Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
@nat.gertler.com
Eisner-winning Peanuts nerd. Writer, publisher (About Comics), founder of 24 Hour Comics Day, sperm donor (retired). "Is he the guy who did that thing?" Yeah, prob'ly.
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Just some of the dozens of books I've written, co-written, annotated, or compiled, as an introduction.
And Mighty Marv, who did NOT die...
Marv Wolfman Is Still With Us in The Daily LITG, for the 26th of December, 2025 #marvwolfman
Marv Wolfman Is Still With Us in The Daily LITG, for the 26th of December, 2025 #marvwolfman
Marv Wolfman Is Not Dead, We Promise was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround
dlvr.it
December 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
And Mighty Marv, who did NOT die...
While comics.org does really well on comics from various countries including the US, the Mexican coverage is weak. I've been adding comics that I've found samples of, sometimes series that ran hundreds of issues but did not appear, in one case even from a publisher that wasn't listed. #NSFW
December 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
While comics.org does really well on comics from various countries including the US, the Mexican coverage is weak. I've been adding comics that I've found samples of, sometimes series that ran hundreds of issues but did not appear, in one case even from a publisher that wasn't listed. #NSFW
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
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Newspaper artoonists have often turned their Christmas Day strips into big ol' Christmas cards.
My gift to you today: strips from 1929. 🧵
My gift to you today: strips from 1929. 🧵
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Newspaper artoonists have often turned their Christmas Day strips into big ol' Christmas cards.
My gift to you today: strips from 1929. 🧵
My gift to you today: strips from 1929. 🧵
Last night, three spirits came to me.
I was visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
I had been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect.
I was being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect Continuous.
I was visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
I had been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect.
I was being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect Continuous.
December 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Last night, three spirits came to me.
I was visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
I had been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect.
I was being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect Continuous.
I was visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
I had been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect.
I was being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past Perfect Continuous.
And Tiny Tim Who did NOT die...
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
And Tiny Tim Who did NOT die...
Today's good deed #1 (well, #3): stumbled across controversy of a US sports organization rejecting Black players in 1929. Find that colored line lasted until 1950. Went to the org's Wikipedia page... hey, no mention of that in its history!
Fixed now.
Fixed now.
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today's good deed #1 (well, #3): stumbled across controversy of a US sports organization rejecting Black players in 1929. Find that colored line lasted until 1950. Went to the org's Wikipedia page... hey, no mention of that in its history!
Fixed now.
Fixed now.
The original "Trolley problem" is, of course, that Trolley Molly don't love Harold.
The term "Trolley Molly" predates Kelly. The earliest uses I find are 1927, in explanations that it's not a wife's fault if her man leaves her for another... it's the other woman's fault. (ahem.)
The term "Trolley Molly" predates Kelly. The earliest uses I find are 1927, in explanations that it's not a wife's fault if her man leaves her for another... it's the other woman's fault. (ahem.)
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The original "Trolley problem" is, of course, that Trolley Molly don't love Harold.
The term "Trolley Molly" predates Kelly. The earliest uses I find are 1927, in explanations that it's not a wife's fault if her man leaves her for another... it's the other woman's fault. (ahem.)
The term "Trolley Molly" predates Kelly. The earliest uses I find are 1927, in explanations that it's not a wife's fault if her man leaves her for another... it's the other woman's fault. (ahem.)
I do not mind the heavy rains on Christmas Eve, but the power going out means I have to worry about the $50+ worth of tri-tip going bad in the fridge. (Note: not an all-Jewish household.)
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I do not mind the heavy rains on Christmas Eve, but the power going out means I have to worry about the $50+ worth of tri-tip going bad in the fridge. (Note: not an all-Jewish household.)
Sometimes I think about poor Peter Dozen, who had the brilliant insight that if you sold things in units of twelve, you could pack them uniformly as 1 row of twelve, 2 rows of six, or 3 rows of four, only to have goddam Joey Baker say “but what if we made it one better!?!”
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sometimes I think about poor Peter Dozen, who had the brilliant insight that if you sold things in units of twelve, you could pack them uniformly as 1 row of twelve, 2 rows of six, or 3 rows of four, only to have goddam Joey Baker say “but what if we made it one better!?!”
@scottmccloud.bsky.social Just in case they didn’t let you know, you have been reprinted. This reprint of Superman Adventures issue 3, reprinted as an issue 1, is part of a group of bagged reprints aimed at discount outlets, seemingly as entry points to sell downloadable comics.
