Mineshaft #46 has arrived – and it's quite the issue!  Starting with front and back covers by – yes, you guessed it – Drew Friedman, and then filled with contributions from the Mineshaft All-Stars, including Noah Van Sciver, Max Clotfelter, Pat Moriarty, Cristoph Mueller, Glenn Head, David – and James! – Collier, Kim Deitch, and more, along with a one-page strip by Sammy Harkham, eight pages from new-to-us contributor, Simone Baumann – and R. Crumb on... death!  52 pages in all.

It's here, the latest issue of the long running magazine for comics die-hards, featuring generations-spanning work from true comickers.  

Issue highlight => R. Crumb vs. ChatGBT – ultimate throwdown!  (this is a textual transcription of the actual back and forth; not comics, just to be clear)

Here's the publisher hype-up:

Featuring dynamite front cover art by Christoph Mueller, with beautiful back cover art by R. Crumb! Plus... new work by R. Crumb "Discussion with Chat GPT", Christoph Mueller, Jim Blanchard, Drew Friedman, Aaron Horkey (inside front cover), Brandon Holt, Simone Baumann, Denis Kitchen, David Collier, Glenn Head, Thomas Ott, Jose Arroyo, Bill Griffith, Mary Fleener, Sophie Crumb & Kian Radpouyan, Paul Karasik, Robert Armstrong, Tony O'Neill, Letters from Around the World (including Daniel Clowes, R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, William Crook, Aaron Horkey, Sammy Harkham, Drew Friedman, Christoph Mueller), & MORE!!!   First printing. 60 pages. 1,200 copies printed on offset Press, with sewn binding, in Denmark in November/December, 2025. Cover printed on Swedish Munken Polar Rough 300 gram Cover paper with Munken Lynx Rough interior pages.