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Review: I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop

This forms the space for Vellekoop to dig into these different relationships in his life, some of which are deep-rooted while others are fleeting connections that are more building blocks for Maurice to learn about himself.

More Diamond, Alpha Flight, and the Quest for a Good Superman Comi — The Comic Bookmark, June 15th, 2025

Forgot to hit publish this morning so this is going up late. It’s still out on Sunday so that counts for something. Previously on FC2C Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá Expand the Family Tree in The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1The Umbrella Academy has been a family story from

Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá Expand the Family Tree in The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1

The Umbrella Academy has been a family story from the start, using the language of superheroes to explore family dynamics.

The Family Circus, A Defense of R. Crumb, a New Distributor, and More-- The Comic Bookmarks June 8th, 2025

It's the beginning of summer and, honestly, not too much is happening. Not much news but go down to the reviews/criticism portion and there's some really good stuff there, including a good video about the zombification of the Family Circus comic strip. Previously on FC2C

The Tease and the Promise of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun: Road to the Six #0

Sometimes a tease is all you need.

RIP Peter David, Eisner Noms, Living in a Post-Diamond World and more... The Comic Bookmarks— June 1st, 2025

Our summer season started this week. You may remember that last year, our 2024 summer season included posts (almost) every week between Memorial Day and Labor Day. I'm not too sure if we're going to be that ambitious this year but I do have plans for

More Than Just Another Crisis— a look at Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki’s Assorted Crisis Events #3

This comic is not apologetic about being a bit preachy.

RIP Butch Guice, Jenny Blake's First Comic Book Credit, the Diamond Soap Opera and More... The Comic Bookmarks-- May 11th, 2025

We're playing a bit of catch up here from the past couple of weeks. We took a week off but that doesn't mean that everyone else did. Previously on FC2C Superheroes, Aliens, and Cartoons, Oh My!!! - a review of Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Chris

Superheroes, Aliens, and Cartoons, Oh My!!! - a review of Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Chris Weston’s Paranoid Gardens

Gerard Way and Shawn Simon doing their obscure Vertigo book, just for Dark Horse. So who better to get to draw than Chris Weston?

Neil Gaiman Just Won’t Go Away, Not So Fast Alliance, and more… The Comic Bookmarks— April 27th, 2025

The more includes Superman Lawsuit, the loss of Bookscan numbers, a Megalopolis adaptation, and an interview with Rebecca Burke.

Living Outside of the Law in Inio Asano’s Mujina Into the Deep Volume 1

The opening is action-packed, a thrill ride that gets us into Inio Asano’s book but it’s not the story that Asano is telling.

Think Twice Before Traveling to the States, FIBD Boycott, Star Wars Kickstarter and More-- The Comic Bookmarks April 20th, 2025

It's getting hard to have a link column that isn't somehow political.

The Big Tease That Is Summer of Superman Special #1

Sometimes, you just want to read a Superman comic. It's a bit surprising how hard that is to do without getting pulled into all kinds of other drama.

Everything’s Broken, From Immigration to Tariffs, but the Comics Are Still Good— The Comic Bookmarks April 6th, 2025

This is unfair to those of us Larry Hama turned into lefty anarchists. [image or embed] — Jason (@jason1749.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM I think/hope that Jason speaks for a lot of us right now. Previously on FC2C It’s Time to Wake Up- Absolute