The Comics Grid Webinar: Do I have to draw a picture? Reframing comics scholarship YouTube video by Open Library of Humanities

Recording of the Comics Grid / @comicsgrid.com webinar: Do I have to draw a picture? Reframing comics scholarship, with @labarren.cpesr.fr, @ernestopriego.com & @wilkinsp.bsky.social. Chaired by @paulaclemente.bsky.social.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHv...

Zine called Truth & Dare with a drawing of two people who are bald and wear glasses.

Zine called Testo Pesto with a drawing of a space person in a helmet.

My favourite things to sell at this point:

drunkinmypants.etsy.com

Reading for Refugeetude: A Review of <em>Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics</em> This review of Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics, co-written by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, with a preface by Vinh Nguyen (2025), places the book in the wider political ...

New in the journal! Precup, M., (2026) “Reading for Refugeetude: A Review of Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics”, The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship 16(1). doi: doi.org/10.16995/cg.... @openlibhums.org #OpenAccess #ComicsStudies cc @wlupress.bsky.social

. By replicating training programs that work and eliminating the lag time between research and results, we can build a workforce and a nation that’s resilient by design and ready for what comes next. This is our vision for Canada.” — Noel Baldwin, Executive Director, Future Skills Centre

Through the Future Skills Centre, we’re opening doors for tomorrow’s workforce by expanding skills training and real work opportunities for young people and underrepresented workers in key areas of need across Canada. As the world is rapidly changing, building Canada strong means equipping workers with the tools they need to succeed today, and the confidence to lead tomorrow.” — The Honorable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario.

Investing in what works through REPLICATE

We’re replicating three proven skills programs and eliminating the lag time between research and results to help more Canadians find stable jobs and navigate a changing economy.

We’re building a nation that’s resilient by design.
Read how: fsc-ccf.ca/engage/repli...

2026 MLS Previews: LAFC, Vancouver, San Diego — American Soccer Analysis Our 2026 MLS Season Previews have started and today we hit LAFC, the Whitecaps, and San Diego. If you want to support this coverage of the league, you can head to our Patreon . For $5 a month you...

@kierdoyle.bsky.social and @beninquiring.bsky.social tag team LAFC, @wilkinscaleb.bsky.social picks the ‘Caps to defy the Pundits expectations again, and @rohanop.bsky.social asks are San Diego better without Chucky?

www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2026/2/...

My interview with @vhazard.bsky.social from @comicsgrid.com is now also available in the @citystgeorges.bsky.social #OpenAccess repository. Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (2025). An Interview with Vincent Hazard openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/36...

We are pleased to share that our Special Collection: Graphic Biographical Fiction (edited by @mariajuko.bsky.social and Nancy Pedri) has launched today, Monday 8 December 2025, with an initial set of two articles. All in glorious Diamond, consortial #OpenAccess! #ComicsStudies @openlibhums.org

Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (2025). An Interview with Vincent Hazard This interview with Vincent Hazard explores the creative genesis and collaborative process behind Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (Dupuis, Aire Libre, 2025), a French language graphic novel illustrat...

I've had a very nice chat with @ernestopriego.com (senior lecturer in comics studies at @City St George's, University of London) about our work on "Strange fruit, Abel's song" @EditionsDupuis www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/2...

The Value of High Expectations and a Good System As we fast approach the Vancouver Whitecaps’ first MLS Cup Final appearance, I want to take some time to talk about the value of high expectations and a good system. I was inspired by a Glass City…

For many years, the Vancouver Whitecaps were viewed as a small-market club that would never do anything substantial.

So, what’s changed?

#VWFC

thethirdsub.ca/2025/12/04/t...

What sort of odds can I get on Rayan Elloumi scoring his first MLS goal off the bench? #vwfc

Mini-comic, page 1

Mini-comic, page 2

Mini-comic, page 3

Mini-comic, page 4

I have drawn a mini-comic, as an introduction to my Moebius book at @upmississippi.bsky.social , which you can find here: www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Moeb...
Digital version, but the original is a cute A6 booklet, because who doesn't like fanzines?
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The Whitecaps are just the best

Delighted to have this opportunity to write about autobio comics for @faberbooks.bsky.social

Smoke in the distance

Not what you want ot wake up to. Big fire on Hastings Street.

This was a real joy to write! If you ask me again next month I might choose 3 others but these comics have definitely stuck with me.

This one's lovely, especially if you're a fan of classic Brit humour comic NUTTY. (And a shout-out to @lewstringer.bsky.social for some expert artist identification!)

Ah

@wilkinscaleb.bsky.social Was Blackmon always number 33?

Four baguettes, two topped with olives, two topped with gruyere and garlic.

Baguettes!

The Aesthetics and Cultural Influence of Polish Comic Zines from the 1980s and 1990s on the Domestic Comic Market As a result of the economic and political upheavals at the end of the 1980s, the Polish comic market in 1990s was dominated by foreign publishers (TM-Semic and Egmont), who concentrated on American co...

New @comicsgrid.com! The Aesthetics and Cultural Influence of Polish Comic Zines from the 1980s and 1990s on the Domestic Comic Market doi.org/10.16995/cg.... #ComicsStudies #OpenAccess

So with no restriction on moving the team, and no expansion for the foreseeable future, it looks like the only way to get a team is to buy an existing one and move it. Lots of American cities want teams, and local ownership prospects are dubious.

I fear the fact that the Whitecaps don’t own their stadium means exodus.

It’s good if you live in Las Vegas

Huzzah!

All the criticisms of the Senna series are valid, but the series will send you down the F1 history rabbit hole.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Can we possibly revive the Situationist International? The times seem appropriate.

When I was a kid we got 20 minutes of Monaco interspersed with pole vaulting and table tennis on Wide World of Sports.

@wilkinscaleb.bsky.social I could be doing something useful, but instead I’m watching 90 minutes of bumpf before the Las Vegas Grand Prix