Ryan North
@ryannorth.ca
You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The Fantastic Four / Squirrel Girl / Krypto the Super Dog guy? The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look.. I'm a lot of guys
Look.. I'm a lot of guys
Out tomorrow: FANTASTIC FOUR #5, guest starring The Black Cat AND Sue Storm (who hates her guts) and a HEIST. :0
I texted @jedmackay.bsky.social a ton to make sure I was writing Felicia well, which is how I lost texting privileges with Jed. But NO REGRETS
I texted @jedmackay.bsky.social a ton to make sure I was writing Felicia well, which is how I lost texting privileges with Jed. But NO REGRETS
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Out tomorrow: FANTASTIC FOUR #5, guest starring The Black Cat AND Sue Storm (who hates her guts) and a HEIST. :0
I texted @jedmackay.bsky.social a ton to make sure I was writing Felicia well, which is how I lost texting privileges with Jed. But NO REGRETS
I texted @jedmackay.bsky.social a ton to make sure I was writing Felicia well, which is how I lost texting privileges with Jed. But NO REGRETS
I'm one of the panelists on this week's episode of Because News! I wore a suit because you ALWAYS dress up for radio
www.cbc.ca/radio/becaus...
www.cbc.ca/radio/becaus...
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm one of the panelists on this week's episode of Because News! I wore a suit because you ALWAYS dress up for radio
www.cbc.ca/radio/becaus...
www.cbc.ca/radio/becaus...
I get several of these every day, all filled with "praise" that gets details wrong because they haven't read the book, all generated with LLMs, all trying to scam authors into giving them money. internet is bad now
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I get several of these every day, all filled with "praise" that gets details wrong because they haven't read the book, all generated with LLMs, all trying to scam authors into giving them money. internet is bad now
I went for a walk today and came across this house with at least 3 layers of siding, all layered on top of the other, decade after decade
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I went for a walk today and came across this house with at least 3 layers of siding, all layered on top of the other, decade after decade
I just took a sneak peek at @stephsmash.bsky.social, Aaron Kuder, and Sonia Obac's new PLANET SHE-HULK comic and it is SUPER FUN. And dramatic! But also super fun. It's not out yet but when it is, you can read it and think "Ah yes, Ryan told me this would be good and he was CORRECT, AS USUAL"
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I just took a sneak peek at @stephsmash.bsky.social, Aaron Kuder, and Sonia Obac's new PLANET SHE-HULK comic and it is SUPER FUN. And dramatic! But also super fun. It's not out yet but when it is, you can read it and think "Ah yes, Ryan told me this would be good and he was CORRECT, AS USUAL"
My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
Look what just came in the mail - copies of the brand new SPANISH translation of TO BE OR NOT TO BE! It's published by Fandom Books and they did an absolutely GORGEOUS job. Choosable-path interactive Shakespeare, with illustrations, and now in Spanish! 💀💜🔪
fandombooks.es/libro/ser-o-...
fandombooks.es/libro/ser-o-...
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Look what just came in the mail - copies of the brand new SPANISH translation of TO BE OR NOT TO BE! It's published by Fandom Books and they did an absolutely GORGEOUS job. Choosable-path interactive Shakespeare, with illustrations, and now in Spanish! 💀💜🔪
fandombooks.es/libro/ser-o-...
fandombooks.es/libro/ser-o-...
Here's a preview of FANTASTIC FOUR #4, out Wednesday October 22nd! It features ALICIA MASTERS and it's about the FF getting a new dog named "Jellybean" who is SUPER NORMAL and not sinister AT ALL.
comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/20/m...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here's a preview of FANTASTIC FOUR #4, out Wednesday October 22nd! It features ALICIA MASTERS and it's about the FF getting a new dog named "Jellybean" who is SUPER NORMAL and not sinister AT ALL.
comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/20/m...
comicbookclublive.com/2025/10/20/m...
this was in the British food section of the grocer. is England okay
October 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this was in the British food section of the grocer. is England okay
Hi everyone, some personal news, Cheerios has finally finished its evolution into Fruit Loops
October 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Hi everyone, some personal news, Cheerios has finally finished its evolution into Fruit Loops
found the perfect pin for when you want to broaden our database and interface
October 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
found the perfect pin for when you want to broaden our database and interface
damn someone else had the same idea. so I preserved his preservation, just to be safe. can't be too careful
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
damn someone else had the same idea. so I preserved his preservation, just to be safe. can't be too careful
in case anything happens to the Mona Lisa, don't worry everyone, I got a photo
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
in case anything happens to the Mona Lisa, don't worry everyone, I got a photo
I've got TWO comics out tomorrow, and they're both REAL BIG ONES:
- ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #8 - the penultimate issue, featuring an ending you will not see coming! 🌎🌏🌍
- KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #5 - the final issue, featuring an ending you WILL see coming 💖🐶💖
I'm really proud of both of 'em!
- ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #8 - the penultimate issue, featuring an ending you will not see coming! 🌎🌏🌍
- KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #5 - the final issue, featuring an ending you WILL see coming 💖🐶💖
I'm really proud of both of 'em!
