I have stickers available at Spoonbill & Sugartown Books in Williamsburg!
Samuel Edme
@sams-studios-llc.bsky.social
Art for your inner freak! Creator of The Shapes He/Him Next Event: Minthorne Market Staten Island, August 1 12-4PM linktr.ee/sams_studios
In last Saturday's newsletter, I reviewed my top six 2026 Harvey Award nominees. samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-72... @ryanestrada.com @dandq.bsky.social @faitherinhicks.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm a bilingual Korean immigrant near NYC. I'm looking for a publisher for my high fantasy comic. (attached sample pages are from two different comics)
Golden Bibles If the peeled-off cover wasn't clear enough, it's a Tijuana Bible.
![Panel 1 -- [Kathy is selling "Golden Bibles" on her stand.]
Man: Good day, ma'am. I'd crucify myself for one of your beautiful Bibles.
Kathy: That'll be $10, please.
Panel 2 -- Man pays Kathy.
Panel 3
Man: Thank you very much, and God bless you!
Kathy: God bless you too.
Panel 4
Kathy: God bless you for the smut you're about to endure.
[Cover peels off to reveal a Tijuana Bible.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfwouq4uuzwzeaajem36xla7/bafkreiep7simoc5gpl66n3xncdalw4cneyqhytg4ikom5sowhxwhgmr7qm)
In last Saturday's newsletter (not today's), I reviewed issue 1 of the new @darkhorse.com comic book series, Skate Ali. @samhumphries.bsky.social @kellysue.bsky.social @natachabustos.bsky.social samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-72...
![Panel 1 -- [Starr and Cil are walking through the golf course.]
Starr: "14 people reported dead after imitating latest mold eating challenge". God, social media is accelerating Darwinism to damn-near self-destruction.
Cil: What is it with you and pessimism, Starr?
Panel 2
Starr: Oh, Cil, you perpetually unjaded ray of light. Optimism is a fickle fool's game that requires fantastical delusion to survive the wave of ongoing disappointments to one's high-set expectations.
Panel 3
Starr: Now, if you're a pessimist, you come with the expectation of everything turning to shit, so when it doesn't turn out to be so shitty, you get a sensation more cathartic and pleasant than any optimist can dream of.
Panel 4
Cil: It seems more logical to approach things from a stoic perspective, remaining indifferent to whatever passes and consistently maintaining an internal sense of peace in that.
Panel 5
Starr: And tell me, where's the excitement in that?
Cil: There isn't, but that's why it's so peaceful?
Starr: Peaceful, my ass. Indifference begets complacency. Complacency begets inaction. And inaction begets recessive stagnation.
Cil: Well, you must be feeling pretty optimistic about the practicality of your pessimistic realism.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfwouq4uuzwzeaajem36xla7/bafkreigy6b4pnrwjyr7qpvolkpby2let52gqjxmwggs7evnx5asuvhbahm)
My updated event schedule for the Clara & Pinky Summer Tour before The Shapes officially returns from hiatus in late September! I will be putting the limited-edition Clara & Pinky posters on my online shop soon.
The Floating Bookshop in OKC and Meadow Market Books in Tulsa carry The Shapes.
Days A' Commin N' Days A' Missed Happy birthday to me!
I'm tabling at the New Jersey Punk Flea Market all Saturday long from 10AM-7PM at the NJ Expo Center. I'll have exclusive Clara & Pinky posters there!
Have Shapes comics available at 901 Comics in Memphis and restocked at Black Cat Records N’ Games in Dallas.
To build up to The Shapes' hiatus return with the new storyline Clara & Pinky, I'm doing an event tour, selling limited edition posters!
In the last Sunday newsletter update, I reviewed Naughty Bits #23, which contains the origin story of Bitchy Bitch's equally cantankerous counterpart Bitchy Butch. samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-62...
In my latest Saturday newsletter, I reviewed Philly-based cartoonist Robert Wood's riotous solo anthology Barbeque Block Party! samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-62...
Jingoism Day Happy 250 years of ongoing terror and destabilization!
![Panel 1 -- O say can you see, By the dusk's perennial lust.
[The sun is setting]
Panel 2 -- The cacophony of urban commotion, To the beat of imperialistic devotion?
[crowds of people are celebrating]
Panel 3 -- Whose bloody strips and bastard stars, Through the abominable rape.
[Uncle Sam is groping an indigenous woman]
Panel 4 -- O'er complicitly we watched, Were so savagely, yeah, streaming?
[A bunch of eyes are staring at their mobile devices]
Panel 5 -- And the brownnose's red glare, The fireworks bursting in air,
[Minstrel clown with a cap saying "nigger" is licking the rich white man's ass]
Panel 6 -- Give proof through the night, That fascism was still there.
[Cross burning]
Panel 7 -- I say, does that hegemonic symbol yet wave,
[US flag with KKK masks in place of the stars]
Panel 8 -- O'er the land of the enslaved, And home of the displaced.
