Susan Hillwig
@susanhillwig.bsky.social
Author of Swords & Sixguns, longtime Jonah Hex historian, and fangirl of multiple facets of pop culture!
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Want to support a small business this holiday season? Consider ordering something from my website, like these handmade "Sweater Skellies" ornaments! Quantities are limited -- I've already had one design sell out -- so get your order in quick. Order 3 or more to get a free gift bag! Link in comments.
A full thread of Green Arrow speaking truth to power, topped off by him admitting that he used to be part of the problem. 💚
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A full thread of Green Arrow speaking truth to power, topped off by him admitting that he used to be part of the problem. 💚
To everyone in Tennessee, there's still time to vote! 💙
Tennessee polls close at 7 PM CT. If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. Your vote will count. LFG!
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
To everyone in Tennessee, there's still time to vote! 💙
I imagine that the Felon watches the footage of those boats blowing up and cackles like a madman.
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I imagine that the Felon watches the footage of those boats blowing up and cackles like a madman.
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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Let’s be louder than his hate today. Let’s honor those we lost by defending science, protecting care, and standing with the LGBTQ+ community and everyone affected by HIV/AIDS.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Let’s be louder than his hate today. Let’s honor those we lost by defending science, protecting care, and standing with the LGBTQ+ community and everyone affected by HIV/AIDS.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
Still early on in the "fugitive" storyarc. A lawman dies while trying to bring Hex in, and since he's handcuffed to the now-dead fella, Hex pins the badge on himself and bluffs some folks into thinking *he's* the lawman instead!
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Still early on in the "fugitive" storyarc. A lawman dies while trying to bring Hex in, and since he's handcuffed to the now-dead fella, Hex pins the badge on himself and bluffs some folks into thinking *he's* the lawman instead!
It's Day 1 of #25daysofChristmasComics posting project.
Showing Christmas themed covers from Superhero, Horror and Funny Books.
Gotta add this one to the chain, as it came out at the exact same time as JH#34 here!
Showing Christmas themed covers from Superhero, Horror and Funny Books.
Gotta add this one to the chain, as it came out at the exact same time as JH#34 here!
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's Day 1 of #25daysofChristmasComics posting project.
Showing Christmas themed covers from Superhero, Horror and Funny Books.
Gotta add this one to the chain, as it came out at the exact same time as JH#34 here!
Showing Christmas themed covers from Superhero, Horror and Funny Books.
Gotta add this one to the chain, as it came out at the exact same time as JH#34 here!
Watched it earlier this year, and yeah, it's "Vertigo Hex" levels of crazy.
BONE TOMAHAWK rules. Who else but Zahler could get away with "what if white people encountered an even whiter type of people, who were Worse?"
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Watched it earlier this year, and yeah, it's "Vertigo Hex" levels of crazy.
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Murdering crew members claiming they were smuggling drugs while pardoning a drug kingpin. Very on brand for the Trump regime.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Murdering crew members claiming they were smuggling drugs while pardoning a drug kingpin. Very on brand for the Trump regime.
Being a Michigander, I reckon that cryptid will be either the Dogman or the Nain Rouge.
Capricorn: On the plus side, your death will prove that at least one cryptid is real.
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Being a Michigander, I reckon that cryptid will be either the Dogman or the Nain Rouge.
"A judge had granted her protection, saying she could not go back to Sierra Leone because she was tortured there.
So Trump sent her to Ghana--and Ghana now deporting her back to Sierra Leone, where she was tortured during the war.
This is how Trump is getting around judges' orders.
Pure evil."
So Trump sent her to Ghana--and Ghana now deporting her back to Sierra Leone, where she was tortured during the war.
This is how Trump is getting around judges' orders.
Pure evil."
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"A judge had granted her protection, saying she could not go back to Sierra Leone because she was tortured there.
So Trump sent her to Ghana--and Ghana now deporting her back to Sierra Leone, where she was tortured during the war.
This is how Trump is getting around judges' orders.
Pure evil."
So Trump sent her to Ghana--and Ghana now deporting her back to Sierra Leone, where she was tortured during the war.
This is how Trump is getting around judges' orders.
Pure evil."
Every Thanksgiving, I break out my Grandma's china, silverware, and lace tablecloth. As I put that all away today, I wondered if any young couples bother with registering china/silverware patterns for their wedding, or do they use inherited sets like I do?
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Every Thanksgiving, I break out my Grandma's china, silverware, and lace tablecloth. As I put that all away today, I wondered if any young couples bother with registering china/silverware patterns for their wedding, or do they use inherited sets like I do?
Want to support a small business this holiday season? Consider ordering something from my website, like these handmade "Sweater Skellies" ornaments! Quantities are limited -- I've already had one design sell out -- so get your order in quick. Order 3 or more to get a free gift bag! Link in comments.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Want to support a small business this holiday season? Consider ordering something from my website, like these handmade "Sweater Skellies" ornaments! Quantities are limited -- I've already had one design sell out -- so get your order in quick. Order 3 or more to get a free gift bag! Link in comments.
Reposted by Susan Hillwig
30 years ago this September, I went to a graduate student orientation session at CMU. Learned about the area, where to shop, Pittsburgh's transit system, etc.
The guy who gave the session was Scott Fahlman. The subject of this article. Inventor of the emoticon.
The guy who gave the session was Scott Fahlman. The subject of this article. Inventor of the emoticon.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
30 years ago this September, I went to a graduate student orientation session at CMU. Learned about the area, where to shop, Pittsburgh's transit system, etc.
The guy who gave the session was Scott Fahlman. The subject of this article. Inventor of the emoticon.
The guy who gave the session was Scott Fahlman. The subject of this article. Inventor of the emoticon.
In contrast to the previous post about Tennessee ransacking their libraries, here's one talking about all the awesome stuff libraries provide for their communities!
FYI, your library has movies you can check out for the holiday weekend. They may have toys, board games, or activity kits to check out for the kids and grandkids.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In contrast to the previous post about Tennessee ransacking their libraries, here's one talking about all the awesome stuff libraries provide for their communities!
FIGHT EVIL! READ BOOKS!
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
FIGHT EVIL! READ BOOKS!
Of all the covers from the "Vertigo Hex" era, I'd say the very first one here is still my favorite.
#vertigocoverchallenge
#DCcomics
Day 8: Jonah Hex
Two gun mojo 1
One of my favorite books
#Comicsky #vertigo
#western
#DCcomics
Day 8: Jonah Hex
Two gun mojo 1
One of my favorite books
#Comicsky #vertigo
#western
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Of all the covers from the "Vertigo Hex" era, I'd say the very first one here is still my favorite.
Always happy when someone new gets turned onto Jonah Hex.
New back issue read! Jonah Hex vol 2 issue 1 by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti & Luke Ross, wanted to give this a try for a while now and it was a pretty good debut issue with some great art #JonahHex
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Always happy when someone new gets turned onto Jonah Hex.
Part of a longer thread full of love for the 2-part JLU episode "The Once and Future Thing" because there IS a lot to love in there! I actually asked Dwayne McDuffie about this moment, and he said they tossed that in for fun.
"I reckon you folks are time travelers?" This moment still makes me chuckle.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Part of a longer thread full of love for the 2-part JLU episode "The Once and Future Thing" because there IS a lot to love in there! I actually asked Dwayne McDuffie about this moment, and he said they tossed that in for fun.
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
Reposted by Susan Hillwig
The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
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As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
Reposted by Susan Hillwig
Guys
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Guys
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Reposted by Susan Hillwig
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response: