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Tom Cheredar

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Ronin Journalist. Avid pie maker. Comics media cofounder. Just Launched: @weirdcitymedia.com

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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 27/09/2026
Have you been Dredd-curious? Don't know where to jump in? This dispatch is for you. Plus, @arthurwyatt.bsky.social answers our questions about A Better World... cc: @2000ad.bsky.social @stevewmorris.bsky.social @robwilliams71.bsky.social
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Dredd Comes To America
2000 AD is now available weekly in America, making Judge Dredd more relevant than ever.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 23/09/2026
Why yes, I would like a copy of Mischief of Magpies #2 signed by @sispurrier.bsky.social & @matiasbergara.bsky.social for cover price 👀 (via @neonichiban.bsky.social).
Screenshot of store listing for a creator-signed copy of a comic book issue. Cover for issue 2 of DSTLRY series Mischief of Magpies, signed by the creators.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 23/09/2026
"The Absolute titles tell quality stories from talented creators... That's not just one person's opinion: The @harveyawards.bsky.social, which typically skew toward independent and small press comics, have nominated two DC Absolute series for 2026 Book of the Year..."
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Absolute Rundown
Highlighting DC's most acclaimed new titles, including Harvey Award nominees Absolute Batman & Absolute Martian Manhunter.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 16/09/2026
New dispatch is live! By @tched.com Cc: @neonichiban.bsky.social @dstlry.bsky.social
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Neon Ichiban Made Me Fall In Love With Digital Comics, Again (Platform Review)
Part two of our Digital Comics State of the Union kicks off with a platform review of Neon Ichiban and a chat with CEO David Steinberger.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 16/09/2026
Big feature story dropping soon... Sign up here to read it FREE: www.weirdcitymedia.com
A PSA for Weird City Media: "If you like and appreciate my work, please consider signing up for the newsletter. It’s the only way we’re measuring success, and genuinely helps."
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 12/09/2026
Feeling invigorated after filing a MASSIVE feature story I’ve been working on for months. (Due out soon) 🙌
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Mystical Cat with Glowing Eyes and Pyramid
ALT: Mystical Cat with Glowing Eyes and Pyramid
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 09/09/2026
“I decided to test the theory: To embark on a voyage, if you will, into full franchise immersion across film, television, and comics. …revisit[ing] a comic story that directly or thematically relevant. The results? Fascinating.” By @jamielovett.bsky.social cc: @marcguggenheim.bsky.social #comics
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A (Star) Trek Through Comics
Can licensed IP comics enhance their source material? Let's try it with Star Trek.
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🇨🇦Jay Stephens🇨🇦 @jstephenscomics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Looks can be deceiving … www.weirdcitymedia.com/guelph-dwell...
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Scary Suburbs: In Guelph, Dwellings & The Dragon
Experiencing the Greater Toronto Area's affinity for comics. Plus, Jay Stephens, Saint Nick, Magical Beatdown, Time Spent, & more!
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 26/08/2026
Being in Nashville for Dolly’s passing is the equivalent of a giant celebratory wake, offering communal bereavement by blaring her music from every shop or car radio with the windows down. If you’ve ever lived here, you get it.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
They didn't like Aaron Swartz's goals (making scientific knowledge more accessible to the public) and they do like the LLM companies' goals (permanently crushing the labor market for knowledge workers)
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The Get Up Kevins @kevinnewburn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The zine is done! You can get one here if you'd like. kevinnewburn.bigcartel.com
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 20/08/2026
Fair warning: reading @jamielovett.bsky.social ‘s latest dispatch may result in a new book purchase.
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Jamie Lovett @jamielovett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Spoilers: Sebastian Stan will be playing Harvey Dent, Victor Zsasz, Condiment King, the Penguin's umbrella, and Absolute Bat-Mite in The Batman: Part II.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 16/08/2026
Have a Sunday scary comics dispatch! Feat. books from @darkhorse.com @ignitionpress.bsky.social @ipicomics.bsky.social & more.
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More Scary Comics Worth Reading This Summer
Part two of our scary summer horror reading recommendations includes a large stack of comics that have been screaming at me to pick up and finish since April (April!). And now we're mostly through sum...
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Jamie Lovett @jamielovett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Somehow, Warren Ellis Returned www.weirdcitymedia.com/somehow-warr...
