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Keith Friedlander

@friedkeith.bsky.social
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PhD - He / Him - Comics, Counterpublics, Production Cultures, Super Heroes - Research and Scholarly Activity Lead @ Olds College

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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 13h
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Muppets Statler and Waldorf: Please Stop It!
Alt: Muppets Statler and Waldorf waving the white flag of surrender with the caption "Please Stop It!"
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 17h
This is what happens when a roomful of executives try to figure out how to make people less scared of AI (Or, more likely, when one executive asks AI how to make people less scared of AI)
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Faefix @faefix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s my #birthday! 🌌 Thanks for supporting my art, my OCs, and my ongoing obsession with gothic cosmos and Dr. Doom.✨ If you’d like to drop a quick birthday present, sharing this post (or your favorite piece of mine) would mean the world. No pressure, though. You won't be Doom(ed)... probably. 🖤🤭
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Very excited with today’s comic shop purchase. These comics absolutely lit my brain up as a 9-year-old (I don’t think my Mom knew how violent they were when she gave them to me). But I lost those original volumes decades ago. And this digest format was sooo reasonably priced!
The new digest edition comic of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mirage Years 1984 - 1987
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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
*cries in ‘neutral’ university professor*… “It can feel difficult to work as a committed individual in an institution that asserts pedagogical neutrality”
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Like, it seriously sounds like they made a Wolverine game where you would need to be a fan of the comics and other media to really appreciate all the weird story swings. Which is kind of wonderful?
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just backed The Arc Fall by Owen D. Pomery on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ave...
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The Arc Fall by Owen D. Pomery
The much-anticipated sequel to the acclaimed graphic novel The Hard Switch!
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Everything I've heard about this game has been so negative, it was nice to read Maddy's alternative take. It might seem like a weird divergence, but I bet there are a lot of X-Men fans out there who would love a Wolverine/Jean story that was just "what if Cyclops just wasn't there"
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Even though I'm not a member, I'm glad to see @cupescfp.bsky.social Alberta is taking a clear stance and advocating against the UCP's xenophobic referendum notoscapegoating.ca
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The UCP government is scapegoating immigrants and manipulating us.
Vote NO on Questions 1 through 9 (The Noxious Nine). Vote to Stay in Canada
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The only lens through which I can look directly at the media landscape implosion is via @comixace.bsky.social stress writing about it
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
*taps internet microphone* After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ... We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ... lithub.com/what-was-los...
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What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022
“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …
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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
DeConnick & De Landro’s “Bitch Planet” is overtly inspired by the form & content of exploitation films. Some folks might wonder: why would a self-consciously feminist comic want to engage with an historically problematic form of representation? Lots of reasons! Let’s talk thru some of them. 1/12
 A cover of BitchPlanet with a hand giving the middle finger gesture and text that reads “girl gangs… caged and enraged!”
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Zodi 🤎🍁☕️🥾🤎 @zodi777.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026
Happy Bisexual Visibility Month!!
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I’m going to spend the rest of my life trying to be strong enough to be gentle
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Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com · 26/08/2026
Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy hits shelves today. @therightram.bsky.social discusses his take on magic and how that presents in his new Vertigo series. Full interview👇 youtu.be/rDO6FxF0QXE
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You know who else had a cameo in Home Alone 2? 🤔 Just sayin
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I CANNOT believe that I am only now learning that was Tim Curry as Captain Hook. That was one of the most iconic voice acted roles of my childhood. I can still hear certain lines in my head decades later. Of course it was him!
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The king has finally escaped to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism 👑 I am so fucking sad youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...
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Tim Curry as Premier Cherdenko - Space!
YouTube video by Athrun Talan
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Brigit @brigit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Even Smiling Makes My Face Ache
Alt: Even Smiling Makes My Face Ache
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In honor of Dolly and her commitment to getting books to kids, tell me about a book you read as a child that changed your life. I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is clearly total BS and damage control from a disingenuous transphobe, but it might also be evidence of the impact of people boycotting a franchise. I mean, I can’t imagine she would be doing this out of anything but desperation for her bottom line.
