E. Christopher Clark
@eccbooks.bsky.social
author/illustrator of THE BLOOD OF SEVEN QUEENS comic book, which tells the story of how Red Riding Hood grew up to be the Queen of Hearts (he/him)
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Wowzers, that last post got some traction. As it was happening though, I realized that post made two in a row about Patton Oswalt. And while, yeah, I'm a little in love with the guy's comedy, this is NOT a Patton tribute account or something.
(Except now I've posted about him three times in a row.)
(Except now I've posted about him three times in a row.)
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wowzers, that last post got some traction. As it was happening though, I realized that post made two in a row about Patton Oswalt. And while, yeah, I'm a little in love with the guy's comedy, this is NOT a Patton tribute account or something.
(Except now I've posted about him three times in a row.)
(Except now I've posted about him three times in a row.)
Just heard that Dick Cheney died and instantly thought of it this clip that introduced me to the comedy of @pattonoswalt.bsky.social ages and ages ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIQS...
Patton Oswalt - The Dukes Of Hazzard.wmv
YouTube video by ExtremeHoward
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November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just heard that Dick Cheney died and instantly thought of it this clip that introduced me to the comedy of @pattonoswalt.bsky.social ages and ages ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIQS...
You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.
October 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.
Reposted by E. Christopher Clark
burn it all down.
Meta lays off 600 employees within AI unit
Meta lays off 600 employees within AI unit
The cuts come as Meta has been pouring billions of dollars into AI
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October 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
burn it all down.
This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.
Welp. At least I'll be in good company.
They want to try every creative writing professor who has said "Kill your darlings" at the Hague
i think it’s actually completely okay to say an algorithm is not a real person
October 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Welp. At least I'll be in good company.
At the mechanic to get an exhaust check-up and I’m pretty sure I’m *not* supposed to look at the pretty blue light of the blowtorch, but it’s cool-looking and it makes sparks and the alternative is local news on the TV next to me.
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
At the mechanic to get an exhaust check-up and I’m pretty sure I’m *not* supposed to look at the pretty blue light of the blowtorch, but it’s cool-looking and it makes sparks and the alternative is local news on the TV next to me.
My favorite comic strip turns 75 today, just a few days before my own 48th birthday. I don't know why I always forget the anniversary is so close. Good grief!
The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My favorite comic strip turns 75 today, just a few days before my own 48th birthday. I don't know why I always forget the anniversary is so close. Good grief!
a sampling of things i tell myself during a night out with old friends:
1. If you can't find parking, just go home. They don't really want to see you anyway.
2. You're so fat that they're embarrassed to be seen with you.
3. That thing you said just now was the stupidest thing ever said by anyone.
1. If you can't find parking, just go home. They don't really want to see you anyway.
2. You're so fat that they're embarrassed to be seen with you.
3. That thing you said just now was the stupidest thing ever said by anyone.
September 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
a sampling of things i tell myself during a night out with old friends:
1. If you can't find parking, just go home. They don't really want to see you anyway.
2. You're so fat that they're embarrassed to be seen with you.
3. That thing you said just now was the stupidest thing ever said by anyone.
1. If you can't find parking, just go home. They don't really want to see you anyway.
2. You're so fat that they're embarrassed to be seen with you.
3. That thing you said just now was the stupidest thing ever said by anyone.
Like Monica says, you should read it. And not just for the future bits—which are marvelous and incredibly well-imagined and well-wrought—but for the masterful blending of three different timelines, each of the other two equally well-done.
Just wanted to mention here that I wrote an ENTIRE BOOK about a future utopian society based on perpetual mass migration. You should read it :)
The Actual Star | monicabyrne
"Wildly ambitious, wildly successful."--Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized and Walkaway
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September 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Like Monica says, you should read it. And not just for the future bits—which are marvelous and incredibly well-imagined and well-wrought—but for the masterful blending of three different timelines, each of the other two equally well-done.
I'm not crying, you're crying.
"Congratulations! The U.S. Department of Education has forgiven all or a portion of your federal student loan(s)…as you successfully met the requirements of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Thank you for your public service!"
"Congratulations! The U.S. Department of Education has forgiven all or a portion of your federal student loan(s)…as you successfully met the requirements of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Thank you for your public service!"
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm not crying, you're crying.
"Congratulations! The U.S. Department of Education has forgiven all or a portion of your federal student loan(s)…as you successfully met the requirements of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Thank you for your public service!"
"Congratulations! The U.S. Department of Education has forgiven all or a portion of your federal student loan(s)…as you successfully met the requirements of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Thank you for your public service!"
Great. Now try convincing them (us) to vote for the same person INSTEAD of this asshole they (we) all hate.
Two thirds of Americans are not Trump voters
The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...
