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Danny Hellman @dannyhellman.bsky.social · 3d

Kate Winslet, born October 5, 1975

Panel #7 from "So, Where's Leo?" a two page comic strip for SO BUTTONS, script by @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social, art by Danny Hellman, 6/17/25

#comics #comix #illustrator #illustration #hollywood #oscars #titanic #movies #cinema #KateWinslet #sobuttons

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 7d

My pal @jimmyaquino.bsky.social interviewed me at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social. Fun time!

Jimmy Aquino @jimmyaquino.bsky.social · 7d

COMIC NEWS INSIDER 1655 - SPX: Jonathan Baylis! I talked w/ @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about his Eisner nominated auto-bio series SO BUTTONS, finding artists, influences & more.
#ComicNewsInsider #SPX
www.comicnewsinsider.com/episodes/cni...

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 15d

Nice! Yeah it was really cool to hear Ian tell me that story. I think the version that he told my wife for her radio show exists out there on YouTube.

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 20d

New York Film Festival Queue be killin' me. #NYFF

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 20d

Nice! Please let me know what you think!

Mrs. Frisby and the Pseudonym @inkablot.bsky.social · 25d

Comic book haul from @smallpressexpo.bsky.social in Bethesda, MD today!

@jesselonergan.bsky.social @peow.bsky.social @btrcp.bsky.social @tonymcmillen.bsky.social @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social @cbccpodcast.bsky.social

Comic Books from Jesse Lonergan, PEOW, Mike Shea-Wright, Ian Macewan, Buttercup, Tony McMillen, and Jonathan Baylis

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you and let me know what you think! :-)

Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 25d

Brad's at SPX & he's already scoring comics. First purchase, the new @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 20d

Nice to chat with you, Jimmy!

Jimmy Aquino @jimmyaquino.bsky.social · 26d

Day Zero of SPX. (It starts tomorrow). I still did 2 interviews tho! Thx to Peter and Maria of @coinophoey.bsky.social and to friend Jonathan aka @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social ! #ComicNewsInsider #SPX

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you, you did an amazing job!

Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 26d

SPX-goers: make sure to stop by W74 for the latest issue of So Buttons!

I drew a story about @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social bonding with his mom over West Side Story, and I can honestly say I was training my whole life for this one 😊

3 wordless watercolor comic panels
1 a woman with feathered hair wraps her arms around a smiling child and kisses him on the cheek
2 an old tv with knobs displaying the widescreen shot of the 1960s New York skyline
3 the opening dance number when the jets are in front of an old brick school building. Riff snaps and the rest of the jets kick one leg high into the air with their arms outstretched

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · 28d

Amazing comics were read. Too many great ones to include them all.

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Aug 31

Um Tut Sut forever, baby!

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Aug 30

Walking through SPX with comix legend Jay Lynch, I asked: Why did Bazooka Joe wear an eyepatch? His answer was classic. Rick Parker nailed the punchline. Catch me at SPX Sept 13–14! #SoButtons #SPX2025

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Aug 17

Page 4 (the end): First con ever. College kid geeking out with Byrne, Miller, Mignola & Gibbons… and somehow convincing Topps I was employable. Comics + bubblegum cards = destiny with a stick of gum.

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Aug 14

First comics con. Still in college. One day I’m meeting Byrne, Miller, Gibbons… the next I’m talking with the Topps crew.

Those conversations? They’d lead to my first real job in the industry.

#SoButtons #Topps #ComicsHistory

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Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com · Aug 13

New YouTube channel 💧 chatting with 2025 Eisner nominated comics writer @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about his project So Buttons.

youtu.be/2Iq31pdSdmY?...

So Buttons - An Interview With With Comics Writer @JonathanBaylis

YouTube video by Cryptid Creator Corner

youtu.be

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Aug 8

From summers in the Catskills to a dream gig at Topps — my trading card obsession was about to pay off. Garbage Pail Kids, baseball cards, bubblegum wrappers… if it came in a wax pack, I probably bought it. Now I was making them.

#SoButtons #Topps

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Aug 1

From Kirby to Bazooka Joe… and me.
Summers in the Catskills = Star Wars & Bazooka gum (wrappers and all, if you were my grandma). Years later, I was at Topps making Star Wars cards. From bungalow games to Lucasfilm secrets.

#SoButtons #AutobioComics #ComicMemoir

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hi @ginagagliano.bsky.social, just listened to an old podcast between you and @anniek.bsky.social. What a delight, if a bit of time travel. I feel like neither of you is shedding tears for Diamond, LOL. Just got back from the Eisners where I lost to Godzilla (boo-hoo). Oh well, next year! :-)

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 28

Such a pleasure to do this interview!

Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com · Jul 21

It’s a brand new Cryptid Creator Corner as @byrononeal.com chats with @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social about the Eisner nominated SO BUTTONS. Byron chats with Jonathan about his two decades of autobiographical comics. Listen now at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 19

Dropped off a check… and picked up a memory.
This used to be a Waldenbooks. Stern, Anne Rice, George Foreman. Now? A bank.
And I’m a “Borders & Noble” Boomer. 🥲

Words: Jonathan Baylis
Art: @tjkirsch81
From So Buttons #11

#SoButtons #EisnerAwards

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 19

The new Superman movie totally had some of that All-Star energy, right? Loved it.

Tony Wolf @tonywolfness.bsky.social · Jul 17

drawn for Jonathan Baylis ' "So Buttons" series @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social . Colors by @sirgryphon.bsky.social - Riffing, of course, on @grantmorrison.bsky.social / Frank Quietly All-Star Superman gloriousness.

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 12

✏️ From Miracleman to Trident, from Bruce Paley to Scott Dunbier — my semester in London turned into a full-on comix universe connect-the-dots.

Who knew one trip abroad could lead to this much small press magic?

Finale from So Buttons #11
Art by #PhilElliott
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 9

I hear that. I mean not only Fun Home. But Maus and Persepolis and there's finally a new comix pulitzer, Feeding Ghosts. Should be a thing! :-)

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 8

@mariavicente.com, @katemckean.bsky.social what do you think about Query pulldowns that feature graphic novel in fiction, and memoir in non-fiction, but no selection for graphic memoir? You'd almost think that would've changed with Fun Home, LOL.

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ever go all the way to London just to find a comic shop run by a guy from Brooklyn?

In So Buttons #11, I dive into UK small press and stumble onto Skinny Melinks (Bruce Paley) — and a small world moment I never saw coming.

Art by #PhilElliott
Attn: Paul Gravett
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #UKComics

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Jonathan Baylis @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social · Jul 3

🇬🇧 So… I left NYU for a semester abroad in London, hoping to “learn British” and shake off my suburban NY roots.

Found:
📍 A flat in Lewisham
💥 Miracleman
📰 Escape Magazine
And my first love affair with small press comics.

From So Buttons #11
#SoButtons #EisnerAwards #PhilElliott

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