Tom Cheredar
@tched.com
Ronin Journalist. Avid pie maker. Just Launched: @weirdcitymedia.com
New dispatch is live! By @tched.com Cc: @neonichiban.bsky.social @dstlry.bsky.social
Neon Ichiban Made Me Fall In Love With Digital Comics, Again (Platform Review)
Part two of our Digital Comics State of the Union kicks off with a platform review of Neon Ichiban and a chat with CEO David Steinberger.
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Feeling invigorated after filing a MASSIVE feature story I’ve been working on for months. (Due out soon) 🙌
Mystical Cat with Glowing Eyes and Pyramid
ALT: Mystical Cat with Glowing Eyes and Pyramid
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“I decided to test the theory: To embark on a voyage, if you will, into full franchise immersion across film, television, and comics. …revisit[ing] a comic story that directly or thematically relevant. The results? Fascinating.” By @jamielovett.bsky.social cc: @marcguggenheim.bsky.social #comics
A (Star) Trek Through Comics
Can licensed IP comics enhance their source material? Let's try it with Star Trek.
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Being in Nashville for Dolly’s passing is the equivalent of a giant celebratory wake, offering communal bereavement by blaring her music from every shop or car radio with the windows down. If you’ve ever lived here, you get it.
They didn't like Aaron Swartz's goals (making scientific knowledge more accessible to the public) and they do like the LLM companies' goals (permanently crushing the labor market for knowledge workers)
Chance the Lawyer@chancethelawyer.bsky.social · last mo.say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The zine is done! You can get one here if you'd like. kevinnewburn.bigcartel.com
Fair warning: reading @jamielovett.bsky.social ‘s latest dispatch may result in a new book purchase.
Weird City Media@weirdcitymedia.com · last mo.“…Aside from a handful of pointed exceptions, every page of Cannon has four panels of equal size, arranged in a 2×2 orientation. A box of boxes in which the title character is trapped. A steady heartbeat that they cannot escape…” Cc: @harveyawards.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social
Spoilers: Sebastian Stan will be playing Harvey Dent, Victor Zsasz, Condiment King, the Penguin's umbrella, and Absolute Bat-Mite in The Batman: Part II.
Have a Sunday scary comics dispatch! Feat. books from @darkhorse.com @ignitionpress.bsky.social @ipicomics.bsky.social & more.
More Scary Comics Worth Reading This Summer
Part two of our scary summer horror reading recommendations includes a large stack of comics that have been screaming at me to pick up and finish since April (April!). And now we're mostly through sum...
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Have a Sunday Newsletter: "A 72-hour dispatch into the comics-saturated land of Scott Pilgrim. Plus, creator spotlights on @funeralbeat.bsky.social" and more... By @tched.com
Toronto Is For Comics
A 72-hour dispatch submerging into the comics-saturated land of Scott Pilgrim. Plus, spotlights on indie creators Lis Xu, Madelyn Schutz, & Jenn Woodall.
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Nah… those are errors. They speak to our humanity, and have always been there.
Mediagazer@mediagazer.com · 2mo agoSome journalists and novelists are adopting an "anti-AI" style with intentional typos and complex sentences, as publications are flooded with AI submissions (Emma Madden/Wired) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
This week’s newsletter is out, with @henchman21.bsky.social making his Weird City debut!
Is Witch Hat Atelier Grimoire Edition The Perfect (Over) Size?
With Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition, Kodansha may have cracked the code on providing a readable, high-end comics experience.
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Greenlit a BUNCH of awesome freelance assignments for @weirdcitymedia.com this month. 🙌
“the majority of Marvel's recent comics have felt incredibly safe, almost more like branding exercise…” @jamielovett.bsky.social on the House of Ideas editorial shake up
Make Mine Marvel?
Big changes are taking place at Marvel Comics ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, with the publisher replacing its editor-in-chief and announcing its plans to move across the country.
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What’s on your summer reading list? Here’s a few from ours…
Summer Is For Reading Scary Comics
Part one of our summer reading list series, featuring House of Blood, The HAB, Bigfoot Knows Karate, & Liber Timoris.
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“This won’t be a revelation for some of you, but next time you're in an unfamiliar place, see what the local comic store has on offer. You may be in for a pleasant surprise” Cc: @mattemmons.bsky.social @aaronlosty.bsky.social @secondatbest.bsky.social @oilycomics.com @challengers.bsky.social
Comics from Chicago: Daystar and Revenger
Daystar offers readers a tour of the misery and mania that sentience has inflicted after an encounter with a cosmic meteorite. Plus, other discoveries from a recent trip to Chicago.
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I genuinely love the Xreal XBX a01+ AR glasses, $299 isn't that bad for something that can put a bright 147" virtual screen on your face! www.engadget.com/2217308/xrea...
Xreal XBX a01+ review: Astoundingly bright, lightweight AR glasses for $299 - Engadget
Xreal's XBX a01+ is the best pair of budget AR glasses we've seen yet.
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My latest for Weird City, featuring @stonemtn.bsky.social in comicbook form
Digital Comics & Platforms
Neon Ichiban emerges as the only formidable contender challenging Amazon's Comixology.
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"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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"To put this into context: If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, think of this as the One Ring — the single piece that rules all the others, except for digital comics..."
Neon Ichiban's Desktop App Plans to Unify Your Scattered Digital Comics Collection
The startup intends to consolidate comic PDF purchases from Kickstarter & Humble Bundle alongside your Neon Ichiban library.
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So… I’ve spent the last 2 months deep diving into digital comics platforms for a massive multi-part feature for @weirdcitymedia.com. Handful of really ambitious startups stepping up, but I don’t know wtf to make of VeVe Comics/Collectibles.
The first part of our chat with Ed Brubaker about he and @seanphillips.bsky.social's Criminal. Check it out now!
Ed Brubaker on 20 years of 'Criminal' Comics
Our interview with the legendary comics scribe on keeping the seminal crime series fresh and exciting across two decades.
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Over at @theverge.com, @seangon.bsky.social and I wrote about how billionaires hijacked a generational $42.5 billion program intended to dramatically improve internet access. Republicans stripped away all affordability and equity requirements, and are turning it into a slush fund.
Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband
“We’re fed up … The BEAD program has failed us.”
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"The Ultimate and Absolute Universes have a slightly different shared problem: How long can you tell a story about people trying to change the world without actually changing it, and thus bringing the story to its end?" by @jamielovett.bsky.social
Of Ultimates and Absolutes
What do the reimagined Marvel and DC universe's say about our present era?
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Again, this goes back to how safe the main Marvel line has been. If you're going to let Hickman cook, that means breaking the toys for a few years, and Marvel seems unwilling to commit to that these days.
Jamie Lovett@jamielovett.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe thing is, Hickman works best (on superhero comics) when he's reinventing something people already care about in cool ways. They keep throwing him on stuff no one cares about (the mystical Marvel stuff with GODS, space Marvel with Imperial), and so the sales can't justify the slow burn.