[ICE facility rounds up their bounty]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfwouq4uuzwzeaajem36xla7/bafkreifk6tbtwis7cyl4z75j2dgu5bt3htolzo75r6lel3inxhwkkejsp4)
Hey online denizens, I've relaunched my new and improved online shop! To celebrate I'm offering 30% orders ($7 minimum) until July 4! Just use the code SUMMERTOUR2026 at the checkout page. samsstudiosllc.com
I'm writing webtoon reviews for @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social now (Don't worry, my newsletter comic reviews aren't going anywhere!). Last Friday, I reviewed the magical girl series Honey & the Moon by @meadowdough.bsky.social: kcomicsbeat.com/2026/06/19/r...
Review: HONEY AND THE MOON delights with its colorful storytelling
meadowdough's Honey and the Moon is still in its early stages, but it's already a delightful magical girl story.
kcomicsbeat.com
In my latest newsletter update, I did a write-up about my favorite 2026 Eisner Award nominees! samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-61... @patrickhorvath.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social
Cartoon Physics Does anyone know where I can find an Acme anvil to drop on myself for science?
![Panel 1 -- Diary, Journal
Po-tay-toe, Po-tah-toe
Panel 2 -- Doll, Action Figure
Toh-may-toe, Toh-mah-toe
Panel 3 -- Purse, Handbag
Vehg-table, Vegi-table
Panel 4 -- What's the difference at heart,
Beyond binary self-perception?
[male and female symbols are juxtaposed.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfwouq4uuzwzeaajem36xla7/bafkreicmg4g3yywruwoyoquit5fed3ir4k7opj7547ymqfustfi57vrks4)
Vanilla is the New Rainbow Still don't know when I'm returning from hiatus, but I'm really hoping by late summer to the beginning of fall. I have an event tour planned to build up to the upcoming story arc, so just wait and see.
![Panel 1 -- Strait: …and that’s how my coming out journey influenced this graphic novel with my beautiful partner.
Round: [sobbing] God, I swear sometimes you’re Alison Bechdel’s estranged twin brother.
Triangle is also sobbing.
Panel 2 -- Rect: Hey guys, did I miss anything?
Triangle: We were talking about how Strait is Gay—
Panel 3 -- Rect: Wait, so if straight is now gay, is gay straight?
Triangle: Gaye is gay like his partner Strait.
Rect: So if straight and gay mean the same thing now, what’s gay now?
Triangle: Gay is still gay, and so is Strait and Gaye.
Panel 4 -- Rect: Then how do you know when gay is straight and gay is just gay?
Triangle: Gaye was never straight and was always just gay.
Rect: But it isn’t anymore, so how do you know when gay’s just gay or straight?
Triangle: Gaye is still gay though it might change in the future, but no one really knows.
Panel 5 -- Rect: Well when will it change if it does darn it! I can’t think straight with all this confusion.
Strait: Then think gay like me.
Round: Don’t indulge his confusion.
Strait: Sorry, but this exchange was getting way too fun for me not to join in on.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfwouq4uuzwzeaajem36xla7/bafkreictwsup6fsnajppmg3rzwm6zkq4hhrxag5kmjvpqya5u4bvh4fhm4)
I haven't been active on the socials lately due to busting my ass reading as many Eisner nominees as possible (newsletter write-up on my favorites coming next week) and a buncha other life shit, but Sunday from noon to 2, I'm tabling at the Silent Book Club pop-up in Denton, TX.
On Sunday's edition of the Sam's Studios newsletter, I reviewed Naughty Bits #22 by Roberta Gregory, featuring the Bitchy Bitch story Adulterated about, you've guessed it, adulting! samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-51...
We have lost a legend. Yuji Ohno, 1941 - 2026. Our tribute to Yuji Ohno is now live on the website. www.lupincentral.com/home/rest-in...
Yuji Ohno, 1941 - 2026 — Lupin Central
Yuji Ohno, the celebrated musician behind the music of Lupin III, has passed away at the age of 84. He passed away of natural causes in his sleep on May 4th, 2026. This is our tribute to him, and the ...
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It’s notable that Yuji Ohno appeared in quite a few Lupin III specials! I think 6 or 7? I’d have to rewatch and make notes again. He and Yasuo Otsuka cameo’d the most in the series, by far.
In last Saturday's newsletter, I reviewed Pete + Andy by Mosiah Ballard, the story of two stoner buddies drifting apart during a movie theater labyrinth: samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-51...
I'm tabling today, folks at Montclair Flea Market from 11am-5pm & Nook Spring Arts & Crafts Fair from 10am-4pm! I'm soft-launching a surprise print!
Penny's Pets Two bird-themed reruns in a row, ah, ah, ah, ah...
I'm reading more comix at Secret Third Thing tonight, starting at 8! Doors open at 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/1989090036845?aff=oddtdtcreator
