Jonathan Baylis
@sobuttonscomics.bsky.social
Writer-Creator, So Buttons Comix
Remembering Tom Spurgeon today.
He made SPX feel warmer and more connected — even for an anxious “nobody” like me.
Featuring @coinophoey.bsky.social and @carolcomix.bsky.social.
Art by Lance Ward.
Still missed. ❤️
He made SPX feel warmer and more connected — even for an anxious “nobody” like me.
Featuring @coinophoey.bsky.social and @carolcomix.bsky.social.
Art by Lance Ward.
Still missed. ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Remembering Tom Spurgeon today.
He made SPX feel warmer and more connected — even for an anxious “nobody” like me.
Featuring @coinophoey.bsky.social and @carolcomix.bsky.social.
Art by Lance Ward.
Still missed. ❤️
He made SPX feel warmer and more connected — even for an anxious “nobody” like me.
Featuring @coinophoey.bsky.social and @carolcomix.bsky.social.
Art by Lance Ward.
Still missed. ❤️
From PLOP! to So Buttons! — Jim Rugg channels the mad genius of Basil Wolverton for the weirdest cover yet.
Originally published by Ted Intorcio through Tinto Press.
#SoButtons #JimRugg #BasilWolverton
Originally published by Ted Intorcio through Tinto Press.
#SoButtons #JimRugg #BasilWolverton
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
From PLOP! to So Buttons! — Jim Rugg channels the mad genius of Basil Wolverton for the weirdest cover yet.
Originally published by Ted Intorcio through Tinto Press.
#SoButtons #JimRugg #BasilWolverton
Originally published by Ted Intorcio through Tinto Press.
#SoButtons #JimRugg #BasilWolverton
🎂 I share a birthday with Carol Channing — Broadway’s original Dolly Levi.
But in my family, we were Team Barbra.
Still… Carol could wear a hat. And I respect that. 👒
Story from So Buttons #11
Art by @coinophoey
sobuttons.com
#SoButtons #HelloDolly #AutobioComics
But in my family, we were Team Barbra.
Still… Carol could wear a hat. And I respect that. 👒
Story from So Buttons #11
Art by @coinophoey
sobuttons.com
#SoButtons #HelloDolly #AutobioComics
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🎂 I share a birthday with Carol Channing — Broadway’s original Dolly Levi.
But in my family, we were Team Barbra.
Still… Carol could wear a hat. And I respect that. 👒
Story from So Buttons #11
Art by @coinophoey
sobuttons.com
#SoButtons #HelloDolly #AutobioComics
But in my family, we were Team Barbra.
Still… Carol could wear a hat. And I respect that. 👒
Story from So Buttons #11
Art by @coinophoey
sobuttons.com
#SoButtons #HelloDolly #AutobioComics
Reposted by Jonathan Baylis
Kate Winslet, born October 5, 1975
Panel #7 from "So, Where's Leo?" a two page comic strip for SO BUTTONS, script by @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social, art by Danny Hellman, 6/17/25
#comics #comix #illustrator #illustration #hollywood #oscars #titanic #movies #cinema #KateWinslet #sobuttons
Panel #7 from "So, Where's Leo?" a two page comic strip for SO BUTTONS, script by @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social, art by Danny Hellman, 6/17/25
#comics #comix #illustrator #illustration #hollywood #oscars #titanic #movies #cinema #KateWinslet #sobuttons
October 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Kate Winslet, born October 5, 1975
Panel #7 from "So, Where's Leo?" a two page comic strip for SO BUTTONS, script by @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social, art by Danny Hellman, 6/17/25
#comics #comix #illustrator #illustration #hollywood #oscars #titanic #movies #cinema #KateWinslet #sobuttons
Panel #7 from "So, Where's Leo?" a two page comic strip for SO BUTTONS, script by @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social, art by Danny Hellman, 6/17/25
#comics #comix #illustrator #illustration #hollywood #oscars #titanic #movies #cinema #KateWinslet #sobuttons
My pal @jimmyaquino.bsky.social interviewed me at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social. Fun time!
