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Dirk Vanover @dirkv.bsky.social · 19h

“Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter he earned high seven figures for the role, plus a seven-figure producing fee.”

I should do a blog post on this, but I’ll do a brief thread here, as it’s something in the comics industry that riles me up.

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“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

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Lord Jermaine Retail @lordretail.bsky.social · 1d

There's no day of the week like New Comic Book Day. How lucky we are to have a day like that. New people learning when new comics come out is such a great thing to observe happen. They get to see the most variety, see what other people are getting, and be a part of a day unlike any other.

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john varvir @varvir.bsky.social · 2d

Same stellar quartet in radical color!

Print can be found at @thevikinglongbox

@tmnt #teenagemutantninjaturtles #krang #2025 #varvir #rivrav #ghosttoast #thevarvs

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Marcos Martín @panelsyndicate.bsky.social · 2d

My variant cover to ULTIMATE X-MEN #24 by Peach Momoko, part of my Finale covers for the Ultimate line.

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 6d

Comics shops numebrs in 2025: ComicHub sales are up 27% in August! Incredible growth rate. Comics and GN sales have gotten closer together a trend that hasn't happened in a long time both growing.

IN 2025...new comic buyers are flocking to store collectors being replaced by readers.

#nycc #icv2

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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 8d

my hands are shaking with rage and grief. i shouldn't have to do this. the edited text on this image should not exist. this should not still be happening in 2025

a panel from my entry in Samidoon. it is sepia tone of a palestinan family walking. the caption reads "in 2024, the images from inside Gaza echo my family's storie from Palestine. the walk away from our tattered homes looks the same as 50 years ago." the 2024 is crossed out witht 2025 written next to it. my hands are shaking with rage and grief as i type

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Gabriela Rodríguez Epstein @pichikui.bsky.social · 8d

👻The Danny Phantom: Fair Game book launch is Nov 2nd! 👻It'll be moderated by the amazing @ngoziu.com at @bookpeople.com!
Come for early release copies, ranting about superheroes and more! RSVP below!

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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 11d

did i post this yet? here's my logo-less cover for sonic issue #84!

the B cover for sonic the hedgehog issue #84, by iasmin omar ata. sage outstretches her hand towards the viewer, with metal sonic, belle, eggman, and sonic looking in opposite directions behind her. blue glitches are in the background.

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✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 10d

STAYC GIRLS ! IT'S GOIN DOWN ! 🗣️

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 11d

Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 13d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Sean Randolph @sean-randolph.bsky.social · 11d

Hey all, I'm shamelessly promoting my Wife @yerden.bsky.social 's new Bath Bomb Business! She makes some rad stuff and is having a Grand Opening sale so check her out on her website/Instagram!

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Gabriela Rodríguez Epstein @pichikui.bsky.social · 12d

Wulf is back in one month. #dannyphantom

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Sergio Diaz @sergiodiaz.bsky.social · 12d

Was just saying something similar the other day. I keep the comics takes close to the chest cause once I start…

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 14d

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

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Gabriela Rodríguez Epstein @pichikui.bsky.social · 15d

Gonna be at #nycc2025 next week doing a few signings! Friday 10/10 I'll be signing BSC for Scholastic at 5PM and 10/11 I'll be signing advance copies of Fair Game for Abrams at 11AM. Come say hi!

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Sergio Diaz @sergiodiaz.bsky.social · 15d

Love this book so much, happy 1 year in the world Please Be My Star

✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 15d

𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 ♡

nearly twenty years ago, i moved from birmingham, alabama to college station, texas. a year after that, i wrote a one-act about myself, lonely & lovelorn, talking to a figment of my imagination. the star of the play, in the role of my male self, was a boy i'd had a crush on.

one year ago today, please be my star was released. my debut fiction graphic novel -- a love letter to those two years in college station, to my teen self, to my love sergio diaz, & to many other moments in my life. a beautiful synthesis of many, many moments in my youth in texas.

i'm deeply thankful for everyone who red & enjoyed or thought deeply about the comic. i'm especially thankful to everyone who shared their thoughts & feelings about the book -- with me or otherwise.

it's selfish to admit, but at times i'm pretty solemn about how please be my star has been treated out in the world. people have sent me wonderfully kind messages, and people have also written very disparaging & dismissive reviews.

it's all very confusing to take in.
"which is it?" i wonder.

i'm well aware it's a weird book; a weird book is exactly what i intended to make.

so, all i can hope is that i'll be able to make comics like this for the rest of my life. i'm incredibly grateful & happy i got to make please be my star.

to those of you who have held it, for any length of time, in your heart -- i can't thank you enough.

happy birthday,
please be my star

♡vge

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✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 15d

the jewel case collage was a craft night idea from @pichikui.bsky.social who also provided lots of materials & the jewel case!! the backing collage for the note is from the interior of the case. im sooo proud of how it came out, so i had to use it more~

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✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 15d

also :3

bookshop.org/p/books/plea...

Please Be My Star: A Graphic Novel

Check out Please Be My Star: A Graphic Novel - A fun and unique reimagining of The Phantom of the Opera as a teen rom-com set in high school!Erika knows that people find her weird...

bookshop.org

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✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 15d

𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 ♡

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17d

Werner Herzog voice:

“I’ve seen movies, short films, completely created by artificial intelligence. Story, acting, everything. They look completely dead. They are stories, but they have no soul…They are empty and soulless.”

Werner Herzog on AI-Generated Movies: 'They Look Completely Dead'

Herzog spoke with Conan O'Brien about the concept of truth and why AI is a

gizmodo.com

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 21d

Alan's scripts were conversations with the artist, and as such, highly readable and pleasurable to work from. Here's a scan of pg. 1 of SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #20, Alan's first-ever issue, when he didn't know who the artist would end up being (it was Dan Day, pencils, John Totleben, inks)...

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Gabriela Rodríguez Epstein @pichikui.bsky.social · 21d

POV: it's 2005 and it's time to pick a personality

Danny Phantom: Fair Game is out Nov 4th!
#dannyphantom #2000s

$Sam, Tucker and Danny argue over their favorite albums (Nine Inch Nails, Hillary Duff and Green Day respectively) while Danni sits in the middle of the fracas sweating profusely.$

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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 22d

Who's Who editor Robert Greenberger was a fan of Love and Rockets and asked Jaime Hernandez @xaimeh.bsky.social if he was interested in drawing something for DC's Who's Who.

Jamie said yes he'd like to draw Legionnaires.

Thus, comic fans were privileged to get these two pieces.

Phantom Girl pinup; Jaime went with the 70s Dave Cockrum designed costume with white mid-riff cutouts and classic bell bottom/flared pants and sleeves.

Shrinking Violet pinup; mid-eighties Keith Giffen design of simple green skirt with black collar, gloves, belt and boots.

DC's Who's Who #18 (Phantom Girl) & #21 (Shrinking Violet) from 1986.

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✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 23d

FLIP is such a stunningly lovely book. It's hilarious, haunting, & beautifully poignant. I love Chi-chi so much...Please do yourself a favor and get a copy of this book!!! Congrats, Ngozi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥰♥️♥️♥️

ngoziu @ngoziu.com · 23d

GUYS, FLIP IS OUT TODAY!!! 🥳🎉🎈 This is my most autobiographical story to date, and so close to my heart!✨

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Sergio Diaz @sergiodiaz.bsky.social · 23d

I have purposely forgotten how this ends so I can experience it fresh!

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