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The Online Literary Magazine For Comics -- www.SOLRAD.co

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Today on SOLRAD, Tasha Lowe-Newsome reviews The High Desert. (black. punk. nowhere) by James Spooner
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Today on SOLRAD, Tasha Lowe-Newsome reviews The High Desert. (black. punk. nowhere) by James Spooner
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Eliza Harris in Conversation about Haiku Comics with Shin Yu Pai and Justin Rueff and their book LESS DESOLATE
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Eliza Harris in Conversation about Haiku Comics with Shin Yu Pai and Justin Rueff and their book LESS DESOLATE
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SOLRAD Presents is an imprint of SOLRAD and exists to serve cartoonists looking for a permanent digital home for comics.
The SOLRAD Presents standard hosting agreement contract can be found here: solrad.co/solrad-prese...

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It's none of those things, tbh -- we are just hosting the comics on our site. solrad.co/solrad-prese...

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We accept comics that had previously been published on social media, unpublished comics, or comics published in other places or ways that no longer serve their maker’s needs. If you are interested in having a comic hosted by SOLRAD Presents, please email us at publisher@solrad.co.

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SOLRAD Presents is an imprint of SOLRAD and exists to serve cartoonists looking for a permanent digital home for comics.
The SOLRAD Presents standard hosting agreement contract can be found here: solrad.co/solrad-prese...

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SOLRAD's Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Elkin, returns with his capsule review column, Books in Bites, looking at work by Kit Anderson, Simon Moreton, S. Meralli, and PF Radice
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SOLRAD's Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Elkin, returns with his capsule review column, Books in Bites, looking at work by Kit Anderson, Simon Moreton, S. Meralli, and PF Radice
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From our latest newsletter RE: Heat Domes and Summertime

"Everything is heightened in the heat -- from your emotional intolerance for fuckery to the weird smell in your car to the bubbles of our own rectitude."

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Just trying to ... you know... "help" folks.

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Also... it sure is fun to write "Eisner-nominated" -- We're starting to understand what the fuss is all about.

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I don't think we used the word "newsletter" enough in this post.

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so is vancaf going to publicly apologize to miriam and offer her a free lifetime table for their horrendous behavior, or is vancaf permanently banned?

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Did you know the Eisner-nominated Online Literary Journal for Comics, SOLRAD, has a newsletter?
Now you do.
Sign up here: solrad.co/newsletter-3

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SOLRAD's Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Elkin, returns with his capsule review column, Books in Bites, looking at work by Gregory Panaccione, Debbie Fong, and Julian Voloj and Andreas Gefe
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Marjorie Gaber makes her SOLRAD debut with a thoughtful essay on how HARI'S CURSE by Asuka Konishi allowed her a better understanding of the themes explored in The Graduate directed by Mike Nichols
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SOLRAD's Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Elkin, returns with his capsule review column, Books in Bites, looking at work by Gregory Panaccione, Debbie Fong, and Julian Voloj and Andreas Gefe
solrad.co/books-in-bit...

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So... I guess... if you are able to, please consider voting for SOLRAD for an Eisner.

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In all seriousness, though -- this is an honor and a fitting testament to the great writing and writers we have been fortunate enough to publish since our beginnings in 2020.

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We're still completely agog and baffled that we got nominated for an Eisner Award this year... It's like if little 7-year-old Jimmy duct-taped a GoPro to his pet hampster, shot footage of the lint under his bunk bed, and then got nominated by the academy for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER.

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hustling the hype by hyping the hustle

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We've been told that if you are a comics professional and you aren't registered to vote in the #Eisner Awards, you should do that (and we humbly ask you consider SOLRAD for "Best Comics Periodical/Journalism")
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Marjorie Gaber makes her SOLRAD debut with a thoughtful essay on how HARI'S CURSE by Asuka Konishi allowed her a better understanding of the themes explored in The Graduate directed by Mike Nichols
solrad.co/finding-a-wa...

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In recent times I find that I’m most moved by art that dives deep into the sublime nature of human connection. In this regard, and others, Aidan Koch’s new comic collection SPIRAL AND OTHER STORIES, from New York Review Comics, is transcendent. My latest review, for SOLRAD:

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Thanks for this. We could use the support. Also, it's BONKERS to read "2024 Eisner-nominated press" in anything referring to us.

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SOLRAD Putting out the good stuff!! There are so many incredible small press houses putting out amazing comics and SOLRAD is def one of them. Support this 2024 Eisner-nominated press.

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Thanks! We are a bit overwhelmed. I mean, seriously, this is bonkers.

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It's..... bonkers.

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read my 420 column that is actually about sobriety (and comics)

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Join us for the finale of "extinction" by Phoebe Mol, a poetry comic that follows a solitary creature foggily recalling their past companion; moving towards an otherworldly reunion.
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