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🎃🧛🏾Vita Ahhhh-yala👻🙀 @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If you are looking for a good back-to-school graphic novel gift for your SFF loving 10 to 16 year olds (or your inner child), please consider: Eisner nominated SONG OF THE LIONESS Book 1: ALANNA! HC: www.abramsbooks.com/product/alan... SC: www.abramsbooks.com/product/alan...

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Alanna (Song of the Lioness, Book 1) A Graphic Novel Adaptation

The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce's award-winning Song of the Lioness quartet, adapted into a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel Filled with magic and mayhem, adven...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I regret to inform you that these traditional college courses in AI are indistinguishable from the classrooms I sat in at for-profit colleges 15 years ago. Centralized curriculum & branding, technological control, “virtual” libraries, & bureaucratic alienation of labor.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Harmeet Dhillon just announced the DOJ will deploy 1,000 election observers for the midterms. The DOJ wants you to think this is business as usual, but I break down why this deployment is laying the groundwork for what comes after Election Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZjB...

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BREAKING: Trump DOJ Announces 1,000 Monitors to Watch You Vote

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Angélique Roché => Is Writing (Mostly) @angeliqueroche.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just watched the Practical Magic 2 trailer and having interviewed the absolutely charming Lee Pace… I can confidently say if half the het actors in Hollywood were as good at playing non-het roles as Lee Pace is at playing het love interests, we could cure world hunger & AI would be no more

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Angélique Roché => Is Writing (Mostly) @angeliqueroche.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New Project Alert… excited to announce that I’m working on/writing the (official) visual companion for @paramountpics upcoming film @childrenofbloodandbone for @insighteditions. And yes it is available for pre-order, from any and all of your favorite purveyors of fine books. #childrenofbloodandbone

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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

one of the saddest ironies of higher ed's headlong embrace of AI is that the clearest and most thorough reporting on the subject has been done almost exclusively by student journalists

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Angélique Roché => Is Writing (Mostly) @angeliqueroche.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I don’t know how John Wick became my comfort watching series but here I am… #Yeah

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 19/06/2026

✊📚 EXCLUSIVE: We're sharing a preview of First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth from @oni-press.bsky.social by @angeliqueroche.bsky.social & more. ❤️🖤💚 Learn about Dr. Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," whose decades of advocacy helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday:

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Exclusive preview: First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth graphic novel

Get an exclusive look at Oni Press' graphic novel celebrating Dr. Opal Lee's lifelong fight for recognition of Juneteenth and her lasting impact on American history.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A lot of respect for how she uses her platform/celebrity profile

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 19/03/2026

I’m launching my new book - Daredevil: Enemy of My Enemy - on Tuesday, 3/24 with my beloved local indie, @kewandwillow.bsky.social! I'll be in convo with @charlessoule.bsky.social! If you buy a ticket you get a signed book. 🙂 Please share and RSVP at the link: events.humanitix.com/book-launch-...

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Book Launch of Enemy of My Enemy with Alex Segura

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Book Launch of Enemy of My Enemy with Alex Segura hosted by Kew and Willow Books. The Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Rd, Kew Gardens, NY 11415, USA. Tues...

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Bex Glendining 🍃 @lgions.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

on starlit shores is eligible for a couple of ringo award categories (best cartoonist, best original graphic novel and best kids graphic novel (12 and up)) i worked very hard on it and it’s my baby so if you think it might be worthy please give it your consideration 🥹💕 ringoawards.com

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 10/03/2026

Go read Persepolis. Or maybe watch the movie.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.

