"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

Donal (L), John P. (R), Champaign, IL c. 1988. Photo by David Lebovic. #spitandahalf #feltpilotes

Back in stock at Spit and a Half: SIGNED copies of Lynda Barry's Making Comics, Syllabus, and My Perfect Life! Limited quantities... But more to come! www.spitandahalf.com/product-tag/... #comics #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf

Almost done with King-Cat 84. Two more comics to ink, and the back cover. Then I'll begin scanning. Out in September?!? #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf #johnporcellino

Oh, I forgot to post about this in my #JustRead journey. Charming, bite sized essays on modern, nontoxic masculinity, and perfect illustrations by @johnporcellino.bsky.social.

Stacking reverbs: New Felt Pilotes ep out soon.

Backyard Joe Pye Weed and Anise Hyssop. #beeheaven

Penciled two more pages and inked three for the new King-Cat today. Out by September??? #comics #zines #comix #altcomics

26 of 48 pages for King-Cat 84 inked. "Should be" out by September. Hold tight! #comics #zines #altcomics #kingcat

Beach Boys, 1967. My spirit animals.

Yesterday we climbed Onion Hill. There were no onions. #wherestheonions

NEW COMIX @ SPIT AND A HALF! Juliette COLLET, Jooyoung KIM, Patrick KYLE, Katie LANE, Daniel LIMA, Sam SZABO, Noah VAN SCIVER ~~More to come!!!~~ spitandahalf.com #comix #comics #altcomics #spitandahalf PS: @bsky.app please get rid of the silly character limit!!!

Just one for the guitar nerds. ❤️

CAKE 2025 REPORT, in a nutshell: --Beautiful new space --Million times better than last year, which was in a problematic venue --Big turnout and steady sales both days --they only had space to accept 140 vendors out of the 500 that applied 1/2 #comics #comix #altcomics #cakechicago #spitandahalf

I'm in Chicago at the CAKE festival this weekend with tons of great comix! Come on by! Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N. Knox Avenue Chicago, IL 60630 Today till 6 pm Tmrw 11-5 #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf #distro #johnporcellino #kingcat #chicago #rocknroll #wow #whynot

Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum pubescens) in the backyard.

SPIT AND A HALF WAREHOUSE FIND! LOSE by Michael DeForge, issues 4, 6, 7 Limited quantities! www.spitandahalf.com?s=lose+deforge #comics #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf #michaeldeforge

Sobriety has utterly changed my perception of reality. If you are considering it, or want someone to talk to I’m available. Today I’m thinking about this quote from Rilke.

Rockford people! Saturday 6/21, Maze Books, 6 pm... Spit and a Half associate Becca Dudley will be giving a presentation on her amazing children's book, Hank Finds an Egg... a beautiful and charming all-handbuilt and photographed woodland adventure. See you there?? #Rockford

NEW PRAIRIE POTHOLE up now at my Patreon Page... "AT THE MOVIES WITH JENKE" www.patreon.com/posts/131412... #comics #zines #altcomics #johnporcellino #patreon #prairiepothole

SPIT & A HALF WAREHOUSE FINDS! ONE COPY EACH: Chris CILLA: Tapes Measure: $5 Anya DAVIDSON: Band for Life - $30 Olaf LADOUSSE: Duaradufu - $20 Liz VALASCO: Pleasant Nightmares - $5 VARIOUS: Pretty Conan Anthology - $7 PLUS: Gabby SCHULZ: Sick - $22 (4 copies) spitandahalf.com #altcomics #zines

CHICAGO!!! Sat. June 14, 2-3:30 pm Jefferson Park Branch Library Please come say hi! JPBL was my childhood library so this event will be very special to me. I'm presenting a career-long slideshow of my work from King-Cat... with Q+A and book-signing afterwards! #comics #zines #chicago #altcomics

Madison, WI: tmrw 6/8, noon... Communication: 2645 Milwaukee Street... Forage Like a Bear release event - John P. reads from recent King-Cats and then Chris Fink reads from Forage Like a Bear: tiny, beautiful essays on nature/family/life as heard on Public Radio... Plus Q+A/signing! #madisonwi

New comix zines up at Spit and a Half! With lots more to come...!!! Ron REGÉ Jr: Sophia Speaks - $10 Josh SIMMONS: Ghouls 4 + 4.44 - $4/$2 Sam SZABO: Virile 1-3 - $10 each spitandahalf.com #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf #distro

John P. reads from recent issues of King-Cat, followed by Chris Fink reading from their new collaborative book, Forage Like a Bear (Bored Wolves, 2025), containing short essays as heard on Northern Public Radio. Followed by Q+A and signing. #chicago Nature, family, life, and dog poop. Good times.