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Avery Kaplan
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Writer 📚 Bylines @ Star Trek, Geek Girl Authority, TCJ, Popverse, Prism Comics, PanelxPanel, The Comics Courier & MORE ♏️🏳️‍⚧️ Eisner Award winning Features Editor @ Comics Beat (she/her) IDIC 🖖🏻 Cali class ✨ Spousey: @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social
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We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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The Beat’s STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY “Series Acclimation Mil” spoiler roundtable

In the most recent episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, "Series Acclimation Mil," the Franchise's newest series paid homage to the seminal Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Written by Kirsten Beyer & Tawny Newsome…
The Beat’s STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY “Series Acclimation Mil” spoiler roundtable
In the most recent episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, "Series Acclimation Mil," the Franchise's newest series paid homage to the seminal Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Written by Kirsten Beyer & Tawny Newsome and directed by Larry Teng, the episode focuses on SAM (Kerrice Brooks) as she goes on a journey to better understand The Sisko (
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February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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The news is out in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! I am VERY excited to announce a new print comics publication - The Comics Staple, a monthly comics zine filled with reviews, recommendations, interviews and more.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Well, I loved it. Best episode yet.
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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2/11/73: Leonard Nimoy as a very dangerous surgeon in Columbo "A Stitch in Crime" w/would-be murder victim Will Geer
Directed by Hy Averback, who also helmed also-excellent "Suitable for Framing" in season 1
NB: Both Stitch and Suitable in our T10 Columbos: midcenturycinema.org/node/143
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Ah yes, everyone’s favorite Pokémon… Seel, Zubat, Vulpix and Dratini???
I would just like to remind people that the Colonel is a bonafide Pokémon Master.

Yep.
February 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Tonight I will be updating the Archives with a new section for Living Rihan.
Next month I will be slowly adding some authentic recipes for you to try a little Romulus at home.
hann'yyo 🦅🖤
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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thanks SO much to @averykaplan.bsky.social for exploding my heart 🥹

“Kudos to Susan and Tilly, who completely nailed this miniseries. I am hopeful that this excellent writing team will … get more work in the IDW Star Trek universe … I would welcome any further VOY stories from their imaginations.”
Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK: VOYAGER — HOMECOMING #5 fulfills the promise of the title

TWO TIMES THE PULASKI! In the final issue of Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming, the crew finally makes it back to Earth. Plus: Lower Decks #16!
Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK: VOYAGER — HOMECOMING #5 fulfills the promise of the title
TWO TIMES THE PULASKI! In the final issue of Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming, the crew finally makes it back to Earth. Plus: Lower Decks #16!
www.comicsbeat.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK: VOYAGER — HOMECOMING #5 fulfills the promise of the title

TWO TIMES THE PULASKI! In the final issue of Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming, the crew finally makes it back to Earth. Plus: Lower Decks #16!
Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK: VOYAGER — HOMECOMING #5 fulfills the promise of the title
TWO TIMES THE PULASKI! In the final issue of Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming, the crew finally makes it back to Earth. Plus: Lower Decks #16!
www.comicsbeat.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
So… was she actually Diane, or was she a tulpa?
Happy Birthday to 🇺🇸American actress, producer, writer and narrator #LauraDern born #OnThisDay in Los Angeles, California
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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ROBO WAITRESS ASSASSINS
Hudson Theater in LA
APRIL 5, 1:30 pm

SAVE THAT DATE!

Also if you’re -IN LA- and a trans guy (or are any flavor of trans/nonbinary and are cool playing guys), we def need more auditions!

(there’s roles for trans ladies too!)

hit the link!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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I create designs/animations!! Feel free to follow! I am always looking to test my skills as well as uplift others and talk about art! #art #animation #illustration #motiondesign #comics #popculture #graphicnovels #pokemon
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
LRS: Ya gotta pic your battles 🤷🏻‍♀️
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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While reading Harley & Ivy: Life and Crimes I laughed uncontrollably at the fact Harley ate a baby carrot instead of having a cigarette to keep DC PG13 after having sex with Ivy
harley quinn and poison ivy are standing next to each other in a cartoon
ALT: harley quinn and poison ivy are standing next to each other in a cartoon
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Can’t believe how lucky we are to have gotten Cirroc!!!
A voice shaped by legacy - and by looking forward. Cirroc Lofton joins Trek Talks 5, bringing insight, warmth, and a perspective rooted in growth, storytelling, and community. A presence that reminds us why Star Trek’s human stories matter. Trek Talks 5 • March 28
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Have you checked out #InTheStacks from @cbccpodcast.bsky.social yet??
#InTheStacks Season Two is a Go!

Jim Rugg (Street Angel, Hulk: Grand Design) picks his favorite comics off the shelves of @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social.

New Episodes Every Tuesday. Watch the rest of Rugg's video & subscribe to The Stacks---> youtu.be/reXDykzGLEI?...
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Everyone hates political junk mail, which is why we tried to make our mail unique…

By making it into a comic book!

If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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“Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States” by Michelle Ann Abate was shortlisted for an Eisner for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Abate contests comics scholars’ historical neglect of one-panel comics, which she presents as exemplars of the comics form. 1/8
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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these are going surprisingly quick!
guess what? not only do we have signed copies of STAR TREK VOYAGER: HOMECOMING issue 5 in my ko-fi shop (they'll ship on wednesday, the official release day)

BUT ALSO...

we also have VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES of COMPLETE COLLECTIONS of ALL FIVE ISSUES!
Visit Tilly Bridges's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Just floating the idea here that leading with pull quotes from Graham Linehan supporters in the titles of your press releases is maybe not the way to go right now.

Let's stop normalising this stuff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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Every transphobe sucks, without exception.
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM