Tom Shapira
@tomshaps.bsky.social
Israeli comics critic: The Comics Journal, Solrad, PanelXPanel, other places.
End the occupation.
End the occupation.
Oh yeah, this is definitely one of these so-good-it-ruins-other-books-of-its-type kinda deal. Got a Teddy Roosevelt biography on standby and I can tell it won't be half as good.
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Oh yeah, this is definitely one of these so-good-it-ruins-other-books-of-its-type kinda deal. Got a Teddy Roosevelt biography on standby and I can tell it won't be half as good.
Caro also incredibly funny
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Caro also incredibly funny
I can believe it. The man DOES THE WORK.
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I can believe it. The man DOES THE WORK.
I don't know if book five will ever be published. I DO know that I don't want the publisher to bring some ringer to finish it if (heaven forbid) Caro passes away before completing it.
This isn't a collection of facts. This is ART.
This isn't a collection of facts. This is ART.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate by Robert Caro.
I previously wrote that Robert A. Caro is the best American biographer. I just might have to change it to 'best biographer' period.
My god, the scale, the research, the PROSE...
I previously wrote that Robert A. Caro is the best American biographer. I just might have to change it to 'best biographer' period.
My god, the scale, the research, the PROSE...
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I don't know if book five will ever be published. I DO know that I don't want the publisher to bring some ringer to finish it if (heaven forbid) Caro passes away before completing it.
This isn't a collection of facts. This is ART.
This isn't a collection of facts. This is ART.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate by Robert Caro.
I previously wrote that Robert A. Caro is the best American biographer. I just might have to change it to 'best biographer' period.
My god, the scale, the research, the PROSE...
I previously wrote that Robert A. Caro is the best American biographer. I just might have to change it to 'best biographer' period.
My god, the scale, the research, the PROSE...
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate by Robert Caro.
I previously wrote that Robert A. Caro is the best American biographer. I just might have to change it to 'best biographer' period.
My god, the scale, the research, the PROSE...
I previously wrote that Robert A. Caro is the best American biographer. I just might have to change it to 'best biographer' period.
My god, the scale, the research, the PROSE...
Reposted by Tom Shapira
Reposted by Tom Shapira
Also, a West-End show.
All singing all dancing.
All singing all dancing.
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Also, a West-End show.
All singing all dancing.
All singing all dancing.
Proust had his madeleine cakes.
I have my Balls Brothers.
From whence a mighty epic shall rise!
I have my Balls Brothers.
From whence a mighty epic shall rise!
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Proust had his madeleine cakes.
I have my Balls Brothers.
From whence a mighty epic shall rise!
I have my Balls Brothers.
From whence a mighty epic shall rise!
I'LL KEEP PITCHING MY ANNOTATED BALLS BROTHERS UNTIL 2000 AD EDITORIAL YIELDS!
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I'LL KEEP PITCHING MY ANNOTATED BALLS BROTHERS UNTIL 2000 AD EDITORIAL YIELDS!
Also, Absolute Balls Brothers.
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Also, Absolute Balls Brothers.
Also, an Apex Edition.
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Also, an Apex Edition.
Also, a Deluxe Hardcover Collection.
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Also, a Deluxe Hardcover Collection.
You are correct.
You need a book.
60,000 words minimum (not including citations and endnotes).
You need a book.
60,000 words minimum (not including citations and endnotes).
January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
You are correct.
You need a book.
60,000 words minimum (not including citations and endnotes).
You need a book.
60,000 words minimum (not including citations and endnotes).
Reflections on Cinematography by Roger Deakins (audiobook).
Deakins is an absolute master of the form. That 'form' being cinematography, rather than prose.
If you are a pro (or a would be pro) you might get something out of the technical details. Otherwise - not much to it...
Deakins is an absolute master of the form. That 'form' being cinematography, rather than prose.
If you are a pro (or a would be pro) you might get something out of the technical details. Otherwise - not much to it...
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Reflections on Cinematography by Roger Deakins (audiobook).
Deakins is an absolute master of the form. That 'form' being cinematography, rather than prose.
If you are a pro (or a would be pro) you might get something out of the technical details. Otherwise - not much to it...
Deakins is an absolute master of the form. That 'form' being cinematography, rather than prose.
If you are a pro (or a would be pro) you might get something out of the technical details. Otherwise - not much to it...
Bad time for an Action Man revival
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Bad time for an Action Man revival
Real ones know.... NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Real ones know.... NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE
The REAL British Invasion
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The REAL British Invasion
On the one hand - yes.
On the other - Golden Age Captain Marvel is some top tier (or is it low tier?) racism in comics. I'm pretty sure there isn't a single ethnicity that isn't degraded in some manner in Monster Society of Evil
On the other - Golden Age Captain Marvel is some top tier (or is it low tier?) racism in comics. I'm pretty sure there isn't a single ethnicity that isn't degraded in some manner in Monster Society of Evil
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
On the one hand - yes.
On the other - Golden Age Captain Marvel is some top tier (or is it low tier?) racism in comics. I'm pretty sure there isn't a single ethnicity that isn't degraded in some manner in Monster Society of Evil
On the other - Golden Age Captain Marvel is some top tier (or is it low tier?) racism in comics. I'm pretty sure there isn't a single ethnicity that isn't degraded in some manner in Monster Society of Evil
Writing one of these smut romance novel except it's about Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon B. Johnson
#EnemiesToLovers
#SouthernPassion
#SenateSubCommittee
#EnemiesToLovers
#SouthernPassion
#SenateSubCommittee
January 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Writing one of these smut romance novel except it's about Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon B. Johnson
#EnemiesToLovers
#SouthernPassion
#SenateSubCommittee
#EnemiesToLovers
#SouthernPassion
#SenateSubCommittee