Jenny Blake aka Tony Isabella
@tonyisabella.bsky.social
Writer, creator of Black Lightning, Misty Knight and Tigra. Trans. She/Her
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Akron ComiCon. Walking into the venue to set up for the convention and seeing the new Jenny Blake Isabella banner the promoters made for me was an emotional moment for me. I felt seen and accepted and supported. 11-7-25.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Akron ComiCon. Walking into the venue to set up for the convention and seeing the new Jenny Blake Isabella banner the promoters made for me was an emotional moment for me. I felt seen and accepted and supported. 11-7-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Brandon Thomas. If I can’t write Black Lightning, he's my choice. His “This is Why” from DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve #1 is the only time a DC writer made me believe Jeff Pierce joining President Luthor’s cabinet wasn’t insanely out of character for my creation. 11-6-25.
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Brandon Thomas. If I can’t write Black Lightning, he's my choice. His “This is Why” from DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve #1 is the only time a DC writer made me believe Jeff Pierce joining President Luthor’s cabinet wasn’t insanely out of character for my creation. 11-6-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: DC’s Jonah Hex: All-Star Western Omnibus offers a thousand pages of terrific Hex stories by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray plus other features. I’ll try to be strong and read just one story a day. 11-5-25
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: DC’s Jonah Hex: All-Star Western Omnibus offers a thousand pages of terrific Hex stories by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray plus other features. I’ll try to be strong and read just one story a day. 11-5-25
Someday, the vicious Republicans and their mad dog president with be gone. It is my hope that the Democrats will reverse all the cruel anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ policies put into effect by those soulless monsters.
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Someday, the vicious Republicans and their mad dog president with be gone. It is my hope that the Democrats will reverse all the cruel anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ policies put into effect by those soulless monsters.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: My son Ed is the winner in the election for Medina City Council-at-Large. I’m so proud of him and all the folks who worked their asses off to help him get elected, especially the tireless Saintly Wife Barb. Medina chose wisely. 11-4-25.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: My son Ed is the winner in the election for Medina City Council-at-Large. I’m so proud of him and all the folks who worked their asses off to help him get elected, especially the tireless Saintly Wife Barb. Medina chose wisely. 11-4-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: DC Finest Superman Family: The Giant Turtle Man. I’m enjoying these 1960s tales of Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. But editor Mort Weisinger was cruel to these characters and they were often cruel to each other. I’d recommended therapy for all of them. 11-3-25.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: DC Finest Superman Family: The Giant Turtle Man. I’m enjoying these 1960s tales of Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. But editor Mort Weisinger was cruel to these characters and they were often cruel to each other. I’d recommended therapy for all of them. 11-3-25.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria to protect Christians. Is there a country out there willing to invade the United States to protect the LGBTQ community, some members of which are...wait for it...also Christians.
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Trump is threatening to invade Nigeria to protect Christians. Is there a country out there willing to invade the United States to protect the LGBTQ community, some members of which are...wait for it...also Christians.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Black Cat Books in Medina. Tatum’s Top Five appears on their web page every month. Rarely do I not find at least one book on her list that catches my eye. This month, it’s Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell. 11-2-25.
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Black Cat Books in Medina. Tatum’s Top Five appears on their web page every month. Rarely do I not find at least one book on her list that catches my eye. This month, it’s Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell. 11-2-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Black Lightning: The Standard by Brandon Thomas and Fico Ossio collects the five-issue series of which I wrote “This is authentic Black Lightning, honoring the creator’s basic vision while going into new, exciting and respectful territory.” I liked it a lot. 11-1-25.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Black Lightning: The Standard by Brandon Thomas and Fico Ossio collects the five-issue series of which I wrote “This is authentic Black Lightning, honoring the creator’s basic vision while going into new, exciting and respectful territory.” I liked it a lot. 11-1-25.
My elf on the shelf has reported for duty early.
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My elf on the shelf has reported for duty early.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Space Adventures #34 [June 1960]. “The 2nd Man in Space” by Joe Gill & Steve Ditko. Though Cold War tensions are seen here, we also see Captain Atom act with compassion towards a Russian cosmonaut and the cosmonaut show honesty and integrity. A cool little story. 10-31-25.
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Space Adventures #34 [June 1960]. “The 2nd Man in Space” by Joe Gill & Steve Ditko. Though Cold War tensions are seen here, we also see Captain Atom act with compassion towards a Russian cosmonaut and the cosmonaut show honesty and integrity. A cool little story. 10-31-25.
NOT COMING SOON: It! vs. Them! One sentient colossus. An army of giant ants! Six issues of monster adventure and horror. Written by Jenny Blake. Artist to be determined. Who would you pick?
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NOT COMING SOON: It! vs. Them! One sentient colossus. An army of giant ants! Six issues of monster adventure and horror. Written by Jenny Blake. Artist to be determined. Who would you pick?
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Lost Tales of the Golden Age #1 features five never-before published stories from the 1940s. Introducing the Great Gazabo, it’s a serial that’s fun, quirky, and very entertaining. This is the first of eight issues. 10-30-25.
