Joel Christian Gill
@joelchristiangill.bsky.social
Cartoonist ●Historian●Professor Strange Fruit, Talented Tenth, Stamped from the Beginning a Graphic Adaptation and Fights One Boy'sTriumph Over Violence.
Dislike em all you want, I'm a life long Dem, I hate them, I just hate the religious zealot Nazis more. The economy and the national mood are better under Dems.
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
Being a cartoonist means one week staying up late drawing hands. The next week you're up trying to write a metaphor for disappointment.
she should have been allowed to kill one guy per season
Weaving my literary universe together, I’m thrilled to announce that my long out-of-print, Eisner-nominated Ozark horror fairy tale COME AGAIN will be reissued as an expanded paperback from Abrams — preorders everywhere books are sold! www.abramsbooks.com/product/come...
ICE grips the nation. Also there's a shit ton of snow outside.
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
As someone whose job depends on the ability to predict what people will want to read 18 months from now, I'm amazed there is a whole class of op-ed writers who have built long and lucrative careers off of being late to the party
These are in world newspapers I designed for The Legend of The Chainbreaker that give a bit of back story and exposition.
Someone posted one of these Frank King Gasoline Alley originals on ig the other day and I was moved to look up more. These are from 1925, 1926 and then one from 1951. These blew my mind. I guess doing a Gasoline Alley deep dive this winter.
MICE @massmice.bsky.social kicks off with "Comics in the Divided Age" at WBUR Cityspace! Joel Christian Gill @joelchristiangill.bsky.social talks with Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social and Alan Jenkins @alanjenkins.bsky.social. Registration link below! Use the code "MICE5" to get $5 off.
This is the monster That the Chainbreaker fights. The Thralldom Capitalism personified.
Comics by @aliceoseman.bsky.social @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @joelchristiangill.bsky.social @mollyostertag.bsky.social @jeremywhitley.bsky.social @katleyh.bsky.social @lizprincecomics.bsky.social @mirkdrop.bsky.social & the whole Lumberjanes crew are on the list.
The full list of 596 books removed from Dept. of Defense schools was released by order of a federal judge as part of a lawsuit brought by the @aclu.org. The list includes titles about diversity, puberty, and racism, and the aptly named YA book, "You Call This Democracy?" pen.org/books-banned...
📖💬💥 Read Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic! Developed with @joelchristiangill.bsky.social and the BU Visual Narrative MFA program, based on Power & Progress by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social & @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social shapingwork.mit.edu/power-and-pr...
2 page spread from Legend of the Chainbreaker (@tenspeedgraphic soon!). Dangerfield Newby IV tells his new head of security, Jo, how the elite twisted the story of Nat Turner and John Brown’s victory in the Emancipation War. Can’t wait for y’all to read this! #comics #wips #althistory #Chainbreaker
if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.
Your stories can help others. Share your story. Stories make connections stories build humanity. A story is the seed of humanity. @karenhunter.bsky.social
@joelchristiangill.bsky.social is a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of "Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence," cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by The NYT & awarded the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize. #bcicf2025
Just like the 3 silent "K's" in Republican Ive been silent on Social Media because I've been working on Legend of The Chainbreaker. WiP Nat Turner the Chainbreaker.
Bought the last half dozen eggs in the supermarket for $4 and considered that at really good deal. Project 2025 sucks.
The Electric Asshole cannot grok regular Americans.
Paul Robeson (1898–1976) – Singer, actor, activist, and scholar. A trailblazer in civil rights, used his powerful voice on stage and in the fight against oppression. Advocate for labor rights, anti-colonialism, and Black liberation worldwide. #PaulRobeson #art #Activist #28daysarenotenough
What is Drake writing in his diary tonight? Lol