Frogby Shop launches TOMORROW! The first opportunity to buy a frog will be given to newsletter subscribers and then after that I will open up the shop for everyone and share it on social media. Frogs will range in price from $25-$150 and will ship to the US only for now. Here's the first newsletter!

Frogby Shop launches TOMORROW! The first opportunity to buy a frog will be given to newsletter subscribers and then after that I will open up the shop for everyone and share it on social media. Frogs will range in price from $25-$150 and will ship to the US only for now. Here's the first newsletter!

Oh I played myself. I returned the book in the drop box but didn't have time to go to pick up my holds yet when the library was open. So now the book I had checked out is 'overdue' because it has yet to be checked back in and I gotta wait now til it is.

The DREAMY Summer ‘26 Edit is here to bless your feed with micro-surrealism, fearless self-portraiture, a faith-based guide to your copy machine, and everything we’re bringing to the cottage. Link in bio to read the entire issue now!

Want to know what happens when you try to grow tomatoes inside your tiny apartment and it works way too well? FRIED ZINE TOMATO is on sale for $2.50 on itch, snag a digital copy! It’s a PDF, too, so you can read it then share it with a friend!

I'm experiencing a different issue where I'm having to work very hard to get residuals owed to me, and it's taken a ton of work. Someone like Kay who has created iconic pieces of music that are still being consumed deserve to be properly compensated for their work, and I hope her fight pays off.

Kay Hanley has one of the best voices in rock n' roll, period. And no, I will not accept other opinions. Just go and listen to every Letters to Cleo album, which if we are friends, you should already own. It is very much worth reading what she's having to fight for right now.

Thanks to the wonderful @lanikaps.bsky.social for taking the time to write about my ongoing Josie saga. For those of you keeping up: - I lost my health insurance today (boooo!) - I was able to maintain my benefits through COBRA (yay!) - COBRA costs $2,281 per month (boo)

Every time I see an AI book cover discussion it makes me want to scream. Some people have disconnected that making something costs money, if you don’t have that money you cannot make the thing. If having a book cover is necessary I suggest budgeting for that the way the rest of us budget projects

LINK: www.kickstarter.com/projects/okc...

I wanna talk about an upcoming event @slicexpo.bsky.social having: a fundraiser for SLICE! SLICE is made possible from generous donors like yourself and regional arts grants. These grants help keep SLICE programming free. But our funding was delayed this year! www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afterno...

The shop will launch tomorrow for subscribers in a bit of a soft launch to get the first chance to snag a frog and then after that I will be promoting it on social media!

Frogby Shop update! You can sign up for my newsletter to get notified when my shop will open will all my little felted creatures. It will be launching soon and I'll be sharing it with my subscribers first. lettersfromfrogby.beehiiv.com

Two week reminder! Apps to SLICE 2026 are due Wednesday, July 15. Still working on your application? We've got tips! ❓Check out our FAQ page 📼 Watch the recording from our How to Apply to SLICE event 🙋 Ask us questions! slicexpo.org/apply

I love this album by the band CD-ROM (amazing Rochester, NY project from some of the people that brought you the band Green Dreams, who also rule)

Frogby loves ballet

Letters from Lionel J. Frogby? Umm… yes, please! 😍

I find it very embarrassing for our field that we've been having to repeat this about "AI" and writing instruction since I was one-year old (from an article by Fred Kemp in a 1987 issue of Writing Center Journal)

You can still sign up for this in time to get the first shop announcement, which will be tomorrow! I'm giving the newsletter first dibs on the felted frogs with a soft launch before opening it up and sharing the shop on social media. Here's the first one:

Subscribed. I want a li'l felted friend! 💚

Bostonians, next Thursday at 7pm I'll be in conversation with @boneysoups.bsky.social about her new novel, THE RED SACRAMENT, which is without exception the greatest vampire novel of the 21st century so far. RSVP and come hang out with us! brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...

If you want to make the comics industry better for creators you have to talk about pay. Please consider filling out the Annual Comic Worker Survey today!!

