Cody Christopherson

Comics & Care Collective: A Graphic Medicine Book Club’s next meeting is on Monday September 8!

@ethansacks and Naomi will be joining us!

Registration is required and can be found here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@graphicmedicine.bsky.social @libcomix.bsky.social #graphicmedicine

Sydney Heifler, James Rohrer, Cody Christopherson, Joel Thurman, Naomi Volain and Ryan King

From #SDCC2025 Comics Arts Conference Session #15: Life Lines: How the Healing Power of Graphic Medicine with @sydneyheifler.bsky.social, @cdchristopherson.bsky.social‬, Naomi Volain, Ryan King, Joel Thurman & Jameson Rohrer is now online @ www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#S...

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #190 - Following the last few years I'm feeling empty and more cynical than ever. I'm losing faith in other people, and I'm scared to pass these feelings to my l... Dear Valerio, You are right to be worried about your growing feelings of cynicism and you need to take action to protect yourself and those...

From Nick Cave: www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...

Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like, Valerio, such as reading to your little boy, or showing him a thing you love, or singing him a song, or putting on his shoes, keeps the devil down in the hole. It says the world and its inhabitants have value and are worth defending. It says the world is worth believing in. In time, we come to find that it is so. Love, Nick

I know this because much of my early life was spent holding the world and the people in it in contempt. It was a position both seductive and indulgent. The truth is, I was young and had no idea what was coming down the line. I lacked the knowledge, the foresight, the self-awareness. I just didn’t know. It took a devastation to teach me the preciousness of life and the essential goodness of people. It took a devastation to reveal the precariousness of the world, of its very soul, to understand that it was crying out for help. It took a devastation to understand the idea of mortal value, and it took a devastation to find hope.

Dear Valerio, You are right to be worried about your growing feelings of cynicism and you need to take action to protect yourself and those around you, especially your child. Cynicism is not a neutral position — and although it asks almost nothing of us, it is highly infectious and unbelievably destructive. In my view, it is the most common and easy of evils.

Following the last few years I’m feeling empty and more cynical than ever. I’m losing faith in other people, and I’m scared to pass these feelings to my little son. Do you still believe in Us (human beings)? VALERIO, STOCKHOLM (AND ROME), SWEDEN (AND ITALY)

This print ad for a major corporation didn't need to go this hard

Psychologist cartooning from days of yore.

(From the Saturday Evening Post, 1941)

If it's unclear whether someone is speaking to you or another person, make a simple but direct inquiry into whether they are addressing you.

Two people walking together. One is smoking. The other says "It's impossible to talk with you. You only give solutions."

I'm more of a sympath.

To me, this is one of the weirdest quirks of English, where an apparent antonym is actually a synonym.

Got it! I think I'm only going to vote on categories in which I can find all the entries to read. Thanks

Dr. Whom?

I just discovered that in 1986, dc published a slice of life, nonsuperhero series intended for adults (and with adult themes). Angel Love, by Barbara Slate

Assignment: two panel comic, autobiographical, has to depict something that happened in the last 24 hours

Dylan Horrocks could never

I've never read a Harry Potter book.

You can just shove all of my Ally trophies and medals out of the way and sit anywhere when you come visit my house.

This should absolutely be a scandal which people lose their jobs over. You'd have to assume that anyone in power actually cares though to think that would happen, which obviously would be a bold assumption in present circumstances.

Our commentary on the potential implications of the recent Executive Order.

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Two more questions: Is there a central place to read these or do people just find them on their own?

On my eballot, when I click "details" for any particular title, nothing shows up except the title itself in the rightmost column. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.

Queen Elizabeth's Final Diary Entry Contained Only Five Words

“Hm…CalArts adjacent character design”

Did you know that there is an academic conference within the San Diego Comic Convention? It's called the Comic Arts Conference. They just gave permission for presenters to announce that they'll be presenting there.

This will be exactly 30 years since the last time I attended SDCC--pretty exciting!

Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles? Created as a haven for free thinkers, UATX was the last place where I’d expected to encounter ideological litmus tests.

Apparent free speech absolutists can be kind of like our deficit hawk politicians. It’s their number one issue when their team isn’t in power and ignorable the rest of the time.

quillette.com/2025/05/16/i...

It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ***ever observed in land animals***.

Quick! I'm Melting! | AARON HESTER 5" x 8.25" Staple-bound comic book. 36 pages. B&W and Spot Color. Edition of 100. Synopsis: Semi-autobiographical story of a 30-something male's struggle with anxiety, NYC and it'...

Thanks to @aaronhester.bsky.social for visiting my comics & mental illness class today. His comic Quick! I'm Melting! is highly recommended. It provides a well plotted and satisfying glimpse into developmental and mental health concerns of a post-college adult. Tasty character design too!

a man in a suit and tie stands next to a woman holding a microphone in front of a crowd .. ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands next to a woman holding a microphone in front of a crowd ..

I once told a class that I learned Spanish from watching this. They were relieved when I said jk. Then I hit them with the

Ohio State University Press has more unshared Eisner nominations than Marvel in 2025.

Do people who vote in the Eisner awards generally read every nominee first?