Jeremy Thomas Burke
@jthomasburke.bsky.social
Poet | Educator | Comic Book Geek
Publications: https://jthomasburke.wordpress.com/about/
header image from THE LONESOME HUNTERS by @mrtylercrook.bsky.social
Publications: https://jthomasburke.wordpress.com/about/
header image from THE LONESOME HUNTERS by @mrtylercrook.bsky.social
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Poems by J. Thomas Burke - Abstract Mag TV
Art: Zealful by Michael Moreth
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Two of my poems were just published today by Abstract magazine. Check them out and let me know what you think!
Poems by J. Thomas Burke abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/04/18/p...
Poems by J. Thomas Burke abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/04/18/p...
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Today brings one of my favorite annual traditions on Off Panel, as I discussed the defining themes of 2025 in comics with three people who think about the direct market a lot in retailer Steve Anderson, @comixace.bsky.social, and @ashcanpress.com.
It was a good time. Listen up!
It was a good time. Listen up!
This week on Off Panel, it's the annual Three Themes episode, as retailer Steve Anderson from @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social, @comixace.bsky.social from @comicsbeat.bsky.social, and writer @ashcanpress.com join the podcast to share what they thought the theme of 2025 was for comics and then discuss it.
Off Panel #530: Three Themes with Steve Anderson, Heidi MacDonald, and Matthew Rosenberg - SKTCHD
In a special year end episode of Off Panel, we look at the defining themes of 2025 in comics with the help of retailer Steve Anderson from Third Eye Comics, The Beat’s Heidi MacDonald, and writer Matt...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today brings one of my favorite annual traditions on Off Panel, as I discussed the defining themes of 2025 in comics with three people who think about the direct market a lot in retailer Steve Anderson, @comixace.bsky.social, and @ashcanpress.com.
It was a good time. Listen up!
It was a good time. Listen up!
It seems like @3w3m.bsky.social is about to command a lot of attention! Can't wait for the first full graphic novel, SHIFT: 3w3m.substack.com/p/comic-shif...
[COMIC] SHIFT 1
By Jonathan Hickman and Mike del Mundo.
3w3m.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It seems like @3w3m.bsky.social is about to command a lot of attention! Can't wait for the first full graphic novel, SHIFT: 3w3m.substack.com/p/comic-shif...
October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What are the odds that we get a Hickman-written INHUMANS series at the end of IMPERIAL? Maybe w/Marco Checchetto on art?
@davidharper.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @3w3m.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @lindseycohick.bsky.social @sktchd.bsky.social @oliversava.bsky.social
@davidharper.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @3w3m.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @lindseycohick.bsky.social @sktchd.bsky.social @oliversava.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What are the odds that we get a Hickman-written INHUMANS series at the end of IMPERIAL? Maybe w/Marco Checchetto on art?
@davidharper.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @3w3m.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @lindseycohick.bsky.social @sktchd.bsky.social @oliversava.bsky.social
@davidharper.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @3w3m.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @lindseycohick.bsky.social @sktchd.bsky.social @oliversava.bsky.social
My signed copy of 10,000 INK STAINS by @jefflemire171.bsky.social
From @darkhorse.com
Thank you @comicgeeks.bsky.social
It is a great read so far!
From @darkhorse.com
Thank you @comicgeeks.bsky.social
It is a great read so far!
August 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My signed copy of 10,000 INK STAINS by @jefflemire171.bsky.social
From @darkhorse.com
Thank you @comicgeeks.bsky.social
It is a great read so far!
From @darkhorse.com
Thank you @comicgeeks.bsky.social
It is a great read so far!
How does @chrissamnee.bsky.social manage to keep leveling up?! BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE no. 10 was the best issue yet. @markwaid.bsky.social @roblevin.bsky.social
@jimlee.bsky.social
@jimlee.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How does @chrissamnee.bsky.social manage to keep leveling up?! BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE no. 10 was the best issue yet. @markwaid.bsky.social @roblevin.bsky.social
@jimlee.bsky.social
@jimlee.bsky.social
Has anyone else been able to place an order on @mycomicshop.bsky.social this weekend? Their website won't let me move past the address screen. #ComicBooks
July 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Has anyone else been able to place an order on @mycomicshop.bsky.social this weekend? Their website won't let me move past the address screen. #ComicBooks
Hey, @mycomicshop.bsky.social
I can’t move past the address page to complete my order. Help!
I can’t move past the address page to complete my order. Help!
July 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hey, @mycomicshop.bsky.social
I can’t move past the address page to complete my order. Help!
I can’t move past the address page to complete my order. Help!
Seems @phillipkjohnson.bsky.social always has a perfect guest artist!
Kev Walker did beautiful work in INCREDIBLE HULK 26
@dannyearls16.bsky.social was great too
I hear @adamgorham.bsky.social is next
These artists ease the wait for @nicklein.bsky.social
@cracksh0t.bsky.social @kmcgay.bsky.social
Kev Walker did beautiful work in INCREDIBLE HULK 26
@dannyearls16.bsky.social was great too
I hear @adamgorham.bsky.social is next
These artists ease the wait for @nicklein.bsky.social
@cracksh0t.bsky.social @kmcgay.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Seems @phillipkjohnson.bsky.social always has a perfect guest artist!
Kev Walker did beautiful work in INCREDIBLE HULK 26
@dannyearls16.bsky.social was great too
I hear @adamgorham.bsky.social is next
These artists ease the wait for @nicklein.bsky.social
@cracksh0t.bsky.social @kmcgay.bsky.social
Kev Walker did beautiful work in INCREDIBLE HULK 26
@dannyearls16.bsky.social was great too
I hear @adamgorham.bsky.social is next
These artists ease the wait for @nicklein.bsky.social
@cracksh0t.bsky.social @kmcgay.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing, @comixace.bsky.social & @comicsbeat.bsky.social
Informative, moving, & quite a tribute to one of the giants in comic book history (even if that history is a bit complicated)
RIP Jim Shooter
www.comicsbeat.com/remembering-...
Informative, moving, & quite a tribute to one of the giants in comic book history (even if that history is a bit complicated)
RIP Jim Shooter
www.comicsbeat.com/remembering-...
Remembering Jim Shooter
The comics industry remembers former Marvel editor in chief Jim Shooter, one of the most towering figures in comics history
www.comicsbeat.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thanks for sharing, @comixace.bsky.social & @comicsbeat.bsky.social
Informative, moving, & quite a tribute to one of the giants in comic book history (even if that history is a bit complicated)
RIP Jim Shooter
www.comicsbeat.com/remembering-...
Informative, moving, & quite a tribute to one of the giants in comic book history (even if that history is a bit complicated)
RIP Jim Shooter
www.comicsbeat.com/remembering-...
Reposted by Jeremy Thomas Burke
Issue 5 of ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS is called "Strange Loops". Every page is a loop.
Here is the first page.
@ericxyz.bsky.social @imagecomics.com
Here is the first page.
@ericxyz.bsky.social @imagecomics.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Issue 5 of ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS is called "Strange Loops". Every page is a loop.
Here is the first page.
@ericxyz.bsky.social @imagecomics.com
Here is the first page.
@ericxyz.bsky.social @imagecomics.com
I think I accidentally made a shrine
@eccomics.bsky.social @comicsjournal.bsky.social @cmautner.bsky.social @abramscomicarts.bsky.social @stansakaiofficial.bsky.social @tisserand.bsky.social @cartoonart.bsky.social @explodingarrow.bsky.social #Cerebus #DaveSim #HarveyKurtzman #UsagiYojimbo #KrazyKat
@eccomics.bsky.social @comicsjournal.bsky.social @cmautner.bsky.social @abramscomicarts.bsky.social @stansakaiofficial.bsky.social @tisserand.bsky.social @cartoonart.bsky.social @explodingarrow.bsky.social #Cerebus #DaveSim #HarveyKurtzman #UsagiYojimbo #KrazyKat
June 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by Jeremy Thomas Burke
Trapped in the time-mind sync-warp by Thanos, Drax is imprisoned in his mind and sinking into insanity and certain death.
Drax swears at Thanos he will escape.
Thirty-five panels on one page later, he does.
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Seventies mind warping, psychedelic pop by Jim Starlin.
Drax swears at Thanos he will escape.
Thirty-five panels on one page later, he does.
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Seventies mind warping, psychedelic pop by Jim Starlin.
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trapped in the time-mind sync-warp by Thanos, Drax is imprisoned in his mind and sinking into insanity and certain death.