Every time I watch an old show and someone says "I've got an iPhone" then mentions the model number, I'm like "this is an own goal, you don't need to be immediately dating your show with the model number!" but also I love it and laugh at how you can instantly pinpoint the year it was filmed

I HAVE NEWS! You asked, and now it’s time for me to answer! This August, I’m teaching a crash course on creative nonfiction!! We will meet once a week over zoom and students will have access to the recorded sessions afterwards! Go here for more info:

I periodically get put on lists here called things like "alt text scolds," which is kind of like being put on a list called "people who insist that buildings have ramps for wheelchair users" or "jerks who won't just be quiet and let me enjoy disrespecting people with disabilities in peace"

If I ran a movie theatre I'd do a week of movies featuring "Leave It to Beaver" cast members. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, THE 7TH VICTIM, AIRPLANE!, THE MOLE PEOPLE, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE BIRDS, LADY IN CEMENT, BIGGER THAN LIFE... Could be a lot of fun.

The Sheaf, and Snail. Their size overwhelmed.

PEOPLE. I have seen so much good Matisse work today. It was a religious experience. This guy is my guy. I have never felt so lucky that I could go to this exhibition.

Still unemployed & it’s been hard catching up with finances. In need of help with rent, bills, & medications. If you can help financially or share this post, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you.💛 - paypal.me/conniechiiiwa - venmo.com/u/conniechii... - buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa

I just subscribed!! 🐸

Don't do any of this.

I worded that so oddly. It's not just a shop "announcement", you will be able to BUY a felted frog tomorrow if you sign up for the list today, I'm launching the shop tomorrow.

You can still sign up for this in time to get the first shop announcement, which will be tomorrow! I'm giving the newsletter first dibs on the felted frogs with a soft launch before opening it up and sharing the shop on social media. Here's the first one:

Once you have experienced the feeling of being able to publish whenever you want to, about whatever you want, for whoever you want, you may never want to do it any other way. I enjoy being published by other people too, but it usually has less direct benefit overall.

Last year, 15 to 24-year-olds accounted for the largest share of firework injuries. Talk to your younger cousins, nieces, nephews, siblings, or any other young person you know about staying safe with fireworks this July 4th. They should never hold a lit firework or try to relight a dud.

Gina Gagliano chats with Iasmin Omar Ata about flowers, graphic medicine, the power of comics, and so much more in this great interview #GraphicMedicine www.tcj.com/an-interview...

Every time I watch an old show and someone says "I've got an iPhone" then mentions the model number, I'm like "this is an own goal, you don't need to be immediately dating your show with the model number!" but also I love it and laugh at how you can instantly pinpoint the year it was filmed

We had a really mean python at work and I gave him back to his owner and was like “he was trying to kill me” and his owner said “well, he only has so many ways to interact with the world. All he has is a face” and it Moved Me

Free to download, and printable on standard Avery 5164 shipping label stickers. Enjoy!

If I also use pogs for scale is that just trolling people under a certain age at that point

I'm going to send the first one of these tonight - so sign up if you'd like to receive it! In addition to being the first to get an opportunity to purchase one of my felted frogs, each newsletter will have a letter from Frogby + a comic! This first one is all about staying cool 😎🐸

"Do you know what it's like to be inside an iron lung? I do." I redesigned the science communications page on my website in a somewhat... unique way, you might say. I also wrote a little essay about my experience inside an iron lung. alexandragallant.com/communicatio...

Submissions are now open for @bosunderground.bsky.social ! If you have a film that's weird, scary, inventive, experimental, silly, surreal, and/or gonzo, we want to see it! Show me something I haven't seen before! (Do NOT make me watch anything with AI tho i stg) filmfreeway.com/BostonUnderg...

As I start up things with the shop, the frogs will only ship to the US for now, I don't want to get out over my skis with this whole shop venture before I've even gotten started. I will, however, be taking some felt commissions & will work with people to ship those internationally, so stay tuned.

I've visited this website multiple times already and keep spotting some amazing detail every single time This time it was the bat on the about page I love it so much

You can also go to www.lucyknisley.com/oh-no-sticker to download these.

Found this hunky Cinnabar moth on our travels. The Ferrari of moths.

In addition to updating about the shop launch, Letters from Frogby will also be my (very occasional) newsletter where I'll share some of the stuff I've been reading, watching, enjoying, etc. and also a letter from Frogby with each newsletter.

OMG, you *have* to see this drawing: patents.google.com/patent/US151...

Thread up and down, but this key point: it is extremely telling to me how people are embarassed and evasive about their slopAI use. I don't think I have ever, in my career, engaged in a research or writing practice that I was not willing to openly talk about. Why would I?