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Yea I've deleted twitter because I think I'll spiral if I see what people are tweeting right now. My head's on Mars as it is
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Yea I've deleted twitter because I think I'll spiral if I see what people are tweeting right now. My head's on Mars as it is
It's really good Menu-era l'Asso from the imprint of comics criticism and comics-on-comics he spearheaded. I read it a good while ago but I remember it featuring some really interesting musings on what it means to evolve as a cartoonist and an artist. The interview structure was cool too IIRC
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It's really good Menu-era l'Asso from the imprint of comics criticism and comics-on-comics he spearheaded. I read it a good while ago but I remember it featuring some really interesting musings on what it means to evolve as a cartoonist and an artist. The interview structure was cool too IIRC
I think I might have asked you this already, but did you read Loose Ends as translated by Kim Thompson in Mome?
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I think I might have asked you this already, but did you read Loose Ends as translated by Kim Thompson in Mome?
Your thoughts on Saka's Finishing Funk. Have there been examples of players improving how quickly they get off shots or is just one of those things
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Your thoughts on Saka's Finishing Funk. Have there been examples of players improving how quickly they get off shots or is just one of those things
I was just thinking I've never seen evidence of her reading a comic book. The lack of base knowledge of comics history in her tweets is astounding. When D&Q started translating Y. Tsuge she said she'd only just heard of him but that she thinks he's "the Robert Crumb of Japan" lol
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I was just thinking I've never seen evidence of her reading a comic book. The lack of base knowledge of comics history in her tweets is astounding. When D&Q started translating Y. Tsuge she said she'd only just heard of him but that she thinks he's "the Robert Crumb of Japan" lol
Oh no I agree lol. Just thought this was so ridiculously vague and substanceless.
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Oh no I agree lol. Just thought this was so ridiculously vague and substanceless.
Like I hate when people say this but: it really is not that deep. It's a New Yorker cover, these things are not really worthy of deeper analysis lol
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Like I hate when people say this but: it really is not that deep. It's a New Yorker cover, these things are not really worthy of deeper analysis lol
Like I don't necessarily disagree with the premise that Tomine is sexist. I read Shortcomings as well lol. But this is just a dime-a-dozen bad New Yorker cover. Completely innocuous 'social commentary.' Why is she acting like this is some huge mask off moment
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Like I don't necessarily disagree with the premise that Tomine is sexist. I read Shortcomings as well lol. But this is just a dime-a-dozen bad New Yorker cover. Completely innocuous 'social commentary.' Why is she acting like this is some huge mask off moment
Yea in France he can work on both his duelling and his pressing. Bundesliga is generally played in much more open spaces than the one's you'd see playing for Arsenal (tho the Prem as a whole has been undergoing Bundesligafication)
January 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Yea in France he can work on both his duelling and his pressing. Bundesliga is generally played in much more open spaces than the one's you'd see playing for Arsenal (tho the Prem as a whole has been undergoing Bundesligafication)
Tuchel played him as a nine though and I do think he was pretty much a ten in Germany, but yea Kai's modern iteration is something between those
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Tuchel played him as a nine though and I do think he was pretty much a ten in Germany, but yea Kai's modern iteration is something between those
That's the reason I prefer Ligue 1 for him. Ethan's biggest issue is that he often can't physically compete at the top level. If he learns to use his body like Myles he'll have the platform to improve his IP work and hopefully come back as a starting quality player
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
That's the reason I prefer Ligue 1 for him. Ethan's biggest issue is that he often can't physically compete at the top level. If he learns to use his body like Myles he'll have the platform to improve his IP work and hopefully come back as a starting quality player
Szoboszlai plays much more of a box-to-box role at Liverpool than he did at Leipzig, though. Havertz sort of similar, his position changed from a 10 at Leverkusen to a 9 in England (partially due to his growth spurt but I also don't think he was afforded the space he was in Germany)
January 20, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Szoboszlai plays much more of a box-to-box role at Liverpool than he did at Leipzig, though. Havertz sort of similar, his position changed from a 10 at Leverkusen to a 9 in England (partially due to his growth spurt but I also don't think he was afforded the space he was in Germany)
Either way, I think Ligue 1 is the league that's closest to the prem in style atm and we're seeing a lot of success from teams buying from that market (i.e. Sunderland & Bournemouth)
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Either way, I think Ligue 1 is the league that's closest to the prem in style atm and we're seeing a lot of success from teams buying from that market (i.e. Sunderland & Bournemouth)
I'm not an absolutist when it comes to this (obviously there have been many successes) but I feel like attacking midfielders from the Bundesliga rarely perform when they move to the prem. Can't really think of any. Gundoğan? Pulisic?
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'm not an absolutist when it comes to this (obviously there have been many successes) but I feel like attacking midfielders from the Bundesliga rarely perform when they move to the prem. Can't really think of any. Gundoğan? Pulisic?
Dortmund wanted him but they're too unstable & wouldn't have liked a loan. Also the likes of Wirtz and Simons haven't adapted to the prem well thus far, but Cherki has. Think we'll see more English academy talents in Ligue 1: Marseille have Egan-Reilly, Lyon have Morton & Rodríguez, etc etc
January 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Dortmund wanted him but they're too unstable & wouldn't have liked a loan. Also the likes of Wirtz and Simons haven't adapted to the prem well thus far, but Cherki has. Think we'll see more English academy talents in Ligue 1: Marseille have Egan-Reilly, Lyon have Morton & Rodríguez, etc etc
I like that it's Ligue 1 as well, good level of physicality but he won't get bullied like he might if he was starting week in week out for a prem side
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I like that it's Ligue 1 as well, good level of physicality but he won't get bullied like he might if he was starting week in week out for a prem side
Seems like she coukd be the type
January 20, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Seems like she coukd be the type
Oh yea I remember you mentioning that. Tbf I think you covered the most interesting work from the period: I like some of the overground stuff in Rambla or Cimoc or whatever but the pure sense of unadulterated *invention* in Madriz and its copycats is just something else man
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Oh yea I remember you mentioning that. Tbf I think you covered the most interesting work from the period: I like some of the overground stuff in Rambla or Cimoc or whatever but the pure sense of unadulterated *invention* in Madriz and its copycats is just something else man
I was sad you never finished the Berceuse Electrique translation but it (and your piece on it for your site) convinced me to get a copy which I still need to read lol.
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I was sad you never finished the Berceuse Electrique translation but it (and your piece on it for your site) convinced me to get a copy which I still need to read lol.