Benjamin L. Clark
@benjaminlclark.com
Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark, BLClark
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Nebraska/ Santa Rosa, CA
https://benjaminlclark.com
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Nebraska/ Santa Rosa, CA
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Benjamin L. Clark
@benjaminlclark.com
· Oct 18
Hey, new folks! INTRO — I'm Benjamin. I write comic history, curate museum exhibitions, and other stuff. I've won some awards, and I'm open to other projects when I'm available. Find me other places:
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📰 buttondown.com/benjaminlclark
📷 instagram.com/benjaminlclark (if you must)
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📰 buttondown.com/benjaminlclark
📷 instagram.com/benjaminlclark (if you must)
@libbyapp.com I love you. Please let someone else turn the crank of the plagiarism machine. Take the AI nonsense off your app. It’s a slap in the face to authors and librarians and creative curious people everywhere.
January 16, 2026 at 6:59 AM
@libbyapp.com I love you. Please let someone else turn the crank of the plagiarism machine. Take the AI nonsense off your app. It’s a slap in the face to authors and librarians and creative curious people everywhere.
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
Reposted by Benjamin L. Clark
"The Toodles" by Stanley and Betsy Baer, 1941-1961
May 15th, 1955 as seen in The Register
May 15th, 1955 as seen in The Register
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
"The Toodles" by Stanley and Betsy Baer, 1941-1961
May 15th, 1955 as seen in The Register
May 15th, 1955 as seen in The Register
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That's quite a line-up!
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
That's quite a line-up!
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Last day to vote in the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Awards. Some of these categories are *incredibly* tight. Last time I looked there was just one vote between the leading nominee and the two joint nominees trailing them.#BFAwards25 www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-...
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations – Broken Frontier
The Broken Frontier Awards 2025 are here and you get to play a part in deciding who the winners are for the last twelve months.
www.brokenfrontier.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Last day to vote in the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Awards. Some of these categories are *incredibly* tight. Last time I looked there was just one vote between the leading nominee and the two joint nominees trailing them.#BFAwards25 www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-...
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 13,1962
January 13,1962
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 13,1962
January 13,1962
I did it. I've had to bump up the text size on all my devices. *SIGH*
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
I did it. I've had to bump up the text size on all my devices. *SIGH*
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Submissions for the 2026 Minicomic Awards are NOW OPEN through 1/31/26! 🎉
To submit your comic(s), register an account at mca.cartoonist.coop. Be sure to check out the full guidelines and FAQ before submitting.
To submit your comic(s), register an account at mca.cartoonist.coop. Be sure to check out the full guidelines and FAQ before submitting.
January 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Submissions for the 2026 Minicomic Awards are NOW OPEN through 1/31/26! 🎉
To submit your comic(s), register an account at mca.cartoonist.coop. Be sure to check out the full guidelines and FAQ before submitting.
To submit your comic(s), register an account at mca.cartoonist.coop. Be sure to check out the full guidelines and FAQ before submitting.
I love reading the By the Book interview Sunday morning. Tilda Swinton is a joy.
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I love reading the By the Book interview Sunday morning. Tilda Swinton is a joy.
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lmao Mad Magazine has still got it
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
lmao Mad Magazine has still got it
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Moomin by Tove Jansson
09. Moomin and the Brigands
Published between 1954 & 1955
09. Moomin and the Brigands
Published between 1954 & 1955
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Moomin by Tove Jansson
09. Moomin and the Brigands
Published between 1954 & 1955
09. Moomin and the Brigands
Published between 1954 & 1955
Just saw some more *bad* Schulz forgeries for sale. If you're in the market for Schulz original art, please, please, please, contact the Authentication Committee at the Schulz Studio.
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Just saw some more *bad* Schulz forgeries for sale. If you're in the market for Schulz original art, please, please, please, contact the Authentication Committee at the Schulz Studio.
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A reminder that while this is a comic book account, comic books are absolutely political because they ALWAYS have been.
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
A reminder that while this is a comic book account, comic books are absolutely political because they ALWAYS have been.
I got onto Twitter, iirc, around 2008. I was active there, and enjoyed it in the early days especially and tapered off my activity there when Elon Musk bought it. I joined Bluesky as quick as I could -- I think my user number is around 13k.
