Stergios Botzakis
@stergbot.bsky.social
Educator, scholar, comics fan
I love mini-comics!, part 2: I just read Bezoar no. 5 by a bunch of folks from and around Athens, GA. The great cover by @neilaglet.bsky.social contains a bunch of fun and spooky/romance-themed stories and a couple of illustrations and comics by the incomparable Patrick Dean (RIP).
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I love mini-comics!, part 2: I just read Bezoar no. 5 by a bunch of folks from and around Athens, GA. The great cover by @neilaglet.bsky.social contains a bunch of fun and spooky/romance-themed stories and a couple of illustrations and comics by the incomparable Patrick Dean (RIP).
I love mini-comics!, part 1: Joining @mikedawson.bsky.social’s Patreon means I get one in the mail every month. A great decision on my part!
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I love mini-comics!, part 1: Joining @mikedawson.bsky.social’s Patreon means I get one in the mail every month. A great decision on my part!
Truth!
it is now possible to transfer your spotify playlists seamlessly to other listening apps btw
Now we know where all that Spotify money is going. Not to the artists - perish the thought. No, the CEO has invested it all in AI weaponry designed to kill humans. I wish this were a joke.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Truth!
I just read Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker, @seanphillips.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social and HOLY CROW. I have read every book and series these guys have collaborated on, but I may love this one most of all. From @imagecomics.com
Where the Body Was
I am a big fan of and have read and reviewed pretty much every series or book that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have collaborated on, bu...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I just read Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker, @seanphillips.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social and HOLY CROW. I have read every book and series these guys have collaborated on, but I may love this one most of all. From @imagecomics.com
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November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Check out this great anthology of comics! I just ordered a copy and you might want one, too!
Order BEZOAR 5 online here! bezoarcomic.bigcartel.com/product/bezo...
In Athens, GA? Stay tuned for updates about stock at Bizarro-Wuxtry!
In Athens, GA? Stay tuned for updates about stock at Bizarro-Wuxtry!
Bezoar Monster Anthology #5
Monster Romance themed comics by artists from across the southeast. Cover is by Lee Gatlin - Cover color will be random. 5.5 x 8.5 48 pages Black...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Check out this great anthology of comics! I just ordered a copy and you might want one, too!
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, you could go read Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. I was late to the party reading this one, and it’s just as creepy suspensefully good as advertised. Seeing cutesy animals do vile things is not just a gimmick but part of an unreal, unsettling ambience.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
I read this series on the Global Comix app, and it's also now available in a handy trade paperback. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, you could go read Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. I was late to the party reading this one, and it’s just as creepy suspensefully good as advertised. Seeing cutesy animals do vile things is not just a gimmick but part of an unreal, unsettling ambience.
Go check out this wonderful spooky comic. There’s more where it came from, on his Patreon!
New Comic Book Friday: Halloween Edition
A brand new AMELIA SHADOWS Halloween story is up on my Patreon, and since it's Halloween, it's free for everyone to read!
Happy Halloween!
#FreeComics
#PatreonComics
#MakingComics
A brand new AMELIA SHADOWS Halloween story is up on my Patreon, and since it's Halloween, it's free for everyone to read!
Happy Halloween!
#FreeComics
#PatreonComics
#MakingComics
AMELIA SHADOWS AND THE PUMPKIN PERIL! | Matthew Dow Smith
Get more from Matthew Dow Smith on Patreon
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October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Go check out this wonderful spooky comic. There’s more where it came from, on his Patreon!
Laughter is good medicine for these times. Consider pitching in to spread some more!
It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Laughter is good medicine for these times. Consider pitching in to spread some more!
Thank you for the reminder!
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thank you for the reminder!
If you are looking for a vibrant and funny Halloween comic, and you like stickers and puzzles, then you should check out Witch Hazel: Variety Hour by @coltonthefox.bsky.social and Beige Blum, published by @silversprocket.net. 48 pages, no ads, and great entertainment!
Witch Hazel: Variety Hour
Continuing my look at spooky-themed books, Witch Hazel: Variety Hour is a fun-time activity book for older teens and above. It features pu...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you are looking for a vibrant and funny Halloween comic, and you like stickers and puzzles, then you should check out Witch Hazel: Variety Hour by @coltonthefox.bsky.social and Beige Blum, published by @silversprocket.net. 48 pages, no ads, and great entertainment!
Get some great art and help out some good folks. Win-win!
ATTENTION! Chris here: Down to the wire. About to lose our storage and home. If we can last a couple more months here I can move us to an apt that is far more affordable/avoid sleeping in the car. Im going to open a new digital bundle tier for $105 which gets you everything in the shop plus bonuses.
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Get some great art and help out some good folks. Win-win!
I just backed A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL on @kickstarter.com. Maybe you would like to also?
A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL
A1 and DEADLINE, two landmark UK comic book publications ARE BACK! The heart of UK counterculture returns to print.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I just backed A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL on @kickstarter.com. Maybe you would like to also?
This trick-or-treat season, why not read about one of the ultimate tricksters? @georgeoconnor.bsky.social ‘s Asgardians: Loki is an eye-opening look at Odin’s (not Thor’s) wily half-brother. I loved being introduced and re-introduced to these tales, which are very different from the Marvel version!
Asgardians: Loki
I thought it might be appropriate in the month of trick-or-treating to take a look at one of the biggest tricksters of all. If everything yo...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This trick-or-treat season, why not read about one of the ultimate tricksters? @georgeoconnor.bsky.social ‘s Asgardians: Loki is an eye-opening look at Odin’s (not Thor’s) wily half-brother. I loved being introduced and re-introduced to these tales, which are very different from the Marvel version!
