Corinna Bechko
@corinnabechko.bsky.social
Eisner nominated NYT best-selling author (Blood Type, Green Lantern: Earth One, The Space Between). Fossil preparator. Comics & critters. Horror & weird fiction. She/her
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
So @nathanielpiha.bsky.social suggested we frame some of the @eccomics.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social BLOOD TYPE covers. Great idea! They are all beautiful but we did a set of the gorgeous @patriciamartinn.bsky.social alternates and just look how nice they look together 🩸
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
So @nathanielpiha.bsky.social suggested we frame some of the @eccomics.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social BLOOD TYPE covers. Great idea! They are all beautiful but we did a set of the gorgeous @patriciamartinn.bsky.social alternates and just look how nice they look together 🩸
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if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities
I was out of town on the 4th anniversary of our 1st date so we are belatedly dressed up and out on the town.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I was out of town on the 4th anniversary of our 1st date so we are belatedly dressed up and out on the town.
Experiencing a new-to-me museum with my Death Cafe group this morning. I love their logo.
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Experiencing a new-to-me museum with my Death Cafe group this morning. I love their logo.
This is a timely work and well worth the read. Glad I spent my Saturday morning coffee time reading it instead of doomscrolling.
The print versions of these are arriving today, I'm very excited. I want to continue to explore this and other places like this in further zines because I think it is important to think about how we move through the world, through history.
Just put up a new zine in my itch.io shop - it'll also be available in print at MICE, it takes a look at former carceral spaces that have been transformed into something else, examining how they engage with the public and whether it is possible to do so ethically. It's also pay what you want.
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is a timely work and well worth the read. Glad I spent my Saturday morning coffee time reading it instead of doomscrolling.
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- You must be available at least some of Jan 3-7
- This call is open to Portland-area artists (we don't have funding to support travel to Portland, & we want to connect with the Portland art community).
We're scientists - this is a bit of an experiment!
All details are on the application page!
- This call is open to Portland-area artists (we don't have funding to support travel to Portland, & we want to connect with the Portland art community).
We're scientists - this is a bit of an experiment!
All details are on the application page!
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
- You must be available at least some of Jan 3-7
- This call is open to Portland-area artists (we don't have funding to support travel to Portland, & we want to connect with the Portland art community).
We're scientists - this is a bit of an experiment!
All details are on the application page!
- This call is open to Portland-area artists (we don't have funding to support travel to Portland, & we want to connect with the Portland art community).
We're scientists - this is a bit of an experiment!
All details are on the application page!
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
These are so much fun but the weather isn’t cooperating today. LA comics community, keep an eye out for the next one!
So sad to have to cancel today's @fanbasepress.bsky.social Potluck, but we'll host more in 2026!
If possible, please be sure to spread the word, so that folks are aware of today's cancellation.
@nguyeningit.bsky.social @davallone.bsky.social @corinnabechko.bsky.social @chrisjmancini.bsky.social
If possible, please be sure to spread the word, so that folks are aware of today's cancellation.
@nguyeningit.bsky.social @davallone.bsky.social @corinnabechko.bsky.social @chrisjmancini.bsky.social
After reviewing today's weather report, we've made the tough decision to cancel today's potluck. We'll be very sad not to see everyone today, but rest assured that we will be continuing the potlucks in 2026!
Have a safe and gentle weekend!
@barbrajdillon.bsky.social @comicbooksniffer.bsky.social
Have a safe and gentle weekend!
@barbrajdillon.bsky.social @comicbooksniffer.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
These are so much fun but the weather isn’t cooperating today. LA comics community, keep an eye out for the next one!
I’m afraid we actually adopted a gremlin, not a cat.
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I’m afraid we actually adopted a gremlin, not a cat.
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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New HHS guidance
if a man made up his mind to live, mere sickness could not kill him
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New HHS guidance
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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I've noticed this as well and since I live in LA: they're still grabbing people here. I realize it's not being discussed much and I have my suspicions as to why but it's not over at all.
my friends in LA & I have been talking about this a lot—about how it seems that LA has been forgotten, even as we face some of the worst kidnappings we’ve seen all year
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I've noticed this as well and since I live in LA: they're still grabbing people here. I realize it's not being discussed much and I have my suspicions as to why but it's not over at all.
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Have you noticed how AI gets a free pass?
Any human did this, they'd have to fix it.
AI? Sure, whatever.
Any human did this, they'd have to fix it.
AI? Sure, whatever.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Have you noticed how AI gets a free pass?
Any human did this, they'd have to fix it.
AI? Sure, whatever.
Any human did this, they'd have to fix it.
AI? Sure, whatever.
These books are such a joy. It feels good to occasionally spend some time in a gentle way, like reading about someone discovering how much their cat enjoys Churus.
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
These books are such a joy. It feels good to occasionally spend some time in a gentle way, like reading about someone discovering how much their cat enjoys Churus.
I enjoyed this one a lot (and it worked well as an audiobook). I liked the first in the series okay too but this was much more my type of thing because I too would like to befriend a giant war corvid. No, really, where is my giant war corvid?
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I enjoyed this one a lot (and it worked well as an audiobook). I liked the first in the series okay too but this was much more my type of thing because I too would like to befriend a giant war corvid. No, really, where is my giant war corvid?
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Paleo followers! Any of you work (or know someone who works) on Carboniferous insects? I've got a question about how cosmopolitan some of the big insect species mostly known from Europe were, and how likely it would have been for anything similar to turn up in Texas.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Paleo followers! Any of you work (or know someone who works) on Carboniferous insects? I've got a question about how cosmopolitan some of the big insect species mostly known from Europe were, and how likely it would have been for anything similar to turn up in Texas.
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For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
Back to sorting tiny fossils.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Back to sorting tiny fossils.
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Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
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It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling!
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling!
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
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No, YOU'RE crying. 😭😭😭
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
No, YOU'RE crying. 😭😭😭
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New #Book Alert! If you love all things #Shakespeare, then you will want to check out this book of retellings of his works. There's something for everyone! amzn.to/49eFmGQ #books #literature #fiction #reading @shakespeare.lol @shakespeareandcompany.com
Shakespeare Adjacent
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New #Book Alert! If you love all things #Shakespeare, then you will want to check out this book of retellings of his works. There's something for everyone! amzn.to/49eFmGQ #books #literature #fiction #reading @shakespeare.lol @shakespeareandcompany.com