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Lost Tales of the Golden Age #1 features five never-before published stories from the 1940s. Introducing the Great Gazabo, it’s a serial that’s fun, quirky, and very entertaining. This is the first of eight issues. 10-30-25.
ICE and its agents and leaders are lawless violent criminals. We are well past the time for legitimate police officers and the military to remember their oaths and bring them to justice. Using whatever force it takes. Whatever. Force. It. Takes.
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ICE and its agents and leaders are lawless violent criminals. We are well past the time for legitimate police officers and the military to remember their oaths and bring them to justice. Using whatever force it takes. Whatever. Force. It. Takes.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: “Martha Kent” has complied Superman: The Official Cookbook: Recipes from Smallville to the Hall of Justice and Beyond. The recipes are fairly down-to-Earth, but the commentary is fun. A great gift for any Superman fan. 10-29-25.
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: “Martha Kent” has complied Superman: The Official Cookbook: Recipes from Smallville to the Hall of Justice and Beyond. The recipes are fairly down-to-Earth, but the commentary is fun. A great gift for any Superman fan. 10-29-25.
Trump has ordered the military to immediately start testing nuclear weapons. Everything this vile piece of shit does makes life harder and more dangerous for the vast majority of Americans.
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Trump has ordered the military to immediately start testing nuclear weapons. Everything this vile piece of shit does makes life harder and more dangerous for the vast majority of Americans.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: The Kit-Kat Break Squad. Four large men in suits who make sure folks enjoy their Kit-Kat breaks without interruption. I’m not sure paying four guys to protect a candy bar worth two bucks is cost-effective, but it makes me smile. 10-28-25.
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: The Kit-Kat Break Squad. Four large men in suits who make sure folks enjoy their Kit-Kat breaks without interruption. I’m not sure paying four guys to protect a candy bar worth two bucks is cost-effective, but it makes me smile. 10-28-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Amber Ruffin. “Amber Says What?” is a recurring bit on Late Night with Seth Meyers in which the brilliant comedian recaps the latest pop culture news. I loved her calling out gay icon Gloria Gaynor for donating to Republicans. 10-27-25.
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Amber Ruffin. “Amber Says What?” is a recurring bit on Late Night with Seth Meyers in which the brilliant comedian recaps the latest pop culture news. I loved her calling out gay icon Gloria Gaynor for donating to Republicans. 10-27-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: The Mombies. They are a group of mothers who perform zombie-themed dances to raise money for metastatic breast cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kittering Cancer Center. This is our country at its best. 10-26-25.
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: The Mombies. They are a group of mothers who perform zombie-themed dances to raise money for metastatic breast cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kittering Cancer Center. This is our country at its best. 10-26-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Howard Chaykin’s Black Kiss Omnibus. This beautiful tome collects the original and second series, two prequels, and a brand-new story. Challenging, but worth reading, especially the Black Kiss XXXmas Special from 2014. Adults only. 10-25-25.
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Howard Chaykin’s Black Kiss Omnibus. This beautiful tome collects the original and second series, two prequels, and a brand-new story. Challenging, but worth reading, especially the Black Kiss XXXmas Special from 2014. Adults only. 10-25-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: DC Finest. I’m a huge fan of this format. It gives the reader lots of great stories at a reasonable price and goes well beyond the usual (relatively) recent comics reprinted time and time again. I have a stack of them. 10-24-25.
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: DC Finest. I’m a huge fan of this format. It gives the reader lots of great stories at a reasonable price and goes well beyond the usual (relatively) recent comics reprinted time and time again. I have a stack of them. 10-24-25.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Fightin’ Five #41 (January 1967) was an unexpected treasure from my Vast Accumulation of Stuff. It’s the last new Gorgo appearance in a Charlton comic. While they don’t call him Gorgo, there’s no mistaking his identity. 10-23-25.
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Fightin’ Five #41 (January 1967) was an unexpected treasure from my Vast Accumulation of Stuff. It’s the last new Gorgo appearance in a Charlton comic. While they don’t call him Gorgo, there’s no mistaking his identity. 10-23-25.
When I write a Last Kiss gag, I always print out the art and the script for my files. I show them to Barb, but she was asleep on the couch. I put it on the table. Sometime during the night, one of the cats threw up on it. Everybody’s a critic.
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
When I write a Last Kiss gag, I always print out the art and the script for my files. I show them to Barb, but she was asleep on the couch. I put it on the table. Sometime during the night, one of the cats threw up on it. Everybody’s a critic.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: YouTube: White noise, black screen, no ads. I had a hunch there was something like this and I found several choices. They were relaxing and soothingly put me to sleep. Sleep doesn’t come easy in this Trump Hellscape, so they are a very welcome discovery. 10-22-25.
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: YouTube: White noise, black screen, no ads. I had a hunch there was something like this and I found several choices. They were relaxing and soothingly put me to sleep. Sleep doesn’t come easy in this Trump Hellscape, so they are a very welcome discovery. 10-22-25.