“Listen, because I dived into the abyss I started to love the abyss of which I am made.” — Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

Current* conditions near Allouez Township, MI:

New Prairie Pothole up now, excloosively at my #Patreon page! -- "Big Green Pontiac" -- Sign up today for CHEAP!!! www.patreon.com/posts/150320... #johnporcellino #comics #comix #altcomics #zines #prairiepothole

Best new album I've heard in ages. It's tagged "healing music," and yeah. Beautiful, beautiful. The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, on Mississippi Records mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-co... #bandcamp

BANDCAMP FRIDAY! New (old) (can't get much older!) release: Felt Pilotes' "Another Day" (outtake from Never Satisfied sessions, 1992)... NAME YR PRICE spitandahalf.bandcamp.com/album/anothe... #bandcampfriday #bandcamp #feltpilotes #spitandahalf #rocknroll

Current* conditions near Duluth, MN:

Pencils and inks whiteboard demonstration. #makingcomicsoutoflife

Catching up with Mineshaft at the Spit and a Half Distro! New issues and back issues up now, including some that are getting scarce... A real community zine, with lots of art, writing, comics, letters, and more. Impeccably printed and produced, and always highly recommended! www.spitandahalf.com

RADIO EVENT! TONIGHT, 2/2/26, 8 PM CENTRAL TIME WBCR903.COM - - Beloit College Radio I'll be talking with my star pupil and radio hostess BETTY about groundhogs, comix, and goodness knows what all. It'll be fun. Betty is great. Tune in worldwide!!!

New 3-song ep out soon! Bandcamp link in bio.

drawing cats with my eyes closed

Current* conditions near Washburn, WI:

29¢ bread, pickles, and babushkas in the new Prairie Pothole online comeek, excloosively on my #Patreon page. Please consider joining up for as little at $3/month! Thanks--! www.patreon.com/posts/148566... #comics #comix #altcomics #zines #kingcat #johnporcellino

Nothing can stop me now.

Someone give that kitten a crown and scepter stat (Attn. @johnporcellino.bsky.social )

Forage Like a Bear still available at www.spitandahalf.com Reinforcements coming soon from Poland...

New 2026 YEAR-IN-PREVIEW post up at Ye Olde #Patreon page: lots of zines, gew-gaws, music, books, hope, and home repairs. This one is FREE because I love you. www.patreon.com/posts/147324... #comics #comix #altcomics #johnporcellino #kingcat #zines

TODAY at my Patreon page -- a little comic about listening to the radio as a kid. Rock it for as little as $3/mo.! Every little penny goes towards the John P. Retirement and Dog Food/Medicine Fund. www.patreon.com/posts/146807... #comics #zines #kingcat #johnporcellino #prairiepothole #altcomics

"Bird" watching on the Feast of St. Stephen.

Unreal.

Penciled four pages so far this morning...

Wanna get out of the Social Media Death Spiral a little? Sign up to my newsletter for all things King-Cat Comics, Spit and a Half, etc. Goes out no more than once a week. (Honestly much less than that!?) THANK YOU! tinyurl.com/bp5j8drm #comics #comix #zines #johnporcellino #kingcat #spitandahalf

Just posted the new Prairie Pothole at my #Patreon page. This one is kinda sad, but it's real. I made it free for everyone to read. www.patreon.com/posts/prairi... #comics #comix #altcomics #johnporcellino #prairiepothole #depression #kingcat

Great self-published comix by Noah Van Sciver, back in stock at Spit and a Half! www.spitandahalf.com/product-tag/... #spitandahalf #noahvansciver #comics #comix #altcomics

You, yes, YOU! can sign up now for the King-Cat Fan Club at my Patreon page, for as low as $3/mo.! Check it out at www.patreon.com/c/johnporcel... Thank you #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf #johnporcellino #kingcat

It’s always a bit of a buzz when an envelope with @johnporcellino.bsky.social’s writing turns up in Penge

"Just cuz it's dark doesn't mean it's bedtime!" #shitisaytomydogs

The new King-Cat from @johnporcellino.bsky.social, Short Run tomorrow… heck yeah comix!

