1. Read Yourself Raw: A webzine I rarely see linked anywhere else, but the content always seems fresh when it updates.
2. Comic Foundry: While I don't want to make comics, a lot of people do, and this makes for good reading for those looking for advice or discussion with comics creators about their craft.
3. Precocious Curmudgeon: David Welsh writes about manga in a way that makes the uninitiated (or, at least, me) want to read about it and read more of it.
4. Size Matters: A blog focused primarily on minicomics, which are often underserved in online comics discussion.
5. Glyphs: The Language of the Black Comics Community: Another blog with a strong focus, this time on black comics creators, characters and fans.
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Fred Hembeck
These are just a few of the comics blogs I like to check in on regularly. There are many more--sorry to leave anyone out -- but these five all share a nice usage of graphics, a unapolgetic love of minutia, and a pleasantly askew sense of humor...
1. http://comics.212.net/ -- Chris Butcher is the voice and future of comics retailing.
2. http://www.srbissette.com/theblog.html -- I'm anxious to see when Tyrant will return, and always enjoy Bissette's comments and reminiscences about the industry. Or anything, really.
3. http://www.the-engine.net/forum/ -- I don't think this has even begun to have its full impact on the industry, but I think it will do some good things in 2006.
4. http://www.progressiveruin.com/index.html -- Mike Sterling is one of the nicest and best bloggers around.
5. http://comicbookgalaxy.com/ -- Good columns and reviews going up almost every day under the day to day guidance of Chrises Hunter and Allen.
