Jim McDermott
@jimmcd.bsky.social
Writer, Fan, Part-Time Imaginary Tiger. 🏳️🌈
Find me writing about theater, comics, TV, pop culture and other stuff at American Theater, Popverse, NCR, Sojourners, and JimMcDermott.substack.com
Find me writing about theater, comics, TV, pop culture and other stuff at American Theater, Popverse, NCR, Sojourners, and JimMcDermott.substack.com
Tell us what you really think about the Mamdani win, NYT.
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tell us what you really think about the Mamdani win, NYT.
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
Attention bluesky
Show me the X-Men
Show me the X-Men
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Attention bluesky
Show me the X-Men
Show me the X-Men
Someone’s NYCC is like, so over.
October 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Someone’s NYCC is like, so over.
Scott with Maddie. She told me everyone thinks she’s Jean.
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Scott with Maddie. She told me everyone thinks she’s Jean.
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
If you haven't read the @brianmbendis.bsky.social and @alexmaleev.bsky.social book Scarlet, this would be a very good time to check it out.
September 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you haven't read the @brianmbendis.bsky.social and @alexmaleev.bsky.social book Scarlet, this would be a very good time to check it out.
hey I’m standing right here
August 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
hey I’m standing right here
Audra getting ready for that amazing scene in the #GildedAge finale tonight.
August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Audra getting ready for that amazing scene in the #GildedAge finale tonight.
This is a hate crime and needs to be removed before everyone’s parents from the Midwest move into Hell’s Kitchen.
July 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is a hate crime and needs to be removed before everyone’s parents from the Midwest move into Hell’s Kitchen.
Welcome to the E train.
July 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Welcome to the E train.
RIP One of the great Chicago comedians. He went to the Wisconsin Jesuit boarding school Campion, which was later sold and turned into a prison.
May 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
RIP One of the great Chicago comedians. He went to the Wisconsin Jesuit boarding school Campion, which was later sold and turned into a prison.
Pour one out for Champions.
May 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pour one out for Champions.
Zuck: The average American has three friends.
May 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Zuck: The average American has three friends.
Rest in peace, Francis. Thank you.
April 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Rest in peace, Francis. Thank you.
So so so so many questions about this image.
April 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So so so so many questions about this image.
I’m also pretty sure I heard “Saint Balenciaga” in there, which makes me very happy.
April 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m also pretty sure I heard “Saint Balenciaga” in there, which makes me very happy.
The fact that Francis chose for his casket to be a plain wooden box says it all.
April 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The fact that Francis chose for his casket to be a plain wooden box says it all.
Who do I talk to about pitching a Shondaland show set on Chandrila? #AndorSpoilers
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Who do I talk to about pitching a Shondaland show set on Chandrila? #AndorSpoilers
Just finished Ed Brubaker and @seanphillips.bsky.social’s Pulp. Good Lord. What an incredible piece of work.
March 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just finished Ed Brubaker and @seanphillips.bsky.social’s Pulp. Good Lord. What an incredible piece of work.
Just caught up on White Lotus. Going into tonight's episode literally like this.
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Just caught up on White Lotus. Going into tonight's episode literally like this.
Please accept this photo of my parents’ puppy Max showing he’s the best boy.
March 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Please accept this photo of my parents’ puppy Max showing he’s the best boy.
Today the International Trumpet Guild Journal has published my story about the trumpeter Glenn Drewes, who has been playing on Broadway and in New York clubs for a long time. He's a legend, and also an incredibly nice human being.
Find the piece in the March Journal here:
trumpetguild.org/journal
Find the piece in the March Journal here:
trumpetguild.org/journal
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today the International Trumpet Guild Journal has published my story about the trumpeter Glenn Drewes, who has been playing on Broadway and in New York clubs for a long time. He's a legend, and also an incredibly nice human being.
Find the piece in the March Journal here:
trumpetguild.org/journal
Find the piece in the March Journal here:
trumpetguild.org/journal