I just posted my new Boney Island Observer monthly newsletter, available exclusively to my #Patreon supporters. $3/mo for all online content, $5 US/$6 Int'l adds zines and other gewgaws in the mail! www.patreon.com/posts/142738... #altcomics #zines #comics #comix #kingcat #johnporcellino

Current reading. #fantagraphics #marvelcomics #halloween

I read these three comics today and had a real good time: Brownfield Action Family #1 @tedmaycomics.bsky.social King Cat #84 @johnporcellino.bsky.social Adventure Time Bubbline @cashbrowns.bsky.social

ROCKFORD PEEPS! Dropped off copies of the new King-Cat at Top Cut in Loves Park and Maze Books downtown. Eat up! #Rockford #midwestisthebest #comix #comics #zines

King-Cat 84 subscription copies were shipped yesterday, so look for them soon! Today: worked on these inserts for the Patreon mailing. Patreon copies also come with printed gewgaw, so rock on! Ordering info at Maybe Blogging Will Help! #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf #kingcat

Trunk full of King-Cat 84's... I'll start mailing them out tomorrow! #comics #zines #altcomics

Tested negative for COVID today! So I'll be at the inaugural Hoffman Estates Zine Fest this Saturday. AND more good news: I'm picking up the new King-Cat from the printer tomorrow and it'll debut at the festival! #zines #comics #comicsb#altcomics #kingcat #hoffmanestates

Hi Folks, King-Cat 84 is at the printer and will be in hand soon! If you would like to pre-order a single copy, instructions are here: johnporcellino.blogspot.com/2025/10/king... Thank you! John P. #comics #altcomics #comix #zines #johnporcellino #kingcat #spitandahalf

MILWAUKEE! Now till 5 pm, MILK Indie Comics Festival, 3rd Street Market Hall. Somebody come here and buy me lunch.

MILWAUKEE!!! This Saturday 9/27 from 11am-5pm -- MILK Comics Festival. I'll be a SPECIAL GUEST ?!?!? Come on down and check things out, please! Wow! @milkcomicfest.bsky.social #comics #milwaukee #comix #zines #altcomics

The Who, on Observer magazine covers from March 1966 & March 1972. The photos by Colin Jones & then Tony McGrath give a sense of how fast pop culture moved in the period. (In the second pic, Entwhistle can be seen trying to restrain Moon from continuing an unprompted attack on McGrath.)

PRAIRIE POTHOLE is my excloosive webcomeek, available strictly to my Patreon supporters-- but you can get hip for as little as $3/month! THAT'S CHEAPER THAN A CUP OF COFFEE~~!?!? New 1 up now! www.patreon.com/posts/139284... #johnporcellino #prairiepothole #kingcat #comics #altcomics #comix #zines

Hate-watched a Sonic Youth video and now all my algorithms think I like them.

Rest in Peace, Bruce Loose. Flipper was the band that opened the door for me. They saved my life.

This morning I cut up and organized the original pages for King-Cat 84... Figured out the page order. Was delighted and relieved that I ended up with exactly 48 pages, so no last minute scrambling. 1/4 #zines #comics #spitandahalf #rocknroll #comix #altcomics #johnporcellino #kingcat

US readers! You can still order our books tariff-free from @johnporcellino.bsky.social as long as stocks last! You can even find some titles that are sold out in our shop! www.spitandahalf.com/product-tag/...

TONS of great new books at Spit and a Half: Baitinger, Barry, Bell, Cilla, Connery, Garcia, Graham, Hankiewicz, Kercheval, Morin, Roberts, Westvind... Plus restocks and sale items!!! www.spitandahalf.com Full update here: mailchi.mp/9017896e35b8... #comics #zines #spitandahalf #comix #altcomics

New EXCLOOSIVE Prairie Pothole COMEEK up on my Patreon Page... Thanks, everyone! Couldn't do it without you! www.patreon.com/posts/136885... #comics #comix #johnporcellino #kingcat #prairiepothole #altcomics #patreon

As of this morning, all the pages for King-Cat 84 are inked! Now Begins the cleanup and scanning phase. Out by the end of September? #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #johnporcellino #kingcat #spitandahalf

MADISON AREA! TONITE, 6:30 pm! Forage Like a Bear reading and signing by author Chris Fink and yours truly. I'll read from recent King-Cat issues and Chris will read from our new collaboration of illustrated essays on nature, family, and life. Verona Public Library 500 Silent St. Verona, WI 53593