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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

join Kim Munson, Karen Green, Danny Fingeroth, Rob Salkowitz, and me for a revealing look at Denis Kitchen's groundbreaking underground comix career, his courageous battles against censorship, and much more @kmunson.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social @klg19.bsky.social @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Matt Haley reveals his unpublished "Twin Peaks" graphic novel; Dan Barton discusses life with Lynch as his Angriest Dog in the World editor; Jeff Trexler and i connect Lynch’s comics and animation with his movies, at our San Diego Comic-Con panel. @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social @cbldf.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

are you going to Comic-Con? well then, start off the festivities with some mischievous irreverence from Jim Thompson, Rob Salkowitz, Alonso Nunez, and me. the fun begins at 11am Thursday 7/23; bring along your panel border-busters 🤣 @jamesrthompson.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Joan and i enjoyed listening and dancing to Doug Roegiers at Hawg Heaven in Pasadena; here's his "My Way"

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Sylvia Rodriguez and her Rhythm Boys get happy with an Ella Fitzgerald tune at Edwin Mills

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

at Comic Arts Los Angeles in December of last year @comicartsla.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

one of our favorite TV series was "Bosch" (2014-2025), with Titus Welliver, and our favorite duo on the show were nicknamed Crate and Barrel. well, long/short: Barrel – Troy Evans – lives within biking distance of our home. so here we are, photographed by Joan

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

a few opening day shots from the Skirball Cultural Center's exhibition "Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976–86" @skirball.bsky.social @punkrockhistory.bsky.social #punk #johnholmstrom #punkmagazine #ramones

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

on the run at Skylight with cartoonist Bob Fingerman @skylightbooks.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

in the Dooley domicile, LindyHop the Cat is God (madam, i'm adam) ~ photo by Joan Dooley

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

opening day for "Inventing America: the Comic Book Revolution" at the Skirball Center with Patrick A. Reed @djpatrickareed.bsky.social @skirball.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

my next gig at Laguna College: a century of music’s most innovative and revolutionary graphic design work. • SEE! album covers, concert posters, marketing materials, and more. • HEAR! Can-Can, Charleston, Boogie Woogie, Cool Jazz, Acid Rock, Brit Punk, New Wave, Funk, etc. • VIEW! band performances.

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Jeff Lemire, Jeff Trexler, Dan Barton, and i will explore David Lynch and his connections to comics and animation, at WonderCon this coming Saturday. come join us, won't you? • wondercon2026.sched.com/event/2IzrN/... • @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

free at Laguna College! this Thursday! please get in touch if you're interested in joining me

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

L.A. folks: on Thursday, Feb 5 at 7pm i'll be moderating "JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD", a multimedia presentation with @seehatfield.bsky.social @jamesrthompson.bsky.social & others at ArtCenter College's Library in Pasadena. it's free for all, so come join us. artcenter.libcal.com/event/16190247

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Pasadena fans of brilliant caricature can hear the Hirschfeld Foundation's David Leopold explore Al Hirschfeld's 82 years of illustration that defined much of 20th-century popular culture, spanning Broadway, Hollywood, TV, music, dance, etc. free! @alhirschfeld.bsky.social @davidnleopold.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

come join the fun at Comic-Con next Thursday as @robsalk.bsky.social Jim Thompson, Alonso Nuñez and i bust out of panel borders way beyond all those boring old definitions of comics. comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wgo

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

are you at Comic-Con next week? come join me, @kmunson.bsky.social @sydneyheifler.bsky.social @shaenon.bsky.social and others as we discuss Trina Robbins's many wonderful, landmark books spotlighting comics and cartooning's greatest women artists. comiccon2025.sched.com/event/271Z8/...

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

SDCC panel: I'll be covering Trina Robbins's history/herstory books with @kmunson.bsky.social, Lee Marrs, @mchldooley.bsky.social‬, @sydneyheifler.bsky.social‬, Peter Maresca, and Bruce Simon!

Trina Robbins's Herstorian Legacy: a photo of Trina and a selection of her books.

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

join me as i explore four varieties of bad taste: schlock, camp, kitsch, and funk. i'm one of nearly four dozen free online presenters on June 24-25 during the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in Brussels, Belgium: sign up for mine and get ’em all. bit.ly/tastesuper

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

read @mrfishcartoons.bsky.social 's smart, entertaining chat w/ Art Spiegelman: "Convenience makes the instinct to struggle against apathy disappear, which is why comics are more important than ever because they insist on contemplation." theindependentink.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

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A Conversation with Art Spiegelman

As fascism proliferates and the agonizing screams for mercy from genocide fill the air and the world prepares for a war to end all life on the planet, who better to talk to but the genius behind Maus

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

on today's Independent Ink, check out ‪@ mrfishcartoons.bsky.social‬ 's engaging one-hour talking heads (no visual aids!) conversation with fellow cartoonists Steve Brodner, @anntelnaes.bsky.social and @keefknight.bsky.social

https://mrfishcartoons.bsky.social‬

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

hi, there. here are some folks i think you'd enjoy following...

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

@dailycartoonist.bsky.social ’s column on Thomas Nast cites one story with a "positive" take on the influential political cartoonist, one negative – citing his "bigotry" against Catholics/Irish – and one with "a balanced approach" to Nast, written by... me! www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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Thomas Nast – Good? Bad? Ugly?

Throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the early years of the Gilded Age, Thomas Nast used his political cartoons published in Harper’s Weekly to satirize current events, expose corruption, and...

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

next Tuesday, May 6, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT DAN NADEL on ROBERT CRUMB nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/d... have you ever wondered anything about Crumb? now's your chance to ask Dan, author of the new, critically acclaimed, 480-page bio. FREE! register now: comicssymposium@gmail.com

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

pix of an illuminating evening as i interviewed the marvelously multitalented artist David Mack, plus Daredevil: Born Again's production designer Michael Shaw, at ArtCenter, and the post-panel book signing (04/11) @david-mack.bsky.social @manwithoutfear.com ~ & thx to @piratelibrarian.bsky.social

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David Mack @david-mack.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

On Muse set of BORN AGAIN: Mack, Charlie Cox, Hunter Doohan, & Production Designer Michael Shaw. April 11th, 7pm at @artcenteredu David Mack & Michael Shaw, speak w @mchldooley.bsky.social - FREE to public! I hope u love my MUSE ART / MURALS in the show kirbyscomicartshop.com/collections/...

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

to my L.A. friends: this coming Friday at ArtCenter i’ll be moderating a convivial conversation with @david-mack.bsky.social and we'll be joined by Michael Shaw, Daredevil: Born Again’s talented production designer. it’s free, so please come. and hey, bring a friend!

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#2 of 2: it's always a great pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones - and discover more terrific art! - at #WonderCon @rhodemontijo.bsky.social @tonymoyart.bsky.social @stephanfranck.bsky.social @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#1 of 2: it's always a great pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones - and discover more terrific art! - at #WonderCon @david-mack.bsky.social @lonniemillsap.bsky.social @barbrajdillon.bsky.social @fanbasepress.bsky.social @act4publishing.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

at WonderCon this Sunday ~ join Charles Hatfield, Jim Thompson, and me as we examine midcentury's "sick" comic books, comic strips, and cartoons that were mad mixes of horror, humor, hostility, and social critique (think Lenny Bruce stand-up). @seehatfield.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

at WonderCon ~ join our panel on Saturday to discuss Feiffer's brilliant legacy including his Village Voice comic strip, Great Comic Book Heroes book, Carnal Knowledge and Popeye films, Kill My Mother graphic novel trilogy, and children's books. @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social @seehatfield.bsky.social

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

happy #daredevil day to all who celebrate. @david-mack.bsky.social and I first became pals on long car rides talking Daredevil. then we got to make daredevil comics together and we thought that was pretty amazing. tonight we get to share screen credit on the kick ass DD show.

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

free online event: The Comic Art of James Swinnerton this Tuesday, March 18, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT with @eddiecampbell.bsky.social Michael @tisserand.bsky.social, Peter Maresca, Paul C. Tumey, & Rick Marschall. nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/t... email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

How do You Draw a Jew? Ethnic Caricature in the Early 20th Century • free online Thu, Mar 6, 3pm PT, 6pm ET osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Jeffrey A. Marx discusses Harry Hershfield’s breakthrough Abie the Agent, which presented a very different image of the Jew than was seen in previous comic strips.

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

free online Tue, March 4, 4pm PT 7pm ET: The Spirit at 85! WILL EISNER experts – Denis Kitchen, Patrick "MUTTS" McDonnell, Danny Fingeroth & others showcase & discuss their favorite Spirit stories. @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social @thenewschool.bsky.social nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/will-eisners...

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Will Eisner’s The Spirit at 85, March 4, 2025 at 7pm EST

The 416th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 7 pm EST. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@g…

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

for Black History Month today, D.D. Degg at @dailycartoonist.bsky.social posted some cartoons by Ollie Harrington, who "set a standard for Black readers, combining his signature wit with incisive social critiques and observations about Black life in America." www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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Cartoonist Ollie Harrington

More than half a century before Aaron McGruder’s first introduced The Boondocks as a comic strip (and later television series) and decades before the biting social commentary found in Garry Trudeau’s ...

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Brian Patrick O’Malley @brianomalley2.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Author & history professor Michael Dooley on cartoonist ThomasNast @mchldooley.bsky.social ✅ Nast condemned Irish violence against other ethnic groups ✅But when Nast depicted an ideal America—a multiracial dinner party—he included a kindly Irish couple. ☘️ 🇺🇸 www.printmag.com/design-criti...

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Editorial Cartoonist Thomas Nast: Anti-Irish, Anti-Catholic Bigot? – PRINT Magazine

Biased. Disrespectful. Offensive. All sterling job qualifications for any good editorial cartoonist. But “racist”? Woah! Thomas Nast was the granddaddy of the American political cartoon. And having li...

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

honoring David Edward Byrd, who died last Monday. these are my photos from the opening and panel discussion for “Revolutions 2: The Art of Music”, an exhibition at the Forest Lawn Museum in 2015. David was very kind to me. @shananys.bsky.social

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

a Longreads follow-up article to my earlier Twin Peaks post: a dispatch from the real Twin Peaks... longreads.com/2025/01/30/r...

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David Lynch Was Here: A Visit to the Real Twin Peaks - Longreads

Notes from the Northwest on mourning, remembrance, and black coffee.

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