a breakdown of how my job feels like recently
![here's how trad publishing works a far as I can tell
me: hell yeah I wrote a really good comic book. do you want it
publishing: YES! THIS IS THE BEST THING WE'VE EVER BEEN PITCHED! can we have it for [comically small amount of money]
my agent: haha. no
publishing: okay fine (4 yrs later)
publishing: your book is doing SUPERBLY congratulations!! me: cool can I do another one publishing: well let's not be too hasty](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:owmitio5o767p6qclyjxxx6g/bafkreifwlkcvhiz63c3sj7hb7bf7dqeulqbkvexu4y66vicmy7ch4hl5zq)
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM
a breakdown of how my job feels like recently
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The High Republic publishing initiative began on this day 4 years ago
January 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The High Republic publishing initiative began on this day 4 years ago
In our last editorial we imagined how bad academic publishing might get, and hopefully how it might come out better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Near future academic publishing – a speculative social science fiction experiment
Published in Learning, Media and Technology (Vol. 49, No. 4, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In our last editorial we imagined how bad academic publishing might get, and hopefully how it might come out better www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
lol ok i had to
February 1, 2024 at 8:56 PM
lol ok i had to
Last year, Kevin Roberts, president of Heritage (Project 2025 leader), participated in a new series 4 Canon Press, Doug Wilson’s family publishing company. It was Canon that published The Case for Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe. 1/
August 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Last year, Kevin Roberts, president of Heritage (Project 2025 leader), participated in a new series 4 Canon Press, Doug Wilson’s family publishing company. It was Canon that published The Case for Christian Nationalism by Stephen Wolfe. 1/
gotta love how contemporary publishing is 30000000 beautiful, deeply felt, finely crafted books with 7.5 readers each whose authors are just barely making a living, and like 4 books that financially support the whole apparatus, each of which has comprehensively and unforgivably destroyed society
July 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
gotta love how contemporary publishing is 30000000 beautiful, deeply felt, finely crafted books with 7.5 readers each whose authors are just barely making a living, and like 4 books that financially support the whole apparatus, each of which has comprehensively and unforgivably destroyed society
Do not, under any circumstance, give Microsoft money. I'm skipping Ninja Gaiden 4, *despite wanting to play it*, because they're publishing it in all territories.
I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Do not, under any circumstance, give Microsoft money. I'm skipping Ninja Gaiden 4, *despite wanting to play it*, because they're publishing it in all territories.
"Today @skybound.bsky.social and @imagecomics.bsky.social, in partnership with Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing, announced a multi-year, worldwide distribution deal that names Skybound as Act 4’s publishing partner, with launch titles arriving in Fall 2025."
First Up😱😱
First Up😱😱
February 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Today @skybound.bsky.social and @imagecomics.bsky.social, in partnership with Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing, announced a multi-year, worldwide distribution deal that names Skybound as Act 4’s publishing partner, with launch titles arriving in Fall 2025."
First Up😱😱
First Up😱😱
Impure Thoughts!
Page 4!
Will be publishing this one here! It's already on Page 15 & 16 (WIP), so if you wanna see what's next, you can find it on my SS!
Page 4!
Will be publishing this one here! It's already on Page 15 & 16 (WIP), so if you wanna see what's next, you can find it on my SS!
July 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Impure Thoughts!
Page 4!
Will be publishing this one here! It's already on Page 15 & 16 (WIP), so if you wanna see what's next, you can find it on my SS!
Page 4!
Will be publishing this one here! It's already on Page 15 & 16 (WIP), so if you wanna see what's next, you can find it on my SS!
4) Every panel on “publishing” must have one participant who has *worked in publishing”. Hashtag NoAllWriterPanels
March 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
4) Every panel on “publishing” must have one participant who has *worked in publishing”. Hashtag NoAllWriterPanels
omfg lol the average person is lucky if they get through 4 books in a year and you think the key to saving publishing is putting out a thousand times more books??
Meet the startup, backed by big Silicon Valley investors, Macmillan's owner, and former HarperCollins and Penguin execs, that wants authors to "just spitball a few bullet points" to get AI to write books — "and then suddenly each author is writing 1,000 books." 👀 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Romance Publisher Dreaming of an AI-Driven Dynasty
Inkitt has influential backers and a vision for infinitely customizable on-demand content. What would be left for the human creators?
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April 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
omfg lol the average person is lucky if they get through 4 books in a year and you think the key to saving publishing is putting out a thousand times more books??
Ninja Gaiden 4.
Team Ninja × Platinum Games × Xbox Game Publishing
Team Ninja × Platinum Games × Xbox Game Publishing
January 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ninja Gaiden 4.
