Michael Avolio
@michaelavolio.bsky.social
Silver Spring, MD
Indie cartoonist making comics.
Autistic and in constant physical pain.
Former theater artist. Forever cinephile.
Buy my comics and paintings at michaelavolio.etsy.com. Support my comics work at patreon.com/michaelavolio.
Indie cartoonist making comics.
Autistic and in constant physical pain.
Former theater artist. Forever cinephile.
Buy my comics and paintings at michaelavolio.etsy.com. Support my comics work at patreon.com/michaelavolio.
Now through December 2nd, everything in my Etsy shop is 25% off — comics, paintings, art prints, original comic art pages, and drawings! Buy a gift for someone else, or just get a little something for yourself. Free shipping on orders over $35!
michaelavolio.etsy.com
michaelavolio.etsy.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Now through December 2nd, everything in my Etsy shop is 25% off — comics, paintings, art prints, original comic art pages, and drawings! Buy a gift for someone else, or just get a little something for yourself. Free shipping on orders over $35!
michaelavolio.etsy.com
michaelavolio.etsy.com
Happy birthday to our greatest living filmmaker, Martin Scorsese.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Happy birthday to our greatest living filmmaker, Martin Scorsese.
self-portraits from over the years
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
self-portraits from over the years
Instagram permanently deactivated my account because I told too many fascists there to kill themselves. So I had to create a new account, with no access to my followers/following lists. My new account is: instagram.com/michaelavoliocomics
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Instagram permanently deactivated my account because I told too many fascists there to kill themselves. So I had to create a new account, with no access to my followers/following lists. My new account is: instagram.com/michaelavoliocomics
Tatsuya Nakadai (1932–2025)
Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Harakiri, High and Low, The Face of Another, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Kagemusha, Ran, The Human Condition, Kill!, Sword of Doom, Kwaidan, The Wolves, The Inheritance, and even one shot of Seven Samurai.
What an intense actor.
What a career.
Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Harakiri, High and Low, The Face of Another, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Kagemusha, Ran, The Human Condition, Kill!, Sword of Doom, Kwaidan, The Wolves, The Inheritance, and even one shot of Seven Samurai.
What an intense actor.
What a career.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai (1932–2025)
Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Harakiri, High and Low, The Face of Another, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Kagemusha, Ran, The Human Condition, Kill!, Sword of Doom, Kwaidan, The Wolves, The Inheritance, and even one shot of Seven Samurai.
What an intense actor.
What a career.
Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Harakiri, High and Low, The Face of Another, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Kagemusha, Ran, The Human Condition, Kill!, Sword of Doom, Kwaidan, The Wolves, The Inheritance, and even one shot of Seven Samurai.
What an intense actor.
What a career.
Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social introducing the silent film Saxophone Suzy at AFI Silver — opening night of their 2025 Classic Film Weekend!
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social introducing the silent film Saxophone Suzy at AFI Silver — opening night of their 2025 Classic Film Weekend!
AFI Silver is showing a free advance screening of the sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge on Nov 18: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
AFI Silver is showing a free advance screening of the sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge on Nov 18: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Diane Ladd (1935-2025) earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her brilliant work in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as the larger than life diner waitress Flo, who takes Ellen Burstyn's Alice under her wing. That's her on the right with her hair up. A tour de force performance.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Diane Ladd (1935-2025) earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her brilliant work in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as the larger than life diner waitress Flo, who takes Ellen Burstyn's Alice under her wing. That's her on the right with her hair up. A tour de force performance.
If you used SNAP for an Instacart order in Oct, you can get 50% up to $50 off a grocery delivery order from EBT-eligible retailers in Nov.
It's kind of Instacart to offer this discount to those of us whose SNAP benefits will be delayed and/or decreased (or just not paid at all) this month...
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It's kind of Instacart to offer this discount to those of us whose SNAP benefits will be delayed and/or decreased (or just not paid at all) this month...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you used SNAP for an Instacart order in Oct, you can get 50% up to $50 off a grocery delivery order from EBT-eligible retailers in Nov.
