Peter Wilkins
@wilkinsp.bsky.social
Comics Scholar. Bread and pickle maker. Designer of programs. A1 on the jukebox. Nowhere on the charts.
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My interview with @vhazard.bsky.social from @comicsgrid.com is now also available in the @citystgeorges.bsky.social #OpenAccess repository. Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (2025). An Interview with Vincent Hazard openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/36...
City Research Online - Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (2025). An Interview with Vincent Hazard
openaccess.city.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My interview with @vhazard.bsky.social from @comicsgrid.com is now also available in the @citystgeorges.bsky.social #OpenAccess repository. Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (2025). An Interview with Vincent Hazard openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/36...
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We are pleased to share that our Special Collection: Graphic Biographical Fiction (edited by @mariajuko.bsky.social and Nancy Pedri) has launched today, Monday 8 December 2025, with an initial set of two articles. All in glorious Diamond, consortial #OpenAccess! #ComicsStudies @openlibhums.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We are pleased to share that our Special Collection: Graphic Biographical Fiction (edited by @mariajuko.bsky.social and Nancy Pedri) has launched today, Monday 8 December 2025, with an initial set of two articles. All in glorious Diamond, consortial #OpenAccess! #ComicsStudies @openlibhums.org
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I've had a very nice chat with @ernestopriego.com (senior lecturer in comics studies at @City St George's, University of London) about our work on "Strange fruit, Abel's song" @EditionsDupuis www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/2...
Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (2025). An Interview with Vincent Hazard
This interview with Vincent Hazard explores the creative genesis and collaborative process behind Strange Fruit. La chanson d’Abel (Dupuis, Aire Libre, 2025), a French language graphic novel illustrat...
www.comicsgrid.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I've had a very nice chat with @ernestopriego.com (senior lecturer in comics studies at @City St George's, University of London) about our work on "Strange fruit, Abel's song" @EditionsDupuis www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/2...
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For many years, the Vancouver Whitecaps were viewed as a small-market club that would never do anything substantial.
So, what’s changed?
#VWFC
thethirdsub.ca/2025/12/04/t...
So, what’s changed?
#VWFC
thethirdsub.ca/2025/12/04/t...
The Value of High Expectations and a Good System
As we fast approach the Vancouver Whitecaps’ first MLS Cup Final appearance, I want to take some time to talk about the value of high expectations and a good system. I was inspired by a Glass City…
thethirdsub.ca
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For many years, the Vancouver Whitecaps were viewed as a small-market club that would never do anything substantial.
So, what’s changed?
#VWFC
thethirdsub.ca/2025/12/04/t...
So, what’s changed?
#VWFC
thethirdsub.ca/2025/12/04/t...
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I have drawn a mini-comic, as an introduction to my Moebius book at @upmississippi.bsky.social , which you can find here: www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Moeb...
Digital version, but the original is a cute A6 booklet, because who doesn't like fanzines?
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Digital version, but the original is a cute A6 booklet, because who doesn't like fanzines?
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March 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I have drawn a mini-comic, as an introduction to my Moebius book at @upmississippi.bsky.social , which you can find here: www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Moeb...
Digital version, but the original is a cute A6 booklet, because who doesn't like fanzines?
[1/2]
Digital version, but the original is a cute A6 booklet, because who doesn't like fanzines?
[1/2]
The Whitecaps are just the best
May 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Whitecaps are just the best
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Delighted to have this opportunity to write about autobio comics for @faberbooks.bsky.social
In ‘Drawn from Life’, his new essay for the Faber Journal, tickingboy.bsky.social writes about ’autobiofictionalography’ and why the graphic novel is uniquely positioned to play with the truth.
faber.co.uk/journal/how-...
faber.co.uk/journal/how-...
April 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Delighted to have this opportunity to write about autobio comics for @faberbooks.bsky.social
Not what you want ot wake up to. Big fire on Hastings Street.
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not what you want ot wake up to. Big fire on Hastings Street.
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This was a real joy to write! If you ask me again next month I might choose 3 others but these comics have definitely stuck with me.
It's Tuesday and we have a cracking 'Covers Album' courtesy of @tickingboy.bsky.social. This one's a real treat!
Covers Album: Damon Herd – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Powerpaola, Geneviève Castrée and Tom Williams.
www.brokenfrontier.com/covers-album...
Covers Album: Damon Herd – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Powerpaola, Geneviève Castrée and Tom Williams.
www.brokenfrontier.com/covers-album...
Covers Album: Damon Herd - Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Powerpaola, Geneviève Castrée and Tom Williams – Broken Frontier
Damon Herd is the latest guest contributor to pick three favourite comics covers for inspirational, aesthetic and nostalgic reasons.
www.brokenfrontier.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This was a real joy to write! If you ask me again next month I might choose 3 others but these comics have definitely stuck with me.
