Rob Kirby
@robkirbycomics.bsky.social
Cartoonist. Reviewer @ Publishers Weekly. Dog person. Books incl QU33R (Ignatz winner). Latest from Graphic Mundi: my memoir Marry Me a Little. A 2023 year-best pick in Oprah magazine.
Husbo made this apple tart for tomorrow and I’m excited, I think it’s beautiful.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Husbo made this apple tart for tomorrow and I’m excited, I think it’s beautiful.
My annual unasked-for declaration: I think pumpkin pie is gross. Apple pie kicks pumpkin pie’s ass.
Also this annual advice: brine the turkey if you can, makes such a difference, it’s so worth it.
Also this annual advice: brine the turkey if you can, makes such a difference, it’s so worth it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My annual unasked-for declaration: I think pumpkin pie is gross. Apple pie kicks pumpkin pie’s ass.
Also this annual advice: brine the turkey if you can, makes such a difference, it’s so worth it.
Also this annual advice: brine the turkey if you can, makes such a difference, it’s so worth it.
On 11/23 this diary entry is still relevant
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On 11/23 this diary entry is still relevant
And the jury is seriously still out on this question.
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
And the jury is seriously still out on this question.
I support this in perpetuity
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I support this in perpetuity
I can’t help it, this supposed turnaround for MTG is fascinating to me.
She’s lying, of course, but it is noteworthy that the feels like she has to lie and say these things. She’s a weathervane and this is a sign of the way the wind is blowing.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I can’t help it, this supposed turnaround for MTG is fascinating to me.
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Translator for @wolfiesmom.bsky.social: Suck it, Megyn Kelly, you tireless termagant
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Translator for @wolfiesmom.bsky.social: Suck it, Megyn Kelly, you tireless termagant
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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I think Republican leaders should study what has happened throughout the last century or two of international history when a populace with this kind of inequity rubbed in its face day after day, year after year, finally snaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think Republican leaders should study what has happened throughout the last century or two of international history when a populace with this kind of inequity rubbed in its face day after day, year after year, finally snaps. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
A pal of mine is in Detroit rn and I told her to go visit the house where I grew up and she did it and even sent a pic! I am so persuasive lol
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A pal of mine is in Detroit rn and I told her to go visit the house where I grew up and she did it and even sent a pic! I am so persuasive lol
In your face, you ignorant witch
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In your face, you ignorant witch
Some lovely stuff here at Minneapolis’s Museum of Russian Art
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Some lovely stuff here at Minneapolis’s Museum of Russian Art
She speaks the truth, as always.
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
She speaks the truth, as always.
Amen
Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Follow AP for live updates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Amen
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I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
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Things seem to be going our way already on this election night but that doesn't stop Bluesky's Eyore contingent from gloomily predicting doom in '26. Folks, it's seriously ok to feel good for a little while tonight, maybe even to gloat for a bit! Don't forget to celebrate wins, to feel some joy.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Things seem to be going our way already on this election night but that doesn't stop Bluesky's Eyore contingent from gloomily predicting doom in '26. Folks, it's seriously ok to feel good for a little while tonight, maybe even to gloat for a bit! Don't forget to celebrate wins, to feel some joy.
Excellent
Decision Desk HQ is the first to call a race, saying Abigail Spanberger wins.
The anti-trans attacks seem to have failed in Virginia.
Virginia was the ground zero after Youngkin won on a fledgeling anti-trans platform in 2021.
The anti-trans attacks seem to have failed in Virginia.
Virginia was the ground zero after Youngkin won on a fledgeling anti-trans platform in 2021.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Excellent
It’s a beautiful day to vote. And to virtue signal!
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It’s a beautiful day to vote. And to virtue signal!
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This was very good then & even more appropriate now, because the total lack of elite accountability is central feature of 🇺🇸 politics & the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening & have since at least 1865:
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Here is something I wrote in 2018 about the obituaries for George H.W. Bush, and I think it is also relevant today
It's Honest to Speak Ill of the Dead
The George H.W. Bush hagiography is about more than showing good manners. It's about choosing what becomes part of history, and what doesn't.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This was very good then & even more appropriate now, because the total lack of elite accountability is central feature of 🇺🇸 politics & the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening & have since at least 1865:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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The time change doesn’t bother me. I always keep some daylight saved in a jar on my kitchen counter
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The time change doesn’t bother me. I always keep some daylight saved in a jar on my kitchen counter
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Yesterday, on a holiday where kids go door to door connecting with their community, my sweet town was terrorized by government-backed thugs. Our schools locked down. We patrolled the streets, warning vulnerable people to stay inside. Helicopters circled incessantly. ICE get out.
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yesterday, on a holiday where kids go door to door connecting with their community, my sweet town was terrorized by government-backed thugs. Our schools locked down. We patrolled the streets, warning vulnerable people to stay inside. Helicopters circled incessantly. ICE get out.
31. 28 YEARS LATER ('25) This 3rd film focuses on tween boy trying to keep his mother alive as he searches for a Dr to cure her illness in a land plagued w/ the deadly, ravenous infected. Film boasts an unpredictable story w/ many tonal shifts well handled. A nice wrap-up to #31HorrorFilms31Days 👍🎃💀
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
31. 28 YEARS LATER ('25) This 3rd film focuses on tween boy trying to keep his mother alive as he searches for a Dr to cure her illness in a land plagued w/ the deadly, ravenous infected. Film boasts an unpredictable story w/ many tonal shifts well handled. A nice wrap-up to #31HorrorFilms31Days 👍🎃💀
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good criticism meets the subject where it is, bad criticism is typically the result of the writer thinking every piece of art should deliver exactly what they want and expect
yeah! why is that?? some of the worst film and TV analysis and criticism i've ever read has been by leftists and left-leaning writers i otherwise greatly admire
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
good criticism meets the subject where it is, bad criticism is typically the result of the writer thinking every piece of art should deliver exactly what they want and expect
30. KNIFE + HEART ('18) Paris, 1979. A mysterious killer is stalking the performers of a small gay porn film outfit. But why? Anne, the boss lady, investigates. This is arthouse horror at its most stylin', poetic & sexy—and it's super gay too! Icing on the bloody cake, obvs. 👍 #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
30. KNIFE + HEART ('18) Paris, 1979. A mysterious killer is stalking the performers of a small gay porn film outfit. But why? Anne, the boss lady, investigates. This is arthouse horror at its most stylin', poetic & sexy—and it's super gay too! Icing on the bloody cake, obvs. 👍 #31HorrorFilms31Days