Barry Lyga
@barrylyga.com
Author. Reader. Recovering comic book geek.
New York Times bestselling author of the I HUNT KILLERS trilogy and the upcoming BRIDEKILLER!
Monthly: barrylyga.com/newsletter
New York Times bestselling author of the I HUNT KILLERS trilogy and the upcoming BRIDEKILLER!
Monthly: barrylyga.com/newsletter
FB dredged up this memory... Dear Zeus -- has it really be SEVEN YEARS since THANOS: TITAN CONSUMED??? @taylorson.bsky.social #thanos #mcu #infinitywar
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
FB dredged up this memory... Dear Zeus -- has it really be SEVEN YEARS since THANOS: TITAN CONSUMED??? @taylorson.bsky.social #thanos #mcu #infinitywar
Irwin Schwab knows the score.
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Irwin Schwab knows the score.
Took the kids to the Empire State Building. They handled the ensuing giant gorilla attack with aplomb and equanimity. #kingkong #empirestatebuilding #dadlife
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Took the kids to the Empire State Building. They handled the ensuing giant gorilla attack with aplomb and equanimity. #kingkong #empirestatebuilding #dadlife
Post you from a different era.
1989. Bruce Springsteen wore a bolo tie…so I did, too.
1989. Bruce Springsteen wore a bolo tie…so I did, too.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Post you from a different era.
1989. Bruce Springsteen wore a bolo tie…so I did, too.
1989. Bruce Springsteen wore a bolo tie…so I did, too.
I am chuffed at @mikiesherrill.bsky.social's win last night, but these numbers make me ill.
How the hell do we get through to these white people who keep voting for the worst of all possible worlds? Ugh. It makes me sick that my race/gender cohort is so blinkered and so abjectly stupid.
How the hell do we get through to these white people who keep voting for the worst of all possible worlds? Ugh. It makes me sick that my race/gender cohort is so blinkered and so abjectly stupid.
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am chuffed at @mikiesherrill.bsky.social's win last night, but these numbers make me ill.
How the hell do we get through to these white people who keep voting for the worst of all possible worlds? Ugh. It makes me sick that my race/gender cohort is so blinkered and so abjectly stupid.
How the hell do we get through to these white people who keep voting for the worst of all possible worlds? Ugh. It makes me sick that my race/gender cohort is so blinkered and so abjectly stupid.
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif
Me: Siri, remind me to get a toner cartridge today at noon.
Siri:
Siri:
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Me: Siri, remind me to get a toner cartridge today at noon.
Siri:
Siri:
The story of Kim Sun-Ja, South Korea's first female serial killer! #serialkillerstories #kimsunja
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The story of Kim Sun-Ja, South Korea's first female serial killer! #serialkillerstories #kimsunja
As a reluctant suburbanite, I know that whenever I head into Manhattan, I always wear my elf booties and collared cape. #bronzeage #newteentitans #comics #comicbooks #robin
(From New Teen Titans #20, june 1982. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal .)
(From New Teen Titans #20, june 1982. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal .)
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As a reluctant suburbanite, I know that whenever I head into Manhattan, I always wear my elf booties and collared cape. #bronzeage #newteentitans #comics #comicbooks #robin
(From New Teen Titans #20, june 1982. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal .)
(From New Teen Titans #20, june 1982. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by George Pérez and Romeo Tanghal .)
I'm gonna guess...no.
(Reprinted in Batman Family #3, February 1976. Written by Bill Finger. Art by Dick Sprang.)
And hey -- if anyone knows where this story originally appeared, LMK!
#silverage #comics #robin #comicbooks
(Reprinted in Batman Family #3, February 1976. Written by Bill Finger. Art by Dick Sprang.)
And hey -- if anyone knows where this story originally appeared, LMK!
#silverage #comics #robin #comicbooks
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm gonna guess...no.
(Reprinted in Batman Family #3, February 1976. Written by Bill Finger. Art by Dick Sprang.)
And hey -- if anyone knows where this story originally appeared, LMK!
#silverage #comics #robin #comicbooks
(Reprinted in Batman Family #3, February 1976. Written by Bill Finger. Art by Dick Sprang.)
And hey -- if anyone knows where this story originally appeared, LMK!
#silverage #comics #robin #comicbooks
Southern tip of Manhattan? Government touchy since "last September?"
You'd be forgiven for thinking this was a post-9/11 comic.
It's from *1984.*
(Justice League of America #228, July 1984. Written by @gerryconway.bsky.social Art by George Tuska and Alex Nino .)
#bronzeage #comics #justiceleague
You'd be forgiven for thinking this was a post-9/11 comic.
It's from *1984.*
(Justice League of America #228, July 1984. Written by @gerryconway.bsky.social Art by George Tuska and Alex Nino .)
#bronzeage #comics #justiceleague
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Southern tip of Manhattan? Government touchy since "last September?"
You'd be forgiven for thinking this was a post-9/11 comic.
It's from *1984.*
(Justice League of America #228, July 1984. Written by @gerryconway.bsky.social Art by George Tuska and Alex Nino .)
#bronzeage #comics #justiceleague
You'd be forgiven for thinking this was a post-9/11 comic.
It's from *1984.*
(Justice League of America #228, July 1984. Written by @gerryconway.bsky.social Art by George Tuska and Alex Nino .)
