Keith Friedlander
@friedkeith.bsky.social
PhD - He / Him - Comics, Counterpublics, Production Cultures, Super Heroes - Research and Scholarly Activity Lead @ Olds College
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JFREJ BX Neighborhood Group folded a bunch of zines while hanging at our local pub. Fun and easy! 🤩💪🏻🥰 @meganpiont.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
JFREJ BX Neighborhood Group folded a bunch of zines while hanging at our local pub. Fun and easy! 🤩💪🏻🥰 @meganpiont.bsky.social
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As most things in manga owe a debt to Tezuka Sensei (Osamu Tezuka), it is not surprising that scholars have isolated Tezuka’s 1953 series “Princess Knight” as a deeply important touchstone for the evolution of trans representation in manga as a whole. #princessknight #tezuka 1/11
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As most things in manga owe a debt to Tezuka Sensei (Osamu Tezuka), it is not surprising that scholars have isolated Tezuka’s 1953 series “Princess Knight” as a deeply important touchstone for the evolution of trans representation in manga as a whole. #princessknight #tezuka 1/11
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Where trans representation in North American comics has struggled to find firm footing at times, trans representation in manga has been there since very nearly the beginning and encompasses a variety of iconic characters, creators, and titles. #manga #transgender 1/7
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Where trans representation in North American comics has struggled to find firm footing at times, trans representation in manga has been there since very nearly the beginning and encompasses a variety of iconic characters, creators, and titles. #manga #transgender 1/7
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It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
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Psst: Helioscope has a WHOLE BUNCH of books & prints & original art on sale right now, for…pre-Black Friday, I guess? Many, many items are at 20% off. Go take a look! www.etsy.com/shop/Heliosc...
www.etsy.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Psst: Helioscope has a WHOLE BUNCH of books & prints & original art on sale right now, for…pre-Black Friday, I guess? Many, many items are at 20% off. Go take a look! www.etsy.com/shop/Heliosc...
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this is the most important piece of video game writing since the original SBI piece. read it, and realize that if you're not in the industry, you're being sheltered from a firing squad that picks targets randomly and with impunity, ruining lives with wild abandon
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
this is the most important piece of video game writing since the original SBI piece. read it, and realize that if you're not in the industry, you're being sheltered from a firing squad that picks targets randomly and with impunity, ruining lives with wild abandon
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Attention comics creators!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Attention comics creators!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our exhibitor + programming applications for TCAF 2026.
Head to torontocomics.com to apply, and we hope to see you on the rink!
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Book cover! Coming 2026 from Stanford UP ✨
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Book cover! Coming 2026 from Stanford UP ✨
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I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the child I was at 15.
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the child I was at 15.
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🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
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65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
The future is just deeply damaged rich people inflicting their neuroses on society in the form of apps
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
Disney Channel Star’s AI App That Creates Avatars Of Dead Relatives Sparks Backlash
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The future is just deeply damaged rich people inflicting their neuroses on society in the form of apps
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Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
Ninja Gaiden – Developer Commentary (2023) - shmuplations.com
Taken from a string of social media posts shared in 2023, these comments from director Hideo Yoshizawa recount the making of Tecmo's classic side-scrolling action game, Ninja Gaiden.
shmuplations.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Holy shit. @shmuplations.bsky.social translated a massive thread of old tweets from Hideo Yoshizawa that goes deep into the NES Ninja Gaiden's development, including finally confirming the Castlevania influence shmuplations.com/ninjagaiden/
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Doctor Who”, or “Transformers”
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Doctor Who”, or “Transformers”
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I think it’s very funny that my game about shitty landlords has sold more copies in the last four weeks than the total number of dogshit expensive condos sold in Toronto in September
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I think it’s very funny that my game about shitty landlords has sold more copies in the last four weeks than the total number of dogshit expensive condos sold in Toronto in September
1) Blood Quantum is such a good zombie movie! Smart, gory, and so cool
2) Still upset we lost Jeff Barnaby (how was that 4 years ago?). No question, he was one of the freshest perspectives in modern film, especially working in genre flicks
2) Still upset we lost Jeff Barnaby (how was that 4 years ago?). No question, he was one of the freshest perspectives in modern film, especially working in genre flicks
One of the greatest #horror films of the 21st century #BloodQuantum
Halloween Beat: BLOOD QUANTUM Makes The Dead Rise On Native Land
One of the greatest horror films of the 21st century
www.comicsbeat.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
1) Blood Quantum is such a good zombie movie! Smart, gory, and so cool
2) Still upset we lost Jeff Barnaby (how was that 4 years ago?). No question, he was one of the freshest perspectives in modern film, especially working in genre flicks
2) Still upset we lost Jeff Barnaby (how was that 4 years ago?). No question, he was one of the freshest perspectives in modern film, especially working in genre flicks
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One of the largest rallies in Alberta's history.
25,000+ people. One message:
We stand for public education.
25,000+ people. One message:
We stand for public education.
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
One of the largest rallies in Alberta's history.
25,000+ people. One message:
We stand for public education.
25,000+ people. One message:
We stand for public education.
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I'm a little late to the game, but here's a thread where I'll post some 2025 @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social recommendations. First up, Dead Horses by @goblinstunts.bsky.social!
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm a little late to the game, but here's a thread where I'll post some 2025 @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social recommendations. First up, Dead Horses by @goblinstunts.bsky.social!
A solid explanation from @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social of how Alberta’s provincial meddling in municipal elections led to Calgary’s lowest voter turnout out in decades
www.sprawlcalgary.com/voter-turnou...
www.sprawlcalgary.com/voter-turnou...
Calgary’s bizarre low-turnout, high-turnover election | The Sprawl
Relatively few Calgarians made big changes.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A solid explanation from @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social of how Alberta’s provincial meddling in municipal elections led to Calgary’s lowest voter turnout out in decades
www.sprawlcalgary.com/voter-turnou...
www.sprawlcalgary.com/voter-turnou...
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There's serious competition for this spot, but this has to be the most insane AI overview from Google I've ever seen. (I was googling Big Barda's weaknesses for article reasons, believe it or not)
Look at the last two! What in the world?!
Look at the last two! What in the world?!
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There's serious competition for this spot, but this has to be the most insane AI overview from Google I've ever seen. (I was googling Big Barda's weaknesses for article reasons, believe it or not)
Look at the last two! What in the world?!
Look at the last two! What in the world?!
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One of the markers (but only one) of craft from rote labor is that you as worker have some autonomy to seek out friction for a variety of reasons. That's one of the big markers, rather than imagined binaries of craft v industry.
Or, a frictionless world renders you to a cog.
Or, a frictionless world renders you to a cog.
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
One of the markers (but only one) of craft from rote labor is that you as worker have some autonomy to seek out friction for a variety of reasons. That's one of the big markers, rather than imagined binaries of craft v industry.
Or, a frictionless world renders you to a cog.
Or, a frictionless world renders you to a cog.
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Happy No Kings Day *and* happy 40th birthday to the NES!
a video game screen shows mario and bowser fighting each other
Alt: Small Mario runs backwards across Bowser's bridge and hits the axe, removing the bridge and making the King Koopa fall into lava
media.tenor.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy No Kings Day *and* happy 40th birthday to the NES!