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Ryan North
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You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl / Star Trek comics guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?

Look... I'm a lot of guys
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Me and @jasonloo.bsky.social are putting on a SPECIAL EVENT with the Hamilton Public Library where we'll be discussing COMICS and WRITING and will sign all your books too! January 29th, 7pm, at the Westdale Branch - hope to see you there!

events.hpl.ca/event/15155197
Ryan North and Jason Loo discuss their work with Marvel Comics and more. Attend a live reading and conversation with authors Ryan North and Jason Loo, who discuss their work with Marvel Comics and more. The 45-minute conversation is followed by a 15-minute question and answer period. Check out the HPL catalogue to borrow the book before the event. Ryan North is the New York Times-bestselling author of Romeo and/or Juliet and To Be or Not To Be. He's the creator of Dinosaur Comics and the Eisner Award-winning writer of Adventure Time, Jughead, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics, and he has a master's in computational linguistics from the University of Toronto. Jason Loo is a Toronto-based cartoonist, who has written and drawn for Marvel Comics and independent publishing. His artistic work on AFTERLIFT with co-creator/writer Chip Zdarsky for Comixology Originals earned the digital comic series an Eisner Award, as well as a nomination for a Harvey Award and a Joe Shuster Award. His works include The Pitiful Human-Lizard, Dazzler, Werewolf by Night, Spider-Boy, and Star Wars. AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) | EVENT TYPE: | Books and Writing |
January 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Punisher always gets the best blurbs
You've just rented a jet ski to the punisher. Kiss that baby goodbye!
January 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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it me
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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I wonder how many people are pairing their lunch today with a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda. Retweet if you are pairing your lunch today with a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda
a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda
January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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this was probably my experience here in 2025
https://bsky.app/profile/ryannorth.ca/post/3m3ajsamh5222 - me saying "in case anything happens to the Mona Lisa, don't worry everyone, I got a photo" with my cruddy photo of it, on October 15th 2025 https://bsky.app/profile/ryannorth.ca/post/3m3k3qgk65k22 - me posting a link to the Louvre being robbed with the caption "ut oh", 4 days later lol
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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I had thought "one of the movies of all time" originated in someone forgetting "greatest" or "best" on a forum post and we all ran with it, but turns out the construction goes back much further!
vintage poster for A Christmas Carol, with the tagline "the holiday picture of all time"
January 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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Last night Jenn and I watched our traditional holiday movie, The Bishop's Wife. Highly recommended. Cary Grant plays an angel named Dudley who comes down from heaven to help a fussy bishop build a cathedral, but instead hits on the guy's wife the whole time. Perfect Christmas movie
Cary Grant at left (charming, seductive), the bishop in the middle (annoyed), and his wife, Loretta Young, on the right (charming, into it)
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Mark told me this story in person last year, and I was so pleased that a line like "the sound bullets make when they bounce off living flesh" came from a vintage Krypto comic. And it just happens to be the comics page that made him a writer!

www.comicfrontier.com/p/mark-waid-...
Superman explaining why he connected to Krypto so much <3
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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And don't worry - this won't change anything with FANTASTIC FOUR! I've already sent in scripts up to issues #14 and have stories outlined for another 4 issues, so there are TONS of weird Reed stretching I MEAN BIG SCIFI IDEAS coming up!!
The cover to FF #4. Alicia has returned from a sculpture convention to discover the Fantastic Four have a new pet - an adorable new dog that everyone tells her she'll love. But when she first touches the creature, it's cold, it's wet, it's slimy and it's wrong - at least until a moment later, when suddenly, she feels the warm and soft fur she's expecting. Alicia is the only one who can see the truth: This is not a dog. This is something very wrong that has insinuated itself inside the Fantastic Four and which is making everyone think it's a dog. And this creature has designs of its own for both Alicia - and the entire planet Earth!
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Secret's out - me and @gavinguidry.bsky.social are creating some SHENANIGAN-FILLED FLASH comics for you in 2026!! Our run begins with Flash #31 :0

www.comicsbeat.com/the-flash-ne...
THE FLASH #31 Written by RYAN NORTH Art and cover by GAVIN GUIDRY Variant covers by BRIAN BOLLAND and GERALD PAREL Foil variant cover by BRIAN BOLLAND Corner Box variant by GAVIN GUIDRY Symbol variant cover $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/25/26 Wally West: father, husband, and fastest man alive. And now with DC K.O. in the rearview mirror, Wally can finally relax and live his best life. Or can he? Because an awful lot of people are suddenly relying on the Flash to save them— and intentionally putting themselves in danger to ensure that he does! Something sinister is happening behind the scenes…and Wally is right in the crosshairs. Also in this issue: shenanigans! Science! And the debut of an all-new all-star creative team for the Scarlet Speedster!
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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the snow has fallen such that it looks like a little child, standing on a pile of snow, watching the snow fall
the snow has fallen such that it looks like a little child, standing on a pile of snow, watching the snow fall
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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TORONTO: my friend Tory has organized a craft and holiday market on Saturday and it looks SUPER FUN. 11-5 at Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St!

They're on IG: www.instagram.com/themaybemarket
and FB: www.facebook.com/events/22577...
More info! It's the Maybe Market, a cozy & fun holiday craft market, featuring a group of local makers and artisans from the Toronto area! From handmade soaps, beautiful divination systems for that witchy friend, ceramics, art prints, stationery, and more, you'll find gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season, and definitely a treat (or five) for yourself! Where: Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St (two blocks north of Yonge + St. Clair) When: Saturday, December 13, 11-5 PM
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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HULK SMASH EVERYTHING, out now at a comic shoppe near you!
the cover, showing HULK smashing the very title itself
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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omg this is all this person does. short after short after short of other people's words read out over minecraft footage, and there are almost two thousand of them. what are we doing. follow-up question: what have we done
a screenshot of his videos tabs, they're all shorts that are all roughly the same. his video with *my* words got 3.5 million views though which seems to be more than he usually gets. in many ways, the internet is bad now
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I'm at Merry Murdoch Mysteries in Concert with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra! just hanging out with some close personal friends
me hanging out with cardboard cutouts I MEAN REAL PEOPLE of Inspector Brackenreid and Detective William Murdoch
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I've got TWO issues out tomorrow at a comic shoppe near you!

