Sure those DC/Marvel crossovers are fun but where is my Columbo and Ben Grimm detective crossover? One More Thing

Rest. May you dream of wolves- 2021

Today's Classic Cover of the Day is Robin McKinley's The Hero and the Crown. This Ace Books edition was illustrated by World Fantasy Award winner Kinuko Y. Craft

the thing is there's a ton of excellent fantasy by and about men right now but they're apparently not the type of men ""mantasy"" is referring to! hm!

Gentle reminder…

Wow, it's Thursday and the president that openly threatened the eradication of an entire civilization on Tuesday is somehow still the president.

I am creating the library trivia game questions for May and obviously they’re gonna be comics themed and the hard part is only doing 10 questions.

But how do we get one to visit the U.S.?

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

I have friends who want to get into X-Men and they always try to start with #1 and it's just not the way to go. So I was trying to pinpoint when X-Men gets truly great and for me it's Uncanny X-Men #98. I hope this helps you or a loved one skip the silver age until you're ready to get bored.

Wild to me that I play Jack Black singing Chad Gadya and my kids ask “Is that STEVE?!”

My reads for April 2026! Trying to make a combo of fun reads and reads for work this month.

Fundraiser for librarian Luanne James, who stood up to her rightwing library board that demanded she remove kids books with any trace of LBGTQ+ characters or content. "I will not comply." They sacked her and cops escorted her out. She's a hero. This banned author just donated.

No, I use panic and spite. As God intended.

As I said in my form, when do you start reframing this to put the onus back on corporations and our government. According to your own podcast hosts Throughline, we’ve known for awhile it’s on them. This is not an individual issue. You should know better than to keep pushing this angle.

This “morbid” ideal has been my goals for most of my life!!

The ways Wonder Woman changed post-WWII partly extend from the emphasis on domesticity & traditional gender roles in Cold War America. Wartime justified WW’s heroism, just like it justified real women working in munitions factories. Postwar, that justification evaporated. 2/9

TBT: In the 1940s comics by William Moulton Marston & Harry Peter, #WonderWoman is an intentional (if complicated) feminist character. Post-WWII & in the wake of the 1954 Comics Code, her world changed, becoming more domestic & romantic. But there are still subversions to be had. 1/9

I just need the world to know that I forgot my lunch at home which is a bummer because a) now I have to pay to eat b) the only place nearby is Dunkin’ Donuts and c) that means I had to order a egg and cheese sandwich and not eat the bread and it’s been sitting right here next to me tempting me.

is samsung galaxy note 47 permitted on federation starships

Astronaut Victor Glover is set to become the first person of color in human history to leave low Earth orbit and embark upon a lunar mission. #ArtemisII

Well, I tried to present at #PLA2026, but the airport had other plans. At least I got this cool pic of chicagos Union station while watching flights get canceled.

It's Trans Day of Visibility. I'm gonna be honest. It is rough out there right now for all of us. If you want us to continue to BE visible, we need support. Go Fund Me's. Direct support. Buying works by trans authors. (I am one of those, please buy upcoming comics that I wrote!!)

Star Trek: The Next Generation, possibly the best television show ever, is not about spaceships shooting lasers at each other, it is about a man who represents the best of us trying to teach his robot son to be human while debating whether humans even deserve to exist with his best frenemy, God.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

We need more dragons setting bigots on fire.

Reader, I googlied him

apparently Wikipedia has more rigorous standards than every university on the planet, university administrators, edtech enthusiasts, (certainly more than) AI bros, several prominent academic journals, and too many professors and teachers

“Gero and his colleagues show that two “matrilines”—independent, female-led groups—of sperm whales in Unit A appeared to cooperate to assist in the calf’s birth. This behavior has never been observed in such detail before in this species.” #Whales 🧪 #Birth www.scientificamerican.com/article/sper...

Barber Adan Tepozteco Gavilan started a food drive with his sister, Anai, that has provided food to hundreds of families. “We’re going to continue to support as many families as we can, especially kids,” he said.

Oh look that’s me in the #PLA2026 presenter schedule!!

"But I want a kid-friendly fantasy series about an English boy who was born special and does magic" friend I'm going to do you a favor, the author is Susan Cooper and the book is The Dark is Rising. It's the second book, but you'll read it first. It's the title track, the eponymous entry.

Pop Leo asked if he should put on gloves to turn pages in the gorgeous Renaissance Bible and the librarian explained why it’s better to do so with bare hands. Glorious reaction. Every rare books librarian & archivist feeling very seen, I gather. www.instagram.com/reel/DUcpEBY... #BookHistory

organizing gets the goods

I want a doc series on the women who cooked, cleaned, and did his laundry. Seriously.

the canine resistance is real

If any pros or media folks want to read Blüdwire #1, hit me up, of course, of course.

100% agree with all of this, and also why I think it’s important for authors to develop a sense of rigor, of wanting to work hard and make your work the best that it can be (and develop the skill to know when its not there yet), because you can’t guarantee anyone else will care as much as you do.

Baba Jaga that I painted for @veronicarothbooks.com , from her 'Curse Bearer' book series (When Among Crows and To Clutch A Razor) 2024

Hey, fellow Californians: You're going to see a lot of online discourse about our gubernatorial race/the Dem candidates. I am STRONGLY urging you to tune out the influencers and do your own research. Katie Porter and Eric Swalwell have name recognition, but aren't the most qualified.

Qrp with your flower art 🌸🌻

"How does one hate a country, or love one?" Ursula Le Guin always out there expressing my exact feelings in trying times.

Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

one easy and free way to do this is to email the library and thank them for whatever they're doing that you like

Talking to @megan-sass.bsky.social just now and learned some verrrrrryyy interesting things about Marx and his opinions on Jews and then look at antisemitism on the left and can’t help but do a side eye.

Filed himself again