The Comics Staple - A Comics News Zine A brand-new, monthly zine featuring news, reviews, and interviews for comics fans who want to stay in the loop. Edited by Tiffany Babb

I am SO excited to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for The Comics Staple, a monthly zine about comics, is live. Go make your pledges now!

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Green and blue graphic with a gold border that reads 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant Awardees, Steve Baxi Chad Nevett, Samantha Puc, Emmy Waldman

I'm so excited to announce the recipients of this year's Comics Criticism Mini Grant. Congrats to Chad Nevett, Steve Baxi, Emmy Waldman, and Samantha Puc for their amazing work in comics criticism this year!

@chadnevett.bsky.social
@stevebaxi.bsky.social
@emmywaldman.bsky.social
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The news is out in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! I am VERY excited to announce a new print comics publication - The Comics Staple, a monthly comics zine filled with reviews, recommendations, interviews and more.
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PACK IT UP BOYS THE GOAT HAS RETURNED TO PASTURE

Bobby's Snacks Vol. 45: Jump to a Commercial & Skip the Whole Thing

Happy #AudioDramaSunday y'all: this week I talk @dead-signals.bsky.social #CONVERSATIONSWITHGHOSTS, @goodpointe.bsky.social's #SOMEONEJUSTLIKEYOU, @theameliaproject.bsky.social, @andasproductions.com's #CATSKULL, @forgivemeshow.bsky.social season 4, & more!

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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.

But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.

Comix Cleric - The Indie Way to Host Indie Comics! A web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way! Crafted BY comic creators FOR comic creators!

Introducing Comix Cleric, a web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way! Crafted BY comic creators FOR comic creators and jam packed with features, you can learn more by checking out the Kickstarter NOW!

#comic #webcomic #webcomics #kickstarter

Yee YouTube video by revergo

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2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...

It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!

My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
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👨‍🍳 NEW EP! 👨‍🍳

On a grocery run to the marketplace of ideas, Yan and Nat stumble upon a strange stall. Far from the nostalgic scents of the retconfectionery and the electric buzz of the canned-dialogue dispensers, comics critic @riteshwriter.bsky.social invites our hosts for…

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🔔 NOW AVAILABLE on komiks.space:

“Aking Mga Kaibigan (My Friends)” by Megel

A silent comic about letters sent to friends for a special occasion.

📚 Read for free: read.komiks.space/aking-mga-kaibigan

#readkomiks

Comic Sans

@comicsanspod.com from andasproductions.com is your go-to podcast for a deep dive into the world of comics. Hosted by Myle Yan Tay and nathanielmah.bsky.social, they explore everything from crime capers to sports manga. Perfect for both new readers and seasoned fans alike.

catskull — Trailer YouTube video by Andas Productions

🎬 NEW TRAILER ALERT! 🎬

𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐥, a neo-noir audio thriller about violence, identity, and the dark pursuit of meaning premieres TOMORROW, 24 October!

New episodes every Friday, wherever you get your podcasts.

youtube.com/shorts/hBu6GDvZWvY?feature=share

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🔔 NOW AVAILABLE on komiks.space:

“Ang Mga Pusa ng Barangay Masikap” by @zekemachine.bsky.social

Issues #1 and #2 available in Filipino!

📚 Read for free: read.komiks.space/barangay-masikap

#readkomiks

🚨 NEW EP! 🚨

Earlier today, the RSS Comic Sans returned safely to Earth after its slingshot voyage around the sun, making Yan and Nat the first—and last—podcast hosts to go to space.

They'll spend today's press conference discussing the graphic novel "Through a Life" by Tom Haugomat...

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Ep 1 (TOMORROW!) — Through a Life by Tom Haugomat

Ep 2 — Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by @patrickhorvath.bsky.social & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Ep 3 — A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

Ep 4 ft. @riteshwriter.bsky.social — Rare Flavours by @therightram.bsky.social & Filipe Andrade

“Comic Sans Season 4” illustrated in bold, comic-book style lettering. The words appear over a bright yellow explosion shape on a light blue background with halftone dots, stars, and dynamic black outlines, evoking a retro pop-art comic aesthetic.

‼️ An all-new season of Comic Sans starts TOMORROW 😱😱😱

🗓️ With new episodes every other Thursday!

🎙️ Our hosts, Yan and @nathanielmah.bsky.social are back with more of that page-turning, mind-melting comic book goodness you know and love 😋

⬇️ Check out the comics we discuss in the first few eps...

NEW 👻 INTERACTIVE 👻 KOMIK!

“The Ghosts of Kapok Dorm” by Nina Martinez

Our dormers stay in two recently renovated buildings with... historical significance.

Have a look around with Ghost Vision™!

📚 Read for free: read.komiks.space/the-ghosts-of-kapok-dorm

#readkomiks

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🔔 NEW KOMIKS:

“The Existential Horrors of a Mundane Adulthood” by @robcham.bsky.social

A comic about the true horrors we face day to day: taxes, relationships, rent! How will we survive? The answers aren't here!

📚: komiks.space/the-existential-horrors-of-a-mundane-adulthood

#readkomiks

Seven Pages, Not Seven Volumes On making th e leap from pitch to page.

🔔 NEW ESSAY on komiks.space:

"Seven Pages, Not Seven Volumes" by @carljavier.bsky.social
On making the leap from pitch to page.

💬 : talk.komiks.space/essays/seven...

#talkkomiks

@kellykanayama.bsky.social 's essay about 'The Punishette' in this week's @shelfdust.bsky.social is crazy good!

Just a well-rounded, thoughtful reflection on 'take-up-the-mantle' characters, comic book machismo, and the police state.

Check both Kelly and Shelfdust out on Patreon!

Rest in peace, Ol' Unreliable or: How to print comics on your sh*t printer

🔔 NEW RESOURCE on komiks.space:

"Rest in Peace, Ol' Unreliable — or: How to print comics on your sh*t printer"

A how-to zine by @bskynirenren.bsky.social

✂️: make.komiks.space/resources/rest-in-peace-ol-unreliable

#makekomiks

Submission Guidelines Contribute to komiks.space!

🔔 OPEN CALL: Contribute to komiks.space!

We are now accepting submissions from writers and komiks creators:
talk.komiks.space/essays/submi...

Pitch us:
✍️ Reviews, essays, and interviews that expand the conversation about Southeast Asian komiks, for talk.komiks.space
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Title card that looks like an iPod player. The logo says "Comic Sans Bonus Ep" and is inside a thought bubble. The title is "Bonus Ep: Arzach with ML Kejera" hosted by ML Kejera, Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah.

🚨 NEW EP 🚨

As the sweltering purple sun rises over the ruins, the comics in Yan and Nat's hands crumble to dust. The end seems nigh for our brave hosts, until… look!

With a mighty cry, comics critic @mlkejera.bsky.social soars in on a biometallic pterodactyl...

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DC High Volume: Batman Bringing essential DC comic stories to life off the page and into the audio space — DC High Volume: Batman begins with the four-part adaptation of Year One. After traveling the world for over a decade...

...writing for audio, and it's surreal to hear our pages being brought to life by an absolutely incredible cast.

🎧 So if you're looking for a regular Bat-fix, join us in Gotham City every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts:

lnk.to/DCHighVolume

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🦇 The audio adaptation of the "Dark Victory" arc begins this week on DC High Volume: Batman!

🥳 I'm immensely proud to have co-written this audio adaptation together with @roshansinghsambhi.bsky.social & @finalrune.com! Just from reading their drafts, I've learned so much from them about...

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Please look at this amazing resource one of our Actions Committee members made! 💖

Seriously this was such a fun talk! I was so nervous but it turned into a total party. Please listen and hear me gush about Hu’s graphic novel “A Night Ride to the Day”!

🔔 NOW AVAILABLE:

“Crocodile Complex” by @venz228.bsky.social

Long nails, missing pins, & foggy brass. After an incident up north, Lt. Plover Capulong and Nurse Yago Dimalanta must hike forests with shared dread for a glimpse of peace.

📚: read.komiks.space/crocodile-co...

#readkomiks