Ollie Kaplan
@rebeccaoliver.bsky.social
Features Editor & Board @prismcomics.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️Deputy Managing Editor @comicsbeat.bsky.social
Bylines @ The Mary Sue, Popverse, Star Trek, Eisner-winning PanelxPanel & more 🏳️🌈
Wifey = @averykaplan.bsky.social 🖖
Bylines @ The Mary Sue, Popverse, Star Trek, Eisner-winning PanelxPanel & more 🏳️🌈
Wifey = @averykaplan.bsky.social 🖖
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🚨 Ensign Riggs is not dead!
I will be sitting down with @theoliviayoungers.bsky.social from #StarTrekPicard this week! If you have any questions, please record at crusherconvo.com or email me at crusherconvo@gmail.com! #Interview #StarTrek #Podcast
I will be sitting down with @theoliviayoungers.bsky.social from #StarTrekPicard this week! If you have any questions, please record at crusherconvo.com or email me at crusherconvo@gmail.com! #Interview #StarTrek #Podcast
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🚨 Ensign Riggs is not dead!
I will be sitting down with @theoliviayoungers.bsky.social from #StarTrekPicard this week! If you have any questions, please record at crusherconvo.com or email me at crusherconvo@gmail.com! #Interview #StarTrek #Podcast
I will be sitting down with @theoliviayoungers.bsky.social from #StarTrekPicard this week! If you have any questions, please record at crusherconvo.com or email me at crusherconvo@gmail.com! #Interview #StarTrek #Podcast
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Remembering our friend Jesse Tapia II who left us two years ago on November 8th. No one loved comics as much as him. Read a good one in his honor today.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Remembering our friend Jesse Tapia II who left us two years ago on November 8th. No one loved comics as much as him. Read a good one in his honor today.
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A win but recognize they will just keep changing tactics like they did with abortion rights. Celebrate this but never give into the belief that anything is settled law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A win but recognize they will just keep changing tactics like they did with abortion rights. Celebrate this but never give into the belief that anything is settled law.
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Thank the gods for small miracles politicalwire.com/2025/11/10/j...
Justices Decline to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
"The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates...
politicalwire.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thank the gods for small miracles politicalwire.com/2025/11/10/j...
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"New York is going to turn into a communist hellhole where poor people are barely exploitable anymore. So count me out. I’m packing up the offices of my toxic masculinity troll site and taking my miscreant talents somewhere they’ll be appreciated, like Florida or Texas."
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"New York is going to turn into a communist hellhole where poor people are barely exploitable anymore. So count me out. I’m packing up the offices of my toxic masculinity troll site and taking my miscreant talents somewhere they’ll be appreciated, like Florida or Texas."
@audreykearns.bsky.social is one of the kindest & most understanding editors that I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with & she created a wonderful website… end of an era!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
Big news, friends -- I've sold Geek Girl Authority.
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
@audreykearns.bsky.social is one of the kindest & most understanding editors that I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with & she created a wonderful website… end of an era!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
This interview was a pleasure!
Interview: Lena Atanassova on LoveLove’s inclusive vision and bringing UNNIE, I LIKE YOU! to print
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
Interview: Lena Atanassova on LoveLove’s inclusive vision and bringing UNNIE, I LIKE YOU! to print
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
www.comicsbeat.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This interview was a pleasure!
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I’m very honored to have had the chance to contribute to Geek Girl Authority. I’m proud of the work I’ve done for the site and grateful for the friendships I’ve made. Special thanks to @audreykearns.bsky.social who is as respectful and helpful an editor as I could ever ask for. Ad astra per aspera 🖖🏻
Big news, friends -- I've sold Geek Girl Authority.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I’m very honored to have had the chance to contribute to Geek Girl Authority. I’m proud of the work I’ve done for the site and grateful for the friendships I’ve made. Special thanks to @audreykearns.bsky.social who is as respectful and helpful an editor as I could ever ask for. Ad astra per aspera 🖖🏻
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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In Final Gravity # 10, @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I tackle the unsettling experience of getting caught up in the crossfire of the Bud Light beer boycott. Please consider checking out this issue, which will financially support Freedom for Immigrants! www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In Final Gravity # 10, @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I tackle the unsettling experience of getting caught up in the crossfire of the Bud Light beer boycott. Please consider checking out this issue, which will financially support Freedom for Immigrants! www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
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I hope you're eagerly reading everything @averykaplan.bsky.social and @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social are putting out there. They are among the best and most astute pop culture observers today. Fun too.
In Final Gravity # 10, @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I tackle the unsettling experience of getting caught up in the crossfire of the Bud Light beer boycott. Please consider checking out this issue, which will financially support Freedom for Immigrants! www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I hope you're eagerly reading everything @averykaplan.bsky.social and @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social are putting out there. They are among the best and most astute pop culture observers today. Fun too.
@averykaplan.bsky.social & I discuss STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP issues 1-3!
Resistance is futile.
@hivemindactual.bsky.social @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social @collinkelly.bsky.social @adrianbcomics.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social
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Resistance is futile.
@hivemindactual.bsky.social @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social @collinkelly.bsky.social @adrianbcomics.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social
@idwpublishing.com
Hailing Frequencies Open: STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP
Avery Kaplan and Ollie Kaplan discuss the first three issues of Star Trek: The Last Starship, IDW's new flagship Franchise comic.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
@averykaplan.bsky.social & I discuss STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP issues 1-3!
Resistance is futile.
@hivemindactual.bsky.social @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social @collinkelly.bsky.social @adrianbcomics.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social
@idwpublishing.com
Resistance is futile.
