Leigh Walton
@leighwalton.bsky.social
reader, researcher, music-lover. Spent 18 years at the graphic novel publishing house Top Shelf Productions. Pronoun: he. Profile pic by “wervty” via picrew
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a new study finds that there is enough microplastic in your nads to make a little army guy. whats worse is that its the guy with the radio so he doesnt even have a gun. and he has a bunch of extra plastic along the seam on the bottom so he keeps falling over.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
a new study finds that there is enough microplastic in your nads to make a little army guy. whats worse is that its the guy with the radio so he doesnt even have a gun. and he has a bunch of extra plastic along the seam on the bottom so he keeps falling over.
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Yes! Comics may be quick reads, but that also means they’re easy to reread. I rarely reread prose, but I’ve read my favorite GNs multiple times.
Knowing that readers can easily revisit my work makes me so happy. That they can just casually flip to a favorite scene. That’s cool!
Knowing that readers can easily revisit my work makes me so happy. That they can just casually flip to a favorite scene. That’s cool!
in 2026 i would love to see cartoonists collectively let go of the resentment that "comics take years to make and moments to read." 🙏 the contrast in time creating vs time experiencing is true of all art. why complain that someone read your work? Chill out and enjoy meeting a reader on the page.
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Yes! Comics may be quick reads, but that also means they’re easy to reread. I rarely reread prose, but I’ve read my favorite GNs multiple times.
Knowing that readers can easily revisit my work makes me so happy. That they can just casually flip to a favorite scene. That’s cool!
Knowing that readers can easily revisit my work makes me so happy. That they can just casually flip to a favorite scene. That’s cool!
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Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
hyperallergic.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
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Shampoo— It’s Now a Computers
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Shampoo— It’s Now a Computers
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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It rules that they made an arcade game about a dystopian police state that can only be toppled by the revolutionary spirit and dangerous lyrics of the music of Aerosmith. 1984 is solved by Love in an Elevator.
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It rules that they made an arcade game about a dystopian police state that can only be toppled by the revolutionary spirit and dangerous lyrics of the music of Aerosmith. 1984 is solved by Love in an Elevator.
Actually a lot of people are insatiably curious! and most of us are not actively dismantling the global infrastructure of public health
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Actually a lot of people are insatiably curious! and most of us are not actively dismantling the global infrastructure of public health
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“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“she flamed out and faded away” is such funny framing for a woman publishing an excerpt of her book in vanity fair, where she also works. I wish I could flame out and fade away so successfully
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Curtis Dozier, author of this forthcoming book on white supremacist engagement with Greece and Rome, has argued that it isn’t “misappropriation.” Sometimes white supremacists actually see the violence in classical texts which liberal readers conveniently gloss over bsky.app/profile/opie...
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Curtis Dozier, author of this forthcoming book on white supremacist engagement with Greece and Rome, has argued that it isn’t “misappropriation.” Sometimes white supremacists actually see the violence in classical texts which liberal readers conveniently gloss over bsky.app/profile/opie...
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i may not like jam! but i'm sending them money knowing they will send me more fucking jam
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
i may not like jam! but i'm sending them money knowing they will send me more fucking jam
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that's the "automatic" part: if i'm a member of the RAC but one day instead of providing car breakdown cover they start sending me jams and marmalades in the post every month, i am now in every sense a jam of the month club subscriber up until the point i cancel my membership
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
that's the "automatic" part: if i'm a member of the RAC but one day instead of providing car breakdown cover they start sending me jams and marmalades in the post every month, i am now in every sense a jam of the month club subscriber up until the point i cancel my membership
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Wow, that "Black Night 2000" playfield is *stunning.*
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Wow, that "Black Night 2000" playfield is *stunning.*
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Tomorrow in Soho!!!
And if you're in London on Tuesday evening, he'll be at the wonderful @goshcomics.bsky.social for a joint release party with our friends @glacierbaybooks.com!
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Tomorrow in Soho!!!
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Clipart Crypt is an extremely indulgent fanzine celebrating clipart, featuring interviews with clipart experts and aficionados (such as @kwooten.bsky.social on feminist clipart), and collages of the strangest and most beautiful vintage clipart I could find.
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sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Clipart Crypt is an extremely indulgent fanzine celebrating clipart, featuring interviews with clipart experts and aficionados (such as @kwooten.bsky.social on feminist clipart), and collages of the strangest and most beautiful vintage clipart I could find.
sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
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Had a great convo with @scottgum.bsky.social about the importance of independent music media, AI, and the evolution of @stereogum.com
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Had a great convo with @scottgum.bsky.social about the importance of independent music media, AI, and the evolution of @stereogum.com
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New York and LA should offer an equivalent to Israeli birthright trips to every theatre kid in the lower 48
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
New York and LA should offer an equivalent to Israeli birthright trips to every theatre kid in the lower 48
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
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So many adverts for smart tech are just profoundly depressing.
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So many adverts for smart tech are just profoundly depressing.
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that