COMIC NEWS INSIDER 1655 - SPX: Jonathan Baylis! I talked w/ @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about his Eisner nominated auto-bio series SO BUTTONS, finding artists, influences & more.
#ComicNewsInsider #SPX
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#ComicNewsInsider #SPX
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October 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My pal @jimmyaquino.bsky.social interviewed me at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social. Fun time!
Nice! Please let me know what you think!
Comic book haul from @smallpressexpo.bsky.social in Bethesda, MD today!
@jesselonergan.bsky.social @peow.bsky.social @btrcp.bsky.social @tonymcmillen.bsky.social @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social @cbccpodcast.bsky.social
@jesselonergan.bsky.social @peow.bsky.social @btrcp.bsky.social @tonymcmillen.bsky.social @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social @cbccpodcast.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Nice! Please let me know what you think!
Thank you and let me know what you think! :-)
Brad's at SPX & he's already scoring comics. First purchase, the new @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you and let me know what you think! :-)
Nice to chat with you, Jimmy!
Day Zero of SPX. (It starts tomorrow). I still did 2 interviews tho! Thx to Peter and Maria of @coinophoey.bsky.social and to friend Jonathan aka @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social ! #ComicNewsInsider #SPX
September 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Nice to chat with you, Jimmy!
Thank you, you did an amazing job!
SPX-goers: make sure to stop by W74 for the latest issue of So Buttons!
I drew a story about @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social bonding with his mom over West Side Story, and I can honestly say I was training my whole life for this one 😊
I drew a story about @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social bonding with his mom over West Side Story, and I can honestly say I was training my whole life for this one 😊
September 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thank you, you did an amazing job!
Walking through SPX with comix legend Jay Lynch, I asked: Why did Bazooka Joe wear an eyepatch? His answer was classic. Rick Parker nailed the punchline. Catch me at SPX Sept 13–14! #SoButtons #SPX2025
August 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Walking through SPX with comix legend Jay Lynch, I asked: Why did Bazooka Joe wear an eyepatch? His answer was classic. Rick Parker nailed the punchline. Catch me at SPX Sept 13–14! #SoButtons #SPX2025
Page 4 (the end): First con ever. College kid geeking out with Byrne, Miller, Mignola & Gibbons… and somehow convincing Topps I was employable. Comics + bubblegum cards = destiny with a stick of gum.
August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Page 4 (the end): First con ever. College kid geeking out with Byrne, Miller, Mignola & Gibbons… and somehow convincing Topps I was employable. Comics + bubblegum cards = destiny with a stick of gum.
First comics con. Still in college. One day I’m meeting Byrne, Miller, Gibbons… the next I’m talking with the Topps crew.
Those conversations? They’d lead to my first real job in the industry.
#SoButtons #Topps #ComicsHistory
Those conversations? They’d lead to my first real job in the industry.
#SoButtons #Topps #ComicsHistory
August 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
First comics con. Still in college. One day I’m meeting Byrne, Miller, Gibbons… the next I’m talking with the Topps crew.
Those conversations? They’d lead to my first real job in the industry.
#SoButtons #Topps #ComicsHistory
Those conversations? They’d lead to my first real job in the industry.
#SoButtons #Topps #ComicsHistory
Reposted by Jonathan Baylis
New YouTube channel 💧 chatting with 2025 Eisner nominated comics writer @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about his project So Buttons.
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So Buttons - An Interview With With Comics Writer @JonathanBaylis
YouTube video by Cryptid Creator Corner
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August 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New YouTube channel 💧 chatting with 2025 Eisner nominated comics writer @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about his project So Buttons.
youtu.be/2Iq31pdSdmY?...
youtu.be/2Iq31pdSdmY?...
