Jimmy Stamp
@jimmystamp.bsky.social
Eisner-nominated comic writer. Architecture & design copywriter. Journalist & critic with bylines in The Guardian, Wired, Dwell, and more. Beekeeper. Mostly here for comics. 🗯️ jimmystamp.com for comics ✍️ advscopy.com for copywriting 📍 Philadelphia
I just backed THE LAUNDRYMEN Books One & Two on @kickstarter.com Issue 1 made me so jealous when I first read it and @radchenka.bsky.social's hustle is inspiring. Back this book so you can say you knew them when! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rad...
THE LAUNDRYMEN Books One & Two
Wade and Bryan, supernatural monster hunters, return for a second thrilling adventure as THE LAUNDRYMEN!
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Working on a comic loosely inspired by another historically minded architect, Augustus Pugin. The first arc explores Rochester Castle, but I'd love to take our heroes to Notre Dame or Carcassonne to meet Le-Duc. Here's a sneak peak of page 2 by the talented @xavierdesveaux.bsky.social
Jimmy Stamp@jimmystamp.bsky.social · 8mo agoLooking forward to this show. I was so surprised when I fist learned about Viollet-le-Duc's idealized and occasionally fantastical architectural restorations. It was the first thing to open my eyes to the complexities and responsibilities of preservation/restoration.
Looking forward to this show. I was so surprised when I fist learned about Viollet-le-Duc's idealized and occasionally fantastical architectural restorations. It was the first thing to open my eyes to the complexities and responsibilities of preservation/restoration.
Susan Klaiber@susanklaiber.bsky.social · 8mo agoWould love to see this exhibition on Viollet-le-Duc in New York! Co-curated by Barry Bergdoll - should be excellent. #medieval #19thC #architecture www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/27/s...
The largest infrastructure projects currently being built in the US appear to be data centers and detention centers. The AI boom has coincided with ICE becoming the most heavily funded government agency. It's hard not to see a connection: This is the architectures of digital fascism
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
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January reads. Mostly finishing up the gifted books from the holidays. Not my usual, but each was worth reading.
A short history of the Daily Planet and the real-life buildings that inspired it. Revisiting this old post while prepping some new comics—architecture writing.
The Architectural Origins of the Daily Planet
“Look! Up in the Sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s a giant metal globe hurtling toward us that will surely result in our demise! Oop...Nevermind. All good."
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Three emails and text message about a POTENTIAL snow day on Monday. I know I'm old, but it seemed to work fine when we'd just turn on the radio in the morning to find out.
This letter in the back of Swamp Thing 23 has to be from writer/filmmaker/Ann Arbor native David S. Goyer, right?
It’s that time of year in Philadelphia where “go birds” replaces hello and goodbye. It’s our Aloha.
I've been moving my comic library and trying to weed things out. I couldn't part with these single issues, but having it all together in an omnibus is still pretty tempting. Ambitious superhero storytelling at the grandest scale.
Scott Snyder@ssnyder1835.bsky.social · last yr.The road to Death Metal all started in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE from myself, @jamesthefourth.bsky.social, @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social, and more! Pre-order our second and final Omnibus before FOC today to get issues #19-39 PLUS our Year of the Villain and Batman Who Laughs stories!
I just backed Made in Delco from @jimmygaspero.bsky.social. Excited to read through such a wide range of genres from one writer. And how could I not support a fellow Delco Jimmy? www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...
Made in Delco - A Comic Anthology
Delco: 1) An abbreviation for Delaware County, PA. 2) An attitude and way of life particular to the residents of said county.
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Finished a comic script today. My first full 22-page story. It seemed so daunting after writing shorts but it clicked into place scene by scene. And a last minute breakthrough made it work as a stand-alone, which I love.
Always disappointed when I click a link to an interview and it’s a podcast. STOP WITH THE PODCASTS. I want to drink my coffee and read a conversation.
Finally! One of my favorite museums and one of the things I miss about living in New Haven.
The Art Newspaper@theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 2y agoYale Center for British Art reopens after two years The museum will mark the occasion with solo exhibitions of J.M.W. Turner and Tracey Emin in its building, designed by the Modernist architect Louis Kahn buff.ly/RTWBexc
This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
New York Transit Museum@nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 2y ago#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
So impressed by the marketing for this comic. I love seeing more levers being pulled in the Tiny Onion machine. They've built something new and special, and I can't wait to see what else it can do.
Tiny Onion@readtinyonion.bsky.social · 2y agoMeet Lady Carolina! Wielding the arrow 🏹 #Killer #exquisitecorpses #13 #arrow @michaelwalsh.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social
Great interview about process. These books are a favorite in our house and this one looks excellent! Can't wait to add it to the shelf of BSC comics. We read the originals too and every comic highlights the genius of Ann M. Martin.
Comicsbeat@comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2y agoProcess + Interview: Arley Nopra on THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: MALLORY AND THE TROUBLE WITH TWINS Comics Beat catches up with Arley Nopra to go behind the scenes of The Baby-sitters Club: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins.
Every time I get new pages from @xavierdesveaux.bsky.social for Relics of Northmore, I have 2 thoughts: 1. I need to delete every piece of dialogue I’ve written so I’m not covering this art. 2. If I can’t do that, i need to be a better writer to live up to this. #comics #makingcomics
I just backed The Order of the Nun-Ya Starburst: Orekestra on @kickstarter.com Looks like a super fun story from @solissequentials.bsky.social, @minervafoxart.bsky.social, and @rebelmusecomics.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/sol...
The Order of the Nun-Ya Starburst: Orekestra (Sci-Fi heroes)
The Order of the Nun-Ya's punk Starburst nun, Orekestra, in her exciting comic debut! Sci-fi sisterhood in nun style. Let'sGo!
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Stumbled on a forgotten Louis Kahn building. Some photos from a hike last summer to the Wharton Esherick Museum. Hiked there from Valley Forge on part of the Horse Shoe Trail. #architecture
"I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it."
Iron Fist's Impossible Architecture is Inspired by an 18th-Century Architect
Danny Rand meet Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Sometimes I worry this sketch from 15 years ago is the best comic I'll ever make.
This auto-transcription of my interview with an architect has recorded every mention of "limestone" as "slimestone" and it makes me laugh every time.
Finally reading Pillars of the Earth. What a story but my god is it brutal. Hard to read sometimes. I think I need to put it down for a while and just read about Gothic cathedrals in Pevsner's Outline of European Architecture.
I'm watching this happen in old neighborhoods outside Philly and it's infuriating. Developers & "flippers" are demolishing smaller character-rich homes and clear-cutting 100-year-old oaks to maximize the allowed buildable area for identical garage-forward monstrosities. slate.com/business/202...
They’re Sprouting Up in Every Rich Neighborhood in America—Including Mine. I Had to Know Where They Came From.
My quest to understand the 5,600-square-foot architectural curiosity that appeared next door.
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Setting up the Scholastic book fair at my kid’s school. Twice as many graphic novels this year. This table is just a small portion.
Trying to focus on my first full-length comic series, but I keep getting ideas for short stories, including a couple devastating one-pagers.
