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Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark, BLClark 📷 by Chris Eliopoulous @chriseliopoulos.com Nebraska/ Santa Rosa, CA https://benjaminlclark.com

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · Oct 18

Hey, new folks! INTRO — I'm Benjamin. I write comic history, curate museum exhibitions, and other stuff. I've won some awards, and I'm open to other projects when I'm available. Find me other places:
🌐 benjaminlclark.com
📰 buttondown.com/benjaminlclark
📷 instagram.com/benjaminlclark (if you must)

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 16h

It's Banned Books Week. If you are an author, please join @authorsabb.bsky.social! If you work in the publishing industry, please join @pubprosabb.bsky.social! Canadian authors, you can now join Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book bans: linktr.ee/caiabb. Working together feels good! 📚✍️👏

The black and white cover of a zine titled Do you make books? Yes? I want YOU to join Authors Against Book Bans! By Maia Kobabe. The image shows author Maia Kobabe holding a stack of books and pointing at the reader

WHAT IS AABB?
A coalition of writers, illustrators, editors & other book creators, standing united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices in our libraries, in our schools, & in our culture. We pledge to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when our voices are silenced, to go where our bodies are needed, & to fight to ensure this freedom.

Our concern is not only for the books, but for the children, families, educators,
librarians, & communities who suffer when the freedom to read is challenged and taken away.

WHAT CAN AABB OFFER YOU?
- Regional groups working on legislation to protect authors & the freedom to read state-by-state
- Online trainings on digital security, public speaking, & how to counter book challenges in your community
-Affinity groups for BIPOC authors, queer authors, authors with disabilities, indie, nonfiction, romance writers & more
-Support if your book is challenged or your school visit is canceled!
-A very active discord community

Maia: I’ve been facing intense challenges to my book since 2021. Knowing that I am not alone in the fight against censorship is what keeps my spirits up!

Watching the folks in AABB share information, co-write legislation, show up to library & school board meetings, & speak up to publishers about the need to protect diverse books & minority authors has been amazing!

This is a weird & scary time to be an author, but you are not alone! Join thousands of us fighting for the freedom to read, the freedom to write, the freedom to teach, the freedom to learn, & the freedom to share our stories!
-Maia Kobabe, 2025

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Unpacking Peanuts Podcast @unpackingpeanuts.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Anniversary Charlie Brown! To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts, Michael, Harold & Jimmy each pick their top 10 Peanuts strips of all time! Will one character dominate? One Decade? Listen to find out what the best in Peanuts 5-decade run of brilliance. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 1d

And Diamond, which held a near monopoly on distributing comics, has also imploded. It seems like there should be "room in the market," as they say.

Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 1d

The American Kennel Club called me about Snoopy. LOL

Snoopy History: The Story Behind the Iconic Cartoon Beagle

For over 70 years, Snoopy, the imaginative and good-natured Beagle from Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comics, has captured the hearts of millions.

www.akc.org

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ABRAMS ComicArts @abramscomicarts.bsky.social · 6d

Today we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts!

You can explore the 75 years of Peanuts history in our new upcoming book The Essential Peanuts and check out our Here Comes Charlie Brown Pop Up Book, featuring the first ever Peanuts Comic Strip!

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

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SOLRAD Magazine @solrad.bsky.social · 22d

Tom Shapira on Glenn Fleishman’s HOW COMICS ARE MADE: A VISUAL HISTORY FROM THE DRAWING BOARD TO THE PRINTED PAGE
solrad.co/i-am-into-th...

I Am Into This Sort Of Thing: Tom Shapira on Glenn Fleishman's HOW COMICS ARE MADE: A VISUAL HISTORY FROM THE DRAWING BOARD TO THE PRINTED PAGE - SOLRAD

Today on SOLRAD, Tom Shapira reviews Glenn Fleishman's HOW COMICS ARE MADE: A VISUAL HISTORY FROM THE DRAWING BOARD TO THE PRINTED PAGE

solrad.co

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 2d

I bet cactus swears go hard

actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 2d

06 Oct 2025

A cactus sitting on a windowsill watches colored autumn leaves fall outside and audibly swears. Heathcliff and Grandma Nutmeg stands behind the cactus, looking at it. Grandma says "The cactus resents the fall foliage."

