San Diego I have (almost) arrived! It only took three days of travel delays and cancellations to get here 😂 😭
Amie with an ‘i.e.’ 🔜 SDCC
@librarylandia.bsky.social
Public Historian, Librarian, TCAF Director Former NYorker🗽Current Canadian 🇨🇦 Past President GNCRT she/her // opinions all me Writing my PhD on comics censorship https://carleton.ca/history/cu-people/amie-wright/
“This series seeks to counter suppression with a joyful, unruly, fierce collection of comics highlighting and celebrating the perseverance of storytelling under fire.”
Maia Kobabe to guest edit series of original comics about LGBTQ2S+ censorship | Xtra Magazine
“This series seeks to counter suppression with a joyful, unruly, fierce collection of comics highlighting and celebrating the perseverance of storytelling under fire,” says Kobabe
xtramagazine.com
My second TCAF as ED was our biggest one yet! But what the #s and highlights don’t fully capture is the persistence, collaboration, and community that a festival such as TCAF showcases. Making art in 2026 is a dangerous, courageous and needed act. Art brings us closer to each other and to ourselves.
Toronto Comic Arts Festival@torontocomics.bsky.social · 2mo agoTCAF 2026 was one for the books: 32,000+ attendees, 475+ exhibitors, 150+ volunteers, 70+ hours of free programming, and countless new comics friendships made 💛 Read our recap for an inside look at the numbers, highlights, and community that made it happen: www.torontocomics.com/post/tcaf-20...
Reposting for all who might need it today.
Amie with an ‘i.e.’ 🔜 SDCC@librarylandia.bsky.social · last yr.My dad passed away in 1990 when I was 11 years old. I didn’t much talk about him because, frankly, the weight of other people’s discomfort often felt too much especially when I was younger. So I stopped talking about him but #fathersday never stopped being hard.... #deaddadclub (1/ )
The secret is out! Check out our profile in @nowtoronto.bsky.social, where our Executive Director @librarylandia.bsky.social talks about TCAF's history, our unique approach to curation, and what to expect at #TCAF2026! nowtoronto.com/news/toronto...
How TCAF still manages to be Toronto’s best kept secret, even after 20 years - NOW Toronto
Hundreds of writers, artists, and small publishers are coming to the city for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, more commonly known as TCAF.
nowtoronto.com
The Montreal Comic Arts Festival (#MCAF) is a banger. Huge thanks to Virginie, the leadership team, volunteers, and all the artists & publishers I saw - many of whom will be at @torontocomics.bsky.social soon > including the Confluence exhibit. Unpictured - my sunburnt, but tired and happy face.
Somehow still hanging on! All jokes aside, I'm so grateful to my HW and NTU colleagues, and of course my former students, for sharing their insights and getting stuck in. Excited to celebrate HWJ100 with everyone on Saturday!
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 8mo agoWhich histories are meaningful to you? Ten illustration students from Nottingham Trent University consider their personal connections to the past and what it means to practice history from below.
This book has been hailed as one of the best graphic novels of the decade. Now it’s helped raise over $40K for mental health services #GraphicMedicine www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/lon...
Graphic novelist donates $40K to mental health services in memory of her late brother
British artist Zoe Thorogood was just 23 when she penned “It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth.”
goodgoodgood.co
True for last year and especially true for this year to come.
Amie with an ‘i.e.’ 🔜 SDCC@librarylandia.bsky.social · 2y ago
I’m not not checking Bluesky regularly but thought I would pop back in to say 👋 Also - Montréal is pretty even in the snow ❄️. Also there are churches everywhere.
The Tennessee Secretary of State handed public library boards that are eager to ban LGBTQ+ books–and particularly trans books–from their collections the biggest permission slip last week. Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books. bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
404media.co
Hi all - a heads up I will be pretty quiet on here for the next little while as I work on my PhD. Pls text, email or Signal - for all things @torontocomics.bsky.social please send an email to contact@torontocomics.com with me cc’ed. In the meantime, here’s a picture of me & velvet hippo Ziggy
Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist! www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator. Check out her work here at Comics Beat!
comicsbeat.com
One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends. #NoKings #Manhattan
It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.
Well put SVA “Art illuminates dark times”
This All Things Considered 4-minute spotlight changed my life overnight. NPR helps me stay informed and engaged with my community. Freedom of the press is at jeopardy. Please donate to your local @npr.org station and keep news available to everyone.
For this Latinx graphic novelist, superheroes can be real. They can even be family
Graphic novelist Henry Barajas is finding success by incorporating Mesoamerican history — and his own family's past — into his work.
npr.org
Michel Martin, NPR@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social · 11mo agoI never do stuff like this but what the heck ... it's the start of a new era in public media ..
We are complicit. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Families turned away at the Canadian border are ending up in ICE detention, lawyers say | CBC News
A family from Haiti and another from Pakistan who tried to claim asylum in Canada were turned away by Canadian border agents over paperwork discrepancies. Their lawyers say they're part of a worrying ...
cbc.ca
Our Executive Director @librarylandia.bsky.social spoke with CBC about the Alberta government's censorship of comic books in schools. Their attack on diverse voices is a continuation of how governments have historically exploited "moral panics" to threaten human rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta has banned graphic books before. In the 1950s, 'salacious' comics were the target | CBC News
In 1954, the province established the Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications to investigate "crime comics" that supposedly inspired undesirable behaviour in kids.
cbc.ca
You have precisely 24 HOURS LEFT to send in your most dazzling, preposterous, stately and/or transcendent "I Registered to Vote for Zohran" sticker designs to zohranfornyc.com/stickittotheman
Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12mo agoWe want YOU to help us register thousands of New Yorkers to vote by redesigning the iconic I VOTED sticker. But you need to move fast. Submit your design by Friday at 6pm - and get ready to pick a winner this weekend. zohranfornyc.com/stickittotheman
This might be the worst timeline - and there’s also the first new episode of #SlowHorses s05 to watch - including this delight of a scene 🎬 with the #simplyirresistable and ever ridiculous #RoddyHo
Comics and social protest have a long history that now includes #OnePiece #comics #manga #publichistory www.cbc.ca/news/world/o...
The story behind the One Piece skull flag flying at youth-led protests around the world | CBC News
A flag from the popular Japanese anime and manga One Piece has increasingly been flown at protests in different parts of the world over the past few months. The flag has been seen at pro-Palestinian r...
cbc.ca
Big plans for tomorrow - me and other public historians from @cupublichistory.bsky.social will be visiting the oldest stone structure in #Ottawa for a special #PublicHistory tour at Bytown Museum. #PhDlife is wonderfully 🤓
Carleton Centre for Public History@cupublichistory.bsky.social · 12mo ago#PublicHistory is going to the Museum! @carleton.ca #PublicHistory students & faculty please join us Wed Sept 24th starting at 4pm at the Bytown Museum for a special Public History tour and event. More information: carleton.ca/ccph/2025/ni...
"Situations that once were opportunities for connection have become solitary pursuits..." "...reliance on AI deprives us of relationships and opportunities for reflection." A lot of good reflections in this article; with thanks to @noethematt.bsky.social www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Stop Chatting With ChatGPT | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
I am not arguing for a wholesale proscription against AI. It is a part of our world and, in many cases, can be used for good. Rather, we should be intentional in preventing AI from replacing our human...
thecrimson.com