Kathryn Hemmann
@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social
Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
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I'm a denizen of Philadelphia who writes strange and eerie stories about the hidden mysteries and quiet horrors of everyday life. You can find my fiction collections and minicomic zines on Itchio and Etsy.
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
🌿 www.etsy.com/shop/Digital...
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
🌿 www.etsy.com/shop/Digital...
I'm looking forward to giving a paper at the #MLA2026 conference about historical memory, ecocriticism, and the work of the superstar manga artist Kyō Machiko. I'm in Session 658, "The Future of Graphic Narrative in Japan," at 1:45pm on Sunday, January 11. Hope to see you there! #AcademicSky
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I'm looking forward to giving a paper at the #MLA2026 conference about historical memory, ecocriticism, and the work of the superstar manga artist Kyō Machiko. I'm in Session 658, "The Future of Graphic Narrative in Japan," at 1:45pm on Sunday, January 11. Hope to see you there! #AcademicSky
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Looking forward to #MLA2026. I'll be speaking on a panel and a roundtable : session 52, "Comics as Physical Objects," Thursday at 1:45; and session 602, "Aesthetics, Politics, and Ecological Overshoot," Sunday at 10:15. bradleyjfest.com/2025/08/21/m...
MLA 2026 Panels: “Aesthetics, Politics, and Ecological Overshoot” and “Comics as Physical Objects”
At this year’s Modern Language Association Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (January 8-11, 2026), I will be speaking on a roundtable Aesthetics, Politics, and Ecological Overshoot, …
bradleyjfest.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Looking forward to #MLA2026. I'll be speaking on a panel and a roundtable : session 52, "Comics as Physical Objects," Thursday at 1:45; and session 602, "Aesthetics, Politics, and Ecological Overshoot," Sunday at 10:15. bradleyjfest.com/2025/08/21/m...
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Join us at "The Romantic Interleaf," #MLA2026 in Toronto, exploring interleaving practices in 19th-century book culture. Caribbean almanacs, Bibles, Byron copies, theatrical lives & more! Hear how readers transform printed books into hybrid objects: byronsociety.org/the-romantic...
December 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Join us at "The Romantic Interleaf," #MLA2026 in Toronto, exploring interleaving practices in 19th-century book culture. Caribbean almanacs, Bibles, Byron copies, theatrical lives & more! Hear how readers transform printed books into hybrid objects: byronsociety.org/the-romantic...
Atsuhiro Yoshida's short story collection Tokyo Apartment brings together 21 pieces of fiction about people who rent rooms in and around the city. Instead of wealth and glamor, these stories celebrate the smaller and seedier corners of Tokyo. #Japanesefiction 🌃 japaneselit.net/2026/01/03/t...
Tokyo Apartment
Atsuhiro Yoshida’s 2025 short fiction collection #Tokyo Apartment brings together 21 stand-alone stories about people living in and around Tokyo. The characters are usually living on their own, alm…
japaneselit.net
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Atsuhiro Yoshida's short story collection Tokyo Apartment brings together 21 pieces of fiction about people who rent rooms in and around the city. Instead of wealth and glamor, these stories celebrate the smaller and seedier corners of Tokyo. #Japanesefiction 🌃 japaneselit.net/2026/01/03/t...
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Best wishes for a green and growing new year 🌿
January 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Best wishes for a green and growing new year 🌿
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Happy New Year everyone ✨
I don’t post my bird photography too much here but please enjoy my very first snowy owl
I don’t post my bird photography too much here but please enjoy my very first snowy owl
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Happy New Year everyone ✨
I don’t post my bird photography too much here but please enjoy my very first snowy owl
I don’t post my bird photography too much here but please enjoy my very first snowy owl
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All the birds together. I'd like to update this into a true print...soon!
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
All the birds together. I'd like to update this into a true print...soon!
I love seeing typos in the papers and articles and short stories I read. I fucking love it. Thank god, I think. An actual human wrote this. Praise Jesus and all the saints. A human mind made a small mistake, and it's beautiful
January 1, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I love seeing typos in the papers and articles and short stories I read. I fucking love it. Thank god, I think. An actual human wrote this. Praise Jesus and all the saints. A human mind made a small mistake, and it's beautiful
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My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨
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Happy Year of the Horse 🐎 #お正月 #illustration
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy Year of the Horse 🐎 #お正月 #illustration
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Happy Year of the Horse 🐎 #お正月 #illustration
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy Year of the Horse 🐎 #お正月 #illustration
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Goodbye December ❄️
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Goodbye December ❄️
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
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以下の日時でこちらのドキュメンタリーのオンライン上映があるようです。その後YouTubeにもアップされる予定とのこと。楽しみです。
There’s an online screening of this documentary on the date below, and it’ll be up on YouTube afterward too. Excited to watch!
Date: Jan 7, 2026
Time: 9pm JST
Full info:
www.instagram.com/p/DSrJKqSCY9...
