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@writerjimbeard.bsky.social

Aging writer, editor, and self-publisher who still manages to get up every morning and face a cruel world that won't review his books. Cute, but not terribly handsome.

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WHO’S THAT JOKER? 13 Multiple Choice Origins for the Clown Prince of Crime Wednesday’s BATMAN #7, gives a new perspective on the Joker’s history, so here’s a look back…

My new article on #TheJoker is now live on 13th Dimension. Enjoy. #Batman

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01.03.2026 09:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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I love the smell of #DetroitMetroAirport in the morning.

01.03.2026 08:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Doctor's Beard Podcast TV Reviews Podcast · Updated Weekly · A Whovian (John S. Drew) and a Newvian (writer/editor Jim Beard) walk into a TARDIS and retrace the journey of the Doctor and his companions from the very beginni...

New episode, in which we hash it out over "Revelation of the #Daleks"!

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28.02.2026 20:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One day early, so sue me. #March

28.02.2026 10:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#DCCOMICSPRESENTS #29: Just as good if not better than I remembered. The #Warworld trilogy is definitely a high-water mark for the series. #Superman #Supergirl #TheSpectre #DCComics #comicbooks

28.02.2026 10:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Comic Book Culture Visit Amazon's Comic Book Culture Page and shop for all Comic Book Culture books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Comic Book Culture

The yet unnamed #DCComicsPresents book will be the third of mine celebrating the classic #comicbook team-up titles. The first two can be found here:

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#BraveandtheBold #MarvelTeamUp

27.02.2026 20:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nope, that was two issues ago.

27.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Whew. #DCCOMICSPRESENTS #28 thankfully still holds the same punch it had back in 1980 when I first read it. Tomorrow, I'll see if the same holds true for #29.

#DCComics #Superman #Supergirl #comicbooks

27.02.2026 13:06 — 👍 39    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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POW! Writer, Not Author! Podcast Episode · Eric Chase · February 25 · 1h 4m

New interview. Lots of talk about writing, pulp, pop culture, and the like.

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26.02.2026 11:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just saw the Amazon review! THANK YOU!

23.02.2026 12:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey, Paul's innocent - you can yell at me ;)

23.02.2026 12:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

To Be Read

23.02.2026 12:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No worries. And just for the record, I didn't mean I expected you to read my books.

22.02.2026 23:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations. You are why we writers and publishers don't get reviews. You never actually get to reading our books 😄

22.02.2026 21:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The difference between me and you is that I will actually read everything in my TBR pile... #AmReading

22.02.2026 14:08 — 👍 39    🔁 1    💬 9    📌 0
H.G. Wells and Temporal Mechanics: Defending "Timelash" Join hosts John Drew and Jim Beard, along with special guest Alan J. Porter, as they tackle one of Classic Who's most controversial stories - and discover they migh…

John & @writerjimbeard.bsky.social are joined by author and podcaster, @alanjporter.bsky.social to discuss the oft maligned “Timelash”. Spoiler: two of the three hosts find something favorable about it.

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21.02.2026 19:09 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Work on the upcoming tour of #DCComicsPresents (the #Superman team-up title) continues, but I'm running into more clunkers than keepers. Some of these stories are so slap-dash it ain't funny. #DCComics #comicbooks

21.02.2026 12:09 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ten more days (nine of them workdays) until I'm once again Living With the Land, Moving with People, feeling my Resistance Rise, and being Schooled by Bread. Gonna be a lonnnng ten days.

#WaltDisneyWorld #MagicKingdom #Epcot #StarWarsRiseoftheResistance #SchoolBread

19.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Book #12 is D.C. Jones & Adventure Command International Vol 4. I've been a fan from Vol 1 & Jim Beard has crafted characters I've come to care about. This time around, the stakes are higher & the risks are greater. By the end, I've so many questions & I cannot wait for Vol 5!! #winterofintrigue

19.02.2026 04:44 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

LOVE IT 😘

19.02.2026 13:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcasting with @writerjimbeard.bsky.social and @flopcast.bsky.social be like...

19.02.2026 00:29 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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New review for the first #DCJones book! And it's a four-star whopper!

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18.02.2026 12:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm ALL IN with the #MandalorianandGrogu trailer. #StarWars

17.02.2026 16:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Doctor's Beard Podcast TV Reviews Podcast · Updated Weekly · A Whovian (John S. Drew) and a Newvian (writer/editor Jim Beard) walk into a TARDIS and retrace the journey of the Doctor and his companions from the very beginni...

Dave Seville? No, THE Seville! That's where "The Two Doctors" takes us, and it takes THREE hosts to clip all those hairs! #DoctorWho #SixthDoctor #ColinBaker #TARDIS

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15.02.2026 11:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Culinary Carnage in Seville - "The Two Doctors" Join hosts John Drew and Jim Beard, along with , as they tackle one of the most controversial multi-Doctor stories in classic Who history. Production Overview: The …

It may be "The Two Doctors" we're talking about, but there are three of us doing it. Join John, @writerjimbeard.bsky.social , and guest J.B. Anderton as we talk about the breakdown in what should have been an epic story of time travel and Sontarans.

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14.02.2026 18:32 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Jim Beard Jim Beard By Adam Messer “Finish something, which means you have to stop dropping stories before finishing them. Pick one, finish it, and then go back and make it pretty.” – Jim Beard. Jim Be…

Many thanks to @adammesser.bsky.social at #ActionPulp for this new Q&A with me:

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14.02.2026 13:28 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Radio silence, I know, but I've been doin' stuff: writing my book on #DCComicsPresents, a new #13thDimension article about #TheJoker, and working with my artist @mirthquaketoons.bsky.social on the cover and interior illustrations for #DCJones 5. Whew.

14.02.2026 12:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey, @mirthquaketoons.bsky.social, check this out.

09.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He's an integral part of the DC Jones universe. Couldn't do the books without him.

09.02.2026 11:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No worries! That said, TBR piles are the bane of every writer and publisher hoping for reviews 😜

08.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0