It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

Posting up my little self-promo here to let y’all know I’d like to teach comics in different spaces. I have a background in teaching comics thru an Ethnic Studies lens, so I try to let folks know how important your story is for yourself and your community.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information! #dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks

A regular reminder that my MAIL DAY tier includes monthly limited edition prints, letters, postcards and fortunes sent to you on an almost monthly basis, for just $5 a month! www.patreon.com/shing

Happy anniversary! Always pack heat.

New from 404 Media: ICE is about to go on a social media and TV ad recruiting blitz, according to contracting records. Shows ICE wants to target Gen Z and have ads on Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime. Will also geofence areas to target particular people. Wants to hire 14k www.404media.co/ice-is-about...

If anyone has any book editor leads in publishing hmu

The Beat won an Eisner but we're not resting on our laurels! We are still looking to fill three roles at @comicsbeat.bsky.social: • New Editor - you live and breathe the news and clench your jaw when someone beats you on a story.

Nearly 1M Californians are about to lose health insurance, LA County hit hardest. Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to changes to Medi-Cal that will make treatment for migrants more expensive, and less common, raising a question: Why?

huge W

Can we help? gofund.me/fc848a56

"The sounds of weeping mothers curled on cold concrete floors echoed through the walls at the federal immigration processing center in Broadview, keeping Gladis Chavez awake for most of the night." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/d...

Just replace "superintelligence" with "total surveillance" when you read this note and you will understand exactly what these clowns want to do to you.

The Cartoonist Co-op stands against the censorship and pay discrimination of 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists. Check the link below for our official statement, ways to take action, and resources. cartoonist.coop/censorship-p... Art by @greedygulo.bsky.social

I got to concept, co-design, and write a dynamic dialogue system with thousands of lines of commentary, so the robot announcers can make fun of you when you get slaughtered right after acquiring a power-up!

💥Welcome to The Skyscrapper, Humans!💥 Are you ready to climb infinite floors of robot destruction? A whole new way to play Hyperdome has opened up and you can download the Update NOW on: Meta - www.meta.com/experiences/... Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/2401230/...

How #AEWCollision gonna open tonight

"How lovely, then, for noobs and old-timers alike to have this visual chronicle sorting out its sometimes-chaotic evolution, from an author, illustrator and translator whose love for the medium — and nostalgia for its sundry eras — shines through virtually every panel." -Colin Dwyer, @npr.org

Happy Book Birthday in English to @jeanzeid.bsky.social + Émilie Rouge + @amandameadows.bsky.social + me! The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History from Pong to VR and Beyond is out from @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social! Grab a copy at your local comic shop or bookshop: bookshop.org/a/82330/9798...

Were just talking to our LCS about this, yesterday: Diamond is 1000% imploding, in a way that makes 0 sense to ~98% of people who don't read comics, but also they seem bound & determined to be as messy about it as possible??? Like, not just going down in flames, but actively slashing parachutes 😬

Turns out I’ll be at #SDCC next week after all! See you Thursday 7/24-Friday 7/25. Scheduling hasty hangs now so DM or email me to meet up!

Tomorrow! Still some in-person spots left, or bookmark the livestream! slicexpo.org/comics-university-2025

How do they manage to ruin EVERY day? Every single day I find out about something new that pisses me off

"You can opt out of equality if you want"

This is essentially a thinly veiled book ban. No way are most districts going to risk lawsuits. Horrendous and vile.

i think, unfortunately, that this may be my masterpiece

“Black, queer, disabled, and working-class artists are continually invited to be visible — but not paid. Platformed, but not protected. Our labor fuels institutions that rarely acknowledge our right to own, direct, or even survive off what we create.” —Damien Davis, artist and educator

Exciting tech update! SLICE is now able to offer ✨livestreaming✨ of our 2025 Comics University sessions! This is something we've hoped to do for many years and now you get to try it out with us. Head to our YouTube page for all livestream links and previous session recordings. youtube.com/@slicexpo

Total meltdown of the much-loathed, bankrupt Diamond Distributors. They've stopped paying publishers, and now are apparently holding hostage their books in the Diamond warehouse! "We all thought this was going to be a mess, but the size and scope of the mess has surpassed our wildest expectations."

Amid political uncertainty, TCAF 2025 was a true celebration of the breadth and diversity of comics. “We've built a strong reputation as an inclusive space, and a lot of trans and queer creators feel at home at TCAF. This is a time when we want to platform those voices." @librarylandia.bsky.social

We are back! Get your applications in for CALA 2025 at comicartsla.com before the deadline of June 30. 🌞🌴 (And please share to spread the word!!)

reminding people of ICE/Tom Homan under Obama teaches people that we have systemic racist orders in the country even when our president is black. that we should not have embraced anti-immigration rhetoric because it is racist and wrong. but this keeps people like this guy unimportant and unemployed

Absolute fucking 🔥. "Over eight hours...people throwing back tear gas...throwing anything that they could to defend themselves...Border Patrol retreated. “And the hundreds of workers in the factories were able to escape. If any community was going to fight back without apology, it was this one."

That’s it, we’ve actually now reached peak physical media. Can’t top this.

There is an interactive component to my installation at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart where you can make your own weird storefront and the submissions have been brilliant.

sooooo i wrote half this list. i def put some romance in there, some resistance, but mostly what i was interested in showcasing was queer comics made with unorthodox and creative techniques. comics pushing the medium forward. enjoy!

Year TEN of Comics University starts next week! This is a program I created back in 2013 and it holds a special place in my heart. I attribute Comics U as the start of my educator career!

TYSM Team @slicexpo.bsky.social! 🫶🏾 Anxious to share the 2.0 of my lecture. This is an extremely weird—and critical—time to be an editor who cares about creators, colleagues, and readers all at once. Let’s talk about it!

hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught

Gender-affirming care isn't called "gender-affirming care" when it's for cisgender people. It's just called "healthcare." New comic by Al Benbow: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/why-wo...

We're kicking off Comics University on Wednesday, June 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Betty's Books with a conversation with comics editor Amanda Meadows @amandameadows.bsky.social! RSVP at www.slicexpo.org/comics-unive...

Happy Pride month! 🌈 🌈 🌈 A great way to celebrate is by applying to table at SLICE 2025, from now until July 15. Then come hang out with us at any of these other SLICE-tacular events in June. You'll find all the details on our website: www.slicexpo.org/events/

What we are seeing is media reorienting itself to be messengers from the ownership class to the subjects of the regime not journalism or news as we understood it.

It's Bigger Than Alex Graham's Comic: An Instagram post has stirred up a hornet's next of controversy by suggesting that comics by marginalized groups are overrated

My doctor changed my diagnosis to "Endocrine Disorder" in November without me asking--because he saw the writing on the wall. Ask your doctors to do the same--Just to protect your access to life-saving medication.

It’s a labor issue.