William B. Jones (Bill Jones)
@billjones-ci.bsky.social
Husband; father; dog and cat lover; writer; comics historian (‘Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History,’ 3rd Ed.); theatre person since 1966; onetime disc jockey; former drummer for failed garage band; pro-democracy; anti-fascist. Resist and bear witness.
Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in an address called “Democracy at a Crossroads,” called on Americans to stand up to President Trump.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
I have watched the pr*sid*nt of the Un*ted St*tes—in my constitutionally protected opinion—behave and speak (‘What if a bomb dropped on yeh head right now?’) like a Qu*ens m*bster. I am ashamed for my country.
February 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I have watched the pr*sid*nt of the Un*ted St*tes—in my constitutionally protected opinion—behave and speak (‘What if a bomb dropped on yeh head right now?’) like a Qu*ens m*bster. I am ashamed for my country.
NO KING!!! NO EMPEROR!!! NO DICTATOR!!!
Happy (real) Washington’s Birthday! (22 Feb. 1732, N.S. / 11 Feb. 1731, O.S.)
Happy (real) Washington’s Birthday! (22 Feb. 1732, N.S. / 11 Feb. 1731, O.S.)
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NO KING!!! NO EMPEROR!!! NO DICTATOR!!!
Happy (real) Washington’s Birthday! (22 Feb. 1732, N.S. / 11 Feb. 1731, O.S.)
Happy (real) Washington’s Birthday! (22 Feb. 1732, N.S. / 11 Feb. 1731, O.S.)
Remembering Mort Künstler (1927-2025), the ‘king’ of pulp covers and a leading American historical artist. I interviewed him in 2008 for my ‘Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History’ (2d ed). He was generous with his time, discussing the covers he painted for Classics Illustrated in the year 1953.
February 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Remembering Mort Künstler (1927-2025), the ‘king’ of pulp covers and a leading American historical artist. I interviewed him in 2008 for my ‘Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History’ (2d ed). He was generous with his time, discussing the covers he painted for Classics Illustrated in the year 1953.
Honouring Black History Month: CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED/ACCLAIM SG61, NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS (March 1998); cover by Steven Musgrave. [CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED trademarks and associated copyrights are the property of First Classics Inc. All rights reserved.]
February 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Honouring Black History Month: CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED/ACCLAIM SG61, NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS (March 1998); cover by Steven Musgrave. [CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED trademarks and associated copyrights are the property of First Classics Inc. All rights reserved.]
It was bad this morning, it was worse this afternoon, and this evening we learn that the convicted criminal who was elected our president has now declared that he is at the helm of rogue state. It is 1939 all over again.
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"We will level it."
I just finished watching Trump's press conference in the White House with Benjamin Netanyahu.
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February 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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The Coming War on Dissent
As critics focus on Trump’s attacks on the media, his administration is preparing a larger assault on the First Amendment.
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February 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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In honour of our neighbour to the north and friends worldwide, I’ve decided to adopt the Canadian/British spelling of such words as colour, realise, centre, etc. (Having written for a Toronto publisher in the past, it comes naturally.) I know it’s a little thing, but there it is. We do what we can.
February 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
In honour of our neighbour to the north and friends worldwide, I’ve decided to adopt the Canadian/British spelling of such words as colour, realise, centre, etc. (Having written for a Toronto publisher in the past, it comes naturally.) I know it’s a little thing, but there it is. We do what we can.
Remembering Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025).
February 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Remembering Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025).
In the late 1980s, during my much-missed National Book Critics Circle days, I reviewed for Spectrum—a Little Rock alternative paper—Claudia Koonz’s “Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family and Nazi Politics.” Given the new administration’s current direction, it’s time to read it again.
January 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In the late 1980s, during my much-missed National Book Critics Circle days, I reviewed for Spectrum—a Little Rock alternative paper—Claudia Koonz’s “Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family and Nazi Politics.” Given the new administration’s current direction, it’s time to read it again.
Happy Burns Night!
January 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy Burns Night!
So proud of Bishop Mariann Budde and the Episcopal Church.
January 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
So proud of Bishop Mariann Budde and the Episcopal Church.
This month keeps sending me back to the 1955-58 Capitol Sinatra for music to match my post-November 5 mood. These are the albums—‘In the Wee Small Hours’; ‘Where Are You?’; ‘Only the Lonely’—that most directly speak to me in this moment. (At least I haven’t drifted—yet—into the dark ‘No One Cares.’)
November 27, 2024 at 1:51 AM
This month keeps sending me back to the 1955-58 Capitol Sinatra for music to match my post-November 5 mood. These are the albums—‘In the Wee Small Hours’; ‘Where Are You?’; ‘Only the Lonely’—that most directly speak to me in this moment. (At least I haven’t drifted—yet—into the dark ‘No One Cares.’)
Saturday, 23 November 2024.
November 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Saturday, 23 November 2024.
A young Johnny Hallyday (years before “Retiens la nuit,” etc.) behind Simone Signoret in "Les Diaboliques" (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955).
November 21, 2024 at 2:30 AM
A young Johnny Hallyday (years before “Retiens la nuit,” etc.) behind Simone Signoret in "Les Diaboliques" (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955).
Now more than ever.
November 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Now more than ever.
Satire.
November 19, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Satire.
From my friend, author Jerry Hogan of Fayetteville, AR: ‘In January 1839, Nelson Orr, a Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, was mortally stabbed by Willis Wallace, a Fayetteville "grocer"… Orr was … connected to and part of the hierarchy of the Cherokee Nation…’
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
From my friend, author Jerry Hogan of Fayetteville, AR: ‘In January 1839, Nelson Orr, a Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, was mortally stabbed by Willis Wallace, a Fayetteville "grocer"… Orr was … connected to and part of the hierarchy of the Cherokee Nation…’
Happy memory: a festschrift I edited and dedicated to the Scottish Stevensonian scholar David Daiches. International contributors (Jenni Calder, Richard Dury, etc.) wrote papers for the ‘RLS 2000’ conference, Little Rock, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson’s birth.
November 16, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Happy memory: a festschrift I edited and dedicated to the Scottish Stevensonian scholar David Daiches. International contributors (Jenni Calder, Richard Dury, etc.) wrote papers for the ‘RLS 2000’ conference, Little Rock, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson’s birth.
‘Babylon Berlin,’ Seasons 1-4; Liv Lisa Fries and Volker Bruch; German with English subtitles. More timely than ever—highly recommended.
November 15, 2024 at 5:30 AM
‘Babylon Berlin,’ Seasons 1-4; Liv Lisa Fries and Volker Bruch; German with English subtitles. More timely than ever—highly recommended.
Moxie (L) and Boots (R).
November 14, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Moxie (L) and Boots (R).