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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 23h

You’re most welcome! I just got The Horrors of Being a Human, and can’t wait to read it.

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 2d

You’re very welcome! I hope you get to make sequels, because you have set up such a cool sandbox here :)

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 2d

I recently read DC’s Misfits of Magic by @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social, which stars teen-aged versions of Dr. Occult, Blue Devil, Deadman, and Enchantress. It’s a fun riff on DC’s magic users, and a perfect YA graphic novel for this Halloween season 🎃

DC's Misfits of Magic

Continuing my look at spooky themed books this month, today I look at DC's Misfits of Magic , which is from the latest series of their grap...

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for posting your results about Clues by Sam. Because of you I’ve found a great new entertainment :)

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 5d

I just reread Golem Pit 224 by @ohmyghoulia.bsky.social and it’s a great graphic novel to read this (or any) month. The emotional and physical quagmires these characters get into makes this book wonderfully weird. I love the tone set by the amorphous panels and earthy coloring as well. Check it out!

Golem Pit 224

It's October and to celebrate this spooky month, I am going to review a bunch of different graphic novels that fit the season. First up is ...

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 6d

I just read Pushing Buttons, a graphic novel by Danish cartoonist Ursula Blix. I loved the artwork and how the story slowly shed light on Margit’s soul-sucking work and relationship with her supervisor/best friend Chloe. I will definitely be looking for more work from Blix and Black Panel Press.

Pushing Buttons

This "futuristic workplace kerfuffle" recently came to my attention via social media, and I was very glad to buy and read a copy. Pushing B...

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 8d

You nailed it. It’s GORGEOUS.

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 8d

I love your Dr. Fate! And your depiction of Inza is throwing off some seriously shifty Richard Sala vibes.

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 12d

What happened in the last 20s when private businesses got all bloviated? Does anyone remember that?

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 13d

Fun fact: I went to high school with him. He was a year ahead of me, and we had mutual friends but I did not really know him. He was brilliant back then, too. Small world!

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 13d

Actual intelligence!

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 13d

Spectacular!

Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 15d

Maybe giving its residents the right vote would help remind them…

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 16d

Next up in my great graphic novel catch-up: the first volume of @jefflemire171.bsky.social’s Minor Arcana. It’s features many of the best aspects of his work: strong characters, slow burn reveals, family secrets, and just the right amount of supernatural surprises. So good and compelling!

Minor Arcana, Volume One: The Fool

I am a big fan of Jeff Lemire since I read The Essex County Trilogy almost two decades ago. He is one of the most prolific comics creato...

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 17d

Reminder: Box B, get on the mic, m’man!

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 22d

has stuck with me in ways few books do. Do yourself a favor and get your hands and eyeballs on this superb book.

Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 22d

Big Jim and the White Boy by @davidfwalker.bsky.social and Marcus Kwame Anderson is a phenomenal graphic novel. More than an American classic reimagined, it’s an epic tale of its own that firmly places Jim into US history and culture in a substantial and moving way. I read it a few weeks ago, and it

Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been called "the best book we've had" (by Ernest Hemingway ) and also been widely banned because of ...

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 23d

My great graphic novel catch-up continues with Sunshine by @studiojjk.bsky.social. It’s a book that can make you smile and also shed a tear, showing people with medical conditions that many would typically shy away from. It’s a hopeful, affirming read.

Sunshine

Hey Kiddo is one of my favorite graphic novels, and Sunshine is its follow-up but it stands by itself. This book chronicles a week that K...

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 24d

Akram in THE BEST

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 24d

Linda Ronstadt or some Greek music. This one was my favorite. The cassette was red, and I guess I asked for it so much that one day it got “lost.”

Ξανθή Περάκη - Βρε Μελαχροινάκι | Xanthi Peraki - Vre Melahrinaki (Music Video)

YouTube video by greekdude5

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 26d

You’re very welcome! I hope to read book 3 soon 😃

Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 27d

My first (that I remember) was Detective Comics #507 written by Gerry Conway, drawn by Don Newton and Dan Adkins. It features a murderer named Manikin who freaked me out.

What was your first Batman comic?

Cover to Detective Comics #507 by Denys Cowan and Dick Giordano. It shows a weary Batman whose costume has rips in it, surrounded by fire. In the foreground facing him is a woman wearing a copper colored costume that resembles a mannequin. She is standing over a pile of burning mannequins. A word balloon indicates she is telling him, “You cannot stop me, Batman! Stand aside or Manikin will DESTROY YOU!” Text reads, “A startling conclusion! Dressed to die!”

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 27d

I just read Marvel All-On-One by @ryannorth.ca and Ed McGuiness. It’s told all in splash pages, and it’s a fun smash-‘em-up tale that captures the spirit of the bashful, blue-eyed favorite nephew of Aunt Petunia.

Cover to Marvel All-On-One #1 by Ed McGuiness and Mark Farmer. It shows a mass of superheroes rising up to battle Ben Grimm, The Thing, as he punches them all ferociously. In the pile are Spider-Man, Firestar, Hulk, Iron Man, Cyclops, Mr. Fantastic, Venom, Daredevil, Venom, Nightcrawler, She-Hulk, Red Hulk, Black Panther, and Thor. The Human Torch, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider are toward the bottom, falling.

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 28d

Woo hoo!

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 29d

I bet you won’t be able to see your NFTs without them either.

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