From summers in the Catskills to a dream gig at Topps — my trading card obsession was about to pay off. Garbage Pail Kids, baseball cards, bubblegum wrappers… if it came in a wax pack, I probably bought it. Now I was making them.
#SoButtons #Topps
#SoButtons #Topps
August 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
From summers in the Catskills to a dream gig at Topps — my trading card obsession was about to pay off. Garbage Pail Kids, baseball cards, bubblegum wrappers… if it came in a wax pack, I probably bought it. Now I was making them.
#SoButtons #Topps
#SoButtons #Topps
From Kirby to Bazooka Joe… and me.
Summers in the Catskills = Star Wars & Bazooka gum (wrappers and all, if you were my grandma). Years later, I was at Topps making Star Wars cards. From bungalow games to Lucasfilm secrets.
#SoButtons #AutobioComics #ComicMemoir
Summers in the Catskills = Star Wars & Bazooka gum (wrappers and all, if you were my grandma). Years later, I was at Topps making Star Wars cards. From bungalow games to Lucasfilm secrets.
#SoButtons #AutobioComics #ComicMemoir
August 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
From Kirby to Bazooka Joe… and me.
Summers in the Catskills = Star Wars & Bazooka gum (wrappers and all, if you were my grandma). Years later, I was at Topps making Star Wars cards. From bungalow games to Lucasfilm secrets.
#SoButtons #AutobioComics #ComicMemoir
Summers in the Catskills = Star Wars & Bazooka gum (wrappers and all, if you were my grandma). Years later, I was at Topps making Star Wars cards. From bungalow games to Lucasfilm secrets.
#SoButtons #AutobioComics #ComicMemoir
Hi @ginagagliano.bsky.social, just listened to an old podcast between you and @anniek.bsky.social. What a delight, if a bit of time travel. I feel like neither of you is shedding tears for Diamond, LOL. Just got back from the Eisners where I lost to Godzilla (boo-hoo). Oh well, next year! :-)
July 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hi @ginagagliano.bsky.social, just listened to an old podcast between you and @anniek.bsky.social. What a delight, if a bit of time travel. I feel like neither of you is shedding tears for Diamond, LOL. Just got back from the Eisners where I lost to Godzilla (boo-hoo). Oh well, next year! :-)
Such a pleasure to do this interview!
It’s a brand new Cryptid Creator Corner as @byrononeal.com chats with @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about the Eisner nominated SO BUTTONS. Byron chats with Jonathan about his two decades of autobiographical comics. Listen now at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
July 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Such a pleasure to do this interview!
Dropped off a check… and picked up a memory.
This used to be a Waldenbooks. Stern, Anne Rice, George Foreman. Now? A bank.
And I’m a “Borders & Noble” Boomer. 🥲
Words: Jonathan Baylis
Art: @tjkirsch81
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards
This used to be a Waldenbooks. Stern, Anne Rice, George Foreman. Now? A bank.
And I’m a “Borders & Noble” Boomer. 🥲
Words: Jonathan Baylis
Art: @tjkirsch81
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards
July 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Dropped off a check… and picked up a memory.
This used to be a Waldenbooks. Stern, Anne Rice, George Foreman. Now? A bank.
And I’m a “Borders & Noble” Boomer. 🥲
Words: Jonathan Baylis
Art: @tjkirsch81
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards
This used to be a Waldenbooks. Stern, Anne Rice, George Foreman. Now? A bank.
And I’m a “Borders & Noble” Boomer. 🥲
Words: Jonathan Baylis
Art: @tjkirsch81
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards
The new Superman movie totally had some of that All-Star energy, right? Loved it.
drawn for Jonathan Baylis ' "So Buttons" series @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social . Colors by @sirgryphon.bsky.social - Riffing, of course, on @grantmorrison.bsky.social / Frank Quietly All-Star Superman gloriousness.
July 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The new Superman movie totally had some of that All-Star energy, right? Loved it.
