Lee Post
@postmarks.bsky.social
Alaska’s Dad. Illustrator, art educator and graphic recorder in Anchorage, Alaska. Former tiny crime fighter and current community advocate. Social links: https://postmarks.graphics/links
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Perfect execution.
This is great: MTV Rewind allows you to watch music videos from the 70s to the 20s, organized by decade. There are also “channels” for 120 Minutes, MTV Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, etc. 33,000+ videos in all. Nostalgia bomb. [kottke.org]
MTV Rewind
MTV Rewind is an interface through which you can watch music videos from the 70s to the 20s, organized by decade. There are also “channels” for 120 Minutes, MTV Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, Headbangers Ball, and the first
kottke.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Perfect execution.
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London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
Orphan-crushing machine is “a shorthand way to respond to human interest stories that myopically praise people’s good deeds while completely ignoring the insidious problems that create the need for such over-the-top goodheartedness in the first place.” (Abraham Piper)
52 things I learned in 2025
The news (to me) this year.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Orphan-crushing machine is “a shorthand way to respond to human interest stories that myopically praise people’s good deeds while completely ignoring the insidious problems that create the need for such over-the-top goodheartedness in the first place.” (Abraham Piper)
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McSweeney's has a way of cutting through the nonsense and finding the truth.
"I will pay anything to deny this reality, even if it makes me objectively worse off. That’s why I’ll give up everything I own to save my home, and absolutely nothing to save both my home and the homes of my neighbors."
"I will pay anything to deny this reality, even if it makes me objectively worse off. That’s why I’ll give up everything I own to save my home, and absolutely nothing to save both my home and the homes of my neighbors."
The countdown of our 25 most-read articles of 2025 can't stop, won't stop. Here is #6.
I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
Our 6th most-read article of 2025. - - -I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and th...
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
McSweeney's has a way of cutting through the nonsense and finding the truth.
"I will pay anything to deny this reality, even if it makes me objectively worse off. That’s why I’ll give up everything I own to save my home, and absolutely nothing to save both my home and the homes of my neighbors."
"I will pay anything to deny this reality, even if it makes me objectively worse off. That’s why I’ll give up everything I own to save my home, and absolutely nothing to save both my home and the homes of my neighbors."
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Here are a few back of the napkin stats for cold in Alaska this month. @alaskawx.bsky.social
Coldest since 2010:
Anchorage, Talkeetna, Homer, King Salmon, McGrath
Coldest since 1980:
Fairbanks, Bettles, Eagle, Delta Junction
Coldest since 1964:
Juneau
Coldest since 2010:
Anchorage, Talkeetna, Homer, King Salmon, McGrath
Coldest since 1980:
Fairbanks, Bettles, Eagle, Delta Junction
Coldest since 1964:
Juneau
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here are a few back of the napkin stats for cold in Alaska this month. @alaskawx.bsky.social
Coldest since 2010:
Anchorage, Talkeetna, Homer, King Salmon, McGrath
Coldest since 1980:
Fairbanks, Bettles, Eagle, Delta Junction
Coldest since 1964:
Juneau
Coldest since 2010:
Anchorage, Talkeetna, Homer, King Salmon, McGrath
Coldest since 1980:
Fairbanks, Bettles, Eagle, Delta Junction
Coldest since 1964:
Juneau
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Famed crime author Dashiell Hammett--also a middle-aged, alcoholic Communist--wound up serving in the remote Aleutians during World War II. Even Army brass then seemed surprised by it. One of my best articles of the last year dove into that experience: www.adn.com/alaska-l...
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Famed crime author Dashiell Hammett--also a middle-aged, alcoholic Communist--wound up serving in the remote Aleutians during World War II. Even Army brass then seemed surprised by it. One of my best articles of the last year dove into that experience: www.adn.com/alaska-l...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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I don't know how 2026 will pan out, but at least I'll be able to use my 1976 Super DC Calendar through February 28. Then the lack of a leap year will break it.
What are YOU planning to celebrate Matter Eater Lad's birthday?
What are YOU planning to celebrate Matter Eater Lad's birthday?
December 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I don't know how 2026 will pan out, but at least I'll be able to use my 1976 Super DC Calendar through February 28. Then the lack of a leap year will break it.
What are YOU planning to celebrate Matter Eater Lad's birthday?
What are YOU planning to celebrate Matter Eater Lad's birthday?
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A reminder or insight: neither of these two mad lads could fix an engine, and one of them had an entire five hours of flight time.
In part 2 of 2, I finish the tale of the silly men, two Ivy League grads who decided to spend a 1930 vacation flying from Boston to Alaska for some hunting. My latest article, available here: www.adn.com/alaska-l...
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A reminder or insight: neither of these two mad lads could fix an engine, and one of them had an entire five hours of flight time.
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Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
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For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10 Hours Hypnotic Fireplace Ambiance – 4K Macro Slow-Motion Color Flames, Crackling Fire (No Music)
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
Interested in making the public meeting process better in Alaska? Better Public Meetings, perhaps?
Take a community survey anytime in January and spread the word.
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8480295/A...
Take a community survey anytime in January and spread the word.
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8480295/A...
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Interested in making the public meeting process better in Alaska? Better Public Meetings, perhaps?
Take a community survey anytime in January and spread the word.
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8480295/A...
Take a community survey anytime in January and spread the word.
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8480295/A...
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I'm a comics creator. Every time I lead a workshop with kids, I see their absolute joy in drawing with their OWN HANDS. If you deny kids that joy by forcing them to type prompts into a computer, you're failing as an educator.
Shame on you for this.
Shame on you for this.
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I'm a comics creator. Every time I lead a workshop with kids, I see their absolute joy in drawing with their OWN HANDS. If you deny kids that joy by forcing them to type prompts into a computer, you're failing as an educator.
Shame on you for this.
Shame on you for this.
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more frog, again. seasonal frog
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
more frog, again. seasonal frog
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A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
A fin whale washed ashore in Anchorage and was left there for months. Then a self-described ‘wacko’ museum director made a plan
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?
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This might be the best Humble Bundle I’ve ever seen. Just a loaded collection of comics from a loaded time at Image.
In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time in Paper Girls Vol 1 - 6.
The Image in the ‘10s comics bundle supports Binc | https://bit.ly/4adULaG
The Image in the ‘10s comics bundle supports Binc | https://bit.ly/4adULaG
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This might be the best Humble Bundle I’ve ever seen. Just a loaded collection of comics from a loaded time at Image.
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"Gosh and golly, it's the Call and Molly Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!"
I AM PLAYING A BANDCAMP HOLIDAY SHOW WITH @mollylewis.wtf!!!!
YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYWHERE ANYTIME*
Tickets: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
I AM PLAYING A BANDCAMP HOLIDAY SHOW WITH @mollylewis.wtf!!!!
YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYWHERE ANYTIME*
Tickets: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
Call & Molly's Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong! from Marian Call
Live Stream from Marian Call.
mariancall.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"Gosh and golly, it's the Call and Molly Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong!"
I AM PLAYING A BANDCAMP HOLIDAY SHOW WITH @mollylewis.wtf!!!!
YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYWHERE ANYTIME*
Tickets: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
I AM PLAYING A BANDCAMP HOLIDAY SHOW WITH @mollylewis.wtf!!!!
YOU CAN WATCH IT ANYWHERE ANYTIME*
Tickets: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/call-m...
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Congrats to @maryshyneonline.bsky.social, whose debut graphic novel 'You and Me on Repeat' was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the 25 best books for teens for 2025. We're featuring a selection of pages from the book now in our Emerging Artist Showcase. Come check it out.
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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On the subject of income, I don’t think I’ve changed my rates much in a decade or (more), but the past two years have been the first that clients have balked at the cost for commercial art and graphic recording.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
On the subject of income, I don’t think I’ve changed my rates much in a decade or (more), but the past two years have been the first that clients have balked at the cost for commercial art and graphic recording.
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Canada Post releases stamps to celebrate country’s Graphic Novelists
Canada Post has just launched its second set of limited edition stamps celebrating the country's contribution to the world of graphic novels
Canada Post has just launched its second set of limited edition stamps celebrating the country's contribution to the world of graphic novels
Canada Post releases stamps to celebrate country’s Graphic Novelists
Canada Post has just launched its second set of limited edition stamps celebrating the country's contribution to the world of graphic novels
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Canada Post releases stamps to celebrate country’s Graphic Novelists
Canada Post has just launched its second set of limited edition stamps celebrating the country's contribution to the world of graphic novels
Canada Post has just launched its second set of limited edition stamps celebrating the country's contribution to the world of graphic novels
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Yall should check out the Cartoonist Co-op survey too. They’ve been trying to make more sense of how cartoonist are surviving in this mess. Hoping to get more people to fill it out for next year, so keep an eye out. bsky.app/profile/cart...
The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!
Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!
Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.
Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!
Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.
The Cartoonist Cooperative
Making comics better for everyone!
cartoonist.coop
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yall should check out the Cartoonist Co-op survey too. They’ve been trying to make more sense of how cartoonist are surviving in this mess. Hoping to get more people to fill it out for next year, so keep an eye out. bsky.app/profile/cart...
My biggest question starting out was, “What am I even doing?”
My second question once ignored that first question was, “How do I pay taxes on all this nonsense?”
Answers to your practical questions and some of of the existential ones 👇
My second question once ignored that first question was, “How do I pay taxes on all this nonsense?”
Answers to your practical questions and some of of the existential ones 👇
marysimpson.net/Tax-Talk
I’m giving another tax talk! Nerd out with me about taxing the rich + how to file your taxes as a creative/gig-worker. December 16, 7pm est on zoom.
I’m giving another tax talk! Nerd out with me about taxing the rich + how to file your taxes as a creative/gig-worker. December 16, 7pm est on zoom.
Tax Talk — Mary Simpson
Got a 1099 and don’t know what to do? This talk is for you! Tuesday, December 16, 7pm EST (all time zones welcome) on ZOOM Join Mary Simpson, a...
marysimpson.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My biggest question starting out was, “What am I even doing?”
My second question once ignored that first question was, “How do I pay taxes on all this nonsense?”
Answers to your practical questions and some of of the existential ones 👇
My second question once ignored that first question was, “How do I pay taxes on all this nonsense?”
Answers to your practical questions and some of of the existential ones 👇
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Go Canada - very cool!
(Although-text a set of six Canadian stamps - all drawn by six different famous Canadian cartoonist who are also reading one of their most well known works)
(Although-text a set of six Canadian stamps - all drawn by six different famous Canadian cartoonist who are also reading one of their most well known works)
Que bacana, mais selos canadenses homenageando quadrinistas do país 🇨🇦 Depois de Chester Brown, Michel Rabagliati, Seth e as primas Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki em 2024, agora foi a vez de Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley e Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. 📬
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Go Canada - very cool!
(Although-text a set of six Canadian stamps - all drawn by six different famous Canadian cartoonist who are also reading one of their most well known works)
(Although-text a set of six Canadian stamps - all drawn by six different famous Canadian cartoonist who are also reading one of their most well known works)
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...