# E is for Erik News and updates from author/illustrator/teacher Erik Brooks. Page: Feed: --- ## [Summer Soapbox](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/summer-soapbox) _2026-07-31 · E is for Erik_ A summer's worth of thoughts...and then some! ## [Gettin' Hot!](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/gettin-hot) _2026-05-05 · E is for Erik_ Burning the midnight oil a bit as I enter the last two weeks of my MFA program’s first semester - plus the final six weeks of the teaching year. ## [Harts Pass: February & March](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/harts-pass-february-and-march) _2026-04-01 · E is for Erik_ Time flies. Comics and considerations! ## [The Harts Pass "Bridge"](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/the-harts-pass-bridge) _2026-02-14 · E is for Erik_ Someday I'll try a 24hour Comics Day again... ## [Midwinter Musings...](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/midwinter-musings) _2026-02-05 · E is for Erik_ An MFA program in Graphic Design and the pursuit of "play" ## ["Killing the Truth"](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/killing-the-truth) _2026-01-29 · E is for Erik_ An artistic action. An extension of yesterday's comic. ## [With LOVE to Minneapolis (again)](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/with-love-to-minneapolis-again) _2026-01-28 · E is for Erik_ Harts Pass no. 780: A LOT on my mind lately, but hard to not be thinking about the city and state where I spent most of high school, college, and several early years of my adult life. ## [Harts Pass no. 760](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/harts-pass-no-760) _2025-08-23 · E is for Erik_ Back to school! ## [Harts Pass no. 756 and more!](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/harts-pass-no-756-and-more) _2025-08-13 · E is for Erik_ Some late-summer catch up posts on the comic front. ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DU8KSBS9SE1w) _2025-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Summer Summary :)](https://erikbrooksbooks.substack.com/p/summer-summary) _2025-08-03 · E is for Erik_ It's not over yet, but... [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/170027138/6746e8e8927a4f0dd72b10dff63d0216.mp3)