Mike "ComicsDC" Rhode
@mrhode.bsky.social
Blogger about comics in the DMV, based outside of DC. Asst editor of Int. J of Comic Art. Compiler of Comics Research Bibliography
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Got to talk with @mrhode.bsky.social about my background in comics, my writing process, and recent projects. Give it a read!✨
Chatting with comics writer Barbara Perez Marquez
Baltimore Comic-Con by Mike Rhode Barbara Perez Marquez was at both Small Press Expo and Baltimore Comic-Con this fall, so I asked if she...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Got to talk with @mrhode.bsky.social about my background in comics, my writing process, and recent projects. Give it a read!✨
I just backed Women Laughing - Post Production on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wom...
Women Laughing - Post Production
A documentary about the women cartoonists of The New Yorker in which we celebrate their creativity, humor and determination
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August 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just backed Women Laughing - Post Production on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wom...
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The real headline from NYC today:
CARTOONIST'S HUSBAND WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
(h/t: @adamszym.bsky.social & @pang5.bsky.social)
CARTOONIST'S HUSBAND WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
(h/t: @adamszym.bsky.social & @pang5.bsky.social)
June 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The real headline from NYC today:
CARTOONIST'S HUSBAND WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
(h/t: @adamszym.bsky.social & @pang5.bsky.social)
CARTOONIST'S HUSBAND WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
(h/t: @adamszym.bsky.social & @pang5.bsky.social)
I just backed Islands in the Sky on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/app...
Islands in the Sky
A Comic Anthology - Uniting Stories, Art, and Survival in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
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June 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I just backed Islands in the Sky on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/app...
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One of my cool friends is teaching this course.
Please spread the word - it's going to be amazing!
I wish I could go myself, but alas. No trip to CAL for me.
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Please spread the word - it's going to be amazing!
I wish I could go myself, but alas. No trip to CAL for me.
www.calrbs.org/the-social-a...
#comics
April 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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5/ Check out the full interview with Matt Madden here: @mrhode.bsky.social
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January 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
5/ Check out the full interview with Matt Madden here: @mrhode.bsky.social
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I reviewed Neale Barnholden’s book From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich for IJOCA @mrhode.bsky.social @weisenburg.bsky.social
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Book Review: From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics
reviewed by Brian Flota, Humanities Librarian and Associate Professor, James Madison University Libraries Neale Barnholden. From Gum Wrap...
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November 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I reviewed Neale Barnholden’s book From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich for IJOCA @mrhode.bsky.social @weisenburg.bsky.social
ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/11/book...
ijoca.blogspot.com/2024/11/book...
Just deleted Twitter after ignoring it for years, so I didn't see myself being better at posting here. However the new International Journal of Comic Art is out and you can see the ToC on the blog at ijoca.blogspot.com
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November 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Just deleted Twitter after ignoring it for years, so I didn't see myself being better at posting here. However the new International Journal of Comic Art is out and you can see the ToC on the blog at ijoca.blogspot.com
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Thanks to Jason DeHart for asking me to be a guest on his "Words, Images, & Worlds" podcast, uploaded today (24mins, 20secs). I look forward to a return visit! open.spotify.com/episode/3jtc...
Words, Images, & Worlds with Gene Kannenberg, Jr.
Listen to this episode from Words, Images, & Worlds on Spotify. Comics historian Gene Kannenberg, Jr. talks about the impact and unique nature of the comics medium and current titles/creators that hav...
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November 2, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Thanks to Jason DeHart for asking me to be a guest on his "Words, Images, & Worlds" podcast, uploaded today (24mins, 20secs). I look forward to a return visit! open.spotify.com/episode/3jtc...
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I really want to see comics twitter rebuild itself here.
If you think of yourself as part of that world- whether that means creative, editorial, marketing, retail, library, academia, journalism, criticism, active fan- reply with a "yo" so the funnybook people can find you. RTs help, too!
If you think of yourself as part of that world- whether that means creative, editorial, marketing, retail, library, academia, journalism, criticism, active fan- reply with a "yo" so the funnybook people can find you. RTs help, too!
May 26, 2023 at 11:53 PM
I really want to see comics twitter rebuild itself here.
If you think of yourself as part of that world- whether that means creative, editorial, marketing, retail, library, academia, journalism, criticism, active fan- reply with a "yo" so the funnybook people can find you. RTs help, too!
If you think of yourself as part of that world- whether that means creative, editorial, marketing, retail, library, academia, journalism, criticism, active fan- reply with a "yo" so the funnybook people can find you. RTs help, too!