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Commander Cello @commandercello.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Nirvanna the Band the Show "The ボトムズ"
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sam @samthielman.com · 15/08/2026
incredible reporting from @zachrabiroff.com and @comixace.bsky.social
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Comics industry veteran accused of secret dealings, unpaid bills in multiple business deals - The Comics Journal
Adam Fortier accused of misuse of funds, questionable practices, and a trail of unpaid bills.
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Zeike Champion 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @gatorchomps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
i notice that nobody has mentioned joining @cartoonist.coop directly so i'm just going to say if you make comics in any capacity and want community, support, and the chance to make the comics scene better for everyone, freelancer or hobbyist (yes, fancomics count), please join! cartoonist.coop/join/
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The Cartoonist Cooperative
Making comics better for everyone!
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Now why is it not opt-in?” said Minton. “That’s what everybody here is spamming in chat. I get it. ‘Let me opt in versus making me opt out.’ There’s an honest answer, and I think most of you can probably appreciate this: If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in. That’s honestly the answer.”

This was followed by a torrent of all-caps chat responses that included “THEN DON’T ROLL IT OUT,” “SO WHY EVEN DO IT,” and “IF NO ONE WOULD OPT IN THAT MEANS NO ONE WANTS IT.”
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 11/08/2026
I didn’t even see this had been announced. I was lead writer on this one! And Saber replaced me with ChatGPT midway through development. All the passenger voices were AI too. Either they changed direction at some point or they’re not disclosing it on Steam
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Rideshare "Stimulator" - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Not only is @comixace.bsky.social's essay about Jackie lovely and heartfelt, I found it oddly comforting to learn that someone else in the comics community cared so much about her. My wife and I also started watching Jackie and Shadow in early 2025, and her essay really reflects our feelings.
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: DHWU Wants Senior Editors in the Bargaining Unit!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/dh...
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DHWU Wants Senior Editors in the Bargaining Unit!
Since the Voluntary Recognition Agreement was signed, Dark Horse Workers United has been working in good faith with Dark Horse Comics to take the next steps toward contract negotiations—but that good ...
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 08/08/2026
As someone pointed out downthread, the through-line between these figures is "the world ended but I still have to go to work smdh" Which is, of course, the Millennial condition So bravo, filmmakers
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The world building well-realized and imaginative, but it was also rolled out very effectively from story to story, building a growing familiarity with ribbon contracts, companies, and trains. The vivid, queer futurism really put me in mind of @friends-table.bsky.social’s sci-fi seasons
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just finished reading @yarntheory.bsky.social’s short story collection North Continent Ribbon. Really loved it!
Book cover for Ursula Whitcher’s “North Continent Ribbon,” featuring an illustration of a figure on a mountaintop looking down on a forested valley with white structures and a tower rising out of it.
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Spencer McDaniel @spencermcdaniel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I have a master's degree in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, I've studied the 'Odyssey' in Ancient Greek, and I've been writing about the ancient world for over a decade. This is my exhaustive review of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'. #Odyssey #classics talesoftimesforgotten.com/2026/07/23/a...
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An Ancient Historian's Breakdown of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' - Tales of Times Forgotten
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is perhaps the most highly anticipated new film of the 2020s. It has already received near-universal acclaim from film critics and earned more at the box office in its ...
