SKTCHD
  • Podcasts
  • Articles
  • Interviews
  • About
  • Discussion
  • Subscribe
  • Sign in
    Follow

Off
Panel:
On the
Secondary
Market with
Shawn Kirkham

Five
Things
I'll Be
Watching for
in Comics in 2026

Latest Longform Articles

longform

“Stilt-Man is Pure Comics”: An Ode to Marvel’s Largest Adult Son, 60 Years into His Reign

longform

The Format Boom is On, So Let’s Power Rank Comic Book Formats

longform

“It Kind of Changed My Life”: The Story of Bone’s Time in Disney Adventures, From the People Who Made It Happen

longform

Comic Sales Charts are Gone, But is That Such a Bad Thing?

longform

Let’s Pick the Winners for All the Categories That Didn’t Quite Make the Cut for the 2025 Eisner Awards

longform

The Numbers Game

On the surge of comics and covers, what that really looks like, and how retailers are feeling about it.

longform

As Everything in the Direct Market Changes, Comic Shops are Thriving

longform

The Entire History of Me

It's time to figure out which comics were the most consequential in my journey as a reader, and for every year of my life.

longform

Are Polybags Back?

On the surprisingly resurgent tactic from the 1990s and what's fueling its resurrection.

longform

On Alaska Robotics Mini-Con, the Biggest Little Comics Convention Around, and the “Comics Adventure” That Comes With It

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Most Read

column

Comics Disassembled: Ten Things I Liked or Didn’t Like from the Past Week in Comics, Led by a Glorious Return

longform

Five Things I’ll be Watching for in the Comics Industry (but Mostly the Direct Market) in 2026

podcast

Off Panel #534: Elysium with Shawn Kirkham

art feature

“I Find it Fascinating to Have Your Work Live Somewhere New”: Maria Nguyen on the Station Eleven Graphic Novel

longform

The Design of Absolute DC: Hayden Sherman on Designing the Hellish New Wonder Woman