In the latest in what feels like a surreal sequence of events in my working life, my name appears prominently multiple times in an essay in the just-released issue of the New York Review of Books. The foreword that Michael Chabon wrote for How Comics Were Made was picked up by the NYRB as a standalone essay for its Holiday Issue, which is already online. (You can register at no cost to read a single article.)

I thought the foreword might be rewritten a bit to detach the context from my book. However, the editors made the connection even stronger, with the book’s title appeaing repeatedly! I’m looking forward to snagging a couple of copies in print. The issue shipped to subscribers last week and should appear on newsstands sometime before its Dec. 19, 2024, cover date.