Samuel Edme

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Art for your inner freak! Creator of The Shapes He/Him Next Event: Minthorne Market Staten Island, August 1 12-4PM linktr.ee/sams_studios

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Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 12d

In last Saturday's newsletter, I reviewed my top six 2026 Harvey Award nominees. samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-72... @ryanestrada.com @dandq.bsky.social @faitherinhicks.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 13d

Golden Bibles If the peeled-off cover wasn't clear enough, it's a Tijuana Bible.

Panel 1 -- [Kathy is selling "Golden Bibles" on her stand.]

Man: Good day, ma'am. I'd crucify myself for one of your beautiful Bibles.

Kathy: That'll be $10, please.

Panel 2 -- Man pays Kathy.

Panel 3
Man: Thank you very much, and God bless you!
Kathy: God bless you too.

Panel 4
Kathy: God bless you for the smut you're about to endure.
[Cover peels off to reveal a Tijuana Bible.]

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 15d

In last Saturday's newsletter (not today's), I reviewed issue 1 of the new @darkhorse.com comic book series, Skate Ali. @samhumphries.bsky.social @kellysue.bsky.social @natachabustos.bsky.social samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-72...

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 16d

Half-Full, Half-Median, Half-Empty

Panel 1 -- [Starr and Cil are walking through the golf course.]

Starr: "14 people reported dead after imitating latest mold eating challenge". God, social media is accelerating Darwinism to damn-near self-destruction.

Cil: What is it with you and pessimism, Starr?

Panel 2
Starr: Oh, Cil, you perpetually unjaded ray of light. Optimism is a fickle fool's game that requires fantastical delusion to survive the wave of ongoing disappointments to one's high-set expectations.

Panel 3
Starr: Now, if you're a pessimist, you come with the expectation of everything turning to shit, so when it doesn't turn out to be so shitty, you get a sensation more cathartic and pleasant than any optimist can dream of.

Panel 4
Cil: It seems more logical to approach things from a stoic perspective, remaining indifferent to whatever passes and consistently maintaining an internal sense of peace in that.

Panel 5
Starr: And tell me, where's the excitement in that?
Cil: There isn't, but that's why it's so peaceful?
Starr: Peaceful, my ass. Indifference begets complacency. Complacency begets inaction. And inaction begets recessive stagnation.
Cil: Well, you must be feeling pretty optimistic about the practicality of your pessimistic realism.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 18d

My updated event schedule for the Clara & Pinky Summer Tour before The Shapes officially returns from hiatus in late September! I will be putting the limited-edition Clara & Pinky posters on my online shop soon.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 19d

The Floating Bookshop in OKC and Meadow Market Books in Tulsa carry The Shapes.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 23d

Days A' Commin N' Days A' Missed Happy birthday to me!

Panel 1 -- Triangle and Pinky are leaning on a tree.

Triangle: When I was 6, I couldn't wait til I was 13 to start doing all the mature things they were while standing tall.

Panel 2 -- Triangle: Then, when I became 13, I was dying to reach the big 18 to make all the decisions I wished without parental consent.

Panel 3 -- Triangle: After making it to 18, I grew impatient to climb up to cloud 25 when my brain development would "finish" and more people would take me seriously.

Panel 4 -- Triangle: Now, I am past 25 and am eagerly awaiting 40 when I can attest to experiencing accumulated wisdom.

Pinky: And someday, when you're 65, you'll be waxing nostalgically about a wasted youth in your previous life stages.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· 24d

I'm tabling at the New Jersey Punk Flea Market all Saturday long from 10AM-7PM at the NJ Expo Center. I'll have exclusive Clara & Pinky posters there!

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jul 14

Have Shapes comics available at 901 Comics in Memphis and restocked at Black Cat Records N’ Games in Dallas.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jul 9

To build up to The Shapes' hiatus return with the new storyline Clara & Pinky, I'm doing an event tour, selling limited edition posters!

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jul 8

In the last Sunday newsletter update, I reviewed Naughty Bits #23, which contains the origin story of Bitchy Bitch's equally cantankerous counterpart Bitchy Butch. samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-62...

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jul 7

In my latest Saturday newsletter, I reviewed Philly-based cartoonist Robert Wood's riotous solo anthology Barbeque Block Party! samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-62...

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jul 6

Jingoism Day Happy 250 years of ongoing terror and destabilization!

Panel 1 -- O say can you see, By the dusk's perennial lust.

[The sun is setting]

Panel 2 -- The cacophony of urban commotion, To the beat of imperialistic devotion?

[crowds of people are celebrating]

Panel 3 -- Whose bloody strips and bastard stars, Through the abominable rape.

[Uncle Sam is groping an indigenous woman]

Panel 4 -- O'er complicitly we watched, Were so savagely, yeah, streaming?

[A bunch of eyes are staring at their mobile devices]

Panel 5 -- And the brownnose's red glare, The fireworks bursting in air,

[Minstrel clown with a cap saying "nigger" is licking the rich white man's ass]

Panel 6 -- Give proof through the night, That fascism was still there.

[Cross burning]

Panel 7 -- I say, does that hegemonic symbol yet wave,

[US flag with KKK masks in place of the stars]

Panel 8 -- O'er the land of the enslaved, And home of the displaced.

[ICE facility rounds up their bounty]

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 26

Incubus Mortalis

Panel 1 -- Rect is walking with box of eggs.

