Rob Salkowitz

forbes.comConcept Art Awards 2026 Honor Creators From Animation Legends To Stars Of The FutureThe awards honor artists responsible for the visual spectacle of movies, animation and games.

Concept Art Association awards honoring the years best animation, illustration, production and game art, winners from tonight’s ceremony at @lightboxexpo.com only on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comIn Turbulent Times For Commercial Art, LightBox Expo Still ShinesThe unique show focusing on commercial art provides much-needed community and opportunity for creative professionals as their industry is under threat.

Commercial art is under pressure from AI, industry contraction, and economic uncertainty. So why is LightBox Expo still shining? Maybe the future of art belongs to the people who actually make it. My latest for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.com‘Batman’ Writer Matt Fraction On The Impending Assassination Of Bruce WayneThe writer of DC's flagship Batman title talks about working on a character with so much history, balancing continuity and accessibility, and his upcoming storyline.

Talked to #Batman writer @mattfraction.bsky.social about the upcoming 'Assassination of Bruce Wayne' storyline, today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

Want to attend the AI panel at NYCC but don’t have a pro badge? Here’s how!

Rob Salkowitz@robsalk.bsky.social

Today at #NYCC, River Pavilion Stage 1 2:45

Today at #NYCC, River Pavilion Stage 1 2:45

Make your way upstairs at #nycc today for a panel on the ongoing legal, tech and industry pushback on AI!

The Glaze Project (UChicago SAND Lab and ETCH)@theglazeproject.bsky.social

For folks at NY comic con, reminder to join us on Oct 10, Saturday, 2:45pm-3:30pm for our panel on Creatives defense against AI, with the great @kortizart.bsky.social and Tim Friedlander from NAVA, moderated by @robsalk.bsky.social.

Hello #NYCC! Start your Con off with a great discussion about the Marvel Comics that shaped us! Great lineup of Bloomsbury authors, and a big announcement from your humble moderator, 11am 1B02!

Stuart Moore@stuartmoore.bsky.social

Start your #NYCC right with Marvel Across Generations, showcasing the line of critical and historical books from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social ! Thursday at 11 AM, room 1B02. Featuring me, Paul Levitz, Tom Mason, and @ysolstar.bsky.social , moderated by @robsalk.bsky.social.

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forbes.comNew York Comic Con 2026 Showcases An Industry In TransitionThe big East Coast pop culture extravaganza has long benefited from being at the center of the publishing business, but that's starting to change.

Will big changes at the Big Two affect #NYCC from a business standpoint? My curtain-raiser for this year's New York Comic Con today at @forbes.com - and safe travels to everyone heading to the show. See you there! www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

icv2.comWhat Do We Really Know About the Impact of Digital Comics?Column by Rob Salkowitz

If you're interested in the future of digital comics, you won't want to miss my conversation with GlobalComix CEO Henrik Rydberg Thursday at the ICv2 Insider Talks at New York Comic Con! Here's a preview of what we'll be talking about. icv2.com/articles/col...

forbes.comWEBTOON And Marvel Are Launching Their New Digital App At NYCCThe new app, first announced last year, will provide subscription-based access to a library of over 35,000 digital comics from Marvel's back catalog.

Marvel and WEBTOON unveil new digital platform offering access to 35,000 back issues for a monthly subscription, launching November 16 with previews at NYCC, today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comSweet Shop App Launches Today, Promising Simple Access To Digital Comics And MangaThe new app hopes to differentiate in a crowded market by rejecting AI and investor-driven gimmicks.

New digital comics app @sweetshop.app opens to the public today on iOS and Android. Exclusive launch details at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comIs Paramount Smart Enough To Leave DC Comics Alone?A huge part of DC's multibillion dollar value to Warner Bros comes from fan sentiment, which can be easily squandered by ham-fisted management decisions.

22 Sept

"Just because the Attorneys General settled their suit doesn't oblige fans to look past their misgivings if DC’s new owners start throwing their weight around like swaggering supervillains." Some thoughts on the merger's impact on #DCComics at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

18 Sept

@rickperlstein.bsky.social what is best way to contact you regarding possibility of blurbing a book I am working on for Bloomsbury involving pop culture in the 70s?

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17 Sept

Shorter Ed: Worrying about AI doomer stuff instead of the real business and tech issues is like being scared of the kid with a flashlight under his chin telling ghost stories while there’s an actual family of bears outside the tent.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com

Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

icv2.comThe ''Great Muddle'' is Coming for Webtoon Platforms, Publishers and Content. Here's What It All MeansColumn by Rob Salkowitz

14 Sept

Platforms becoming publishers! Publishers becoming digital distributors! Licensors building studios! What's going on in the #webtoon space now that all the easy growth is over? My guide to "the Great Muddle," today on @icv2.com icv2.com/articles/col...

