Stopped in on Dad(‘s grave) with a pal this evening

Floored by this review of my book by Pico Iyer. Gosh.

It’s #LICAF2025 and Table 19 is ready to go!

If you're curious about my writing tools, digital and analogue, I gave full answers to Daniel, who has a weirdly fascinating blog called usesthis. In it, I confess to theft. usesthis.com/interviews/r...

You've got mail, nerds!

launching next week www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

For a 3am CDT start, I look okay, I figure

Had my soul recharged at @artsmia.bsky.social today. Yowza, do they have a great collection. Didn't draw anything, unless you count all the connections and associations I drew while meditating in the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room. new.artsmia.org/art-artists/...

At Minneapolis institute of Art. I found the art.

Father Bookmas has been! These just arrived ready for #LICAF2025 this weekend!

Hello, Minnesota! Time for yet another edition of “CDMOs: Challenges & Opportunities”!

New #newsletter from ~35,000' in the air, so GO READ: buttondown.com/vmspod/archi...

Hey, this is this weekend! I'll be exhibiting at #LICAF2025 (@comicartfestival.bsky.social) and, if the stars align, should have the final collection of my diary strips ready to launch at the show. Stop by and say hello if you're there!

See you soon, phantom city

New #podcast! #HunterProsper joins the show to celebrate his wonderful new book, STORIES FROM A STRANGER! We talk about talking to people, finding community, discovering your friends are all on a text chain that you're not invited to, and more, so GO LISTEN! chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

in case you missed this yesterday. plan is to launch at the end of the month.

Shana tovah, pals. Contemplating some Jew Year’s Resolutions. . . .

ok let's goooooooo (pre-launch page, sign up to be notified on launch) www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

hey it's another stupid cartoon www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Can i tell you a happy story?

Who wants preorder links? BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/offerings-... @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social : www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781968... @goldennotebkbooks.bsky.social : goldennotebook.com/book/9781968... @oblongbooks.bsky.social : oblongbooks.com/book/9781968043100

Wish We Weren’t Here, but here we are. Speechless.Comics. Coming in October from Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social #climatecrisis #extinctionrebellion

Get yer linky newsletter! Lots of great stuff for you to check out, along with some Matthiessen-Malick wisdom, a shorn Birdy, Hans Castorp’s first X-ray, & more, so GO READ: buttondown.com/vmspod/archi...

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

Tomorrow at Society Of Illustrators I'll be giving an Insectopolis tour and there's much more: societyillustrators.org/event/insect... My exhibition has been extended to October 25th

NERD INFERNO IS COMING! LOCK YOUR DOORS! BOLT YOUR WINDOWS! AND PREORDER THE FUCK OUT OF IT! 4/21/26 From @darkhorse.com Read about it on The Comics Beat here: tinyurl.com/3yj9zvdw

This NextGen newsletter was delayed by rail congestion buttondown.com/vmspod/archi...

New #podcast: @mlrio.bsky.social joins the show to celebrate her fantastic new novel, HOT WAX! We talk #rockandroll, #writing, #music, #roadtrips, & more, so GO LISTEN! chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

Me on my professional bullshit again (humorously, it's a video podcast and I decided not to put up a fake background and just leave the weird vertical bookshelf in place) www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ta...

Got the next five #podcast episodes recorded! (Which is a lot better for my mental health than recording with a guest 36-48 hours before the episode is due to go up.)

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I had a fantastic time at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social this weekend, came away with a TON of comics, lots of conversations with old friends and new ones, and renewed faith in the power of art. Hope to see more folks at next year’s edition!

The Sunday linky-newsletter is late, but that’s because I was busy debuting my new psyche at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social this weekend. GO READ: buttondown.com/vmspod/archi...

Calling @landisblair.bsky.social

GO BUY DAVID LYNCH'S PLACE & INVITE ME OVER TO HANG OUT www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

Time for some Hill visits before @smallpressexpo.bsky.social (Sure wish that Severance thing was real, sometimes)

New #newsletter; you know the drill buttondown.com/vmspod/archi...

New #podcast! Listen to me & @davidnleopold.bsky.social talk about #AlHirschfeld, #StephenSondheim, and the great new collection/posterbook, HIRSCHFELD'S SONDHEIM, out now from @abramscomicarts.bsky.social! chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-6...

GO READ

From our friend David Chelsea comes the sad news that Gary Faigin has passed away. Gary's work on facial expressions was an invaluable resource for myself and thousands of other artists, and his curiosity and enthusiasm for his chosen subject was infectious and inspiring. Rest in Peace, Gary.

New #podcast'll be up tomorrow. Too much going on today to get it out. But it's a good one; trust me!

“You need at least one drawing of yourself in this 2-page comic, Gil.” I’ll learn to simplify; I promise

From left to right: Lindsey Wagner, Boston drummer Sib Hashian, Lee Majors

Almost forgot to post my fave NFL opening Sunday strip

Your linky #newsletter awaits! Lots of great reading to check out, after you get past my traipse down memory lane, so GO READ: buttondown.com/vmspod/archi...

Darlings! Who wants to see the cover of Offerings for Ordinary Gods, coming July 2026 from @clashbooks.bsky.social? Spec horror ✔️ Mythic metaphors ✔️ Haunted cottage (or castle) read ✔️ Tarot cards✔️ Cover art by @katelanfoisy.bsky.social, btw!

New #Shelfies alert! This week, it's... ME! Celebrating the first anniversary of SHELFIES! My international SF shelf, with titles by Lakshminarayan, Ng, Verso and Hisa, a rare Clute edition and a literally magical book!

Here's an "interview" I did for my new book, Hirschfeld's Sondheim. It may not be exactly as I said it, or even 100% accurate but he says very nice things about the book so who I am to complain. theaterpizzazz.com/hirschfelds-...

It's the end of the world as we know it www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Radiohead’s landmark 1997 album OK Computer has held up well: it doesn’t sound dated, and the songs & themes seem prescient in hindsight. “Let Down” was not released a single but it’s superior to most rock hit singles from its era. youtu.be/ZVgHPSyEIqk?...