Book #9 of 2026 completed: ‘Squire’ (2022, Quill Tree Books) from @nadiashammas.bsky.social and @saraalfageeh.bsky.social — a hefty graphic novel adventure about a young teen girl hoping to become a knight in an empire that views her people as second class. #graphicnovel #comics

Looking forward to hosting cartoonist Rupert Kinnard on Feb. 16 , to celebrate his new collection 'Ooops...I Just Catharted!: 50 Years of Cathartic Comics' featuring the first ongoing gay and lesbian African-American comic strip characters. cartoonart.org/calendar/2026/2/16/oops-i-just-catharted

I just backed Horror Not Hate on @kickstarter.com cause why not? www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...

Spoke to Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books, just now. He’s grateful for all the book orders & knows the store’s site is struggling w/ the demand. Employees coming Monday to reboot the site & pack orders. There are so many that it may take a few extra days so please be patient & keep fighting. ✊🏽

Book #8 of 2026 completed: ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders, Vol. 2’ (2025) from @joelmeadows.bsky.social, @b3nn3tt.bsky.social, and Co. via @kickstarter.com — a steampunk tale with the Great Detective in an alternate, authoritarian England. #graphicnovel #comics

Looking for some downtime fun without breaking your budget? The Discover and Go! program provides California library card holders with free/discounted admission to dozens of Bay Area attractions, including the Cartoon Art Museum. Great way to enjoy and save $$. discoverandgo.org #museum #discount

taking a small break from pigeons and book bans to say: I have books coming out this year! BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS is about the Japanese macaques you've seen videos of chillin in hot springs. It's written in haiku and illus by Yas Imamura! 🐒❄️🛁 bookshop.org/p/books/bath...

Book #7 of 2026 completed: ‘Haunted House: A Love Story’ (2025) by @winstongambro.bsky.social via @kickstarter.com - after becoming overly attached to its builder, a self-aware house spends decades in emotional ups and downs. #graphicnovel #comics

Meet Rupert Kinnard, pioneering cartoonist and creator of the first ongoing gay and lesbian African-American comic strip characters, on Mon., Feb. 16 and score a copy his new collection 'Ooops...I Just Catharted!: 50 Years of Cathartic Comics.' cartoonart.org/calendar/2026/2/16/oops-i-just-catharted

Thanks to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social and Cobb’s Comedy Club for a peek inside the mind of Janeane Garofalo. Paper towel pro tip: Bounty > Kirkland

Book #6 of 2026 completed: ‘Science Comics: Cats’ (2019) by Andy Hirsch from @firstsecond.bsky.social — part of a series aimed more at tweens but packed nicely with feline facts and trivia that were enlightening to me. #book #science #comics

Dealing with winter as best he can.

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Well, blow me down! That spinach-loving sailor Popeye made his debut in E. C. Segar's comic strip 'Thimble Theatre' on this day in 1929. You can catch him along with other OG faces from the newspaper comics pages in our exhibition 'Sunday Funnies' on display now. #Popeye #spinach #comics #exhibition

Book #5 of 2026 completed: ‘Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius’ (2018) by @shannonwheeler.bsky.social that I picked up at @cartoonart.bsky.social; a swell comics collection of quirky humor panels and personal anecdotes #humor #comics

Well-played

When you close your laptop and find this on the other side. #catnap

Finished book #4 of 2026 yesterday: the historical fiction graphic novel ‘Red Harvest’ (2023) by Michael Cherkas focuses on the Holodomor, a massive famine forced upon 1930s Ukraine by the policies of Soviet Union leader Stalin; a cruel and completely avoidable tragedy.

If you're taking to the streets to protest, know your rights.

Book #3 of 2026 completed: ‘Past Tense’ (2023) by @jasonmcnamara.bsky.social with art by Alberto Massaggia, color by @paullittlecolorist.bsky.social and logo/cover layout by Sonia Harris — an intriguing techno sci-fi tale that evokes the like of ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘The Twilight Zone.’

You still have time to preorder @adamwallenta.bsky.social and Makana Wallenta’s PUNK TACO ADVENTURES due out on January 27th from @papercutzgn.bsky.social, featuring guest artwork from yours truly! Scan the QR code to reserve your copy today.

Second read of 2026: ‘Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring’ (2025) from Patrick Zircher (W/A/C) with Pete Pantazis (C), Richard Starkings (L), and Tyler Smith (L). Cover art by Mike Mignola. A beautifully rendered tale featuring one of my fav pulp characters.

Making an effort this year to tackle the stacks and stacks of graphic novels in the home library and keep track of what I read. First up: Paris plays host to the world’s greatest thief in ‘Bandette Volume One: Presto!’ (2013) from @paultobin.bsky.social and @colleencoover.bsky.social

Caught a perfect rainbow as I exited a store and then later thought to enhance

Mount Tam strutting around again post-king tide flood.

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Endorsed

Kaiju sighting in downtown SF #KAWS #sfmoma

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Happy 4th of July to everyone who mistakenly posts this picture tonight!

ATTN: CONAN THE BARBARIAN FANS!! The Robert E Howard house/museum is in serious need of repair, or it may fall apart. Please donate at rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh... Or share the link and help get the word out.

Treated myself to the newly reprinted edition of ‘The Eternaut’ by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López from @fantagraphics.bsky.social. #comics #reprint

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This guy

Picked up the new book of cartoons by @tbtoro.bsky.social recently at @cartoonart.bsky.social — what a hoot. Definitely the kind of humor that helps shake of the winter blahs.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but here goes: In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art. I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:

Another yacht club Wednesday. #GoldenGateBridge #KarltheFog

Join us today from 2–4pm for a holiday-themed reception with veteran animator Bobby Podesta ('Cars,' 'The Incredibles,' 'Soul') in celebration of our mini-exhibition of original art from his debut graphic novel 'North for the Winter.' cartoonart.org/calendar/2025/12/14/north-for-the-winter-reception

Shout-out to Asgard Press! Have purchased their retro calendars for years, so decided to give the Golden Age comic book gift wrap a try and it slaps. www.asgardpress.com/product/vint... #GoldenAge #comics #CaptainMarvel #PhantomLady #MoonGirl #SpySmasher #superhero

Tapping into late-August memories to ward off the ongoing chill in Marin.

I’ll be appearing, with several cartoonist friends, at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco tomorrow (Friday, 12th) night. A reception including a panel discussion with the artists will take place from 6:30 - 8:30. Cartoon Art Museum 781 Beach Street, Fl 1 San Francisco, CA 94109 Drooker.com

We really need to double down on outwardly stating our work does not contain AI. We're seeing it in movie credits and books, we have to start putting it on things we make and pressuring others to label their work as human made, and normalize that as much as we can, I think. stuff like this maybe

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar

Come to Richmond Art Center today! 10-4. Loads of goodies and people. And a sloth.

We have two workshops happening on Sat., Dec. 13: Cartooning for Kids aimed at young creators and Cartooning for the Whole Family for the entire crew. Both are fun, laid back, and instructive. Visit cartoonart.org/calendar for more info on these and other programs. #diy #create #art #workshop

RIP Claude

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I just backed Dreamhouse: An Existential Suspense Graphic Novella on @kickstarter.com cause home is where the horror is. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...