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Lucy Knisley on Maple Juice, Tiny Dinosaurs, and Growing Up in "Sugar Shack"

Lucy Knisley on Maple Juice, Tiny Dinosaurs, and Growing Up in "Sugar Shack"

I want readers to be able to see themselves in both these characters, whether they're interested in [romance] or whether they're like, No thank you.
Elias Rosner 30 Jul 2025
So You Want to Read TMNT Comics? Part 2: Image Revolution (1995-1999; 2018; Volume 3)

So You Want to Read TMNT Comics? Part 2: Image Revolution (1995-1999; 2018; Volume 3)

EXTREEEEEMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE
Elias Rosner 28 Jul 2025
So You Want to Read TMNT Comics? Part 1: The Mirage Years (1984-1995; Volumes 1 & 2)

So You Want to Read TMNT Comics? Part 1: The Mirage Years (1984-1995; Volumes 1 & 2)

It was all a mirage...or was it?
Elias Rosner 23 Jul 2025
Dude, Where's My Update? #11

Dude, Where's My Update? #11

Some new thoughts on Neon Ichiban and some old ones on the turtles.
Elias Rosner 21 Jul 2025
In Memoriam: April O'Neil

In Memoriam: April O'Neil

I first met April O’Neil in 2003, or perhaps it was 2005. It was a brief encounter, followed up by a few more over the next couple years. Hair pulled into a bun, baggy pants as befit the era, we didn’t really talk but it was easy to
Elias Rosner 15 Jul 2025
Dude, Where's My Update? #10

Dude, Where's My Update? #10

Some days I am like a bird by a pond, guarding a ramp.
Elias Rosner 14 Jul 2025
Paper Davids and Paper Goliaths

Paper Davids and Paper Goliaths

I’ve been revising the following essay for a couple months now. I thought it was ready, then I changed my mind, then went back and forth a bunch and then I decided I needed to publish or get off the shitbox. Fair warning, it is raw and difficult and
Elias Rosner 09 Jul 2025

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