Sorry you missed out on the amazing Smut Peddler Kickstarter? You can now buy your very own print copy (no longer available) of this porn anthology direct from project organizer Spike. It’s $30 (plus shipping) for almost 350 pages of sex-positive, lady-friendly comics, shipping at the end of the month. Or you can buy a digital copy. Enjoy!

Those folks at ArchieFans.com have been carefully examining Archie Comics’ subscription offerings. The Jughead title is no longer offered by the publisher. Another reader claims that the subscription department told him, “I’m sorry at this time the title has been canceled.” Certainly, whether a company chooses to offer a subscription to a particular title isn’t necessary related to its continuing health. DC doesn’t allow subscriptions to all of their titles, for example. Last time this discussion came up in regards […]

THRILLED to hear that Faith Erin Hicks’ Superhero Girl will be republished by Dark Horse. It’s due out in February as a $16.99 hardcover. And now, in color! Hicks is one of my very favorite creators for her clear-eyed take on young people, both visually and in terms of the stories she tells with them. See Friends With Boys for the latest example, although I’m also very fond of The War at Ellsmere.

NPR’s All Things Considered ran a story earlier this week asking whether Kickstarter backers get refunds when a project fails. The answer, of course, is “no”. There’s no oversight on the part of Kickstarter, and the kind of person who makes lofty plans that can’t be completed often doesn’t want to admit to failure — which giving back the money would be an admission of. As NPR says, “That’s the conflict at the heart of Kickstarter: While the company’s policy […]

I have been looking forward to this book so much! Lucy Knisley (French Milk, Make Yourself Happy) is one of my favorite cartoonists, and I love reading about food, and this combines them both! Along with a good dose of memoir. Relish: My Life in the Kitchen is due out in April from First Second. It’s described as so: Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned […]

USA Today has begun serializing a weekly online comic called Aurora Rose. The first issue is 17 pages, of which three are alternate covers, including a photo variant. I’m not sure why a digital comic needs those. But the models and their agency gets credit! Story is by Jason Stevens and William Wilson with art by Taylor Bills. Although Wilson says they don’t want to “make books about women who look like strippers”, this is one of the covers: The […]

I’ve been pondering the question of how long comic readers should be asked to wait when it comes to independent work. What started this off was Lea Hernandez’s Kickstarter for The Garlicks, which ends tomorrow. Since it’s only about a third of the way towards the goal of $40,000, it looks like it isn’t going to make it. (Update: Be sure to read Lea’s comments below, where she explains more about her effort. And Alex, who’s also run a long-term […]

As first mentioned last year, IDW has announced the fourth volume of my favorite superhero series, Love and Capes by Thom Zahler. After getting married in 2010 (reprinted in Going to the Chapel) and then settling into life together, Abby and Mark, the Crusader, are now expecting a baby! “I’m thrilled to be able to tell another chapter in Mark and Abby’s adventures. And there’s no greater adventure than parenthood,” said Zahler. “Except, of course, for a fight for existence […]