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If you stopped by our table at Matawan Day or if you’ve come by the last few years for Free Comic Book Day you may have met my niece Torri!

She’s selling popcorn for her sorority at Rowan. If anyone is so inclined to order some here is the link!

s.dgpopup.com/11lm8cw8

Torri’s Pop-Up Store: 4 Days Only!

Click here to buy our delicious popcorn and 50% of your purchase benefits this fundraiser. #doublegood #dgpopup

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Our upcoming book club pick at @thegeekerynj.bsky.social!

Grab a copy and join us Nov 7 at 6:30pm in the shop!

Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 16h

It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde

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Oni Press @oni-press.bsky.social · 17h

The folks at @boingboing.net call Dave Baker "one of the most inventive voices working in comics."

In 2026, Oni Press will publish the first volume of his underground, self-published graphic novel series: HALLOWEEN BOY VOL. 1: LAST OF THE HALLOWEEN BOYS.
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Cult comic "Halloween Boy" in new hardcover edition

Oni Press has picked up Dave Baker's Halloween Boy, the self-published underground series that's been steadily building a devoted following. The first hardcover volume, Halloween Boy Vol. 1: Last of…

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𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 1d

We’re considering moving on to Farscape on my Muppet podcast @ittwtm.bsky.social after we finish covering Dinosaurs!

We would love to have you as a guest if you’re a Farscape fan!!

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𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 2d

If you stopped by our table at Matawan Day or if you’ve come by the last few years for Free Comic Book Day you may have met my niece Torri!

She’s selling popcorn for her sorority at Rowan. If anyone is so inclined to order some here is the link!

s.dgpopup.com/11lm8cw8

Torri’s Pop-Up Store: 4 Days Only!

Click here to buy our delicious popcorn and 50% of your purchase benefits this fundraiser. #doublegood #dgpopup

s.dgpopup.com

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𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 2d

Love this color combo

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Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 2d

New York comic con is this week! I will be at table B 13 in artist Alley!

A map of New York comic con's artist Alley. It shows that Erica Schultz will be at table B 13.

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𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 3d

A Thursday Takeover!! Come by!!

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 🦈 @thegeekerynj.bsky.social · 5d

Thursday October 16th join us for a Pre Baltimore Comic Con / Post NYCC signing in the shop!!

We’re welcoming @ericaschultz42.bsky.social (Laura Kinney: Wolverine/ Rat City) & @gronbekk.bsky.social (Catwoman/ Spider-girl) from 12p - 4p!!

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Zack Quaintance -> NYCC @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 3d

our next stretch goal — a paper stock upgrade on all books — is in striking distance and we’d love to hit it before the start of NYCC

help us close the gap, just 11 backers and $136 away

www.kickstarter.com/projects/zac...

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Sarah Sherman is just driving a bus with no one drinking champagne on the upper deck 😭

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Stephanie Williams @stephwilliams.bsky.social · 7d

My first creator-owned baby is out in the world today! Thank you to @pages-and-panels.com for the review!!!

Please consider picking up Roots of Madness #1 today at your local comic shop or heads straight to @ignitionpress.bsky.social

Roots of Madness #1 — Pages and Panels

[Critic Score: 9.5] Like a house of curiosity where each page lays one intriguing brick after another, Roots of Madness is another stellar debut for Ignition Press. This comic utilizes the topic o...

www.pages-and-panels.com

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 9d

Look I try not to doomsay or spread panic but this shit is truly and deeply Very Bad for every single trans person in America and unless everyone makes it their mission in life over the next few days to make sure that their reps know that shutting down the government is the correct option here.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 9d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 9d

NEXT!
WEEK!

Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 20d

NYCC is in a couple of weeks. EEEEP!

I'll be at table B13! Buy some books because my basement is getting crowded!

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𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 15d

Now onto the new Kirkman,

Skinbreaker

𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 15d

Street Sharks #1 from @stephwilliams.bsky.social & Ariel Medel. Full of shark punches and shark puns. Issue one has an incredibly cool splash page right out the gate. Silly and dumb in all the best ways! Streex is cool as hell. Another great new #1 from IDW this week!!