There’s an online screening of this documentary on the date below, and it’ll be up on YouTube afterward too. Excited to watch!
Date: Jan 7, 2026
Time: 9pm JST
Full info:
www.instagram.com/p/DSrJKqSCY9...
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
以下の日時でこちらのドキュメンタリーのオンライン上映があるようです。その後YouTubeにもアップされる予定とのこと。楽しみです。
There’s an online screening of this documentary on the date below, and it’ll be up on YouTube afterward too. Excited to watch!
Date: Jan 7, 2026
Time: 9pm JST
Full info:
www.instagram.com/p/DSrJKqSCY9...
There’s an online screening of this documentary on the date below, and it’ll be up on YouTube afterward too. Excited to watch!
Date: Jan 7, 2026
Time: 9pm JST
Full info:
www.instagram.com/p/DSrJKqSCY9...
I'm looking forward to giving a paper at the #MLA2026 conference about historical memory, ecocriticism, and the work of the superstar manga artist Kyō Machiko. I'm in Session 658, "The Future of Graphic Narrative in Japan," at 1:45pm on Sunday, January 11. Hope to see you there! #AcademicSky
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm looking forward to giving a paper at the #MLA2026 conference about historical memory, ecocriticism, and the work of the superstar manga artist Kyō Machiko. I'm in Session 658, "The Future of Graphic Narrative in Japan," at 1:45pm on Sunday, January 11. Hope to see you there! #AcademicSky
Nishiogi Kitan, or “Strange Tales from Nishiogi,” is a beautifully drawn collection of slice-of-life magical realist #manga stories about young professionals living peacefully alongside supernatural creatures in a trendy (but fictional) suburb of West Tokyo. 🏙️ japaneselit.net/2025/12/27/n...
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nishiogi Kitan, or “Strange Tales from Nishiogi,” is a beautifully drawn collection of slice-of-life magical realist #manga stories about young professionals living peacefully alongside supernatural creatures in a trendy (but fictional) suburb of West Tokyo. 🏙️ japaneselit.net/2025/12/27/n...
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Shigeru Mizuki's THE DEFINITIVE YOKAI FIELD GUIDE is coming to English this April!
The was a personal request by Mizuki to have translated--the last such request he made. He felt it was the culmination of his work as an educator on Yokai.
amzn.to/4jmUDIG
@dandq.bsky.social
The was a personal request by Mizuki to have translated--the last such request he made. He felt it was the culmination of his work as an educator on Yokai.
amzn.to/4jmUDIG
@dandq.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Shigeru Mizuki's THE DEFINITIVE YOKAI FIELD GUIDE is coming to English this April!
The was a personal request by Mizuki to have translated--the last such request he made. He felt it was the culmination of his work as an educator on Yokai.
amzn.to/4jmUDIG
@dandq.bsky.social
The was a personal request by Mizuki to have translated--the last such request he made. He felt it was the culmination of his work as an educator on Yokai.
amzn.to/4jmUDIG
@dandq.bsky.social
Great Fairy from Echoes of Wisdom 🌟 #LegendofZelda #illustration
December 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Great Fairy from Echoes of Wisdom 🌟 #LegendofZelda #illustration
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Mods are asleep, post blobby Qing dynasty cats
December 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Mods are asleep, post blobby Qing dynasty cats
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First trailer for "Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia" anime series by Science Saru studio.
Directed by Naoko Yamada & Abel Gongora.
Character designer & Animation director : Kenichi Yoshida.
Based on the manga by Tomato Soup.
Coming in July 2026.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB3...
Directed by Naoko Yamada & Abel Gongora.
Character designer & Animation director : Kenichi Yoshida.
Based on the manga by Tomato Soup.
Coming in July 2026.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB3...
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
First trailer for "Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia" anime series by Science Saru studio.
Directed by Naoko Yamada & Abel Gongora.
Character designer & Animation director : Kenichi Yoshida.
Based on the manga by Tomato Soup.
Coming in July 2026.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB3...
Directed by Naoko Yamada & Abel Gongora.
Character designer & Animation director : Kenichi Yoshida.
Based on the manga by Tomato Soup.
Coming in July 2026.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB3...
Project Kat is a short narrative adventure about a high school girl who performs occult rituals as a hobby. No one ever explains what happens at the end of these rituals, because none of them ever work... but what if one did? A short #indiehorror review: digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/12/27/p...
December 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Project Kat is a short narrative adventure about a high school girl who performs occult rituals as a hobby. No one ever explains what happens at the end of these rituals, because none of them ever work... but what if one did? A short #indiehorror review: digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/12/27/p...
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Your annual reminder that Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers, a near as dammit perfect seasonal movie (with great queer/trans rep), is free to stream on Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/10001...
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
The lives of three people living on the streets of Tokyo are forever changed after they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve.
tubitv.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Your annual reminder that Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers, a near as dammit perfect seasonal movie (with great queer/trans rep), is free to stream on Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/10001...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM