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Michael Dooley

@mchldooley.bsky.social
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history professor (design, comics, animation), graphic designer, author, editor, photographer

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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
comiccon2026.sched.com/event/2QbvE/...
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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
comiccon2026.sched.com/event/2QWYK
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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
comiccon2026.sched.com/event/2Qbwp/...
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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Matt Haley reveals his unpublished "Twin Peaks" graphic novel; Dan Barton discusses life with Lynch as his Angriest Dog in the World editor; Jeff Trexler and i connect Lynch’s comics and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
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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
www.skirball.org/museum/outsi...
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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
read all about it here: www.dailynews.com/2026/05/27/s...
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Skirball explores how comic books shaped our history in ‘Inventing America’
Look! Up in the Sepulveda Pass! It’s the Skirball Cultural Center’s new exhibition ‘Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution.’
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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
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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 · 07/02/2026
thanks, Charles. that was a super panel
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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
she still managed to dodge the reporter's question so: we lose 😡
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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
artcenter.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
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A Conversation on Illustrator and Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld with David Leopold
ArtCenter College of Design Illustration Department, entertainment Design Deparrtment and the Hillside Campus Library present a conversation with David Leopold, author, editor,...
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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
newly posted: commentary on Will Eisner’s WWII posters, with bunches of wonderful hi-rez examples (starring Joe Dope) ~ ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
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The Catalogue Raisonne of Will Eisner’s WWII Posters
by Warren Bernard   It was clear to US Army leaders after the blitzkrieg of 1939-1940, where German tanks overran first Poland and then mo...
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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
...and here's the direct link to my Print feature on Nast. 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 · 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 · 04/05/2025
also on this Fanbase Press newsletter: link to a very nice "Canvas Rebel" interview with Barbra Dillon!
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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
a fun preview night for the Jack Kirby exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center ~ #2 of 2 @evanier.bsky.social @seehatfield.bsky.social @skirball.bsky.social @jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social
Mark Evanier, Mike RoyerCharles Hatfield
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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
a fun preview night for the Jack Kirby exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center ~ #1 of 2 @david-mack.bsky.social @henrybarajas.bsky.social @piratelibrarian.bsky.social @skirball.bsky.social @jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social
David Mack, Henry BarajasMark Parsons
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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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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
thank you @manwithoutfear.com and @jthuconn.bsky.social !
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Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
photo by @henrybarajas.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 · 07/04/2025
more info here: artcenter.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
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Born Again: An Evening with David Mack
Born Again: An Evening with David Mack Friday, April 11, 7pm-9pm Ahmanson Auditorium, Hillside Campus RSVP: Not required, but encouraged Join us for an unforgettable evening...
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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
here are a couple more samples of the kinds of "sick" comics/cartoons we'll be inspecting this Sunday at WonderCon. please come and be part pf our rollicking operation! @seehatfield.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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