hermanos.
@iamdavidbrothers.com
quarrel. i will back thee.
probably thinking about OutKast, Flannery O'Connor, or Steve Ditko.
having a hard time with social media lately.
likes to draw when it's sketchy.
beloved.
iamdavidbrothers.com
probably thinking about OutKast, Flannery O'Connor, or Steve Ditko.
having a hard time with social media lately.
likes to draw when it's sketchy.
beloved.
iamdavidbrothers.com
Pinned
hermanos.
@iamdavidbrothers.com
· Nov 11
I don't really talk about my day job cuz I believe in the separation of church and state, but I used to write about comics at 4thletter! and ComicsAlliance.
I've always been doing side projects and have a fair amount in 2024 for you.
A picture of the writer at his keyboard, and a thread of works:
I've always been doing side projects and have a fair amount in 2024 for you.
A picture of the writer at his keyboard, and a thread of works:
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Do you write about comics? If you do, you should consider applying to the Comics Criticism Mini Grant. All you need are two clips published over the past year. It is a very simple application!
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2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
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December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Do you write about comics? If you do, you should consider applying to the Comics Criticism Mini Grant. All you need are two clips published over the past year. It is a very simple application!
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Any new letterers who wish to join this starter pack? Just let me know. Professional or aspiring professional letterers of western comic books, I mean. There's a separate starter pack for Manga Letterers.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Any new letterers who wish to join this starter pack? Just let me know. Professional or aspiring professional letterers of western comic books, I mean. There's a separate starter pack for Manga Letterers.
go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ
go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
"I didn't use AI, I just don't believe in drawing on-model from panel-to-panel, or drawing well in a more general sense" is such a terrible explanation that I honestly hope he's lying about it.
Mike Deodato Jr. rejects accusations of using AI in AWA’s ULTIMATE OZ
The proliferation of AI slop has created an environment where anybody can accuse any comic creator of using Ai in their work.
The proliferation of AI slop has created an environment where anybody can accuse any comic creator of using Ai in their work.
Mike Deodato Jr. rejects accusations of using AI in AWA’s ULTIMATE OZ
The proliferation of AI slop has created an environment where anybody can accuse any comic creator of using Ai in their work.
www.comicsbeat.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"I didn't use AI, I just don't believe in drawing on-model from panel-to-panel, or drawing well in a more general sense" is such a terrible explanation that I honestly hope he's lying about it.
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Get your apps in! Get your apps in!
Exciting news! Thanks to the repeated generosity of @iamdavidbrothers.com, we are adding TWO more mini grants to this year's round!
Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month.
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Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month.
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2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Get your apps in! Get your apps in!
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It’s my birthday please can I request either: attention OR a subscription to Shelfdust (which is only $1 a month anyway) www.patreon.com/shelfdust
December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It’s my birthday please can I request either: attention OR a subscription to Shelfdust (which is only $1 a month anyway) www.patreon.com/shelfdust
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publishing workers need raises and additional staffing, not AI workflow optimizations
AI isn’t coming to publishing—it’s already here. PW’s new AI for Publishing Bootcamp gives teams the tools and workflows to keep up.
First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
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First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
publishing workers need raises and additional staffing, not AI workflow optimizations
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Pre-order the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL now! Shipping starts 12/31. $60 for 418 pages of retro gaming goodness.
This collection has an original cover by @wiloverton.bsky.social.
Read more about it and get your own copy from the link below!
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This collection has an original cover by @wiloverton.bsky.social.
Read more about it and get your own copy from the link below!
pixelsandpolygons.net/products/ret...
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Pre-order the Retro Game Zine 2025 ANNUAL now! Shipping starts 12/31. $60 for 418 pages of retro gaming goodness.
This collection has an original cover by @wiloverton.bsky.social.
Read more about it and get your own copy from the link below!
pixelsandpolygons.net/products/ret...
This collection has an original cover by @wiloverton.bsky.social.
Read more about it and get your own copy from the link below!
pixelsandpolygons.net/products/ret...
