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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6

@henrybarajas.bsky.social

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I write comics among other things. When I was a kid, I wanted to be the Mexican Louis Armstrong. They would've called me: Dirty Satchmo. https://linktr.ee/henrybarajas

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · Jul 17

Op-Ed: Now’s not a good time to be a Mexican, so I wrote Death to Pachuco www.comicsbeat.com/nows-not-a-g...

Op-Ed: Now’s not a good time to be a Mexican, so I wrote Death to Pachuco

A historical Chicano noir comic about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, Death to Pachuco has many meanings in today's world

www.comicsbeat.com

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 10h

Thorp’s woke

Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com • 10h
So, Gil Thorp stood up for the rights of trans athletes, entered the National Spotlight, and now every professional sports team in his fictional universe is trying to hire a high school football coach.
Gil Thorp
By Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill
RING!
RIN
MILFORD HIGH - I CAN TAKE A MESSAGE FOR COACH THORP...
I'LL TELL HIM...
COWBOYS?
RING!
RING!
RING!
10/9
I HAVE HALF THE PARENTS THREATENING TO PULL THEIR CHILDREN BECALISE YOU MIGHT NOT BE WORKING HERE...
DR. PEARL,
1 SAID WHAT I SAID.
...AND THE OTHER HALF BECALISE OF WHAT YOU SAID.
COACH
THORP, THE KNICKS WANT TO FLY YOU TO NYC.
WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM?
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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 10h

There have been many highlights of the Civics for All Comics Group work here in NYC but today’s #NYCC25 panel with the wonderful @ccurmi.bsky.social the brilliant @hughryan.bsky.social the fabulous @peppermint247.bsky.social and the absolutely amazing @georgetakei.bsky.social was a high point!

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 10h

I’m bummed that I’m not at Slut Con in SF. But I realize any con I’m at IS Slut con!

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 21h

So, Gil Thorp stood up for the rights of trans athletes, entered the National Spotlight, and now every professional sports team in his fictional universe is trying to hire a high school football coach.

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Collector's Paradise Comics & Graphic Novels @collectorsparadise.bsky.social · 16h

🔴 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦 | 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗦 | 𝟭𝟬.𝟴.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🔴

Check out our STAFF PICKS OF THE WEEK for some new comic recommendations!

@hannahrosemay.bsky.social
@darkhorse.com
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@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
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@topcowofficial.bsky.social

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 13h

What's next for comics? Keeping them accessible and affordable. Moving on from collectors and targetting young Gen Z readers
Griepp points out that there have been slow years in comics and then a dramatic year like 1986 where books still in print. Publsihers must nurture that creativity
#nycc #icv2

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table @ NYCC WB-19 @libcomix.bsky.social · 13h

OMG we had such a great first day @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social !

More than 300+ people stopped by today to #showupforlibraries - including #bannedbooksweek Honorary Chair @georgetakei.bsky.social

#skybrarians #libcomix #booksky #tlsky #comics #graphicnovels

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 20h

Bring back Red Hood & Huntress!

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Rachel Merrill at NYCCC Artist Alley-H-6 @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 23h

NYCC fit day 0!!! Ill be tabling with @henrybarajas.bsky.social over at H-6 in Artist Alley!

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Frog Bros Comics and Books @frogbros.bsky.social · 1d

Summer 1943...

LA burns as the Zoot Suit Riots erupt...

Private eye Ricky Tellez hunts the Sleep Lagoon Killer before the mob finds him first...

Henry Barajas & Rachel Merril deliver a gripping Chino Noir from LA’s darkest days...

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Is that local-radio announcer Marty Moon getting elbowed aside by the Hartford Courant? 'You didn't say I'd actually have to jockey for quotes with 'real' media outlets,' he says, knowing he's lost the grip his perch at WMFD has granted him for decades on Gil Thorp post-game reax

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Tony Miller @beardedrogue.bsky.social · 1d

A HUGE New Comic Book day! So many great things to read!!!

