Today @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: Hades as Romantic Hero in Rachel Smythe's "Lore Olympus," with an assist from Janice Radway's classic "Reading the Romance"! #LoreOlympus #ReadingTheRomance #ComicsStudies

My contribution to "what video game do you consider perfect" Among many reasons: despite having a limited vocabulary, they knew girls like me & my sister would type "kiss unicorn" and programmed accordingly

I'm sick so I'm currently watching this. "Shouldn't you wear a mask in the lab?" "Nah it's fine." But hey guess what you're never gonna believe this - he should have worn a mask in the lab.

Today @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: Vulnerability + Power = Agency in Rachel Smythe's "Lore Olympus." #ComicsStudies #LoreOlympus #Mythology

I think this is my first time encountering this Claremont/Davis joint where She-Hulk takes the Mutant Registration Act to court?

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks colour in "Lore Olympus"! #ComicsStudies

Jean Shrimpton masquerading as Jean Grey

Have been wanting to try and draw something for the first time in years and I guess today's the day

Today @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: the representation of sexual violence in "Lore Olympus." Please note the trigger warning. #LoreOlympus #ComicsStudies

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social is an introduction to Rachel Smythe's "Lore Olympus"! #LoreOlympus #ComicsStudies

Our next @sequentialscholars.bsky.social focus will be Rachel Smythe's "Lore Olympus"! Stay tuned! #ComicsStudies

@sequentialscholars.bsky.social got a SSHRC Insight Grant! That means we get to make FOUR MORE YEARS of accessible comics scholarship available to YOU for FREE! Here *and* on YouTube *and* TikTok *and* Instagram and more!! We won't let you down!!! 💪💪💪

"Did you get those pictures of the King Kong piggybank?" "Sure did, real sexy, just like you asked."

@sequentialscholars.bsky.social got a SSHRC Insight Grant! That means we get to make FOUR MORE YEARS of accessible comics scholarship available to YOU for FREE! Here *and* on YouTube *and* TikTok *and* Instagram and more!! We won't let you down!!! 💪💪💪

Our cluster of content on Ram V and Filipe Andrade's "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr" is over but not forgotten! Here's a recap of what we covered, starting with “An Introduction to ‘The Many Deaths of Laila Starr.’” 1/6 #ComicsStudies bsky.app/profile/sequ...

Yeah, I'm a gamer

Todd McFarlane jump scare in the ol' email today. At least he's wearing a shirt!

The secret was lightning A lot of lightning

See also: "plenipotentiaries from the pearl-floored palace of Poseidon" (he's describing some hot sailors in this one)

"The torn lips of golden-haired girls leer luridly on faded leaning house fronts..." I thought my writerly fondness for alliteration was inspired by comics but maybe it was actually inspired by Truman Capote

Reading some Truman Capote today: "As children we are sensitive to mysteries: locked boxes, whisperings behind closed doors, the what-thing that lurks yonder in the trees... but as we grow older all is too explainable...: too bad, a pity--throughout our lives we ought to believe in ghost hotels."

My favourite part of tennis is when they present the entire postgame Mr. Rogers transformation where the players strip off their Nike tanks and Nike tennis shoes and slip into their Nike cardigans and Nike casual shoes, every sport should have this

Today @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: the use of "widescreen" panels in "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr*! #ComicsStudies

It's @adamreck.bsky.social's birthday today, please wish him well as he is my favourite ❤️🥳

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks comics anthropocenes in "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr"! #ComicsStudies

Picked up a new (soft) shelf horsey at the flea market this weekend. Her name is Shady and I can only assume this describes both her evident enthusiasm for sunglasses and her personality.

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks the use of colour in "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr"! #ComicsStudies

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks first-person omniscient narration in "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr" -- specifically, a whole issue narrated by a cigarette! #ComicsStudies #LailaStarr

My one and only @adamreck.bsky.social also got me presents for my birthday but I like the card best 💘

This is 42. Feeling older, but still sparkling 🥂

I was like "what's that funny thing from Wolverine comics I was going to remember to say to people and then I forgot" and Adam was like "I know exactly what you're talking about" and it was this

My client Kurt Wagner is pleased by his strong showing at FlameCon

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social explores death symbolism in Ram V and Filipe Andrade's "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr." #LailaStarr #ComicsStudies

We made it!

We decided to quit for the day when we got our whole team killed on a mission (except Nightcrawler, because I gave him all our health)

Me & this hottie (aka @adamreck.bsky.social) will be at FlameCon tomorrow 🔥 Come say hi if you see us! Looking forward to meeting new & old friends and supporting some very rad folks 💙

Our @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlight on "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr" starts now with an introduction to your series! #ComicsStudies

Starting tomorrow: @sequentialscholars.bsky.social begins a new series of threads on "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr"! #ComicsStudies #LailaStarr

There is no single best recommendation for anyone looking to get into superhero comics. It's a diverse genre & folks like it for different reasons! In my case: a lot of men recommended me comics where women get sexually assaulted and that probably wasn't the best choice.

I sure enjoyed working on this series about some classic Fantastic Four stories. If you missed our @sequentialscholars.bsky.social series on The Galactus Trilogy, here's a thread to catch up!

Everyone looks prettiest when accessorized with comics

Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: capturing the cosmic sublime in John Byrne's "The Last Galactus Story." #FantasticFour #Galactus #ComicsStudies

In Fantastic Four #51 (1966), no one punches anyone, and few characters use their powers. There’s no world-ending threat, and no one defeats the villain, or even fights him. Which is precisely what makes it one of the pinnacles of Lee and Kirby’s #SilverAge collaboration. 1/12

Recorded some video today, guess what recording some video remains frustrating

Working on a cool document today

Today @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: retelling The Galactus Trilogy in Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross's "Marvel's"! #FantasticFour #Galactus #SilverSurfer #ComicsStudies

At last, I have achieved my final form: a writer whose Fantastic Four musings have been republished by Yahoo! News Canada. ca.news.yahoo.com/marvel-fanta...

Today @sequentialscholars.bsky.social: retelling The Galactus Trilogy in Silver Surfer: Parable by Stan Lee and the one & only Moebius! #FantasticFour #SilverSurfer #Galactus #ComicsStudies

Harsh but fair

Some of the fun drawings I made for folks over the weekend! Hit me up with your requests over at ko-fi.com/adamreck !