Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.

This passage from Pedagogy of the Oppressed seems relevant to this moment: “No oppressive order could permit the oppressed to begin to question: Why?” Reading a bit of Freire for this week’s class - see my minicomic syllabus & stuff for all we’re doing here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

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This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting The names of the dead and wounded Jose Andres Bordones-Molina Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez Norlan Guzman-Fuentes Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...

Thinking of these lyrics from Johnny Clegg frequently of late for some reason... "Woman be my country, 'till my country can be mine. Hide me deep inside your borders in these dark and troubled times. Remember me my innocence before I drowned in the sea of lies."

Good heavens! @jesselonergan.bsky.social - this is mind blowing out-of-this-world work! Inspiring use of the grid in relentless innovation - really blown away by it page after page. Bravo!! 1/2

Pleased to support America’s finest news source @theonion.com - we need much more non-billionaire owned news outlets in this country!

Heidi has supported so many cartoonists just starting out, including me- please donate if you can to help her out during a series of hardships no one should have to endure.

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is out now. It’s a graphic memoir: comics can do things that no other medium can. I’ve tried to be as honest as possible while also making you laugh. I’ll break your heart while giving you a hug. Buy it here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur... #cansky

"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too." Read Gisela Salim-Peyer: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT "he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality "this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening START WITH WHAT IT IS not what it isn't

Ha - you sort of make up a word and then it shows up in all kinds of unexpected places! #Unflattening

Good heavens! @jesselonergan.bsky.social - this is mind blowing out-of-this-world work! Inspiring use of the grid in relentless innovation - really blown away by it page after page. Bravo!! 1/2

I somehow found myself doing back to back days of talks this week, today in person to a nearby HS - and students made some really cool grids & gestures comics! You can try yourself here spinweaveandcut.com/grids-gestur...

This was so good! Shared it with my class immediately after reading in newscientist and alongside a bunch of comics dealing with time (including notably other brilliant @tomgauld.bsky.social strips!)

Make it crystal clear for everyone in your life.

The day you can’t call your government fascist is the day it would be accurate to call it fascist…”

Finished spread! The lives of different types of stars, the various ways they give back all they had taken in changed, and the new forms they give rise to! This took me some time to say the least! It's a lively place out there! On to the next spread (finale of this chapter!!) #Nostos #Unflattening 2

Holy fuck. One gets inured to insanely brutal ice videos. But this one stands out. He just throws this woman into the wall basically

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is maybe the funniest thing we've ever done. We're now almost certainly going to lose money on it, but that's not the point. We just want it out there. We've also learned something: Make good art right now, and people will bust their ass to help you on short notice.

was up before dawn to deliver a virtual keynote to a corporate summit on inclusion - glad to see in the current moment! To prep for a drawing activity on inclusion we did together end of talk, they did my grids & gestures activity in advance - you can see it here: spinweaveandcut.com/grids-gestur...

Want to buy my book Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics at a huge discount? Rutgers is offering the hardcover (usually $100+) at just $15 (!) if you enter this code at checkout: rauthor15. Buy it here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/serial-selve...

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox. By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands. Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid. “My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

I confess this is the first time I’ve seen the show (beyond clips) but well said start to finish, and bravo on everyone on pushing back. Bullies back down. “Stand up and say no”

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

This looks so cool!!!! 🔭🧪 #scicomm

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future? 📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern. 📅 Thurs Sept 25 🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

Review! Donut Squad Take Over the World! – Comedy Genius for All Ages as @neillcameron.bsky.social Neill Cameron’s ‘The Phoenix’ Faves Arrive in Book Form. @the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/donut-squad-... Review by our @andywpoliver.bsky.social

“I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.” Apparently I could have made this comic go on indefinitely… But the thing is he told us who he was from the beginning and that should’ve been the end of it. spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

"stand up and say no" @jamellebouie.net

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

I think it's very hard to address student behavior while ai is also being pushed by admins and often faculty. But as that's the situation many are in, I think the best approaches focus not on tactics to catch or prevent use, but on why learning is worthwhile

Finale of my tshirts Nick wears to teach in - back to what I started with - not directly related to my content as the others are, but students appreciate it the most. Good thoughts to all

We've lots more to run but we'd love to hear from more comics artists about the threat of generative AI "art". It's a great platform for recording your thoughts on the career-threatening, environment-wrecking Theft Machine for posterity. Guidelines here if so: www.brokenfrontier.com/ai-art-and-c...

In which I talk with @comicbookyeti.com about comics, science communication, and my new book Pets Tell Tales! www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...

I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.

NEW WRITING: I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said. The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

Finished spread! The lives of different types of stars, the various ways they give back all they had taken in changed, and the new forms they give rise to! This took me some time to say the least! It's a lively place out there! On to the next spread (finale of this chapter!!) #Nostos #Unflattening 2

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves. Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

Sometimes the little library gods shine on you - a few things for my comics lab Ss & myself… (excited to find Whiteout as my originals are all stored 3000 miles away @gregrucka.com @stevelieberart.bsky.social & while I have lots of @natepowell.bsky.social books, not this for some reason…)

I am so glad that @jimmykimmel.com is getting the attention and outrage he deserves, but where was this support for @matthewjdowd.bsky.social last week? His MSNBC colleagues said nothing everyone is standing up for Jimmy Kimmel and Dowd’s colleagues said nothing. So can we lift him up too?

Also, killing people just because you felt like it is unconscionable and should not stand. Impeachable offense eleventy-billion if the republicans in congress had even one human of integrity among them…

One of my favorite things to do with students - the key is have them draw all over the comics page! That act of moving their hands, letting eye and hand notice things together almost always explodes open the page to reveal all kinds of insights! Try it!

You could make the argument that The Professor Watchlist was a gimmick that the young Kirk could use to raise his profile and money. But he never disbanded it, even as it was clearly used to harass and intimidate.

Free speech is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/tani...

what do you all prefer? (referring to newly forged atoms out of a star): "can now mingle - chemistry happens! - to hook up in..." or "can now mingle - chemistry ensues! - to hook up in..." or my original "can now mingle - and experience mutual chemistry - to hook up in..."

Ta-Nehisi Coates has written the best yet commentary on last week's events, while pundits, politicians and others have disgraced themselves in their whitewashing of of this man's legacy. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...