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Nick Sousanis
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Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · Nov 15
I kept my twit-act in part because I’d been documenting progress on my new book since its beginning. As I fully phase out twix, sharing some past posts here as I go. This was the first finished spread - part of 22pg 15ft long continuous sequence retelling the Odyssey! Onward! #Nostos #Unflattening 2
A 2-page black and white comics spread, with imagery continuing beyond the side boundaries of the pages as it’s part of a longer sequence. The center is a tapestry that stretches through the page displaying Odysseus’s ship with the lighthouse of pharos, Penelope weaving a pharos, and the bag of Aeolus. The image of penelope emerges from the tapestry, near it there's a meta-tapestry with warp and weft of threads that make the page, all woven by hands from the reader’s perspective. They hands unwind at the wrists to merge with a labyrinth that fills bottom of page metapmorphosizing from greek key patterns that make the boundary of the tapestry. At top the moon in three phases and a double headed axe spins through the page - in one instance mirroring the full moon with crescents on either side. The axe transforms into a monarch butterfly across the page. Also there’s an owl who moves backwards across the page until it comes to rest on Penelope’s loom. It’s a complicated page... (oh, and I have twice as many characters as Twitter here - but that’s probably enough)
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literaturegeek.bsky.social
#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so
Screenshot of the front cover of the digital zine "DIY web archiving", which has large-sized text stating: "Things disappear from the internet. Care about stuff on the web? You need to act to archive it. Anyone can do it—this zine shows you how."
April 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda.

And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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rikworth.bsky.social
Check out this page for the Comics in Theory and Practice roundtable we did a few weeks back. You can watch the talk halfway down the page.

Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!

sites.google.com/view/comicsp...
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Comics Practice and Theory: Roundtable and Exhibition
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November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
nsousanis.bsky.social
This looks super cool and a lot of fun!
javidecastro.bsky.social Javi de Castro @javidecastro.bsky.social · 19h
If you're wondering ‘What do you mean it reads back to front as well as front to back?’

Well, I'll try to quickly explain what “THE SPECTACULAR SPACE LOOP” is ⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
nsousanis.bsky.social
Potential new profile pic, courtesy of the birthday balloon Batman from my boy’s birthday! :)
A silly selfie of me wearing a Batman tshirt and behind me a crouching Batman figure made of metallic balloons
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
nsousanis.bsky.social
Comics have been around a long time…
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
nsousanis.bsky.social
Stars dancing about created by light passing through foam bubbles in a tide pool…
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Free gift link 🎁!

Interview with Melissa Bruntlett, author of Women Changing Cities and co-author of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality

@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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dirtbagg.bsky.social
Comic: LOCKS 1/3
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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lisadiedrich.bsky.social
How about not yet published but coming soon (in early 2026)?! @briwok.bsky.social & my edited collection Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine.
Book cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino. The image on the cover is from Ian Williams, & is a version of an image from his book The Bad Doctor, a graphic narrative based on his own experience with OCD. A boy is in bed with his hands folded in prayer & his thoughts take the form of a sefirot surrounding his head. Book cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino. The image on the cover is from Ian Williams, & is a version of an image from his book The Bad Doctor, a graphic narrative based on his own experience with OCD. A boy is in bed with his hands folded in prayer & his thoughts take the form of a sefirot surrounding his head.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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explodingarrow.bsky.social
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!

My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
nsousanis.bsky.social
Did I make crashing sounds to myself while drawing the Late Heavy Bombardment's impact on earth? Yes, I most certainly did...
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
two small comics panels in black and white. the one on the left, showing asteroids and comets sent towards the sun and inner planets by the movement of Jupiter. The one on the right shows these asteroids raining down on a rocky planet - also now with water brought in part by this bombardment - earth...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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juliaangwin.com
What if we thought of journalism as community service?

@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
terryparrisjr.bsky.social Terry Parris Jr. @terryparrisjr.bsky.social · 6d
My @jskstanford.bsky.social year at Stanford centers on one question: What grows when you build a community newsroom inside a public library? I've been testing it in Brooklyn neighborhood. It's works.

We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.

medium.com/jsk-class-of...
I Have An Idea To Open 16,000 Newsrooms In The U.S.
What happens when journalism lives inside the public library?
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
nsousanis.bsky.social
We can have nice things in decent people with conviction go for it…
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A picture of Mamdani with art statement: ARTnews New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names Arts and Culture Transition Committee New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who decisively beat back independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in the election to lead the city earlier this month, has named an arts and culture transition committee. The 28-member group includes curators, art dealers, journalists, and arts and nonprofit administrators. It ranges from Elizabeth Alexander, the president of the Mellon Foundation, which sits on an endowment of $7.7 billion, to Hannah Traore, who launched a 3,000-square-foot gallery on the Lower East Side not four years ago.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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profsandpints.bsky.social
Tonight in San Francisco! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof....
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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infowetrust.com
Almost anything can be treated as a map. Projections, charts, and diagrams are all ways of flattening the world so we can understand.

But the real magic happens when we enjoy those maps together. MAPS FOR KIDS is here! Let's meet our three maps: visionarypress.com/pages/maps-f...
Maps for Kids
Celebrate information graphics!
visionarypress.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."

BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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jasoncopland.bsky.social
Anyone out there not seen this? I feel like there might be one or two of you that haven't...

Now is a great time to buy my 307 page OGN digitally for only $12us!
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
nsousanis.bsky.social
Ok, it's that time of year again - gearing up to make an overly complicated popup card for my boy's birthday! Sharing a few from over the years that I'm particularly pleased with... (none of these photograph very well, videos of them give a better sense) 1/?
An unfolded popup card - teenage mutant ninja turtles leaping out at us on a city scape An unfolded popup card - teenage mutant ninja turtles leaping out at us on a city scape - now we are looking from overhead and can see all four turtles and also Batman Beyond swooping in in the background An unfolded popup card - teenage mutant ninja turtles leaping out at us on a city scape - totally overhead view - you can look down into he city but all the figures are near invisible as flat pieces of paper
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
nsousanis.bsky.social
I have strong memories of listening to Jimmy Cliff struggling man and better days are coming (and rest of that album) on weekends growing up - often while cleaning things around the house & thinking, brings back very specific and positive thoughts… (and remember the album cover well too…)
Album cover to struggling man. Black and white ink drawing - people hanging out on a city street
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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joanagcc.bsky.social
A recent project I loved: editorial illustration + graphical abstract package to visualize a study on cancer immunotherapies.

Full project breakdown (plus a few behind-the-scenes notes):
joanaccarvalho.com/programming-...

Huge thanks to Ervin and Filipe for the trust and collaboration!
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
nsousanis.bsky.social
It was an amazing show here in SF - and this article was quite a wonderful look at Asawa’s life…
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d
Ruth Asawa is no stranger to San Franciscans—my son goes to the art school named after her—but this exhibition is truly amazing. Do yourselves a favor, New Yorkers, go see it at (your) MOMA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
Ruth Asawa Turned Wire Into Her Lifeline
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM