The Last Archie Sonic Story – Loose Continuity
Mathias DeRider The year is 2004. Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog is in dire straits: writer Karl Bollers left the book after a spectacular finale with Return to Angel Island, drawn by Jonathan…
No Need For Sonic! – A happy commission story.
CMYK Avenger A followup to my Ken Penders article discussing a really good, positive commission story.
My Stance on Pirating: It’s a Good Thing
The loss of media made available for purchase makes piracy critical - so long as we pay artists for material we can buy.
Ken Penders: A commission story and a warning
A walkthrough on the nightmarish process of getting a commission from Sonic artist Ken Penders.
Terry and the Pirates, Irresponsible Publishing, and Racism
The new Terry and the Pirates collection had an opportunity to address racism in historical comics. Instead, the reader was blamed for not understanding.
Interviewing Bruce Canwell: Terry and the Pirates The Master Collection, Race, and Responsibility
An interview with editor Bruce Canwell about Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, and race in comics.
How To Collect – New Teen Titans
Wherein I talk about how to collect The New Teen Titans, and steer you away from the bad stuff! Part of the How To Collect series.
Garfield, Sarcasm, and Autism
People give Garfield a lot of shit. I don’t understand it, personally. The comic has been running for forty years. Forty years! Forty years ago, the Atari 2600 hadn’t been…
AwesomeCon & SpringCon 2019 – Little Con-goer, Big City
The AwesomeCon and SpringCon experience - going to conventions as a family, going alone, and comparing big and smell cons.
How To Collect – Carol Danvers’ Captain Marvel
How to read the fifty years of Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, comics. With Gerry Conway's Ms. Marvel to Kelly Sue DeConnick's historic relaunch and more.