Tiffany Babb
@explodingarrow.bsky.social
Comics and baseball - Editor of The Comics Courier and @thefanfiles.bsky.social - Previously of Popverse and PanelxPanel - tbabb0621@gmail.com - tiffanybabb.com
Pinned
Tiffany Babb
@explodingarrow.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Coming soon: The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
comicscourier.com
Hello pals! My name is Tiffany Babb, and I'm a writer and editor for hire. My current big projects are The Comics Courier (comicscourier.com), a print 📰 journal of comics criticism and The Fan Files (thefanfiles.com), a website publishing weekly articles about interesting stories around baseball ⚾
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
I've been hearing from a lot of creators of late that the non-licensed space for comics has been painful to operate in, and today on SKTCHD, I finally wrote about it with insight from a bevy of creators.
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
It's a high time for the direct market, but non-licensed comics — i.e. creator-owned + other original comics — are going through a "wildly unpredictable" period.
In this week's feature, I talked to creators about navigating this uncertain time, what's fueling it, and how it's affecting their plans.
In this week's feature, I talked to creators about navigating this uncertain time, what's fueling it, and how it's affecting their plans.
“It's Wildly Unpredictable”: Creators on Navigating an Uncertain Time for Non-Licensed Comics - SKTCHD
It’s a great time for the direct market. 1 Comic shops are thriving, new readers are getting onboard, and veteran fans are excited as well. More than that, the comics themselves are good, which genera...
sktchd.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I've been hearing from a lot of creators of late that the non-licensed space for comics has been painful to operate in, and today on SKTCHD, I finally wrote about it with insight from a bevy of creators.
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
Rome is very cool
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Rome is very cool
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
This past August, an angry Willson Contreras upended a bucket of Hi-Chew onto the field following a strike call. Here's a quick look at the history of Hi-Chew and how this Japanese candy found its way into MLB dugouts.
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This past August, an angry Willson Contreras upended a bucket of Hi-Chew onto the field following a strike call. Here's a quick look at the history of Hi-Chew and how this Japanese candy found its way into MLB dugouts.
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
I will shoot the northern lights with a gun and end them once and for all
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I will shoot the northern lights with a gun and end them once and for all
This past August, an angry Willson Contreras upended a bucket of Hi-Chew onto the field following a strike call. Here's a quick look at the history of Hi-Chew and how this Japanese candy found its way into MLB dugouts.
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This past August, an angry Willson Contreras upended a bucket of Hi-Chew onto the field following a strike call. Here's a quick look at the history of Hi-Chew and how this Japanese candy found its way into MLB dugouts.
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/hi-chew-mlb-baseball-japan
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
'Translating Chaucer is a strange and humbling act. It’s like listening through centuries of static to a voice that is both foreign and familiar, comic and solemn, earnest and ironic.'
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: Jonathan Fruoco — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
“ Meet a Medievalist Maker ” is an ongoing series of blog posts introducing our members and the work they are doing. Each post is organized around our Four P’s: a project they are working on...
www.guildmedmak.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'Translating Chaucer is a strange and humbling act. It’s like listening through centuries of static to a voice that is both foreign and familiar, comic and solemn, earnest and ironic.'
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Jonathan Fruoco writes about his experience translating Chaucer for our Meet a Medievalist Maker blogpost series👇
Great churches I saw on a day trip yesterday
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Great churches I saw on a day trip yesterday
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Non old cool things in florence.
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Non old cool things in florence.
Oscar Isaacs favorite movie of all time is dog day afternoon??????
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oscar Isaacs favorite movie of all time is dog day afternoon??????
A church definitely worth 10 euros, Santa Croce. Including the graves of michelangelo and Galileo and Dante! Just a shame the Giotto chapel is under restoration.
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A church definitely worth 10 euros, Santa Croce. Including the graves of michelangelo and Galileo and Dante! Just a shame the Giotto chapel is under restoration.
Reposted by Tiffany Babb
You may not like it, but this is what 70 dollars of brushes looks like 😭
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You may not like it, but this is what 70 dollars of brushes looks like 😭
Art supply shop dog 😭
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Art supply shop dog 😭
An amazing thing about Florence is how much art there is about outside to hang out with for free. Not just decorative arts (though cool) but also fine art!
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
An amazing thing about Florence is how much art there is about outside to hang out with for free. Not just decorative arts (though cool) but also fine art!
On a less whiny note, here's a great church I went to for free today
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On a less whiny note, here's a great church I went to for free today
One thing I am not enjoying about Florence is how expensive it is to visit churches. Imo, every city gets one, maybe two you get to charge for. Otherwise, churches should be free and you can put your particularly good mosaic or painting behind a curtain & charge 3 euro to see it like elsewhere.
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One thing I am not enjoying about Florence is how expensive it is to visit churches. Imo, every city gets one, maybe two you get to charge for. Otherwise, churches should be free and you can put your particularly good mosaic or painting behind a curtain & charge 3 euro to see it like elsewhere.
Theyve even got plaques up for American ports here
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Theyve even got plaques up for American ports here
Let me just grab my snag
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Let me just grab my snag
Italy is hilarious because there will be a church with statues in it, and it'll be Jesus then Mary then Dante
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Italy is hilarious because there will be a church with statues in it, and it'll be Jesus then Mary then Dante