The Apple Tax Hits Patreon, Comics’ Award Season Continue, a Zoe Thorogood Poetry Comic on Instagram, and more -- The Comic Bookmarks Aug 18th, 2024

The summer must end but not yet. There's still a few weeks left to it. This week on the site, I explored John Porcellino's latest issue of King-Cat Comics & Stories. A Great Comic for the Dog Days of Summer- King-Cat Comics & Stories #83 by

A Great Comic for the Dog Days of Summer- King-Cat Comics & Stories #83 by John Porcellino

Cartooning as a worldview, as therapy, as confession, and as autobio. 

Human Trafficking at SDCC, Original Art Market, the Stolen Art Market — Comic Bookmarks 8/11/2024

Let's start off with usual with what was happening around here this week before diving into the news and reviews of the week. It’s About The Ethics of Super Powers in Gillen and Wijngaard’s Power Fantasy #1Relaxed but always on edge until the narrative bomb drops,

It’s About The Ethics of Super Powers in Gillen and Wijngaard’s Power Fantasy #1

Relaxed but always on edge until the narrative bomb drops, you can see how far Gillen and Wijngaard are willing to go with this story.

The launch of K-ComicsBeat, the fight against AI comics, and more— The Comic Bookmarks 8/4/2024

Your links for the post-SDCC week.

Atsushi Kaneko Uses Action To Reveal Character in Search and Destroy Vol. 1

Search and Destroy is a revenge thriller you feel in your bones.

More Jay Stephens’ comics, the classic DC Logo, Inoue’s Slam Dunk and more — Comic Bookmarks 7/28/2024

Comics news from the last week

One Last Dose of Joe Matt’s Self-Deprecating Humor in Peepshow #15

Joe Matt is the target of the ridicule and jokes but he’s also the one telling the jokes.

Manga awards, Samnee and some other guy on Batman, and a bunch of reviews— Comic Bookmarks 7/21/2024

Things to read from the past week in the world of comics.

Sidestepping the Event to Tell the Story in Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti’s G.O.D.S.

Hickman and Schiti pull away from telling the huge story that we expect and find another way to tell a character-driven story between the context of those loud battles.  

More on Neil Gaiman, lots of manga news, and a killer X-Men #1 review— Comic Bookmarks 7/14/2024

The comic news you need to know for July 14, 2024.

Gaiman accusations, Ukazu’s next book, manga announcements, French rights to Dan Clowes, and more — Comic Bookmarks 7/7/2024

It’s July. That means all the sites start running SDCC announcements- who’s going to be there, what big signings they’ll be having, and what “major” releases they’ll be hawking. Let’s see if we can survive this month together, shall we? This week on the site,