#bronzeage #comics #justiceleague
You can always count on Green Lantern to ask the important questions. #bronzeage #comics #greenlantern #comicbooks
(From The Flash #246, January 1977. Written by Denny O'neil. Art by Dick Dillin and Terry Austin.)
(From The Flash #246, January 1977. Written by Denny O'neil. Art by Dick Dillin and Terry Austin.)
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
You can always count on Green Lantern to ask the important questions. #bronzeage #comics #greenlantern #comicbooks
(From The Flash #246, January 1977. Written by Denny O'neil. Art by Dick Dillin and Terry Austin.)
(From The Flash #246, January 1977. Written by Denny O'neil. Art by Dick Dillin and Terry Austin.)
The Gen Alphas need their CD towers, y'all!!!
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Gen Alphas need their CD towers, y'all!!!
Bizarro Joker is all of us.
(From (From DC Comics Presents #71, July 1984. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell. Art by Curt Swan and Dave Hunt.) #bronzeage #comics #dccomics #joker #bizarro #comicbooks
(From (From DC Comics Presents #71, July 1984. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell. Art by Curt Swan and Dave Hunt.) #bronzeage #comics #dccomics #joker #bizarro #comicbooks
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Bizarro Joker is all of us.
(From (From DC Comics Presents #71, July 1984. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell. Art by Curt Swan and Dave Hunt.) #bronzeage #comics #dccomics #joker #bizarro #comicbooks
(From (From DC Comics Presents #71, July 1984. Written by E. Nelson Bridwell. Art by Curt Swan and Dave Hunt.) #bronzeage #comics #dccomics #joker #bizarro #comicbooks
I can't be the only geek out there who saw this NASA image of the surface of the sun and thought of something else... #comics #whowatchesthewatchmen
October 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I can't be the only geek out there who saw this NASA image of the surface of the sun and thought of something else... #comics #whowatchesthewatchmen
Ra’s al Ghul: *uses Lazarus Pits repeatedly over centuries to defy death*
Also Ra’s al Ghul:
Also Ra’s al Ghul:
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ra’s al Ghul: *uses Lazarus Pits repeatedly over centuries to defy death*
Also Ra’s al Ghul:
Also Ra’s al Ghul:
Random people who learn I'm a writer have begun asking me, "Do you use Al in your work?"
And my response is, "Do I use Al? Baby, Al uses *me*..."
👇
And my response is, "Do I use Al? Baby, Al uses *me*..."
👇
October 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Random people who learn I'm a writer have begun asking me, "Do you use Al in your work?"
And my response is, "Do I use Al? Baby, Al uses *me*..."
👇
And my response is, "Do I use Al? Baby, Al uses *me*..."
👇
Forty years ago.
I feel like we've all seen its true face now. #bronzeage #comics #watchmen #comicbooks
I feel like we've all seen its true face now. #bronzeage #comics #watchmen #comicbooks
October 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Forty years ago.
I feel like we've all seen its true face now. #bronzeage #comics #watchmen #comicbooks
I feel like we've all seen its true face now. #bronzeage #comics #watchmen #comicbooks
My son, being characteristically honest on his third grade assessment form...
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My son, being characteristically honest on his third grade assessment form...
Let's be honest: It's the "spacious Manhattan dwelling" comment moreso than the floating brain that marks this as a work of fiction.
(From All-Star Squadron #19, March 1983. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Jerry
Ordway.)
#bronzeage #comicbooks #comics #allstarsquadron #comicswithoutcontext
(From All-Star Squadron #19, March 1983. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Jerry
Ordway.)
#bronzeage #comicbooks #comics #allstarsquadron #comicswithoutcontext
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Let's be honest: It's the "spacious Manhattan dwelling" comment moreso than the floating brain that marks this as a work of fiction.
(From All-Star Squadron #19, March 1983. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Jerry
Ordway.)
#bronzeage #comicbooks #comics #allstarsquadron #comicswithoutcontext
(From All-Star Squadron #19, March 1983. Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Jerry
Ordway.)
#bronzeage #comicbooks #comics #allstarsquadron #comicswithoutcontext
I mean...if I have to choose between the two, I guess I'd rather RENT than BARF...
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I mean...if I have to choose between the two, I guess I'd rather RENT than BARF...
Wow, that's pretty grim, Superboy!
"The 'S' stands for 'nihilism.'"
(From Legion of Super-Heroes #290, August 1982. Written by Paul Levitz. Art by Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt.) #bronzeage #legionofsuperheroes #comicbooks #legionofsuperheroes #greatdarknesssaga #awesomecomics
"The 'S' stands for 'nihilism.'"
(From Legion of Super-Heroes #290, August 1982. Written by Paul Levitz. Art by Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt.) #bronzeage #legionofsuperheroes #comicbooks #legionofsuperheroes #greatdarknesssaga #awesomecomics
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wow, that's pretty grim, Superboy!
"The 'S' stands for 'nihilism.'"
(From Legion of Super-Heroes #290, August 1982. Written by Paul Levitz. Art by Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt.) #bronzeage #legionofsuperheroes #comicbooks #legionofsuperheroes #greatdarknesssaga #awesomecomics
"The 'S' stands for 'nihilism.'"
(From Legion of Super-Heroes #290, August 1982. Written by Paul Levitz. Art by Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt.) #bronzeage #legionofsuperheroes #comicbooks #legionofsuperheroes #greatdarknesssaga #awesomecomics