About
The Comics Staple is a monthly, twelve page, black-and-white zine for anyone who wants to stay in the know when it comes to comics.
Each issue of The Comics Staple will feature writing about a whole range of comics from manga, to superheroes, to your next favorite indie comic. Expect top comics picks, reviews, interviews with creators, news roundups, creator spotlights, and weird comics history - all brought to you by an amazing team of comics critics and reporters.
The Comics Staple aims to make staying up to date on comics fun, simple, and cool. We can't wait until the first issue lands in your mailbox in September.
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The Team
Tiffany Babb is the editor of The Comics Courier, The Comics Staple, and The Fan Files. She has previously served as co-editor of PanelxPanel Magazine and deputy editor of Popverse.
Dave Baker is the writer and illustrator behind Mary Tyler MooreHawk and Halloween Boy.
David Harper is the person who runs the Eisner Award-nominated subscription comic site SKTCHD and hosts the weekly comics interview podcast, Off Panel. He’s had bylines at ICv2, Publisher’s Weekly, The Ringer, Polygon, and more. He’s from Alaska and, somewhat famously, he really likes Stilt-Man.
David Brothers was born in Georgia, found a new home in Oakland, edits Japanese manga for a living and American comics for a change of pace, and writes fiction when he’s not sitting by the dock of the Bay. He's played Tekken his whole life, but is still barely Fujin.
Douglas Wolk is the author of "All of the Marvels" and "Reading Comics," and teaches comics history at Portland State University. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Jim McDermott writes about lots of stuff, including his 5th grade teacher who hated the word "stuff." (Sorry Mrs. McBride!) He loves thinking and writing about the structure and metaphysics of comics. What is it we do when we comic? If he had an(other) existential crisis, it would clearly need to take the form of a comic.
Susana Polois a critic, writer, editor, and site founder with over 15 years of expertise in covering comics, pop culture, and fan communities. She founded The Mary Sue in 2011 and spent a decade in charge of Polygon's comics coverage (among other things). Her favorite superhero is Batman.
Zack Quaintance is a veteran comics journalist who has written for The Beat, NPR, and Publishers Weekly. He’s also a comic book writer, whose work includes Death of Comics Bookcase and Macabre Valley. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner Jazmine and their ornery dachshund Rodolfo.
Rob Salkowitz is author of several books about comics including "Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture." He writes for Forbes, ICv2, Publishers Weekly and elsewhere, and teaches visual storytelling at the University of Washington.
Oliver Sava is an Eisner Award-winning writer who covers comic books, TV, theater, and dance for a variety of publications, including The A.V. Club, Vulture, Chicago Magazine, SKTCHD, and The Comics Courier.
Omar Valdivieso - Armed with an extensive knowledge of comics, the Uncanny Omar has created the home for collected editions in the form of the YouTube channel Near Mint Condition. Daily he reviews comics of all genres, as well as announcing collected editions for Marvel and other publishers and promoting a positive community.