Glenn Fleishman

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Glenn is a person who drops many names. He spent most of his career as a technology journalist, but over the last decade, has moved more into printing and comics history. His Eisner Awards-nominated book, How Comics Are Made, is available in bookstores worldwide. Glenn somehow won two episodes of Jeopardy! His recent books include Flong Time, No See (upcoming, fall 2026), Six Centuries of Type & Printing (2nd ed, 2025), and London Kerning. He also edits books and consults on Kickstarter campaign
How Comics Are Madehttps://howcomicsaremade.com/
The Glog Bloghttps://glog.glennf.com
Six Centuries of Type & Printinghttps://sixcent.info/
Glenn Projects Newsletterhttps://buttondown.com/glennf/archive/
Geese
Go cancel that subscription service you feel bad about not using but keep allowing to renew.

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@glennf/116615052012294888

Now down to five days and counting and still need a boost to hit our target and make a book celebrating Matt and memes and nonsense and serious things.

“In the US of 2026, activists protesting the Trump administration's various violences are explicitly targeted and, in some cases, exterminated. Speech is policed and, in a number of sectors including the milieu of higher education, controlled by the State's pocketbook.”
I want to compliment Sam Regal, Editor of Printing History (the Journal of the American Printing History Association) for being braver and franker in her introduction to the current issue about American democracy than nearly all mainstream media in this country.
I've been kicking around this project for a little while and decided to launch it: it's the Apple Specs Database, no affiliation with Apple! As a tech writer, I’m constantly trying to remember “what’s the earliest iPhone, iPad, Mac, whatever that supports feature X?” “Which devices can handle Apple Intelligence?” And so on. https://glennf.com/applespecs/index.php Your feedback welcome (via a form at the bottom of each page).
Apple Specs Database

THAT ONE MATT BORS COMIC
the first book entirely about a single panel*
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Get @mattbors.bsky.social artwork, prints and originals, too!

*How To Read Nancy covers _three panels_ (there are three rocks)

That One Matt Bors Comic

A book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse

Kickstarter
How can you adjust the artificial depth and parallax on images on your iPhone? I have the answers @sixcolors https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/06/i-keep-spacing-out-because-im-out-of-my-depth/
I keep spacing out because I’m out of my depth

Have you ever really looked at your Photos, man? There’s much depth there—just keep looking. I’m not stoned; I’m just thinking about Apple’s two ways of demonstrating depth …

Six Colors

Finance: The Independent | Musk’s $1.75 trillion moonshot hits gravity as analysts slash SpaceX value

"Morningstar analysts have assigned a valuation of $780 billion to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a figure less than half of what the company is reportedly aiming for in its upcoming initial public offering."

"We think the company has been significantly overvalued...

https://www.independent.co.uk/money/elon-musk-spacex-morningstar-ipo-value-b2988013.html

#SpaceX #SpaceXIPO

Musk’s $1.75 trillion moonshot hits gravity as analysts slash SpaceX value

This assessment comes ahead of a planned roadshow scheduled for this week

The Independent