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Chris Stanton
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Writer, artist and movie lover in Los Angeles. My books Nick Pope (graphic novel), Kings of the Earth (horror thriller) and The Underachiever (collected stories) are all on Amazon!
www.christopher-stanton.com
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Chris Stanton @rickkanelives.bsky.social · Jan 2
Graphic Medicine says: "For anyone who has ever felt lost in the world or wrestled with the questions of identity, this book will resonate deeply. Nick Pope is a reminder that while the journey of life is often difficult, our connections that we make and the art we create that help us navigate it."
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When we talk about physical media, we are often only taking about personal collections but a big part of shunning the current digital ecosystem is supporting your local library. Not just for print books and periodicals but for movies, games and other medias too. Get. A. Library. Card.
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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“This means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity.”

www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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nihilcurtis.bsky.social
The Japanese Snow Fairy bird (Shima Enaga).
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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aduralde.bsky.social
Please enjoy these wonderful podcasts that have had me on to talk about the new edition of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas (thread) #filmsky #booksky 📽️ 📚
front cover of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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markharris.bsky.social
World AIDS Day was cofounded by an American journalist--James Bunn, a San Francisco reporter who was the first person at a local TV station to make the AIDS crisis his beat, in 1983. An administration that did not loathe the press, history, and knowledge itself might have considered honoring that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
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November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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"You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art."

—from Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 23d
And not to get too real on a late night post, but yeah.

I am *so* fucking done with people acting like this is normal. That the president of our country can just flat out lie and it’s not a big deal. That an entire branch of our government has been subverted to the whims of a serial liar.
chriswarcraft.bsky.social Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 23d
As someone who has had multiple MRIs, you absolutely know what the techs are imaging before they put you in the machine, because if there is any sort of metal in the target area you *really* need to let them know beforehand since cleaning bloodstains out of the tube is NOT a good time
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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not in this collection of his work, but a favorite and rare crossover with superhero characters by Gauld that I just came across in my files...
A single panel cartoon, batman is holding up a book reading, while outside his window the city appears to be on fire and the bat signal is lit. caption along the bottom reads: "THE CRIME WAVE RAGED ACROSS GOTHAM CITY, BUT IT WAS BOOK CLUB TOMORROW AND BATMAN HAD, ONCE AGAIN, LEFT A GREAT DEAL OF THE READING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE."
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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I'd like to think this will finally be the thing to make his supporters turn on him. But I don't know - who he is has been obvious from the start. Yes - he's a monstrous person, but the problem is everyone who sees that, and says I'm ok with that actually...
spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/
A comics page in black and white. Arranged in 5 tiers of panels, each with successively smaller panels and more per row - with the exception of the first. Opens with no panel border - silhouette of a hand in a gun position - with smoke coming from index finger. speech balloon “i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn’t lose any voters, ok?” Caption “this is perhaps the most truthful thing trump has ever said…” Same row - more than half page width panel with three drawings of trump making jerky body distortions mocking cerebral palsy. Caption “one might’ve assumed when he mocked reporter serge kovaleski that it would cross a line and be the end of him in public life.” Speech balloon “now the poor guy, you ought to see this guy!” Caption “that was naive.” Next row, first panel, slightly more than page width - closeup on trump’s open mouth, shouting “when you’re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy. you can do anything.” Caption “surely, there’d be no coming back from this?” Second panel - silhouettes of tiki torch carrying rioters with their shirt collars showing. Caption “or this?” Dialogue “you also had some very fine people on both sides.” Caption “and yet…” Third row - three panels, first slightly more than a third, rest smaller still. Silhouette of trump throwing a paper towel roll like shooting a basketball. Dialogue “a great day…” Caption “c’mon…”. Second panel closeup on his lips, dialogue “why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Caption “really?” Third panel closeup on a coiled-style phone cord, dialogue “i would like you to do us a favor, though.” In background words from the first articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. full alt text on my site - character count too small!! Bottom another small box with the title “draw the line” and my name march 2025. @nsousanis.bsky.social spinweaveandcut.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
rickkanelives.bsky.social
I scored a spiffy, modern copy of The Entity a year ago. But it has just sat on my To Read Shelf - because the print's too small for these Grandpa Eyes!
I was stoked to find this trade paperback version - with much larger print! Now I'm ready to dig into it!
#books #horrorpaperbacks
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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It's fascinating that in the wake of two brother filmmaking breakups (the Safdies and the Coens), we're seeing in their subsequent individual films which ones needed the other the most.
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
rickkanelives.bsky.social
I'm proud to share the latest Amazon reader review of my "novel in stories" - Dandelion Crossing! #books #book #reading #fiction #shortstories
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Here are my 3 Favorite Reads of 2025! #books #book #reading #fiction #graphicnovel shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...
Want to know Christopher Stanton's Top 3 Books of 2025?
Christopher's top 3 reads of 2025 include The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
shepherd.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
rickkanelives.bsky.social
This is a helpful layout of what happened to Jimmy Kimmel. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Opalescent Squid
Colored Pencils
#critters
August 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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My "novel in stories" Dandelion Crossing is now available on Amazon! I'd love it if you took a look! #books #book #bookrelease #newbookalert #newbookrelease www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM49P5BC
August 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I've been gathering my resources and making my plans for my book release next week - and I came upon this rad review of my first novel, Kings of the Earth. 🙂#book thebookcommentary.com/review-previ...
The Book Commentary: Kings of the Earth
Kings of the Earth by Christopher Stanton is a captivating debut literary paranormal thriller that brims with mystery and unexpected twists. Great Water, Michigan, is a city that hides deadly secrets ...
thebookcommentary.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
rickkanelives.bsky.social
Coming to Amazon on August 22nd! 🙂I can't wait for y'all to check out my new book!

1983: The state-of-the-art mall Dandelion Crossing opens to excited shoppers in a rapidly changing suburb. Is the mall an eyesore — or a blessing?

#books
August 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Hulkamania
Acrylic on Birch Panel
16" by 20"
#art #painting #portrait #hulkhogan #hulkamania #wrestling #wrestler #prowrestling #WWF #WWE #christopherstanton
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Graphic Medicine reviewed my graphic novel Nick Pope - and it was an honor. "Set in a pre-digital era, the book is a tribute to a time when life was simpler in many ways, yet fraught with the universal challenges of youth—identity, belonging, love, and the pursuit of self-worth." #graphicmedicine
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
rickkanelives.bsky.social
My graphic novel Nick Pope covers three months in the diary of a troubled high school sophomore in 1987 who tried to commit suicide in the past.
His family life is chaotic, but his little brother Jamie cares enough to reach out. (Drawn by my departed collaborator Christopher Darling.)
July 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM