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Daniel Elkin
@danielelkin.bsky.social
EIC/Publisher @solrad.bsky.social
Communications and Engagement Director: @yubariverpeople.bsky.social
He/Him
Sandwiches. Yes, Sandwiches.
Spending the rain soaked holidays with my gal
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Once again, an amazing fantasy bundle by @aptshadow.bsky.social here. What a deal.
Humble Book Bundle: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Epic Fantasy by Macmillan
Fantasy fans won’t want to miss this Adrian Tchaikovsky bundle, featuring the Shadows of the Apt series and more! Every purchase supports Cancer Research UK!
www.humblebundle.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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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 10:31 AM
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Today on SOLRAD, we feature Hagai Palevsky's review of MISERY OF LOVE by Yvan Alagbé
solrad.co/what-are-you...
@dialhforhagai.bsky.social
What Are You Left With: Hagai Palevsky reviews MISERY OF LOVE by Yvan Alagbé - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, Hagai Palevsky reviews MISERY OF LOVE by Yvan Alagbé, published by New York Review Comics
solrad.co
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net

We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘

No AI

Pays $100

therumpus.submittable.com/submit

Pass it on!
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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…Thereby making the students utterly incurious and cut off from the community around graphic novels, the history of comics, and the development of their own artistic tastes as readers, let alone as potential artists in dialogue with any of the former.
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Today on SOLRAD, Elias Rosner reviews OROCHI by Kazuo Umezz
solrad.co/the-horror-h...
The Horror Host: Elias Rosner reviews OROCHI by Kazuo Umezz - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, Elias Rosner reviews OROCHI by Kazuo Umezz, published by VIZ Media
solrad.co
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.

details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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My hot comic take is all wfh comic shit should be paid a salary, every other week, like everyone else at the publishing company. I’m tired of hearing about our colleagues crowdfunding funerals and healthcare.
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Upcoming SOLRAD reviews, essays, and excerpts
All Bangers, All the Time.
Solrad.co
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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How to help an author? Read us, review us, put us on your wishlists, in your carts, heart us, add us to your Goodreads TBR, pop into your local bookstore and have them place an order, make a library request.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The answer, obviously, is, "Who cares"?
(but also, secretly, yes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Independent arts writing doesn't fund itself (trust us, we've tried), so if SOLRAD has ever introduced you to a new creator or changed how you think about a book, consider throwing a few bucks our way. Contributions of any amount help us continue doing what we love.
www.fieldmouse.press/donate
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!

My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Watch out for snakes
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:

Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.

If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.

Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Our latest @kickstarter.com campaign is live for Tinguu's THE CANNIBALS, an 18+ queer yuri vampire body horror romance presented in a beautiful hard cover edition!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fie...
The Cannibals by Tinguu
An 18+ queer yuri vampire body horror romance presented in deluxe hardcover!
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Looks like the northern lights are on full display here in Nevada City.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Today on SOLRAD, Julian Bata Interviews MATT FORSYTHE
solrad.co/oh-its-a-uto...
Oh, It's A Utopia: Julian Bata Interviews MATT FORSYTHE - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, Julian Bata Interviews MATT FORSYTHE
solrad.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Really wordsmithing it up today.
SOLRAD (the online literary magazine for comics): Where BONKERS equates BANGERS.
Get SOLRAD-ioactive.
solrad.co
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Today on SOLRAD, we feature an Exclusive Excerpt of PIGEONS! by Marc Chalvin, published by @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social
solrad.co/exclusive-ex...
Exclusive Excerpt: PIGEONS! by Marc Chalvin - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, we feature an Exclusive Excerpt: PIGEONS! by Marc Chalvin, published by Street Noise Books
solrad.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A strong atmospheric river moving into northern California later Tuesday will bring a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. Gusty winds and isolated rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast U.S.
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Today on SOLRAD, Sofia Warren Interviews HILARY FITZGERALD CAMPBELL about her new book: THE JOY OF SNACKING
solrad.co/sofia-warren...
@sofiawarrenart.bsky.social
Sofia Warren Interviews HILARY FITZGERALD CAMPBELL about her new book: THE JOY OF SNACKING - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, Sofia Warren Interviews HILARY FITZGERALD CAMPBELL about her new book: THE JOY OF SNACKING
solrad.co
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES.
Come lean and loafe at your ease and check out SOLRAD, the online literary magazine for comics.
solrad.co
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM