Bicycle Comics
@bicyclecomics.bsky.social
Independent publisher of poetry and comic strips. New anthology coming early 2026. Erase the lines that serve no greater art.
Washington, D.C.
http://www.bicycle-comics.com
Washington, D.C.
http://www.bicycle-comics.com
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer has entered the chat.
December 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer has entered the chat.
Writing with an eye to being read—by a crush, by a workshop class, by six-dozen journal subscribers—changes the writing for the better. A writer can't simply dab poet-spackle over a rickety passage of text once the writer becomes conscious of a reader who may one day stumble through.
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Writing with an eye to being read—by a crush, by a workshop class, by six-dozen journal subscribers—changes the writing for the better. A writer can't simply dab poet-spackle over a rickety passage of text once the writer becomes conscious of a reader who may one day stumble through.
Nice! Also, you've either picked a small trim size even by zine standards, or you have surprisingly large thumbs. (Could be both!)
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Nice! Also, you've either picked a small trim size even by zine standards, or you have surprisingly large thumbs. (Could be both!)
When you think about it…books are the original paywalls. How you feel about buying books likely tracks how you feel about paywalls.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When you think about it…books are the original paywalls. How you feel about buying books likely tracks how you feel about paywalls.
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The cost of university is a real societal problem, but the problem isn’t well rounded gen eds and abandoning that greater mission devalues universities even further
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The cost of university is a real societal problem, but the problem isn’t well rounded gen eds and abandoning that greater mission devalues universities even further
That's like asking if someone has ever done pushups in a bar fight.
Nobody does pushups in a bar fight, ever. But if you've done a lot of pushups, you will do pretty well in a bar fight.
Getting good at [task] is not just a function of doing [task] over and over.
Poetry is healthy for your mind.
Nobody does pushups in a bar fight, ever. But if you've done a lot of pushups, you will do pretty well in a bar fight.
Getting good at [task] is not just a function of doing [task] over and over.
Poetry is healthy for your mind.
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
That's like asking if someone has ever done pushups in a bar fight.
Nobody does pushups in a bar fight, ever. But if you've done a lot of pushups, you will do pretty well in a bar fight.
Getting good at [task] is not just a function of doing [task] over and over.
Poetry is healthy for your mind.
Nobody does pushups in a bar fight, ever. But if you've done a lot of pushups, you will do pretty well in a bar fight.
Getting good at [task] is not just a function of doing [task] over and over.
Poetry is healthy for your mind.