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going by what I got down on the train yesterday, I'm talking about figure drawing, knowing that anxiety is dumb but falling prey anyway, and drawing more generally. Plus AG! & Muse's albums. Reckon I'll be done by Friday. You can see prior newsletters/subscribe over here: essays.iamdavidbrothers.com

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨 Darkness There, and So Much More: Between Richard Corben and Edgar Allan Poe, by @tomshaps.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2026/07/27/d...

a tour through a Kodak lab, in great detail, with 3D diagrams and all kinds of explanatory stuff. it's about film and shot on film! the colors are really pleasant in this, especially when they're isolating dyes in film www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_o8...

lemme get out of the hospital before I go starting any more fights!!

accidentally started a huge and embarrassing fight at the movies because I said that yeah, Catwoman in Batman Returns, I totally get it, but Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface—!! and the resulting brawl broke through the IMAX screen right when they were saying the title in The Odyssey

I feel like "don't make fun of the nominees" is the bare minimum for anyone onstage at award show (you can be a sore winner if it's funny though), and that's why the Eisners have gotta give Thomas Jane the Sandman Sims treatment. let him watch the show on zoom in the hallway

can I use "sink in like a shiv"?

“FAST FROM THE HOG, Y’ALL, AND GROW UP!!”

got a very cool tour of Letterboxd HQ and ended up having to fight my way out like it was The Raid because I accidentally said what I really think about a five-star scoring system for art out loud

"I had a nervous breakdown to fulfill a neurotic 'writer' archetype my educational system had sold me."

brain fulla acid rain lately, and you know what that means: time to shave my head and write a newsletter

I like this piece, and was thinking about how it kinda applies to Absolute Superman and somewhat to Absolute Batman as well

Just sent through payment to a writer for their work on Shelfdust, and feeling very happy about being able to pay for comics criticism. It's thanks to support on sites like Patreon that I can afford to do this! So if you enjoy the site, anything from $1 a month helps a lot www.patreon.com/shelfdust

mannnnn, that second one especially. imagine being able to create something like that. thank you! Sorry I got you yelled at!

I'm a few issues behind, but Absolute Wonder Woman is a banger for real.

Homer called it a "wine-dark sea" because Cool Blue was the most popular flavor of wine back in those days. lost to history now, I'm afraid. climate change and all.

I had the same thought about "Antonio"! He doesn't, far as I know. (He was fun in Tragedy of MacBeth, opposite Denzel.) You make a good point. Patel especially doesn't play that role, despite literally being his best friend in the film. I'm curious what a successful attempt looks like for her.

this echoes something I've noticed while moderating panels. If I've prepared properly, I can draw connections between anything the panelists have to say about their work, even if it's new to me. Few days after the panel, I might not even remember the name of the book.

I thought Corey Hawkins as "the friend who loudly reminds you of the truth when you're telling a lie because he's bad at reading the room" was hilarious. "Whoa, that guy has the same name as your shepherd that you hate! What're the odds???"

I wrote a piece last year after thinking about it for a long time and Steve published it today. It's about my birthday, growing up in the afrocentric era, the joy of elbow grease, Gil Scott-Heron, and the voice you use with your father after realizing you're taller than him. On All-Star Superman #6: