Searching for SmarterChild
A documentary about SmarterChild, the AIM chatbot with 30 million users, is close to its Kickstarter goal. It's worth a look.
Matthew Bogart
slice-of-life comics you'll like
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Side-stepping my imposter syndrome into a fantasy city
I've been told for years I should run TTRPGs professionally. I finally stopped arguing with everyone. I'm running Shadowdark on StartPlaying.games, and this link gets you $10 credit if you want to join.
Blogroll - A new Incredible Doom comic is out
A new 32-page Incredible Doom story is on Patreon. Plus Standard Ebooks, the volunteer project making public domain books worth reading, and seven other links worth your time.
Incredible Doom: The Last Days of Evol House is on Patreon
A 32-page mini-comic returning to the world of Incredible Doom. The last night before the legendary punk house comes down. Now on Patreon.
Small E-Ink Reader That Changed My Reading Habit
A $69 e-ink reader changed my reading habit by sitting in my pocket ahead of my phone. On single-use devices, free epub sources, and actually reading more.
A new Incredible Doom Story
A new 32-page comic set in the world of Incredible Doom is coming to Patreon next week. The Last Days of Evol House follows what happens the night the bulldozers come for the punk house. Any paid member gets access the day it goes live.
How to track your comics progress with one line of code.
People keep asking what app I use for my website progress bars. It's pretty simple and I think every cartoonist might benefit from having them.
Blogroll - What happened to Incredible Doom Vol. 3?
This month: Recontextualizing for the win. Plus: the 24/7 stream keeping weird internet alive, what happened with Incredible Doom Vol. 3, and the Vlogbrothers continue to kick ass.
An Honest Update on Incredible Doom Vol. 3
If you've been waiting for new pages of Incredible Doom Vol. 3, you've been waiting for a while. I owe you an explanation—and an apology for not posting this sooner.
I built a robot to fix my comic lettering.
I write my comics in Fountain, but pasting into Clip Studio brings all the markdown with it—asterisks, underscores, everything. Plus there's this comic lettering convention about uppercase vs lowercase I that I was fixing manually. So I built a macro that handles both. Free download.
The last attempt looks like the others.
Two years of rewrites, failed attempts, and starting over. Then a few adjustments that didn't feel different from any others.
Student Work
I found figure studies in my art teacher's filing cabinet and recognized the style immediately. Same teacher, same Ohio town—he went on to draw Spider-Man.
ComiXology Submit: Final Sales Numbers (2013-2021)
A decade late, here are the final sales numbers from my ComiXology Submit experiment: 5,699 copies, $443 earned, and why I'd never do it again. (aside from the fact that it's been discontinued)
The Tabletop RPG Products I'm Most Excited to Use in 2026
At the start of this new year here's what has me most excited about tabletop gaming right now.
Fresh eyed posts.
A technique for figuring out what actually needs fixing in my comics once I’m out of the weeds.