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Somehow, Warren Ellis Returned
When a Marvel-Star Wars crossover isn't the most controversial news of the week.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 09/08/2026
Have a Sunday Newsletter: "A 72-hour dispatch into the comics-saturated land of Scott Pilgrim. Plus, creator spotlights on @funeralbeat.bsky.social" and more... By @tched.com
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Toronto Is For Comics
A 72-hour dispatch submerging into the comics-saturated land of Scott Pilgrim. Plus, spotlights on indie creators Lis Xu, Madelyn Schutz, & Jenn Woodall.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 30/07/2026
Nah… those are errors. They speak to our humanity, and have always been there.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 29/07/2026
This week’s newsletter is out, with @henchman21.bsky.social making his Weird City debut!
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Is Witch Hat Atelier Grimoire Edition The Perfect (Over) Size?
With Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition, Kodansha may have cracked the code on providing a readable, high-end comics experience.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 29/07/2026
Greenlit a BUNCH of awesome freelance assignments for @weirdcitymedia.com this month. 🙌
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 23/07/2026
“the majority of Marvel's recent comics have felt incredibly safe, almost more like branding exercise…” @jamielovett.bsky.social on the House of Ideas editorial shake up
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Make Mine Marvel?
Big changes are taking place at Marvel Comics ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, with the publisher replacing its editor-in-chief and announcing its plans to move across the country.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 19/07/2026
What’s on your summer reading list? Here’s a few from ours…
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Summer Is For Reading Scary Comics
Part one of our summer reading list series, featuring House of Blood, The HAB, Bigfoot Knows Karate, & Liber Timoris.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 17/07/2026
“This won’t be a revelation for some of you, but next time you're in an unfamiliar place, see what the local comic store has on offer. You may be in for a pleasant surprise” Cc: @mattemmons.bsky.social @aaronlosty.bsky.social @secondatbest.bsky.social @oilycomics.com @challengers.bsky.social
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Comics from Chicago: Daystar and Revenger
Daystar offers readers a tour of the misery and mania that sentience has inflicted after an encounter with a cosmic meteorite. Plus, other discoveries from a recent trip to Chicago.
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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I genuinely love the Xreal XBX a01+ AR glasses, $299 isn't that bad for something that can put a bright 147" virtual screen on your face! www.engadget.com/2217308/xrea...
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Xreal XBX a01+ review: Astoundingly bright, lightweight AR glasses for $299 - Engadget
Xreal's XBX a01+ is the best pair of budget AR glasses we've seen yet.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 12/07/2026
My latest for Weird City, featuring @stonemtn.bsky.social in comicbook form
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Digital Comics & Platforms
Neon Ichiban emerges as the only formidable contender challenging Amazon's Comixology.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 10/07/2026
"To put this into context: If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, think of this as the One Ring — the single piece that rules all the others, except for digital comics..."
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Neon Ichiban's Desktop App Plans to Unify Your Scattered Digital Comics Collection
The startup intends to consolidate comic PDF purchases from Kickstarter & Humble Bundle alongside your Neon Ichiban library.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 08/07/2026
After reading, I fr went on an exclusively Criminal / @seanphillips.bsky.social binge 🙌
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 01/07/2026
So… I’ve spent the last 2 months deep diving into digital comics platforms for a massive multi-part feature for @weirdcitymedia.com. Handful of really ambitious startups stepping up, but I don’t know wtf to make of VeVe Comics/Collectibles.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 01/07/2026
The first part of our chat with Ed Brubaker about he and @seanphillips.bsky.social's Criminal. Check it out now!
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Ed Brubaker on 20 years of 'Criminal' Comics
Our interview with the legendary comics scribe on keeping the seminal crime series fresh and exciting across two decades.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 25/06/2026
😔 (same)
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 23/06/2026
Over at @theverge.com, @seangon.bsky.social and I wrote about how billionaires hijacked a generational $42.5 billion program intended to dramatically improve internet access. Republicans stripped away all affordability and equity requirements, and are turning it into a slush fund.
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Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband
“We’re fed up … The BEAD program has failed us.”
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 17/06/2026
"The Ultimate and Absolute Universes have a slightly different shared problem: How long can you tell a story about people trying to change the world without actually changing it, and thus bringing the story to its end?" by @jamielovett.bsky.social
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Of Ultimates and Absolutes
What do the reimagined Marvel and DC universe's say about our present era?
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Jamie Lovett @jamielovett.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Again, this goes back to how safe the main Marvel line has been. If you're going to let Hickman cook, that means breaking the toys for a few years, and Marvel seems unwilling to commit to that these days.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 14/06/2026
I really have missed writing fun headlines… (for @weirdcitymedia.com)
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Going Deep into Sam Lotfi’s Innards
Sam Lotfi delves into his creepily beautiful new series from Ignition Press that mixes energy insecurity with subterranean horror.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
it actually brings me great pleasure to know that billionaires are so afraid of journalists that they’re trying to build whole new systems for justice to diminish our power. despite corporate consolidation, we continue to do something they can’t fully buy and it drives them mad. stay mad, assholes.
