Frank Davis MLIS
@frankdavismlis.bsky.social
Comics reader, City of Chicago FOIA dude. Hero Initiative regional volunteer coordinator. Thoughts are my own. Comedy will be implied.
The weirdness of my emails it sublime in their pettiness.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The weirdness of my emails it sublime in their pettiness.
I have read the Batman/Deadpool book. It had everything: Typewriters, comedy, callbacks, a page that explains the difference between DC and Marvel, hotdogs, and it also looked great too.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I have read the Batman/Deadpool book. It had everything: Typewriters, comedy, callbacks, a page that explains the difference between DC and Marvel, hotdogs, and it also looked great too.
It is too early for a third cup of coffee, but we are in these types of times.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It is too early for a third cup of coffee, but we are in these types of times.
If there are components I judge a good place to eat, 1) they have to have good soup, 2) a delicious Mac and cheese/beans or the quality of a 3) a Hollandaise sauce. At least one of these things are needed for a good place to dine.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If there are components I judge a good place to eat, 1) they have to have good soup, 2) a delicious Mac and cheese/beans or the quality of a 3) a Hollandaise sauce. At least one of these things are needed for a good place to dine.
I’m off work for 2 days, and the world gets extra weird. Buckle up! It might be a wild ride.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m off work for 2 days, and the world gets extra weird. Buckle up! It might be a wild ride.
The thing I enjoy with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction event is you get to remind yourself that things exist that bring joy. Here comes me playing Warren Zevon’s Lawyers, Guns and Money for a week.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The thing I enjoy with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction event is you get to remind yourself that things exist that bring joy. Here comes me playing Warren Zevon’s Lawyers, Guns and Money for a week.
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He should have died in The Hague.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
He should have died in The Hague.
The thing that makes social media hell to navigate is that it is as intrusive with advertising as an average Sunday newspaper was in 1988. Not much stuff, lots of things to sell.
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The thing that makes social media hell to navigate is that it is as intrusive with advertising as an average Sunday newspaper was in 1988. Not much stuff, lots of things to sell.
I have fallen through an EC comics rabbit hole in my appreciation of Wallace Wood’s art and in reading the new Wood Fantagraphics collection The Spawn of Venus, and there are some bangers in there, not in art, but some of the stories resonate today.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I have fallen through an EC comics rabbit hole in my appreciation of Wallace Wood’s art and in reading the new Wood Fantagraphics collection The Spawn of Venus, and there are some bangers in there, not in art, but some of the stories resonate today.
Have you ever had a sneaking suspicion that folks want to destroy Chicago for giggles?
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Have you ever had a sneaking suspicion that folks want to destroy Chicago for giggles?
What is it with bad dudes who have scat fetishes?
October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What is it with bad dudes who have scat fetishes?
If there is a thing that I truly believe in comics retail is that the best way to show support is to buy print comics in the single issue. Why? A comic has production costs that need to be absorbed. Buying the single allows the trade to be gravy.
October 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If there is a thing that I truly believe in comics retail is that the best way to show support is to buy print comics in the single issue. Why? A comic has production costs that need to be absorbed. Buying the single allows the trade to be gravy.
My spouse has a new Donor’s Choose for her school library. Additional information in the link. www.donorschoose.org/project/sort...
Sort Of Scary Books For Scary Times, a project from Ms. B. Garcia
Help me give my students scary books that they love to get them through scary times. Isn't wonderful to be able to cozy up to a book that you know is going to give you nightmares? Well, that...
www.donorschoose.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My spouse has a new Donor’s Choose for her school library. Additional information in the link. www.donorschoose.org/project/sort...
Folks who get in their big feelings about any protest is snitching on themselves. Have these folks thought about not being the subject or act in a manner that causes protests? There is a cause and effect element to all things.
October 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Folks who get in their big feelings about any protest is snitching on themselves. Have these folks thought about not being the subject or act in a manner that causes protests? There is a cause and effect element to all things.
I keep looking at the world as it is, and realized that I was super lucky to escape aspects of socioeconomic destiny and the moral brain rot that has cursed the American Caucasian male.
October 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I keep looking at the world as it is, and realized that I was super lucky to escape aspects of socioeconomic destiny and the moral brain rot that has cursed the American Caucasian male.
Manny’s part 2: corned beef hash on poached eggs with hash browns.
October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Manny’s part 2: corned beef hash on poached eggs with hash browns.
Never have been to Manny’s before in my 47 years as a Chicagoan. I have had the food for take out, but have never sat in the place until today.
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Never have been to Manny’s before in my 47 years as a Chicagoan. I have had the food for take out, but have never sat in the place until today.
I am not in New York, but one of my favorite cartoonists is doing a new Kickstarter. This was a good reminder that I have not tithed yet. (This has been rectified) Take a minute to look at Dean Haspiel’s new Kickstarter.
Come see me at New York Comicon in Artists Alley at table K-33.
Check out ANTIMATTER ~ my one-man anthology (comix) @Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
Check out ANTIMATTER ~ my one-man anthology (comix) @Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
ANTIMATTER
A One-Man-thology of Dean Haspiel Deep Cuts
www.kickstarter.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I am not in New York, but one of my favorite cartoonists is doing a new Kickstarter. This was a good reminder that I have not tithed yet. (This has been rectified) Take a minute to look at Dean Haspiel’s new Kickstarter.
Comedy is always key in the darkest of times.
Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Comedy is always key in the darkest of times.
Y’know… out of all the reasons to reread the Moore/Veitch run of Swamp Thing (yes, I consider it a unified run, getting the proper ending was not what I would ever hope, but surprises never cease in comics.
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Y’know… out of all the reasons to reread the Moore/Veitch run of Swamp Thing (yes, I consider it a unified run, getting the proper ending was not what I would ever hope, but surprises never cease in comics.
Definitely a speech comics retailers need in 2025.
NYCC '25: Jim Lee's Retailer Day speech - "DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."
NYCC ’25: Jim Lee’s Retailer Day speech – “DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.”
Jim Lee delivered a fiery speech about the power of human art and DC's ongoing storytelling in the Retailer's Day keynote speech
www.comicsbeat.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Definitely a speech comics retailers need in 2025.
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When a law enforcement officer aims a weapon at someone wielding a camera, it is procedurally unsound and unprofessional in two fundamental ways:
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.
Call me a libtard but this doesn't seem like something that should be happening in the United States of America.
October 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When a law enforcement officer aims a weapon at someone wielding a camera, it is procedurally unsound and unprofessional in two fundamental ways:
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.
It is Tuesday and I am out of gas.
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It is Tuesday and I am out of gas.
I hear folks complaining about the Super Bowl already. If you are bothered, there is always the option of not watching. Not that deep folks!
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hear folks complaining about the Super Bowl already. If you are bothered, there is always the option of not watching. Not that deep folks!
I have always thought this politics was crusade talk… glad folks are now getting it.
October 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have always thought this politics was crusade talk… glad folks are now getting it.