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Dave founded Comic Book Herald in 2011 and has written a lot about comics since that time. See for yourself below!

Casual Krakoa: X Deaths of Wolverine #2, The Secret X-Men #1, New Mutants #24!

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

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Creannotators #75: “Love Everlasting” with artist Elsa Charretier!

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This week on Creannotators, I talk Love Everlasting and November with creator Elsa Charretier. We talk the strategy of marketing yourself as a comics creator, launching Love Everlasting #1 for free on Substack, challenges of working on November, Elsa’s Youtube comics breakdowns, and much more!

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

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1994 Variant Cover B: Grant Morrison, More Substack Comics, & Fullmetal Palschemist!

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Dave, Charlotte and Zack talk about indie comics launched in 1994, what’s up with creators jumping to Substack, and Dave reads more Manga with Fullmetal Alchemist!

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The Guide to Comics on Substack

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In August 2021, the landscape of comics distribution shifted slightly, as two of America’s most popular and acclaimed comic book writers, James Tynion IV (Batman, Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #6) and Jonathan Hickman (X-Men, Transhuman), announced Substack financial grants that meant their upcoming projects would release via Substack’s email newsletter platform. Tynion’s announcement felt particularly seismic since the writer coupled the news with his planned departure from DC’s Batman, the biggest superhero comic in America.

Other creators accompanied the news, or followed later, including notable talents like Molly Knox Ostertag, Saladin Ahmed, Chip Zdarsky, Sophie Campbell, ND Stevenson, Kelly Thompson, Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire and Donny Cates & Ryan Stegman. On January 31, 2022, a day declared “Comics Day on Substack,” the roster swelled to include Tom King & Elsa Charretier, Brian K Vaughan & Niko Henrichon, Khary Randolph & Joanne Starer, Rodney Barnes, Jen Bartel, oh, and GRANT MORRISON. [Read more…] about The Guide to Comics on Substack