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Rob Salkowitz

@robsalk.bsky.social
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Author, educator, consultant, Eisner Award nominated writer and sayer of things about comics and pop culture, Senior Media/Entertainment contributor for Forbes

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Stuart Moore @stuartmoore.bsky.social · 10h
Start your #NYCC right with Marvel Across Generations, showcasing the line of critical and historical books from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social ! Thursday at 11 AM, room 1B02. Featuring me, Paul Levitz, Tom Mason, and @ysolstar.bsky.social , moderated by @robsalk.bsky.social.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Will big changes at the Big Two affect #NYCC from a business standpoint? My curtain-raiser for this year's New York Comic Con today at @forbes.com - and safe travels to everyone heading to the show. See you there! www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
forbes.com
New York Comic Con 2026 Showcases An Industry In Transition
The big East Coast pop culture extravaganza has long benefited from being at the center of the publishing business, but that's starting to change.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you're interested in the future of digital comics, you won't want to miss my conversation with GlobalComix CEO Henrik Rydberg Thursday at the ICv2 Insider Talks at New York Comic Con! Here's a preview of what we'll be talking about. icv2.com/articles/col...
icv2.com
What Do We Really Know About the Impact of Digital Comics?
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Depends… if you want new Marvel comics when they’re published, or plans that include other publishers besides Marvel, you can only get them on other platforms. If you can wait and just want archive access, this new app is for that.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Marvel and WEBTOON unveil new digital platform offering access to 35,000 back issues for a monthly subscription, launching November 16 with previews at NYCC, today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
forbes.com
WEBTOON And Marvel Are Launching Their New Digital App At NYCC
The new app, first announced last year, will provide subscription-based access to a library of over 35,000 digital comics from Marvel's back catalog.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I keep telling myself it’s only Calgary, but the Kraken might really be on to something with this line
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If they were serious about holding Texas they'd have kept Cornyn.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rule by socialists, who they hate. Ideology is hard. Identity is easy.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why do people keep asking Trump these kinds of questions? He never rules anything out
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"No" in the first place would have cost him nothing, just sayin'
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That was RIDICULOUS
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1967 baby here: to me, it was "This is your brain on drugs," which hit right when I was in 9th or 10th grade.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Forcing the beloved franchise icon to fire himself from a job he was never really qualified for is maximum Mariners.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But moving on and letting bygones be bygones worked out so well for Biden...
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re even losing the fights!
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The first team that realizes a hockey game is being played will probably win.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New digital comics app @sweetshop.app opens to the public today on iOS and Android. Exclusive launch details at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
forbes.com
Sweet Shop App Launches Today, Promising Simple Access To Digital Comics And Manga
The new app hopes to differentiate in a crowded market by rejecting AI and investor-driven gimmicks.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Many of those chips are warehoused in Taiwan. Can't think of any reason why that would be a problem...
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Just because the Attorneys General settled their suit doesn't oblige fans to look past their misgivings if DC’s new owners start throwing their weight around like swaggering supervillains." Some thoughts on the merger's impact on #DCComics at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
forbes.com
Is Paramount Smart Enough To Leave DC Comics Alone?
A huge part of DC's multibillion dollar value to Warner Bros comes from fan sentiment, which can be easily squandered by ham-fisted management decisions.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If they are at your own incidence and expense, you can claim copyright protection for them.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If Emmanwori had been in for the Cardinals' touchdown play, do you think he'd have had better luck covering Trey McBride?
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Arizona played 30 minutes of passable football before realizing that they were the Cardinals playing the Seahawks. It was like watching Wile E. Coyote running off the cliff then suddenly looking down.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In other news, eating shit is surprisingly nutritious.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Baby squids looking good!
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
100% Worrying about AI doomer stuff instead of the real business and tech issues is like being scared of the kid with a flashlight under his chin telling ghost stories while there’s an actual family of bears outside the tent.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@rickperlstein.bsky.social what is best way to contact you regarding possibility of blurbing a book I am working on for Bloomsbury involving pop culture in the 70s?