December 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
@scottmccloud.bsky.social Just in case they didn’t let you know, you have been reprinted. This reprint of Superman Adventures issue 3, reprinted as an issue 1, is part of a group of bagged reprints aimed at discount outlets, seemingly as entry points to sell downloadable comics.
Dig up my old words, and you apparently find me referring to Charlie Brown simply as "Charlie" once, for which I should be forced to suffer a slow death from a thousand cookies and similar treats.
One more Christmas missive before I log off for a long winter’s nap: a reprint of my 2012 interview with comics historian @nat.gertler.com about A Charlie Brown Christmas and @fantagraphics.bsky.social's Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking.
All This Theology Could Ruin My Christmas
Peanuts Historian Nat Gertler on A Charlie Brown Christmas
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December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Dig up my old words, and you apparently find me referring to Charlie Brown simply as "Charlie" once, for which I should be forced to suffer a slow death from a thousand cookies and similar treats.
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OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
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Till the one day when the earth received the signal
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
December 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Till the one day when the earth received the signal
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
Till the one day when the earth received the signal
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
December 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Till the one day when the earth received the signal
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
A genetically encoded mental punch,
Then this group was somehow one big group-mind
That's the way we all became the Pluribunch!
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For those asking for the link to Ko-fi here ya go!!
your on going support keeps us housed and able to work. Every little bit helps, thank you so much!!
ko-fi.com/tessfowler
your on going support keeps us housed and able to work. Every little bit helps, thank you so much!!
ko-fi.com/tessfowler
Support Tess Fowler
Welcome to my inner art world!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
For those asking for the link to Ko-fi here ya go!!
your on going support keeps us housed and able to work. Every little bit helps, thank you so much!!
ko-fi.com/tessfowler
your on going support keeps us housed and able to work. Every little bit helps, thank you so much!!
ko-fi.com/tessfowler
Hello, ad for AI education that doesn't understand why you don't use a chyron and open captioning at the same time.
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Hello, ad for AI education that doesn't understand why you don't use a chyron and open captioning at the same time.
As the old saying goes, "beware of Greeks gifting bears."
For those of you stilling trying to come up with Christmas gift ideas.
December 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As the old saying goes, "beware of Greeks gifting bears."
For those of you stilling trying to come up with Christmas gift ideas.
December 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
For those of you stilling trying to come up with Christmas gift ideas.
Side effects of appearing in a video that's getting comments and response videos:
I've twice been assumed to be A.I.
3000 people have liked me being called "cute".
I've been called the n-word, which is a first for me.
The dude calling me a "sperm diner" appears to be merely a bad speller, not mean.
I've twice been assumed to be A.I.
3000 people have liked me being called "cute".
I've been called the n-word, which is a first for me.
The dude calling me a "sperm diner" appears to be merely a bad speller, not mean.
Women Meet Their Fathers for the First Time | Truth or Drink | Cut
YouTube video by Cut
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December 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Side effects of appearing in a video that's getting comments and response videos:
I've twice been assumed to be A.I.
3000 people have liked me being called "cute".
I've been called the n-word, which is a first for me.
The dude calling me a "sperm diner" appears to be merely a bad speller, not mean.
I've twice been assumed to be A.I.
3000 people have liked me being called "cute".
I've been called the n-word, which is a first for me.
The dude calling me a "sperm diner" appears to be merely a bad speller, not mean.
Interesting that Fox is now not classifying government officials as "people".
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Interesting that Fox is now not classifying government officials as "people".
If this photo is real, it shows they don't know/care about such things as font weight and kerning. Oh, and what Memorial means; Trump has yet to earn that the way that Kennedy did.
December 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If this photo is real, it shows they don't know/care about such things as font weight and kerning. Oh, and what Memorial means; Trump has yet to earn that the way that Kennedy did.
A quick reminder that, while Amazon may take things to a larger scale, the local merchants being endangered by the big shipping retailer is nothing new, as this 1911 ad demonstrates.
It seemed handy to those competing with them, as in this 1911 front page ad.
December 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A quick reminder that, while Amazon may take things to a larger scale, the local merchants being endangered by the big shipping retailer is nothing new, as this 1911 ad demonstrates.
See! I am good for something!!
Here it is, the first issue of #RoguesGallery. I want to thank all the people who helped me even though they owed me nothing: @zandercannon.bsky.social, @kurtbusiek.bsky.social, @nat.gertler.com, @comictropes.bsky.social, @linkara.bsky.social, @kevinvanhook.bsky.social and @kevinlaporte.bsky.social.
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
See! I am good for something!!