Michael Tisserand
@tisserand.bsky.social
Writer of books on Krazy Kat and zydeco. Next up: Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator. I answer mail at MichaelTisserand.com
Stopping in the woods on a snowy morning
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Stopping in the woods on a snowy morning
If you throw a Gatsby party you don’t understand The Great Gatsby and if you call a reporter “Piggy” you *really* don’t understand Miss Piggy
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you throw a Gatsby party you don’t understand The Great Gatsby and if you call a reporter “Piggy” you *really* don’t understand Miss Piggy
Hey @arimelber.bsky.social I’m a big @michellegoldberg.bsky.social fan too but the role of the NYT is now part of these released files and any NYT writer on your show simply must be asked to address this
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hey @arimelber.bsky.social I’m a big @michellegoldberg.bsky.social fan too but the role of the NYT is now part of these released files and any NYT writer on your show simply must be asked to address this
This Penny lives forever
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This Penny lives forever
I guess not technically the ocean but close enough for me … what a beautiful book
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I guess not technically the ocean but close enough for me … what a beautiful book
Karoline Leavitt cross necklace update:
Still gone
Still gone
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Karoline Leavitt cross necklace update:
Still gone
Still gone
Meanwhile back in the Epstein files
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Meanwhile back in the Epstein files
There *were* other Mary Tyler Moore movie options
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
There *were* other Mary Tyler Moore movie options
Random things I didn’t know: The first Charlie Brown in the first You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown was Gary Burghoff in 1967
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Random things I didn’t know: The first Charlie Brown in the first You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown was Gary Burghoff in 1967
Hasn’t been this easy since TV Batman
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Hasn’t been this easy since TV Batman
“Mayor Mamdani” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Mayor Mamdani” by Edel Rodriguez
Now that was a name check
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Now that was a name check
The best cartoonist on the Cheney years was @rubenbolling.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The best cartoonist on the Cheney years was @rubenbolling.bsky.social
Oh look it’s Trump’s signature
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Oh look it’s Trump’s signature
MAGA out there saying it’s not like the White House hasn’t been destroyed before
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
MAGA out there saying it’s not like the White House hasn’t been destroyed before
Freddie Mercury graffiti and statue in Montreux Switzerland
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Freddie Mercury graffiti and statue in Montreux Switzerland
Timeline cleanse: A projection on a wall tonight at a silent film festival in Pordenone, Italy
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Timeline cleanse: A projection on a wall tonight at a silent film festival in Pordenone, Italy
Krazy Kat 1934, Peanuts 1958
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Krazy Kat 1934, Peanuts 1958
Spoiler: Before Lucy there was … Ignatz! Here’s a Krazy Kat daily from 1932.
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Spoiler: Before Lucy there was … Ignatz! Here’s a Krazy Kat daily from 1932.
For the 75th anniversary of Peanuts here’s a link to an essay I wrote about Charles Schulz’s deep love of Krazy Kat
www.michaeltisserand.com/ottimliffs
www.michaeltisserand.com/ottimliffs
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For the 75th anniversary of Peanuts here’s a link to an essay I wrote about Charles Schulz’s deep love of Krazy Kat
www.michaeltisserand.com/ottimliffs
www.michaeltisserand.com/ottimliffs
