Leigh Walton
@leighwalton.bsky.social
reader, researcher, music-lover. Spent 18 years at the graphic novel publishing house Top Shelf Productions. Pronoun: he. Profile pic by “wervty” via picrew
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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.
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I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
“A Scout is brave.”
Strong response from Scouting head (and former aerospace CEO) Roger Krone.
I personally did not vibe with the other kids in my Scout troop, but this whiskey-breath chickenhawk peckerhead “Secretary of War” is awakening levels of patriotic outrage in me I didn’t know were there
Strong response from Scouting head (and former aerospace CEO) Roger Krone.
I personally did not vibe with the other kids in my Scout troop, but this whiskey-breath chickenhawk peckerhead “Secretary of War” is awakening levels of patriotic outrage in me I didn’t know were there
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“A Scout is brave.”
Strong response from Scouting head (and former aerospace CEO) Roger Krone.
I personally did not vibe with the other kids in my Scout troop, but this whiskey-breath chickenhawk peckerhead “Secretary of War” is awakening levels of patriotic outrage in me I didn’t know were there
Strong response from Scouting head (and former aerospace CEO) Roger Krone.
I personally did not vibe with the other kids in my Scout troop, but this whiskey-breath chickenhawk peckerhead “Secretary of War” is awakening levels of patriotic outrage in me I didn’t know were there
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Mainly this is about how all children need a sense of power and agency in their own lives, and why it's important to champion and defend every child's sense of self.
ok also Tai Chi!! and the Mamdani campaign.
ok also Tai Chi!! and the Mamdani campaign.
TODAY: @zeets.bsky.social on coming to Tai Chi in a turbulent youth. “I could imagine the person that I wanted to be, and each practice was an opportunity to work towards that person. I would lose, come back and refine myself, and try again.” flaminghydra.com/r/d42f6c21?m...
Freedom flowing
Zito Madu reflects on a turbulent youth
flaminghydra.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Mainly this is about how all children need a sense of power and agency in their own lives, and why it's important to champion and defend every child's sense of self.
ok also Tai Chi!! and the Mamdani campaign.
ok also Tai Chi!! and the Mamdani campaign.
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Shirley Bellwood’s cover for the edition of Misty dated this very day in 1978.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Shirley Bellwood’s cover for the edition of Misty dated this very day in 1978.
This is a three-hour playlist i made a few years ago about how unbearably poignant it is to imagine a computer being sad
open.spotify.com/playlist/5p8...
My favorite sub-variant of this is when it’s a SAD robot who is still dancing because that’s all it’s programmed to do
My favorite sub-variant of this is when it’s a SAD robot who is still dancing because that’s all it’s programmed to do
the crying computer
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is a three-hour playlist i made a few years ago about how unbearably poignant it is to imagine a computer being sad
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Suicide risk drops dramatically after an adult identifies autism diagnosis
Whether or not that diagnosis was formal
How can we gatekeep lifesaving knowledge behind our broken system and lack of resources & available objective eval?
I say we can’t
It’s cruel
So I do a ton of self ID Education
Whether or not that diagnosis was formal
How can we gatekeep lifesaving knowledge behind our broken system and lack of resources & available objective eval?
I say we can’t
It’s cruel
So I do a ton of self ID Education
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Suicide risk drops dramatically after an adult identifies autism diagnosis
Whether or not that diagnosis was formal
How can we gatekeep lifesaving knowledge behind our broken system and lack of resources & available objective eval?
I say we can’t
It’s cruel
So I do a ton of self ID Education
Whether or not that diagnosis was formal
How can we gatekeep lifesaving knowledge behind our broken system and lack of resources & available objective eval?
I say we can’t
It’s cruel
So I do a ton of self ID Education
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
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One thing I don’t like about Star Wars is how every Yoda is on the Jedi council or connected to a prophecy or a beloved cultural icon, it’s time for a Yoda who works at Buffalo Wild Wings and has a 2014 Ford Focus
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
One thing I don’t like about Star Wars is how every Yoda is on the Jedi council or connected to a prophecy or a beloved cultural icon, it’s time for a Yoda who works at Buffalo Wild Wings and has a 2014 Ford Focus
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Conservative Christians spent the past few decades trying to make the Boy Scouts into a strictly male strictly queerphobic space and you know what they reaped from all that showing of patriarchy? A $2.46 billion sexual abuse settlement.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Conservative Christians spent the past few decades trying to make the Boy Scouts into a strictly male strictly queerphobic space and you know what they reaped from all that showing of patriarchy? A $2.46 billion sexual abuse settlement.
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Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Just translated a 400yo poem from Latin & German into rhyming English for a graphic novel script; I’m going to bed
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just translated a 400yo poem from Latin & German into rhyming English for a graphic novel script; I’m going to bed
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The Chotiner
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The Chotiner
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
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The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
ANGOULÊME: Stakeholders call for '26 Festival to be cancelled
Creators, publishers and even the mayor are calling for the 2026 Angoulême comics festival to be cancelled in a dramatic week
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
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Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
You’re saying it’s… too big to fail
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You’re saying it’s… too big to fail
Now this is funny
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Now this is funny
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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Greatest city on the planet, baby.
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Greatest city on the planet, baby.
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For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
Oregon Trail was created for Minneapolis Public Schools by MECC, which was established by the Minnesota state legislature!
The artist formerly known as Prince was a beta tester for the first Oregon Trail (he was in third grade at the school near the developers)
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oregon Trail was created for Minneapolis Public Schools by MECC, which was established by the Minnesota state legislature!
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this piece, recommended to me years ago by @shainin.bsky.social , has always stayed with me www.ftrain.com/wwic
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
this piece, recommended to me years ago by @shainin.bsky.social , has always stayed with me www.ftrain.com/wwic
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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I think Claude Code has achieved AGI
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think Claude Code has achieved AGI