David Perlmutter
@davidperlmutter.bsky.social
Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
New this week open.substack.com/pub/thelinkl... The Library helps me and many other indie authors get exposure on Substack.
New this week
The latest additions to The Library's collection
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January 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
New this week open.substack.com/pub/thelinkl... The Library helps me and many other indie authors get exposure on Substack.
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“i, Zohran Kwame Mamdani, solemnly swear to track down Batman’s tax records.”
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
“i, Zohran Kwame Mamdani, solemnly swear to track down Batman’s tax records.”
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October 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New this week open.substack.com/pub/thelinkl... Check out my books at The Library on Substack.
New this week
The latest additions to The Library's collection
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
New this week open.substack.com/pub/thelinkl... Check out my books at The Library on Substack.
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Primary sources have never been more important. I just signed up for this open consultation with Fanny Julissa García, MA and special guest Doug Boyd on INformed Consent and AI. If you work in this space, this knowledge and conversation is a necessity:
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Ask An Oral Historian: Informed Consent and AI
Open consultation hour with Fanny García + Doug Boyd
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January 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Primary sources have never been more important. I just signed up for this open consultation with Fanny Julissa García, MA and special guest Doug Boyd on INformed Consent and AI. If you work in this space, this knowledge and conversation is a necessity:
www.eventbrite.com/e/ask-an-ora...
www.eventbrite.com/e/ask-an-ora...
Withdraw From The Darkness And Look To The Light open.substack.com/pub/danepste... In the 1960s and 1970s, Curtis Mayfield was first and foremost in the creation of accessible yet revolutionary soul music.
Withdraw From The Darkness And Look To The Light
Curtis Mayfield — "Keep On Keeping On" (1971)
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January 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Withdraw From The Darkness And Look To The Light open.substack.com/pub/danepste... In the 1960s and 1970s, Curtis Mayfield was first and foremost in the creation of accessible yet revolutionary soul music.
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A Friday shoutout to some fabulous folk to follow
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January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A Friday shoutout to some fabulous folk to follow
@thesharkqueen.com
@alexlopezwrites.bsky.social
@paultremblay.bsky.social
@davidperlmutter.bsky.social
@pawheeler.bsky.social
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@alexlopezwrites.bsky.social
@paultremblay.bsky.social
@davidperlmutter.bsky.social
@pawheeler.bsky.social
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If you don't have plans for February 3, you do now: stremedius.com/2026/01/09/s...
St. Remedius Events: “The Feast of St. Remedius Is Upon Us”
The First St. Remedius Medical College Event of 2026, And Definitely Not The Last (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Gabriel Tovar on Unsplash So it̵…
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January 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
If you don't have plans for February 3, you do now: stremedius.com/2026/01/09/s...
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New Perennial introduction, now Substack-free:
1989-2002: Angry young essayist for a range of now-forgotten magazines and weekly newspapers.
2008-2023: Owner/operator of Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery.
2024-Present: Trying this writing thing again. www.stremedius.com
1989-2002: Angry young essayist for a range of now-forgotten magazines and weekly newspapers.
2008-2023: Owner/operator of Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery.
2024-Present: Trying this writing thing again. www.stremedius.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New Perennial introduction, now Substack-free:
1989-2002: Angry young essayist for a range of now-forgotten magazines and weekly newspapers.
2008-2023: Owner/operator of Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery.
2024-Present: Trying this writing thing again. www.stremedius.com
1989-2002: Angry young essayist for a range of now-forgotten magazines and weekly newspapers.
2008-2023: Owner/operator of Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery.
2024-Present: Trying this writing thing again. www.stremedius.com
Batman’s Best Big-Screen Adaptation Is ‘Mask of the Phantasm’ open.substack.com/pub/danielsh... A brilliant example of why animation is one of the best means of telling superhero stories.
Batman’s Best Big-Screen Adaptation Is ‘Mask of the Phantasm’
The animated Batman is a human Batman.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Batman’s Best Big-Screen Adaptation Is ‘Mask of the Phantasm’ open.substack.com/pub/danielsh... A brilliant example of why animation is one of the best means of telling superhero stories.
How I Lost My Muscles, But Kept My Head open.substack.com/pub/davidper... For #ThrowbackThursday: When a superheroine loses what makes her super.
How I Lost My Muscles, But Kept My Head
What happens when a mighty heroine loses her might?
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January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
How I Lost My Muscles, But Kept My Head open.substack.com/pub/davidper... For #ThrowbackThursday: When a superheroine loses what makes her super.
I have relaunched my old Vocal site. Please follow or subscribe to me there if you still follow that site: vocal.media/writers/who-...
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I have relaunched my old Vocal site. Please follow or subscribe to me there if you still follow that site: vocal.media/writers/who-...
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Pretty good!
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Pretty good!
