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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6

@henrybarajas.bsky.social

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I write comics among other things. When I was a kid, I wanted to be the Mexican Louis Armstrong. They would've called me: Dirty Satchmo. https://linktr.ee/henrybarajas

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · Jul 17

Op-Ed: Now’s not a good time to be a Mexican, so I wrote Death to Pachuco www.comicsbeat.com/nows-not-a-g...

Op-Ed: Now’s not a good time to be a Mexican, so I wrote Death to Pachuco

A historical Chicano noir comic about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, Death to Pachuco has many meanings in today's world

www.comicsbeat.com

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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 11h

Many thanks to our panels’ special guests! And, of course, many thanks to the greatest team in the world, the folks behind, Civics For All Comics Group, NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics!

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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 11h

Many thanks to @henrybarajas.bsky.social Joe Staton, @amychu.bsky.social @gregpak.net Paul Levitz @alexsegura.bsky.social Deirdre Hollman @ryandunlavey.com @fredvanlente.bsky.social @hughryan.bsky.social @peppermint247.bsky.social @julioanta.bsky.social

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 12h

Bryce Dallas Howard gave me a polite smile days ago and I’m still riding that high.

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John Calvin’s Strongest Soldier @waveturtlejake.bsky.social · 1d

Tim Heidecker putting out an apology for performing at Riyahd (he did not) is such a good bit.

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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 23h

You'll be hearing MY voice in MY book along with two very incredible women!

It's giving dream come true.
I love me a book but I live for words I hear and dream about as I close my eyes.
FOTS comes to life in an entirely magical way and I cannot wait for you to listen ☀️🧡

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Kelly Presnell @kellypresnell.bsky.social · 1d

#ArizonaWildcats can't hold the lead, give up tying TD in final seconds, then lose in double overtime to #BYUCougars 33-27. A few more images from a dark and stormy night to be found here > tucne.ws/1t29

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

it'd be pretty cool if @govpritzker.illinois.gov did something about this 🤷

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Wip wip

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Rachel Merrill at NYCCC Artist Alley-H-6 @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 1d

Penultimate day of NYCC! Ive sold out a couple of prints, and one comic but PLENTY OF GOODIES LEFT! Stop by and say hi to @henrybarajas.bsky.social and me at H-6!!

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OmegaSlice @iamchimio.com · 2d

This one will be flying under the radar for many, but a Pachuco Sherlock Holmes is exactly what this world needs right now @imagecomics.com @henrybarajas.bsky.social #comicsky

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Dave Holmes @daveholmes88.bsky.social · 2d

936 Death To Pachuco #1

#my500comicgoal

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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 2d

A NY Comic Con 2025 Civics for All Comics’ signing with the artist and author of our HISTORIAS DE RESISTENCIA series, Louie Chin and @henrybarajas.bsky.social!

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s get this bacon-egg-n-cheese-on-a-roll, NYCC. I’ll be in Artist Alley (H-06) with @ohhhaeee.bsky.social promoting DEATH TO PACHUCO #1.

a cartoon of spongebob standing in front of a window with his hands in the air

Alt: a cartoon of spongebob standing in front of a window with his hands in the air

media.tenor.com

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 3d

Thorp’s woke

Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com • 10h
So, Gil Thorp stood up for the rights of trans athletes, entered the National Spotlight, and now every professional sports team in his fictional universe is trying to hire a high school football coach.
Gil Thorp
By Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill
RING!
RIN
MILFORD HIGH - I CAN TAKE A MESSAGE FOR COACH THORP...
I'LL TELL HIM...
COWBOYS?
RING!
RING!
RING!
10/9
I HAVE HALF THE PARENTS THREATENING TO PULL THEIR CHILDREN BECALISE YOU MIGHT NOT BE WORKING HERE...
DR. PEARL,
1 SAID WHAT I SAID.
...AND THE OTHER HALF BECALISE OF WHAT YOU SAID.
COACH
THORP, THE KNICKS WANT TO FLY YOU TO NYC.
WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM?
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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 3d

There have been many highlights of the Civics for All Comics Group work here in NYC but today’s #NYCC25 panel with the wonderful @ccurmi.bsky.social the brilliant @hughryan.bsky.social the fabulous @peppermint247.bsky.social and the absolutely amazing @georgetakei.bsky.social was a high point!

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 3d

I’m bummed that I’m not at Slut Con in SF. But I realize any con I’m at IS Slut con!

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 3d

So, Gil Thorp stood up for the rights of trans athletes, entered the National Spotlight, and now every professional sports team in his fictional universe is trying to hire a high school football coach.

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Collector's Paradise Comics & Graphic Novels @collectorsparadise.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦 | 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗦 | 𝟭𝟬.𝟴.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🔴

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 3d

What's next for comics? Keeping them accessible and affordable. Moving on from collectors and targetting young Gen Z readers
Griepp points out that there have been slow years in comics and then a dramatic year like 1986 where books still in print. Publsihers must nurture that creativity
#nycc #icv2

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table @ NYCC WB-19 @libcomix.bsky.social · 3d

OMG we had such a great first day @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social !

More than 300+ people stopped by today to #showupforlibraries - including #bannedbooksweek Honorary Chair @georgetakei.bsky.social

#skybrarians #libcomix #booksky #tlsky #comics #graphicnovels

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 3d

Bring back Red Hood & Huntress!

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Rachel Merrill at NYCCC Artist Alley-H-6 @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 3d

NYCC fit day 0!!! Ill be tabling with @henrybarajas.bsky.social over at H-6 in Artist Alley!

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Frog Bros Comics and Books @frogbros.bsky.social · 4d

Summer 1943...

LA burns as the Zoot Suit Riots erupt...

Private eye Ricky Tellez hunts the Sleep Lagoon Killer before the mob finds him first...

Henry Barajas & Rachel Merril deliver a gripping Chino Noir from LA’s darkest days...

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