Sean Kleefeld

@SKleefeld
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Eisner nominated writer of stuff about webcomics, fandom, and more comics. Charging into the future like there's no tomorrow!
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My Bloghttp://www.KleefeldonComics.com
My Webcomics Textbookhttps://www.bloomsbury.com/us/webcomics-9781350028173/

Caught a video yesterday from a guy who was just amazed the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps tie-in comic was developed as if it were an in-universe comic. He was totally mind-blown.

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea. But I liked it, too, when Marvel did it 25 years ago with an entire line of comics. And when Alan Moore did it before that with The Black Freighter stories in Watchmen. And before that when there was an actual Spinal Tap album to promote the movie.

This is hardly new.

I hate having salads for lunch. I don't enjoy salads and it feels like just tedious chewing. But it's the only way I've found that I'm able to keep from gaining a ton of weight and feeling even shittier about myself than usual. I probably hate that feeling as much as I hate having salads, but at least eating the salad is only momentary, compared to carrying that extra weight on you all the time.

So here I am, eating a salad for lunch. 🫤

#3goodthings -- tough one this morning...

1. Woke up to find out Canada isn't as stupidly self-destructive as the US
2. Generally pleased with how the bottom half of my current model build turned out
3. Dog is at day care today so that's one less thing I have to deal with right now

Here is my latest Kleefeld on Comics post: Comic Story Idea
http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2025/04/comic-story-idea.html #KleefeldonComics #comics
Comic Story Idea

Sean Kleefeld's daily thoughts about comics and the comic industry.

Text from our ISP that they've started work in the area and we may experience network outages, and my internet connection went down *immediately*

Thanks for the advanced heads-up. 🙄

Aha! Well, this explains why Alliance backed out trying to purchase Diamond! They were basically trying to buy access to the Wizards of the Coast contract and when that part was revealed to be off the table, Alliance bailed.
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59432/alliance-entertainment-sues-diamond-again
Alliance Entertainment Sues Diamond, Again

Along with the Investment Bank, Restructuring Consultants, and Alliance Game Distributors Executives

Have you had a chance to check out my Eisner-nominated book on #Webcomics
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/webcomics-9781350028173/
Webcomics

**Nominated for the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work**The first critical guide to cover the history, form and key critical issues of the mediu…

Bloomsbury
Nice interview with cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft
https://rollingout.com/2025/04/28/barbara-brandon-croft-legacy-in-comics/
Barbara Brandon-Croft speaks on pioneering legacy in comics

Barbara Brandon-Croft discusses breaking barriers as the first Black woman cartoonist in mainstream press and the importance of authentic representation in comics.

Rolling Out
NYT: A Graphic Novelist Digs Up His Childhood, One Ginseng Root at a Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/books/review/ginseng-roots-craig-thompson.html?partner=IFTTT #comics
Book Review: ‘Ginseng Roots,’ by Craig Thompson

Craig Thompson’s new book revisits his upbringing on a farm in rural Wisconsin, and the farmers — both American-born and not — who made up his community.

The New York Times