Stephen aka Spike Stonehand
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Exploring the magic of comics, for experts and amateurs alike under my superheroic alter ego Spike Stonehand
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[email protected] on Tuesday's Jeopardy, one correct response implied Stan Lee created Spider-Man. This is only true if you believe Lee's account, which is full of holes and he was a notorious liar. The initial idea was from Jack Kirby, and the actual character and story was from Steve Ditko
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
[email protected] on Tuesday's Jeopardy, one correct response implied Stan Lee created Spider-Man. This is only true if you believe Lee's account, which is full of holes and he was a notorious liar. The initial idea was from Jack Kirby, and the actual character and story was from Steve Ditko
The Christmas Season has arrived, based off of the new comic books on sale this week. If you ever wanted some cool Santa Facts, have I got the pick for you.
Marvelous Market: Best New Comics December 3
Comics or Coal in Your Stocking Christmas Time is here. Well, Advent, but that’s Christmas for most people. Regardless, you can see it in the new comics available for you to spend your hard -…
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December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Christmas Season has arrived, based off of the new comic books on sale this week. If you ever wanted some cool Santa Facts, have I got the pick for you.
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I missed last year, but my Hellboy Universe Reading Order is back for 2025 at @comicsbeat.bsky.social: www.comicsbeat.com/hellboy-univ... #Hellboy @mikemignola.bsky.social @darkhorse.com #BPRD #LobsterJohnson #AbeSapien #MissTruesdale #SirEdwardGrey #comics
Hellboy Universe Reading Order 2025
Want to jump into the Mignolaverse but don't know where to begin? Look no further than this Hellboy Universe Reading Order!
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December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I missed last year, but my Hellboy Universe Reading Order is back for 2025 at @comicsbeat.bsky.social: www.comicsbeat.com/hellboy-univ... #Hellboy @mikemignola.bsky.social @darkhorse.com #BPRD #LobsterJohnson #AbeSapien #MissTruesdale #SirEdwardGrey #comics
Found a new contender for manga with the longest and most confusing title. ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM: I'LL DO ANYTHING TO BECOME A LIBRARIAN! PART 2: I'LL EVEN JOIN THE TEMPLE TO READ BOOKS! vol. IV
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Found a new contender for manga with the longest and most confusing title. ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM: I'LL DO ANYTHING TO BECOME A LIBRARIAN! PART 2: I'LL EVEN JOIN THE TEMPLE TO READ BOOKS! vol. IV
ICYMI, I reviewed THIS PLACE KILLS ME. It was the November selection by my loving fans. You can do the same for December, with the poll options below. This months them is Crowdfunded Books I Backed but Haven't Read Yet spikestonehand.com/2...
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THIS PLACE KILLS ME
Or, How Do You Review Something that Isn’t For You? This book was selected for me to review by my patrons. For as little as $3 a month, you can both be a part of keeping this blog up AND sele…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
ICYMI, I reviewed THIS PLACE KILLS ME. It was the November selection by my loving fans. You can do the same for December, with the poll options below. This months them is Crowdfunded Books I Backed but Haven't Read Yet spikestonehand.com/2...
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As selected by my supporters, I read and reviewed THIS PLACE KILLS ME written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Nicole Goux. This is a retro mystery YA graphic novel set in an all-girls school. I had mixed feelings, but that's okay!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As selected by my supporters, I read and reviewed THIS PLACE KILLS ME written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Nicole Goux. This is a retro mystery YA graphic novel set in an all-girls school. I had mixed feelings, but that's okay!
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Building off of Heidi MacDonald's piece linked below, I talk about the difficulties of making a living creating comics. I also have a link roundup of all the biggest comics news of this last week, including the potential cancelation of French comics festival Angoulême.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Building off of Heidi MacDonald's piece linked below, I talk about the difficulties of making a living creating comics. I also have a link roundup of all the biggest comics news of this last week, including the potential cancelation of French comics festival Angoulême.
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Building off of Heidi MacDonald's piece linked below, I talk about the difficulties of making a living creating comics. I also have a link roundup of all the biggest comics news of this last week, including the potential cancelation of French comics festival Angoulême.
spikestonehand.com/2...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Building off of Heidi MacDonald's piece linked below, I talk about the difficulties of making a living creating comics. I also have a link roundup of all the biggest comics news of this last week, including the potential cancelation of French comics festival Angoulême.
spikestonehand.com/2...
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There are two new comics out today with "Arcadia" in the title. Which one is better? I'll tell you if you pay me the cost to read them!
Marvelous Market: Best New Comics November 26
I Hope You’re Thankful for Two Arcadias As the subheading suggests, there are two brand new number one comics out this week with the word “Arcadia” in the title: ARCADIA and BATMA…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There are two new comics out today with "Arcadia" in the title. Which one is better? I'll tell you if you pay me the cost to read them!
There are two new comics out today with "Arcadia" in the title. Which one is better? I'll tell you if you pay me the cost to read them!
Marvelous Market: Best New Comics November 26
I Hope You’re Thankful for Two Arcadias As the subheading suggests, there are two brand new number one comics out this week with the word “Arcadia” in the title: ARCADIA and BATMA…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There are two new comics out today with "Arcadia" in the title. Which one is better? I'll tell you if you pay me the cost to read them!
