Reposted by TTJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 24/07/2026Just approved the final jacket art/copy for @beckbook.com Thank you SOOO much to all the advance readers who were kind enough to blurb!!!!! I will tag you below!!!! In the meantime, everyone go pre-order the book! beckbook.com 814835
Reposted by TTSteve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Coming up: Wonder Ones: covering every issue called “Wonder Woman #1” in history, to see how the idea of a Wonder Woman changes over generations Steve Baxi, Chad Nevett and I take on the three part Morrison/Capullo run of Spawn Plastic Fantastic: a column where I cover Plastic Man from the start 172
Reposted by TTEric Ansley Díaz 🏳️🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?... 10778112901
Reposted by TTFraser Geesin @frasergeesin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The time spent on an issue of Pricks divided by the sales of each issue works out at about 78p per hour. To pay myself minimum wage I would need to charge around £56 per issue. The only answer is to keep going and hope people discover it. Hope you enjoyed this great advert! Frasergeesin.com 059
Reposted by TTrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/07/2026RIP bonnie tyler. lotta folks tonight are gonna learn the extent to which 'total eclipse of the heart' is outside their karaoke range 754452555
Reposted by TTThought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Our Micro-Bursary submissions are open! The Micro-Bursaries are open to early career, UK based: Comic Creators of Colour, Disabled Comic Creators, and/or Trans/Non-Binary Comic Creators. Find out more, and put your name forward here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/microbursaries 1103121
Reposted by TTSteve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I'm putting a Shelfdust feature together about Wonder Woman at the mo. Over the decades there's been six comics called "Wonder Woman #1". What does each one of those six comics have to say about that particular generation's view of "wonder" and "woman"? And how come they've all been written by men 4267
Reposted by TTSteve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 28/06/2026If anyone needs help understanding Infinite Crisis I made a useful guide: shelfdust.com/2020/08/03/t...shelfdust.comThe Complete Guide to Infinite CrisisBy Steve Morris There’s a lot of talk nowadays that comics are too confusing: that there’s no way to get into them, and that all the “jumping on” storylines are actually mas… 1189
TT @silenttt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Went to see a standup try some light observational material. No laughs. He restarted, embellishing with punishing detail. Long over descriptions. Silence. He restarted again but replaced every word with the sound of breaking wind. His story repeats itself. First as turgidity then as farts. 000
TT @silenttt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Now is then and the personal is political. @ligerlillie.bsky.social writes a hell of an article. 111
Reposted by TTMartyn @martynpedler.com · 24/06/2026I wrote about massive corporations funding "resistance art" and how awkward that relationship can be: "Somehow we’re left holding a Marvel comic – and Disney product – calling for violent revolution."shelfdust.comPopcorn Resistance and Algorithmic Radicalism: The Ultimates #21By Martyn Pedler When promoting the TV show Andor, creator Tony Gilroy was asked not to use the word “fascism”. Disney was prepared to spend a reported $645 million on the show over two seasons – b… 22211
Reposted by TT"Here Comes Tomorrow": A Trans X-Men Podcast @herecomestomorrow.net · 23/06/2026Hey y'all... Guess what's dropping tomorrow....... That's right........... A SURPRISE EPISODE OF "HERE COMES TOMORROW"!!! And we're interviewing the composer of something very special, that YOU didn't even know existed........ 𝐗-𝐌𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋!!! Tune in Wednesday morning, folks...........youtube.comX-Men: The Musical at OPRFHSYouTube video by Smiling Toad Films 2166
Reposted by TTOutbursts Of Everett True @everetttrue.bsky.social · 30/05/2025The Evansville Press, April 10,1916 9182282325
Reposted by TTStopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Kids are gonna need to know how to type more than one number, Mario. 1017230
Reposted by TTAl Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026There's a brilliant comics essay by @pauljonmilne.bsky.social on Streets of Fire in @illusclaire.bsky.social's equally brilliant Steinman zine, I massively recommend it bsky.app/profile/illu... 112
Reposted by TTFaisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities. 45170496110
Reposted by TT🌈super kay @unaloid.bsky.social · 02/06/2026how we lookin ~~ #art #homestarrunner 352035729
TT @silenttt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A timely reminder that Paul Grist is great, Britain ("real" and imagined) sucks eggs, but that the people who live here don't always. 064
Reposted by TTHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Did a cartoon for @josie.zone related to her upcoming @beckbook.com, the book about Beck. 311961258
Reposted by TTShelfdust @shelfdust.bsky.social · 11/06/2026BREAKING NEWS! shelfdust.com/2026/06/11/b...shelfdust.comBREAKING NEWS! Shelfdust Picks Up A Newspaper RouteWEST YORKSHIRE, UK. June 2026 – Wild-mannered comics website Shelfdust will be partnering with reigning comics champion Tiffany Babb to support The Comics Courier’s latest campaign R… 13524
Reposted by TTAlex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Laughed out loud at this beat in DREAM GIRLS #2. @brandtandstein.com are the funniest superhero expressionists since Kevin Maguire. 524434
Reposted by TTCadence @ciirulean.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Pronoun Palace is out now on Steam for $19.84! s.team/a/3618850 13376144
Reposted by TTErika Price @erikapriceart.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I’m Erika and I make horror comics. If you like visceral black and white horror comics you’ll probably enjoy my stuff I sell my work in print here erikapriceart.bigcartel.com And I have a patreon where I post pages from my new series Worms www.patreon.com/erikapriceart 310342
Reposted by TTNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026living in Britain is so funny because there’s three easy things you can do that will set a decent part of the population to driving you out of public life and openly fantasising about murdering you and they are - be an ethnic minority - be transgender - ride a bicycle 312302368
Reposted by TTChad Nevett @chadnevett.bsky.social · 21/05/2026New Thorsday Thoughts on a couple of recent comics that tried to tie together Thor and Kirby's Fourth World... with less than stellar results. Some words on the Jason Aaron/Russell Dauterman story from Spider-Man/Superman and Ultimates 23. graphicontent.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-kn...graphicontent.blogspot.comI Know Thorion of the New Asgods and You, Sir, Are No Thorion of the New AsgodsThorion of the New Asgods #1 was part of the second wave of Amalgam titles, the joint venture between Marvel and DC, where the worlds of th... 0189
Reposted by TTPunished Mace @colophon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026What we need is a government brave enough to post an official slurs list businesses can use on customers. Guidance is lacking and it's left service providers unclear on just who they can use which slurs against. I trust Labour for the job! 1895
TT @silenttt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A non-exhaustive list of everything that made me "gender" (1/boredom) 1) Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge 2) Guybrush Threepwood's eventual fancy dress outfit in MI2 3) Suzie Izzard's Dressed to Kill VHS 4) The Bowler from Mystery Men 5) Tzeentch 6) Clyde Petersen 2008 live performance 010
Reposted by TTDavid Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check. 146043560
Reposted by TTNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 15/05/2026exciting news: there’s a profile of me out in The Needle by @marleywrites.bsky.social if you want to find out why I’m like this theneedlenews.com/2026/05/nove...theneedlenews.comNovember Reign“I’m trans in part because I believe in the hope of a better future. It’s why I do this. It’s why I do anything.” 421080178
TT @silenttt.bsky.social · 15/05/2026One of my absolute favourites in a hot new format you can wedge into a tote bag/big pocket/whatever the funny kangaroo pouch is called in the front of a non-zip-up hoody? Hell yes. 000
Reposted by TTShelfdust @shelfdust.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Shelfdust is funded through the kindness of our backers on Patreon, who get to read exclusive features and writing every month in return! You can support Will Eisner's favourite comics website here: patreon.com/shelfdustpatreon.comGet more from Shelfdust on PatreonGet more from Shelfdust on Patreon. creating a lovely comic book website. Support Shelfdust and get exclusive access to their work. 02112
Reposted by TTShelfdust @shelfdust.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🚨 TODAY on Shelfdust! 🚨 Bona To Vada: How John Smith Mastered Queer Code Switching In Comics, by @cuntersthompson.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2026/05/11/b...shelfdust.comBona To Vada: How John Smith Mastered Queer Code Switching In ComicsOriginally published on The Gutter Review on April 28, 2022. The spirit of The Gutter Review lives on today in the form of Trash Humper, a zine you can buy with your grubby hands right now: head he… 11510
Reposted by TTShelfdust @shelfdust.bsky.social · 13/05/2026🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Acts of God: John Ostrander’s Mission in The Spectre #13, by @bbeatrix.bsky.social 🚨 Read here ▶️ shelfdust.com/2026/05/13/a...shelfdust.comActs of God: John Ostrander’s Mission in The Spectre #13By Margot Waldman There’s a cover of John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake’s run on Spectre where the Spectre rides a goddamn dinosaur in front of a nuke. It rules. This riding-a-dinosaur-in-front-of-a-n… 13615
