Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@planetx.bsky.social

A lovely young woman. Author of the GALAXY series, JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS, HAWKGIRL, THE DC BOOK OF PRIDE, and THE WIZARD, THE WITCH & THE WILD ONE graphic novel. She/Her Agent: @inthesestones.bsky.social https://www.jadziaaxelrod.com

I was talking to a college student today about the passing of the matryoshka doll from Grant Morrison and Rebis to Rachel Pollack and Kate Godwin to me and Galaxy and how much that means to me as someone who was a teenager who read those old DOOM PATROL comics and realized she wasn't alone.

Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@planetx.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One of the cool things about DC are the legacy characters. Characters who are connected not necessarily by family or circumstance, but by a shared history and view point. A line of creators who inspired the next, each a part of the larger story.

Panels from DOOM PATROL (Vol2) #23, by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Scott Hanna, Daniel Vozzo, and John Workman. 

The first panel is a closeup of nonbinary character Rebis.
Rebis: THE DOLLS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL, DAN. I'D LIKE TO TAKE ONE AWAY WITH ME.

The last panel is a close up of a matryoshka doll.
Rebis: THAT'S IF YOU DON'T MIND.

Last but most certainly not least, we have another round-up of some phenomenal creators doing signings at Flame Con! We are thrilled to welcome Cait Jacobs, Anthony Oliveira, Emery Robin, and Jadzia Axelrod to Flame Con!

Flame Con announcing creator signings: Cait JacobsFlame Con announcing creator signings: Anthony OliveiraFlame Con announcing creator signings: Emery RobinFlame Con announcing creator signings: Jadzia Axelrod

In 1986, just getting prescribed hormones as a transgender person was a years long ordeal. Even in the most liberal mainstream workplaces, being gay and/or trans had to be a secret.

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime

question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*?

like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*?

2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026

okay but, this is the way we fight AI in everyday life we need to foster an atmosphere of disgust and repulsion of AI, like AI is like seeing a roach in a google review. Get up and leave the restaurant. "um, I just saw some AI stuff, I just... I dunno, it's gross haha. I'm good. thanks. Thank you"

jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 18h ago

we need to be normies about this and be like "EEEWW... IS THAT AI? THAT'S SO GROSS.... EW IT LOOKS SO GROSS (gag noise) UM, LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. EW LOL" normalize being outwardly repulsed by it physically

I was talking to a college student today about the passing of the matryoshka doll from Grant Morrison and Rebis to Rachel Pollack and Kate Godwin to me and Galaxy and how much that means to me as someone who was a teenager who read those old DOOM PATROL comics and realized she wasn't alone.

Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@planetx.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One of the cool things about DC are the legacy characters. Characters who are connected not necessarily by family or circumstance, but by a shared history and view point. A line of creators who inspired the next, each a part of the larger story.

Panels from DOOM PATROL (Vol2) #23, by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Scott Hanna, Daniel Vozzo, and John Workman. 

The first panel is a closeup of nonbinary character Rebis.
Rebis: THE DOLLS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL, DAN. I'D LIKE TO TAKE ONE AWAY WITH ME.

The last panel is a close up of a matryoshka doll.
Rebis: THAT'S IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ME: Wednesday! My precious angel fairy! WEDNESDAY: ☹️ ME: My precious demon monster? WEDNESDAY: 😆 ME: I know you have all your fearsome claws and your terrible teeth and your vicious tail that swishes back and forth, but you still need to clean them in the shower. WEDNESDAY: Mom, you're the best

In addition to tabling with Zoe, I will be on a panel with @ericafails.bsky.social, @meakoopa.bsky.social, @joshcornillon.bsky.social, @al-ewing.bsky.social and @philjimeneznyc.bsky.social moderated by Connor Goldsmith about--what else?--queer superheroes. www.flamecon.org/queering-the...

Queering the Hero
Sunday, August 16
2:45 pm
Room D
Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09@zoewithasword.bsky.social · last wk.

For folks going to @flamecon.bsky.social here in a few weeks, you can find @planetx.bsky.social and I at TABLE E-09!! Please enjoy this very subtle change I made to the show floor!

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It's weird that, as a reader, it feels like comics come out super fast from month to month. Ephemeral things. But being in the weeds of comic production, it feels like every single issue is climbing a mountain.