Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
@nat.gertler.com
Eisner-winning Peanuts nerd. Writer, publisher (About Comics), founder of 24 Hour Comics Day, sperm donor (retired). "Is he the guy who did that thing?" Yeah, prob'ly.
Pinned
Just some of the dozens of books I've written, co-written, annotated, or compiled, as an introduction.
People talk of long-lived people as having "extra innings"... but extra innings are the fiercest ones, the game a tie still to be won.
My stepmom turns 93 today. If life is a video game, she has battled all the bosses and completed all the quests, and is in that mode where she's free to explore.
My stepmom turns 93 today. If life is a video game, she has battled all the bosses and completed all the quests, and is in that mode where she's free to explore.
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
People talk of long-lived people as having "extra innings"... but extra innings are the fiercest ones, the game a tie still to be won.
My stepmom turns 93 today. If life is a video game, she has battled all the bosses and completed all the quests, and is in that mode where she's free to explore.
My stepmom turns 93 today. If life is a video game, she has battled all the bosses and completed all the quests, and is in that mode where she's free to explore.
They are trying to kill you.
Almost everything they do can be explained that way.
Almost everything they do can be explained that way.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They are trying to kill you.
Almost everything they do can be explained that way.
Almost everything they do can be explained that way.
By the way, if you don't know @nilahmagruder.com 's work -- and I'll confess that I didn't -- here's a panel from the graphic novel in question.
If you want to show people that "a simple style" does not mean "leasy to draw", this makes a good example. This could've been wrong in so many ways.
If you want to show people that "a simple style" does not mean "leasy to draw", this makes a good example. This could've been wrong in so many ways.
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
By the way, if you don't know @nilahmagruder.com 's work -- and I'll confess that I didn't -- here's a panel from the graphic novel in question.
If you want to show people that "a simple style" does not mean "leasy to draw", this makes a good example. This could've been wrong in so many ways.
If you want to show people that "a simple style" does not mean "leasy to draw", this makes a good example. This could've been wrong in so many ways.
Reposted by Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
This is such a small thing in the face of everything else going on...
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is such a small thing in the face of everything else going on...
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
Me reading old book: "Hey, this author seems well ahead of her time in her precise depiction and parody of sexism! Funny stuff!"
Ten seconds later: "Wait, is that an antisemitism?" >sigh<
Ten seconds later: "Wait, is that an antisemitism?" >sigh<
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Me reading old book: "Hey, this author seems well ahead of her time in her precise depiction and parody of sexism! Funny stuff!"
Ten seconds later: "Wait, is that an antisemitism?" >sigh<
Ten seconds later: "Wait, is that an antisemitism?" >sigh<
In Wikipedia editing, we often discuss whether a given article should be deleted. There is an argument used nicknamed “TNT”, which means that an article on this topic should exist but the existing article is so bad that you’re more likely to get a good article if you eliminate rather than improve it
Some good suggestions from @brianbeutler.bsky.social. I think Rep Daniel Goldman offers a good start at how Dems might approach this going forward here:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
In Wikipedia editing, we often discuss whether a given article should be deleted. There is an argument used nicknamed “TNT”, which means that an article on this topic should exist but the existing article is so bad that you’re more likely to get a good article if you eliminate rather than improve it
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 00:42. 🎉
No. 523 | January 12, 2026
gisnep.com
I doubt I'll ever beat my record of 37 seconds again, but this I'll take with pride. (I did a 9 minute one the other day, they don't all go like this.)
No. 523 | January 12, 2026
gisnep.com
I doubt I'll ever beat my record of 37 seconds again, but this I'll take with pride. (I did a 9 minute one the other day, they don't all go like this.)
Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
gisnep.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I solved today’s #Gisnep in 00:42. 🎉
No. 523 | January 12, 2026
gisnep.com
I doubt I'll ever beat my record of 37 seconds again, but this I'll take with pride. (I did a 9 minute one the other day, they don't all go like this.)
No. 523 | January 12, 2026
gisnep.com
I doubt I'll ever beat my record of 37 seconds again, but this I'll take with pride. (I did a 9 minute one the other day, they don't all go like this.)
Putting this out in the world: a book collecting these 1923 greeting cards would be nice. I mean, look at that talent, from both the drawing and writing side!
January 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Putting this out in the world: a book collecting these 1923 greeting cards would be nice. I mean, look at that talent, from both the drawing and writing side!
Reposted by Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
I'm not sure what's going on with Little Folks -- for some reasons, Amazon is not shipping it, and it has disappeared from other bookstores. So I've set up with the printer so that you can order right from there, at a bit of a discount on the price to make up for the inconvenience.
Little Folks
This first-ever collection of 'Tack' Knight's Little Folks brings you all the dailies from 1930, the first year of the strip. Close to 300 strips about the neighborhood kids and their joys, obsessions...
shop.ingramspark.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I'm not sure what's going on with Little Folks -- for some reasons, Amazon is not shipping it, and it has disappeared from other bookstores. So I've set up with the printer so that you can order right from there, at a bit of a discount on the price to make up for the inconvenience.
Here's the guy I am -- while various others are pointing out that Schwarzenegger and Ventura actually appeared in another movie together, I'm the only one noting that Thomas R. Marshall (previously Gov of Indiana) & Edward F. Dunne (Gov of Illinois) appeared in the 1916's The Little Girl Next Door.
He and Arnold were the only two governors to appear in a movie together (Predator, 1987).
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Here's the guy I am -- while various others are pointing out that Schwarzenegger and Ventura actually appeared in another movie together, I'm the only one noting that Thomas R. Marshall (previously Gov of Indiana) & Edward F. Dunne (Gov of Illinois) appeared in the 1916's The Little Girl Next Door.
