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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 10h

Why do comics pros like @jamesthefourth.bsky.social at Tiny Onion make such an effort to be at library conferences? Harley says it’s because they know #comics and #libraries belong together. 📚 Another Comics Librarian Podcast drops Thursday

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 15h

Quote: "Even Stevie Wonder can see that Smith has been canoodling with separatism as a double agent for American interests in the province under the guise of diplomacy." With an excellent explainer on "white woman tears". (As a visible & vocal Black woman I've witnessed so many white lady tears.) ✊🏾

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 29/09/2026

The episode of Gargoyles when Goliath meets the gargoyle throuple in London, share if you agree

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two panel comic. Panel 1: a bat hangs upside-down from a telephone line at sunset. The bat is in front of a billboard advertising the Florida Mega Jackpot, which is valued at $5,318,008 - represented with a digital ticker. Panel 2: the POV flips to the bat’s upside-down perspective, which makes the digital numbers look like they spell “BOOBIES”. The bat appears delighted.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 28/09/2026

My, um, VERY progressive (to put it lightly) church is currently playing a Kanye West song, and...I sure hope the sermon, like, explains why.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 27/09/2026

Oh, we do not like this. No, we sure don’t. We don’t reify this arbitrary and snooty distinction. Especially since so many so-called “graphic novels” are published as comic books first. Graphic novels and comic books are both comics. 📚

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 27/09/2026

It makes me sad this pigeon will never know how beautiful he or she is. #pigeonsky

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 26/09/2026

I went to Guelph today for Comics Jam and found @ootslibrary.bsky.social which is a cute little library that uses @librarycat.org as its ILS! Kind of awesome that in Ontario you can just start a nonprofit and open a library, I don’t think that’s allowed in Ohio 📚

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 26/09/2026

I got it! And by “it” I mean the Petro-Canada goose keychain for $1! 🇨🇦 🪿

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 26/09/2026

Do separatists realize that if Alberta joins the US, Alberta will no longer be rat-free?

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Shane Portman @shaneport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow! Thank you to all who've contributed to Shrub so far! We blew right by our 1st stretch goal yesterday! If we hit our 2nd, everyone who's contributed will receive free digital copies of @fanbasepress.bsky.social's Eisner-nominated Ripple Effects AND Quince. (Link to campaign: bit.ly/4c4wV1q)

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sweet Shop sweetens the pot, launching to the public: Sweet Shop, the newest digital comics marketplace, launches to the public today with new additions to its publisher line up including Kodansha, Titan, Dynamite, and Abrams Comics Arts.

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Sweet Shop sweetens the pot, launching to the public

Sweet Shop, the newest digital comics marketplace, launches to the public today with new additions to its publisher line up including Kodansha, Titan, Dynamite, and Abrams Comics Arts.

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drunkgrindr deadbluesky @drunkgrindr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re a slutty lesbian N95 from Massachusetts

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 25/09/2026

“Well, you’ll just have to deal with the consequences of my actions.” - my husband

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David Avallone @davallone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was in a mood. Maybe it was the snobs tsk-tsking the Lucas Museum? Anyway, here’s a conversation I really enjoyed, and I get to talk about one of my core beliefs: the value of pulp as art.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 25/09/2026

Is Elvira a perfect gateway to high art or is she high art herself @davallone.bsky.social and I discuss on The Comics Librarian Podcast 📚 youtu.be/LwdtinuQiQY?...

Pop Culture Relevancy thumbnail with Elvira and two men smiling

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 24/09/2026

Ope, got called a “faggot” on the street 🤷‍♂️

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 24/09/2026

This was so fucking cute, am I seriously gonna start getting into #manga at 44?

DINOSAUR
SANCTUARY
STORY AND ART BY
ITARU KINOSHITA
RESEARCH CONSULTANT: SHIN-ICHI FUJIWARA

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 24/09/2026

This Lizzie Borden show should’ve been an Aileen Wuornos show.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 24/09/2026

Remember how anti-vaxxing and homeschooling started as leftwing things? Life is weird. People are weird.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 23/09/2026

Somebody surround Universal Studios with a moat. Fill it with something billionaires are afraid of.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 23/09/2026

“Oh, these residents are definitely evil.”

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 23/09/2026

Meanwhile rightwing media actually ARE national security threats, the results of which are evident. It’s always projection.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 23/09/2026

Every morning I get to see this gorgeous little thing at the subway station. I just want to feed him and his little friends, but the signs say not to 😢 🕊️ #pigeonsky

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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ben Wickey made one of my favorite graphic novels of 2025. For this week's Interesting Jobs the Podcast, I get to chat with him about his work in animation as well as making comics. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The amazing world of animating by hand with Ben Wickey

Podcast Episode · Interesting Jobs the Podcast · September 22 · 41m

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 22/09/2026

Someone factcheck me, but war in Iran is still ILLEGAL right, and has been this whole time, since only Congress can declare war?

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George @hannahtempler.com · 22/09/2026

luckily!!! in 2026 there are a lot of independent Webcomic templates that are more affordable and accessible than ever (thank you to the heroes building these!) this is one that I know of, but please reply if you have others: rarebit.neocities.org

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Rarebit | HTML Webcomic Template

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 21/09/2026

But seriously, why the fuck do we even HAVE laws against monopolies?

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 21/09/2026

How long is it again before Superman and Batman enter the public domain? Ten years? Also now is a GREAT time to talk about creator-owned comics!

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 21/09/2026

My god, 45 mins to work on public transportation > 45 mins to work driving, it’s not even a contest. Hopefully moving to a big city so late in life means I’ll never get jaded with it!

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 21/09/2026

My most controversial opinion is I want more same-sex and opposite-sex friendships celebrated in comics and pop culture. Keep the shipping in fanfic. Platonic friendships are worth writing about too.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 21/09/2026

Holy hell…and I mean HOLY. HELL. Y’all. My husband claims he’s never heard of Lizzie Borden. I recited the poem for him, and he just looked at me with no sign of recognition.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 21/09/2026

There are always young LDS folks on my way to work doing their witnessing, and after today I'll get to be like, "Look, my church played music from the movie Sinners, will your church play music from the movie Sinners?"

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 19/09/2026

Well, well, well, if it ain’t the consequences of my actions

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.com · 19/09/2026

It’s Batman Day at work today, and I hope it’s full of fun magic for all

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Guy (aka glecharles) @loudpoet.com · 18/09/2026

“There's nothing stopping libraries from not accepting [the Big Five’s] terms right now." The Big 5 have shown their cards. I think it's time to call their bluff. www.wordsandmoney.com/in-the-libra...

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In the Library Ebook Market, Can Librarians Learn to Just Say No?

If recent tensions over library ebook legislation has shown librarians anything, it is that maintaining the status quo in the digital library market is ultimately a choice being made by librarians. Le...

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Alabama’s public libraries do not need a Chief Censorship Officer breathing down their necks and poring through their collections for books that feature people and ideas one government agency has deemed ‘inappropriate’”

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