Today is the last day to apply for this year's MICE! Our team is ready at at their mouse-sized computers ready to read all of your applications! Thank you to all who applied. Status announcements will be shared in August. www.micexpo.org/apply

"can you be in a union without that becoming your personality" unfortunately, much like being openly queer, any self-advocacy in the face of systems of power that don't want you to exist are going to make you act in some kind of abrasive way. I wish I could be quiet! I can only be loud, but kind

Even more D&D✨

It is okay to admit that you don't know much about unions! This country has been trying to stamp out organized labor for generations. But you owe it to your colleagues and the workers in your life to learn a thing or two. Ask an organizer near you! Check out EWOC!

Even more D&D✨

The dumbest, worst, most annoying person has already done the thing you want to do and someone probably loved it. So you might as well just make the thing

Moving On.

HBG has launched their anti-union campaign by spreading anti-union flyers via our company portal and common spaces. The flyers use tired talking points, framing the union as a third party that will harm our existing benefits & workplace culture. But the union is all of us, & we won’t be intimidated

Still D&Ding like it will save my sanity over here

My coworkers at Hachette and I are unionizing!! I am so proud of all of the work we've put into this campaign. We are the largest union in trade publishing. Please sign our open letter to show your support and urge management to voluntarily recognize our union! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Came across these little goobers and I adore them. They're replicas of misericord carvings from the Lincoln Cathedral in England

Almost 90% of comics creators who earn income from traditional publishing do not earn the national living wage from their work, with 13% relying on state benefits 👇 #BookSky

May 5th: Today we learned that HBG is denying to voluntarily recognize our union. To put it simply, HBG is union busting. HBG had opportunities to address worker concerns over the years. Now, it’s time for a democratically elected seat at the table. The union is YOU. The union is ALL OF US.

Our comrades at University of Chicago Press are also unionizing! Show them your support!!

An update from us: HBG has responded. Here’s their first official statement since going public.

Lowkey how it feels for my union to finally be public this week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GvZ...

Calling all Hachette employees! Looking to get involved and informed? Check out our event lineup for the rest of this week and head to the link in bio to sign up for any online events!

Learned that the youths don't use gifs anymore. Put me in my nursing home pls

until there’s a cartoonists union, you need an agent. failing that, run your contract past your peers. if they don’t know what they’re looking at, DM me or another older cartoonist who does.

We are now on bsky! @hbgworkers.bsky.social

We are now on bsky! @hbgworkers.bsky.social

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

I'm so proud to share that the workers at Hachette Book Group are unionizing to build a sustainable future in publishing and are joining the global movement for worker power. We are changing the story together, and we invite you to join us! Sign our letter of support at hachetteworkers.com

My coworkers at Hachette and I are unionizing!! I am so proud of all of the work we've put into this campaign. We are the largest union in trade publishing. Please sign our open letter to show your support and urge management to voluntarily recognize our union! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

When will we see those in power encouraging a change in the system so that we are not all burning our candles from both ends? It will benefit everyone in the long run.

Terry Moore is tbh a huge influence of mine. I devoured the original run of Strangers in Paradise in high school, and it opened my eyes to what was possible in comics. It was also just hugely important to me as a closeted teen in the mid-2000s. So I cannot recommend this bundle enough!

Can't believe they're doing an Astarion book when we KNOW what he was up to before BG3 (enslaved by a vampire, forced to seduce victims—BORING) when we COULD have a book about Jaheira adopting all of her kids, which is what The People really want

Terry Moore is tbh a huge influence of mine. I devoured the original run of Strangers in Paradise in high school, and it opened my eyes to what was possible in comics. It was also just hugely important to me as a closeted teen in the mid-2000s. So I cannot recommend this bundle enough!

We've got another Crit Crew coming up next Thurs at the Collaboratory in LIC! (And I think we are formally doing the fourth Thursday of every month moving forward!) Submissions due by Sunday luma.com/nw3wspqr

My variant cover for ACTION COMICS #1100!!! This is one of my all time favorite covers. I made it quite a while ago, not sure when it was coming out. I was thrilled and honored when I learned it was going to be released on this landmark issue of Action Comics! Whooo! #DCComics

I am looking for folks to potentially read some of their comics at Flame Con this year! Ideally ones who have tables/applied for juried tables to highlight creators who will be selling their stuff at the show. We did one last year (Pics on Insta: tinyurl.com/9b32s2ez) and it was p fun!

We've got another Crit Crew coming up next Thurs at the Collaboratory in LIC! (And I think we are formally doing the fourth Thursday of every month moving forward!) Submissions due by Sunday luma.com/nw3wspqr

I am looking for folks to potentially read some of their comics at Flame Con this year! Ideally ones who have tables/applied for juried tables to highlight creators who will be selling their stuff at the show. We did one last year (Pics on Insta: tinyurl.com/9b32s2ez) and it was p fun!

Sorry to my partner, who never expects the rambling can of worms he opens when he innocently asks me questions like, "Who would you cast in an X-Men movie?" and "I know Rogue's your favorite X-Man, but where does she rank amongst your other favorite superheroes?"

Still D&Ding like it will save my sanity over here

Never felt crazier than when I explained the plot of Jessica Jones S2 to my partner last night

draw is work

I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you

NY bbies! We've got four gorgeous comics in-progress to workshop from @minacoleta.bsky.social @skullingway.bsky.social @kjmartinet.bsky.social and @laurenschmidt.bsky.social at the Crit Crew this week on Thursday! Come on by!! luma.com/r0j5bumv

i think sometimes cis people truly have a hard time understanding that jk rowling is a living person actively using her wealth to fund the international assault on trans lives. she’s not some Complicated Author we can have a spirited debate about separating from the art with!!!!!

NY bbies! We've got four gorgeous comics in-progress to workshop from @minacoleta.bsky.social @skullingway.bsky.social @kjmartinet.bsky.social and @laurenschmidt.bsky.social at the Crit Crew this week on Thursday! Come on by!! luma.com/r0j5bumv

BUSINESS AS USUAL is now LIVE on Kickstarter!! A social satire about punks trying to take down a generator-powered ICE detention center in 2035, to free the detainees 64 pages of action, situationship drama, leftist infighting, and giant carnivorous snakes! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

Regularly I am amazed at the accuracy of the advice "If you feel like you hate everyone, eat. If you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. If you feel like you hate yourself, shower. If you feel like everyone hates everyone, go outside."

Support Sol and Josh please!!!!

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by FlameCon's vendor table purchasing system

Comic show exhibitors: How to get a full table at a comic fest or zine show when you've been assigned a half table: a thread!

For Your Consideration.... please nominate Hunger's Bite for the Ringo awards so I don't have to be a dweeb and do it myself 👉👈 ringoawards.com (Best Cartoonist Best Original Graphic Novel Best Kids Graphic Novel (12 and Up)) (but only if you think I deserve it~)

NYC folks! Submissions for this next crit are due in a week!

The eternal struggle to feel like one is adequately Doing Comics while working a 9-5