Hal Johnson Books
@haljohnsonbooks.bsky.social
I'm here to write books and chew bubblegum and…oh, wow, that is a lot of bubblegum I still possess!
Happening now! Hagemann Memorial Author Showcase, East Haven Senior Center, 91 Taylor Avenue, East Haven, CT!
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happening now! Hagemann Memorial Author Showcase, East Haven Senior Center, 91 Taylor Avenue, East Haven, CT!
#191 on the only definitive list of the best songs of the 1960s…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#191 on the only definitive list of the best songs of the 1960s…
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I'll be here tonight! At Badsons in Derby, CT. Come say hello if you like loud noises!
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'll be here tonight! At Badsons in Derby, CT. Come say hello if you like loud noises!
It's happening now! The Conti Building in Shelton!
September 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's happening now! The Conti Building in Shelton!
Medusa, by Sam (Æ5).
August 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Medusa, by Sam (Æ5).
In two day! Tell your friends! Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT
July 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In two day! Tell your friends! Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT
Calling all Nutmeggers (and those who like to drive)! Can you find me among the teeming throngs of authors at Wethersfield?
July 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Calling all Nutmeggers (and those who like to drive)! Can you find me among the teeming throngs of authors at Wethersfield?
TOMORROW IN CONNECTICUT!
June 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
TOMORROW IN CONNECTICUT!
Branford book fair today! 960 Main Street, Branford, Connecticut! I'll be here till 3:00.
May 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Branford book fair today! 960 Main Street, Branford, Connecticut! I'll be here till 3:00.
Spread the word!
February 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Spread the word!
My habit is to select images mostly at random, and then let the automatic system crop them as it will, but rarely had this habit produced such a clickable, attractive, accessible-to-the-kiddies marquee.
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February 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My habit is to select images mostly at random, and then let the automatic system crop them as it will, but rarely had this habit produced such a clickable, attractive, accessible-to-the-kiddies marquee.
haljohnsonbooks.substack.com/p/a-garland-...
haljohnsonbooks.substack.com/p/a-garland-...
Post-apocalyptic literature at the Niantic Children's Museum...
February 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Post-apocalyptic literature at the Niantic Children's Museum...
“…an ape … produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage.”
•Nabokov
•Nabokov
January 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“…an ape … produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage.”
•Nabokov
•Nabokov
This Saturday!
December 3, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This Saturday!
"If everyone was packing a knowledge of history and imagination like Hal Johnson, we’d be a lot better off than we are."
•Jumanne Donahue
•Jumanne Donahue
November 19, 2024 at 1:32 AM
"If everyone was packing a knowledge of history and imagination like Hal Johnson, we’d be a lot better off than we are."
•Jumanne Donahue
•Jumanne Donahue
When somebody says, "Who should I give this to?"
October 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM
When somebody says, "Who should I give this to?"
Truly Wordless Comics Panels…https://haljohnsonbooks.substack.com/p/truly-wordless-comic-panels-2a8
September 6, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Truly Wordless Comics Panels…https://haljohnsonbooks.substack.com/p/truly-wordless-comic-panels-2a8
I got so excited griping about how with a cop and a teacher on the ticket, the Democrats seem committed to only electing people who used to harass me when I was a teenager that I forgot to mention the release of my new book, a funny, amoral, over-researched guide to knights of myth and legend!
August 9, 2024 at 1:08 PM
I got so excited griping about how with a cop and a teacher on the ticket, the Democrats seem committed to only electing people who used to harass me when I was a teenager that I forgot to mention the release of my new book, a funny, amoral, over-researched guide to knights of myth and legend!
TRULY WORDLESS COMICS PANELS!
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August 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
TRULY WORDLESS COMICS PANELS!
haljohnsonbooks.substack.com/p/truly-word...
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