Justin Martin
@jmartinwrites
Trying it over here. Disabled and queer. Word tinkerer (in schools) and word tinkerer (not in schools). Never not thinking about Plastic Man.
so @tradespotting.bsky.social is now team "every superhero comic writer must read THE DISPOSSESSED"
you can read all about these experimental new surgeries in my new book, Irreversible Dolmades
you should read Amy Fusselman's book 8, a slim memoir about figure skating, motorcycles, the Beastie Boys, childhood sexual assault, being a robot, and alternative medicine. it is sometimes brutal and sometimes deeply loving and kind of both at once. knocked me on my ass.
can we hurry up and put the late John Paul Leon on the same Rushmore as Jack Kirby?
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if you check it out, tell me! STAG DANCE, Torrey Peters
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if you check it out, tell me! STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if you check it out, tell me! SUPER NINTENDO: THE GAME-CHANGING COMPANY THAT UNLOCKED THE POWER OF PLAY, Keza MacDonald
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if you check it out, tell me! A REAL EMERGENCY: STORIES FROM THE AMBULANCE, Joanna Sokol
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if you check it out, tell me! EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES, Tom Robbins
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if you check it out, tell me! DANCING IN THE STREETS: A HISTORY OF COLLECTIVE JOY, Barbara Ehrenreich
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if I didn't think you'd love it, I wouldn't put it here. if you check it out, tell me! BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: LIFE, DEATH AND HOPE IN A MUMBAI UNDERCITY, Katherine Boo
sell. the. company. (if i -- nearly 30 -- see a comic and am like "that reminds me of when I was a kid", it should not exist. Pulp it. Go back and try again.)
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if I didn't think you'd love it, I wouldn't put it here. if you check it out, tell me! THE LIARS' CLUB, Mary Karr
thinking about this tweet thread and filling with endless rage again. powerpuff girls PRINTED MONEY in the 90s and 2000s and its creator has no traction in modern hollywood animation. what hope is there for new ideas for newcomers?
Stephanie McCarter's translation of Zeus flooding the earth in Ovid's Metamorphoses is really quite lovely:
this is a thread of the covers of books that I both read and liked in 2026. these are not reviews or summaries; if I didn't think you'd love it, I wouldn't put it here. if you check it out, tell me! THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS, Michael Faber
today's Lynda Barry comic is required reading for any kind of teacher.
reading SECONDS and I really dig how Bryan Lee O'Malley uses the comics page. On the left, comparing two people in short scenes. On the right, following a single thought.
turn this into a large poster and hang it in every Marvel and DC office now.
with apologies for contributing to Bezos, favorite Gilligan's Island episode? (Or Columbo, as a backup?)
nobody asked but if I was teaching high school again, knowing what I know now and where the crises + possibilities are with students, here's the bare minimum I'd insist on doing, in terms of weekly structure