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Digital Comics & Platforms

Digital Comics

Digital Comics & Platforms

Neon Ichiban emerges as the only formidable contender challenging Amazon's Comixology.

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 12 Jul 2026
Neon Ichiban's Desktop App Plans to Unify Your Scattered Digital Comics Collection

Digital Comics

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.

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 09 Jul 2026
Comics With the Kiddo

scholastic

Comics With the Kiddo

Some thoughts on connecting with kids through comics.

lock-1 By Jamie Lovett, Tom Cheredar 21 Jun 2026
Going Deep Into Sam Lotfi’s Innards

Ignition Press

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.

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 14 Jun 2026
Endeavour is a beautiful, modern day 'Lord of the Flies' on a boat

DSTLRY

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.

By Tom Cheredar 10 Jun 2026
Drugs, Comics, & Conditions.

Drugs, Comics, & Conditions.

'Conditions' is an original graphic novel about drugs, insanity, and the limitations of explaining the human condition with flow charts.

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 07 Jun 2026
Galactic 2nd cover art shows a man & woman standing in the snow looking for a humanoid dog companion.

DSTLRY

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.

By Tom Cheredar 04 Jun 2026
One-shot Comics Are Wonderful

One-Shots

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.

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 31 May 2026
Comics & Paying In Attention

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 engineered promotion and advertising (potentially 90% of everything, by some estimates). Even the large fandoms for

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 24 May 2026
Milk carton graphic with 'Missing' written on it. It's from social network Digg's beta platform.

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.

lock-1 By Tom Cheredar 17 May 2026
Social Media Funeral - An Original Comic

Social Media Funeral - An Original Comic

Social Media Funeral is an original 1-page comic story that was inspired by my real life experience of throwing an elaborate meetup for a social network (Digg) that died the next day. I was the moderator of the /comicbooks community, which made it a bit more sad, but appropriate,

By Tom Cheredar 17 May 2026
Joshua Boulet's 'Robot Monk' Predates Real Life

Joshua 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 of it all, with a dash of practical business analysis. All I could think was

By Tom Cheredar 15 May 2026
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