It's kind of Instacart to offer this discount to those of us whose SNAP benefits will be delayed and/or decreased (or just not paid at all) this month...
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It's kind of Instacart to offer this discount to those of us whose SNAP benefits will be delayed and/or decreased (or just not paid at all) this month...
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Had a great time again at DC Zinefest — thanks to everyone who came by!
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Had a great time again at DC Zinefest — thanks to everyone who came by!
I'm debuting my new comic Jaywalkers at DC Zinefest today! I'm also selling my other comics, prints, and some new paintings.
Come by if you're in the Washington, DC area — it's free to attend, and there'll be more than 80 exhibitors.
11am-4pm at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. #DCZF2025
Come by if you're in the Washington, DC area — it's free to attend, and there'll be more than 80 exhibitors.
11am-4pm at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. #DCZF2025
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm debuting my new comic Jaywalkers at DC Zinefest today! I'm also selling my other comics, prints, and some new paintings.
Come by if you're in the Washington, DC area — it's free to attend, and there'll be more than 80 exhibitors.
11am-4pm at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. #DCZF2025
Come by if you're in the Washington, DC area — it's free to attend, and there'll be more than 80 exhibitors.
11am-4pm at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. #DCZF2025
If you were writing the Trump regime as satire, having the president begin demolishing the White House to add a gaudy new ballroom during a government shutdown a couple days after he shares an A.I. video in which he wears a crown and shits on Americans might seem too on-the-nose.
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you were writing the Trump regime as satire, having the president begin demolishing the White House to add a gaudy new ballroom during a government shutdown a couple days after he shares an A.I. video in which he wears a crown and shits on Americans might seem too on-the-nose.
quick digital sketch drawn with my finger on my phone
October 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
quick digital sketch drawn with my finger on my phone
I had fun tabling at Philly Comics Expo for the first time yesterday! It was a light show sales-wise, but everyone was nice, and it was cool to meet some cartoonists I hadn't before and to see a few I knew.
(And I made it to The Philadelphia Museum of Art the day before and also ate cheesesteaks!)
(And I made it to The Philadelphia Museum of Art the day before and also ate cheesesteaks!)
October 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I had fun tabling at Philly Comics Expo for the first time yesterday! It was a light show sales-wise, but everyone was nice, and it was cool to meet some cartoonists I hadn't before and to see a few I knew.
(And I made it to The Philadelphia Museum of Art the day before and also ate cheesesteaks!)
(And I made it to The Philadelphia Museum of Art the day before and also ate cheesesteaks!)
Free to attend, 10am-6pm Saturday October 4 at Old Pine Community Center in Philadelphia, PA:
Philly Comics Expo
partnersandson.com/pages/philly-comics-expo
I'll be there selling my comics, prints, and paintings, and over 160 other cartoonists and publishers will be there too!
Philly Comics Expo
partnersandson.com/pages/philly-comics-expo
I'll be there selling my comics, prints, and paintings, and over 160 other cartoonists and publishers will be there too!
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Free to attend, 10am-6pm Saturday October 4 at Old Pine Community Center in Philadelphia, PA:
Philly Comics Expo
partnersandson.com/pages/philly-comics-expo
I'll be there selling my comics, prints, and paintings, and over 160 other cartoonists and publishers will be there too!
Philly Comics Expo
partnersandson.com/pages/philly-comics-expo
I'll be there selling my comics, prints, and paintings, and over 160 other cartoonists and publishers will be there too!
Sammy Harkham's next issue of Crickets is on the way! You can pre-order it from his online shop to get a limited edition process zine:
sammyharkham.bigcartel.com/product/crickets-9
Great cover. I love the way the "C" lines up with the "r" here.
sammyharkham.bigcartel.com/product/crickets-9
Great cover. I love the way the "C" lines up with the "r" here.