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Angélique Roché => Is Writing (Mostly) @angeliqueroche.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Boosting with all the endorsements I have! 🫶🏽👏🏽❤️

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Hussein Rashid, PhD @husseinrashid.com · 26/02/2026

My friend @angeliqueroche.bsky.social is involved in this call for #art so I know it's going to be good. Ashé Cultural Arts Center: Artist Call - (2026 Birthrite Exhibition: A Radical Imagination of Care) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/02/2026

Just got word of this from the great @angeliqueroche.bsky.social, and this looks incredible. Call for artists from the Ashé Cultural Arts Center: Artist Call - (2026 Birthrite Exhibition: A Radical Imagination of Care). www.ashenola.org/events/2026-birthrite-exhibition-a-radical-care-of-imagination

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2026 Birthrite Exhibition: A Radical Care of Imagination — Ashé Cultural Arts Center

We’re inviting artists to submit visual work for our 2026 Birthrite Exhibition: A Radical Care of Imagination ➡️ a celebration of creation, lineage, and the sacred act of bringing something new into t...

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

@angeliqueroche.bsky.social Mom got your book, but she said Dad absconded with it before she had a chance to read it

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Our weekly contribution to Black Kos/@dailykos.com of this week's newly released books of special interest to Black readers: www.dailykos.com/comments/236... Titles/authors in alt-text. Book links in the linked post. Authors of this week's books on Bluesky can be found in the comment thread.

Titles and authors of this week's post about books of interest to Black readers:
- End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America, by Chris Jennings
- The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family, by Dorothy Roberts
- Faith Over Fear: Harnessing Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty, by Michael Leach
- The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home, by Wil Haygood
- The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic, by Maya Rupert
- The Chosen and The Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States, by David J. Silverman
- It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy, by Dr. Margena A. Christian
- Remember the Times: A Memoir, by Teddy Riley
- Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball, by Luke Epplin
- Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, by L. Michelle Smith
- Cocina Puerto Rico: Recipes from My Abuela’s Kitchen to Yours, by Mia Castro
- I Hope You Find What You're Looking For: A Novel, by Bsrat Mezghebe
- First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, by Angélique Roché, illustrated by Alvin Epps, Millicent Monroe and Bex Glendining
- Keeper of Lost Children: A Novel, by Sadeqa Johnson.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Fanbase Press' 2/12/26 newsletter: Interviews w/ @angeliqueroche.bsky.social (@oni-press.bsky.social) & @jimmygaspero.bsky.social & @almondmilkart.bsky.social (@papercutzgn.bsky.social), @thefanbaseweekly.bsky.social's ep. on THE BONE TEMPLE, plans for ComicsPRO, & more! mailchi.mp/fanbasepress...

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 11/02/2026

ICYMI 🎙️ AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 365 is live — featuring @angeliqueroche.bsky.social on First Freedom, the powerful graphic novel about Dr. Opal Lee and the fight to make Juneteenth a national holiday. The book is out now, and you can hear our full conversation on all #podcast platforms:

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AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 365: Angélique Roché on First Freedom: telling the full, human story of Juneteenth in comics

This week’s show dives into new standout stories, spotlights the best KAPOW moments, and wraps with killer cover picks featuring Black Cat and Moon Knight.

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Rachel @ziggystarlog.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This fall Dr. Opal Lee will turn 100 years old. Meanwhile this week FIRST FREEDOM: THE STORY OF OPAL LEE AND JUNETEENTH comes out from @oni-press.bsky.social and I got to interview @angeliqueroche.bsky.social about her graphic novel on the activist: comicon.com/2026/02/10/a...

Hardcover Cover Art by Millicent Monroe for FIRST FREEDOOM featuring Dr. Opal Lee

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Barbra Dillon @barbrajdillon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

An incredibly powerful biography of Dr. Opal Lee and her life-long advocacy and activism, brought to life by @angeliqueroche.bsky.social, Alvin Epps, @lgions.bsky.social, Millicent Monroe, & @damalished.bsky.social - now available from @oni-press.bsky.social

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ComicBuzz @comicbuzz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

ComicBuzz Chats With Angélique Roché comicbuzz.com/comicbuzz-ch... @angeliqueroche.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social #interview #graphicnovel

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 10/02/2026

Angélique Roché (@angeliqueroche.bsky.social) talks First Freedom, the @oni-press.bsky.social graphic novel about Dr. Opal Lee’s fight to make Juneteenth a national holiday. We discuss research, responsibility, and telling real history through comics. Interview by @davidbrooke.bsky.social:

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Angélique Roché on telling the untold history of Juneteenth in ‘First Freedom’

'First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' hits way harder than any textbook version.

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 08/02/2026

🎙️ New podcast episode is live! We sit down with @angeliqueroche.bsky.social to talk First Freedom (out Feb. 10) and her approach to telling Dr. Opal Lee’s story through #comics 📚✨ @oni-press.bsky.social #comicsky Listen to the conversation on research, collaboration, and adapting real history:

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AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 365: Angélique Roché on First Freedom: telling the full, human story of Juneteenth in comics

This week’s show dives into new standout stories, spotlights the best KAPOW moments, and wraps with killer cover picks featuring Black Cat and Moon Knight.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Exclusive Preview: Get to know Dr. Opal Lee in FIRST FREEDOM – THE STORY OF OPAL LEE AND JUNETEENTH A first look at First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, a biographical graphic novel from Oni Press.

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Exclusive Preview: Get to know Dr. Opal Lee in FIRST FREEDOM – THE STORY OF OPAL LEE AND JUNETEENTH

A first look at First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, a biographical graphic novel from Oni Press.

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CBCC@NYCC @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We chat with Angélique Roché about First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth. The book arrives from @oni-press.bsky.social on 2/10. www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/opal-le...

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Get in the Fight with Opal Lee, Angélique Roché, and the Action Comic First Freedom

We chat with Angélique Roché about First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth.

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Gambit Spotting @gambitspotting.com · 04/02/2026

Don't forget to pick up your issue of Uncanny X-Men this week! Issue 23 is out tomorrow! Check back for image spoilers/comic discussion. #Gambit

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CBCC@NYCC @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🎉New Episode🎉 Journalist, Podcaster, & Comic Book Writer @angeliqueroche.bsky.social joins us to discuss FIRST FREEDOM: THE STORY OF OPAL LEE AND JUNETEENTH. Quit doomscrolling & get in the fight with this Action Comic from @oni-press.bsky.social: www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/opal-le...

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Get in the Fight with Opal Lee, Angélique Roché, and the Action Comic First Freedom

We chat with Angélique Roché about First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth.

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Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

In case you need a fire under you today — Dr. Opal Lee and @angeliqueroche.bsky.social got you!!

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David Brooke @davidbrooke.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I had the pleasure of interviewing the incomparable @angeliqueroche.bsky.social about First Freedom, her upcoming graphic novel, written by Roche & published by @oni-press.bsky.social. The research & care she put into this is clear, and a reminder of how vital works like this are now more than ever.

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Angélique Roché => Is Writing (Mostly) @angeliqueroche.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Thank you so much for wonderful interview! The highlight of my day and a huge reminder why the power of intentional storytelling (fiction or non-fiction) is truly unparalleled.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

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Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov · 08/01/2026

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/01/2026

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

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Angélique Roché => Is Writing (Mostly) @angeliqueroche.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Just a reminder, identity is important and Black culture even in response to oppression continues to influence us all. The term "cowboy" has racist origins, initially used as a derogatory label for enslaved Black men who worked cattle, while white counterparts were called "cowhands.”

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The Racist Origins of the Term Cowboy | Artbound | PBS SoCal

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Black Nerd Problems @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Black Nerd Probems won a Hugo Award in 2025! Will & Omar founded the site but this is a collective of writers, authors, streamers, editors, and more that keep this thang thangin'. 1/

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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Hussein Rashid, PhD @husseinrashid.com · 06/11/2025

I'm so geeked this #comic #graphicnovel on #Juneteenth hero Dr. Opal Lee is coming out. And it's written by my friend @angeliqueroche.bsky.social is even better. Check it out on @oni-press.bsky.social

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Lotusland Comics @lotuslandcomics.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A Defining History of the Struggle to Recognize America’s Newest National Holiday FIRST LOOK: 'First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' from Oni Press @angeliqueroche.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social @lgions.bsky.social www.lotuslandcomics.com/2025/11/firs...

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