsletter featuring science comics for kids. Plus: where to find both me and Dick Tracy this summer… open.substack.com/pub/matthewk... #thesparkexperiment #dicktracy

Weird Science and Weirder Comics

The launch of The Spark Experiment

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Website update: I have a new page up where you can read my entire run on Dick Tracy with artist Howie Noel (via links to gocomics). Read it all for free here: www.matthewkmanning.com/other-comics #dicktracy #gocomics

Have you bought your copy of Pause yet? Book 1 is out now wherever books are sold youtu.be/4APyNjx2DPo?... #pause #johncarpenter #johncarpenterstalesofsciencefiction

Marvel Midnight you say?

I'll be signing at Comic Envy in Asheville this Saturday starting at 11. I'll have plenty of new books stocked, so stop by after you plunder the free tables! #freecomicbookday #asheville #comicenvy

This little guy followed me home today. The Spark Experiment is out now wherever books are sold. The Spark plush will be available soon at thesparkuniverse.com #thesparkexperiment #hightouchhightech

Today at noon! Join kids from 18 states and 12 countries for the launch of The Spark Experiment on Facebook Live. There'll be free plush giveaways, science experiments, & an animated chapter of our graphic novel. Save your spot: www.facebook.com/share/1Cj7XH... #thesparkexperiment #andrewsmcmeel