✏️ From Miracleman to Trident, from Bruce Paley to Scott Dunbier — my semester in London turned into a full-on comix universe connect-the-dots.
Who knew one trip abroad could lead to this much small press magic?
Finale from So Buttons #11
Art by #PhilElliott
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
Who knew one trip abroad could lead to this much small press magic?
Finale from So Buttons #11
Art by #PhilElliott
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
July 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
✏️ From Miracleman to Trident, from Bruce Paley to Scott Dunbier — my semester in London turned into a full-on comix universe connect-the-dots.
Who knew one trip abroad could lead to this much small press magic?
Finale from So Buttons #11
Art by #PhilElliott
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
Who knew one trip abroad could lead to this much small press magic?
Finale from So Buttons #11
Art by #PhilElliott
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
@mariavicente.com, @katemckean.bsky.social what do you think about Query pulldowns that feature graphic novel in fiction, and memoir in non-fiction, but no selection for graphic memoir? You'd almost think that would've changed with Fun Home, LOL.
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@mariavicente.com, @katemckean.bsky.social what do you think about Query pulldowns that feature graphic novel in fiction, and memoir in non-fiction, but no selection for graphic memoir? You'd almost think that would've changed with Fun Home, LOL.
Ever go all the way to London just to find a comic shop run by a guy from Brooklyn?
In So Buttons #11, I dive into UK small press and stumble onto Skinny Melinks (Bruce Paley) — and a small world moment I never saw coming.
Art by #PhilElliott
Attn: Paul Gravett
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
In So Buttons #11, I dive into UK small press and stumble onto Skinny Melinks (Bruce Paley) — and a small world moment I never saw coming.
Art by #PhilElliott
Attn: Paul Gravett
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
July 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Ever go all the way to London just to find a comic shop run by a guy from Brooklyn?
In So Buttons #11, I dive into UK small press and stumble onto Skinny Melinks (Bruce Paley) — and a small world moment I never saw coming.
Art by #PhilElliott
Attn: Paul Gravett
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
In So Buttons #11, I dive into UK small press and stumble onto Skinny Melinks (Bruce Paley) — and a small world moment I never saw coming.
Art by #PhilElliott
Attn: Paul Gravett
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics
🇬🇧 So… I left NYU for a semester abroad in London, hoping to “learn British” and shake off my suburban NY roots.
Found:
📍 A flat in Lewisham
💥 Miracleman
📰 Escape Magazine
And my first love affair with small press comics.
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #PhilElliott
Found:
📍 A flat in Lewisham
💥 Miracleman
📰 Escape Magazine
And my first love affair with small press comics.
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #PhilElliott
July 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🇬🇧 So… I left NYU for a semester abroad in London, hoping to “learn British” and shake off my suburban NY roots.
Found:
📍 A flat in Lewisham
💥 Miracleman
📰 Escape Magazine
And my first love affair with small press comics.
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #PhilElliott
Found:
📍 A flat in Lewisham
💥 Miracleman
📰 Escape Magazine
And my first love affair with small press comics.
From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #PhilElliott
Keep on Silly Walkin’.
Robert Crumb meets Monty Python in this absurdist mashup by @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social, inspired by my comic So… Cheesy (yes, there’s actual cheese and John Cleese involved).
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #MontyPython
Robert Crumb meets Monty Python in this absurdist mashup by @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social, inspired by my comic So… Cheesy (yes, there’s actual cheese and John Cleese involved).
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #MontyPython
June 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Keep on Silly Walkin’.
Robert Crumb meets Monty Python in this absurdist mashup by @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social, inspired by my comic So… Cheesy (yes, there’s actual cheese and John Cleese involved).
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #MontyPython
Robert Crumb meets Monty Python in this absurdist mashup by @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social, inspired by my comic So… Cheesy (yes, there’s actual cheese and John Cleese involved).
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #MontyPython