Drax swears at Thanos he will escape.
Thirty-five panels on one page later, he does.
---
Seventies mind warping, psychedelic pop by Jim Starlin.
Drax swears at Thanos he will escape.
Thirty-five panels on one page later, he does.
---
Seventies mind warping, psychedelic pop by Jim Starlin.
Thanks for supporting the Meskwaki Nation, @chicagobearsnews.bsky.social
@kfishbain.bsky.social @bradbiggs.bsky.social @danwiederer.bsky.social @spiceadams.bsky.social @adamhoge.bsky.social @alexshapirochsn.bsky.social @laurencewholmes.bsky.social
www.chicagobears.com/news/postcar...
@kfishbain.bsky.social @bradbiggs.bsky.social @danwiederer.bsky.social @spiceadams.bsky.social @adamhoge.bsky.social @alexshapirochsn.bsky.social @laurencewholmes.bsky.social
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Postcards in Meskwaki Nation | June 22
For a second consecutive year, the Bears traveled to Iowa’s Meskwaki Nation — the closest nationally-recognized Native American to Chicago — to host youth football clinics. ChicagoBears.com spoke to v...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Power Fantasy 9 had a great article by Rian Hughes about design. I need to read it again to see if it might help me w/a poem I'm struggling to complete.
Thank you @kierongillen.bsky.social @casparw.bsky.social & @imagecomics.com for making space for this in the back of a comic. You made my day.
Thank you @kierongillen.bsky.social @casparw.bsky.social & @imagecomics.com for making space for this in the back of a comic. You made my day.
June 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Power Fantasy 9 had a great article by Rian Hughes about design. I need to read it again to see if it might help me w/a poem I'm struggling to complete.
Thank you @kierongillen.bsky.social @casparw.bsky.social & @imagecomics.com for making space for this in the back of a comic. You made my day.
Thank you @kierongillen.bsky.social @casparw.bsky.social & @imagecomics.com for making space for this in the back of a comic. You made my day.
Reposted by Jeremy Thomas Burke
Tonight! Book club!
if you are a Jinxworld.com discord member OR a @wordballoon.bsky.social patreon member YOU get to participate in the CRIMINAL book club discussion live tomorrow. see you there! the link is on the discord now.
June 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tonight! Book club!
@npr.org & @ayesharascoe.bsky.social talk to Michael Dean about Lost Marvels: Tower of Shadows from @fantagraphics.bsky.social & @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social
I'm really enjoying the collection so far. Great work from Steranko, Adams, Windsor-Smith, Wood & more!
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1...
I'm really enjoying the collection so far. Great work from Steranko, Adams, Windsor-Smith, Wood & more!
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1...
'Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows' restores a lost chapter of comic book history : NPR's Book of the Day
In the 1950s, horror comic books – featuring at times gory depictions of violence – were rising in popularity. But these comics triggered a moral panic, ultimately leading to the Comics Code Authority...
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June 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@npr.org & @ayesharascoe.bsky.social talk to Michael Dean about Lost Marvels: Tower of Shadows from @fantagraphics.bsky.social & @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social
I'm really enjoying the collection so far. Great work from Steranko, Adams, Windsor-Smith, Wood & more!
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1...
I'm really enjoying the collection so far. Great work from Steranko, Adams, Windsor-Smith, Wood & more!
www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1...
FF no. 48 (Dec 1965) from @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social had so many gems! Beyond the 1st appearances of the Silver Surfer & Galactus, there's a full-page collage by Kirby & a letter from Don McGregor just before he leaves for the Service.
@alexgrand.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social
@alexgrand.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
FF no. 48 (Dec 1965) from @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social had so many gems! Beyond the 1st appearances of the Silver Surfer & Galactus, there's a full-page collage by Kirby & a letter from Don McGregor just before he leaves for the Service.
@alexgrand.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social
@alexgrand.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social
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If you missed the chance to get the latest book I made collecting my work on SKTCHD and Off Panel, I ended up with some extras of SKTCHD BOOK 2024. It turned out GREAT. Order your copy today because it's only getting the one print run and it's very limited.
Everyone's SKTCHD BOOK 2024's are in the mail!
But if you missed the chance to order one before, I somehow ended up with extras. Order a copy of the latest print annual collecting five features from SKTCHD and Off Panel, a book-only Mailbag Q&A, and more today. This is the last of it ever!
