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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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“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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$1.99 comics?!?! 😱 A Mischief of Magpies #1 for $4.99?!? 😱 Go check out all the deals in the link!
Neon Ichiban@neonichiban.bsky.social · 4w agoThe rest of comics is on sale. So, fine, we are too. @dstlry.bsky.social joins the End of Summer Sale. Our books, just $1.99. Start with Galactic #1. Cheapest we've ever been. SHOP THE SALE → neonichiban.com/carousels/sa...
“…an alluringly colorful book coyly attempting to disguise murder versions of breakfast cereal mascots as something your mom wouldn't bat an eye at… I had no idea it was filled with such exquisite examples of both horror and comedic sequential storytelling. Stephens is a master of the medium...”
Scary Suburbs: In Guelph, Dwellings & The Dragon
Experiencing the Greater Toronto Area's affinity for comics. Plus, Jay Stephens, Saint Nick, Magical Beatdown, Time Spent, & more!
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“…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
Cannon Is a Comic Book Pressure Cooker
Kicking off our Harvey Awards' Best Book of 2026 nominees coverage with a look at Lee Lai's Cannon.
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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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But does Billy Bat hold up when reading it on digital apps like Kindle or Hoopla? New one from @jamielovett.bsky.social
A Missing Manga Masterpiece Finally Makes It Stateside
A decade after its conclusion, Naoki Urasawa's celebrated manga is finally available to English-speaking audiences.
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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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“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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Our Sunday feature is live! Digital Comics State of the Union, Part 1 By @tched.com
Digital Comics & Platforms
Neon Ichiban emerges as the only formidable contender challenging Amazon's Comixology.
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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, but for digital comics...” By @tched.com
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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Happy Wednesday! Over at @weirdcitymedia.com, I chatted with Ed Brubaker about two decades of CRIMINAL, including the latest volume, FIVE GEARS IN REVERSE. You can read part one here:
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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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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What the Vertical Heck Is Going On, Marvel?
One glance at Marvel & USA Today's new Spider-Man Infinity comic tells you something isn’t right...
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What’s the best way to connect with your kids through comics? Thoughts from two seasoned comics journalist dads on this Father’s Day.
Comics With the Kiddo
Some thoughts on connecting with kids through comics.
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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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"Endeavour is a modern 'Lord of the Flies'... Phillips' talent for writing rich, emotionally vulnerable characters [paired with] amazing art from Laming." - @weirdcitymedia.com Don't miss the finale of Endeavour from @stephsmash.bsky.social & @marclaming.bsky.social FOC's 6/15. On Sale in August.
“Part of what makes Tezuka's comics so endearing …is the universality and relatability of the themes that run through much of his work. His stories pose questions like “How do we overcome man's cruelty toward one another?” and “What is one individual's worth in the vast universe?”
Unico and the Generational Reinvention of Osamu Tezuka
Diving into Scholastic's Unico, one of many recent reimaginings of the work of manga master Osamu Tezuka.
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“…these are the sorts of weird, let-your-mind-wander, intentionally constructed experiments within the comics medium that Alan Moore opines about the world needing more of in occasional interviews and book forewords.”
Showing up for Indie Comics
You can't show up for art you don't know about.
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“Imagining what it feels like to go insane is not easy. Not if you’ve never experienced it. The only options for getting some idea are through dense academic journals or a collection of hallucinogen-heavy experiential works of fiction. Neither of which are terribly effective…”
Drugs, Comics, & Conditions.
'Conditions' is an original graphic novel about drugs, insanity, and the limitations of explaining the human condition with flow charts.
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