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Comic Book Editor. Not very comic.
Happy belated Mary Sue day!! @peachchild.bsky.social has put together a killer team for this, who all clearly share the same creative origin story (being bitten by a radioactive blorbo.)

Mary Sue: the friends we (sometimes literally) make along the way, during the mortifying ordeal of being known.
💗 Happy Mary Sue Day 🧛🏻‍♀️

This is a love letter to fandom, to those who stay up late reading fic, who still argue for your favorite ship, who found themselves in stories.

Art: @lisasterle.bsky.social
Colors: @dearbhlala.bsky.social + @angienessyo.bsky.social
Letters: @longtalljodie.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I used @5calls.org to find the right folks, please do so if you can. 5calls.org/issue/gender...
September 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log.

This tells me two things:

1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day.

(212) 486-4430
hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.
September 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I am so STOKED for this, everyone's got a Mary Sue in their past, and if someone says they don't, they are LYING.
Apologies to everyone I'm seeing this month, because all I will be talking about is either Fantastic 4 or Mary Sue (which you should order from your local comic bookstore today)!
August 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Magic Mike : Magic Mike XXL :: Alien : Aliens
August 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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August 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
gonna make year’s lazy halloween costume so timely and relevant
August 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
when i get filthy rich, gonna build a whole wing of the house just to install this bad boy
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Andor is a story about how a thousand nameless and unremembered people will have to sacrifice everything so a gay kid who left his home in Space Idaho four days ago can close his eyes and Fuck It We Ball the most important shot in galactic history on the advice of a ghost
May 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
thank you facetime screen share, you've made parental tech support so *substantially* blissfully easier.
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The Comics Courier's second issue went live on Kickstarter this morning, so you should back it because The Comics Courier rules and @explodingarrow.bsky.social rules and everyone involved rules.

Also, come to SKTCHD next week as I have a chat with Tiffany about The Comics Courier. It also rules.
The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 2]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
www.kickstarter.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
it's been a hot minute since I've podcasted, and I forgot how fun it could be. thank you for the great convo and questions, Justin!
In this episode, Dafna reveals what it really means to be an editor in comics—from juggling creators and licensors to surviving the relentless pace of monthly publishing.

justingarydesign.substack.com/p/dafna-pleb...
Dafna Pleban — Editing Underwater, Building Creative Teams, and the Economics of Storytelling (#83)
Think Like A Game Designer Podcast
justingarydesign.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Conspiracy (2001) / Andor Season 2 (2025)
April 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
new character limit? cool

watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror watch the terror
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.

FLOOD THE PORTAL

Spam the hell out of it.

Pass it on! It works!

enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
aw bud, tough break #severance
February 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I called my republican rep and I hope you’ll call yours! Even if they’re as dyed in the wool as mine is, they need to hear from dissenting voices.
Call your R representative in the US House and tell them to vote against this budget tonight. Do it right now, seriously. It matters. You can find them here: reps.fyi
Pressure is working.
February 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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BIG ISSUE for comics, i made my calls this morning and encourage everyone in comics to phone in + encourage others
February 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i'm obsessed with this. truly ass-clenching AND heartwarming.
guess who drew a story about hemorrhoids and got it officially published? 😎👌

DeadAss is free to read on Viz Manga: buff.ly/3EH8j0C

(US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, and Ireland can access the app/page without any issues. Other countries will need a VPN due to region-locking :'))
February 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SAS Rogue Heroes out here doing the lord’s work, and giving Jack O’Connell all he needs for his Wolverine audition reel.
February 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Called and told my senators about how, when my mother’s identity got stolen, the CFPB’s intervention was the only thing that got the banks to shut down the accounts that had been illegally opened in her name
February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
somebody please tell me the story behind Cynthia Erivo’s Optimus Prime tattoo. I need to know. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s haunting me.
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Despite the horrors, I have bills and prescriptions, and I'm staring down the barrel of some dry months. If you're in need of an experienced fiction editor (line and developmental), or sensitivity reader/cultural consultant (Fil-Am, Filipino, trans FtM, and general queer guy experience), hit me up!
February 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
to pull myself out of doom-spiraling, gonna try to commit in doing One (1) Thing a day, no matter how small.

cause if I have any superpower, it's to be a persistent, annoying little shit.

♥ Today's Annoying Little Shit Task: ♥

1) call 1-866-471-2780
2) annoy.

pls join me, if u can.
February 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
a muppet (christmas) carol
December 26, 2024 at 2:24 AM