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,
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
The digital comics platform and spiritual successor to Comixology emerges from beta with new reading experience, creator hub, VR support, & more
DSTLRY
An advanced review of the Scott Snyder and Francesco Francavilla DSTLRY series. Plus more inside!
DSTLRY
Why you shouldn't sleep on this James Tynion IV DSTLRY series. Plus, preview pages from the long awaited third issue.
You can't show up for art you don't know about.
Original Comics
Experience producing original comics isn't a prerequisite for a career in comics journalism, but it does seem helpful and valuable. It also seems like a useful method for demonstrating Weird City's editorial strategy, which involves telling stories in both written and comics form. But covering comics
If accuracy is the measure of telling an objectively truthful story, covering the news in the AI era should be far weirder. Weird City Media is a grand experiment in news publishing that bucks convention in favor of human connection and authentic collaboration. In other words, we’re going to
News
Welcome to Weird City Media, a brand new publication founded by former Comicbook.com Editor Jamie Lovett and seasoned tech journalist Tom Cheredar (VentureBeat, The Daily Dot). It's just getting started, but has already begun work on a plethora of original pieces for its debut newsletter. In a