Nancy is woke.
Nancy makes a "NO ICE" sign. Noice!
Clipping found in The Daily Sentinel-Tribune published in Bowling Green, Ohio on 12/28/1944. Nancy makes a "NO ICE" sign. Noice!
www.newspapers.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Nancy is woke.
Well, Musk's fake-em-up engine has turned its eyes on me, as Grokipedia now has a Nat Gertler entry. Its facts are mixed. (No, The Factor did not get a Best Limited Series Eisner nod. No, I did not reprint something called The Neglected Books of Charles M. Schulz; if it existed, I would!)
But... 🧵
But... 🧵
Nat Gertler
Nat Gertler is an American comics writer, editor, and publisher renowned for his extensive work in the medium, including stories featuring licensed characters such as the Peanuts gang, Speed Racer, Po...
grokipedia.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Well, Musk's fake-em-up engine has turned its eyes on me, as Grokipedia now has a Nat Gertler entry. Its facts are mixed. (No, The Factor did not get a Best Limited Series Eisner nod. No, I did not reprint something called The Neglected Books of Charles M. Schulz; if it existed, I would!)
But... 🧵
But... 🧵
Slightly diminish a band:
(Okay, getting these all out of the way at once)
The B-12s
Arhythmics
1001 Hypochondriacs
Barefooted Ladies
Florence and the Tool
Puntrixx
Gorditaz
Herman's Permits
The Eaglets
The P-Funko All-Stars (it's a Pop group)
The "Oooh! Tang!!" Clan
Duran
(Okay, getting these all out of the way at once)
The B-12s
Arhythmics
1001 Hypochondriacs
Barefooted Ladies
Florence and the Tool
Puntrixx
Gorditaz
Herman's Permits
The Eaglets
The P-Funko All-Stars (it's a Pop group)
The "Oooh! Tang!!" Clan
Duran
Slightly diminish a band:
Unfortunate Straits.
Unfortunate Straits.
Pig Iron Dan.
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
(Okay, getting these all out of the way at once)
The B-12s
Arhythmics
1001 Hypochondriacs
Barefooted Ladies
Florence and the Tool
Puntrixx
Gorditaz
Herman's Permits
The Eaglets
The P-Funko All-Stars (it's a Pop group)
The "Oooh! Tang!!" Clan
Duran
(Okay, getting these all out of the way at once)
The B-12s
Arhythmics
1001 Hypochondriacs
Barefooted Ladies
Florence and the Tool
Puntrixx
Gorditaz
Herman's Permits
The Eaglets
The P-Funko All-Stars (it's a Pop group)
The "Oooh! Tang!!" Clan
Duran
Anyone seeing shenanigans with MailChimp mailing lists? Last night, I received multiple emails saying that an unlikely address (a Disney customer contact address) was added to my list. This morning, the address that goes on my MC mailings was added to a Midtown Comics mailing list. #MailChimp
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Anyone seeing shenanigans with MailChimp mailing lists? Last night, I received multiple emails saying that an unlikely address (a Disney customer contact address) was added to my list. This morning, the address that goes on my MC mailings was added to a Midtown Comics mailing list. #MailChimp
1913 crime spree: bad checks passed by... the Quaker Oats mascot?
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 AM
1913 crime spree: bad checks passed by... the Quaker Oats mascot?
Homosexuality references in comics: 1925
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Homosexuality references in comics: 1925
No doubt.
Cops pinch nudes
Clipping found in Los Angeles Mirror published in Los Angeles, California on 11/4/1949. Cops pinch nudes
www.newspapers.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
No doubt.
Reposted by Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
A “Nancy” panel from early 1945, Marilyn Monroe in 1954. Popular culture was still trying to catch up to Ernie Bushmiller.
January 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
A “Nancy” panel from early 1945, Marilyn Monroe in 1954. Popular culture was still trying to catch up to Ernie Bushmiller.
I had been thinking about developing a "crossword puzzle is about to happen" image, but this image beat me to it! (Not so much Bono, oddly enough, but Iman. All you need is for Anais Nin to show up.)
“David, who shall we invite to the wedding?”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
“Bono. Ono. Eno.”
“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I had been thinking about developing a "crossword puzzle is about to happen" image, but this image beat me to it! (Not so much Bono, oddly enough, but Iman. All you need is for Anais Nin to show up.)
@kenwhite.bsky.social Question: if theoretical President McStickyfingers gives a blanket pardon to all staff, that of course doesn't prevent state charges. But if McS had all his staff charged with everything, convicted, and then pardoned them, would states then be restricted due to double jeopardy?
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
@kenwhite.bsky.social Question: if theoretical President McStickyfingers gives a blanket pardon to all staff, that of course doesn't prevent state charges. But if McS had all his staff charged with everything, convicted, and then pardoned them, would states then be restricted due to double jeopardy?
Gotta trust Ken. He knows all the answers before the question is even asked!
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Gotta trust Ken. He knows all the answers before the question is even asked!
This kind of fumble is what happens when you ask Copilot to do your marketing, I reckon.
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This kind of fumble is what happens when you ask Copilot to do your marketing, I reckon.
Reposted by Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
www.theregister.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
Of course, they had to put the oil on barrels in order to fit it onto boats. Ships have ways of handling much bigger quantities.
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Of course, they had to put the oil on barrels in order to fit it onto boats. Ships have ways of handling much bigger quantities.
Breathe.
Have a snack.
Pet the cat.
Breathe.
Have a snack.
Pet the cat.
Breathe.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Breathe.
Have a snack.
Pet the cat.
Breathe.
Have a snack.
Pet the cat.
Breathe.