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The consensus is that THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS is anti-colonialist, to me it is speculative on the concept of colonialism itself. The age of the tree circle could imply the abos have only been on St Anne < 5 centuries. Like PEACE a theme might be “we’re all just passing through”.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The consensus is that THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS is anti-colonialist, to me it is speculative on the concept of colonialism itself. The age of the tree circle could imply the abos have only been on St Anne < 5 centuries. Like PEACE a theme might be “we’re all just passing through”.
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When asked what books one should familiarize themselves before reading THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN Wolfe said “The New Testament”. I think this is good advice as well for THE BOOK OF THE LONG SUN as well (for both) to read a solid overview of 1st-3rd century Christian Gnosticism.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
When asked what books one should familiarize themselves before reading THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN Wolfe said “The New Testament”. I think this is good advice as well for THE BOOK OF THE LONG SUN as well (for both) to read a solid overview of 1st-3rd century Christian Gnosticism.
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My goals for 2026 are simple. I shall be:
1. Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn!
2. Treacherous as the Sea!
3. Stronger than the foundations of the earth!
4. All shall love the new me, and despair!
1. Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn!
2. Treacherous as the Sea!
3. Stronger than the foundations of the earth!
4. All shall love the new me, and despair!
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
My goals for 2026 are simple. I shall be:
1. Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn!
2. Treacherous as the Sea!
3. Stronger than the foundations of the earth!
4. All shall love the new me, and despair!
1. Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn!
2. Treacherous as the Sea!
3. Stronger than the foundations of the earth!
4. All shall love the new me, and despair!
Why You Should Read Gene Wolfe (and Where to Start) open.substack.com/pub/counterc... Honoring one of the grand masters of American speculative fiction.
Why You Should Read Gene Wolfe (and Where to Start)
On the science fiction author that even literary snobs will love
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January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Why You Should Read Gene Wolfe (and Where to Start) open.substack.com/pub/counterc... Honoring one of the grand masters of American speculative fiction.
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My first published essay...in THE RUMPUS!
@therumpus.net
"She told me she’d never smoked before, but I didn’t believe her. She was too good at it, and she didn’t cough at all."
From "Gotta Light?" by
@nantepper.bsky.social
Rumpus original column Voices on Addiction.
➡️ buff.ly/4hQ4YLk
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"She told me she’d never smoked before, but I didn’t believe her. She was too good at it, and she didn’t cough at all."
From "Gotta Light?" by
@nantepper.bsky.social
Rumpus original column Voices on Addiction.
➡️ buff.ly/4hQ4YLk
February 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My first published essay...in THE RUMPUS!
@therumpus.net
"She told me she’d never smoked before, but I didn’t believe her. She was too good at it, and she didn’t cough at all."
From "Gotta Light?" by
@nantepper.bsky.social
Rumpus original column Voices on Addiction.
➡️ buff.ly/4hQ4YLk
@therumpus.net
"She told me she’d never smoked before, but I didn’t believe her. She was too good at it, and she didn’t cough at all."
From "Gotta Light?" by
@nantepper.bsky.social
Rumpus original column Voices on Addiction.
➡️ buff.ly/4hQ4YLk
Reposted by David Perlmutter
I love a lot of Miyazaki films, but to me, My Neighbor Totoro has always felt like the cinematic equivalent of being a kid home from school, tucked in under a blanket with a can of ginger ale and a bowl of chicken noodle soup
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I love a lot of Miyazaki films, but to me, My Neighbor Totoro has always felt like the cinematic equivalent of being a kid home from school, tucked in under a blanket with a can of ginger ale and a bowl of chicken noodle soup
Everyone's at the Movies open.substack.com/pub/billadle... Everyone's either in the movies or watching them...
Everyone's at the Movies
A short story
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January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Everyone's at the Movies open.substack.com/pub/billadle... Everyone's either in the movies or watching them...
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Non Fiction Books Roundup open.substack.com/pub/canadian... I appear twice on this list.
Non Fiction Books Roundup
Heads up to our Non Fiction Readers!
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January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Non Fiction Books Roundup open.substack.com/pub/canadian... I appear twice on this list.
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Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain
Happy Public Domain Day 2026!
Each January 1st is Public Domain Day, when a new crop of works have their copyrights expire and become free to share and reuse for any purpose. Here's our highlights for 2026.
publicdomainreview.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain
When they clash, the world will hear it.
Now part of Bookfunnel's "Strong Women" promo: books.bookfunnel.com/strongwomenl...
#sciencefiction #novella #supeheroes #sports #fights
Now part of Bookfunnel's "Strong Women" promo: books.bookfunnel.com/strongwomenl...
#sciencefiction #novella #supeheroes #sports #fights
January 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
When they clash, the world will hear it.
Now part of Bookfunnel's "Strong Women" promo: books.bookfunnel.com/strongwomenl...
#sciencefiction #novella #supeheroes #sports #fights
Now part of Bookfunnel's "Strong Women" promo: books.bookfunnel.com/strongwomenl...
#sciencefiction #novella #supeheroes #sports #fights