Every comic shop is different. That’s something I noted in my recent feature on how 2023 was for retailers, and it’s an important note when considering the overall conversation about the direct market. There’s no such thing as a representative comic shop, with each standing out as a singular example relative to their peers. While … Continued

When I first heard of the idea that would eventually become Ram V, Evan Cagle, Dave Stewart, and Aditya Bidikar’s upcoming Dark Horse Comics miniseries Dawnrunner, I was all in. It was when Ram guested on Off Panel, and the writer suggested to me he was working on a new book that was effectively a … Continued

Crossovers aren’t new by any means. That’s been happening in comics for decades now, as two (or more) titles forming a single narrative is a tried and true method for comics of all varieties, even if they’re more notably connected to superhero stories. And yet, there are different ways you can handle that kind of … Continued

For the past 12 months, SKTCHD has co-hosted an ongoing series of interviews with writer James Tynion IV as a collaboration with Tynion’s The Empire of the Tiny Onion email newsletter, and with this interview, that twelve-month journey is at its end. It’s been quite the run, and we’ve covered a little bit of everything … Continued

What a strange time it is. Okay, that’s a little too vague of a statement, because it’s such a strange time in, like, five million different ways. So, let’s be a little more specific. What a strange time it is to be a person, or, to drill down even further, to be a comic book … Continued

As you likely know, today is Halloween. As you also likely know, James Tynion IV? He’s fairly good, and prolific as well, at telling horror stories in comics! Is it any surprise that we waited to run this month’s SKTCHDxTiny Onion conversation — one about his personal history with and love of horror, and how … Continued

It’s a weird time in comics retail, and maybe even a weirder time for those making original comics. Where it gets even more challenging those two spaces is when the two are fused together, as it’s an increasingly tough sell for retailers to buy into original ideas in comics that don’t come with baked in … Continued

The comics you read and the comic experiences you have early on in your life often form the building blocks of your relationship with the medium. Obviously what you’ll enjoy expands from there, but for readers, those earliest experiences can be enormously influential on you going forward. It’s the same for our favorite creators. Some … Continued

James Tynion IV might be the winner of three straight Eisner Awards for Best Writer, but he’d be the first to admit it: he wouldn’t be where he is without his collaborators. Tynion works and has worked with some of the most electric talent in comics, whether you’re talking Álvaro Martínez Bueno on The Nice … Continued

It’s an interesting time in the comics space, and certainly an interesting one to lunch a new publishing venture. There are challenges facing each level of the industry — especially on the direct market side of things — and it can be difficult for anyone to find the right answers from the menu of options … Continued