Here’s a link drop of sites I visit on a regular basis (i.e. every morning at least), some are design related, some are about comics and others are about the real world.
Blogs
The Beat
Solid comic journalism and reporting at the Publishers Weekly site by Heidi McDonald.
Blog@Newsarama
Comic blog at Newsarama, more mainstream and fanboy-ish. Marvel and DC comics news aplenty.
Ashley Wood
He kind of stopped updating his main site, so all the latest news and art are posted here.
Carsonified!
Ryan Carson’s blog where he spills the beans on how he runs his business. Hats included.
YWFT Blog
A relative new one on the list. Lots of interesting design links here.
Brian Wood
Official site/blog from writer/artist/designer Brian Wood, author of Vertigo’s DMZ series.
PULPHOPE
Blog of artist Paul Pope (Heavy Liquid, Batman Year 100)
Warren Ellis
Site / blog of writer Warren Ellis. He posts several times a day, sometimes new work, but mostly interesting bits he finds on the web. Not always safe for work or for people easily offended.
THE SERIF
Quickly becoming my favourite design blog, with excellent links and work posted daily. Also has an extensive links database.
FormFiftyFive
Another very good design blog.
Manystuff
A French (although its in English) design blog run by Charlotte Cheetham. No fluff, just links and pictures.
Swiss Legacy
Design blog run by Loïc Sattler and Xavier focussing on typography, Swiss graphic design and grids.
Design Observer
No extra explanation needed.
CR Blog
The Creative Review blog.
Forums
Sharpenings
The official Liam Sharp / Mam Tor™ Publishing forum.
THE ENGINE
Forum ran by Warren Ellis. If you like comics and want to read more serious discussion than who would win a fight between Batman and Captain America this is the place. Lots of industry people on this board, art previews and general inside info in the sometimes murky world of comics. - EDIT:The Engine closed down after 2 years
Luckily, The Engine was followed by Panel and Pixel, and equally great forum, inspired by The Engine and curated by Rantz Hosely.
Millar World
Forum of comic book writer Mark Millar. Fanboy-central. If you’re a comic geek you’ll like this place.
The Real World
BBC News
Wikipedia
I can honestly spend days here, an insane amount of information on almost anything.
YouTube
As if I need to say why.