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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 26/09/2026
"@sweetshop.app ...joins a small but concerted handful of companies (Global Comix, Neon Ichiban) vying to fill the void left by Comixology in the wake of Amazon's decision to consolidate it into its Kindle ecosystem..." CC: @imagecomics.com @ignitionpress.bsky.social #comics #comicbooks
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Sweet Shop's Digital Comics App Launches for Everyone
The primary digital comics retailer for Image & Ignition opens to the public with new features, and a panel view reading mode in the works, Sweet Shop CEO says.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 23/09/2026
"My biggest problem with a lot of Wonder Woman stories is their penchant for being about how 'everything you know about Diana’s origin is wrong.' Absolute Wonder Woman is still that kind of story, but @kellythompson.bsky.social makes it affecting and heartfelt." New from @henchman21.bsky.social!
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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 · 21/09/2026
“Only a select few knew the deeper lore: that Moore wrote an even darker, more violent and more extreme work in the same milieu. And even among those who did know, fewer had actually read the story, given how expensive the long-out-of-print issues and collected editions were on the secondary market”
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Will Miracles Never Cease?
Miracleman was like a comic book urban legend when I first started reading comics regularly. Now he's fighting alongside Wolverine and Spider-Man. How in the world did we get here?
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Neon Ichiban @neonichiban.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Does someone in your life need to fall in love with digital comics again? Spread the word! Check out this review courtesy of @weirdcitymedia.com www.weirdcitymedia.com/neon-ichiban...
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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
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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 02/09/2026
Wednesday Dispatch is out! By @jamielovett.bsky.social
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I Love Living In Keiichi Arawi's CITY
City by Keiichi Arawi is a surreal slice-of-life comedy with delightfully low stakes and a small army of offbeat characters.
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DSTLRY @dstlry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
$1.99 comics?!?! 😱 A Mischief of Magpies #1 for $4.99?!? 😱 Go check out all the deals in the link!
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 31/08/2026
New Sunday dispatch is live! featuring @curtpires.bsky.social Cc: @madcavestudios.com @onipress.bsky.social @dstlry.bsky.social
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Condensed Curt Pires
Creator Curt Pires talks with us about his DSTLRY series Galactic. Plus, a super mondo mega rundown of his other books.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 27/08/2026
“…an alluringly colorful book coyly attempting to disguise murder versions of breakfast cereal mascots as something your mom wouldn't bat an eye at… I had no idea it was filled with such exquisite examples of both horror and comedic sequential storytelling. Stephens is a master of the medium...”
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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 19/08/2026
“…Aside from a handful of pointed exceptions, every page of Cannon has four panels of equal size, arranged in a 2×2 orientation. A box of boxes in which the title character is trapped. A steady heartbeat that they cannot escape…” Cc: @harveyawards.bsky.social @dandq.bsky.social
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Cannon Is a Comic Book Pressure Cooker
Kicking off our Harvey Awards' Best Book of 2026 nominees coverage with a look at Lee Lai's Cannon.
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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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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 05/08/2026
But does Billy Bat hold up when reading it on digital apps like Kindle or Hoopla? New one from @jamielovett.bsky.social
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A Missing Manga Masterpiece Finally Makes It Stateside
A decade after its conclusion, Naoki Urasawa's celebrated manga is finally available to English-speaking audiences.
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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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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 12/07/2026
Our Sunday feature is live! Digital Comics State of the Union, Part 1 By @tched.com
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Digital Comics & Platforms
Neon Ichiban emerges as the only formidable contender challenging Amazon's Comixology.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.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, but for digital comics...” By @tched.com
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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 08/07/2026
Part 2 of our chat with Ed Brubaker is out! By @jamielovett.bsky.social
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'You Can't Plan a Hit': The Ed Brubaker Criminal Interview
We conclude our discussion with writer Ed Brubaker about Criminal, including the latest graphic novel in the noir series, Five Gears in Reverse.
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Jamie Lovett @jamielovett.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Wednesday! Over at @weirdcitymedia.com, I chatted with Ed Brubaker about two decades of CRIMINAL, including the latest volume, FIVE GEARS IN REVERSE. You can read part one here:
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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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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 26/06/2026
Did you catch our latest piece yet? (Btw, signing up lets you read everything we do for FREE.)
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What the Vertical Heck Is Going On, Marvel?
One glance at Marvel & USA Today's new Spider-Man Infinity comic tells you something isn’t right...
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 21/06/2026
What’s the best way to connect with your kids through comics? Thoughts from two seasoned comics journalist dads on this Father’s Day.
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Comics With the Kiddo
Some thoughts on connecting with kids through comics.
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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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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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DSTLRY @dstlry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Endeavour is a modern 'Lord of the Flies'... Phillips' talent for writing rich, emotionally vulnerable characters [paired with] amazing art from Laming." - @weirdcitymedia.com Don't miss the finale of Endeavour from @stephsmash.bsky.social & @marclaming.bsky.social FOC's 6/15. On Sale in August.
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Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Tom has written a terrific and thoughtful review of issue 3 of Endeavour from @dstlry.bsky.social
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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 09/06/2026
“…these are the sorts of weird, let-your-mind-wander, intentionally constructed experiments within the comics medium that Alan Moore opines about the world needing more of in occasional interviews and book forewords.”
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Showing up for Indie Comics
You can't show up for art you don't know about.
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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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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 04/06/2026
"It's hard to encapsulate exactly what's good about Galactic, the magazine-sized limited series comic from DSTLRY. It feels like a product of feeding the bulk of high-quality science fiction space films from the last century into a meat grinder to produce a delicious sausage." by @tched.com
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Galactic Is an Exquisite Space Opera that's Familiar but Fresh
The high-concept sci-fi series from DSTLRY returns. Plus, gorgeous preview pages from Galactic #2.
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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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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 23/05/2026
Not quite a month into @weirdcitymedia.com’s launch, but @bsky.app is already the top referrer after email, and with only a little (non-automated) human effort. THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make noise on here so far 👊 💪
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 27/05/2026
Don’t miss part 2 of our chat with @kierongillen.bsky.social, up now!
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'Mystery Is Interesting, But It's Less Interesting Than Empathy': Rolling DIE: Loaded With Kieron Gillen, Part 2
Concluding our chat with Kieron Gillen, creator of hit Image Comics series Die: Loaded.
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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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DSTLRY @dstlry.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“A Mischief of Magpies Scratches at the Limits of Comics and Fantasy” - @weirdcitymedia.com A Mischief of Magpies #1 by @sispurrier.bsky.social & @matiasbergara.bsky.social is coming!⁠ ⁠ Contact your local comic shop today and secure your copy before FOC this Monday May 25th. On shelves in July.
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 22/05/2026
For your (pull list) considerations… We talk to @sispurrier.bsky.social about the gorgeous new DSTLRY series with @matiasbergara.bsky.social
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A Mischief of Magpies Scratches at the Limits of Comics and Fantasy
We talk to Si Spurrier about his new DSTLRY series with Coda collaborator Matias Bergara.
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Image Comics @imagecomics.com · 21/05/2026
Kieron Gillen explains the philosophy behind DIE: LOADED and what sets it apart from the original series. ow.ly/1RWe50Z2PxX
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Jamie Lovett @jamielovett.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
New newsletter out today with the first part of my interview with Kieron Gillen about DIE: Loaded!
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 20/05/2026
NEW! We sat down with the talented @kierongillen.bsky.social for this week's newsletter.
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'Comics Is Such a Jealous Medium': Rolling DIE: Loaded With Kieron Gillen, Part 1
In 2021, Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans wrapped their run on the deconstructionist fantasy comic DIE. Four years later, they're back with the sequel, DIE: Loaded. Gillen explains the series' philoso...
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Tom Cheredar @tched.com · 17/05/2026
Wondering what happened to digg? I wrote about its unintended funeral for @weirdcitymedia.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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DSTLRY @dstlry.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Great piece up on @weirdcitymedia.com about @ssnyder1835.bsky.social books and how they connect. If you want White Boat #3, today is your last chance to contact your LCS! Don't miss this fantastic ending with the most amazing interiors you've ever seen from @ffrancavilla.bsky.social !!!
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Weird City Media @weirdcitymedia.com · 15/05/2026
When fiction is more honest than the news cycle, we make noise about it. New one from @tched.com!
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Josh Boulet's 'Robot Monk' Predates Real Life
Last week a Chinese robotics company pulled off a hell of a Buddhistcore marketing blitz when one of its $13,500 humanoid robots joined an order of monks. Most major news outlets covered the spectacle...
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DSTLRY @dstlry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Another SCORCHING review for WHITE BOAT #3 by @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @ffrancavilla.bsky.social “A story that always grounded in reality… (with) human-engineered mysticism and horror… (and) glorious Lovecraftian elements.” - @weirdcitymedia.com www.weirdcitymedia.com/white-boat-s...
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White Boat sails to a conclusion, with a grim view of humanity
An advanced review of the Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla DSTLRY series. Plus more inside!
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Chip Mosher @chipmosher.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Very stoked about this new outlet for comics and Science Fiction.
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