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A page from Tom Gauld's Guardians of the Kingdom. A drawing of a wall snaking through the landscape is divided into 12 equally-sized rectangular panels. Two soldiers walk along the wall, having a conversation, dialogue as follows: "YOU KNOW SOMETHING FUNNY, I'VE FORGOTTEN WHICH SIDE IS WHICH" "YOU"VE WHAT?" "I'VE FORGOTTEN WHICH SIDE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GUARDING FROM THE OTHER" "YOU FUCKING IDIOT. SOME SODIER ARE!" "WHICH IS IT THEN?" "TO OUR RIGHT WE HAVE OUR GLORIOUS HOMELAND AND TO OUR LEFT THE BARBARIC WASTES" "NOW?" "WHAT D'YOU MEAN 'NOW'? HOME IS ALWAYS ON MY RIGHT-HAND-SIDE I'VE MEMORISED IT." "IT CAN'T ALWAYS BE ON YOUR RIGHT BECAUSE IF YOU TURNED AROUND THEN YOUR RIGHT WOULD BE WHERE YOUR LEFT IS." "OH."
@tomgauld.bsky.social is such a master (and student) of the medium.
I've been using this page from Guardians of the Kingdom in comics making workshops for years and years to talk about how panels and gutters to create motion (and time!) on the static page.
A six panel comic of a man and a woman where their word balloons are actually other panels (there are no words) indicating future actions and explaining why they did what they did.
a three panel comic about Søren Kierkegaard in which the text of the man reads backwards and the dog forwards "Life can only be understood backwards" and the dog "but it must be lived forwards"
It's that time in my Making comics intro course when I talk image-text relations, which gives me an excuse to share 2 favorite comics that do bewildering things that can only be done in comics! Ibn Al-Rabin's seminal Le Verbe Prophétique alongside the always brilliant @tomgauld.bsky.social. So good!
He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
If you’re in OKC and need a copy of the Origins Award nominated Winter Rabbit, we’ve got you covered.
Congratulations!
Today is the paperback release of THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, woo hoo! Tell your friends, family, and foes about it. And also I offer some thoughts on the book and its time out in the wild so far at Ye Olde Bloggery Hut:
Recent arrivals from our never-ending quest to bring you the best in indie comics from around the world and down the block include gems from Anders Nilsen, @bensears.bsky.social, and @luckypocketpress.bsky.social!
be kind
stay weird
read indie comics
Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."
Once again.
It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.
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there’s always some year
Mandatory follow up:
What are some of your fav newspaper strips?
What were some of your favorite things you read (or re-read) in 2025?
Fiction, comics, non-fiction, poetry, whatever
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
🤔Maybe it’s time to stop buying things from them 🤔
Get to know the candidates for Oklahoma’s Congressional seat! For District 5!
Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
We love how much y’all love helping our community stay safe!
We have restocked safety whistles thanks to the 3D Printed Whistle project.
Come get one and help keep our friends & neighbors safe!
be kind.
stay weird.
we keep us safe.
One of our favorite books by one of our favorite writers is available for $1.99 at bookshop dot org right now!
Here’s our direct link if you’d like to buy it and help out The Floating Bookshop:
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Oh wow I do not know how much I needed the Minyo Crusaders in my life. Thank you.
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The text "Read Black Comics" on an inky almost-grey textured background.
CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS!
Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!
comic panel depicting a kid selling newspapers on a crowded city street text below the image: YOUNG SHADOW: TUNNEL VISION AVAILABLE WITH A FREE PRINT AT THESE FINE RETAILERS: PARTNERS & SON (PHILADELPHIA PA) BIG PLANET COMICS (DC AREA) HELLO COMICS (CHARLOTTESVILLE VA) FLOATING BOOKSHOP (OKLAHOMA CITY OK) THE GREAT ESCAPE (LOUISVILLE KY) ULTRA POP (LOUISVILLE KY) ALIENATED MAJESTY (AUSTIN TX) SECRET HEADQUARTERS (LOS ANGELES CA)
These stores are carrying my new self published comic Young Shadow: Tunnel Vision. When you pick it up from them it includes a free print you can't get anywhere else.
Shops listed in the image below
Graphic by Trung Le Ngyuen featuring a drawing of Liam Ramos with his bunny hat and Spidey backpack and a small smile. Text reads: "Comics 4 Liam / WE're asking artists to draw pictures for Liam Ramos that you think might make this particular boy feel happy and cared for. / Maybe drawings of things he might love; maybe pictures of Liam himself as you think he might like to be seen. / Please post your art with the hashtag #Comics4Liam and a link to comics4liam.com, which lists fundraisers for Liam and others victimized by ICE and links to organizations that support immigrants.
A few other guidelines: 1. Please avoid images of Liam in danger or sad. 2. Please avoid images that include violence or would otherwise by inappropriate for a five year old. 3. Please NO "A.i." USE AT ALL. 4. Please DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE ON X (Twitter). Thank you!
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!