Stergios Botzakis
@stergbot.bsky.social
Educator, scholar, comics fan
Because no one demanded it, my favorite graphic novels of 2025! (And one from. 2024)!!
My Favorite Graphic Novels of 2025
Every year I read a bunch of graphic novels, and these are the ones that I liked best that were published in 2025 (with one exception). I ho...
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January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Because no one demanded it, my favorite graphic novels of 2025! (And one from. 2024)!!
I read The Novel Life of Jane Austen by Janice Barchas and Isabel Greenberg recently and it is phenomenal! It mingles words from her letters and works to depict three distinct episodes of the famous author’s life. I think it would appeal to fans and newbies, too.
The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography
The Novel Life of Jane Austen is a fascinating and informative look at the life of one of British literature's most enduring authors. Most ...
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December 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I read The Novel Life of Jane Austen by Janice Barchas and Isabel Greenberg recently and it is phenomenal! It mingles words from her letters and works to depict three distinct episodes of the famous author’s life. I think it would appeal to fans and newbies, too.
Have you read Spectators by Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon? It’s an epic ghost story that’s about humanity’s potential mass extinction coming about from social media and escalating mass shootings. It’s also a commentary on our growing desensitization from what media experiences we can access.
Spectators
Spectators uses afterlife and science fiction future tropes to examine our contemporary lives and relationships with sex and violence. It i...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Have you read Spectators by Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon? It’s an epic ghost story that’s about humanity’s potential mass extinction coming about from social media and escalating mass shootings. It’s also a commentary on our growing desensitization from what media experiences we can access.
You know what’s a great series? Absolute Wonder Woman. @kellythompson.bsky.social & @cleanlined.bsky.social raise the bar on stories about the Amazon Princess, recasting her in an epic way, with new abilities and weapons but the same mission of compassion. The artwork makes everything next level.
Absolute Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Last Amazon
DC Comics made a big splash last year with the launch of their Absolute series, which feature re-imaginings of some of their most prominent ...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You know what’s a great series? Absolute Wonder Woman. @kellythompson.bsky.social & @cleanlined.bsky.social raise the bar on stories about the Amazon Princess, recasting her in an epic way, with new abilities and weapons but the same mission of compassion. The artwork makes everything next level.
Agreed. It’s more about censorship than anything else.
Those panicking, returning to the old bullshit claims that reading comics lesser or that comics are corrupting the youth?
They have an agenda.
They FEAR kids that read widely, that read what they WANT, that learn empathy for all.
Comics detractors are, ultimately, cowards.
Treat them as such.
They have an agenda.
They FEAR kids that read widely, that read what they WANT, that learn empathy for all.
Comics detractors are, ultimately, cowards.
Treat them as such.
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Agreed. It’s more about censorship than anything else.
I just read Justice Warriors vol.1 by @mattbors.bsky.social & @benclarkson.bsky.social and it is a biting commentary on our lives and times. It features amazing action sequences & comedic timing, awesome artwork, and very memorable visuals. Another triumph from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social!
Justice Warriors
Justice Warriors is a series set in a near future where citizens live in a "perfect," domed city called "The Bubble" and are surrounded by ...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I just read Justice Warriors vol.1 by @mattbors.bsky.social & @benclarkson.bsky.social and it is a biting commentary on our lives and times. It features amazing action sequences & comedic timing, awesome artwork, and very memorable visuals. Another triumph from @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social!
Merry Spurgemas!
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 2:54 PM
Merry Spurgemas!
In case you think you have to stay locked into Spotify…
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In case you think you have to stay locked into Spotify…
I just read Out of Alcatraz by @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social & @mrtylercrook.bsky.social published by @oni-press.bsky.social and it is a great thriller that constantly ramps up the suspense while simultaneously telling a very poignant, human romance. It’s breathtaking how much happens in 5 chapters!
Out of Alcatraz
Originally published as a 5-issue series, Out of Alcatraz is a fictional account of what happened to the three men, Frank Morris and brothe...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I just read Out of Alcatraz by @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social & @mrtylercrook.bsky.social published by @oni-press.bsky.social and it is a great thriller that constantly ramps up the suspense while simultaneously telling a very poignant, human romance. It’s breathtaking how much happens in 5 chapters!
A Thanksgiving classic!
It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the annual presentation of "A Very Chagrin Falls Thanksgiving" (2015)
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November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Thanksgiving classic!
This book is gorgeous and moving, and you should get a copy in your hot, little hands.
yes please buy my book! i got a huge advance on this so i won't make money until another 90K copies sell, but SOMEDAY I WILL 😂 (also the printed copies are gorgeous, get a hardcover if you can)
PIECE BY PIECE is the first abrams book that made me actually cry: www.abramsbooks.com/product/piec...
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This book is gorgeous and moving, and you should get a copy in your hot, little hands.
Amen!
There ain't nobody who does it better together than @thekylestarks.bsky.social and @schweizercomics.bsky.social except maybe Brubaker & Phillips.
The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton by @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @schweizercomics.bsky.social is an excellent comic that has so much going for it: a rich backstory soaked in action movies, so-bad-they’re-good ‘80s shows, and a feud between actors and stuntmen.
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Amen!
The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton by @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @schweizercomics.bsky.social is an excellent comic that has so much going for it: a rich backstory soaked in action movies, so-bad-they’re-good ‘80s shows, and a feud between actors and stuntmen.
The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton
I am a huge fan of both Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer 's comics, having read pretty much all of the books they've made (click on their na...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton by @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @schweizercomics.bsky.social is an excellent comic that has so much going for it: a rich backstory soaked in action movies, so-bad-they’re-good ‘80s shows, and a feud between actors and stuntmen.
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.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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.
www.kickstarter.com
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!