If you're looking for queer & trans-designed pride merch sans rainbows, my teepublic shop is currently hella on sale: www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...

If you see this QTP with a sword.

Last day at #FanExpoPhiladelphia! Stop by Artist Alley for some comics goodness, and come to our comics writing panel this afternoon!

Haircut = con this weekend! I'll be at Fan Expo Philadelphia's Artist Alley today through Sunday! Come buy some comics, original art, and leather journals! #fanexpophiladelphia

New writers, don’t let your need for instant gratification keep you from truly honing your craft. Ijs. I see a lot of people getting held back by the need to be told how good they are. That shit needs to come from the calm quiet honest voice within, not social media or other people in general.

Apartt from not having interest, pretty sure using it would violate every work-for-hire contact I've ever had.

My solution to the attendance problem in TTRPGs is simple: if you miss a session, you're dead.

DOOMscrolling, PFAH! You would prefer I RICHARDS scrolled? Like that loser, RICHARDS? Who is a loser, who loses. Far better to scroll unto DOOM, who is smarter, and cooler, and much, much, better at boggle than that fool RICHARDS.

PSA that authors never get tired of hearing nice things, especially for new releases!

When trying to break down the problems for folks, I've begun pointing out that you get a greater understanding of Ai if you refer to it as Automated Information, as there is no machine intelligence involved. None. Zilch. Zero. It's a stolen, misapplied phrase. We aren't close to real Ai.

I hate to talk about it, but I have to talk about it. Long post incoming: www.patreon.com/posts/158715...

No stream this morning I’m afraid -thanks to fires, air quality and asthma. A not-winning combo I must say. Will be back on Friday!

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Many happy returns, Jim! Thanks for being a great friend and co-writer 💖

Sheryl Nome >>> Sharon Apple

Eric's streaming the brand new Subnautica 2 tonight! He's been so excited for this game since the craziness with the creative team got sorted out. www.twitch.tv/16biteric

I used to feel a little bad that The Onion is about to surpass WaPo in print subs and stopped promoting the membership as a direct foil until today they came out with “Do POOR BABIES deserve DIAPERS???” so therefore

The Academy says no AI performances or scripts can be eligible for acting and writing Oscars.

As someone pointed out to me offline, this is a really funny typo in Alito’s mifepristone dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Here is my wife. Having a successful partner is the prize. Thats the goal to aim for. See how amazing she is. youtu.be/RKY3pEgaHTE?...

Are you actually lawful good or are you just an anxious people pleaser? 🤔

IN WHAT CONTEXT COULD IT POSSIBLY MEAN ANYTHING ELSE

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

Immediately putting “absolute horses” into my daily conversations

The amount of copium in this prompt could float a blimp

This is scary for the future of workers:

Thread. Some of these I knew about but had never seen visual examples of 😨

Timeline cleanse of cuteness 💖

Of all the contributions I've been lucky enough to make to Star Wars over the years, I'm not sure there's anything I'm more proud of than Lando's speech to the galaxy in The Rise of Skywalker adaptation. It was actually the first thing I wrote for the book. #maythe4th #starwarsday

#MayTheFourth | #StarWarsDay | #MayThe4th

I somehow only have one Star Wars mug, but it's a pretty great one. Got it when I visited Lucasfilm a few years ago! #maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday

Seems like a good day to chat and play some Star Wars, yeah? 🚨Live! www.twitch.tv/16biteric

Someone said on Insta how the generative tools give the *feeling* of competency, and this kind of exemplifies it entirely. This person doesn't want to be competent. Simple as that.

Free viewing through tomorrow, May 4. Watch and pass along. kinema.com/events/Democ...

So close to the goal! Support a great comic anthology on comic book day!

A lovely NYT piece about Gerry Conway, complete with quotes from the man himself. I was caught off-guard by my own name at the end, and now I'm crying again. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/a...

Can we also be so fucking for real here? A lot of MG/YA books today are already like CONSIDERABLY more conservative than the ones I grew up reading. Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo of Genovia taught me about diaphragms as birth control when I was like 10 years old.

Thank you for staying in the fight, Jerome Powell.

Out this week is Generation X-23 #3, the last issue that the late Jacopo Camagni worked on. It also marks ten years since I left my day job to be a full-time writer. I wrote about both in a new newsletter post. jodyhouser.substack.com/p/12-remembe...

Generation X23 3 A fun new issue this week, sadly featuring the last art by the late Jacopo Camagni Words @jodyhouser.bsky.social Interior art @jacopocamagni.bsky.social, @marcorenna.bsky.social, & #ErickArciniega Cover #ParthoPratimSarkar & #RomuloFajardo #generationx23 #laurakinney #x-men

My pick for favorite comic this week! Generation X23 by @jodyhouser.bsky.social @marcorenna.bsky.social @airy.bsky.social Erick Arciniega I've been enjoying the heck out of this new series. Great job everyone!

This is super depressing. One of the big joys of storytelling for me is the communal aspect. It's why we have movie theaters and fandoms and conventions. Imagine a world where everyone was too busy watching self-insert slop garbage for media like KPop Demon Hunters to really take off.

"Supreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act---The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats" wapo.st/3OBjqhc #VRA

This continues to be one of the worst and most dangerous things happening in America. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

Almost forgot that today marks *ten years* since I left my day job to write comics full-time. The past few years, I've added video game writing to my plate, but the comics work hasn't stopped. The fact I've fully supported myself for a decade by writing is a pretty great thing.

HOLLYWOOD CINERAMA DOME FRIENDS UNITE!

I'd like to give a special shout-out to his Carol Danvers as Ms. Marvel. Although most of her series was written by Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway kicked it off, and her sparring with J. Jonah Jameson over salary was pure joy and empowerment. Hell, women still need this example for negotiating.