Bicycle Comics
@bicyclecomics.bsky.social
Independent publisher of poetry and comic strips. New anthology coming early 2026. Erase the lines that serve no greater art.
Washington, D.C.
http://www.bicycle-comics.com
Washington, D.C.
http://www.bicycle-comics.com
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This year, some of the most urgent writing has come from federal employees at all levels who have walked out.
Our next book will be an anthology of the best-written federal resignation letters of 2025.
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
Our next book will be an anthology of the best-written federal resignation letters of 2025.
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
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sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
What's the best federal resignation you've read this year? We'd like to know about it.
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
December 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What's the best federal resignation you've read this year? We'd like to know about it.
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
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And what do you pick your teeth with, after devouring that fat goose? With a feather of the same fowl.
December 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
And what do you pick your teeth with, after devouring that fat goose? With a feather of the same fowl.
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# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
It's remarkable that the book by [wretched reporter] sold so poorly. At peak intensity, something like 95% of the skeets on this platform were screenshots/excerpts. Bad publicity is still publicity.
Like that subplot in /Love Actually/ where everyone dunks on Bill Nighy's cynical Christmas song?
Like that subplot in /Love Actually/ where everyone dunks on Bill Nighy's cynical Christmas song?
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's remarkable that the book by [wretched reporter] sold so poorly. At peak intensity, something like 95% of the skeets on this platform were screenshots/excerpts. Bad publicity is still publicity.
Like that subplot in /Love Actually/ where everyone dunks on Bill Nighy's cynical Christmas song?
Like that subplot in /Love Actually/ where everyone dunks on Bill Nighy's cynical Christmas song?
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Aparna Nancherla
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Aparna Nancherla
There'll be waterfall chasing, a craft fair and an attempt at meditation.
www.latimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Aparna Nancherla
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In anticipation of Jane Austen's 250th birthday, here's a list of new YA riffs and retellings I put together for Publishers Weekly!
Jane Austen at 250: A YA Book List
As the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth on December 16 draws near, we’ve compiled a selection of new and forthcoming YA novels that pay homage to the author’s wise and witty works.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In anticipation of Jane Austen's 250th birthday, here's a list of new YA riffs and retellings I put together for Publishers Weekly!
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Full video of Cory Doctorow's virtuoso rendition of enshittification on the Daily Show
youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?...
youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?...
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Full video of Cory Doctorow's virtuoso rendition of enshittification on the Daily Show
youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?...
youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?...
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⏰ Happening soon!
Come over to the bookstore TONIGHT for readings and merriment with El Martillo Press!
@flowers4saints.bsky.social, @writerchickmama.bsky.social, @brianamunozpoetry.bsky.social
If you can't make it in person, you can register for the livestream here! citylights.com/events/el-ma...
Come over to the bookstore TONIGHT for readings and merriment with El Martillo Press!
@flowers4saints.bsky.social, @writerchickmama.bsky.social, @brianamunozpoetry.bsky.social
If you can't make it in person, you can register for the livestream here! citylights.com/events/el-ma...
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
⏰ Happening soon!
Come over to the bookstore TONIGHT for readings and merriment with El Martillo Press!
@flowers4saints.bsky.social, @writerchickmama.bsky.social, @brianamunozpoetry.bsky.social
If you can't make it in person, you can register for the livestream here! citylights.com/events/el-ma...
Come over to the bookstore TONIGHT for readings and merriment with El Martillo Press!
@flowers4saints.bsky.social, @writerchickmama.bsky.social, @brianamunozpoetry.bsky.social
If you can't make it in person, you can register for the livestream here! citylights.com/events/el-ma...
Fixed that for you, Google. #amediting
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Fixed that for you, Google. #amediting
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
Did you quit the federal workforce this year? We're working on a book of the best federal resignation letters of 2025. If you left your US government job, for any reason, please reach out.
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Did you quit the federal workforce this year? We're working on a book of the best federal resignation letters of 2025. If you left your US government job, for any reason, please reach out.
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...
Time was, we had an apolitical federal typeface class. We took it for granted.Times New Roman, Calibri, Courier, Georgia—you checked your politics at the door and went to work for the American people.
Next May, SCOTUS will codify that the President can fire any font he wants. It's gross.
Next May, SCOTUS will codify that the President can fire any font he wants. It's gross.