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This one's lovely, especially if you're a fan of classic Brit humour comic NUTTY. (And a shout-out to @lewstringer.bsky.social for some expert artist identification!)
It's Tuesday and we have a cracking 'Covers Album' courtesy of @tickingboy.bsky.social. This one's a real treat!
Covers Album: Damon Herd – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Powerpaola, Geneviève Castrée and Tom Williams.
www.brokenfrontier.com/covers-album...
Covers Album: Damon Herd – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Powerpaola, Geneviève Castrée and Tom Williams.
www.brokenfrontier.com/covers-album...
Covers Album: Damon Herd - Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Powerpaola, Geneviève Castrée and Tom Williams – Broken Frontier
Damon Herd is the latest guest contributor to pick three favourite comics covers for inspirational, aesthetic and nostalgic reasons.
www.brokenfrontier.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This one's lovely, especially if you're a fan of classic Brit humour comic NUTTY. (And a shout-out to @lewstringer.bsky.social for some expert artist identification!)
@wilkinscaleb.bsky.social Was Blackmon always number 33?
February 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@wilkinscaleb.bsky.social Was Blackmon always number 33?
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New @comicsgrid.com! The Aesthetics and Cultural Influence of Polish Comic Zines from the 1980s and 1990s on the Domestic Comic Market doi.org/10.16995/cg.... #ComicsStudies #OpenAccess
The Aesthetics and Cultural Influence of Polish Comic Zines from the 1980s and 1990s on the Domestic Comic Market
As a result of the economic and political upheavals at the end of the 1980s, the Polish comic market in 1990s was dominated by foreign publishers (TM-Semic and Egmont), who concentrated on American co...
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December 19, 2024 at 4:04 PM
New @comicsgrid.com! The Aesthetics and Cultural Influence of Polish Comic Zines from the 1980s and 1990s on the Domestic Comic Market doi.org/10.16995/cg.... #ComicsStudies #OpenAccess
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Huzzah!
New Book Review! Visual Storytelling and Historical Memory. A Review of Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics (@utexaspress.bsky.social) doi.org/10.16995/cg.... #ComicsStudies
Visual Storytelling and Historical Memory. A Review of <em>Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics</em>
This review explores Jorge Santos’ Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement (University of Texas Press, 2019), which analyzes how graphic novels reframe cultural memory of the civil rights moveme...
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December 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Huzzah!
All the criticisms of the Senna series are valid, but the series will send you down the F1 history rabbit hole.
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 AM
All the criticisms of the Senna series are valid, but the series will send you down the F1 history rabbit hole.
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Can we possibly revive the Situationist International? The times seem appropriate.
November 27, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Can we possibly revive the Situationist International? The times seem appropriate.
@wilkinscaleb.bsky.social I could be doing something useful, but instead I’m watching 90 minutes of bumpf before the Las Vegas Grand Prix
November 24, 2024 at 4:50 AM
@wilkinscaleb.bsky.social I could be doing something useful, but instead I’m watching 90 minutes of bumpf before the Las Vegas Grand Prix
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Scout Report-Dylan Peraic-Cullen. targetscouting.com/2024/11/16/d...
Dylan Peraić-Cullen (Central Coast Mariners) -Scout Report
Dylan Peraić-Cullen is an 18-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League. Peraić-Cullen has established himself as Central Coast’s first-choice keeper this s…
targetscouting.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Scout Report-Dylan Peraic-Cullen. targetscouting.com/2024/11/16/d...
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Report which dropped today. Bailey Brandtman who's just starting to break through with the Central Coast Mariners. targetscouting.com/2024/11/14/b...
Bailey Brandtman (Central Coast Mariners) – Scout Report
Bailey Brandtman is a 19-year-old Australian forward who plays for the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. Brandtman can play a variety of forward positions but is usually on the wing or undern…
targetscouting.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Report which dropped today. Bailey Brandtman who's just starting to break through with the Central Coast Mariners. targetscouting.com/2024/11/14/b...
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Looking forward to Comics Forum 2024! ernestopriego.com/2024/11/11/m... It's probably the wrong tag but hey #ComicsForum24 #ComicsStudies
Mexican Scholarly Insights on Women’s Representation in Comics at Comics Forum 2024
See you at Comics Forum 2024 this 14th and 15th November at Leeds Central Library!
ernestopriego.com
November 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Looking forward to Comics Forum 2024! ernestopriego.com/2024/11/11/m... It's probably the wrong tag but hey #ComicsForum24 #ComicsStudies
Not sure I understand the starter pack thingie but it seems nice…
November 10, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Not sure I understand the starter pack thingie but it seems nice…