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William O. Tyler

@williamotyler.bsky.social

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queer/Black comics creator/editor supernatural horror, far left grumpypuss posts in the middle of the night, if at all critical cinephile half of Tannis Comix - tanniscomix.com sometimes NSFW - patreon.com/williamotyler

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 8d

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 16d

5/12 #SmallPress #books #BookSky #DSPBposts 💙📚 @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @zalikarb.bsky.social ‬ @houseofanansi.bsky.social @pennockty.bsky.social @williamotyler.bsky.social @stackeddeckpress.bsky.social

Book cover for Blood by Tyler Pennock‬ (Brick Books), with a bird and sun against a dark background, as though in silhouette, but with an orange sunrise or sunset showing through their shapes. Poems about a young two-spirit Indigenous person moving through shadow and trauma toward strength and awareness. Longlisted for the 2023 ReLit and First Nations Community READS awards. https://www.brickbooks.ca/shop/blood-by-tyler-pennock/

Book cover for Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta (House of Anansi), with images from Little Jamaica against yellow and red backgrounds. Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle — of her North American identity and her desire to be a “true” Jamaican, of her mother and grandmother’s rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being thought of as too “faas” or too “quiet” or too “bold” or too “soft.” In these twelve interconnected stories, we see Kara on a visit to Jamaica, startled by the sight of a severed pig’s head in her great-aunt’s freezer; in junior high, the victim of a devastating prank by her closest friends; and as a teenager in and out of her grandmother’s house, trying to cope with ongoing battles of unyielding authority. Longlisted for the Giller Prize. https://houseofanansi.com/products/frying-plantain
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Book cover for We Belong: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology edited by Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler‬ (Stacked Deck Press), with a black woman with a superhero mantle seen from below, standing in front of two more superheroes, one with horns. We Belong is an all-Black, all-LGBTQ+ sci-fi and fantasy comics anthology published by Stacked Deck Press in association with Prism Comics. Edited by comics writer Viktor T. Kerney and cartoonist and critic William O. Tyler, We Belong features over 20 talented comics creators. Editors Kerney and Tyler won the 2024 Kinnard Better Future Award for their work on this book. https://stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-belong-the-all-black-all-lgbtq-sci-fi-and-fantasy-comics-anthology/‬‬‬‬‬‬

Book cover for Curious Sounds: A Dialogue in Three Movements by Roger Mooking & francesca ekwuyasi. A dialogue between two artists across various mediums, Curious Sounds uses Mooking's most recent album, SoundBites, as scaffolding for the artists' conversations on creativity, Blackness, family, grief, and more. Composed of ekwuyasi's essays reflecting on artmaking, storytelling, and creative expression and Mooking's multimedia visual art, micro stories, music, and lyrics, this book is a collage of ideas about making meaning through life's rhythms. https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Curious-Sounds
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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 17d

THIS. It’s great on popcorn

William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 17d

Oh yeah, I forgot I made stickers of these lol

tanniscomix.com/products/ste...

Steamboat Dreamboat Sticker

approx. 4" tall premium vinyl / gloss finish waterproof

tanniscomix.com

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 17d

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Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.social · 17d

Now watching: A Thousand and One (2023) Dir. A.V. Rockwell

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Dogspunk (commissions open) @dogspunk.bsky.social · 24d

My latest patreon sticker set: Queer Kaiju!

Make Love Not War of the Gargantuas,

Space Godzilla Spice,

and Be Gay Do Crimes Barugon.

Bonus pink variant for added flavor!

Stickers are a tier reward and are patron exclusives, for a time.

Patreon.com/dogspunk

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 18d

Artists! Post your hot men art!🔥

a drawing of guys scantily dressed as Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 18d

Same. I had to narrow it down lol

William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 18d

Quote with your queer characters

comic panel of my characters Binnamon and Jon getting up close and personal

drawing of my character Ax being haunted by his Anxiety Monster

cropped comic panel of my character Cyrano laying on the couch

design sketch of my character Lemony with his durag flowing in the wind

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 18d

And this is also happening the following weekend!!!

Fleetwood Coupe DeVille @viktorishere.bsky.social · 20d

So excited about this

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · 18d

I’m so excited for this talk! Come see us this weekend.

Sean aka Gay of the Dead @gayofthedead.bsky.social · 18d

L.A. COMIC CON! This SUNDAY, Sept 28 at 2:30pm, I'll be moderating the QUEER HORROR: A FIILM GUIDE presents: IN DEFENSE OF PROBLEMATIC FILMS! My co-conspirators @theterigamble.bsky.social @brendohales.bsky.social @williamotyler.bsky.social @michaelvarrati.bsky.social !
@prismcomics.bsky.social !

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Dogspunk (commissions open) @dogspunk.bsky.social · 22d

Come see us at Los Angeles Comic Con next weekend! @williamotyler.bsky.social and I are both on panels, and Saturday I will be at the @prismcomics.bsky.social booth signing the new anthologies Queers at the Table, and the Queer Sports Project, along with other contributors to these debuting books!

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Dogspunk (commissions open) @dogspunk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Professional badges for Los Angeles Comic Con approved! Woot woot
I am on a panel for the Queer Sports Anthology: Come Out and Play on Saturday 9/27 at 3pm, and @williamotyler.bsky.social is on one about Queer Horror on Sunday 9/28 at 2:30pm! Come see!

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Pride In Panels @prideinpanels.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hey folks, September 15th is our new cut-off date for applications to apply for Pride In Panels 2026. If you’d like to table and haven’t applied yet, please head over to our website at prideinpanels.org . Don’t sweat about any submission fees, cause there are none. We hope to see your name!

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · Sep 1

look at ya boy @dogspunk.bsky.social

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Roberta Gregory @roberta-g.bsky.social · Aug 31

Exciting news of my big BITCHY collection due out in March from Fantagraphics. Paperback and Hardboard editions. It’s definitely not for the timid…or easily offended…

www.fantagraphics.com/products/bit...

Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken

This definitive collection includes the entirety of Roberta Gregory's riotous "Bitchy Bitch" stories, presenting a life from childhood into middle age, her formative experiences and her adult disappoi...

www.fantagraphics.com

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · Aug 31

a whole marathon tbh

Dogspunk (commissions open) @dogspunk.bsky.social · Aug 31

Bride is 5 stars. But so is Rocky Horror, and Young Frankenstein. Re-animator will always have a warm spot in my cold dead heart as well. I can’t pick just one.

a man wearing glasses is holding a pencil in his mouth ..

ALT: a man wearing glasses is holding a pencil in his mouth ..

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · Aug 31

Happy Birthday Mary Shelley, mother of science fiction.

William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · Aug 31

Of course this theme is Frankenstein! With a number of new Frankenstein movies on the way, we’ll see if they eventually get added to my canon. But click thru to see what’s on there now. Which is your favorite Frankenstein movie?

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William O. Tyler @williamotyler.bsky.social · Aug 31

I was going to share this in October, but realized that today is Mary Shelley’s birthday, and therefore Frankenstein Day! Since I often get requests for movie recommendations, this is the first in a series of themed lists I’ll be posting on letterboxd, my personal canon for said theme.