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kellykanayama.bsky.social
Comics scholar/critic, specialist on Garth Ennis/Punisher/Judge Dredd. Japanese/Filipino, from HI, in Scotland, diasporic AF. kellykanayama.com
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ICYMI: I'm back on Patreon, this time with a rant about the children's cartoon show Bing! Post is now publicly available to read here: www.patreon.com/posts/121733...

Last call! Join us tomorrow in an online workshop led by Lily X, author of the Seventh Star series, where you'll learn how to write a romantasy novel. Get your FREE/PWYC ticket now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/romantasy-10...

Comics critics! You've got until FRIDAY to apply to the comics criticism mini grant! AND there's news! Due to an anonymous donor, we will be bumping the number of mini grants awarded from six to EIGHT! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Tax Season Sale! Use code DEATH-AND to get 20% off everything in my shop withryn.storenvy.com

🎶 At last, my Patreon post is liiiive🎶 I've got a new mini-essay up on my Patreon, which is live today for subscribers and on the 27th for non-subscribers! It's my first critical foray into children's media, with more to come. If you're signed up here's the link www.patreon.com/posts/121733...

We have Nazi salutes now because nobody said anything about Confederate flags.

YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown you can SEE HIM he is playing in town you should go and have a good time

Unfinished Fights sees @pauljonmilne.bsky.social and myself unleash thousands of years worth of fury in three blood-soaked stories. Your hair will stand on end. Your eyes will pop right out. stripforme.bigcartel.com

Ah, my most trusted vizier is telling the palace guards to “Seize him” and pointing over here. Must be someone nefarious standing right behind me, good looking out

This is Frank Castle, to me

Please share. There's still tickets available for our masterclass tomorrow night led by Katalina Watt on writing the monster. Get your ticket now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-at-gran...

CONAN SKETCH BY ME

Forty-eight years ago today, The Mighty Tharg blessed humanity with the gift of Thrill-power as 2000 AD Prog 1 landed on newsagents' shelves! 2419 issues later and the Thrills keep coming – here's to the next 48, Earthlets! bit.ly/3nHVcUL

some dorks from last night using the limited collection of felt pens I have

so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it.

It's Tax Season and I owe my terrible government money yay! So from now until April 15 get 20% off my entire shop with code DEATH-AND and help me cover my tax bill.

Two for Tango, being a review of two comic books by mr. Ennis and mr. Burrows (for @comicsjournal.bsky.social of course) www.tcj.com/two-for-tang...

Absolutely accurate af.

INCREDIBLE mini-grant news! Thanks to the generosity of @iamdavidbrothers.com, we will have TWO more mini-grants to award for this year's Comics Criticism Mini-Grant!! Make sure to get your applications in by the end of the month: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

These people are lecturing us about morality and sexual sin and normality while simultaneously having children out of some weird Genghis Khan but for dorkass losers genetics project

Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.

Hello? Can you hear me? "Hello?" is a new photo-comic by me, with additional lettering by @illusclaire.bsky.social. Read it below, or download it for a price of your choosing: Itch: hagaipalevsky.itch.io/canyouhearme Gumroad: hagaipalevsky.gumroad.com/l/canyouhearme

Getting ready to restart the Patreon in my customary extremely normal fashion

starting a thread of NPC names I invented that made my D&D party so mad they yelled at me

If you have Thoughts you'd like to turn into an essay, SI is now open to essay pitches! Deep-dive into one book or examine a theme or muse about an author's oeuvre... Details (inc how to pitch, payment, etc) at: www.speculativeinsight.com/pitches-open

Praying that the new Fantastic Four movie has this exact scene by @neilaglet.bsky.social in it, beat for beat.