Rob Salkowitz
@robsalk.bsky.social
Author, educator, consultant, Eisner Award nominated writer and sayer of things about comics and pop culture, Senior Media/Entertainment contributor for Forbes
Today at @icv2.com I wrote about young consumers embracing physical goods as a possible topic at #ComicsPRO, a cool new Weird Tales crowdfunder, some changes at the digital platform BookWalker, and the new Jack and Roz #KirbyAwards that debut at #OAX this weekend. icv2.com/articles/col...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Today at @icv2.com I wrote about young consumers embracing physical goods as a possible topic at #ComicsPRO, a cool new Weird Tales crowdfunder, some changes at the digital platform BookWalker, and the new Jack and Roz #KirbyAwards that debut at #OAX this weekend. icv2.com/articles/col...
Democrats who vote to fund secret police and concentration camps will not, down the road, be seen as "one of the good ones." Trust me on this.
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Democrats who vote to fund secret police and concentration camps will not, down the road, be seen as "one of the good ones." Trust me on this.
OK, rant incoming.
This morning over coffee, I'm watching a replay of the Sweden/Finland #Olympics #hockey game on #peacock . These are two of the top teams in the world, packed with superstar NHL talent, and the game is unexpectedly important this early in the tournament. 1/x
This morning over coffee, I'm watching a replay of the Sweden/Finland #Olympics #hockey game on #peacock . These are two of the top teams in the world, packed with superstar NHL talent, and the game is unexpectedly important this early in the tournament. 1/x
February 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Comics publisher @idwpublishing.com launches new crime imprint with 3 titles coming later in 2026. Exclusive details, art and interviews today on @forbes.com #ComicsPRO www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
IDW Publishing Is Betting Crime Will Pay With Launch Of New Imprint
IDW Crime will feature thrillers, mysteries, true crime and contemporary takes on classic genre tropes.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics publisher @idwpublishing.com launches new crime imprint with 3 titles coming later in 2026. Exclusive details, art and interviews today on @forbes.com #ComicsPRO www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
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Barra Barra
YouTube video by Rachid Taha - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Post a banger not in English youtu.be/W0QbuZrSwJU?...
Some snarky thoughts on last night's Super Bowl ads, at @forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Super Bowl Advertisers Spent A Lot Of Money Promoting Something Nobody Wants
The AI industry's efforts to excite, engage and reassure ordinary consumers about their products during the Big Game were mostly a fumble.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Some snarky thoughts on last night's Super Bowl ads, at @forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Ironic that the potato chip commercial kicked the ass of the Tyson “eat healthy” commercial
Those commercials were mostly trash too
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Ironic that the potato chip commercial kicked the ass of the Tyson “eat healthy” commercial
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
Patriots offense bright to you by the number 3 and the word Out.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Patriots offense bright to you by the number 3 and the word Out.
Bad Bunny came to play yo!
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Bad Bunny came to play yo!
Did they just bleep Bad Bunny?
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Did they just bleep Bad Bunny?
Look, I liked the 80s as much as the next guy, but after 40 years, maybe they’re ready to be over?
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Look, I liked the 80s as much as the next guy, but after 40 years, maybe they’re ready to be over?
What's the over/under on how many atrocious Draft Kings spots we will be subjected to?
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
What's the over/under on how many atrocious Draft Kings spots we will be subjected to?
"The sexual politics of the nameless castle in Salò (or Epstein Island) become the actual politics of society once those people manage to seize the machinery of the state." Some disturbing parallels between life and one of the most shocking films ever made. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
How This Notorious 50 Year-Old Film Anticipated The Epstein Era
A movie once banned for its shocking imagery offers some of the clearest insights into connections between oligarchy, exploitation and fascism.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
"The sexual politics of the nameless castle in Salò (or Epstein Island) become the actual politics of society once those people manage to seize the machinery of the state." Some disturbing parallels between life and one of the most shocking films ever made. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
50 years later, one of the darkest and most shocking movies ever made provides some of the clearest insights into the connections between Epstein, oligarchy and fascism, today at Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
How This Notorious 50 Year-Old Film Anticipated The Epstein Era
A movie once banned for its shocking imagery offers some of the clearest insights into connections between oligarchy, exploitation and fascism.
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
50 years later, one of the darkest and most shocking movies ever made provides some of the clearest insights into the connections between Epstein, oligarchy and fascism, today at Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
It’s about showing people who’s boss. Since they are utterly incapable of earning respect, it is the only actual thing MAGA wants, and it’s the one thing democratic politics can’t offer them.
"They came in here like an occupying army. That’s what it feels like and that’s how they’re conducting themselves. No one in Minneapolis believes for a second the pretense that this is about fraud or immigration enforcement or whatever. It’s absurd." — @whstancil.bsky.social
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."