September 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great. Now try convincing them (us) to vote for the same person INSTEAD of this asshole they (we) all hate.
Bing Bong is supervising the Kickstarter fulfillment process, so you are all in good hands.
September 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bing Bong is supervising the Kickstarter fulfillment process, so you are all in good hands.
Also: there is a guy in front of me driving a white Chevy truck with a bumper sticker that reads “warning: big truck, small penis.“
I am not sure what to make of it. Self-awareness? Reverse psychology? A little of both?
I am not sure what to make of it. Self-awareness? Reverse psychology? A little of both?
September 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Also: there is a guy in front of me driving a white Chevy truck with a bumper sticker that reads “warning: big truck, small penis.“
I am not sure what to make of it. Self-awareness? Reverse psychology? A little of both?
I am not sure what to make of it. Self-awareness? Reverse psychology? A little of both?
The sign by the side of the road reads “dollar forever. Store closing.”
So I guess it’s not really forever, is it?
So I guess it’s not really forever, is it?
September 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The sign by the side of the road reads “dollar forever. Store closing.”
So I guess it’s not really forever, is it?
So I guess it’s not really forever, is it?
I did not know how much I needed to hear Jeff Bridges say, “Nine Inch Nails, man” until just now.
Now I just need to hear him say, “Trent Reznor was able to compose this IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!”
youtu.be/4nuqoJT19T0?...
Now I just need to hear him say, “Trent Reznor was able to compose this IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!”
youtu.be/4nuqoJT19T0?...
Tron: Ares | Nine Inch Nails
YouTube video by Disney
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September 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I did not know how much I needed to hear Jeff Bridges say, “Nine Inch Nails, man” until just now.
Now I just need to hear him say, “Trent Reznor was able to compose this IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!”
youtu.be/4nuqoJT19T0?...
Now I just need to hear him say, “Trent Reznor was able to compose this IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!”
youtu.be/4nuqoJT19T0?...
Ahhhh, just hurdled over the writer's block that was standing in my way for weeks if not months now. Damn, that's a good feeling.
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ahhhh, just hurdled over the writer's block that was standing in my way for weeks if not months now. Damn, that's a good feeling.
Working on issue #6 of the comic, even as copies of issue #5 are winging their way toward me (so that I can ship them right back out the door to my amazing readers), and I think issue #6 might be the actual death of me. So far behind, and the Big Bad Wolf presents new challenges every day, but…
September 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Working on issue #6 of the comic, even as copies of issue #5 are winging their way toward me (so that I can ship them right back out the door to my amazing readers), and I think issue #6 might be the actual death of me. So far behind, and the Big Bad Wolf presents new challenges every day, but…
Hello from Auburn Day’s Author’s Alley in Auburn, NH.
September 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hello from Auburn Day’s Author’s Alley in Auburn, NH.
In the middle of transition between meds and the traffic during my morning commute seems to be getting worse every day—just as my ability to cope with it is diminished.
September 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In the middle of transition between meds and the traffic during my morning commute seems to be getting worse every day—just as my ability to cope with it is diminished.
I was trying to get to the bottom of the meme/trend/whatever that started while I was asleep, and I finally found it in the comments of a post by Roxane Gay.
It is oddly comforting that Dr. Gay needed help understanding what's going on, just like I did.
It is oddly comforting that Dr. Gay needed help understanding what's going on, just like I did.
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I was trying to get to the bottom of the meme/trend/whatever that started while I was asleep, and I finally found it in the comments of a post by Roxane Gay.
It is oddly comforting that Dr. Gay needed help understanding what's going on, just like I did.
It is oddly comforting that Dr. Gay needed help understanding what's going on, just like I did.
Another learned behavior I want to unlearn: dismissing folks younger than me who are now experiencing parts of the aging process for the first time. I should be helping them the way I wish older folks had helped me! (And maybe *sharing* a laugh along the way, but never laughing *at* them.)
August 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another learned behavior I want to unlearn: dismissing folks younger than me who are now experiencing parts of the aging process for the first time. I should be helping them the way I wish older folks had helped me! (And maybe *sharing* a laugh along the way, but never laughing *at* them.)
Proud descendant of Canadians here and I absolutely adore this.
August 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Proud descendant of Canadians here and I absolutely adore this.
I'll be at the Plastic City Comic Con today from 10-5, selling copies of "The Blood of Seven Queens." Event is at the Hilton Double Tree in Leominster, MA. I'm at table 142 in the Gershwin Room, but I promise not to sing any show tunes (unless well-paid/bribed).
August 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I'll be at the Plastic City Comic Con today from 10-5, selling copies of "The Blood of Seven Queens." Event is at the Hilton Double Tree in Leominster, MA. I'm at table 142 in the Gershwin Room, but I promise not to sing any show tunes (unless well-paid/bribed).