> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.fromcovertocover.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Apple Tax Hits Patreon, Comics’ Award Season Continue, a Zoe Thorogood Poetry Comic on Instagram, and more -- The Comic Bookmarks Aug 18th, 2024 - URL: https://www.fromcovertocover.com/comic_bookmarks_aug_18_2024/ - Published: 2024-08-18T12:00:10.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-18T12:00:10.000Z - Author: Scott Cederlund - Tags: Comic Bookmarks 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 John PorcellinoCartooning as a worldview, as therapy, as confession, and as autobio.![](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/favicon.ico)From Cover to CoverScott Cederlund![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cb/fc/cbfcdc7f-aad3-4f92-876f-5cbf3043df76/content/images/size/w1200/2024/08/IMG_3984.jpeg)](https://www.fromcovertocover.com/a-great-comic-for-the-dog-days-of-summer-king-cat-comics-stories-83-by-john-porcellino/) ## Headlines > Enshittification, wiping out indie comics creators one by one. > > [\[image or embed\]](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ylfu4f4oxg2nhxuvlka7nozt/post/3kzkbrj3whn2a?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=fromcovertocover.com) > > — Derf Backderf ([@derfbackderf.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ylfu4f4oxg2nhxuvlka7nozt?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=fromcovertocover.com)) [Aug 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ylfu4f4oxg2nhxuvlka7nozt/post/3kzkbrj3whn2a?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=fromcovertocover.com) [Patreon warns creators: Get ready to pay Apple’s 30% taxThe new fees kick in on November 1.![](https://www.macworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-macworld-favicon.png?w=192)MacworldMichael Simon![](https://www.macworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/iphone-app-store-dock-1.jpg?quality=50&strip=all&w=1024)](https://www.macworld.com/article/2425126/patreon-warns-creators-get-ready-to-pay-apples-30-tax.html?ref=fromcovertocover.com) As usual, Apple wants their cut of any transaction that uses their systems. Remember that you can always just go to the Patreon website, support creators there instead of through an app, and use PayPal or a credit card to pay without having Apple eat 30% of the creator’s incomes. [San Diego Police Investigate Fights, Theft and More at 2024 Comic-ConSan Diego Comic-Con got pretty rowdy ... ’cause TMZ obtained a record of police activity from around SD’s convention center last month -- and it looks like officers have had their hands full.![](https://static.tmz.com/tmz-web/icons/apple-touch-icon-180x180-v1.png)TMZTMZ Staff![](https://imagez.tmz.com/image/50/16by9/2024/08/08/501630f1d65e4a87b903f39daebd689e_xl.jpg)](https://www.tmz.com/2024/08/11/police-investigate-comic-con-crime/?ref=fromcovertocover.com) TMZ covers the con as only they can… [Nominees announced for the 2024 Ignatz AwardsThe Ignatz Awards, given out annually at SPX, honor outstanding achievement in independent comics and cartooning.![](https://i0.wp.com/smashpages.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/avatar_e97f860c326d_128.png?fit=128%2C128&ssl=1)SMASH PAGESJK Parkin![](https://i0.wp.com/smashpages.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ignatz-2024-900x470-1.jpg?fit=900%2C470&ssl=1)](https://smashpages.net/2024/08/13/nominees-announced-for-the-2024-ignatz-awards/?ref=fromcovertocover.com) [And the nominees for the 2024 Harvey Awards are...As if you needed a reason to read more comics, here are the best comics of the past 12 months in the Harvey Awards nominees![](https://www.thepopverse.com/apple-icon.png?b96384bc9cdcd85e)PopverseChris Arrant![](http://localhost:8080/static/metaverse-logo-og.png)](https://www.thepopverse.com/live-harvey-awards-2024-nominees-winners-nycc-2024-new-york-comic-con?ref=fromcovertocover.com) Awards season just keeps on rolling along. ## **Business** > DC's most iconic stories—portable and only $9.99! The first six DC Compact Comics are available now, with more titles to come through October and beyond. [https://t.co/8bGehPFQym](https://t.co/8bGehPFQym?ref=fromcovertocover.com) [pic.twitter.com/yOvRoCUa0S](https://t.co/yOvRoCUa0S?ref=fromcovertocover.com) > > — DC (@DCOfficial) [August 15, 2024](https://twitter.com/DCOfficial/status/1824204508106199431?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=fromcovertocover.com) I’m currently reading the Compact edition of Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette’s **Wonder Woman Earth One** and it’s a great experience- a fantastic format that really works to make things easily available. It’s great to see DC’s official social media account putting this out there in the world. As of Saturday afternoon, this post has over 694K views, which looks to be huge for them. > Over the next few weeks you're going to see changes on social posts over at [@thevaultcomics](https://twitter.com/thevaultcomics?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=fromcovertocover.com). > Images are going to start to look /different/ here's why: > > — Britta Buescher (@britta\_buescher) [August 14, 2024](https://twitter.com/britta%5Fbuescher/status/1823854927032037663?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=fromcovertocover.com) There’s a whole thread here about how Vault Comics’ social presence is changing as more social media companies are using art from posts to train their AI. > What comics sites do you read? Doesn’t have to be huge? Or do you just watch YouTube videos about comics? Who do you watch? > > — Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) [August 12, 2024](https://twitter.com/Comixace/status/1823078258327597087?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=fromcovertocover.com) Another good thread that fills me with both hope and dread about just how much of an audience there is out there for sites that cover comic books. I’ve found one or two sites in this thread that I didn’t know about but there’s still just a lot of the old guard sites listed here, as if we haven’t developed anything post 2010\. ## **The Funny Pages** > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/C-xoltgRjFP/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Zoe Thorogood (@zoethorogood)](https://www.instagram.com/p/C-xoltgRjFP/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/C-vTXVRPPjW/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Whit Taylor (@whitltaylor)](https://www.instagram.com/p/C-vTXVRPPjW/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) ## **Reviews & Features** [Still in Search of a New DatabaseSean Kleefeld’s daily thoughts about comics and the comic industry.![](http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/favicon.ico)Sean Kleefeld![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-2DW7h0UQB7llkIsHIZaYM0CA42-iHym5t3JwseK_RHsMRNbmsStMEXxs84WC7OyZZIOde5IPuHNhHE_ksEyR3PsitqO8JO8g_meRI3kOeQdt5I-XIGOzBHQ-a2Nal8g9EMD/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/2673329-1439335532762.png)](http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2024/08/still-in-search-of-new-database.html?ref=fromcovertocover.com) Comicbookdb.com was such a great site. It’s still disappointing that all of that data is lost. This is a reposting of an older piece by Sean Kleefield but talks about the need for some kind of cataloging solutions for collections. [Who Gets Saved? - SOLRADCo-published alongside Rob Kirby’s review of RESCUE PARTY, Alex Hoffman discusses the messy labor questions that stem from the project and its resulting book.![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/solrad-sun-300x300.jpg)SOLRADAlex Hoffman![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-e1723409275683.png)](https://solrad.co/who-gets-saved?ref=fromcovertocover.com) [Freak Flags & Flights of Fancy: Rob Kirby Reviews RESCUE PARTY, edited by Gabe Fowler - SOLRADToday on SOLRAD, Rob Kirby looks at RESCUE PARTY, published by Pantheon![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/solrad-sun-300x300.jpg)SOLRADRob Kirby![](https://solrad.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Rescue-Party-Cover-Art-scaled.jpg)](https://solrad.co/freak-flags-flights-of-fancy-rob-kirby-reviews-rescue-party-edited-by-gabe-fowler?ref=fromcovertocover.com) Two fascinating and complementary pieces about **Rescue Party**, a collection of work that was originally meant to just be online pieces, then was a controversial Kickstarter, and now is a book published by Pantheon. [Spiral & Other Stories: by Aidan Koch - Spectrum CultureSpiral & Other Stories is a record of both memory and amnesia, and it shows how the world creates itself out of the meeting of the two.![](https://spectrumculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/favicon.gif)Spectrum CultureReed Jackson![](https://spectrumculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/spiral-aidan-koch.jpg)](https://spectrumculture.com/2024/08/11/spiral-other-stories-by-aidan-koch-review/?ref=fromcovertocover.com) I just love the question that leads off this piece— does Aidan Koch do a lot with a little or a little with a lot?