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A Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial. I’m Its First Target
The billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 10/06/2026
Good piece & good parenting. By @jamielovett.bsky.social
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Unico and the Generational Reinvention of Osamu Tezuka
Diving into Scholastic's Unico, one of many recent reimaginings of the work of manga master Osamu Tezuka.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 10/06/2026
Added to my recommended summer reading list. From @stephsmash.bsky.social & the amazing @marclaming.bsky.social
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Endeavour is a beautiful, modern day 'Lord of the Flies' on a boat
The kids are not all right in the conclusion to DSTLRY's limited series from fan favorite author Stephanie Phillips and artist Marc Laming.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 10/06/2026
“Part of what makes Tezuka's comics so endearing …is the universality and relatability of the themes that run through much of his work. His stories pose questions like “How do we overcome man's cruelty toward one another?” and “What is one individual's worth in the vast universe?”
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Unico and the Generational Reinvention of Osamu Tezuka
Diving into Scholastic's Unico, one of many recent reimaginings of the work of manga master Osamu Tezuka.
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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So glad to join @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social for this chat!
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/06/2026
"It's like a calculator that's wrong sometimes." @devindra.bsky.social sits down with @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social to talk about Microsoft and Disney's FOMO over AI (even if the tools don't work properly), why Hollywood isn't over, and the state of the film industry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=imCS...
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 08/06/2026
It was great to see @nydailynews.com writing a piece on our Know Your Rights comic! Make sure to give it a read for info on the project and how we're helping to educate students and neighbors on their crucial sanctuary city rights: www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/06/a...
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Amid Trump immigration crackdown, NYC schools use comic books to teach kids their rights
The rights presented in the comic represent a doubling down on New York’s sanctuary city laws, which, among other protections, maintain that non-local law enforcement, such as ICE, can’t enter a publi...
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 07/06/2026
“Imagining what it feels like to go insane is not easy. Not if you’ve never experienced it. The only options for getting some idea are through dense academic journals or a collection of hallucinogen-heavy experiential works of fiction. Neither of which are terribly effective…”
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Drugs, Comics, & Conditions.
'Conditions' is an original graphic novel about drugs, insanity, and the limitations of explaining the human condition with flow charts.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 07/06/2026
Technically the very first piece I wrote for @weirdcitymedia.com. So happy to finally be able to share it!
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Drugs, Comics, & Conditions.
'Conditions' is an original graphic novel about drugs, insanity, and the limitations of explaining the human condition with flow charts.
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 04/06/2026
Bookmark this for later: The difference between journalists doing journalism vs a Bari Weiss.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 03/06/2026
Curious about the new Vertigo yet? We have you covered. Cc: @dc.com
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Vertigo Comes Around Again
Checking in on DC’s legendary Vertigo imprint four months after relaunching with ten bold, boundary-pushing new series.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 01/06/2026
We celebrate one-shots (& continue the @kierongillen.bsky.social hype train 🙌) in our latest piece…
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One-shot Comics Are Wonderful
Celebrating recent short comics gems, including Kieron Gillen's Closer, Mark Russell's Polis, & manosphere-noir one-shot Pick-Up.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 24/05/2026
Have a Sunday newsletter! Inside: @samlotfi.bsky.social’s Innards, @iambabydaddy.bsky.social’s Warm Fusion, & lots of other indie gems
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Comics & Paying In Attention
A growing number of smart, research-minded types are finally starting to coalesce over an idea most of us have already figured out: the majority of what we see on the internet is algorithmically engin...
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 23/05/2026
If Bluesky was just a twitter clone w/ less users, it would waste all my time while sending zero referrals. Journalists being obsessed w/ it would feed into that cycle of impostor syndrome anxieties : referrals are low b/c no one reads my work > but I’m popular > talk more > gain influence > 🔃 1/2
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 22/05/2026
Bruh, wut. Your move Marvel. Time to make good on those “biggest ever” spidey issue marketing claims — add more creators and pages, ehh?
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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Where Did All The Humans Go? by @tched.com
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Where Did All The Humans Go? A Story of Robots and Social Media Refugees
SXSW used to be the conference social media brands launched at but is now where they go to die. Case in point: I threw a wake for Digg.
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