I will reiterate that I've never had cause to regret abandoning the former Twitter more than two years ago now, and have suffered neither personally nor professionally for doing so. Since I left it's become more toxic and, yes, evil. The people who are still there should really consider moving on.
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM
I got onto Twitter, iirc, around 2008. I was active there, and enjoyed it in the early days especially and tapered off my activity there when Elon Musk bought it. I joined Bluesky as quick as I could -- I think my user number is around 13k.
Like a really small version of Notes & Queries but for comics. Each issue will have at least one article that make readers say, "Holy Fuck, Who Cares??" but then be totally glad someone cared to put a few hundred words together on that subject.
Yes! This is the content I crave.
I’ve often thought a publication dedicated to the tiniest most trivial comics minutiae would be a lot of fun to read.
I’ve often thought a publication dedicated to the tiniest most trivial comics minutiae would be a lot of fun to read.
Billy Batson, Tom Kalmaku, and Iris West’s adoptive father Ira West have all been shown to collect stamps before. #ngl
January 9, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Like a really small version of Notes & Queries but for comics. Each issue will have at least one article that make readers say, "Holy Fuck, Who Cares??" but then be totally glad someone cared to put a few hundred words together on that subject.
Yes! This is the content I crave.
I’ve often thought a publication dedicated to the tiniest most trivial comics minutiae would be a lot of fun to read.
I’ve often thought a publication dedicated to the tiniest most trivial comics minutiae would be a lot of fun to read.
Billy Batson, Tom Kalmaku, and Iris West’s adoptive father Ira West have all been shown to collect stamps before. #ngl
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Yes! This is the content I crave.
I’ve often thought a publication dedicated to the tiniest most trivial comics minutiae would be a lot of fun to read.
I’ve often thought a publication dedicated to the tiniest most trivial comics minutiae would be a lot of fun to read.
If I was anywhere near NYC, I'd be there! Maybe you're luckier than me ...
Next Thursday at Society of Illustrators, NYC. Book talk with Kim and Denis Kitchen about the publication of Conversations with Denis Kitchen, censorship, and his career. Includes new clips from his upcoming documentary. societyillustrators.org/event/oddly-...?
An Oddly Compelling Conversation with Denis Kitchen and Kim Munson - Society of Illustrators
As a publisher, cartoonist, author, curator, and founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Denis Kitchen’s career has spanned decades from the underground c
societyillustrators.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:48 PM
If I was anywhere near NYC, I'd be there! Maybe you're luckier than me ...
Was this illustrated with AI trained on old Ladybird books? Also, it looks like a slice of pizza.
January 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Was this illustrated with AI trained on old Ladybird books? Also, it looks like a slice of pizza.
Is it supposed to look like a slice of pizza? I'm just seeing pizza.
RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid recommends eating like Liz Lemon, with meat and hard cheeses right at the top. Working on your night cheese is now endorsed by the federal government.
New Food Pyramid Recommends Eating Like Liz Lemon
RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid recommends eating like Liz Lemon, with meat and hard cheeses right at the top. Working on your night cheese is now endorsed by the federal government.
nymag.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Is it supposed to look like a slice of pizza? I'm just seeing pizza.
Like, EXTRA BLACK BLACK. Tar, I want tar in a big mug, and I want it to give me a heart attack and psychosis at the same time. That's the coffee I'm looking for.
January 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Like, EXTRA BLACK BLACK. Tar, I want tar in a big mug, and I want it to give me a heart attack and psychosis at the same time. That's the coffee I'm looking for.
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Comics studies folks—the submission window for the Comics Studies Society prizes is now open! See below for prize categories and submission details here: comicsstudies.org/prizes/
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Comics studies folks—the submission window for the Comics Studies Society prizes is now open! See below for prize categories and submission details here: comicsstudies.org/prizes/
The bottom one makes me think of Bill Bailey's "Little Book of Calm" on Black's Books.
January 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The bottom one makes me think of Bill Bailey's "Little Book of Calm" on Black's Books.
Axe into shin, chopping firewood drunk.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Axe into shin, chopping firewood drunk.