October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I've got TWO comics out tomorrow, and they're both REAL BIG ONES:
- ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #8 - the penultimate issue, featuring an ending you will not see coming! 🌎🌏🌍
- KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #5 - the final issue, featuring an ending you WILL see coming 💖🐶💖
I'm really proud of both of 'em!
- ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #8 - the penultimate issue, featuring an ending you will not see coming! 🌎🌏🌍
- KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #5 - the final issue, featuring an ending you WILL see coming 💖🐶💖
I'm really proud of both of 'em!
Every comic cover since has been trying and failing to reach the heights glimpsed by this Carmine Infantino cover for Flash #133 in 1962. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every comic cover since has been trying and failing to reach the heights glimpsed by this Carmine Infantino cover for Flash #133 in 1962. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like
working on a project in which I'm seriously tempted to take these "rad in the 80s but never quite since" shades and give them to a character who's never worn them before. and looking them up, the website lets you add them to your face.
you may not like it but this is what writing looks like
you may not like it but this is what writing looks like
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
working on a project in which I'm seriously tempted to take these "rad in the 80s but never quite since" shades and give them to a character who's never worn them before. and looking them up, the website lets you add them to your face.
you may not like it but this is what writing looks like
you may not like it but this is what writing looks like
two things about Tom's Diner:
1) the original (with just Susanne Vega) is CRYING OUT for the beat DNA added - it just stops in silence for a few seconds without it and you feel its absence deeply.
2) you can use the lyrics and a newspaper deep dive to determine the exact day it was written :0
1) the original (with just Susanne Vega) is CRYING OUT for the beat DNA added - it just stops in silence for a few seconds without it and you feel its absence deeply.
2) you can use the lyrics and a newspaper deep dive to determine the exact day it was written :0
!["Tom's Diner Day": The date of the composition
An article on Suzanne Vega's official website[7][8] uses clues in the song to determine the exact date that Vega wrote it.
Vega said that she wrote the song in 1982; Brian Rose has said that it was written sometime between mid-1981 and mid-1982. The lyrics refer to a rainy morning, when she was at the diner on the corner, reading in her newspaper of "a story of an actor / who had died while he was drinking", and afterwards "turning to the horoscope / and looking for the funnies". Only two newspapers in New York City carried comic strips, or "funnies", in 1981 and 1982, and only one, the New York Post, featured a front-page story of the death of Oscar-winning actor William Holden, whose body was discovered on Monday, November 16, 1981. In a 2008 essay for The New York Times, Vega confirmed that Holden was the actor whose death she had read about and inspired the line in the song.[5]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2pxxhwp2j3dybqa3mvyv6mwt/bafkreigsske3kbpe525647625vk3pw36tg24sgwytazkc37mw7qhzsgpai@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
two things about Tom's Diner:
1) the original (with just Susanne Vega) is CRYING OUT for the beat DNA added - it just stops in silence for a few seconds without it and you feel its absence deeply.
2) you can use the lyrics and a newspaper deep dive to determine the exact day it was written :0
1) the original (with just Susanne Vega) is CRYING OUT for the beat DNA added - it just stops in silence for a few seconds without it and you feel its absence deeply.
2) you can use the lyrics and a newspaper deep dive to determine the exact day it was written :0
TORONTO! I'll be signing at WAYSIDE COMICS AND COCKTAILS (!) this SATURDAY OCTOBER 4th from 11-2! It's 200 Main St in Newmarket and I hope to see you there. Bring your books and I'll sign 'em for you!! Then you can get some more books and even a... FANCY COCKTAIL IF DESIRED??
October 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
TORONTO! I'll be signing at WAYSIDE COMICS AND COCKTAILS (!) this SATURDAY OCTOBER 4th from 11-2! It's 200 Main St in Newmarket and I hope to see you there. Bring your books and I'll sign 'em for you!! Then you can get some more books and even a... FANCY COCKTAIL IF DESIRED??
In case you missed out, some good news: KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #1 and #2 are being reprinted, along with FANTASTIC FOUR #3! So you should be able to get all three of 'em at your local store real soon. And thank you to everyone who's read 'em already! <3
bleedingcool.com/comics/print...
bleedingcool.com/comics/print...
September 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In case you missed out, some good news: KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #1 and #2 are being reprinted, along with FANTASTIC FOUR #3! So you should be able to get all three of 'em at your local store real soon. And thank you to everyone who's read 'em already! <3
bleedingcool.com/comics/print...
bleedingcool.com/comics/print...
my hands are also larger than Ensign Harry Kim's. what am I supposed to do with this information
September 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
my hands are also larger than Ensign Harry Kim's. what am I supposed to do with this information
two facts I've learned: 1) Leonard Nimoy was here in 2010. 2) my hands are larger than his
September 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
two facts I've learned: 1) Leonard Nimoy was here in 2010. 2) my hands are larger than his
more Trek art in Vulcan. I love it
September 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
more Trek art in Vulcan. I love it
also best part: Trek themed public art
September 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
also best part: Trek themed public art