Listening @geneluenyang.bsky.social on this week's @sktchd.bsky.social Off Panel talking about writing groups of four characters like the Four Galenic Humors had my brain expanding like my belly will Thanksgiving lunch m.youtube.com/watch?v=xc5s...
Gene Luen Yang talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and his comics life on Off Panel
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November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Listening @geneluenyang.bsky.social on this week's @sktchd.bsky.social Off Panel talking about writing groups of four characters like the Four Galenic Humors had my brain expanding like my belly will Thanksgiving lunch m.youtube.com/watch?v=xc5s...
Who else out here playing LinkedIn games? Every morning I wake up, grab my phone, and start playing the classic LinkedIn games like Tango, Zip, and Crossclimb.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Who else out here playing LinkedIn games? Every morning I wake up, grab my phone, and start playing the classic LinkedIn games like Tango, Zip, and Crossclimb.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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There's a new most expensive comic ever sold: SUPERMAN # 1, from 1939. Read about that and more in my weekly Comics Link Roundup
Imprinted Image: Comics Link Roundup November 21
How much would you spend on SUPERMAN # 1? Read on find out how much someone did spend on SUPERMAN # 1. Also, my latest annotations of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, the ongoing Angoulême Comics Festival …
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November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There's a new most expensive comic ever sold: SUPERMAN # 1, from 1939. Read about that and more in my weekly Comics Link Roundup
There's a new most expensive comic ever sold: SUPERMAN # 1, from 1939. Read about that and more in my weekly Comics Link Roundup
Imprinted Image: Comics Link Roundup November 21
How much would you spend on SUPERMAN # 1? Read on find out how much someone did spend on SUPERMAN # 1. Also, my latest annotations of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, the ongoing Angoulême Comics Festival …
spikestonehand.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There's a new most expensive comic ever sold: SUPERMAN # 1, from 1939. Read about that and more in my weekly Comics Link Roundup
Grant Morrison is returning to writing comics...with a crossover between Deadpool and Batman. Plus, this week has the hippest DC comic, one of the best cartoonists out there working on a Spawn book, and the preorder deadline for the next Mike Mignola joint.
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Marvelous Market: Best New Comics November 19
Grant Morrison’s Return to Comics Grant Morrison is returning to writing comics…with a crossover between Deadpool and Batman. Plus, this week has the hippest DC comic, one of the best c…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Grant Morrison is returning to writing comics...with a crossover between Deadpool and Batman. Plus, this week has the hippest DC comic, one of the best cartoonists out there working on a Spawn book, and the preorder deadline for the next Mike Mignola joint.
http://spikestonehan...
http://spikestonehan...
Folks, that's why she's called Olivia Newsie
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Folks, that's why she's called Olivia Newsie
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Annotations are up for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 26, from @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social Matthew Wilson & @claytoncowles.bsky.social. Beyond the usual stellar quality, it's a fascinating historical document as a post-Brexit comic about democracy failing http://spikestonehan...
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The Wicked + Divining Comics # 26
Annotations of THE WICKED AND THE DIVINE # 26 In the early 2010s, Image comics began one of its most prolific, critically acclaimed, and high selling eras since its founding. High-profile creators …
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November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Annotations are up for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 26, from @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social Matthew Wilson & @claytoncowles.bsky.social. Beyond the usual stellar quality, it's a fascinating historical document as a post-Brexit comic about democracy failing http://spikestonehan...
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Annotations are up for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 26, from @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social Matthew Wilson & @claytoncowles.bsky.social. Beyond the usual stellar quality, it's a fascinating historical document as a post-Brexit comic about democracy failing http://spikestonehan...
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The Wicked + Divining Comics # 26
Annotations of THE WICKED AND THE DIVINE # 26 In the early 2010s, Image comics began one of its most prolific, critically acclaimed, and high selling eras since its founding. High-profile creators …
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November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Annotations are up for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 26, from @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social Matthew Wilson & @claytoncowles.bsky.social. Beyond the usual stellar quality, it's a fascinating historical document as a post-Brexit comic about democracy failing http://spikestonehan...
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Pouring my Natty Lite into a glass, so you know I'm a man of taste
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Pouring my Natty Lite into a glass, so you know I'm a man of taste
I just finished the annotations for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 26. I'm really proud of the work I've been putting out (and have way too much fun on Canva putting the preview images together. I believe the work I do is worth financially supporting. patreon.com/DiviningComics
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I just finished the annotations for THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 26. I'm really proud of the work I've been putting out (and have way too much fun on Canva putting the preview images together. I believe the work I do is worth financially supporting. patreon.com/DiviningComics
I'm building a better internet, blog post by blog post. Here is a good ol' fashioned link roundup, with news, writing, and digital media I found value in about the comic book industry
Imprinted Image: Comics Link Roundup November 14
I’m your huckleberry Welcome to Imprinted Image, my semi-weekly comics newsletter. If this is your first time, welcome! This is the best way to keep up with my comics blog. After links to my …
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November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I'm building a better internet, blog post by blog post. Here is a good ol' fashioned link roundup, with news, writing, and digital media I found value in about the comic book industry
I'm going to start saying, "Well, that happened," but without irony. I'll feel completely and sincerely happy about a current going-on and say "Well, that happened!"
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I'm going to start saying, "Well, that happened," but without irony. I'll feel completely and sincerely happy about a current going-on and say "Well, that happened!"