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 3d

This week @contingent-mag.bsky.social announced a #cfp for our December series, A Time of Monsters.

If you have a monster pitch, please send it our way. Thanks to a Kitchings Family Foundation grant, every essay will be $300.

#skystorians #monsters

contingentmagazine.org/cfp-a-time-o...

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

contingentmagazine.org

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 2d

Here's a scan of the issue, if you'd like to take a look (thanks, @archive.org):
archive.org/details/sim_...

Judge 1889-10-26: Vol 17 Iss 419 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Judge 1889-10-26: Volume 17, Issue 419.Digitized from IA1532235-07.Previous issue: sim_judge_1889-10-19_17_418.Next issue: sim_judge_1889-11-02_17_420.

archive.org

Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 2d

It's a cover illustration from an issue of JUDGE: library.osu.edu/dc/concern/g...

Digital Collections

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 4d

Anyone else see a hippo?

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · Oct 18

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Courier-ween! Your daily reminder that The Comics Courier issue 3 Kickstarter is live and going strong! If you like print comics criticism, head over to our page and pledge now!

comicscourier.com

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Charles M. Schulz Museum | The home of Snoopy & the Peanuts Gang @schulzmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

It’s your 75th anniversary, Charlie Brown! 💛⁠
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🎉 Today marks the official 75th anniversary of Peanuts! On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip, shown here, was published in seven newspapers nationwide. Charles M. Schulz was 27 years old.

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

You absolutely nailed it as usual! Always glad to see new writing from you, but especially new Peanuts writing.

Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

Great stuff, Luke! I'm more of a "Power of Positive Fussing" man myself ...

Peanuts comic strip originally published on 7/30/1956. Charlie Brown asks Lucy how she came to be such a fussbudget. She shows him her huge overflowing bookcase filled with Fussbudget titles.

Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

Comics people, pop culture people, lit-er-uh-ture people who understand comics are a medium not a genre, you'll enjoy a chat with Tiffany Babb. Your audience will too.

Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 6d

Btw, if anyone has some spots on their podcasts this month, I'd love to jump on and chat about the Courier (and anything else)

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

Bravo to Todd Arrington. Museums are not warehouses of business assets. Museums, like the Eisenhower Library, are tangible history held in trust for the public.

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

That was where I saw it also -- thank you for sharing that! What an artifact!

Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

I just saw the t-shirts mentioned on another post -- that's amazing!!

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 6d

It's Charlie Brown's 75th anniversary today! To celebrate, check out my conversation with @benjaminlclark.com about Peanuts and baseball over at @thefanfiles.bsky.social
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/cha...

Charles Schulz's Peanuts and baseball — The Fan Files

An interview with Charles M Schulz Museum curator Benjamin Clark

www.thefanfiles.com

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

Happy 75th Anniversary of Peanuts!

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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 6d

Today is the 75th anniversary of Peanuts. From 1948, here’s what might be the first article about Charles Schulz, from the magazine of Art Instruction, Inc., a mail-order school founded by my great-grandmother’s younger half-brother.

First page of article about Charles Schulz when he was an instructor at Art Instruction Inc. in 1948

An example of Charles Schulz’s Li’l Folks, a proto-Peanuts-like cartoon panel

Last page of 1948 article on Charles Schulz and his cartooning

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 6d

So hilarious. The preacher at the church that the Van Pelts attend must be intense!

Out of Context Mickey Mouse Comic Strips @oocmickeycomics.bsky.social · 6d

Sure, unrelated to Mickey Mouse, but how often do you celebrate a milestone?

My favorite Peanuts strip of all time!

#peanuts #charliebrown

Linus going on a rant about his president administration at a speech, while students and faculty look on with worry.