I just read book 13(!) of Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Bones and Berserkers, and it is wonderfully gruesome and fun. The artwork is a little more graphic, but this is a treasure trove of nonfictional horror, with a healthy dash of dark humor. Perfect for Halloween season! @nathanhale.bsky.social
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Bones and Berserkers
The 13th book in one of my favorite graphic novel series , Bones and Berserkers changes up the format in that it features a collection of 1...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I just read book 13(!) of Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Bones and Berserkers, and it is wonderfully gruesome and fun. The artwork is a little more graphic, but this is a treasure trove of nonfictional horror, with a healthy dash of dark humor. Perfect for Halloween season! @nathanhale.bsky.social
I recently read DC’s Misfits of Magic by @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social, which stars teen-aged versions of Dr. Occult, Blue Devil, Deadman, and Enchantress. It’s a fun riff on DC’s magic users, and a perfect YA graphic novel for this Halloween season 🎃
DC's Misfits of Magic
Continuing my look at spooky themed books this month, today I look at DC's Misfits of Magic , which is from the latest series of their grap...
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October 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I recently read DC’s Misfits of Magic by @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social, which stars teen-aged versions of Dr. Occult, Blue Devil, Deadman, and Enchantress. It’s a fun riff on DC’s magic users, and a perfect YA graphic novel for this Halloween season 🎃
I just reread Golem Pit 224 by @ohmyghoulia.bsky.social and it’s a great graphic novel to read this (or any) month. The emotional and physical quagmires these characters get into makes this book wonderfully weird. I love the tone set by the amorphous panels and earthy coloring as well. Check it out!
Golem Pit 224
It's October and to celebrate this spooky month, I am going to review a bunch of different graphic novels that fit the season. First up is ...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I just reread Golem Pit 224 by @ohmyghoulia.bsky.social and it’s a great graphic novel to read this (or any) month. The emotional and physical quagmires these characters get into makes this book wonderfully weird. I love the tone set by the amorphous panels and earthy coloring as well. Check it out!
I just read Pushing Buttons, a graphic novel by Danish cartoonist Ursula Blix. I loved the artwork and how the story slowly shed light on Margit’s soul-sucking work and relationship with her supervisor/best friend Chloe. I will definitely be looking for more work from Blix and Black Panel Press.
Pushing Buttons
This "futuristic workplace kerfuffle" recently came to my attention via social media, and I was very glad to buy and read a copy. Pushing B...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I just read Pushing Buttons, a graphic novel by Danish cartoonist Ursula Blix. I loved the artwork and how the story slowly shed light on Margit’s soul-sucking work and relationship with her supervisor/best friend Chloe. I will definitely be looking for more work from Blix and Black Panel Press.
Actual intelligence!
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Actual intelligence!
Next up in my great graphic novel catch-up: the first volume of @jefflemire171.bsky.social’s Minor Arcana. It’s features many of the best aspects of his work: strong characters, slow burn reveals, family secrets, and just the right amount of supernatural surprises. So good and compelling!
Minor Arcana, Volume One: The Fool
I am a big fan of Jeff Lemire since I read The Essex County Trilogy almost two decades ago. He is one of the most prolific comics creato...
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September 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Next up in my great graphic novel catch-up: the first volume of @jefflemire171.bsky.social’s Minor Arcana. It’s features many of the best aspects of his work: strong characters, slow burn reveals, family secrets, and just the right amount of supernatural surprises. So good and compelling!
Big Jim and the White Boy by @davidfwalker.bsky.social and Marcus Kwame Anderson is a phenomenal graphic novel. More than an American classic reimagined, it’s an epic tale of its own that firmly places Jim into US history and culture in a substantial and moving way. I read it a few weeks ago, and it
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been called "the best book we've had" (by Ernest Hemingway ) and also been widely banned because of ...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Big Jim and the White Boy by @davidfwalker.bsky.social and Marcus Kwame Anderson is a phenomenal graphic novel. More than an American classic reimagined, it’s an epic tale of its own that firmly places Jim into US history and culture in a substantial and moving way. I read it a few weeks ago, and it
My great graphic novel catch-up continues with Sunshine by @studiojjk.bsky.social. It’s a book that can make you smile and also shed a tear, showing people with medical conditions that many would typically shy away from. It’s a hopeful, affirming read.
Sunshine
Hey Kiddo is one of my favorite graphic novels, and Sunshine is its follow-up but it stands by itself. This book chronicles a week that K...
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September 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My great graphic novel catch-up continues with Sunshine by @studiojjk.bsky.social. It’s a book that can make you smile and also shed a tear, showing people with medical conditions that many would typically shy away from. It’s a hopeful, affirming read.
I just read Marvel All-On-One by @ryannorth.ca and Ed McGuiness. It’s told all in splash pages, and it’s a fun smash-‘em-up tale that captures the spirit of the bashful, blue-eyed favorite nephew of Aunt Petunia.
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I just read Marvel All-On-One by @ryannorth.ca and Ed McGuiness. It’s told all in splash pages, and it’s a fun smash-‘em-up tale that captures the spirit of the bashful, blue-eyed favorite nephew of Aunt Petunia.
My kids have been reading books in the I Survived graphic novel series, so I decided to check one out. I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 is a fun way to learn about history and sharks from a kid’s point of view. I’ll definitely be checking out more soon!
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September 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My kids have been reading books in the I Survived graphic novel series, so I decided to check one out. I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 is a fun way to learn about history and sharks from a kid’s point of view. I’ll definitely be checking out more soon!