Avery Kaplan
@averykaplan.northsky.social
Writer 📚 Bylines @ Star Trek, Scarleteen, Final Gravity, TCJ, Popverse, Prism Comics, PanelxPanel, The Comics Courier & MORE ♏️🏳️⚧️ Eisner Award winning Features Editor @ Comics Beat (she/her) IDIC 🖖🏻 Cali class ✨ Husband = @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social
This one is near and dear to my heart. It’s about grief as it relates to child loss and infertility — and how Scarlet Witch helped me comprehend the pain of what I was going through.
Trash Kitty Comics N' Stuff@trashkittycomics.bsky.social · 2h agoIt's Baby Loss Awareness Week. In honor of that, @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social wrote about how Scarlet Witch helped them deal with baby loss grief www.trashkittycomics.com/post/how-sca...
WandaVision and Agatha All Along are my top 2 MCU things and if VisionQuest is a worthy conclusion to the trilogy…!!
Comic Book Club@comicbookclub.bsky.social · 6h agoVisionQuest is enormously impressive, enormously satisfying, and will make you sob by the end. Read our review of the new MCU show for more.
…why does this picture make me crave BBQ?
BAM@bamccray.bsky.social · 9h agoRecent commission of Judy and Tom from George Romero‘s Night of the Living Dead
Wonder Woman turns 85, but fans are asking: where’s the celebration?
Wonder Woman turns 85, but fans are asking: where’s the celebration?
But as Wonder Woman celebrates her 85th anniversary this month, fans have started asking one question: Why isn't DC celebrating this milestone for her?
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Hooty Smug Face
Alt: Hooty Smug Face from Owl House
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Trash Kitty Comics N' Stuff@trashkittycomics.bsky.social · yesterdayBecause it’s OWL season… THE OWL HOUSE season 3 almost revealed Hooty's "nonsensical" origin By: @averykaplan.northsky.social www.trashkittycomics.com/post/the-owl...
Over the last few years, I’ve struggled with my own eating disorder. So, in honor of World Mental Health Day 2026, I wanted to share 5 comics that are helping me survive a very difficult recovery (which often takes between 7-10 years to fully achieve)
Trash Kitty Comics N' Stuff@trashkittycomics.bsky.social · 2d agoHappy World Mental Health Day! @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social writes about 5 comics that shine a spotlight on eating disorders (and recovery) www.trashkittycomics.com/post/5-comic...
Star Trek Voyager: The Doctor Declares 'Sinners!'
Alt: Star Trek Voyager: The Doctor Declares 'Sinners!'
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Trash Kitty Comics N' Stuff@trashkittycomics.bsky.social · 2d agoNYCC ‘26: STAR TREK’s Robert Picardo says he’s "one of the few people who’s had it both ways" @robertpicardo.bsky.social www.trashkittycomics.com/post/nycc-26...
Over @trashkittycomics.bsky.social my article on trans characters in Marvel Comics was republished! Read it here:
Like trans people IRL, Marvel’s trans characters have already been here
Just like trans people IRL, the trans characters of Marvel have been here (and aren’t going anywhere)Recently, rumors have circulated that Gwen Stacy, AKA Spider-Gwen, is depicted as trans in the rece...
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Ah, a proper recap of the IDW panel! If I sound like a corporate shill it's because I'm just really jazzed about what the company is doing right now.
Comicsbeat@comicsbeat.bsky.social · 3d agoNYCC ’26: IDW to publish Blumhouse, James Bond comics, with Grant Morrison on 007 IDW discussed their current lines of books and made two big announcements to excite fans.
New Tom King discourse, time to share my extended review of Animal Pound: King's weakest work and a window into his limits as a writer in our current political moment:
Trade Rating: ANIMAL POUND by Tom King and Peter Gross is a modern Orwell reimagining
Today our reviewer takes a thorough look at Tom King and Peter Gross' Animal Pound, as well as its relation to George Orwell and more.
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THE LIFE OF CHUCK is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writer By: @averykaplan.northsky.social www.trashkittycomics.com/post/the-lif...
THE LIFE OF CHUCK is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writer; his non-horror books rule too.
While Stephen King’s reputation may be for horror novels, to dismiss him as 'only' a horror writer is to overlook some of his best work, such as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, and The Lif...
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Over @trashkittycomics.bsky.social my article on trans characters in Marvel Comics was republished! Read it here:
Like trans people IRL, Marvel’s trans characters have already been here
Just like trans people IRL, the trans characters of Marvel have been here (and aren’t going anywhere)Recently, rumors have circulated that Gwen Stacy, AKA Spider-Gwen, is depicted as trans in the rece...
trashkittycomics.com
IDW announces STAR TREK titles penned by Gates McFadden; Timothy Zahn IDW has announced two exciting new upcoming Star Trek titles, one of which will be written by Gates McFadden (Doctor Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard), and one of which will be the first…
IDW announces STAR TREK titles penned by Gates McFadden; Timothy Zahn
IDW has announced two exciting new upcoming Star Trek titles, one of which will be written by Gates McFadden (Doctor Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard), and one of which will be the first Franchise graphic novel, which will be written by Timothy Zahn (Star Wars: Thrawn; Heir to the Empire…
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Sadly, there is no actual transgenderification beam. However! there is a commercial that will give a whole bunch of people a new fetish for the idea of a transgenderification beam. Good job, ya croutons
steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 6d agolol
I am SO excited to boldly go with BEVERLY CRUSHER HERSELF on Gates McFadden's first foray into comics -- with @meganlevens.bsky.social @charliekirchoff.com and @idwpublishing.com in 2027! variety.com/2026/tv/news...
‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Star Gates McFadden to Write Dr. Crusher Comic Book Series (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety has learned exclusively that Gates McFadden is penning the limited comic series "Star Trek: Crusher" with IDW Publishing.
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@susanlbridges.bsky.social Me & @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social were wondering, do cows have babies in a particular season or all year round? Thank you 💕🐮🐄
If you are a Stephen King fan, next week is going to be big! Here’s my husband @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social’s review of Flanagan’s Carrie series:
Trash Kitty Comics N' Stuff@trashkittycomics.bsky.social · last wk.Review: Mike Flanagan’s CARRIE makes its heroine a symptom of something bigger www.trashkittycomics.com/post/review-...
she had to hide and be stealth, it’s never mentioned the character is trans but there’s something truly magic in knowing that the next time i rewatch TNG, i will see her there and i will know that someone like me helped make the show that ignited my lifelong love of Star Trek 😭
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 2w agoFIRSTLY as the piece alludes: Loren Rex Cameron’s also-trans and arguably more famous older sister, Cameron, was a I believe fully stealth working model and actress (a la plot of Pose) in the 80s and 90s mostly … I rewatched like I dunno, dozens of TNG episodes, where she appeared as Ensign Kellogg:
Like trans people IRL, Marvel’s trans characters have already been here By: @averykaplan.northsky.social www.trashkittycomics.com/post/like-tr...
Like trans people IRL, Marvel’s trans characters have already been here
Just like trans people IRL, the trans characters of Marvel have been here (and aren’t going anywhere)Recently, rumors have circulated that Gwen Stacy, AKA Spider-Gwen, is depicted as trans in the rece...
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