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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Who's up for a good old fashioned (but short, bc I'm tired) paper thread? Thrilled to be in this special issue of Gender & Society (an absolute dream!), where we propose a feminist-inspired extension of how to theorize and model the spread of ideas in science + journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What Gets Lost in Translation? Epistemic Tensions between Translation and Diffusion in Practice-Oriented Scholarship

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This paper proposes a feminist-informed metascience theory to explain the interconnected processes of idea creation, translation, and diffusion. Drawing on feminist critiques of science centered on perspective, power, and praxis, we develop a creation–diffusion model that jointly examines how ideas are created and then how the content of ideas influences their spread across academic fields. Using a nationally funded gender equity program as a case of a practice-oriented knowledge-production community, we analyze how gender equity research concepts were translated and diffused through the program-funded publications. We operationalize substantive engagement with gender equity research using word embeddings and Concept Mover’s Distance. Then, with additional contextual variables, we measure (1) the predictors of this engagement (ideas) and (2) the impact of engagement on citation counts and citation interdisciplinarity (the diffusion process) across social science and STEM fields. Our findings show that, in addition to context, the content of the idea matters for diffusion: Engagement with critical dimensions of gender equity research, such as feminism and structural concepts, diffused less often, whereas other dimensions, such as gender and methods, achieved broader uptake. Our empirical findings highlight the role of perspectives and epistemic power in shaping both knowledge production and diffusion. Our theoretical framework and methods demonstrate how metascience can incorporate feminist theory directly into diffusion studies, and why it should.
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#EventsDearBoy 7. INFERNO (1988, Marvel) Hell hath no fury like a creator (of strong women characters) scorned. Ordered to kill off his supporting character Madelyne Pryor, Chris Claremont did so in the most rageful way possible and turned her into a fan icon
X-MEN 241: Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen (a redhead in a revealing black outfit and a massive cape) stands behind and flanked by demons, one of whom is carrying a baby (hers)
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very excited to give this a watch!
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#EventsDearBoy 10. THE INFINITY GAUNTLET (1991, Marvel) *very Emily Wilson voice* your film neglects the themes of the text! Guy kills half the Universe to impress a woman who still thinks he's a weird creep; Jim Starlin's cosmic parable of male vanity and insecurity carries Lessons For Our Time
THE INFINITY GAUNTLET 4: Thanos standing in space surrounded by planets, beckoning towards the viewer saying "Come and get me!" - art by George Perez
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is a beautiful piece of writing
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“I have to draw you” #jimothy
A pencil sketch of Jiminy the raccoon
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Weekly Read is "Reclaiming Diverse LGBTQ+ Comics Histories: Representing Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Gay Comix (1980–1998)" by Margaret Galvan. The article appears in Subversive Comics, a special issue of Radical History Review. Read it for free: buff.ly/KCJa4tC
Journal cover with colorful collage style lettering spelling Subversive Comics on a black background beneath title text
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Jackson O'Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands
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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 17/07/2026
Creators at Silver Sprocket have released a public statement regarding longstanding concerns with the business practices of the company which alleges issues around payment of royalties, poor treatment of staff, and lack of professionalism. Please read their statement: cartoonist.coop/sprocket-art...
The Silver Sprocket goat head logo.
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Today’s Wordle can get fucked
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
For more thoughts on the role of 'critical thinking' see our CAILs framework, by @olivia.science, @marentierra.bsky.social and me. 📝 Full paper: zenodo.org/records/1778...
Figure 1: The important dimensions of CAILs across research and education; clockwise from 12 o’clock: Conceptual Clarity is the idea that terms should refer. Critical Thinking is deep engagement with the relationships between statements about the world. Decoloniality is the process of de-centring and addressing dominant
harmful views and practices. Respecting Expertise is the epistemic compact between professionals and society.
Slow Science is a disposition towards preferring psychologically, techno-socially, and epistemically healthy practices. The lines between dimensions represent how they are interwoven both directly and indirectly.
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Post a comic cover you love.
Cover image for the first trade volume for Paper Girls
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 11/07/2026
As video game industry burns, Warframe's devs aren't taking anything for granted aftermath.site/warframe-tau-t...
a gigantic vessel towering over a player character in warframe
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you see this post an archer
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Disney Robin Hood
ALT: Disney Robin Hood
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Keith Friedlander @friedkeith.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Just finished drafting a review of Team Up: How Collaboration Powers Superhero Comics by Marie Sartain, and I'd heartily recommend it to any comics scholars or critics interested in discussing collective authorship 👍 www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Team...
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Team Up
As superhero comics have become increasingly mainstream, so too has the attention given to the creators behind them. Yet, while it is widely known that the majority of superhero comics are produced th...
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