Andrew Gillespie

Tree branches against a blue sky

I acknowledge it is False Spring, but 12 degrees with sunshine and blue sky feels like a miracle

Sometimes social housekeeping is necessary and correct.

HEY GANG - if you haven't read AVENGERS ACADEMY and are wondering what all the fuss is about, you can actually read the first four issues here at this link - no need to register or anything, just click and read!!! www.marvel.com/infinitycomi...

GLAAD MEDIA AWARD WINNER: OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices By Anthony Oliveira, Elsa Sjunneson, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, Pablo Collar, Charles Stewart III, Alti Firmansyah, Minkyu Jung, KJ Díaz, Ruth Redmond, Dono Sánchez-Almara, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics)

I am so thankful for the gift of this recognition on behalf of myself and all of the crew on Avengers Academy. We strove week after week to make art worthy of our community – to deepen and enrich the world for queer, trans, and HIV+ representation and readership, to insist we belonged in these worlds of fiction and in the world that dreams them. We wanted both to illuminate queer stories told long ago and to trailblaze new paths forward. It was not always easy, but it was always worth it. I am so proud of this work, and so honoured to have it so celebrated. Thank you. Thank you to all the impossibly gifted collaborators on this project for all your brilliance, enthusiasm, and generosity: our regular artists Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, and Pablo Collar; our colorists KJ Diaz and Ruth Redmond; our letterists Ariana Maher and Joe Caramagna; as well as our numerous guest talents – who enriched this book week after week with their gifts and perspectives. Thanks too to our editors, Lindsey Cohick, Sidney Stubbs, Wil Moss, and founding editor and Sarah Brunstad who willed this book into life. Time and again this book redefined what could happen, how it could look and read, and above all who could be in a superhero comic, and I could not be prouder. And, with great admiration and profoundest appreciation, thank you to my community, for always lifting me up. Finding all of you has been the great gift of my life. This category is full of the fellow artists who showed me there was a place for us to create and to live in this world, and I live in the enduring blessing of their work. I said it when we ended, and I will say it here again: comics will mend your heart, if you let them. When I was a scared, lonely, closeted kid, the Marvel universe’s heroes were there for me when very little else was. That is a debt I can never pay back, but one I’ve tried with great travail to pay forward. I want to believe we have afforded a little of that same refuge to those who soug…

Amazed and honoured that AVENGERS ACADEMY has won the GLAAD Media Award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK!

This book pushed every boundary in this industry, and I am so grateful for the gift of these talented collaborators and this generous, uplifting community of readers. deadline.com/2026/03/glaa...

This is truly such wonderful news! Congrats to you Anthony and everyone involved in this project.

You had me at Drag Race meets Game of Thrones 👠⚔️

Today was a good day to hear the Gorecki symphony played and sung live.

Photo of a house program for Flight Pattern/Suite en Blanc. A photo of dancers in blue pants and light grey tank tops

Spent a nice afternoon with the National Ballet of Canada. Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern was gorgeous. And with the added bonus of Measha Brueggergosman-Lee singing Gorecki’s Symphony Number 3 live? Stunning!

I love a matinee but it means skipping my afternoon nap, which is a tough thing to give up on a weekend. Definitely an oldie!! 🫠

Too much attention from the paparazzi? Catarazzi?

I can definitely smell the Strawberry Shortcakes.

Thank you for sharing!

A large Henry Moore sculpture covered in snow

Snow covered branches on a tree with a tall building in the background

Still snowing / snowing again in Toronto, but it’s at least a pretty snow today.

Children of Ruin is fantastic! 🕷️

The Springsteen cover is *incredible* and making me reconsider my top Tori covers ranking.

Kylie Minogue would be proud! 🪩

This is the right attitude to avoid crushing disappointment any day now.

2.5 h? Oof.

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Unfortunately I think you have to have some good history with someone before you can say “trust me, don’t read anything about this book, especially anything on the front or back cover. But you’ll love it, I swear!” 🤣

Yes, it’s a very difficult book to recommend with a plot summary and I usually suggest people avoid them and go in knowing nothing about it.

So glad you liked it!!! The first section of the book is some of my all-time favourite writing. I go back to it a lot.

A stage set of a classroom

Happy to report that it was worth braving the cold (-12 C) to see Coal Mine Theatre’s new production of Eureka Day. Smart and funny with a hilarious sequence that takes place during an online community forum with all the behavior and characters you would expect. 👍🏻

I haven’t stopped listening to this one for about a month. It’s so good.

Thank you!

A very productive Sunday!!

Bald man with glasses looking at the camera, wearing an orange sweater

This is 5️⃣1️⃣! Feeling ready for another trip around the sun. 🥳

Happy belated birthday to you! 🥰

This one’s my favourite of the series apart from the non-Shane and Ilya ones, it’s so cute.

Old stone building with large icicles hanging off the edge of the roof

A snowy street with old stone buildings on both sides, with snow covered evergreen trees along the sidewalk

It’s cold in Quebec City (currently -17 C), but the old part of the city is so pretty. Everything looks like something out of a holiday movie.