Tyler Walpole - ECCC J-11

Here we go!

When a job listing says it requires knowledge of AI but you find out that they mean Adobe fucking Illustrator.

Hoping for 1, but it’ll probably be 3 if he’s got any post-congressional-deals in the works.

The first Comic Convention of the year always makes me anxious. Be gentle with me this weekend, Emerald City! #eccc #criticalrole #bellshells #laudna #emeraldcity

Ralph McQuarrie (1929-2012) left us 14 years ago today, but his influence continues to cast its shadow over sci-fi. 🖖

a man in a suit and tie says " serious people " ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " serious people "

Every day with these guys.

*laughs in "years of Benghazi hearings"*

What the shit.

Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.

My state. I don't even know what to do while it's business as usual for almost everyone else here. But yes, if anyone knows of a creative writing/SFF or disability studies academic jobs in CA or elsewhere where we will have rights, this is a good time to DM me. Thanks.

Out Now: The Staircase In The Woods, Paperback Edition The day is upon us when The Staircase In The Woods achieves its final form, which is to say, trade paperback. (Okay, no, I don’t literally know if it’ll be its final form — I only…

Today is the paperback release of THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, woo hoo! Tell your friends, family, and foes about it. And also I offer some thoughts on the book and its time out in the wild so far at Ye Olde Bloggery Hut:

I dust my house. My AI robot watches.

"It should be you doing this."

"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."

"That's not why you were invented."

"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."

"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."

"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

In a vast chamber lined with square concrete panels, a woman grips an iron ring to hang suspended in a sideways T. A taut chain extends from the ring on a diagonal down to another metal loop where she anchors her bare feet. Gravity tugs on her fiery orange hair as she reaches down to touch a broad band of mist. The hood of her loose white top spills down as do both sleeves, one bunching at the shoulder to expose her arm—her torso prevents it from falling farther—while unobstructed the other sleeve billows loosely. There is some curvature to the wall behind her, which tapers inward at the top. Boards are tacked in staggered lines extending ladder-like up the wall. A grungy tactile delight, the place looks weathered with tattered cloth draping the concrete in places. A variety of openings are covered by rusty grates or metal plates.

THE REACH (1999)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48” x 30”

Almost a Lumen painting, in which figures are trying to work their way out of enclosed spaces and get into the light.

I used a model for this one and it was quite difficult for her to take this pose and hold it long enough to capture the gesture. 1/3

Speaks to their integrity

Hugs.

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says " i just want it to stop " ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and says " i just want it to stop "

No place for science in a theocracy!

It really DOES seem like Jesus would have some choice words for the modern GOP.

Pffff. Let’s hook it up to our military industrial complex first, and see how it goes!

Oh.

That.

I’ve got an idea for a story I want to write “pantser” style. But I gotta finish the one I’m 2/3 through writing “plotter” style first.

Writing is just like art that way I guess.

This is an awesome resource for people seeking commissions at ECCC!

I’m not taking commissions, sorry.

It means Israel said they were launching an attack, and the US joined in because Iran would retaliate against US bases anyway.

In other words, Bibi dog walked Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth.

Hey, y’all! I’ll be in artist alley at Emerld City Comic Con this weekend,

Y’know…in case you’re in the mood for some escapist fantasy art.

My spoiled baby.

Yeah, maybe (although there’s no mechanism for him to do that, he’d have to cancel them by force). I’m gonna count any self-serving reason as grift.

Another week without any projects for me to letter, so please keep me in mind for your new series and please consider requesting me via your WFH editor! I need to get my schedule filled as soon as possible! Thank you 🙏🏻

I don’t remember us ever going to war without the administration at least giving some fig-leaf of a reason why.

This madness in Iran, in addition to being awful in the way all war is awful, has no reason, no objective, and no plan.

Just doing war for the sake of doing war.

And grift, one assumes.