Zach Rabiroff
@zachrabiroff.com
Unemployed and looking for work. Past bylines at @publisherswkly.bsky.social, @comicsjournal.bsky.social, Gizmodo, HITS Magazine.
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At Small Press Expo 2026, Community and Controversy Stand Side by Side
The annual weekend celebration of independent comics, held September 12–13, once again celebrated creativity and community, even as it defied a union boycott of its venue in Bethesda, Md.
www.publishersweekly.com
New at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: A report from SPX 2026, still the leading summer camp for indie comic creators.
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Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
Also at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: the long-lost story of an Archie Comics artist, a preacher to Gerald Ford, and the comic book autobiography that saved Johnny Cash.
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Inside the Comic That Saved Johnny Cash's Career
A prestige reissue of 'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash' sheds new light on a key turning point for the Man in Black.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Also at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: the long-lost story of an Archie Comics artist, a preacher to Gerald Ford, and the comic book autobiography that saved Johnny Cash.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
And: The 2026 Ignatz Awards, where a legendary cartoonist got some long-earned validation.
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2026 Ignatz Awards Celebrate Authenticity
The annual prizes for indie comics, presented during the Small Press Expo on September 12, inspired fiery speeches and odes to small publishing. “Let’s get out there!” declared Best Artist winner Caro...
www.publishersweekly.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:48 PM
And: The 2026 Ignatz Awards, where a legendary cartoonist got some long-earned validation.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
New at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: A report from SPX 2026, still the leading summer camp for indie comic creators.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
At Small Press Expo 2026, Community and Controversy Stand Side by Side
The annual weekend celebration of independent comics, held September 12–13, once again celebrated creativity and community, even as it defied a union boycott of its venue in Bethesda, Md.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
New at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: A report from SPX 2026, still the leading summer camp for indie comic creators.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Also at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: the long-lost story of an Archie Comics artist, a preacher to Gerald Ford, and the comic book autobiography that saved Johnny Cash.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Inside the Comic That Saved Johnny Cash's Career
A prestige reissue of 'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash' sheds new light on a key turning point for the Man in Black.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Also at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: the long-lost story of an Archie Comics artist, a preacher to Gerald Ford, and the comic book autobiography that saved Johnny Cash.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
New at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: A report from SPX 2026, still the leading summer camp for indie comic creators.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
At Small Press Expo 2026, Community and Controversy Stand Side by Side
The annual weekend celebration of independent comics, held September 12–13, once again celebrated creativity and community, even as it defied a union boycott of its venue in Bethesda, Md.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
New at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: A report from SPX 2026, still the leading summer camp for indie comic creators.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Choosing to believe this is a Tony Clifton situation
I was today years old when I found out that Ed Sheeran
1) has a cousin named Jethro Sheeran
2) said cousin is a rapper named by Alonestar who is promoting his new single in the following manner
1) has a cousin named Jethro Sheeran
2) said cousin is a rapper named by Alonestar who is promoting his new single in the following manner
September 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Choosing to believe this is a Tony Clifton situation
Personally, I think transplant discourse makes you all sound like Long Islanders.
September 21, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Personally, I think transplant discourse makes you all sound like Long Islanders.
Sometimes by pure coincidence you're reading a newspaper from 37 years ago, and you're confronted by a reminder that time is a flat circle.
September 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Sometimes by pure coincidence you're reading a newspaper from 37 years ago, and you're confronted by a reminder that time is a flat circle.
I hate to be crass at a moment like this, but do they need applicants for that editorially-independent board of journalists, and is healthcare involved
The deal reached will, according to California’s Attorney General, allow CBS’ news to maintain its editorial independence.
The problem is that CBS news has not been editorially independent since Bari Weiss took over.
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/21/m...
The problem is that CBS news has not been editorially independent since Bari Weiss took over.
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/21/m...
State attorneys general agree to settle Paramount merger lawsuit | CNN Business
The state attorneys general suing to block Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, have reached a settlement, clearing the way for the companies to complete the merger...
edition.cnn.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I hate to be crass at a moment like this, but do they need applicants for that editorially-independent board of journalists, and is healthcare involved
Not even 12 hours into the new year, and we're already well on our way to a world record for things to atone for.
September 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Not even 12 hours into the new year, and we're already well on our way to a world record for things to atone for.
