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rysellscomics.bsky.social
Mostly Frogs
@rysellscomics.bsky.social
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a comic shop masquerading as a writer

or

a writer masquerading as a comic shop


I also make zines and other cool things.

Please take a look via the links below :)

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Mostly Frogs @rysellscomics.bsky.social · Apr 22
buttondown.com/TheComicList...

newsletter and shop update is live! some big runs and (at least in the shop) A focus on some of the indie comics in my collection. Please share and give a look!
Frog Talk 2
What a weird fucking book this was. I recently put together a run of the Claremont issues of that book (1-34 including the fill-in issues and a one-shot)...
buttondown.com
rysellscomics.bsky.social
hi. I have become a digital hermit and life is better. still, I just published a newsletter and updated the webshop with a ton of books. please take a gander and a browse.

idk why it says august 8th

buttondown.com/TheComicList...
Frog Talk 004
bronze age reprints, budget graphic novels, and genuinely rare collectors items. this one has it all
buttondown.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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ianmacewan.bsky.social
Pages from a Hansel & Gretel comic by Alberto Breccia, using collage, embroidery, ink, paint, and who even knows what other media lives in these panels
July 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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danwhitehead.net
I do think not enough people know this - everything after a question mark in a URL is garbage. You can delete it all and the URL still works fine. Strip that shit out when sharing anything.
campfireharve.st Camp @campfireharve.st · Jul 11
I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!" This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="
July 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
rysellscomics.bsky.social
what a day for embarrassingly bad takes on this app
July 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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westonfront.bsky.social
Wow. They've literally reproduced my cover from "Fantastic Four: First Family"! C'mon, @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social , that's got to be worth a couple of free tickets.
July 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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chantalalive.blacksky.app
The em dash is HIGH LITERATURE. I am aghast at them coming for the em dash as an AI giveaway. Pry it from poets & fiction writers who write sentence-long paragraphs' dead hands!
July 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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jacky.wtf
I'm willing to help folks pro bono move from Substack to Buttondown (used them for years).

cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)
angryblacklady.blacksky.app Imani Gandy Cane 🎅🏾 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Feb 25
The reason it's really important to leave substack NOW is their relatively new social networking features. Substack is creating a walled garden that you *have* to share with white supremacists.

They want to keep you on substack where all the Nazis are and force you to share your revenue with them.
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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noescapevg.com
Y'all I literally just use Wordpress dot org and pay 15 bucks a month to host the fucker at Bluehost, been doing that for six years running now and it's been fine. you don't need to use substack
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Jul 6
Instead of Substack, consider: starting something called a "website"
July 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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evandahm.bsky.social
aha, i have learned 'accountability sink' is a recent term given to an idea i have been thinking abt constantly for the past 2 years (re: gen-ai in particular) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Una...
July 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
How fucking sick and evil do you have to be to zip tie people in wheelchairs.
Screenshot from news article a man in a wheelchair being zip tied by a cop “Protesters detained in plastic handcuffs outside the Russell Senate Office Building on June 25 in Washington D.C. AARON SCHWARTZ/SIPA VIA AP IMAGES” Screenshot from news article a man in a wheelchair zip tied with a cap standing next to him. The man clearly does not have full capacity to use his hands even without the zip ties. “Medicaid and SNAP recipients are arrested during a protest of proposed cuts to social safety net programs in the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. KEVIN WOLF/AP CONTENT SERVICES FOR THE DEBT COLLECTIVE”
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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ellisjrosen.bsky.social
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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bradenlamb.bsky.social
People love reading comics. That includes people in prisons.
Buy a comic requested by incarcerated people, and have it delivered to their libraries courtesy of the Prison Book Project, Hub Comics, & Boston Comic Arts Foundation!
Give Jojo to the people!

www.bostoncomicarts.org/prison-book-...
Prison Book Project | BCAF 7/10
www.bostoncomicarts.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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scottsrobots.bsky.social
Almost forgot to post.

Brand new street art in Pilsen just dropped: 18th & Western

#Chicago
Street art mural of Superman punching an ICE agent,
June 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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volts.wtf
The way people are losing their fucking minds over a proposal for a publicly owned grocery store should give you some insight into how a proposal for public libraries would be greeted today if they didn't already exist.
June 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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papapishu.bsky.social
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is notorious for its poor DVD release. A year or two ago, someone sent me 4 of the home laserdiscs releases. Here's the first of four that I am uploading to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/Teen...
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
Finally got this out the door last night, another newsletter about newsletters. Please subscribe or listen to @pastduepodcast.com, where we talk about this stuff all the time!
June 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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plasticgrapes.bsky.social
Our fellow comics creator, Ron Regé, Jr., had a bad accident, and he could sure use your help! Please donate whatever you can.
#Altcomics #RonRegéJr

gofund.me/8c21d6a3
Donate to Help Ron Regé Jr recover from serious injury, organized by Ron Regé Jr
On May 30, I accidentally knocked over a large, heavy mirror in my apartment.… Ron Regé Jr needs your support for Help Ron Regé Jr recover from serious injury
gofund.me
June 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
rysellscomics.bsky.social
i cannot overstate how empowering it is to write your own code for your own website. everyone should do this!
nolnir.com NOLNIR ✨🌠💫@ indefinite hiatus @nolnir.com · Jun 20
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.

F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
a digital drawing of a young character with a turquoise bow on her head. She possesses canine-like features and wears a white outfit with yellow gloves. To the right of her is text that reads "Fuck it, let's make a website!"
June 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
This is Cyclops from the X-men after he stops paying child support
tomwarren.co.uk Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Jun 20
Meta just announced Oakley smart glasses. They start at $399, and they'll be available later this summer www.theverge.com/news/690133/...
June 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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vilissathompson.bsky.social
I'm elated about this weekend!

Check out myself & @stephwilliams.bsky.social as we discuss #Disability in #Comics at Heroes Con!

This is my first time going, & I can't wait to be there!

If you’re attending, check us out tomorrow!

#DisableComicsCreators
#DisabledCharacters
Red, Yellow, and Blue Retro Comic Bubble Background with the following text - Disability in Comics. Stephanie Williams Vilissa Thompson. Heroes Con. Sat., 6/21 @ 1:30pm. Room 201
June 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
rysellscomics.bsky.social
reading some ff reprints before i put them up on the web shops and just gonna dump some stray thoughts here as i go 🧵
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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cgsunit.bsky.social
My first ever completed Zine idea! "Why GenAI Sucks and You Should Not Use It" with 20 sources cited on the inside page. Thanks to all the researchers and journalists for the hard work I built from!

The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
A simple black and white zine from a folded piece of paper, with the title "Why GenAI SUCKS AND YOU SHOULD NOT USE IT" dated June 2025, version 1.1, author Lauren Woolsey. The zine is sitting on a green and gold cloth with a sun motif.
June 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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josie.zone
The only way in which "America" is possibly redeemable is if you reframe it as a story about Black Americans fighting to make themselves — and, crucially, everyone else — more free, in the face of unspeakable odds

Happy Juneteenth
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM