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Comics Blogs I Read & Like

• Bags & Boards: Tom McLean's media-focused comics blog.
• Beat, The: Heidi MacDonald, dishing and digging up dirt (now at PW).
• Beaucoup Kevin: Kevin talks about all of the comic books.
• Best of, Most of:Toronto Comics Historian Blake Bell's informative blog!
• Big Sexy Arune: Comic journalist Arune Singh's blog.
• Blog @ Newsarama:Graeme and Kevin live here now.
• Comics Reporter: Tom Spurgeon's all-in-one website featuring newsblogging, interviews, reviews, and more. A great site.
• Comics Worth Reading: Johanna Draper-Carlson reviews and recaps with a unique eye for comics.
• Completely Futile:Excellent commentary on manga.
• Cultural Gutter: Toronto blog about video games, comics, and all manner of low-culture.
• Drawn.ca: Lots of Canadian Illustrators and artists linkblogging the best art of the internet. Neat.
• Egon: Grand-daddy of art-comix coverage.
• Forbidden Planet Blog: Brit Comic Retailer Forbidden Planet.
• Galleycat: About publishing, including comics.
• Good Comics For Kids: Just like the title says!
• Gumpop: Sophie Yanow runs a very cool blog about comics, that I enjoy reading.
• Jog The Blog: Like the similarly singley-named Cher, Jog contributes something precious and unique to the world.
• Johnny Bacardi: Comics coverage, and the promise of alcohol.
• Journalista!: Dirk Deppey sacrifices martyrs his social life for comics. Bless.
• Kochalkaholic: Alan David Doane's living tribute to cartoonist James Kochalka.
• Manga Blog: Accurately named! Considered manga commentary.
• MangaCast: More manga than you can shake a stick at.
• MightyGodKing:Christopher Bird's Comics Discussion and Excellent Parodies.
• NeilAlien:Has been blogging for longer than I have.
• Panels and Pixels:Chris Mautner covers comics and video games.
• Polite Dissent:Comic Book Fan, MD.
• Postmodern Barney:Dorian loves Wildcat and hot dudes, and he hates _you_.
• Precocious Curmudgeon:David Welsh's manga and comics industry discussion.
• Progressive Ruin:Mike loves Swamp Thing. Loves.
• Read About Comics:Greg McElhatton's comics review site.
• Royal Academy of Illustration and Design:A talented, largely virtual studio full of great artists.
• Same Hat! Same Hat!:Horror manga and general comics commentary.
• Savage Critics:California retailer and friends review comics.
• Sequential:Canadian comics blogging by Bryan Munn, Dave Howard, and Salgood Sam.
• Splash Panel:Comics Reviews and discussion.
• Sporadic Sequential:John Jakala's new blog!
• The Hurting:When will it stop?
• Thought Balloonists: Craig Fischer and Charles Hatfield write interesting and in-depth about comics.
• TZG2.0:Frequent commenter Myk's blog.
• When Fangirls Attack!:A compilation of articles about women in comics.
• Yet Another Comics Blog:David Carter's comics blog.

Comics Publishers Blogs

• Drawn & Quarterly Blog: Oh, Canada! You publish great comics!
• First Second Books: Featuring tons of editor and creator blog posts.
• FLOG! Fantagraphics Blog: Company blog from Fantagraphics.
• Icarus Publishing:Manga Pr0n - From Japan!
• Oni Press Buzz: Oni Press' company blog.
• Prism Comics: All things gay and comic related.
• Top Shelf: Hey, Bartender! The Top Shelf company blog

Comics Artists and Friends

• Amy Kim Ganter: Reman Mythology creator and Flight contributor!
• Andy Helms:Creator of FEARLESS GRIGGS.
• Becky Cloonan:Ink & Thunder! All the greatest art from Becky Cloonan.
• Bone's Men: J. Bone's much naughtier Illustration Blog.
• Chip Zdarsky: I love this man, and so can you.
• Comickaider Derek Haliday: If you read one intensely nerdy blog about nerd things, make it this one.
• Eddie Campbell:Artist and Raconteur Extraordinare.
• Eric Kim:Artist Extraordinare. AKA: Korean Thunder.
• FSC Wasteland: Singapore cartoonist FSC, artist on all kinds of things I like.
• Gobukan: J. Bone's G-Rated Illustration Blog.
• Kazu Kibuishi: Creator of Copper and Amulet.
• KeanerDotNet: Kean Soo, creator of Jellaby.
• Kelly Sue's Deconnick: Kelly ends up re-writing manga I love.
• Kevin Huizenga:Kevin Huizenga's art and comics blog.
• Local: Blog for Oni Press' LOCAL.
• lowbright.com: Derek Kirk Kim's site, with lots of great comics.
• Matt Forsythe: Words and pictures.
• Matt Fraction:Writer of Casanova.
• Mighty God King: Christopher Bird's nerd repository. Occasionally not nerdy, but don't let that distract you.
• NeilComics.com: Neil B.'s site, with lots of great comics.
• Parkerspace: Writer/Artist Jeff Parker's very cool blog.
• Paul Pope:The all-new PulpHope blog.
• Picture Poetry:Leigh Walton's comics commentary blog.
• Radiomaru: Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim and etc.
• Salgood Sam:Sketch blog and work diary.
• Shirtlifters:The blog of gay comics artist Steve MacIsaac
• StreetAngelComics: Jim Rugg's web presence, dedicated to his first great comic.
• The Rey: Corey Lewis, creator of Sharknife and etc.
• Vasilis Lolos:Iron Will! Vasilis' comics and art!
• Vera's Sketchblog: My friend Vera's awesome sketch blog
• Zach Worton: Canadian illustrator and a buddy of mine who is quite talented... indeed!