My heart really goes out to the whole staff at Popverse. Talented journalists all, and you deserve better than this business has to offer.
Popverse, ReedPop's comics and entertainment news site, will be shutting down at the end of the month, and its staff has been laid off
Popverse to shut down at the end of the month
Popverse, ReedPop's comics and entertainment news site, will be shutting down at the end of the month
www.comicsbeat.com
September 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My heart really goes out to the whole staff at Popverse. Talented journalists all, and you deserve better than this business has to offer.
Good luck to the news, the midterms, and DC Comics.
*PARAMOUNT TO SETTLE LAWSUITS, PAVING WAY FOR WARNER BROS. DEAL
September 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Good luck to the news, the midterms, and DC Comics.
Civilization AND its discontents? In this economy?
September 21, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Civilization AND its discontents? In this economy?
So I guess you're not feeling so morally superior now, hmm?
September 21, 2026 at 2:57 AM
So I guess you're not feeling so morally superior now, hmm?
They have to get the Paramount-Warner deal done before Yom Kippur tonight, because otherwise they've got to roll that sin over to next year, which is a pain.
September 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
They have to get the Paramount-Warner deal done before Yom Kippur tonight, because otherwise they've got to roll that sin over to next year, which is a pain.
A short story in two panels by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
![Panel 1: A topless woman shown tastefully with her arms covering her chest, as though we, the reader, have taken her by surprise.
Panel 2: A wedding day.
Priest: Do you, Philip Marsden, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?
Philip Marsden: I do!
Woman from Panel 1: [No dialogue]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yxgyxu5vgzl5t5n6x74ohudz/bafkreigveiypkjpdrsqcac7lx3yz22nsj2oqc6i3qoqrxygdou75cdrejy)
September 20, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A short story in two panels by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
What we need is an AI agent that just periodically whispers "you, too, sire, will someday pass forgotten from this earth" into its user's ear.
September 20, 2026 at 6:03 AM
What we need is an AI agent that just periodically whispers "you, too, sire, will someday pass forgotten from this earth" into its user's ear.
There needs to be a private group chat for people who share all of my specific interests, where I can put all the killer jokes I come up with that would be professionally ruinous if I post them on main.
September 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
There needs to be a private group chat for people who share all of my specific interests, where I can put all the killer jokes I come up with that would be professionally ruinous if I post them on main.
September 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Not me, though, I never shut the fuck up about it.
September 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Not me, though, I never shut the fuck up about it.
Oasis playing Glastonbury
In book news, someone explain this to me.
If Gerwig is setting The Magician's Nephew in the 1950s (sigh), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will then be set in 1995, so... what's the driver to have the kids go to the countryside?
Doesn't this just mess with the fundamental DNA of the series?
If Gerwig is setting The Magician's Nephew in the 1950s (sigh), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will then be set in 1995, so... what's the driver to have the kids go to the countryside?
Doesn't this just mess with the fundamental DNA of the series?
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Movie Looks Like a Trip
“I wanted a rock opera,” Gerwig said. “I wanted it to be big and transporting.”
www.vulture.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Oasis playing Glastonbury
It's symbolically appropriate that the future owner of Wile E. Coyote will always find a way to keep running over that cliffside.
Man, Oracle’s stock crashing would be an existential disaster for the right wing in this country, huh?
In any case, since the rumor is that there'll be a settlement for the Ellison merger this week, I wouldn't put down any big money on a future lawsuit, either.
September 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It's symbolically appropriate that the future owner of Wile E. Coyote will always find a way to keep running over that cliffside.
Reposted by Zach Rabiroff
"First they came for the Murdoch outlets. And I actually spoke up because, I also, was on TV. Didn't really matter, though" is the Martin Niemoller poem we deserve.
September 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"First they came for the Murdoch outlets. And I actually spoke up because, I also, was on TV. Didn't really matter, though" is the Martin Niemoller poem we deserve.
Former high school French student here. This is not funny. Frenchmen only post like this when they are in extreme states of existential ennui, a half-smoked pack of Galoises resting forlornly on the table before them.
chat is it good if leaders in a nuclear power are posting like this after a 3hr security briefing
September 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Former high school French student here. This is not funny. Frenchmen only post like this when they are in extreme states of existential ennui, a half-smoked pack of Galoises resting forlornly on the table before them.