A page from HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY by Jadzia Axelrod, Amancay Nahuelpan, Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimarães, Carrie Strachan, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, where the narration and dialogue skips from philosophy of identity to tough-guy pronouncements by costumed thugs.

A page from HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY by Jadzia Axelrod, Amancay Nahuelpan, Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimarães, Carrie Strachan, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, where Hawkgirl says "I'm Batman."

I am good at my job.

Dan Mora's variant cover for JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC, by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

Its Final Order Cutoff Day for JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC SPECIAL!

Me, @nicoleamaines.bsky.social, Travis Moore, @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou worked really hard on this one, & it shows. Galaxy, Dreamer, Star Sapphire, Green Arrow & Adam Strange fight injustice in space!

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Dan Mora's variant cover for JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERGALACTIC, featuring Galaxy and Dreamer in a cool sci-fi landscape.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility

Phil Jimenez and Arif Prianto's connected variant covers for JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS, featuring Connor Hawke, Extraño, Superman, the Question, John Kent, Batwoman, Star Sapphire, Batman, Mr. Terrific, Adam Strange, Wonder Woman, Tasmanian Devil, Green Arrow, Jo Mullein, Galaxy and Dreamer.

11-year-old Me: I'm going to make up the best superhero who's going join the Justice League.

Me now:

This is a line I gave to Superman in GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN, and, as the all the best Superman lines, feels true and real.

This is an excellent opportunity to remind everyone that GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR has gone through multiple print runs.

Though perhaps that’s more Jadzia’s superpower.

One of Galaxy’s powers that I’ve never seen mentioned in the press is that she’s saved real, actual, human lives. People have written to Jadzia saying that Galaxy got them through a tough time, that they were thinking of ending it but then this character, this story, gave them hope.

I feel like people would listen to this if it was a podcast.

People hire my wife because she’s wildly talented, fast, finishes things, hits her deadlines, is a friendly and thoughtful collaborator, and makes everybody money.

The writing process on this one involved my wonderful wife and the wildly talented and beautiful @nicoleamaines.bsky.social doing what was essentially an improv superhero show in my house.

There would be dramatic lines followed by keyboard tapping.

It was like my very own @dropout.tv show.

My wife doesn’t read the comments, but I do. So sometimes I read people ask why Galaxy is getting another book and I want to just kneel down to their height, look them in the eyes, take their hands and say:

“Because it makes money, my dude. They are doing it because it makes money.”

It feels weird to promote trans superhero comic books at a time when my nation's government clearly has it out for us. But maybe that's the time people need to hear about these books the most.

In HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY, I broke a skylight in every issue, culminating with Hawkgirl killing a god named Skylight.

A photo of Rob Nero's "1-95": a mounted canvas with a stenciled picture of traffic on a highway and the words BE LIKE I-95 NEVER STOP WORKING ON YOURSELF NO MATTER HOW INCONVENIENT IT IS TO OTHERS

Inspirational. www.neroone.com/product/i-95

Toad Detour Toad Detour is a volunteer program that aims to protect the local toad population during the spring breeding season.

It starts in March and goes through June! schuylkillcenter.org/toaddetour/

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A small blue desk vacuum cleaner decorated with thick glue and charms to look like a little cake.

I went to a bubble tea slash craft shop and I decorated this desktop vacuum cleaner to look like a little cake.

FRIENDS: please take this survey about the DC GO! webcomic line on DC Universe Infinite to help determine the future of the line!

I told them to renew Aquaman: Yo-Ho-Hold Onto Your Hook, put The Question (Vic Sage) in something, and recommended some good writers

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A photo of a red-tailed hawk standing on the edge of a Tupperware container in a snowy wooded area, about to take off.

I was fortunate enough to be present when the Wildlife Clinic at The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, released a hawk back into the wild. Poor girl arrived at the clinic with a shoulder injury but took off into the sky, good as new.

📸: @jrblackwell.bsky.social

A panel from GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, Vash Taylor and Ariana Maher where Galaxy gives a satisfied grin with her eyes closed while the caption reads "I can do anything."

I was reminded today what a miracle it is that I was able to create a queer trans goofball superhero with @deuxdel.bsky.social, who then found a home in the hearts of so many and this year will be in her second graphic novel and a Justice League book.

So thanks, all of you, for making that happen.

A gorgeous photograph of a plate of chocolate chip cookies.

Blizzard fortifications.

It’s complicated. The short answer is: not like we used to. tacf.org/history-amer...

Genetic engineering to make chestnut trees more resilient so we can reintroduce them to North America. Commercial access to the electric legs that allow people greater mobility. The modeling that allows us to plan for microclimates to build resilience and preserve native species.

I just imagine a tent with a lounge area where a young person says something like “Should I break up with him, like sometimes he’s really sweet but then sometimes…”

Or “we’ve gotten engaged!”

Or “How do I come out to my Grandmother?”

I was born in the 80s. My generation lost many of our elders. What an honor it is to take on that role, to let you know that you can find your people, that you are not alone, that there is family everywhere, and we are rooting for you.

I told her that her community is out there. Then her plane was boarding and my wife came back and we both wished her well. I watched her go, knowing that I am her Auntie now, part of that extended family of queer people who watch over each other.

I told her that I am 45, so as bad as things are, they used to be worse. I told her that there will always be people who don’t accept you, but that you find your family, that you build you community, and that when you find your people you can make things better. I told her to have hope.

I complimented her Moomin stationary and she was delighted I knew who they were. I said “My wife writes comics so I’ve learned a lot from her.” She got quiet for a moment. Then cheerful. She told me that she is queer, and asked, since I have a wife, if I’m worried about how things are going.