I would be utterly fine with the Ellisons just giving CBS to Charles Barkley and making it the Charles Barkley Station.

“When I got into animation I was told kid, you’re stupid. There’s no future in making animated movies. And I’ve spent my whole career making animated movies.” Love Floyd, he has been an inspiration to me when we worked together! #Wondercon

Fossil fuels in our world are like assassination in John Wick's world -- clearly so vastly deadly and damaging, but the economy is so built around it, the structures that exist for it and the profit that comes from it, that it is basically the skeleton of the economy. (Also, AI is like Toonces.)

My sister has been interim provost of the University of Virginia for over a year, until they could come to a decision on a replacement. They’ve now actually made a decision: to put off deciding for another year. I think when this is over she’ll be qualified for Interim Provost Emeritus.

At Wondercon, I’ve sent hundreds of folks joyfully cosplaying. All kinds of source: comics, film, video games, anime, literature. Some very popular media, some obscure. Number of costumes based on on IP from that funder of trans discrimination? Zero. Beat by the one Ham helmet.

2:30 today. 2:00 tomorrow. All the Nat you can handle! #Wondercon

Hey if you're at #WonderCon be sure to come to our panel TOMORROW SATURDAY at 2 pm! With an all-star line-up of guests including @kalaichik.bsky.social @taimurdar.bsky.social @nat.gertler.com @djpatrickareed.bsky.social and Greg Weisman! Bring your questions! PLUS a very special giveaway!

Expectation: assuming the House passes this as well, Trump will neither sign nor veto this bill... in which case it becomes law in 10 days.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING DOWNLOAD DEAL --All-- of Peanuts - the 25 volumes of Complete Peanuts reprinting the entire newspaper run, all 10 Peanuts Every Sunday volumes with the Sundays in color, plus Complete Peanuts 26 with beyond-the-strip material, plus themed collections. $25.

Remember, the modern Olympics have always been a bad idea.

Finally, a tribute to my people (and from an artist I’ve long enjoyed.)

Per current discourse on #wizards and #wizard fiction: Seems a good time to menttion that if you're looking for other-series options, you can pick up the first nine #YoungWizards novels as #ebooks in a bundle. (Unless you're in the UK: we can't sell to you due to Brexit...sorry.) bit.ly/YWNMESET

Happy birthday to coloring book writer Gene Shalit!

I'm now on TWO panels at Wondercon this weekend. Hope to see you there!!

Someone beat me to posting this, but this is your usual reminder that while there is loose agreement on what the Ten Commandments are, there is much disagreement on -which- the Ten Commandments are.

Every cartoonist's first lettering.

<laughing in Star Trek specifics>

Ted McGinley and John C. McGinley don't just share a name. While they have different tones, they have similar acting aura, to the degree that you'd actually not want them both in the same project... but it's no surprise that Bill Lawrence has tapped both for current sitcoms.

For those who know Jessica Tseang: she is currently facing health problems, and is open to kindly financial support.

I am not against sexy women pictures. Adam Hughes covers? Olivia prints? Ward cartoons? Yay to all! However, professional awards in a field where women struggled to get recognized are not the place. The only award that should look like a woman on a stripper pole is in exotic dance competition.

A reminder that we are still sending whistles to anyone who wants them! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

If you're into comics documentaries, check Tubi. They have Morgan Spurlock's Comic Con, Kirby at War, My Comic Shop Country, Comix: Beyond the Comic Book Pages, The Image Revolution, Comic Book Independents, Lost Heroes, Geek and You Shall Find, Beyond the Comic Panels, Chris Claremont's X-Men...

When I started writing comics, yes I had a full-time day job, but also the advantage of not much other life and not so much comics success. Then for a fair while I was solely a writer, but most of the money came from non-comics writing, much as I loved being a comics writer.

I want to be vaccinated for time travel!

I hope that this finds a good home. (I still have mine, but it no longer has the original tape player.)

Sam Kieth did magnificently quirky work, putting himself on the page. Putting him on mainstream books seemed insane, but the result was often delightful. May his work stay in the public eye.

Let's keep doing all the science!

In 1957, the Navy opened the Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole. 18 brave souls set up there, intending to do research through the end of 1958. One brave soul brought something special: Peanuts strips. 🧵 1/4

Brian beat me out for the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving Wider Recognition. Looks like they nailed it. Michael has extended me unexpected kindness. Glad to see this happen for them!

It should come as little surprise that Lucy Van Pelt is the Peanuts character who feels that Ayn Rand is part of what makes America great.

It was ten years ago that I started putting ROM into a different movie poster (or album cover, etc.) every day. Then I stopped. So you may thank me for having spared you seeing thousands of these things.

I may have gotten older in the past 19 years, but I have gotten less gray.

Wife just told me this one: What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.

My publishing decisions often don't go beyond "stuff I like that I'd like to have my name on making available again". Luckily for y'all, I have excellent taste.

Oh, this guy again with more nonsense bullshit. Spoiler: no, it doesn't. I queried for free, as did everyone else I know who has an agent.

If you fear that the world hasn’t had enough crab-themed short opera, your concerns are now assuaged! This new one premieres next month in Santa Monica, California. Why am I excited about this? You would be to if the librettist was one of your offspring from your sperm donation days!

The problem with Mercury Records is that when they have a hot release, it expands.

For $40 plus two-drink minimum at The Comedy Store tonight I saw Jay Leno, Darrell Hammond, Damon Wayans, Jeff Ross, Adam Ray, Sebastian Maniscalco, Paul Rodriguez, and a couple more comics. An advantage of living in the Los Angeles area.

If you're a comics pro on BkueSky & I don't have you on my list, let me know so I can add you. Thanks.

"Person who did major good things also did major bad" still saddens but no longer shocks me. I have come to understand that the key axis in such matters is not "good/bad person", although that does exist in some form, but the willingness to do major things. Let's call it audacity. 🧵

Meanwhile, Second Life survives. You can’t just buy real success.

The Spider-Man trailer didn't make me go "wow", but given that there have been 10 Spider-Man theatrical films and 90% of them have been at least not-bad, I'll be there.

Ooooh, they're hot, sexy, dangerous boys without protection! Transgressive!!

Trouble at the Circle K.

Today I am having pumpkin pie and a crisis of self-confidence, but one of these things shall soon be gone!

Given 1974, I suspect that Stan was not looking for adaptation rights, but for cheap material to fill out B&W magazines, whether serialized in back-up of Deadly Hands of Kung Fu or as its own title.

These Philippine garlic-and-vinegar corn chips weren’t very good, but they did come with a comic strip!

It's happening! S.R. BISSETTE'STYRANT® crowdfunder launched now, today—the FIRST 500 BACKERS who pledge for any edition of the book will receive a randomly selected signed art print from my personal archives!

A reminder that Lincoln's ghost still haunts the hallways of the great residence.

1991: Ronald McDonald Children's Charities funds a 15,000 copy print run of Welcome To Beantown, a Boston Police giveaway comic book. In it, Billy the KidneyBean tries to corrupt Beanjamin, JillyBean, the asian SoyBean, hispanic Beanito, and black Beanard. Officers Beanstalk and Stringbean stop him.