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comic book fans who follow me, please listen to my urgent message:
Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal) has been working on a comic series about a woman who becomes a talk radio host without any previous experience or knowledge of broadcasting.
Wave, Listen to Me!
Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal) has been working on a comic series about a woman who becomes a talk radio host without any previous experience or knowledge of broadcasting.
Wave, Listen to Me!
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
comic book fans who follow me, please listen to my urgent message:
Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal) has been working on a comic series about a woman who becomes a talk radio host without any previous experience or knowledge of broadcasting.
Wave, Listen to Me!
Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal) has been working on a comic series about a woman who becomes a talk radio host without any previous experience or knowledge of broadcasting.
Wave, Listen to Me!
Wrote about comics, music, and being a son, sparked by a short read from a talented creator. I ended up buying that new Dylan project on record store day recently because of Oshimi’s work.
good art often leads to more art, whether im making it or taking it in.
good art often leads to more art, whether im making it or taking it in.
🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨
Me and Shuzo Oshimi’s “Me and Bob Dylan (And My Father)”, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/12/17/m...
Me and Shuzo Oshimi’s “Me and Bob Dylan (And My Father)”, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/12/17/m...
Me and Shuzo Oshimi’s “Me and Bob Dylan (And My Father)”
By David Brothers Shuzo Oshimi is a cartoonist who is largely known for works that blend youth and perversion, in the specific sense of a deviation from the norm, but still with all the sexual subt…
shelfdust.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Wrote about comics, music, and being a son, sparked by a short read from a talented creator. I ended up buying that new Dylan project on record store day recently because of Oshimi’s work.
good art often leads to more art, whether im making it or taking it in.
good art often leads to more art, whether im making it or taking it in.
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Last call: writing, responsibility, mortality, truth and other lies. Me using @magencubed.bsky.social's latest as a springboard. Plus my inability to make aesthetic choices that stick.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
FULL BLEED: JUMPED INTO THE RIVER WHAT DID I SEE
I'm spending more time these days responding to writing from other people than I am writing my own work. That's probably not a good sign. Though it's good in that there have been works worth respondin...
www.highway62press.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Last call: writing, responsibility, mortality, truth and other lies. Me using @magencubed.bsky.social's latest as a springboard. Plus my inability to make aesthetic choices that stick.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
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Today is Tom Spurgeon's birthday. Read some Little Orphan Annie or Cul de Sac, write a friend you miss, call your mom, gossip about comics with friends, get a group together for dinner, give a book you love a review, see a play, talk for hours with someone who means the world to you. Remember Tom.
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today is Tom Spurgeon's birthday. Read some Little Orphan Annie or Cul de Sac, write a friend you miss, call your mom, gossip about comics with friends, get a group together for dinner, give a book you love a review, see a play, talk for hours with someone who means the world to you. Remember Tom.
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Why not treat yourself to a subscription to Shelfdust, that website what publishes comics criticism: www.patreon.com/shelfdust
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Why not treat yourself to a subscription to Shelfdust, that website what publishes comics criticism: www.patreon.com/shelfdust
I really disagree, but I’m gonna put why in a reply instead of blowing up their mentions. either way, this is a good train of thought to run for yourself.
Unless something is promoting harmful rhetoric, I've switched my vernacular to It Wasn't For Me when I didn't like it.
Artists are a sensitive lot. We aren't expected to consider the artist's feelings, at all, but I've been hate-tagged on my books before and that will start your day off wrong.
Artists are a sensitive lot. We aren't expected to consider the artist's feelings, at all, but I've been hate-tagged on my books before and that will start your day off wrong.
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I really disagree, but I’m gonna put why in a reply instead of blowing up their mentions. either way, this is a good train of thought to run for yourself.
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Exciting news! Thanks to the repeated generosity of @iamdavidbrothers.com, we are adding TWO more mini grants to this year's round!
Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
docs.google.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting news! Thanks to the repeated generosity of @iamdavidbrothers.com, we are adding TWO more mini grants to this year's round!
Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please make sure to submit your applications by the end of the month.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Been editing a whole raft of new essays for Shelfdust in 2026. Lots of great, unpredictable things coming in the New Year!
I have a random request though: female/non-binary writers - do you fancy taking on an issue from the Top 100? Let me know: shelfdust.com/the-top-100-...
I have a random request though: female/non-binary writers - do you fancy taking on an issue from the Top 100? Let me know: shelfdust.com/the-top-100-...
The Top 100 Comics Issues
In 2018 Shelfdust published the results of the first-ever (and biggest-ever) critic-chosen list of the Top 100 Comic Book Issues of all time. Almost 100 comic critics for publications including Ent…
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December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Been editing a whole raft of new essays for Shelfdust in 2026. Lots of great, unpredictable things coming in the New Year!
I have a random request though: female/non-binary writers - do you fancy taking on an issue from the Top 100? Let me know: shelfdust.com/the-top-100-...
I have a random request though: female/non-binary writers - do you fancy taking on an issue from the Top 100? Let me know: shelfdust.com/the-top-100-...
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Something surprises me in this newsletter at least once a week and I help put the damned thing together.
Mindless Ones
Old dudes with good taste
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December 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Something surprises me in this newsletter at least once a week and I help put the damned thing together.
posting screenshotted quotes from pieces with no link back to the original is for suckers, losers, and wimps
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
posting screenshotted quotes from pieces with no link back to the original is for suckers, losers, and wimps
here is the interview: www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
here is the interview: www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...
if you backed this and they used your hundred grand to crap out some AI art, there's a link further down the thread with examples and a way to report them to kickstarter for undisclosed AI use.
Okay yeah, This feels like a mix of AI Slop, Trace Photo Ref, and Actual (mostly rushed) Art, all made to hide the duct tape and glue.
Im kinda mad I backed the Kickstarter, checking that now they REALLLLLLY hid this.
AWA Studios really pocketed 100K in Kickstarter Money and ran with this.
Im kinda mad I backed the Kickstarter, checking that now they REALLLLLLY hid this.
AWA Studios really pocketed 100K in Kickstarter Money and ran with this.
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
if you backed this and they used your hundred grand to crap out some AI art, there's a link further down the thread with examples and a way to report them to kickstarter for undisclosed AI use.
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It gets exhausting watching people race to find the worst takes from the most hateful people about things they ostensibly like. I want to see your genuine feelings about something, don't hide your excitement or disappointment behind screenshots of the most obnoxious bigot you could find crashing out
I don't know, man. I'm broadly out of touch with considering the "fanbase" of anything when evaluating a work anymore. I'm sure you can find a collective of fans for anything who are annoying or awful, but they're not in the room with me and I'm not going to go looking for them.
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It gets exhausting watching people race to find the worst takes from the most hateful people about things they ostensibly like. I want to see your genuine feelings about something, don't hide your excitement or disappointment behind screenshots of the most obnoxious bigot you could find crashing out
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SANDINISTA
This is my favorite album by The Clash
I know it's not a choice most of you would make
But its mine
Released 45 years ago today
This is my favorite album by The Clash
I know it's not a choice most of you would make
But its mine
Released 45 years ago today
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
SANDINISTA
This is my favorite album by The Clash
I know it's not a choice most of you would make
But its mine
Released 45 years ago today
This is my favorite album by The Clash
I know it's not a choice most of you would make
But its mine
Released 45 years ago today
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Are you a comics critic? Have you published two pieces over the past year? If so, please apply to this year's Comics Criticism Mini Grant! The application takes only minutes to fill out!
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2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Are you a comics critic? Have you published two pieces over the past year? If so, please apply to this year's Comics Criticism Mini Grant! The application takes only minutes to fill out!
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can't even describe how negatively I feel about that street fighter trailer. I'da been better off getting into books or something
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
can't even describe how negatively I feel about that street fighter trailer. I'da been better off getting into books or something
These panels sound great.
Got a lot going on this weekend at @comicartsla.bsky.social!! Can't wait to see y'all
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
These panels sound great.