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♏ Scorpio (Oct 23–Nov 21):

Your comic’s antagonist suddenly feels relatable. Uh-oh. Either you’ve grown as a writer or you’re about to justify villainy with a very long Bluesky thread.

Shinzon?

HA!!

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i make zines & do commissions, too! folks can also get prints over on inprnt, here's a discount code valid thru the end of november YBG8FTUL 🛍️
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Scene from Men in Black: top: Alien in drone head says "To prevent war, the galaxy is on Orion's belt" middle: Alien nods off bottom: Alien says "Fuck, I should have said collar. Orion is the cat behind you. That was unnecessarily confusing. Sorry, i'm just so fuckin' high"

Men in Black (1997)

Scarleteen is one of the absolute best things that still remains of the internet I grew up on

It’s real bullshit they banned you for having correct opinions on the cat-killing robot but I’m glad everything else is going well 💕 Can’t wait for your next book

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At @comicsbeat.bsky.social, I interviewed HUNTERS OF SHEYDIM creator & writer @jeffmarvin.bsky.social about the latest series from
@golempress.bsky.social, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

Exclusive + Interview: Ten Speed Graphic’s design team on the artistry of book design Ten Speed Graphic's design team walks us through the book design process, exclusively revealing the cover artwork for "Mister Magic: The Graphic Novel," written by Kiersten White, illustrated by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish, and adapted by Scott Peterson, and "Salvage" by Renée Nault.

Exclusive + Interview: Ten Speed Graphic’s design team on the artistry of book design

Ten Speed Graphic's design team walks us through the book design process, exclusively revealing the cover artwork for "Mister Magic: The Graphic Novel," written by Kiersten White, illustrated by Veronica Fish and…

"Yeah, I mean it definitely gets annoying-- people assuming you can't 'cross over' or whatever"

"Right? Like, I don't know, man-- maybe I just HAUNTED to stick around!"

just found this ghost from 2022

Trekkie, please stop using AI slop. It’s not cute.

Hey Library Kids & Book Lovers, This Knit Vest Pattern Is For You - It's A Borrowing Card! 👉 tidd.ly/4fIdLOv - designed by Jennifer Peacock of Pretty Grandpa and would make a perfect gift for the Gen-Xer on your list! #knitting #GenX #librarylove #handmade #etsy #affiliate #giftidea 📚❤️🧶

I loved this episode IMMENSELY. If you read this issue, and chances are you did, here are some all time essential annotations.

This is some bullshit!

That October -- by Keith Roysdon | Ink Drinkers Anonymous LLC Too many liars. When family betrays you, make your own.It's October 1984 and high school friends in an Indiana town should be thinking about football, MTV, Halloween hayrides and must-see movies.But w...

"DIE HARD is a Christmas movie!" And my novel THAT OCTOBER is a Christmas novel ... well, if you give it to someone for Christmas.

If you buy it from Ink Drinkers Anonymous, you support the woman-owned, Black-owned bookstore in my hometown.

www.inkdrinkersanonymous.com/product/that...

I assume you’re right. But on the bright side, whatever it is, it’ll be fun to tear it down

The Washington Monument next to the Clinton Monument, which is identical but twice the size.

Well this Futurama joke plays much differently in 2025

This is why AGIMUS was so effective; a very low center of gravity

Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

100000%. And Data’s uniform, unless sartorial technology has managed to figure out how to repel cat fur. We need an episode about that!

Ollie got this for my desk and if you look closely you can see that our cats are also huge fans of it. But to be fair I bet the Enterprise-D’s panels were covered in Spot’s fur as well

I’m sure it will! If not for class reading I’d already be deep into it

That October by Keith Roysdon, the cover depicts four teenagers on a suburban street at sunset, with a full moon in the sky above them. It’s sitting on a LCARS desk mat.

I don’t think either @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social or I will get the chance to read it until winter break, but we’re very excited to have secured a copy of That October by @keithroysdon.bsky.social!

"Fight or Flight" | A deep dive of Seventeen Seconds YouTube video by Crusher Convo Podcast

🚨REDHEAD ALERT🚨

The emotional confrontation is being peeled apart, as I sit down with @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social and @averykaplan.bsky.social to discuss #StarTrekPicard “Seveteen Seconds”! #StarTrek #BeverlyCrusher #Podcast

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It's TRANS AWARENESS WEEK and that means it's a great week to ignore the hysterical nonsense of bigots and understand that Trans people are awesome and deserve respect and love.