Chris Mautner

Resharing here for those who might have missed this announcement from earlier in October. Peow2 will be releasing the english edition of Phantom Core by Yasushi Nirasawa in the spring of 2027. Production is currently underway!

CNBC: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

In "Peanuts," Linus first mentioned the Great Pumpkin on October 26, 1959, creating what would go on to become an indelible cultural icon. Here’s that strip, followed by the rest of that week’s dailies:

Eric Bauza, who made history as the first actor of color to voice Bugs Bunny, has died unexpectedly of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, aged only 46.

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

well that's the last thing we fucking need

Anyone know what kind of caterpillar this is?

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

Oh, shit. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Here’s something you should know about minks: They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people. They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19. Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵

Remember: It’s All Hallow’s EVE, not All Hallow’s STEVE. @theonion.com

Charlotte Harding (1873-1951)

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NRO obtained court records showing Acton did in fact face abuse and her mother and Vivek are just straight up lying www.nationalreview.com/news/amy-act...

What's so amazing about these old Irish Halloween turnip carvings is how accurately they also represent what it feels like to live in the 21st century

RIP Spanish artist Sanjulián (Manuel Pérez Clemente) who has left us at the age of 85.

R.I.P. Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, the warmest and friendliest film critic I ever knew. We used to cross paths at the Middleburg FF, where she was a tremendously welcoming presence. She was at work on a book about the making of All the President’s Men. We need it now more than ever.

“Stop Making Sense” premieres 42 years ago today. 🎂 “.. shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do,” said director Jonathan Demme. “Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There's no acting. I love it.” [“Slippery People”]

Vintage ad (Harry Haenigsen for Bissell):

It's a story the media is afraid to touch With Trump facing a Dem Congress, the question is becoming less about whether POTUS will try to upend democracy, but how 2 veteran DC insiders think the keys to a Trump coup are locked in a White House safe My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

‘Six Studies of Pillows’ - Albrecht Dürer, 1493, drawing

some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from

Today on TCJ, I dive headfirst into the art-versus-artist trap that is PEEPSHOW by Joe Matt, in which the “just being honest” defense and the “just joking” defense race to see which can reach its artistic and ethical limits faster:

Very little girl: "Why do they have their hands wrapped up behind their back?" Mom: "Go in the kitchen, honey" Girl: "Mommy!" This is the March immigration arrest of a Latino tree-service worker by local cops in West York Borough, Pa., who turned him over to ICE They are breaking our communities

Watching cable news.

Because you all deserve something good today: Allan Rohan Crite's luminous & deeply felt "Streetcar Madonna," 1946. Crite was an African-American artist & illustrator based in the Boston area whose work consistently celebrated his religious faith

Researchers Suggest Wild Horses Don’t Have To Worry About Any Of This https://theonion.com/researchers-suggest-wild-horses-don-t-have-to-worry-abo-1846087171/

A Susan Collins PAC bought ads in the wrong Portland and has been airing them in Oregon theintercept.com/2026/10/12/s...

One week left on my Startkicker project. There are some small art pieces up for grabs too, but they are being grabbed as fast as we can put them up. www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...

Do you want good tortoise news? I thought so. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ruthlessly doxxed by Google AI

Idealized American comic book store as depicted by a shōjo manga artist in Star Clock Liddell (Yoshimi Uchida, 1982-83; Eng. edition 2026, Glacier Bay Books)

The Chester County Health Department, which is leading the response to the exposure, says anyone unvaccinated or unable to prove their vaccination status must stay away from the school and school functions for 21 days.

Director John Hubley and dancer Olga Lunick, who served as the dance reference for the 1951 UPA short “Rooty Toot Toot.” The drawings here are Hubley’s character development studies.

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congressional-candidate-is-raped-while-repairing-her-campaign-signs-40705248/

Here's a big event in my quiet life. Loads of unseen art and I enjoyed writing the interspersed commentary, with loads of humor and insight about making comics. Kickstarter open now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...