Bring back rollerblades.
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Working my way thru a stack of tomorrow’s #ncbd titles:

Twilight Zone #1 from @danpgwatters.bsky.social & @morganbeem.bsky.social a nostalgic and fun, very fitting of the tv series, start to the new anthology series from IDW.

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Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 16d

It’s here! The complete METAMORPHO THE ELEMENT MAN tpb by @alewingpromotes.bsky.social & me & Lee Louridge & Ferran Delgado. Signed& sketched copies are available NOW at my etsy shop! stevelieberart.etsy.com/listing/4355...

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 15d

Interviewed the great @mattielubchansky.com about her new graphic novel, utopian communities, and balancing SF and horror. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/23/m...

Mattie Lubchansky on “Simplicity” and the Mystery of Utopias

How best to describe Mattie Lubchansky’s new graphic novel Simplicity? It’s a nestled narrative about how a futuristic society remembers the past; it’s an unsettling account of an…

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☕️ AMY CHU #donutkiller @amychu.bsky.social · 16d

I’m ready. Are you?!

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 🦈 @thegeekerynj.bsky.social · Aug 30

September 27th is LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY!

Special guest @amychu.bsky.social will be joining us chatting and signing copies of her comics (Emma Frost, Carmilla: The First Vampire, Borderlands, Red Sonja, and more!) from 12pm - 2pm!

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NJ FreeBlockbuster @njfreeblockbuster.bsky.social · 19d

If you are visiting @thegeekerynj.bsky.social tomorrow for #BatmanDay head around the corner to our box in front of @brewmatawan.bsky.social to rent a #Batman #DVD!!! #FreeBlockbuster

Three DVDs (Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, Batman Gotham Knights, and The Dark Knight) being held in front of a blue Free Blockbuster box.

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𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 19d

Everything sucks and the world is bleak but I think I’m getting good at puppeteering.

I legit think this might be the best Bruce video I’ve done.

We all could use some stupidity that isn’t dangerous these days.

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 🦈 @thegeekerynj.bsky.social · 19d

BATMAN DAY 2025!! Saturday 9/20!!
🦇 15% off all graphic novels featuring Batman
🦇 15% off all back issues featuring Batman
🦇 Exclusive prints of Absolute Batman #1
🦇 FREE Batman comics & more!!

𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚐 from @𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 @dumplstiltskin.bsky.social · 20d

They gotta replace that toner

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 20d

🎶doot-doot-dootdoot-doot-doot🎶

that’s your communicator watch alerting you about MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: ZORD QUEST, a morphinominal new one-shot by me and @gavinpsmith.bsky.social!Gavin’s work on this is SO RAD.

On sale from @boom-studios.com in December! ⚡️

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: ZORD QUEST #1 Cover by Gavin Smith

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: ZORD QUEST #1 page by Gavin Smith

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Megan Matelonek @mmatelonek.bsky.social · 21d

ORLA! #2 @madcavestudios.com @johnlees.bsky.social
@sallycantirino.bsky.social @dearbhlala.bsky.social @robutoid.bsky.social @letteringbear.bsky.social
@jerderferster.bsky.social has a good sense of direction & what's to come! CHECK OUT THE COMIC
-A fan animation I made based on the cvr/interior

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Zack Quaintance -> NYCC @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 22d

for the night crowd, ICYMI today...

Zack Quaintance -> NYCC @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 22d

🚨Macabre Valley #1 is LIVE🚨

A grindhouse Texas horror comic, based on my time as a reporter covering night cops in McAllen, Texas...with pulpy horror madness added in.

(w) Me
(a) Anna Readman
(c) @20eyesbrad.bsky.social
(l) @beccasee.bsky.social

Back it now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zac...

Macabre Valley #1 main cover by Anna Readman with colors by Brad Simpson

Macabre Valley #1 variant cover by John J. Pearson

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