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Original #BabysittersClub artists @goraina.bsky.social and @galegalligan.bsky.social on their collaboration on the BSC 40th anniversary "Baby-Sitters on Board" graphic novel from Scholastic, today on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comRaina Telgemeier And Gale Galligan On Board For Baby-Sitters Club 40th Anniversary SpecialThe two superstar graphic novelists discuss their love for Ann M. Martin's stories, collaborating on the series that launched their careers, and future possibilities.

youtube.comA.I. and the Creative Industries: Where We Stand at SDCC 2026YouTube video by Lawrence Brenner

8 Sept

How can creatives respond to AI through regulation, legislation, technology countermeasures & consumer activism? Check out this #SDCC panel featuring @benzhao.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social @timfriedlander.bsky.social and me filmed by @lawrencebrenner.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPT_...

forbes.comDerf Backderf’s ‘The Dissidents’ Takes Us Back 110 Years To Find Today’s AmericaImagine a time of anti-immigrant fervor, unpopular wars and official intolerance of dissent. It's easy if you try, as Derf Backderf shows in his new graphic novel.

1 Sept

Derf Backderf's new graphic novel "The Dissidents" is a chilling tale of how America silenced critics of an unpopular war, anti-immigrant hysteria and consolidation of wealth... in 1917. Review today on @forbes.com @derfbackderf.bsky.social @abramscomicarts.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comUpper Deck Debuts Transformers 40th Anniversary Card Set To Kick Off New Hasbro PartnershipThe multiyear licensing deal will see Upper Deck release trading cards and games based on a range of iconic Hasbro IP.

26 Aug

Upper Deck and Hasbro announce partnership on trading cards and games, starting with card set celebrating 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie, Exclusive news @forbes.com #UpperDeck #Transformers @upperdeckent.bsky.social #tcg www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comArtists Built A Site To Escape AI. Scrapers Are Coming For It AnywayCara was set up specifically for artists who do not consent to having their work used to train AI models. Those principles seem to have made it a target for attacks.

23 Aug

The recent attacks on the artist app Cara, built specifically as a place to protect art from AI scraping, suggest a deliberate disregard for the principle of consent, says Cara founder Jingna Zhang. Story on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

lawyersgunsmoneyblog.comWho is the Greatest Living Jazz Musician? - Lawyers, Guns & MoneyHere’s a question to debate: Who is the greatest living jazz musician? I promised a post like this after Sonny Rollins died because to me at least, Rollins was clearly the greatest living jazz musicia...

20 Aug

Arturo O'Farrill comes to mind. He's contemporary, acclaimed, innovative, very productive, and his live gigs blow the roof off.

forbes.comInside The Hilarious, Brilliant, Messy World Of Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy’A deluxe new collection of the groundbreaking 90s indie comix shows Bitchy's humor still bites.

17 Aug

Roberta Gregory's 'Bitchy Bitch,' now in a deluxe collected edition from @fantagraphics.bsky.social blazed a trail for hilarious, proudly unlikeable female anti-heroes and remains biting satire to this day. Story on @forbes.com thx @superfanpr.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comWebtoon’s Growth Is Slowing But Its Ambitions Are GrowingThe mobile comics platform's surprising recent financial performance sugarcoats some troubling market dynamics. Will new strategic moves pay off?

11 Aug

With global growth of webtoons in general slowing dramatically, WEBTOON Entertainment is turning to new strategies to drive revenue, investing big in co-owned IP and AI. Will it pay off? Deep dive into the Q2 financials today on @forbes.com #Webtoon www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

9 Aug

If the concern is that advanced AI will fall into the “wrong hands,” I have some bad news for you…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

EMMER: Our enemy -- China -- is trying to stop us from beating them in the AI war by frustrating our ability to build data centers BARTIROMO: Yeah. It is an industrial revolution part 2 with the amount of jobs and build out from these data centers, and it's certainly helping the economy as well

icv2.comSDCC 2026 - Flying High, Running HotColumn by Rob Salkowitz

29 July

This year's San Diego Comic-Con was a pressure-cooker of a show that kept springing leaks at the seams. It remains the world's essential fan culture, entertainment and industry event but something needs to give. My report today on @icv2 icv2.com/articles/col...

forbes.comSDCC Stunner: Hall H On Borrowed Time?Comic-Con International's David Glanzer dropped a bombshell about the famed media theater at the end of Comic-Con 2026.

27 July

SDCC dropped a shocking bombshell at the "Comic-Con Talkback" panel on Sunday. EXCLUSIVE ON @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

@explodingarrow.bsky.social

The #sdcc “AI: Where We Stand” panel features some great ways for creators and fans to protect their works and careers. Thx @benzhao.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social and @timfriedlander.bsky.social for sharing news you can use.

