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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you like to rock, then you like to come by the 2nd Annual Hoffman Estates Zine Fest, today until 4 pm in beautiful Hoffman Estates, IL (Home of the Hawks). Free rock n roll with every purchase! Comix, zines, posters, etc... Do it. @hezinefest #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #hoffmanestates

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

TOMORROW!! I'll be tabling with tons of cool comics and zines from the Spit and a Half Distro, including the NEW King-Cat 85! This is a great little show with gobs of cool artists and writers on hand, so come on down and go to Garibaldi's for dinner! #zines #comics #hoffmanestates #comix #altcomics

TOMORROW! SAT. OCT. 3
Hoffman Estates Zine Festival
11AM - 4PM
Hoffman Estates, IL Village Hall
FREE ADMISSION!

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Comix Lab Workshop with Lynda Barry and John P. is underway in Madison! Write to comix.wksp at gmail to get on our mailing list! ❤️ #comix #comics #altcomics

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Working on In Search of the Cuckoo Bird, my upcoming book from D+Q, collecting issues 69-76 of King-Cat. Here's a foto of my "Favorite TV Preacher" (KC 70, Sept. 2009), Charles Stanley, whose teachings consoled me on many a lonely Saturday night. #comics #zines #altcomics #comix #johnporcellino

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One kajillion Cool Comix® from the Spit and a Half Distro are on their way to Bartleby's Comics in Pennsylvania! #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just loaded the Prius with 2,735 copies of King-Cat 85! I'll start mailing them out this afternoon! To order a copy or get a subscription etc, visit "Maybe Blogging Will Help" or just g00 g l e "Maybe Blogging Will Help Porcellino". Thanks, everyone! #comics #zines #comix #altcomics #johnporcellino

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

the Good Lord! He Done... Up and Quit!? a CARTOONSHOW collection by Derek M Ballard is now live on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/car... If you like my work consider supporting & take advantage of the early backer discount!

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Good Lord! He Done... Up and Quit!? a CARTOONSHOW collection

take this job & shove it! a lean full color swan song career finale comics cache (maybe?) in 48 pages from America's #1 cartoon dad.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Pleased as King-Cat flavored punch to say that, overnight, folks in Rapid City and Laramie came to their states' cultural rescue and signed up! Now it's up to the fine citizens of the great state of Alaska to undo this anti-American wrong. Who will our next hero be? #comix #zines #altcomics #alaska

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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Watching the credits should be the default. Not watching them should be the option.

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Need some folks in Alaska, Wyoming, and South Dakota to step up! Let's do this, people!!! #comics #zines #altcomics #wyoming #southdakota #alaska

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

From the White Buffalo Gazette, 2011. Look for this and more King-Cat oddities, outtakes, and ephemera in my book Miscellaneous Extraneous, coming from Drawn & Quarterly for the KC 40th Anniversary in 2029 (!?!?!).

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Mike Baehr (he/him) @mikebaehr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I did this, and so can you! It was incredibly fun.

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

LOTS of new comics up at the Spit and a Half Distro site! Including work from GG Christensen, Brian Baynes, Maruo Suehiro, Elise Dietrich, Mandy Ord, Goose, Rodrigo Vargas, KUŠ and PLENTY MORE TO COME! www.spitandahalf.com Thanks! #comics #comix #altcomics #spitandahalf

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

ANNOUNCING: New Comix Lab One-Day Workshop with Lynda Barry and John P.! Madison WI, 9/26/26, only $250-- Registration info at the link: www.patreon.com/johnporcelli... C U THERE?!?!? #comics #altcomics #comix #lyndabarry #johnporcellino #writing #workshop

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Starting to catch up at Spit and a Half with the endlessly prolific @kushkomikss.bsky.social. Six "new" titles up NOW at the site, including some otherwise Out of Print ones! My Pathologically Overwhelmed State is Your Gain! www.spitandahalf.com LOTS MORE TO COME! #comics #comix #altcomics #KUŠ

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

King-Cat #85 is at the printer and will be in hand soon! If you would like to pre-order a single copy, shipped in a plain manila envelope, please visit: johnporcellino.blogspot.com/2026/08/king... 1/3

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Fieldmouse Press @ SPX M2-3A @fieldmouse.press · 02/08/2026

The Fieldmouse Press Warehouse Sale is LIVE on Crowdfundr: crowdfundr.com/support_solrad We're clearing out our shelves to keep our three-time Eisner-nominated comics magazine, SOLRAD, alive, and you get the deal of the year because of it. Every Fieldmouse Press book for 2021–2024 is 50% off!

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This is what my notes look like when I'm working on the final files for King-Cat... They're all done now! I'll do a final run through things early next week to check margins, look for pasteup lines etc, and then send it off to the printer. Ordering instructions will be posted soon! Thanks, everyone.

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Teenage John P. gets his rocks off, and then some! in the new PRAIRIE POTHOLE strip up now excloosively on my #PATREON page. www.patreon.com/johnporcelli... #prairiepothole #johnporcellino #kingcat #comics #zines

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Tony Wolf @tonywolfness.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

long time comics creator ("King-Cat") & distro guy John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social also is a musician (singer/songwriter) , with a cool new EP: spitandahalf.bandcamp.com/album/king-o...