4️⃣ - FANTASTIC FOUR #6, featuring extremophile aliens invading Earth and stopping Earth's rotation!
🟢 - HULK SMASH EVERYTHING #1, featuring Hulk starting by smashing Doctor Strange, PLUS: the most audacious final page I've ever written?
THE INVINCIBLE WOMAN, PART 1! Extremophile aliens have invaded Earth! Their plan: stop the planet’s rotation so the same side always faces the sun, and then colonize that boiling, deadly side for themselves. Only the Fantastic Four can save the Earth from destruction! But none of their powers involve altering the Earth’s rotation… or do they? And when the Wizard takes advantage of the chaos to attack the Baxter Building, there may be more going on here than meets the eye — including a discovery that’ll change the fate of the Fantastic Four forever! Science, family and punching collide in this issue. PLUS: The beginnings of the all-new Future Foundation? Written by: Ryan North Art by: Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba, Edgar Delgado Cover by: Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Page Count: 32 Pages Release Date: December 03, 2025 A GUARANTEED SMASH HIT!!! Is Hulk really the strongest there is? Sure, he’s stronger than most PEOPLE… but is he really stronger than EVERYTHING? Dinosaurs? Planets? Gravity? Cosmic forces??? Find out here because when we say Hulk takes on all-comers in this new miniseries, we really mean it!!! It’s non-stop action in the classic mighty Marvel manner from Ryan North (ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM, SQUIRREL GIRL) and Vincenzo Carratù (PSYLOCKE, ASTONISHING ICEMAN)! Written by: Ryan North Art by: Vincenzo Carratù, Federico Blee Cover by: Adam Kubert, Rachelle Rosenberg Page Count: 32 Pages Release Date: December 03, 2025
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I was gonna do a FUN HOLIDAY SEASON NAME but I got verified somewhere in the interregnum between Hallowe'en and Christmas and OH NO:
if you're verified and edit your display name on bsky you lose verification! noooooooo
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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went for a hike and my friend Naseem caught me casually posing like I'm in an ad for Outdoors
me on a stump looking pretty chill. my legs don't quit
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I met a goat, she's 4 months old and her name is Fawn and she's a very important Santa Helper
I met a goat, she's 4 months old and her name is Fawn and she's a very important Santa Helper. She's in an elf outfit. I'm in a Waluigi hat but that's not important right now
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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MEATIER
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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"They could be talking about anything, and it's not clear to me how even the most horned-up reader is supposed to infer even the slightest of erotic semantics from this text" - Zach Weinersmith
T-Rex: First base: kissin'! T-Rex: Hot. T-Rex: Second base: above the waist! T-Rex: HOTT. T-Rex: Third base: if you gotta ask, you'll never know! Dromiceiomimus: Aww yeah! T-Rex: Fourth base: having a kid! Dromiceiomimus: Wait what T-Rex: Fifth base: getting a dog! Utahraptor: Everyone knows it! T-Rex: Sixth base: growing old together. Hott! Utahraptor: Seventh base: buddy tombstones! "I'm with stupid -->" or even "<-- He started it"! T-Rex: So hot! Eighth base: someone puts your skelly hand on another skeleton's butt! Off panel: Ninth base: your flesh decays into atoms which escape Earth's atmosphere to travel endlessly in space, so profoundly isolated that they never again interact with any other matter! T-Rex: FRIG, THAT'S... T-Rex: THAT'S SO HOTT
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"This dinosaur erotica is WAY too subtle for ME" - Zach Weinersmith
T-Rex: 〚thinks〛 naked people T-Rex: Hot! T-Rex: Dromiceiomimus, what's your opinion on people who are naked? Dromiceiomimus: I would think that they are hot! T-Rex: I would be forced to agree with you my good lady!! Utahraptor: I too would agree with you re: hot naked people, my friend! Narrator: THE END Narrator: POSTSCRIPT: T-Rex: Hott!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The big finale of ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM comes out tomorrow, Wednesday November 18th! It has action, and twists, and an ending you will not see coming AND I don't want to spoil it at all so here's just a single page of preview!! Be sure to pick it up at your local comic shoppe tomorrow! TOMORROW
A tour of Doom's past interactions with his niece Valeria, done as Doom narrates them. He tells us this is a love story, and that across the entire cosmos, she was the only one who was, to him, special... and across the entire cosmos, he was the only one who was, to her, special too. The cover, showing Doom surrounded by the skellies of heroes. Probably it's fine, right? Probably??
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I'm at YALLFEST in Charleston SC tomorrow (Saturday November 15th!) - and I hope to see YOU there! Yes, you! The person reading this post on bsky dot app!!

www.yallfest.org
My schedule: a scifi panel at 1pm at the American Theatre, a Marvel panel at 2pm in the Charleston Music Hall, and a signing at 3pm in Lit Alley. busy times!
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Out tomorrow: FANTASTIC FOUR #5, guest starring The Black Cat AND Sue Storm (who hates her guts) and a HEIST. :0

I texted @jedmackay.bsky.social a ton to make sure I was writing Felicia well, which is how I lost texting privileges with Jed. But NO REGRETS
The boys are going fishing in the Negative Zone, leaving Sue and Alicia home alone. and who is at the door but Felicia Hardy, Sue Storm's least-favourite person! And she's covered in blood WHOOPS Felicia's in jail and flirting with Sue, trying to get her to help her. She says she's innocent! And in a flashback, we see Felicia's version of events. HOW IS SHE GONNA GET OUT OF THIS ONE?? You'll just have to read the issue to find out!
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM