Heidi MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social
Eisner Award winning EiC ComicsBeat.com and KComicsBeat.com. NYC. https://linktr.ee/Comixace
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This is HUGE. Hard to overstate the importance to this event to the town and region. The international comics publishing will also take a hit but they have many other ways to promote and sell. The comics festival IS Angoulême.
BREAKING: Organiser 9e Art+ puts ANGOULÊME FESTIVAL 2026 on hold
Embattled Angoulême Festival organiser 9e Art+ has officially put production of the 2026 event on indefinite hold. This news was broken this afternoon in an email circulated to publishers. While not an official cancellation, it is a…
Embattled Angoulême Festival organiser 9e Art+ has officially put production of the 2026 event on indefinite hold. This news was broken this afternoon in an email circulated to publishers. While not an official cancellation, it is a…
BREAKING: Organiser 9e Art+ puts ANGOULÊME FESTIVAL 2026 on hold
Embattled Angoulême Festival organiser 9e Art+ has officially put production of the 2026 event on indefinite hold. This news was broken this afternoon in an email circulated to publishers. While not an official cancellation, it is a further sign that the event, scheduled for January 29 to February 1, 2026, will not go ahead. In the email, which was shared with most French news outlets, …
www.comicsbeat.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is HUGE. Hard to overstate the importance to this event to the town and region. The international comics publishing will also take a hit but they have many other ways to promote and sell. The comics festival IS Angoulême.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Two people were shot at a gas station in my rural town in Mississippi today.
I guess 500 troops are gonna have to be taken away from their families during the holidays to come occupy my small town now too, huh?
I guess 500 troops are gonna have to be taken away from their families during the holidays to come occupy my small town now too, huh?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Two people were shot at a gas station in my rural town in Mississippi today.
I guess 500 troops are gonna have to be taken away from their families during the holidays to come occupy my small town now too, huh?
I guess 500 troops are gonna have to be taken away from their families during the holidays to come occupy my small town now too, huh?
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Hey wow Seoul Station has a giant LED screen in the main hall just like Moynihan Train Hall but also uses part of it for a fantastic animated train status and information display.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Hey wow Seoul Station has a giant LED screen in the main hall just like Moynihan Train Hall but also uses part of it for a fantastic animated train status and information display.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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"This disaster was inspired by a much less horrific turkey giveaway WQXI general manager Jerry Blum (the inspiration for Arthur Carlson) had conjured up in the late 1950s in Dallas when he dropped turkeys off a pickup truck." #ohthehumanity 😄🦃
🎶"I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati"🎶
🎶"I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati"🎶
Atlanta's WQXI inspiration for famous 'WKRP in Cincinnati' turkey drop episode
I posted this last year but in honor of this fine day, I'll do it again, my holiday gift to you:
www.ajc.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM
"This disaster was inspired by a much less horrific turkey giveaway WQXI general manager Jerry Blum (the inspiration for Arthur Carlson) had conjured up in the late 1950s in Dallas when he dropped turkeys off a pickup truck." #ohthehumanity 😄🦃
🎶"I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati"🎶
🎶"I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati"🎶
I missed that @samthielman.com wrote a great piece about the genius Gilbert Hernandez for the NYTimes!
Look, there are a lot of characters, but if you can keep up with Marvel you can keep up with the Luba/Fritz-verse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
Look, there are a lot of characters, but if you can keep up with Marvel you can keep up with the Luba/Fritz-verse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I missed that @samthielman.com wrote a great piece about the genius Gilbert Hernandez for the NYTimes!
Look, there are a lot of characters, but if you can keep up with Marvel you can keep up with the Luba/Fritz-verse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
Look, there are a lot of characters, but if you can keep up with Marvel you can keep up with the Luba/Fritz-verse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
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It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
I ship these two and they just keep giving me so much material.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I ship these two and they just keep giving me so much material.
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I wrote to Alan, to ask if he minded if I use an element from one of these in Aphra and he called me up and said he has no memory of writing this, but sure.
197. In case you didn’t know, Alan Moore wrote some Star Wars comics in the 80s for a UK Star Wars magazine. It is clear from the content that he was not entirely sure what Star Wars is supposed to be. They’re awesome.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I wrote to Alan, to ask if he minded if I use an element from one of these in Aphra and he called me up and said he has no memory of writing this, but sure.
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This is a great article and related not-too-tangentially to what I posted the other day about “your favorite writers are all struggling to get by.”
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a great article and related not-too-tangentially to what I posted the other day about “your favorite writers are all struggling to get by.”
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
This is the same Vanity Fair that laid off @rilaws.bsky.social and @brezwrites.bsky.social
Are they wearing hats made of mercury over there?
Are they wearing hats made of mercury over there?
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the same Vanity Fair that laid off @rilaws.bsky.social and @brezwrites.bsky.social
Are they wearing hats made of mercury over there?
Are they wearing hats made of mercury over there?
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Thousands of outdoor dining areas might not return to the city's roadways next spring, the result of what activists call a costly approval process created by the Adams administration when the program became seasonal.
Outdoor Dining Has Faded Out — And Not Just Because It's Winter - Streetsblog New York City
From thousands of pandemic-era eateries to perhaps just a few hundred, thanks to a seasonal, not year-round, program.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thousands of outdoor dining areas might not return to the city's roadways next spring, the result of what activists call a costly approval process created by the Adams administration when the program became seasonal.
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Ed has excellent taste.
Be like Ed.
Be like Ed.
This manga series has become an annual re-read for me. Showa A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki. Excellent!
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Ed has excellent taste.
Be like Ed.
Be like Ed.
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By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
I had a couple of interviews today with potential Beat/KCB contributors. Both women. Both mentioned that they have had problems with stalkers. It's been a constant thing I've heard during this process.
THIS IS SO FUCKING UNCOOL WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!???!??!???!?
THIS IS SO FUCKING UNCOOL WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!???!??!???!?
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I had a couple of interviews today with potential Beat/KCB contributors. Both women. Both mentioned that they have had problems with stalkers. It's been a constant thing I've heard during this process.
THIS IS SO FUCKING UNCOOL WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!???!??!???!?
THIS IS SO FUCKING UNCOOL WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!???!??!???!?
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not only did we put out mafia yaoi we have a new kerascoët about an illiterate court lady and a friendly torturer's apprentice falling in love, the PEANUTS 75th anniversary book, the biography of the man who inspired Ansel Adams who Bill Griffith is also NAMED AFTER, and much, much more
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
not only did we put out mafia yaoi we have a new kerascoët about an illiterate court lady and a friendly torturer's apprentice falling in love, the PEANUTS 75th anniversary book, the biography of the man who inspired Ansel Adams who Bill Griffith is also NAMED AFTER, and much, much more
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1/Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed US Atty.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1/Judge Cameron Currie dismisses the Comey prosecution because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed US Atty.
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I enjoyed Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, but I couldn't help but be struck by how much the design for his Creature, played by Jacob Elordi, resembles the design I did for Scholastic Books back in the late 1990s. We both paid attention to the source material.
Inks by Phyllis Novin
Inks by Phyllis Novin
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I enjoyed Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, but I couldn't help but be struck by how much the design for his Creature, played by Jacob Elordi, resembles the design I did for Scholastic Books back in the late 1990s. We both paid attention to the source material.
Inks by Phyllis Novin
Inks by Phyllis Novin
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Some of you don't have a sex cardigan and it shows.
![Headline from Vulture:
[picture of Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba]
I'm being driven insane by Wicked: For Good's sex cardigan
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November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some of you don't have a sex cardigan and it shows.
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Elise Stefanik went from being Trump’s main ally to getting passed over for UN ambassador, defending racist Republicans and now discarded in favor of a “communist”
And Stephen Miller’s attacks on NYC were completely undercut by Trump
Maybe Zohran Mamdani should visit the White House every day
And Stephen Miller’s attacks on NYC were completely undercut by Trump
Maybe Zohran Mamdani should visit the White House every day
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Elise Stefanik went from being Trump’s main ally to getting passed over for UN ambassador, defending racist Republicans and now discarded in favor of a “communist”
And Stephen Miller’s attacks on NYC were completely undercut by Trump
Maybe Zohran Mamdani should visit the White House every day
And Stephen Miller’s attacks on NYC were completely undercut by Trump
Maybe Zohran Mamdani should visit the White House every day