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time was, we had an apolitical federal typeface class. We took it for granted.Times New Roman, Calibri, Courier, Georgia—you checked your politics at the door and went to work for the American people.
Next May, SCOTUS will codify that the President can fire any font he wants. It's gross.
Next May, SCOTUS will codify that the President can fire any font he wants. It's gross.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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Karan asked Henry in our POTW interview:
How do you navigate writing about violence or atrocity (& you do this often) without reducing it to either sentimentality or spectacle? 💙
How do you navigate writing about violence or atrocity (& you do this often) without reducing it to either sentimentality or spectacle? 💙
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Karan asked Henry in our POTW interview:
How do you navigate writing about violence or atrocity (& you do this often) without reducing it to either sentimentality or spectacle? 💙
How do you navigate writing about violence or atrocity (& you do this often) without reducing it to either sentimentality or spectacle? 💙
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The cost of university is a real societal problem, but the problem isn’t well rounded gen eds and abandoning that greater mission devalues universities even further
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The cost of university is a real societal problem, but the problem isn’t well rounded gen eds and abandoning that greater mission devalues universities even further
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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The great Paul Beatty, a member of our Board of Directors, on supporting ZYZZYVA.
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The great Paul Beatty, a member of our Board of Directors, on supporting ZYZZYVA.
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
Read, subscribe, and/or donate: zyzzyva.org
"Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing
To what I shall unfold."
To what I shall unfold."
The top U.S. military officer overseeing operations in Latin America met privately with lawmakers, days before he is due to step down prematurely amid tension with the Trump administration over its deadly counternarcotics campaign there.
Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers
Adm. Alvin Holsey, who oversees military operations in Latin America, has voiced concern about the Trump administration’s activities there.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing
To what I shall unfold."
To what I shall unfold."
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Exactly. Locally, you are also more likely to know someone on the inside of a small target business. Reach out to your personal network of friends, family, coworkers, hobby shared persons, church sharing persons etc. Tell them what you are looking for and why.
#writingcommunity #booksky #books
#writingcommunity #booksky #books
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Exactly. Locally, you are also more likely to know someone on the inside of a small target business. Reach out to your personal network of friends, family, coworkers, hobby shared persons, church sharing persons etc. Tell them what you are looking for and why.
#writingcommunity #booksky #books
#writingcommunity #booksky #books
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"I told the nurse I jog three days a week, play soccer, lift weights, and take spin classes. She just giggled. Honestly, I’m used to it. It was kind of annoying when she took my blood pressure four times, though."
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Fat Lady Attempts to Get Health Care: An Oral History
MEGAN TRASK (Front Desk Assistant, Sunshine Primary Care): I could tell from the minute she checked in that she was fat. Like, real fat. The crazie...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"I told the nurse I jog three days a week, play soccer, lift weights, and take spin classes. She just giggled. Honestly, I’m used to it. It was kind of annoying when she took my blood pressure four times, though."
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BREAKIING: To secure approval of its $83B takeover of Warner Bros., Netflix assured the FTC in a filing that it will allow Netflix passwords to be shared by, “like, at least eight people.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
BREAKIING: To secure approval of its $83B takeover of Warner Bros., Netflix assured the FTC in a filing that it will allow Netflix passwords to be shared by, “like, at least eight people.”
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Our new Spring 2026 catalog features a terrific lineup of #NewBooks by @proteinthebook.bsky.social, @erintorkelson.bsky.social, @scottsvisor, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and many more! Check it out now: buff.ly/ToBoRB7
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Our new Spring 2026 catalog features a terrific lineup of #NewBooks by @proteinthebook.bsky.social, @erintorkelson.bsky.social, @scottsvisor, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and many more! Check it out now: buff.ly/ToBoRB7
The USPS is the best friend to small businesses. Essential public utility. Logistics covering the whole country, with a range of rates? Done. We couldn't possibly FedEx or UPS our way through.
Amazon FBA is the second best friend to small businesses, but it's a frenemies relationship.
Amazon FBA is the second best friend to small businesses, but it's a frenemies relationship.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The USPS is the best friend to small businesses. Essential public utility. Logistics covering the whole country, with a range of rates? Done. We couldn't possibly FedEx or UPS our way through.
Amazon FBA is the second best friend to small businesses, but it's a frenemies relationship.
Amazon FBA is the second best friend to small businesses, but it's a frenemies relationship.
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