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sammy Harkham's next issue of Crickets is on the way! You can pre-order it from his online shop to get a limited edition process zine:
sammyharkham.bigcartel.com/product/crickets-9
Great cover. I love the way the "C" lines up with the "r" here.
sammyharkham.bigcartel.com/product/crickets-9
Great cover. I love the way the "C" lines up with the "r" here.
"We want to frame the dead guy who shot at ICE detainees as being against ICE, even though he shot ICE's victims instead of ICE agents, so be sure to write anti-ICE messaging on the bullets he left behind."
"Gotcha, boss, no problem. Anti-ICE messaging it is."
"Gotcha, boss, no problem. Anti-ICE messaging it is."
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"We want to frame the dead guy who shot at ICE detainees as being against ICE, even though he shot ICE's victims instead of ICE agents, so be sure to write anti-ICE messaging on the bullets he left behind."
"Gotcha, boss, no problem. Anti-ICE messaging it is."
"Gotcha, boss, no problem. Anti-ICE messaging it is."
Small Press Expo
SPX 2025 haul
Day 1 : Day 2
SPX 2025 haul
Day 1 : Day 2
September 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Small Press Expo
SPX 2025 haul
Day 1 : Day 2
SPX 2025 haul
Day 1 : Day 2
It's my 44th birthday, and I'm running a sale at my Etsy shop! Use code BORN44 to get 44% off my comics, drawings, paintings, original comic art pages, and art prints through the end of the month: michaelavolio.etsy.com?coupon=BORN44
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It's my 44th birthday, and I'm running a sale at my Etsy shop! Use code BORN44 to get 44% off my comics, drawings, paintings, original comic art pages, and art prints through the end of the month: michaelavolio.etsy.com?coupon=BORN44
The New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium schedule for the rest of 2025 is here. Meetings are free and online.
I'm especially interested in seeing Jordan Crane's presentation and hearing Fahmi Reza interviewed on satire against power.
More info: nycomicssymposium.substack.com/p/fall-2025-...
I'm especially interested in seeing Jordan Crane's presentation and hearing Fahmi Reza interviewed on satire against power.
More info: nycomicssymposium.substack.com/p/fall-2025-...
August 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium schedule for the rest of 2025 is here. Meetings are free and online.
I'm especially interested in seeing Jordan Crane's presentation and hearing Fahmi Reza interviewed on satire against power.
More info: nycomicssymposium.substack.com/p/fall-2025-...
I'm especially interested in seeing Jordan Crane's presentation and hearing Fahmi Reza interviewed on satire against power.
More info: nycomicssymposium.substack.com/p/fall-2025-...
Maybe the best movie & performance from Terence Stamp (1938-2025) is The Limey, Soderbergh's 1999 crime drama. Stamp is an old cockney gangster investigating the death of his daughter in LA. Stylized & sharp. Great cast includes Luis Guzmán & one scene of Bill Duke. www.kanopy.com/en/product/1...
August 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Maybe the best movie & performance from Terence Stamp (1938-2025) is The Limey, Soderbergh's 1999 crime drama. Stamp is an old cockney gangster investigating the death of his daughter in LA. Stylized & sharp. Great cast includes Luis Guzmán & one scene of Bill Duke. www.kanopy.com/en/product/1...
Image is the excerpt from this local news report at the time, which got continually updated: www.wpxi.com/news/local/s...
June 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Image is the excerpt from this local news report at the time, which got continually updated: www.wpxi.com/news/local/s...
Ernest Hemingway
from "A Free Shave"
The Toronto Star Weekly - March 6, 1920
republished in By-Line: Ernest Hemingway
read here by Campbell Scott
from "A Free Shave"
The Toronto Star Weekly - March 6, 1920
republished in By-Line: Ernest Hemingway
read here by Campbell Scott
May 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Ernest Hemingway
from "A Free Shave"
The Toronto Star Weekly - March 6, 1920
republished in By-Line: Ernest Hemingway
read here by Campbell Scott
from "A Free Shave"
The Toronto Star Weekly - March 6, 1920
republished in By-Line: Ernest Hemingway
read here by Campbell Scott