Chris Coplan
@chriscoplan.bsky.social
Comics Editor/Deep Dive Guru, @AIPTcomics.com. Senior Editor, @consequence.bsky.social. Writer, @mgrmagazine.bsky.social. Comics Journalism Andy Rooney: https://linktr.ee/Chris8615
I had some mostly minor issues, but @zacthompson.bsky.social and @danielirizarri.bsky.social did something truly great with 'CKRR.' Big themes, bigger drama, and so much to just enjoy and explore. More, please.
‘Cemetery Kids Run Rabid’ #4 doesn’t exactly stick the landing, but your obsession remains generally warranted
Is this the equivalent of a storytelling speedrun?
aiptcomics.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I had some mostly minor issues, but @zacthompson.bsky.social and @danielirizarri.bsky.social did something truly great with 'CKRR.' Big themes, bigger drama, and so much to just enjoy and explore. More, please.
“New” Gail has dropped.
🔥 New AIPT interview!
@gailsimone.bsky.social dives deep into #XMen with reveals, inspirations, and what’s driving her vision! Pulled from our recent AIPT Comics Podcast conversation and expanded into a full written Q&A. 🧬✨
#comicsky @tombrevoort.bsky.social @davidmarquez.bsky.social
Don’t miss it:
@gailsimone.bsky.social dives deep into #XMen with reveals, inspirations, and what’s driving her vision! Pulled from our recent AIPT Comics Podcast conversation and expanded into a full written Q&A. 🧬✨
#comicsky @tombrevoort.bsky.social @davidmarquez.bsky.social
Don’t miss it:
Light at the end of the tunnel: Gail Simone on the heart, humor, and humanity of X-Men
Gail Simone was all but made to write the X-Men.
aiptcomics.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“New” Gail has dropped.
This is my new orange son, Steve Martin.
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This is my new orange son, Steve Martin.
I’ve always got that cover love to offer up.
🖼️ New week, new #comics covers to obsess over. Check out @chriscoplan.bsky.social's 11/26/25 picks with art from @cleanlined.bsky.social, @danielwarrenart.bsky.social, @gerardozaffino.bsky.social, @marcofaillacomics.bsky.social & more. 🧨 #comicsky #comicbooks
Cover-love never looked so good:
Cover-love never looked so good:
Judging by the Cover – 11/26/25 new releases
Chris shares his favorite covers from this week’s new comics.
aiptcomics.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’ve always got that cover love to offer up.
Absolutely JACKED for this.
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[REDACTED] no more--my next series is called IS TED OK? from @madcavestudios.com
This one's a solo book (with great flatters @neilak20.bsky.social and @kaistarlight.bsky.social) and it's my best book yet! About a search for connection in a paranoid world!
[REDACTED] no more--my next series is called IS TED OK? from @madcavestudios.com
This one's a solo book (with great flatters @neilak20.bsky.social and @kaistarlight.bsky.social) and it's my best book yet! About a search for connection in a paranoid world!
Exclusive: Chisholm's IS TED OK? arrives from Mad Cave in February
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Absolutely JACKED for this.
The Laphams (incl. @davidlapham.bsky.social) and the rest of the team reach their stride with an awesome issue. The more I read, the more convinced there's something really special brewing her. And there's still half the dang story!
‘Good As Dead’ #3 runs ever closer to its true narrative and artistic potential
@imagecomics.com #comicsky
Read @chriscoplan.bsky.social’s review:
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@imagecomics.com #comicsky
Read @chriscoplan.bsky.social’s review:
aiptcomics.com/2025/11/18/g...
‘Good As Dead’ #3 runs ever closer to its true narrative and artistic potential
Things are getting busy-busy.
aiptcomics.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Laphams (incl. @davidlapham.bsky.social) and the rest of the team reach their stride with an awesome issue. The more I read, the more convinced there's something really special brewing her. And there's still half the dang story!
This week, come for ghosts, perfectly rendered blood, and Frank Miller (?!)
New week, new 🔥 covers!
Check out titles for 11/19/25 as @chriscoplan.bsky.social breaks down this week’s standout art from #BATMAN / #DEADPOOL #1 to LOST FANTASY #5 & more. #comicsky
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Check out titles for 11/19/25 as @chriscoplan.bsky.social breaks down this week’s standout art from #BATMAN / #DEADPOOL #1 to LOST FANTASY #5 & more. #comicsky
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Judging by the Cover – 11/19/25 new releases
Chris shares his favorite covers from this week’s new comics.
aiptcomics.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This week, come for ghosts, perfectly rendered blood, and Frank Miller (?!)