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King of Everything, by Felt Pilotes

3 track album

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Tony Wolf @tonywolfness.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Someone asked Master Yunmen, ‘What is Zen?’ The Master replied, ‘That’s it!’ The questioner went on, ‘What is the Dao?’ The Master said, ‘Okay!’" - seen via @johnporcellino.bsky.social

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

SODA REPORT SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION:Tepache Prickly Pear flavor Tastes like a head shop smells. #sodareport

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Cleaning up the files for King-Cat 85. About a quarter of the way through the first round! *Should* be at the printer in a week's time... #kingcat #comics #zines #johnporcellino #altcomics

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 23/06/2026

Current* conditions near Washburn, WI:

NE view from the boat launch at Bodins Resort on the shores of the Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. // Image captured at: 2026-06-23 03:48:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: bodinsresort.com // Current Temp in Washburn: 57 F | 14 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: N at 1 mph | 2 kph // Humidity: 80%

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Preliminary page sequence for King-Cat 85 is in place. Might tweak a couple pages, but here it is. I'll begin scanning shortly! Should be at the printer around the end of the month. #zines #comics #altcomics #johnporcellino #kingcat

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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 13/06/2026

a Dreamachine at Mind Virus Bookstore in 📍 Fargo, ND

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

44 pages for King-Cat 85 are all drawn and hand-cleaned and sitting in a stack on my drawing table. I'll (hopefully) figure out the sequence today and start scanning tomorrow. A week or two of digital edits and I'll have it off to the printer. More soon! #altcomics #comics #zines #johnporcellino

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 10/06/2026

Current* conditions near Duluth, MN:

Traffic cam looking SE above I-535 and Garfield Ave with Blatnik Bridge in the distance spanning the MN WI border in Lake Superior. // Image captured at: 2026-06-10 02:07:46 UTC (about 11 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Duluth: 61 F | 16 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: ENE at 2 mph | 3 kph // Humidity: 93%

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Going through more old junk for Miscellaneous Extraneous, my upcoming book of odds and ends. This is dated April 15, 1985, pretty close to high school graduation... (Hootenanny lettering ripped from the Replacements album of the same name.) #johnporcellino #kingcat #comics #zines #altcomics

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

50 years ago today The Sex Pistols appeared at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. The now legendary night is regarded as a catalyst to the punk rock movement. In the audience were Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook & Mark E Smith #punk #50years #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I wrote on #Patreon about the most recent Comix Lab Workshop I did with my buddy and hero Lynda Barry... I made the post public because I love you! Check it out here-- (Next Comix Lab coming later this summer!) www.patreon.com/posts/159947... #comics #comix #altcomics #johnporcellino #lyndabarry

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Mike Baehr (he/him) @mikebaehr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Important lesson from @johnporcellino.bsky.social at today's wonderful Comix Lab workshop: how to draw the difference between a tree, a mushroom cloud, and a McDonald's Fry Guy

Whiteboard drawings showing each of the aforementioned items in cartoon form

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The second edition can be picked up at @johnporcellino.bsky.social ‘s Spit and a Half online store - www.spitandahalf.com/product/driv...

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DRIVEN BY LEMONS (2nd edition) by Josh Cotter – Spit and a Half

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The last thing you see before opening ChatGPT

Pope Leo standing up in an airplane aisle holding a baseball bat

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

FAKE NEWZ!?!? NEW--> Prairie Pothole up NOW at my #Patreon page. www.patreon.com/posts/158686... Thank you for your attention to this matter President John A. Porcellino #comics #comix #zines #altcomics #johnporcellino #prairiepothole #kingcatcomics

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Domino Books @dominocomics.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We've launched a crowdfunding campaign to support The New York Working Cartoon Library! Please donate and share! We are asking for a lot so as to build a space for comics that will, we hope, do a lot in return for a community of artists and readers in this city and beyond. gofund.me/57505be66

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Donate to Support The New York Working Cartoon Library!, organized by Austin English

The New York Working Cartoon Library Comics are having a powerful … Austin English needs your support for Support The New York Working Cartoon Library!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

You don’t hate country music, you just hate the same 100 songs of bootlicking corporatized trash about saluting the flag while drinking a beer in your truck at a football game next to your pretty silent wife in daisy dukes who also knows how to fish.

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Simple as possible - not simpler @ockamsrazor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

When music wasn’t in the cloud.

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Inked thirteen pages for the new King-Cat today. It'll be out this summer, along with reprints of issues 80 and 82! Now would be a great time to get a subscription or join my Patreon!!! Hint hint spitandahalf.com patreon.com/johnporcellino #comics #zines #johnporcellino #kingcat #comix

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I jokingly mentioned ChatGTP to my Gen Z students awhile back and was surprised and delighted to hear the explosion of hatred that erupted instantly and unanimously from them.

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John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN~~ Someone has signed up to receive the exclusive benefits and cultural cachet of membership in the Honor Roll of the Chariots of Fire King-Cat Fan Club. C'est encroyable. You too can, too. patreon.com/johnporcellino Thank you, Chris! #yes #wow #hooray #please #altcomics

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