I’m planning on referencing Zerzan in a comic and no one is gonna laugh but me.

dora.nyc this is OUTSTANDING. super navigatable directory for food distros, resources. and easy to remember because it’s like the explorer but also— directory of resources & aid

The impulsive drive to tell everyone I see I’m trippin rn…

this morning i learned that a variety reporter thought “They not like us” meant “They don’t like us” this entire time. i’ve been sitting in silence since then.

Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco/Bay Area - here are some restaurants helping with food if you’re struggling with loss of SNAP benefits. Please share!

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Doing a free event at the library in December. Come thru.

Thanks for the nice review, I’m glad someone is following my million IG stories.

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo “I’m an American citizen so leave me alone” “Alright, we just got to verify that” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Anyone notice how quickly the "No Kings" protest movement brought back all the lies and conspiracy theories of nonviolence that we fully laid to rest in 2020? open.substack.com/pub/petergel...

A poem by Assata Shakur

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Hope all of the people posting Luigi memes in people's mentions are now too busy patrolling their ACTUAL communities protecting their neighbors from ICE.

Jan 2026 @imagecomics.com & @topcowofficial.bsky.social solicits are live! We've got another Murderers' Row of cover artists for Death to Pachuco #4: CVR A @sweeneyboo.bsky.social CVR B @benpassmore.bsky.social CVR C @scumbelievable.bsky.social Art by @ohhhaeee.bsky.social and Lee Loughridge

NEW EPISODE: Graphic novelist @benpassmore.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ben-passmore...

thanks to the @comicbookclub.bsky.social for having me on.

always important to remember that the fash, literal nazis that want to kill you, are training. this the kind of thing that keeps in the gym…other than wanting to be an anime character.

BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP is a history of Black resistance like you’ve never seen before: radical, sharp-witted, deeply researched and visually explosive. Check out the pages and spot a powerful figure whose legacy looms large. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671968...

Reposting cause No Kings on its bs again.

really can’t stress enough how much staying with folks and being very mobile will keep you safe at a demo. sitting down is the best way to get fucked up and be a trip hazard.

“If you are sitting peacefully no one can accuse you of being dangerous” This is literally not how cops or the far right work. They will accuse you of being dangerous no matter what you do

If you are on the ground at a protest and not sure if a journalist is safe to talk to, check out our hostile journalist lookbook! Sometimes it takes a minute to load, apologies for any pokeyness.

The city of LA and the LAPD are asking the court to lift the injunction that prevents the dept from assaulting and arresting journalists ahead of tomorrow’s No Kings protests due to officer and public safety risks.

in Brookyn eating ten dollar slices and watching European tourists treat a bodega like a wild animal.

🚨The war on Antifa has begun, with the FBI canvassing informants for insights on the group, scrutinizing financial records and gathering intelligence on left-wing affinity groups, sources tell me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/inside-the...

Enter to win a copy of BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP, a boisterous, darkly funny, and sobering march through Black militant history by Ignatz and Eisner Award–winning graphic novelist Ben Passmore. Ends 10/20. goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

More to Come 700: Our Gala 700th Episode. Kate Fitzsimons, Calvin Reid, Meg Lemke, and Heidi MacDonald mark 14 years of podcasting about comics. MTC recorded its 700th Episode Spectacular live at New York Comic Con featuring creators Cliff Chiang, Ben Passmore, and Ngozi Ukazu.

i know nyc folks need more notice to turn up usually, but please come thru regardless!

Thank you to @pwcomicsworld.bsky.social for having me on their 700th Episode. It was a lil wild to be there irl, I’m used to hearing these folks while I’m washing dishes. Folks should check them out, I rely on them heavy to keep up on pub industry things and insights.

If you’re in NYC for comic con hmu. Gonna be floating around.

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves. The Handbasket reports:

Thanks to @benpassmore.bsky.social for joining us on Black Agenda Report radio. blackagendareport.com/black-arms-h...

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

@krakenhugger.bsky.social did amazing work with me on this book!

HAVE YOU HEARD about the most exciting event at NYCC? The LIVE 700th Episode of PW's MORE TO COME podcast! With the whole MtC crew and guests @ngoziu.com @cliffchiang.bsky.social and @benpassmore.bsky.social! Join us Saturday 5:15 in room 408 for this all-star conversation about comics! #nycc

I absolutely loved Ben Passmore's "Black Arms to Hold You Up," a short, passionate history of what happens when Black people shoot back.

If you're in Detroit Metro, or are attending the Ban this Book fest on Saturday, you can find copies of Black Arms to Hold You Up at my shop There will also be a limited number of Your Black Friend and Other Strangers zines available to BtB Fest attendees. Bookshop.org is also having a sale rn!

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Mr. Coates thinks racism is a problem, but has he ever considered that some people think black people are the problem? I’m very smart.”

ain’t no mfing way.

I’ve seen some skeptical posts about this, but I’ve been hearing for a long time that her health wasn’t great. So I’m gonna wait, but very sad to hear.

I didn't want to be an intellectual spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what the hell is going on in the streets. Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. The two have to go together. - Assata Shakur / #marxistmonday

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

Ben Passmore is the author and illustrator of the comics Your Black Friend and Other Strangers (2018) and the Eisner Award-winning Sports Is Hell (2020).

is it weird that the Him made me want to get back in the gym.