Record scratch sounds at 300% volume

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

today’s energy

I am reading a new (good! useful!) guide to doing nonfiction comics that seems to kind of gloss over history comics and I feel there might be room out there for a how-to guide to doing graphic history from someone who is both a cartoonist and a trained historian

It’s so nice that the way a person makes a shape or puts a line down on a page can still delight me so much

Since this site is apparently dying, I would love to get @contingent-mag.bsky.social to 10k followers before the end.

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

2026 basically

I think this is the core of it. People have been working on “AI” for more than half a century. I don’t want to concede that the tech is defined by the fascist financiers anymore than I concede that the Internet is defined by the fascist financiers. Investors aren’t inventors! Reject their platforms.

My answer to “Hey do you want to go to a party with us or are you going to just hang out with Log Cat again?” Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

BRAINS is just $1 for the next day, you can snag a digital copy of my 40 page comic about the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human instead of so-called AI doing all the thinking for us. It is a love letter to the brain (and hate mail for the AI garbage) (shares appreciated!)

Some facilitator held space for the Panda Express mission & vision process

Me after sending one (1) business development email.

“We all do what we do because we love it so much,” one communications employee said…. “And to now be like, we’re just here to open the visitor center and tell people what trails to hike and clean the bathrooms…We can’t share these places with people the way we used to, and it’s really upsetting.”

new stickers are up in my Etsy shop! Screens, sky, sweatiness, and SOUP... littlebraincomics.etsy.com

New comic! I reflect on the TBI I got ten years ago, and how it's changed my life since.... www.littlebraincomics.com/ten-years/

Posting this again to remind you you dont have to be an amazing artist to draw comics!

We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2026

Suddenly realizing that in 10-20 years, the MN Historical Society will have an exhibit about *all this* and there will be a whole wall showing different types of whistles

Hey! I know that book sticker! (it remains one of my favorite commissions ever)

The Reassurance Snake @berincole.bsky.social #GraphicMedicine www.littlebraincomics.com/the-reassura...

we all need some reassurance from a friendly snake after this year… www.littlebraincomics.com/the-reassura...

I know a lot of people are starting to log out for the holidays, so while we're all still here, I just want to share an important annual reminder from Comic Book Dad that you are awesome --

“Do you enjoy Bridget Jones?” “…who?” A quick sketchbook comic about something that actually happened as Kelly, @berincole.bsky.social , and I were walking through Leicester Square in London last month.

Good news today for anyone who got a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services: all grants are reinstated! www.imls.gov/news/statem...

I mean this with all sincerity, and I think I speak for a lot of others: we would rather see undisciplined, amateur art by hand than shitty AI "art" any day. You want to make fun of Pete Hegseth in a cartoon, but you can't draw? I would rather your stick figures than AI. Just draw.

need gifts for your historian or archivist pals? have a hard-to-buy-for friend who is deeply interested in nuclear landscapes and/or hot dogs? my Etsy store is here to assist you: www.etsy.com/shop/LittleB...

Gearing up for Don'tcember, where every time I think I need to do something, I don't

The city of los angeles is such a strange and wonderful place that has been through some absolutely terrible shit this year. And I am so glad they get to celebrate a world series win.

wishing all self-employed people a less-enraging start to open-enrollment season than we are all imagining

new comic about the best season!!!

it's fall. that means soups and stews. more importantly, that means BEANS: our most amazing food... this sticker will help you show your love of legumes and spread their goodness further into the world. www.etsy.com/listing/1336...

how #WHA2025 is going so far….

Now that the new semester is underway, time to give yourself l a little treat with my research stickers! I Love History, I Love Footnotes, and Archives! are here to improve your laptop, water bottle, office door, and overall well-being. #skystorians littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/1494...

Alas, special collections at Leeds doesn’t allow social media posts of their holdings but my first day of three at the archives lived up to @berincole.bsky.social’s sticker- so much dust, so much fun! Yes my inky hands are in both pics but it’s the only way I get my hands dirty in this job!

my soulmate

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

Hey everyone, my new book is released today! Check out ORGANIZING AMERICA: STORIES OF AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. 20 quick stories of real Americans who changed the world. No hero worship here--these are stories of people who can help us out of this mess today! thenewpress.org/books/organi...

What a haunting reflection on nuclear destruction and human imagination 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

STICKER MUSEUM

someone turns 149 today….

This just means the general public doesn't understand what "history" is as a field. History isn't memorized dates and names. History is interpretation and thoughtful analysis. It requires humans asking questions and innovating ways to answer them and combing through ghost stories for reality.

I just restocked my Research Pack of three stickers: I Love History, I Love Footnotes, and Archives! They are perfect for anyone who appreciates archive boxes, citing things properly, and history. Start your fall semester off right with some new stickers! www.etsy.com/listing/1494...

4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot

Today I am highlighting my #1 best-selling sticker of all time. Whether it’s at comic shows or online, few can resist the My Butthole is Magnificent sticker (created in honor of my favorite furry little butthole haver) littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/7571...

Have a lot of new followers who are unaware of my stickers… the I Love History is the best sticker for anyone who has actually read history and understands the special flavor of cynicism that comes from focused study of the past… Order one at: littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/1508...

80 years ago this morning—at 5:29 AM (Mountain War Time)—about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the nuclear age began with a big bang. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the area surrounding the remote Trinity test site was not uninhabited, and the fallout did not drift away harmlessly.

God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more