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Samantha Puc

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Samantha Puc (she/they) is a fat, disabled, lesbian writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on LGBTQ+ and fat representation in pop culture. They are an Eisner Award-winning journalist and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic with bylines at The Beat, Publishers Weekly, Yes! Magazine, Polygon, and elsewhere. Samantha is the founder of Fat Forward Books, Community Voices Blog Editor at NAAFA, and a contributor to the award-winning Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives…

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NSFW Exclusive Preview: Roberta Gregory’s BITCHY! cuts to the chase

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By Samantha Puc Verified
| ComicsBeat Verified
Fantagraphics has collected Roberta Gregory’s Naughty Bits strip into one definitive collection, Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken, and today, The Beat can reveal an exclusive preview ahead of the book’s release. Naughty Bits ran for 40 issues between 1991 and 2004 and remains the longest-running solo comic by a woman creator. Bitchy! collects the Fantagraphics series, arranging it for the first time in chronological order to tell the story of Midge McCracken.
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SDCC ’26: BOOM! announces limited day SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN exclusives, more

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By Samantha Puc Verified
| ComicsBeat Verified
BOOM! Studios has announced its full programming schedule and exclusives for San Diego Comic-Con 2026, including a slew of limited day Something Is Killing the Children exclusives and more. The publisher will be at booth #2229 all weekend. Here are the details on what to expect from BOOM! Studios at SDCC ’26. BOOM! Studios SDCC ’26 limited day exclusives All exclusives will be available at booth #2229 while supplies last.
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Silver Sprocket Artists Collective releases statement alleging ongoing issues

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By Samantha Puc Verified
| ComicsBeat Verified
On Friday, a group of artists known as the Silver Sprocket Artists Collective released a public statement via Cartoonists United regarding concerns with Silver Sprocket’s business practices, alleging systemic accounting problems, financial miscommunications, poor treatment of staff, and lack of professionalism. The statement also claims royalty payments have either been late or have not been made at all, despite artists selling through multiple printings of their Silver Sprocket books.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I did food and event coverage for a weekly paper's summer publication.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter. as damned as it may be.

Awards

Eisner Award

2025 - Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
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