A photo of comics including Blood & Thunder 6, Cul-De-Sac 3, DC KO 1, Death to Pachuco 1, Deluge 1, The Disavowed 1, Everything Dead & Dying 2, Falling in Love on the Path to Hell 10, Free Planet 6, and The Future is ****** 6

A photo of comics including High Strangeness 1, Masterminds 2, The Power Fantasy 12, Red Book 1, Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar 1, TMNT Journeys 2, Transformers 25, and The Unchosen 4.

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 1d

I got Death To Pachuco @henrybarajas.bsky.social! Super excited to read it!

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Henry Barajas 🔜 NYCC H-6 @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t been able to use @officialgocomics.bsky.social. I hope there’s a fix soon.

jillzim.bsky.social @jillzim.bsky.social · 1d

It's working fine now. Early this morning Gocomics was unusable.

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Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 2d

Death to Pachuco #1 preview. During the summer of 1943, Los Angeles became a hotbed of tension and conflict as a series of fierce clashes erupted between U.S. Navy members and Mexican American youth stemming from the murder of Carlos Urbano. #comics #comicbooks

Preview: Death to Pachuco #1

During the summer of 1943, Los Angeles became a hotbed of tension and conflict as a series of fierce clashes erupted between U.S. Navy members and Mexican American youth stemming from the murder of Carlos Urbano.

graphicpolicy.com

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League of Comic Geeks @comicgeeks.bsky.social · 1d

This week is stacked! DC K.O., a new creative team on Transformers, new Age of Revelation launches, and a plethora of new titles hitting store shelves such as Marian Heretic, Deluge, High Strangeness, Temporal, Mary Sue, Death to Pachuco, and more! Full list on Comic Geeks.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday Comics Reviews: DEATH TO PACHUCO #1 is a great noir trip through history

Death to Pachuco #1 is our main review this week in a column that also features High Strangeness, Star Trek, and more.

Wednesday Comics Reviews: DEATH TO PACHUCO #1 is a great noir trip through history

Death to Pachuco #1 is our main review this week in a column that also features High Strangeness, Star Trek, and more.

www.comicsbeat.com

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DriveThruComics @drivethrucomics.com · 1d

Death to Pachuco #1 is available now from @topcowofficial.bsky.social

Get it here: tinyurl.com/5x46bmjm

The syndicated team of Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill uncover a Chino Noir rooted in the shameful parts of LA's history!
#comics #comicbooks #NCBD

Death to Pachuco #1 is available now at DriveThruComics.com

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah #newcomicbookday

fat stack of comic books including MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN omnibi, SUPERMAN THE KRYPTONITE SPECTRUM, BATMAN DARK PATTERNS, EVENT HORIZON DARK DESCENT, DEATH TO PACHUCO, TMNT JOURNEYS, HIGH STRANGENESS, THE TERMINATOR METAL ashcan

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Sweet @sweetdotdev.bsky.social · 1d

So excited for @henrybarajas.bsky.social who used bindings.app to promote Death to Pachuco. Go read it!

Wednesday Comics Reviews: DEATH TO PACHUCO #1 is a great noir trip through history

Death to Pachuco #1 is our main review this week in a column that also features High Strangeness, Star Trek, and more.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Collector's Paradise Comics & Graphic Novels @collectorsparadise.bsky.social · 1d

🚨✍️𝙃𝙐𝙂𝙀 𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙓𝙏 𝙒𝙀𝘿𝙉𝙀𝙎𝘿𝘼𝙔✍️🚨

💥We're only ONE WEEK AWAY from our special Post-NYCC NoHo 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 featuring special guests:

✍️ @urbanbarbarian.bsky.social
✍️ Tini Howard
✍️ @henrybarajas.bsky.social
✍️ @shannondenton.bsky.social
✍️ @davidhartmanart.bsky.social

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Rachel Merrill at NYCCC Artist Alley-H-6 @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 1d

Set up for NYCC!! Cant wait to see yall soon!

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Zack Quaintance -> NYCC @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget to see the sights when you’re in town for NYCC

NYC kiosk with an ad for The Chair Company staring Tim Robinson

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