Today is the birthday of my favorite Superman artist, Curt Swan (Feb. 17, 1920-June 17, 1996).

Rechtsextremismus ist kein „Ostproblem“: Zu der Einsicht kommt auch der Verfassungsschutz und stuft den Landesverband der AfD Niedersachsen, wenn auch verklausuliert, als gesichert rechtsextremen ein. Damit wird erstmals ein westdeutscher Verband von Verfassungsschützern als rechtsextrem bewertet.

„Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." Guten Morgen mit Heinrich Heine - 13. Dezember 1797 - 17. Februar 1856 

„Wann wird diese Partei des Hasses und der Demokratiezerstörung endlich vor die Schranken des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes gebracht?" Das Internationale Auschwitz Komitee fordert die Prüfung eines AfD-Verbotsverfahrens. Die Begründung? Stichhaltig, betroffenenzentriert und mehr als lesenswert!

16 February 1926 | A German Jewish girl Margot Frank, Anne's older sister, was born in Frankfurt. She and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam. After being arrested, they were deported with their parents to #Auschwitz. The sisters perished in Bergen-Belsen.

Yves Chaland

Rechte Gewalt eskaliert auch 2025 weiter: über 1.500 rechtsmotivierte Gewalttaten in nur einem Jahr. Darunter auch versuchte Tötungen. Rechte Gewalt ist tödlicher Alltag. Während Betroffene Schutz brauchen, wird Rechtsextremismus weiter verharmlost oder im schlimmsten Fall sogar eine Bühne geboten.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.   This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.   Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

this is both the best and most devastating essay i have read this year

Happy Valentine's Day from Walter Molino!

Fred G. Cooper.

Es ist schon absurd, wenn auf deutschen Theaterbühnen eine Partei verteidigt wird, die die Kunstfreiheit sonst mit Füßen tritt. Mit juristischen Klagen und Fördermittelentzug bekämpft die AfD unliebsame Kunst seit Jahren. Statt „antideutscher Kunst“ gibt es dann nur noch „patriotische Kulturpolitik“

BREAKING: Das Internationale Auschwitz-Komitee fordert AfD-Verbotsverfahren! „Wann diese Partei des Hasses und der Demokratiezerstörung endlich vor die Schranken des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes gebracht wird“! Die AfD greife die Demokratie an: „Ihre Verachtung der Demokratie wird nur noch von der…

So. My partner suffered an accident that resulted in very significant injuries. While he is, thank christ, alright in the broadest sense, I am now an amateur RN/dog minder/kid chauffeur, so! I've restocked some prints to help keep us in pizza and pain meds. www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products

Gli Aristocratici: Lo scettro di Irmifredo Alfredo Castelli e Ferdinando Tacconi Tratto dal Corriere dei Ragazzi nº 21 del 26 maggio 1974

„Poland is now investigating possible links between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence. The chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, told DW that he "wouldn't be surprised" if such connections existed.“ Deutsche Welle

“What is the robbing of a bank compared with the founding of a bank?” Happy Birthday, Bertolt Brecht!

Please consider helping friend and writer @paulallor.bsky.social - www.gofundme.com/f/help-paul-...

"Sie nahmen Anfang der 1960er Jahre den Schriftsteller Gordon Langley Hall bei sich auf, der durch eine der weltweit ersten geschlechtsangleichenden Operationen eine Frau wurde & dann unter dem Namen Dawn Langley Simmons zahlreiche Bücher (u. a. eine Biografie über Rutherford) schrieb." (Wiki)

#SundaySermon courtesy of Tom Waits

Today is the birthday of writer Bill Finger (Feb. 8, 1914-Jan. 18, 1974), who took Bob Kane’s initial idea & developed it into the Batman we know today. He also wrote the first appearance of the original Green Lantern, and cocreated Robin, the Joker, Catwoman, Lana Lang, Wildcat, Riddler, & more.

First new #podcast of 2026! #SvenBirkerts rejoined the show to talk #writing, #art, #mortality, #resistance, #technology, & selling rare #books, so GO LISTEN: chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

Artist Matt Baker (Dec. 10, 1921 - Aug. 11, 1959). Active in the Golden Age, he is most remembered for his amazing covers & beautiful women. Tragically, he died of a heart attack at the young age of 37. #BlackHistoryMonth

Citylivesketch (vía @supermanumolina.bsky.social)

IT'S COMING ... FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ... JUST LIKE PUTIN ... tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬 SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???

Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.

🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls. The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Les originaux complètements zinzins de "Terre ou Lune" de Jade Khoo (@morgenbd.bsky.social). Exposition à la Galerie 9e Art à Paris jusqu'au 28 février www.galerie9art.fr/index.php?co...

Today is the birthday of artist George Evans (Feb. 5, 1920-June 22, 2001), most known for his work on war titles for EC Comics & DC Comics, magazines such as Blazing Combat, Eerie, & National Lampoons, and a 16 year run on the Secret Agent Corrigan newspaper strip (1980-1996).

One day late, a belated happy birthday to Scott Saavedra.

"It's a heist movie!" m.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...

For those keeping score at home:

Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...

"In 1994, following a four-day trial in Pinellas County, Florida, Diana became the first, and to date the only, comic artist convicted on criminal charges of obscenity."

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

A 648 page brick landed on my doorstep today. Get yours April 28th. @darkhorse.com

#JohnWatkiss m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQg...

I’ve written an editorial for @consequence.bsky.social revealing the inspiration behind my song ‘City of Heroes’ and reflecting on the role that music can play in the struggle against oppression consequence.net/2026/02/bill...

When the President Shits His Pants song by James Kochalka Superstar

In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.

Today is the birthday of writer and artist Creig Flessel (Feb. 2, 1912-July 17, 2008). He is most remembered by comic fans for his work on the Wesley Dodd’s Sandman, creating the Shining Knight, and his cover work for DC Comics in the Golden Age.

Justice League artist Kevin Maguire calls out (and calls it quits with) DC over not getting a pay raise in 20 years. Details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-kevin...

Happy birthday to Gilberto Hernández, born today in 1957. Usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and the nickname Beto, he is an American cartoonist best known for his Palomar/Heartbreak Soup stories in the alternative comic book Love and Rockets. #GilbertHernández #Beto

S-Bahn Berlin, Savigny Platz. Just now.

A couple hours late. But better late than never. Happy birthday Denys Cowan!

Last night’s life drawings at the Society of Illustrator’s Edward Gorey evening.