@hivemindactual.bsky.social @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social @collinkelly.bsky.social @adrianbcomics.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social
@idwpublishing.com
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Canadian manga lovers, rejoice! TOKYOPOP expands e-commerce operations into Canada
Canadian fans can now order TOKYOPOP's wide range of manga, light novels, and branded merchandise directly from the publisher's website.
Canadian fans can now order TOKYOPOP's wide range of manga, light novels, and branded merchandise directly from the publisher's website.
Canadian manga lovers, rejoice! TOKYOPOP expands e-commerce operations into Canada
Canadian fans can now order TOKYOPOP's wide range of manga, light novels, and branded merchandise directly from the publisher's website.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Canadian manga lovers, rejoice! TOKYOPOP expands e-commerce operations into Canada
Canadian fans can now order TOKYOPOP's wide range of manga, light novels, and branded merchandise directly from the publisher's website.
Canadian fans can now order TOKYOPOP's wide range of manga, light novels, and branded merchandise directly from the publisher's website.
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Rama Duwaji (Zohran Mamdani’s wife):
“I believe everyone has a responsibility to speak out against injustice,” she added, “and art has such an ability to spread it. I don’t think everybody has to make political work, but art is inherently political in how it’s made, funded, and shared.”
“I believe everyone has a responsibility to speak out against injustice,” she added, “and art has such an ability to spread it. I don’t think everybody has to make political work, but art is inherently political in how it’s made, funded, and shared.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Rama Duwaji (Zohran Mamdani’s wife):
“I believe everyone has a responsibility to speak out against injustice,” she added, “and art has such an ability to spread it. I don’t think everybody has to make political work, but art is inherently political in how it’s made, funded, and shared.”
“I believe everyone has a responsibility to speak out against injustice,” she added, “and art has such an ability to spread it. I don’t think everybody has to make political work, but art is inherently political in how it’s made, funded, and shared.”
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My newest webcomic review over at @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social is that of @marsoid.bsky.social's high speed Black gay street racing comic Ride or Die kcomicsbeat.com/2025/11/03/m...
Magic From The Margins: RIDE OR DIE is fast and furious in more ways than one
For the seventeenth entry of Magic From The Margins, Latonya “Penn” Pennington tackles Ride or Die on WEBTOON.
kcomicsbeat.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My newest webcomic review over at @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social is that of @marsoid.bsky.social's high speed Black gay street racing comic Ride or Die kcomicsbeat.com/2025/11/03/m...
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Insane the Mayor probably heard his wife complain about Fantagraphics.
Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator. Check out her work here at Comics Beat!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Insane the Mayor probably heard his wife complain about Fantagraphics.
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I need someone - ANYONE - to get me these King Features Cocktail recipes.
Exclusive: King Features unveils “The Newstalgia Lounge” for Comic-Con: The Cruise Vol. 2
Fans can join Popeye, Olive Oyl, and friends for The Newstalgia Lounge, a King Features experience aboard Comic-Con: The Cruise Vol. 2!
Fans can join Popeye, Olive Oyl, and friends for The Newstalgia Lounge, a King Features experience aboard Comic-Con: The Cruise Vol. 2!
Exclusive: King Features unveils “The Newstalgia Lounge” for Comic-Con: The Cruise Vol. 2
Fans can join Popeye, Olive Oyl, and friends for The Newstalgia Lounge, a King Features experience aboard Comic-Con: The Cruise Vol. 2!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I need someone - ANYONE - to get me these King Features Cocktail recipes.
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Also a brilliant ceramicist! www.ramaduwaji.com/ceramics
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Also a brilliant ceramicist! www.ramaduwaji.com/ceramics
Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator. Check out her work here at Comics Beat!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
November 3 is apparently a great day in entertainment history: Caribbean Queen hit number one, and Godzilla debuted in theaters
November 3, 1984
Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Caribbean Queen". The song was originally called "European Queen".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxX2...
Billy Ocean started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Caribbean Queen". The song was originally called "European Queen".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxX2...
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by BillyOceanVEVO
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November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
November 3 is apparently a great day in entertainment history: Caribbean Queen hit number one, and Godzilla debuted in theaters
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Godzilla Day 2025: Takashi Yamazaki’s returns for GODZILLA MINUS ZERO
Happy Godzilla Day! Takashi Yamazaki returns for "Godzilla Minus Zero."
Happy Godzilla Day! Takashi Yamazaki returns for "Godzilla Minus Zero."
Godzilla Day 2025: Takashi Yamazaki’s returns for GODZILLA MINUS ZERO
Happy Godzilla Day! Takashi Yamazaki returns for "Godzilla Minus Zero."
www.comicsbeat.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Godzilla Day 2025: Takashi Yamazaki’s returns for GODZILLA MINUS ZERO
Happy Godzilla Day! Takashi Yamazaki returns for "Godzilla Minus Zero."
Happy Godzilla Day! Takashi Yamazaki returns for "Godzilla Minus Zero."
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Broken Frontier: Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page
Diary of a Detainee - R. E. Burke's Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier
R. E. Burke's horrific experiences in a detention centre after being incarcerated by ICE are depicted in this comics short.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Broken Frontier: Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page
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rip to a real one
Duane Roberts, Inventor of the Frozen Burrito, Dead at 88
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2363023/duane-roberts-inventor-of-the-frozen-burrito-dead-at-88/
Duane Roberts Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Dead at 88 Published November 2, 2025 9:51 AM PST Duane Roberts — the billionaire …
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2363023/duane-roberts-inventor-of-the-frozen-burrito-dead-at-88/
Duane Roberts Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Dead at 88 Published November 2, 2025 9:51 AM PST Duane Roberts — the billionaire …
Duane Roberts, Inventor of the Frozen Burrito, Dead at 88 - Dining and Cooking
Duane Roberts -- the billionaire businessman credited with inventing the frozen burrito -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
www.diningandcooking.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
rip to a real one