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Guess whats today? The coolest panel of the entire weekend!!! Come check out the amazing conversational skills of @douglaswolk.bsky.social @davidharper.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social and Dave Baker!!! 1PM or bust!!

forbes.comVisionary Illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz Gets The Documentary Treatment With ‘That Polish Guy’The work of artist Bill Sienkiewicz, once nicknamed "That Polish Guy" by Clint Eastwood, has influenced comics, illustration, advertising, animation and film.

New Bill Sienkiewicz documentary announced at #SDCC last night! Exclusive interview, story and preview clips today on @forbes.com @bsienk.bsky.social @salabbinanti.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

Today at #SDCC - What can creators do to level the playing field against AI? The current state of litigation, legislation, labor organizing, technology and business countermeasures from leaders @benzhao.bsky.social @timfriedlander.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social 2pm Rm 32AB

It’s ON!!! Frazetta’s Fiercest Females 6pm Room 9, #sdcc

25 July

Today at twilight, the wild women emerge at #sdcc inspired by the magnificent work of fantasy art grandmaster Frank Frazetta, 6pm room 9 with @sarafrazetta.bsky.social @ericafett.bsky.social @sozomaika.bsky.social @taffetadarling.bsky.social

25 July

Today at #Sdcc, join us for an oddly compelling look at artist/publisher Denis Kitchen, 11:30 26ab

forbes.comJohn Cusack’s New Graphic Novel ‘Momo’ Is The Surreal ThingWhatever you might expect from a graphic novel by actor John Cusack, 'Momo' is certain to surprise you with its range of offbeat influences.

24 July

Actor John Cusack debuted his new graphic novel ‘Momo’ at #SDCC today and it is definitely not what you’d expect. @madcavestudios.com @melissameszaros.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

25 July

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24 July

Today at #sdcc 3pm looking forward to moderating an amazing conversation with some of the top comics memoirists in the biz including @mimipond.bsky.social , @shamirk.bsky.social , @lisahanawalt.bsky.social and @sophieyanow.bsky.social , thx to @dandq.bsky.social

23 July

Today #SDCC, some of today’s top creators discuss their unique pathways into comics presented by @comixology.bsky.social and @superfanpr.bsky.social 1pm!

23 July

At #SDCC? Join Michael Dooley, Jim Thompson and me in an animated conversation about the medium of comics moderated by Alonso Nunez this morning at the Omni, 11am

forbes.comSan Diego Comic-Con Roars Back To Life This Week In Strong Shape Despite ChallengesSan Diego Comic-Con costs millions to run and the nonprofit behind it is constantly seeking new opportunities to grow within the constraints of its market and facilty.

21 July

As San Diego Comic-Con is set to kick off this week, a look at how the organization behind it is managing growth opportunities, expansion, relocation possibilities and stability in challenging times, today at @forbes #SDCC www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

icv2.comSDCC Panels for Pros 2026Column by Rob Salkowitz

20 July

Industry folks going to #sdcc here are my annual picks for Panels for Pros, up today on @icv2.com icv2.com/print/articl...

forbes.comMarvel’s Move From New York To Burbank Is The End Of Several ErasMarvel is moving its offices west and replacing its Editor-in-Chief as changes continue for the Disney-owned super-brand.

16 July

Marvel Comics, a company synonymous with New York for 90 years, is moving to Burbank and replacing its editor-in-chief. Some notes on the big but not unexpected news today on @forbes.com #Marvel www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

forbes.comHarvey Awards Announce 2026 Nominees For Top Comics And Related ProjectsFor nearly 40 years, the Harvey Awards have recognized some of the best comics and comic-related projects in the industry. This year's list may surprise you.

7 July

2026 Harvey Award nominees for best comics and media announced today, exclusively at @forbes #NYCC @chipmosher.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

7 July

Wait, they've found 3 unrecorded goals in a dumpster behind a polling place in Georgia!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

The US can still win the World Cup if Donald Trump has the courage

7 July

Unfortunately, justice has been served. Thick cut. With mayo. #ettd

nytimes.comTrump Asked FIFA to Review Balogun’s Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play.

5 July

Feels like the only thing the USNMT can do to retain integrity and legitimacy is to hold Balogun out of the lineup anyway.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

this is why we can't have nice things. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

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5 July

So as long as the US is still in, they will have an asterisk next to any future victory because of this fuckery. Every other country will be able to claim, rightly, that the US cheated.

Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card. FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

publishersweekly.comEmaqi Looks to Grow Digital Manga Market with Subscription ServiceThe digital manga platform, a relatively new player in the burgeoning North American market, has launched a premium subscription service for English-language titles, expanding on its initial pay-per-d...

1 July

Digital manga platform @emaqi-official.bsky.social announces new subscription plan, partnerships with @kodansha.us @viz.com and others ahead of #animeexpo exclusive news at @pwcomicsworld.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...