Reposted by TTSILENCE! @silencepod.bsky.social · 12/05/2026SILENCE!#325 The Drifting Reviewniverse serves up easily the worst comic so far to poor old Gary Lactus, @alkennedy.bsky.social and @andrewhickey.500songs.com. Dare you gaze into the ever shifting maw of Marvel’s Generation X Annual #1 from 1995? mindlessones.com/2026/05/12/s... 077
Reposted by TTAl Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Proust Baking Company Recalls Thousands of Madeleines 71034393
Reposted by TTBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Interview! “There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary Online. www.brokenfrontier.com/steve-morris...brokenfrontier.com"There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche" - Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust's Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary Online – ...Steve Morris drops into Broken Frontier Towers to talk about his comics criticism site Shelfdust and the state of comics commentary in 2026. 12116
Reposted by TTChad Nevett @chadnevett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026New Thorsday Thoughts on THE SECRET ORIGIN of the current Al Ewing Thor run?!? Perhaps, my good readers! I talk about Roy the Boy's time on the title and the FIRST Mortal Thor... graphicontent.blogspot.com/2026/05/big-...graphicontent.blogspot.comBig Wheel Keep on Turnin’: The First Roy Thomas Thor Run and the Original Mortal ThorWhen it comes to a work like The (Im)Mortal Thor , it’s easy to ascribe too much to influence, to previous works that Al Ewing draws upon. H... 0114
Reposted by TTShelfdust @shelfdust.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Shelfdust’s Year of Evil: Galactus 🚨 @stevewmorris.bsky.social looks back at the first coming of Galactus to see how much of that original characterisation still exists within today’s Galactus! shelfdust.com/2026/05/06/s...shelfdust.comShelfdust’s Year of Evil: GalactusIs evil what it used to be? The most popular villains in comic book history are almost all characters who debuted half a century ago, their terrifying legacy and merciless reputation continuing onw… 076
Reposted by TTFraser Geesin @frasergeesin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I’m giving away my one person funthology, JOURNEY TO THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH#2 for free on my Patreon. Go grab it! www.patreon.com/posts/journe... 0711
Reposted by TTRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 03/05/2026In the Pulitzer Prize award-winning novel Demon Copperhead, a building is described as being scary, "Like being trapped in a Duke Nukem doom castle." But Duke Nukem has no castle levels, even going back to the original sidescrollers, which clearly aren't being referenced here. ...Yes, I'll hold 581744213
![Back cover, with all the many blurbs:
“Riesman gathers an impressive array of interview sources . . . [and] brings a great deal of
empathy to her subject as a longtime fan. . . . Every bit as complex and intriguing as the
pop star himself . . . [A] captivating profile of the Gen X pop sensation.”
—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
“One of the best books I’ve ever read about the forging of an artistic persona—a love story, a
ghost story, a family story spanning three generations of bohemia, and a portrait
of the artist wrestling the forces of evil in a bozo nightmare.”
—Alex Pappademas, senior culture editor at GQ and coauthor of Quantum Criminals
“This biography has everything: sex, secret societies, fashion, betrayal, Hollywood,
rock ’n’ roll—it’s like Pop-Up Video with way more scandal.”
—Colette Shade, author of Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything
“This is alt-rock biography as compulsively readable literary thriller. . . .
In this riveting salvo in her American Myth series, Riesman has captured the dream of the
nineties, but also the nightmare we are yet to wake up from.”
—Aidan Levy, author of Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed
“A gripping thrill for longtime fans as well as readers who have never followed the
trippy, lo-fi output of the Gen X icon . . . It lands as a reckoning.”
—Charlie Wells, author of What Happened to Millennials
“An amazing read . . . Riesman’s book manages to reveal all Beck’s carefully hidden truths,
while never fully ruining what pleasure comes of bearing witness to his legendary oeuvre.”
—Niko Stratis, author of The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
“The Last Temptation of Beck is likely the best book I’ll read all year, and despite the
challenging nature of some of the material, it’s one I read straight through in a single sitting.
Josie’s first two books were great, but this is a masterpiece.”
—Andrew Hickey, host of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
“Josephine Riesman’s book is as uncategorizable as Beck’s music. . . . Fas…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:474ldquxwzrlcvjhhbbk2wte/bafkreifbugb7x66tuyn5pg4m2ixn7wzfsn7udqnpmkmmgrafaml3xur22e)