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is basically the AI industry business plan, so yeah.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A real test of whether you can piss on people's legs and, with enough money, convince them it's raining.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well, Democratic candidates like money, so...
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Still waiting to hear the upside of any of this.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Also, whether or not these systems are autonomous, they can probably do an awful lot of damage directed by malevolent humans.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Related, will the Seahawks sign someone as an emergency backup QB while Darnold is out? I love Milroe's potential but I'm still a little wary of putting the offense in his hands in a game that counts.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Shorter Ed: Worrying about AI doomer stuff instead of the real business and tech issues is like being scared of the kid with a flashlight under his chin telling ghost stories while there’s an actual family of bears outside the tent.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pot meet crack.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
His racism was at a visceral level, like “these people are subhuman,” not merely social inferiors. So yeah. But the conflict between his pretentions and his material conditions/life choices (Jewish wife, for example) are what make him so fascinating.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Platforms becoming publishers! Publishers becoming digital distributors! Licensors building studios! What's going on in the #webtoon space now that all the easy growth is over? My guide to "the Great Muddle," today on @icv2.com icv2.com/articles/col...
icv2.com
The ''Great Muddle'' is Coming for Webtoon Platforms, Publishers and Content. Here's What It All Means
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH) @theglazeproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For folks at NY comic con, reminder to join us on Oct 10, Saturday, 2:45pm-3:30pm for our panel on Creatives defense against AI, with the great @kortizart.bsky.social and Tim Friedlander from NAVA, moderated by @robsalk.bsky.social.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Original #BabysittersClub artists @goraina.bsky.social and @galegalligan.bsky.social on their collaboration on the BSC 40th anniversary "Baby-Sitters on Board" graphic novel from Scholastic, today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
forbes.com
Raina Telgemeier And Gale Galligan On Board For Baby-Sitters Club 40th Anniversary Special
The two superstar graphic novelists discuss their love for Ann M. Martin's stories, collaborating on the series that launched their careers, and future possibilities.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How can creatives respond to AI through regulation, legislation, technology countermeasures & consumer activism? Check out this #SDCC panel featuring @benzhao.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social @timfriedlander.bsky.social and me filmed by @lawrencebrenner.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPT_...
youtube.com
A.I. and the Creative Industries: Where We Stand at SDCC 2026
YouTube video by Lawrence Brenner
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
These people are nuts but I have to say I understand the urge to distrust big pharma. That actually is bipartisan.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Deep cut
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It appears it may be impossible to build a majority coalition in today's America without including a bunch of idiots.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I love Melanson's game, his youth and the fact that he's part of the future and not the past, but the Rangers just signed Tolvanen, who's still just 27, for about the same money. I'll be curious to see who comes out ahead at the end of the season, given neither team is doing much this year.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Derf Backderf's new graphic novel "The Dissidents" is a chilling tale of how America silenced critics of an unpopular war, anti-immigrant hysteria and consolidation of wealth... in 1917. Review today on @forbes.com @derfbackderf.bsky.social @abramscomicarts.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
forbes.com
Derf Backderf’s ‘The Dissidents’ Takes Us Back 110 Years To Find Today’s America
Imagine a time of anti-immigrant fervor, unpopular wars and official intolerance of dissent. It's easy if you try, as Derf Backderf shows in his new graphic novel.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
That moment when someone told Peter Jennings live on air that the second plane hit… for a brief second, the entire surface of media rubbed through to raw authenticity
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mobutu also seems like a useful comparison
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Maybe within the US, Civil War and liberal reconstruction peter out into Gilded Age oligarchy and Jim Crow, which swings back to progressive era, etc. Never a complete collapse of liberal democracy but a hollowing out followed by a restoration/expansion.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're going to miss him. He has skills.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It feels like a potential Constitutional crisis no matter how you slice it.
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I mean, before expansion. Expansion Law passes,POTUS signs, someone sues to stop appointments on the basis that expansion is unconstitutional, current 9 member court agrees. Tell me there aren’t 5 votes for that regardless of law and precedent.
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