One of the absolute joys of 80s alternative comics
06.03.2026 06:03
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One of the absolute joys of 80s alternative comics
When you are visiting London, make sure you stop in @goshcomics.bsky.social down in lovely SOHO. Incredible selection of comic books, graphic novels and especially huge section of small press comix and zines including my own RELUCTANT SADIST! Currently stocked with #8 and #9, so get some!
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You need to read this beautiful Sal Buscema memorial penned by @fourcolorryan.bsky.social! Rest in peace, Sal 💙
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Some spectacular graphic novel selections on @fourcolorryan.bsky.social's Best of 2025 list!
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Just when you think you've read all the comics that demanded to be read this year, out comes @fourcolorryan.bsky.social's Top Ten lists! This list is particularly chock full of tasty treats that we need to hunt down!
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A treasure trove of sublime comics selections via the multiple lists on @comicsjournal.bsky.social's Best of 2025 piece! Check out the prime choices by Colin Blanchette, editor of CANON...
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If you haven't read @fourcolorryan.bsky.social's three-part series on the state of indie comics publishing, The Great Disconnect, it is very well worth your time!
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Thoughtful review of #cookiesandherb from @fourcolorryan.bsky.social
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“I feel it behooves me to inform the cynics, the jaded, and just crusty old bastards in general (you know, like me) that Ramirez is not fucking around with this one.”
New review of @forever4pm.bsky.social's FLEA on @fourcolorryan.bsky.social's Four Color Apocalypse: www.patreon.com/posts/book-r...
📌 How to buy and read BEFORE WE SAIL?
Here's the steps!
- Go to "ACESWEEKLY.CO.UK"
- Select "Buy"
- Then select "Previous Volumes & Collections"
- And buy us! We are on the Volume 75!
📜 BEFORE WE SAIL, along with other 6 great comics, all curated by DAVID LLOYD!
If you missed this year's Short Run Comics Festival like we did (wow, it looked packed in a good way), you can experience it through @fourcolorryan.bsky.social's superb writings and photos!
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Fellow Philadelphian Comics Creators and Cultural Organizers! Apply for this grant from The Velocity Fund! Deadline is in two weeks!
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New review up on my site, "Laser Eye Surgery" from Walker Tate and @fantagraphics.bsky.social :
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Bring it on! Jaye Griffiths is fantastic.
I've been curious about this story for decades. Probably the most-anticipated "lost stories" release for me to date.
You can't lose with Veitch and Irons. Classic stuff.
In case you missed it, there was an excellent NY Comics Symposium last night where underground comix creator Michael McMillan was joined by Gary Panter and Dan Nadel, who discussed McMillan's wildly eclectic career! It's up now!
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Issue 4 is off to print! Fingers crossed that it’ll arrive on time 🤞😭📚🦂 Can’t wait to share this next chapter of SCORPIO VENUS RISING with all of you. See you @smallpressexpo.bsky.social!! Table K4A 🔮💕🦇🖤 #comicbook #artist #cartoonist #comicbooks #silversprocket #altcomics #scorpio #scorpiovenus
TONS of great new books at Spit and a Half: Baitinger, Barry, Bell, Cilla, Connery, Garcia, Graham, Hankiewicz, Kercheval, Morin, Roberts, Westvind... Plus restocks and sale items!!!
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Full update here:
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‘Hurricane’ Nancy Burton, Underground Comics Pioneer #obitpix #nancyburton #hurricanenancy #undergroundcartoonist #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing
A massive 50% end of summer sale on incredible select books is happening @dominocomics.bsky.social right now! We got ours. Now go get yours! #Altcomics
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No one could draw a filthy apartment like Julie "Dirty Plotte" Doucet.
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#fantagraphics has fallen victim to corporate fuckery. Help them survive while scoring lots of cool stuff. If you're not familiar with independent underground comics, now is a great time to find out what you've been missing. blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...
An outstanding and eclectic collection of comics creators, archivists, and scholars will be presenting this fall for the NY Comics Symposium! Fahmi Reza, Xander Marrow, Dash Shaw and R Kikuo Johnson just to name a few! Check out the schedule!
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Comics page depicting humans working on solar panels on the frozen surface of Enceladus
Comics page depicting humans working on wave power buoys in the subsurface ocean of Enceladus
Spread of two splash pages
Mila and Dario
Ink and screentone on bristol, digital coloring
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THE COMICS JOURNAL: ‘It can be lazy and gross, but when it works, it feels good’: NYC Small Press with Alexander Laird and Andrew Alexander
I can see a line of reasoning for that, but honestly, most of the best Fifth Doctor stories are Big Finish audios, and the ABSOLUTE BEST Eleventh Doctor stories are, so --- I'd hate to be without those just because their eras are more "complete" on TV.
Still an all-time Top Ten Big Finish release in my estimation.
That being said, there are actually some really good and very deserving Ignatz nominees this year, too, particularly in the "Outstanding Collection" and "Outstanding Minicomic" categories, and not as much thematically-and-aesthetically-interchangeable Silver Sprocket stuff nominated as in years past
