When my grandmother was 9 years old, she and her family lived in Texas and they were extremely poor. She lived with her mother and stepfather and three sisters. My great-grandmother made all their clothes, and they scrimped on everything so that they had enough to eat.

Looking for last-minute gifts? Let me tell you about some of the books I've written! TOTAL SUPLEX OF THE HEART is a wrestling romance based on my time in the business. It's got incredible art by @ornitoplatypus.bsky.social

The annual return of the Bat-menorah tonight. Happy Hanukkah 🕎.

So weird story. I was busy all day and pretty exhausted. But then instead of keeping going, I stopped and rested and just watched a movie and snuggled with my cat and like… I feel less exhausted.

For all of your reading challenge needs!

Ted E. Bear's original adventure about not sleeping through Christmas despite what the title would have you believe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcCH...

we are going to win. it's not always going to feel like a victory. my heart is full of rage at how many will suffer while we get there. but they are in free-fall now.

Fans can already "engage with those worlds," it's called fanfiction, ya cowards

My favorite holiday tradition is constantly rechecking Wikipedia to see if the Gävle goat has burned down yet

seriously.

I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit

Can confirm, this book is goddamn adorable.

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

To me, Christmas isn't about perfection or consumerism. It's about family togetherness. It's about dancing with yetis. It's about making ill-advised, Faustian bargains with the Peppermint Man. It's about shrinking down the super rich and trapping them in snow globe pocket dimensions.

Looks like I wasn't the first to this either. Someday I will have an original thought, I promise you

The steady increase of "writers" (fakers, little bitches, weenies in truth) using "AI" to write fic really pisses me off. It's just such a fannishly WEAK approach to being a total freak in fandom and it's just... lazy theft on top of that. God.

On this 37th World AIDS Day, I encourage y’all to read the excellent memoir in comics Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 by @comicnurse.bsky.social

for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan

One of my biggest regrets of being offline for so long is that I read Hello Sunshine in that time and could not scream about it. Not only is it probably the best book I read this hear, one of the best YA I've read ever, but it also healed something in me I thought publishing had irreparably broken.

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

I hope Americans are seeing the results of voting for a personal profit driven Presidency.

The irony is rich.

One of the benefits of being raised by a Snoopy superfan is that I was able to crank this out incredibly fast with minimal research lol

My special Thanksgiving toon for CALÓ News. Please share, and support CALÓ News at calonews.com/donate and get my 2026 Cartoon Calendar at laloalcaraz.com .

Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore I feel like we need this

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So honored to be included on this list among these incredible titles. Thank you @bookriot.bsky.social!!

We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.

There were some real good ones this year!

SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN... WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.

We really do deserve more than all this.

Curious about the future of manga? @forbes.com sat down with Kodansha USA CEO Alvin Lu—the publisher of Attack on Titan—to explore how manga is expanding into new formats, new platforms, and vast global audiences. 📖 Read the full Forbes interview here: ow.ly/56I350XtMx7

Congrats to whoever added this hilarious and completely accurate content warning to IMDB's page on Fantastic Four: First Steps

Shining Knight Landscaping

65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.

CONTROVERSIAL OPINION: comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet

Fans can already "engage with those worlds," it's called fanfiction, ya cowards

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Today's post is about a part of comics I don't think I've ever talked about before!

after we find out exactly what he did, i want to know the names of everybody who helped cover up what he did. everybody.

The emails are important and it's good that they're out there but also I don't want to look at them, probably ever

It feels like it should be Thursday

Star Trek has been associated with being the inspiration for many things but I'm not sure many folks realize the impact it made on endangered humpbacks. The awareness from this movie possibly saved them from extinction.

Hey everyone, I see a LOT of people so furious at Dems they're registering as Independents. I get it. I really do. Just be aware that most states have closed primaries so you won't be able to vote in those. And as you smart folks know, primaries are critical to weed out wackos and bad bills.

I just "love" this juxtaposition. Let's celebrate the American worker by shutting down the government, throwing thousands of people out of work, and not providing updated info about workplace safety!