Reposted by Chris Coplan
🎁 Comic & geek gift hunting? Look no further — the latest episode of the AIPT Comics Podcast is live: 2025 Comics & Geeky Gifts Holiday Buyer’s Guide. From smart buys to wild cards — @alexcomics.bsky.social and @davidbrooke.bsky.social got your list covered.💥 #HolidayGifts #GeekCulture
Check it out:
Check it out:
AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 354: 2025 comics & geeky gifts holiday buyer’s guide
Dave and Alex offer up a plethora of gift giving ideas (comics and geeky ones at that) for all types of folks right in time for the holidays.
aiptcomics.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🎁 Comic & geek gift hunting? Look no further — the latest episode of the AIPT Comics Podcast is live: 2025 Comics & Geeky Gifts Holiday Buyer’s Guide. From smart buys to wild cards — @alexcomics.bsky.social and @davidbrooke.bsky.social got your list covered.💥 #HolidayGifts #GeekCulture
Check it out:
Check it out:
2 Deep Dives in one week?! This one's great, and I appreciate how @peposed.bsky.social approaches comics storytelling and business. Lots of great ideas percolating here for sure.
🧠 Dive into how nostalgia meets elevated storytelling — @chriscoplan.bsky.social's latest interview with @peposed.bsky.social explores the rise of licensed comics, creative integrity, and why even beloved childhood IPs deserve serious treatment:
‘Oppressiveness has its uses, but not in these books’: David Pepose talks licensed comics and earnest storytelling
The writer of 'Space Ghost,' 'Captain Planet,' and 'Speed Racer' has lots to say about comics' latest
aiptcomics.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
2 Deep Dives in one week?! This one's great, and I appreciate how @peposed.bsky.social approaches comics storytelling and business. Lots of great ideas percolating here for sure.
Happy #NCBD! Read issue #1 with a donut. Then, read this bad boy (with another donut of course).
🎲 ICYMI: @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social sat down with @chriscoplan.bsky.social to go deep on DIE: Loaded — exploring trauma, gods, and why this isn’t just a sequel, it’s an evolution.
#comicbooks #comicsky @imagecomics.com #NCBD
Read the full interview:
#comicbooks #comicsky @imagecomics.com #NCBD
Read the full interview:
Die (Re) Loaded: Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans talk gods, character arcs, and storytelling in sequel
'Die tests you — what do you want?'
aiptcomics.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy #NCBD! Read issue #1 with a donut. Then, read this bad boy (with another donut of course).
A genuinely magical issue from a genuinely magical series. Atagun Ilhan and @jrsosa18.bsky.social are totally killing it, and I'd watch Melvin's adventures forever and ever. (CC @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social)
‘Ancestral Recall’ #4 sets the stage for a big finale (but shines all on its own)
Take a interesting walk down memory lane...
aiptcomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A genuinely magical issue from a genuinely magical series. Atagun Ilhan and @jrsosa18.bsky.social are totally killing it, and I'd watch Melvin's adventures forever and ever. (CC @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social)
1,000%. I normally skirt around spoilers, but 'Die' is so alive and kinetic that it felt nature to go this deep.
This was fun to do, but, really, don't read before issue 1. Keep it saved until then.
For my latest @aiptcomics.com deep dive, I sat down with @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social to talk all things ‘Die.’ Definitely one of my favorite chats of the year, and we get into so much about the book, their collaboration, storytelling, fantasy, etc. Enjoy!
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
1,000%. I normally skirt around spoilers, but 'Die' is so alive and kinetic that it felt nature to go this deep.
For my latest @aiptcomics.com deep dive, I sat down with @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social to talk all things ‘Die.’ Definitely one of my favorite chats of the year, and we get into so much about the book, their collaboration, storytelling, fantasy, etc. Enjoy!
Die (Re) Loaded: Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans talk gods, character arcs, and storytelling in sequel
'Die tests you — what do you want?'
aiptcomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For my latest @aiptcomics.com deep dive, I sat down with @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social to talk all things ‘Die.’ Definitely one of my favorite chats of the year, and we get into so much about the book, their collaboration, storytelling, fantasy, etc. Enjoy!
I say it all the time, but this week is packed with good stuff. Some hard goodbyes, interesting debuts, and so much more still. Go comics!
🎨 New week, new #comics covers to obsess over! 💀📚
From @cleanlined.bsky.social's moody #Batman to @juanferreyra.bsky.social's brutal #Predator: Badlands & more (@nikolasdraperivey.bsky.social, @stephaniehans.bsky.social)—these are the week’s best covers according to @chriscoplan.bsky.social:
From @cleanlined.bsky.social's moody #Batman to @juanferreyra.bsky.social's brutal #Predator: Badlands & more (@nikolasdraperivey.bsky.social, @stephaniehans.bsky.social)—these are the week’s best covers according to @chriscoplan.bsky.social:
Judging by the Cover – 11/12/25 new releases
Chris shares his favorite covers from this week’s new comics.
aiptcomics.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I say it all the time, but this week is packed with good stuff. Some hard goodbyes, interesting debuts, and so much more still. Go comics!
A Kickstarter to let me fist-fight John Rocker.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A Kickstarter to let me fist-fight John Rocker.
No other book is exploring our political moment with as much depth, precision, humor, and general quality.
Great review of Toxic Crusaders #2, in which the crew takes on an alien hedge fund manager, "cutting to the essence of modern economic/social decay."