But if you missed the chance to order one before, I somehow ended up with extras. Order a copy of the latest print annual collecting five features from SKTCHD and Off Panel, a book-only Mailbag Q&A, and more today. This is the last of it ever!
SKTCHD BOOK 2024
SKTCHD BOOK 2024 is here, and this sixth print annual from my Eisner Award-nominated site collects the very best of SKTCHD and Off Panel from 2024....
sktchd.bigcartel.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you missed the chance to get the latest book I made collecting my work on SKTCHD and Off Panel, I ended up with some extras of SKTCHD BOOK 2024. It turned out GREAT. Order your copy today because it's only getting the one print run and it's very limited.
Lucille Clifton: One of our great American poets
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/...
won’t you celebrate with me
i made it up here on this bridge between between / starshine and clay Compare to John Keats’s “betwixt damnation and impassion’d clay” in “On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again.” starshine and ...
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May 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lucille Clifton: One of our great American poets
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/...
Cerebus & Wolverine by John Byrne from CEREBUS no. 14 (March 1980)
Time for a (legal) crossover?
@alexgrand.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social @markwaid.bsky.social @fredvanlente.bsky.social @briancronin.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @jefflemire171.bsky.social
Time for a (legal) crossover?
@alexgrand.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social @markwaid.bsky.social @fredvanlente.bsky.social @briancronin.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @jefflemire171.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Cerebus & Wolverine by John Byrne from CEREBUS no. 14 (March 1980)
Time for a (legal) crossover?
@alexgrand.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social @markwaid.bsky.social @fredvanlente.bsky.social @briancronin.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @jefflemire171.bsky.social
Time for a (legal) crossover?
@alexgrand.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social @markwaid.bsky.social @fredvanlente.bsky.social @briancronin.bsky.social @backissuemagazine.bsky.social @tombrevoort.bsky.social @jefflemire171.bsky.social
I just came across a fun treat in MOKF no. 56 (September 1977)!
@jmdematteis.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social
@jmdematteis.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I just came across a fun treat in MOKF no. 56 (September 1977)!
@jmdematteis.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social
@jmdematteis.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social @wordballoon.bsky.social
Time for a new issue of the Comics Courier! No. 1 was great.
@explodingarrow.bsky.social @adrienneresha.bsky.social @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social @averykaplan.bsky.social @lydiaturner97.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social @rosiemarx.bsky.social @nickmarino.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
@explodingarrow.bsky.social @adrienneresha.bsky.social @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social @averykaplan.bsky.social @lydiaturner97.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social @rosiemarx.bsky.social @nickmarino.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 2]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
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May 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Time for a new issue of the Comics Courier! No. 1 was great.
@explodingarrow.bsky.social @adrienneresha.bsky.social @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social @averykaplan.bsky.social @lydiaturner97.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social @rosiemarx.bsky.social @nickmarino.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
@explodingarrow.bsky.social @adrienneresha.bsky.social @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social @averykaplan.bsky.social @lydiaturner97.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social @rosiemarx.bsky.social @nickmarino.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
Just finished ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS no. 2 from @imagecomics.com
Wow.
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social Jordie Bellaire & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou broke the arrow of time in a relevant & personal way. Can’t wait for issue 3 next month!
Wow.
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social Jordie Bellaire & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou broke the arrow of time in a relevant & personal way. Can’t wait for issue 3 next month!
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Just finished ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS no. 2 from @imagecomics.com
Wow.
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social Jordie Bellaire & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou broke the arrow of time in a relevant & personal way. Can’t wait for issue 3 next month!
Wow.
@denizcamp.bsky.social @ericxyz.bsky.social Jordie Bellaire & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou broke the arrow of time in a relevant & personal way. Can’t wait for issue 3 next month!
Two of my poems were just published today by Abstract magazine. Check them out and let me know what you think!
Poems by J. Thomas Burke abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/04/18/p...
Poems by J. Thomas Burke abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/04/18/p...
Poems by J. Thomas Burke - Abstract Mag TV
Art: Zealful by Michael Moreth
abstractmagazinetv.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Two of my poems were just published today by Abstract magazine. Check them out and let me know what you think!
Poems by J. Thomas Burke abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/04/18/p...
Poems by J. Thomas Burke abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/04/18/p...