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February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
It’s about showing people who’s boss. Since they are utterly incapable of earning respect, it is the only actual thing MAGA wants, and it’s the one thing democratic politics can’t offer them.
MAGA clowns, realizing that taking over elite, legitimate institutions does not make them either elite or legitimate, have decided to destroy them. We have met the barbarians and they are us.
Jeff Bezos busted out the Washington Post, as a personal favor to Donald Trump
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/jeff...
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Jeff Bezos bought and then destroyed one of the country's three most important newspapers - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, which its former executive editor said “ranks among the darkest days” in the newspaper’s history. Approximately one-third of employees ...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
MAGA clowns, realizing that taking over elite, legitimate institutions does not make them either elite or legitimate, have decided to destroy them. We have met the barbarians and they are us.
Just did an interview with NHK on the impact of AI in the anime industry, including issues around IP, copyright, the Disney deal and more. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
The Future of Animation in the Age of AI: Rob Salkowitz, Technology and Pop Culture Analyst - DEEPER LOOK | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Is generative AI a creative revolution or chaos? Rob Salkowitz, technology and pop culture analyst, examines the impact on the animation industry.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Just did an interview with NHK on the impact of AI in the anime industry, including issues around IP, copyright, the Disney deal and more. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Politics of International Relations (Brzezinski)
Civil War & Reconstruction (Foner)
Intro to World Cinema (Sarris)
Philosophy of Art (Danto)
Asian Humanities & Lit (de Bary)
After that, nothing intellectually intimidated me.
Politics of International Relations (Brzezinski)
Civil War & Reconstruction (Foner)
Intro to World Cinema (Sarris)
Philosophy of Art (Danto)
Asian Humanities & Lit (de Bary)
After that, nothing intellectually intimidated me.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
January 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
Politics of International Relations (Brzezinski)
Civil War & Reconstruction (Foner)
Intro to World Cinema (Sarris)
Philosophy of Art (Danto)
Asian Humanities & Lit (de Bary)
After that, nothing intellectually intimidated me.
Politics of International Relations (Brzezinski)
Civil War & Reconstruction (Foner)
Intro to World Cinema (Sarris)
Philosophy of Art (Danto)
Asian Humanities & Lit (de Bary)
After that, nothing intellectually intimidated me.
Sal Buscema's bold, action-oriented art made him a favorite of fans and editors over a 7-decade career, mostly with #marvel. Obit today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Marvel Mainstay Artist Sal Buscema Dies At Age 89
Buscema's straightforward and action-oriented art made him a favorite of fans and editors over a seven decade career.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Sal Buscema's bold, action-oriented art made him a favorite of fans and editors over a 7-decade career, mostly with #marvel. Obit today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
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A New Player Emerges on the International Graphic Novel Market
French publisher Morgen made a splash earlier this month with a global book deal for a new graphic novel series from creators Ram V, Anand Radhakrishnan, and Evan Cagle, with Image Comics snagging Eng...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Republican officeholders who think this is going to work out well for them should read some history about what happens to pre-revolutionary factions once the violence starts. Or, they should read the room. We're just about past the last exit.
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Republican officeholders who think this is going to work out well for them should read some history about what happens to pre-revolutionary factions once the violence starts. Or, they should read the room. We're just about past the last exit.
In the same way we've renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War, maybe rename the Department of Justice to the Department of Persecution? At least we'd have truth in advertising.
Donald Trump has added two more names to his hit list: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump adds Walz and Frey to DOJ hit list
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
In the same way we've renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War, maybe rename the Department of Justice to the Department of Persecution? At least we'd have truth in advertising.
The bigger issue is that every democracy in the world is one election away from their own Trump, albeit one not as senile and sloppy. A lot of people hate the liberal order so much they'll throw away freedom, security and material progress to see it dead.
January 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The bigger issue is that every democracy in the world is one election away from their own Trump, albeit one not as senile and sloppy. A lot of people hate the liberal order so much they'll throw away freedom, security and material progress to see it dead.
Today at @icv2.com, thoughts about AI and comics, from the #SDCC artshow kerfuffle to a terrifying webtoon slop machine I saw at #CES to an example of pro artist @dieselfunk.bsky.social trying to use it productively. icv2.com/articles/col...
AI and Comics (Again): The Bad, The Ugly, and... the Good?
Column by Rob Salkowitz
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January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Today at @icv2.com, thoughts about AI and comics, from the #SDCC artshow kerfuffle to a terrifying webtoon slop machine I saw at #CES to an example of pro artist @dieselfunk.bsky.social trying to use it productively. icv2.com/articles/col...