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‘Toxic Crusaders’ #2 steps up big time with face-tearing, friendship, and laser-focused satire
If you're the Toxic Avenger, you can have it all.
aiptcomics.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No other book is exploring our political moment with as much depth, precision, humor, and general quality.
Get in on the debut of a column I'm very, very excited about.
AIPT becomes AITP, as ADVENTURES IN THRILL-POWER launches!
A regular column exploring the world of 2000 AD, we're starting with an all-hands roundtable on the new Judge Death Mega-Special - don't miss it! https://bit.ly/478U0hn
A regular column exploring the world of 2000 AD, we're starting with an all-hands roundtable on the new Judge Death Mega-Special - don't miss it! https://bit.ly/478U0hn
Adventures in Thrill-Power #1: Judge Death haunts the ‘2000 AD-verse'!
Welcome to your favorite new bi-monthly obsession.
aiptcomics.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Get in on the debut of a column I'm very, very excited about.
"Bury him in a salt cavern. Bury him face-down."
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Bury him in a salt cavern. Bury him face-down."
Yeah, read it.
This is it! The BLOODLETTER SERIES FINALE INTERVIEW with @chriscoplan.bsky.social @aiptcomics.com about my Spawn Universe series with co-writer @hackintimseeley.bsky.social Rosado, Alonso, and @andworld.bsky.social for @mcfarlanecomics.bsky.social and @imagecomics.com
You know you want to read it.
You know you want to read it.
🔥 Blood, angels, & vengeance: Bloodletter has it all. @chriscoplan.bsky.social talked with @josephpillidge.bsky.social about expanding the #Spawn universe, Tasha Thornwall’s tragic journey, & what might come next after that hellish finale. 💀 #comicsky @imagecomics.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Yeah, read it.
Robots, giant swords, and two bros — what’s not to love?
🗡️ New interview live! @chriscoplan.bsky.social digs into the wild world of Big Ass Sword from @2000ad.bsky.social! Talking massive blades, mythic stakes, and how to make fantasy feel enormous but emotionally grounded.
#comicbooks #comicsky
Don’t miss this one:
#comicbooks #comicsky
Don’t miss this one:
Andreas Butzbach wields a ‘BIG-ASS SWORD’ of sheer comics awesomeness
The futuristic buddy story drops this week.
aiptcomics.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Robots, giant swords, and two bros — what’s not to love?
This week, @fantagraphics.bsky.social releases the extremely satisfying 'Dogtangle' from @maxhuffman.bsky.social. Here's our recent chat about art styles, satire, pushing your creative limits, and Chipotle.
A saga of family woes, social satire, and Chipotle: Max Huffman unravels ‘Dogtangle’
A chat about awful elites, measured satire, embracing the weird, and puppy piles.
aiptcomics.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This week, @fantagraphics.bsky.social releases the extremely satisfying 'Dogtangle' from @maxhuffman.bsky.social. Here's our recent chat about art styles, satire, pushing your creative limits, and Chipotle.
Yet another truly solid week for great #comics covers. I find myself giving more and more love to variants, so that's neat. Enjoy!
🎨 Cover Fever Alert! Dive into @chriscoplan.bsky.social's “Judging by the Cover – 11/05/25” #comicsky
Check out #comicbook covers by @ericafails.bsky.social, @stephaniehans.bsky.social, @ericxyz.bsky.social, @nikolacizmesija.bsky.social, and and more:
Check out #comicbook covers by @ericafails.bsky.social, @stephaniehans.bsky.social, @ericxyz.bsky.social, @nikolacizmesija.bsky.social, and and more:
Judging by the Cover – 11/05/25 new releases
Chris shares his favorite covers from this week’s new comics.
aiptcomics.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yet another truly solid week for great #comics covers. I find myself giving more and more love to variants, so that's neat. Enjoy!
Baby's First Podcast Video Thing.
Did you know you can watch @davidbrooke.bsky.social and @chriscoplan.bsky.social discuss these panels on YouTube?
#comicbooks #comics #Batman @darkhorse.com
Check it out here:
youtu.be/pmOwRPMp3WA
#comicbooks #comics #Batman @darkhorse.com
Check it out here:
youtu.be/pmOwRPMp3WA
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Baby's First Podcast Video Thing.
It’s still Halloween, so read along and support accordingly. Boo!
ICYMI: @chriscoplan.bsky.social interviews @joeyesposito.bsky.social & @pandamusk.bsky.social on their horror-OGN MADAM, aka “Black Magic Mary Poppins” gone wrong. #comicsky
They share how the concept simmered for a decade, and why this story had to be told as a full graphic novel via #Kickstarter:
They share how the concept simmered for a decade, and why this story had to be told as a full graphic novel via #Kickstarter:
Generational trauma and Mary Poppins: Joey Esposito and Pandamusk introduce us to ‘MADAM’
The new, deeply horrifying OGN is currently crowdfunding via Kickstarter.
aiptcomics.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s still Halloween, so read along and support accordingly. Boo!