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October 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

Interview with Frédéric Peynet – Miklmayer [French]

Frédéric Peynet is a French comic book artist whose career spans more than 25 years, encompassing projects focused on fantasy, supernatural thrillers, literary adaptations and Greek mythology. His best known work may be Le Feul (2005–2009), a fantasy series, especially best known among French and Belgium readers, and Le Projet Bleiberg (2017–2019), "thriller" series, which has a larger international audience.

Question: After so many years in the business, how do you see the current evolution of comics and publishing? Has it become more difficult for an author to make a living from an album?

Frédéric Peynet: What I'm noticing is that publishers are now reluctant to sign on to new series. A two-part story is still possible, but most of them now want standalone stories.

That's the hardest part, because you have to reinvent everything with each album. For a series, you create a universe, characters, and the foundations of the story that will serve you over several volumes. There's a whole process of preparation before the first volume that will be used for the subsequent ones..."

Peynet notes that with standalone stories, you have to do this preparation work every time, and that now the environment is more complicated and more "nerve-wracking than when I started..."

Book publishers using more and more AI while suing AI companies for content infringements – ICV2

The coming "Mr Oblivion" graphic novel by Jeff Lemire and Teddy Kristiansen – Bleeding Cool

So why did Lois Lane and Superman get married 30 years back? – Comicbook

Reviews of new books Marvel Explodes: From Bullpen To Big Business by Paul Levitz and Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: The Epic 1980s Saga by Tom K. Mason – Down the Tubes

World's largest comic book store? – Family Destination

Whoa: Absolute Batman #25 had 775,000 copies printed and the Clay Mann foil cover has immediately jumped multiples in dollar value – Bleedingcool

Interview with Stephen Bliss. He discusses how he composed the famed look for Grand Theft Auto – Yahoo Tech

You might not immediately recognize the name Stephen Bliss, but I guarantee you'll recognize his work on arguably the most influential game franchise of our time. As a senior artist at Rockstar Games from 2001 to 2016, he defined the iconic pop art and comic book feel that has become the visual hallmark for Grand Theft Auto..."

It's only October but Publisher's Weekly already has a "best comics of 2026" list – Comicsbeat

The world's first graphic novel... in 1783? – Daily Cartoonist

Patrick Stewart 1940–2026

Story at Washington Post

For a lot of people, I will be locked for all time on the bridge of the Enterprise in my spacesuit," Mr. Stewart told The Washington Post in 1997. "Not only am I reconciled to that, I’m quite proud of it. The show represents quality television. It was intelligent, thoughtful, argumentative, and it also told wonderful stories..."

I remember hearing Patrick Stewart recount on TV a funny story of being recognized on an elevator by a couple. He laughed, saying the woman in the elevator said to her husband "this is Dr. Spock from Star Wars!"

Related: Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov on the original Star Trek, has died – Washington Post

Gerry Talaoc art

Talaoc's distinctive and slightly quirky drawing style was perfectly suited to DC Comics' Unknown Soldier, a character that was literally multi-faced, but also no-faced, owing to a brutal war injury. Usually behind enemy lines and using disguises, espionage, detective work and more than a little bit of outright avenging, the stories had a visual dimension beyond generic comic book war heroics, and sometimes complemented by a splash of 1970s cynicism in the writing.

[Click to expand] Page by Gerry Talaoc from Star Spangled War Stories #186 from 1975

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Musician John Dolmayan of System of a Down rock band buys one of two copies of Action #1 at auction – Des Moines Register

Metropolis Collectibles... sold two copies of Action Comics #1 (1938) for a total of over $2 million...."

Avengers Doomsday presales top $125 million

Story at The Print

Interview with Christian Ward – Short Box Podcast

Toy and hobby sales on Whatnot are up 140% in 2026 – ICV2

Interview with Neyef about his new album Les enfants perdus – Comixtrip [French]

Get into the Public Domain archives that are online at Graphic Chatter

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Original page November 4, 2026