Talking about the overlap between the two art forms of comics & hip-hop, Esoteric points to both art forms overexaggerated sense of confidence and cartoonish violence and braggadocio

Still trying to wrap my head around this one: We almost got Big L, Inspectah Deck, and Esoteric on the same track. Esoteric talks about the forming the group and some early song ideas:

For the visual learners, here's a screen recording of me scrolling the storefront on mobile view:

Co-founder @chipmosher.bsky.social, expresses how Neon Ichiban is an extension of the two sides of comic fandom: Readers & Collectors 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

Here, @stonemtn.bsky.social talks about the three key features that set Neon Ichiban apart from other digital comic platforms and storefront: 1. Resellability 2. Commissionable remarques and 3. Downloadability

"This is what they make Lifetime movies about" (starring Queen Latifah) - Stephanie Williams

You might want to wear shades when talking about the future of @idwpublishing.com (unless you're talking about their horror imprint), because the future looks pretty damn bright for the publisher!

"Just across the board, incredible stuff" - @greggkatzman.bsky.social

And @davidharper.bsky.social had a pretty fair take about the discourse surrounding the topic of WHERE people should start reading comics (Spoiler: there is no wrong place)

Brad Gullickson ( from @cbccpodcast.bsky.social ) got a round of applause from the audience after sharing his comic book hot take on our panel:

"We spend too much time talking about the collectability of comics"

Catherine Zappa, VP of Digital Acquisition at @hoopladigital.bsky.social, was gracious with her time and knowledge.

I learned just how THOUSANDS of digital comics, manga, and graphic novels, from every publisher you can think of, makes it on the platform