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Retail Therapy, ‘Fuck ICE’ Edition: A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books
Senator Phone book by state:
https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf
Hi, my name is [Your Name], and I’m a constituent from [Your City, State].
I’m calling to urge Senator [Name] to refuse to vote for any appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security that fails to rein in ICE.
Alex Pretti and Renee Good’s killings are unacceptable. Enough is enough.
We can’t wait around while ICE harms more people. Senator [NAME] must push for an appropriations bill that puts serious restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol, including ending racially motivated targeting, enforcement at sensitive locations, family detentions, and doesn’t add a penny to its already bloated budget.
The Menace of Megalith — This Week’s Links
Rather than doomscrolling eternally in the dark, one can spend a growing portion of the day doomscrolling with the light of Sol weakly shining down on one’s face, while compiling this week’s links.
The Incredible Sal Buscema has died at the age of 89
Sal Buscema (January 26, 1936-January 24, 2026) born in Brooklyn, was best known to you all for his work with Marvel and a long tenure on The Incredible Hulk series.
Canonizing Pope: The Case For THB
Brian Nicholson dives into 23rd Street’s publication of Total THB Volume 1 to see how Paul Pope’s previously uncollected series holds up.
Enough With The Socializing, it’s Time to Read: Selections from Thought Bubble 2025
What do you think burns off more calories than a stick of carefree gum? Why, a visit with Hagai Palevsky to Thought Bubble 2025, of course!
Joe Sacco's Once and Future Riot
A Scream Into the Void
Bob Levin reads Joe Sacco’s Once and Future Riot, the world weeps.
Ghost Story: an interview with Tessa Hulls on her Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir
In May 2025, first-time author Tessa Hulls was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her stunning autobiography Feeding Ghosts, making her the only graphic novelist other than Art Spiegelman to ever win the award. Here, she reveals why she never plans to write another book, how traveling solo across the U.S. helped make her a feminist, and why she now refers to this new phase of her life as her “unapologetic triangle era”.
Short Run Comix and Art Festival
You look radiant in that raincoat! A scene report from behind the tables at Short Run 2025
Bread Tarleton went to Short Run 2025, how about you?
Infinite wrath and infinite despair — This Week’s Links
Trains and taxes wait for no one, and the keys were in a bag that hasn’t been used in weeks, of course.
I have no mouth and I must scream at Black people: Scott Adams, 1957-2026
The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026
Arrivals and Departures — January 2026
This month, RJ picks 10 comics from his to-read tower and jots down some micro-flash reviews.
‘I can’t see doing this stuff just for fun’: The Glenn Head interview, part 2
In part two of his career-spanning interview with John Kelly, Head talks about deciding to be an artist, his early years in art school, and working on various anthologies like Bad News and Snake Eyes.
‘I can’t see doing this stuff just for fun’: The Glenn Head Interview, part 1
In part one of a two-part interview, John Kelly talks to Hedd about his recent graphic novels, his upcoming book Asylum, and the purpose of autobiography and memoir.
Col Cuore in Gola This Week’s Links
Clark Burscough continues his westward expansion to see This Week’s Links.
What’s Left is Red: A Farewell to 3D Comics
Unfold those flimsy red and blue shades: Lee Keeler’s farewell to an eye is your hello to a plastic journey of beloved (and bemoaned) 3D comics.
Grant Morrison’s Unbounded Summoning Possibilities: The Filth, The Invisibles, and moving towards a Non-Dual consciousness
The radiantly sane Grant Morrison discusses The Filth, The Invisibles, and their vast adventures through the real world of magic, interviewed by Gabriel Kennedy.
The Color of the Fire — This Week’s Links
Let’s shove the groundhog out of the way and go back to sleep in the dirt for six months.
Comic strips … in print? A look at The Ducktown Weekly and other ‘zine’-style newspapers
A new print newspaper, the Ducktown Weekly, headquartered in Washington state, is taking a bet on the idea that comics do not actually need to be timely.
Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey, and the decline and fall of newspaper comics
Two decades ago, Brian Sendelbach did a series of subversive, brain-twisting comics under the guise of “Smell of Steve, Inc.” Among them was (and I may have the title wrong) “The Laughing Disease,” in which the nation is struck by a viral infection that makes its victims guffaw themselves to death. A solution is discovered. Frank M. Young | January 7, 2026
Remembering Dan Moynihan, 1973-2025
The news came out towards the end of the month that Boston cartoonist, illustrator and children’s author Dan Moynihan passed away on Dec. 21 due to a medical emergency. He was 52. His friend Dave Kiersh sent us the following remembrance in the wake of his passing. For those who wish to contribute, a GoFundMe… Read more »
‘Books are going to take longer to get to libraries’: What Baker & Taylor’s demise means for comics
Diamond’s disintegration is not the only crisis facing comics publishers these days. The latest distribution company ceasing to exist is the venerable library distributor Baker & Taylor. If you’re not entangled in the library distribution market already, B&T may not have hit your radar at all. Who are they? According to its website, Baker &… Read more »
The best comics of 2025, as chosen by our contributors
We asked our contributors what they thought were the best comics of 2025 were. Here’s what they said.