Panel 2 -- Rect sets the box down.

Panel 3 -- Rect sits on the eggs.

Panel 4 -- Rect AAAHHs in comfort.

Panel 5 -- He hears a CRACK.

Panel 6 -- He stands up realizing he's killed the baby birds inside.

Panel 7 -- Rect: You know when you told me to incubate the eggs? Well- I sat on them aaaannd...

Daymond: Fiddlesticks! I knew I should have used the noun incubator and not the verb.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 25

Hey online denizens, I've relaunched my new and improved online shop! To celebrate I'm offering 30% orders ($7 minimum) until July 4! Just use the code SUMMERTOUR2026 at the checkout page. samsstudiosllc.com

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 23

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Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 23

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Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 23

In my latest newsletter update, I did a write-up about my favorite 2026 Eisner Award nominees! samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-61... @patrickhorvath.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 22

Cartoon Physics Does anyone know where I can find an Acme anvil to drop on myself for science?

Panel 1 -- Daymond: The 1st rule of Cartoon Physics states that the laws of gravity don't apply until the character realizes the consequences of their action. I shall test this hypothesis by carelessly walking off a cliff with my eyes closed.

Panel 2 -- Daymond whistles his way on the cliff.

Panel 3 -- Daymond is walking down the cliff.

Panel 4 -- Daymond continues whistling as he falls.

Panel 5 -- Daymond falls with a THUMP

Panel 6 -- Daymond gives a discordant whistle.

Panel 7 -- Silence

Panel 8 -- Doggie: Looks like somebody forgot to read the footnote stating the rule only applied when the action is unintentional and not premeditated like yours.

Daymond is walking in crutches disgruntledly.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 19

The Binary Zone

Panel 1 -- Diary, Journal
Po-tay-toe, Po-tah-toe

Panel 2 -- Doll, Action Figure
Toh-may-toe, Toh-mah-toe

Panel 3 -- Purse, Handbag
Vehg-table, Vegi-table

Panel 4 -- What's the difference at heart,
Beyond binary self-perception?

[male and female symbols are juxtaposed.]

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 15

Vanilla is the New Rainbow Still don't know when I'm returning from hiatus, but I'm really hoping by late summer to the beginning of fall. I have an event tour planned to build up to the upcoming story arc, so just wait and see.

Panel 1 -- Strait: …and that’s how my coming out journey influenced this graphic novel with my beautiful partner.

Round: [sobbing] God, I swear sometimes you’re Alison Bechdel’s estranged twin brother.

Triangle is also sobbing.

Panel 2 -- Rect: Hey guys, did I miss anything?

Triangle: We were talking about how Strait is Gay—

Panel 3 -- Rect: Wait, so if straight is now gay, is gay straight?

Triangle: Gaye is gay like his partner Strait.

Rect: So if straight and gay mean the same thing now, what’s gay now?

Triangle: Gay is still gay, and so is Strait and Gaye.

Panel 4 -- Rect: Then how do you know when gay is straight and gay is just gay?

Triangle: Gaye was never straight and was always just gay.

Rect: But it isn’t anymore, so how do you know when gay’s just gay or straight?

Triangle: Gaye is still gay though it might change in the future, but no one really knows.

Panel 5 -- Rect: Well when will it change if it does darn it! I can’t think straight with all this confusion.

Strait: Then think gay like me.

Round: Don’t indulge his confusion.

Strait: Sorry, but this exchange was getting way too fun for me not to join in on.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· Jun 12

I haven't been active on the socials lately due to busting my ass reading as many Eisner nominees as possible (newsletter write-up on my favorites coming next week) and a buncha other life shit, but Sunday from noon to 2, I'm tabling at the Silent Book Club pop-up in Denton, TX.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 20

On Sunday's edition of the Sam's Studios newsletter, I reviewed Naughty Bits #22 by Roberta Gregory, featuring the Bitchy Bitch story Adulterated about, you've guessed it, adulting! samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-51...

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 18

In last Saturday's newsletter, I reviewed Pete + Andy by Mosiah Ballard, the story of two stoner buddies drifting apart during a movie theater labyrinth: samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-51...

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 16

I'm tabling today, folks at Montclair Flea Market from 11am-5pm & Nook Spring Arts & Crafts Fair from 10am-4pm! I'm soft-launching a surprise print!

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 15

Penny's Pets Two bird-themed reruns in a row, ah, ah, ah, ah...

Panel 1 -- Daymond: Excuse me, ma'am, but could I see those great tits?

Clerk: Yes, bring in the family of great tits please.

Panel 2 -- Man pops out and punches Daymond.

Man: DON'T FLIRT WITH MY WIFE!!

Panel 3 -- Clerk: Honey, he was just asking me if he could see the birds.

Man: Oh, sorry sir.

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 14

I'm reading more comix at Secret Third Thing tonight, starting at 8! Doors open at 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/1989090036845?aff=oddtdtcreator

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 13

Guess who’s in the new Freaky issue? Order yours today by emailing TheSlowPrisoner@gmail.com!

Samuel Edme@sams-studios-llc· May 12

In last Saturday's Sam's Studios newsletter, I reviewed memoir comic Homicidal Ideation by Darya Foroohar. Exploring sexuality, misogyny, fear, and, most importantly, homicidal fantasies, we follow Darya go through the motions of dealing with a stalker: samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-54...