Team Ninja × Platinum Games × Xbox Game Publishing
Team Ninja × Platinum Games × Xbox Game Publishing
October 19, 2024 at 3:26 AM
To summarize:
1) Leave "free speech!!1!!" Nazi enablers
2) Come to a nonprofit
3) Where you can make more money
4) And get lots of nice support
5) I'm just saying
So yes, this is my referral code, but I don't endorse stuff that I don't believe in. It's been good and I'm so glad I moved.
1) Leave "free speech!!1!!" Nazi enablers
2) Come to a nonprofit
3) Where you can make more money
4) And get lots of nice support
5) I'm just saying
So yes, this is my referral code, but I don't endorse stuff that I don't believe in. It's been good and I'm so glad I moved.
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March 14, 2024 at 5:11 PM
To summarize:
1) Leave "free speech!!1!!" Nazi enablers
2) Come to a nonprofit
3) Where you can make more money
4) And get lots of nice support
5) I'm just saying
So yes, this is my referral code, but I don't endorse stuff that I don't believe in. It's been good and I'm so glad I moved.
1) Leave "free speech!!1!!" Nazi enablers
2) Come to a nonprofit
3) Where you can make more money
4) And get lots of nice support
5) I'm just saying
So yes, this is my referral code, but I don't endorse stuff that I don't believe in. It's been good and I'm so glad I moved.
after selling out all my books within the span of 4 hours of an 8 hour small indie event, i no longer believe that i am not what the people want. unfortunately publishing hasn't come to realize that yet which is a different problem to solve.
April 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
after selling out all my books within the span of 4 hours of an 8 hour small indie event, i no longer believe that i am not what the people want. unfortunately publishing hasn't come to realize that yet which is a different problem to solve.
September 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Issue 4 has been finalized and has been sent to Howly for publishing!
April 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Issue 4 has been finalized and has been sent to Howly for publishing!
This is part of the uncompensated labor that faculty of color are constantly engaged in. & then folks ask us why we're not publishing more. But I've been advising YOUR student behind your back because you've offered them nothing useful besides line edits. And she doesn't even go here!
4/4
4/4
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is part of the uncompensated labor that faculty of color are constantly engaged in. & then folks ask us why we're not publishing more. But I've been advising YOUR student behind your back because you've offered them nothing useful besides line edits. And she doesn't even go here!
4/4
4/4
Especially now that the German government is barely publishing any information about aid to Ukraine. I look forward to the future and am excited to continue this journey with all of you.
~ GAU
4/4
~ GAU
4/4
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Especially now that the German government is barely publishing any information about aid to Ukraine. I look forward to the future and am excited to continue this journey with all of you.
~ GAU
4/4
~ GAU
4/4
Oh. HUH. "Marvel will be publishing issues #1 and #3 of JLA/AVENGERS Facsimile Editions, while DC will be publishing issues #2 and #4." HUH I say.
February 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Oh. HUH. "Marvel will be publishing issues #1 and #3 of JLA/AVENGERS Facsimile Editions, while DC will be publishing issues #2 and #4." HUH I say.
anyway don't get mad at cartoonists for drawing their chars in converse for anything published in the next 2-4 years, publishing timelines for comics are long lmao
September 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
anyway don't get mad at cartoonists for drawing their chars in converse for anything published in the next 2-4 years, publishing timelines for comics are long lmao
QRT with your starry art ✨️
This was my special variant comic cover for "Seven Years in Darkness" issue 4 by Joseph Schmalke! CEX Publishing ✨️
This was my special variant comic cover for "Seven Years in Darkness" issue 4 by Joseph Schmalke! CEX Publishing ✨️
July 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
QRT with your starry art ✨️
This was my special variant comic cover for "Seven Years in Darkness" issue 4 by Joseph Schmalke! CEX Publishing ✨️
This was my special variant comic cover for "Seven Years in Darkness" issue 4 by Joseph Schmalke! CEX Publishing ✨️
Bill Sienkiewicz, “Vampyres” (Blackthorne Publishing, 1985). Plates 4-6 (of 6). Post 2 (of 2).
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Bill Sienkiewicz, “Vampyres” (Blackthorne Publishing, 1985). Plates 4-6 (of 6). Post 2 (of 2).
4/ 'Beware, news' provides more background:
"According to Kalashnikov, he was summoned to the Moscow Southern District Police Department for publishing a video of a burning oil refinery in Kapotnya—referring to the June 16 attack.
"According to Kalashnikov, he was summoned to the Moscow Southern District Police Department for publishing a video of a burning oil refinery in Kapotnya—referring to the June 16 attack.
June 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM
4/ 'Beware, news' provides more background:
"According to Kalashnikov, he was summoned to the Moscow Southern District Police Department for publishing a video of a burning oil refinery in Kapotnya—referring to the June 16 attack.
"According to Kalashnikov, he was summoned to the Moscow Southern District Police Department for publishing a video of a burning oil refinery in Kapotnya—referring to the June 16 attack.