Andy Black
@andyblack.bsky.social
Writer for shows like HANNIBAL, NARCOS, NARCOS: MEXICO, DIRK GENTLY, GRACELAND, DAYBREAK, FOR ALL MANKIND, dodging falling trees somewhere in Oregon
I think about how The New Yorker approached the subject of Pablo Escobar from the pov of window repairmen... a cartel bomb in Bogota meant a brisk day for glaziers.
If I can give one piece of writing advice, it's tackle the big sideways with the small -- especially when the small says it all.
If I can give one piece of writing advice, it's tackle the big sideways with the small -- especially when the small says it all.
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I think about how The New Yorker approached the subject of Pablo Escobar from the pov of window repairmen... a cartel bomb in Bogota meant a brisk day for glaziers.
If I can give one piece of writing advice, it's tackle the big sideways with the small -- especially when the small says it all.
If I can give one piece of writing advice, it's tackle the big sideways with the small -- especially when the small says it all.
Ten years in Oregon, and I'm still surprised by the dampness of the US mail.
January 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Ten years in Oregon, and I'm still surprised by the dampness of the US mail.
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Man, this sculpture
"Amalgam (Origin)" by Nick Cave, 2024
"Amalgam (Origin)" by Nick Cave, 2024
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Man, this sculpture
"Amalgam (Origin)" by Nick Cave, 2024
"Amalgam (Origin)" by Nick Cave, 2024
Just now: A classic, perfectly executed, marching band roll-step so I can smoothly walk without spilling my overfull coffee
THIS is what throws out my knee??
THIS is what throws out my knee??
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just now: A classic, perfectly executed, marching band roll-step so I can smoothly walk without spilling my overfull coffee
THIS is what throws out my knee??
THIS is what throws out my knee??
Iranian artist Meysam Shalviri
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Iranian artist Meysam Shalviri
There's a company developing a contact lens that accesses a databases of faces and floats (for your eyes only) a person's name over their heads. Suddenly, I'm awesome at parties.
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
There's a company developing a contact lens that accesses a databases of faces and floats (for your eyes only) a person's name over their heads. Suddenly, I'm awesome at parties.
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Threw the pumpkin into the compost -- and I swear the compost grunted
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Threw the pumpkin into the compost -- and I swear the compost grunted
Jury selection today, the defense attorney asked me, "Screenwriter? Have I seen anything?" I listed some shows, and the defendant exclaimed, "Hannibal?! Goddamn, I love Hannibal!" The attorney hissed for him to be quiet, but I pointed to the guy,"Right on, thanks!"
Booted!
#scriptsky
#fannibals
Booted!
#scriptsky
#fannibals
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jury selection today, the defense attorney asked me, "Screenwriter? Have I seen anything?" I listed some shows, and the defendant exclaimed, "Hannibal?! Goddamn, I love Hannibal!" The attorney hissed for him to be quiet, but I pointed to the guy,"Right on, thanks!"
Booted!
#scriptsky
#fannibals
Booted!
#scriptsky
#fannibals
Man, insomnia. Just read that Marlene Dietrich would eat a sardine-and-onion sandwich on rye as her cure. The smell would knock me dead, too
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Man, insomnia. Just read that Marlene Dietrich would eat a sardine-and-onion sandwich on rye as her cure. The smell would knock me dead, too
I'd love a biopic about why, after winning 12 Grammies, Stevie Wonder said yes in 1978 to writing a double-album soundtrack to a documentary about plants.
October 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'd love a biopic about why, after winning 12 Grammies, Stevie Wonder said yes in 1978 to writing a double-album soundtrack to a documentary about plants.
Somebody counted the number of wikipedia articles that have been written about the element mercury vs Freddie Mercury. And I'm afraid it tallies at mercury (5112) and Freddie Mercury (4256)
#sad
#sad
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Somebody counted the number of wikipedia articles that have been written about the element mercury vs Freddie Mercury. And I'm afraid it tallies at mercury (5112) and Freddie Mercury (4256)
#sad
#sad
Ah. It's walk-face-first-into-spider-webs season
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ah. It's walk-face-first-into-spider-webs season
Fascinated with the concept of a house spider. Do you choose the spider or does the spider choose you? Do you leave the door open a little extra to draw in juicy insects? Will I hurt its feelings if I name it Shelob -- or will that go to its head?
October 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fascinated with the concept of a house spider. Do you choose the spider or does the spider choose you? Do you leave the door open a little extra to draw in juicy insects? Will I hurt its feelings if I name it Shelob -- or will that go to its head?
I threw out my back... stepping into pajamas
September 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I threw out my back... stepping into pajamas
Wisco vacay, let’s go
September 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Wisco vacay, let’s go
A different take on nuclear proliferation from the pov of the physicists who built the things in the 50s. Very Frankenstein's Monster
September 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A different take on nuclear proliferation from the pov of the physicists who built the things in the 50s. Very Frankenstein's Monster