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Whit Taylor and Mattie Lubchansky spoke with Sally Madden this past fall, just after SPX. Here’s the transcripted results of that conversation.

Let’s go see Vision and Labour: MAKING COMICS The art of Avery Hill Publishing, Hagai Palevsky takes us there.

We’re in the middle of an almost Lenten period of rainfall, here in the United Kingdom, as 40 days of cold and persistent downpours have made for perfect conditions to stay indoors and compile this week’s links,

New Yorker cartoonist Asher Perlman has a new collection out, Hi, It’s Me Again (Andrews McMeel, 2025), and he deigns to answer most of Meghan Turbitt’s interview questions.

Jean-Christophe Menu interviewed by Robert Aman about the guys n’ gags in the cult-to-classic 30/40 collection.

Weng Pixin, fresh from her recent Wake Up, Pixoto! (Drawn & Quarterly, 2025) interviewed by Tania De Rozario

Upon the latter’s passing, Gary Groth reflects on an interview he conducted with Marvel inker Sal Buscema (Silver Surfer, The Avengers, Captain America) in 1969.

It’s time to hyper-fixate on curling and ski mountaineering for two weeks. Also, links.

About midway through The State of Florida Versus Mike Diana, the new play by Lenny Schwartz that ran recently at the Daydream Theatre Company in Providence, Rhode Island, a group of the title character’s persecutors gather in a courthouse to discuss the trial ahead. Among them is the judge overseeing the case, the prosecutor forZach Rabiroff | February 4, 2026

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Rather than doomscrolling eternally in the dark, one can spend a growing portion of the day doomscrolling with the light of Sol weakly shining down on one’s face, while compiling this week’s links.

Sal Buscema (January 26, 1936-January 24, 2026) born in Brooklyn, was best known to you all for his work with Marvel and a long tenure on The Incredible Hulk series.

Brian Nicholson dives into 23rd Street’s publication of Total THB Volume 1 to see how Paul Pope’s previously uncollected series holds up.

What do you think burns off more calories than a stick of carefree gum? Why, a visit with Hagai Palevsky to Thought Bubble 2025, of course!

Bob Levin reads Joe Sacco’s Once and Future Riot, the world weeps.

In May 2025, first-time author Tessa Hulls was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her stunning autobiography Feeding Ghosts, making her the only graphic novelist other than Art Spiegelman to ever win the award. Here, she reveals why she never plans to write another book.

Bread Tarleton went to Short Run 2025, how about you?

Trains and taxes wait for no one, and the keys were in a bag that hasn’t been used in weeks, of course.

The creator of Dilbert has died, Scott Adams, June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026

This month, RJ picks 10 comics from his to-read tower and jots down some micro-flash reviews.

In part two of his career-spanning interview with John Kelly, Head talks about deciding to be an artist, his early years in art school, and working on various anthologies like Bad News and Snake Eyes.

In part one of a two-part interview, John Kelly talks to Hedd about his recent graphic novels, his upcoming book Asylum, and the purpose of autobiography and memoir.