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Kathryn Hemmann

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Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic. 🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿

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Send us your zines! - #ZINEPAVILION

Your zines will be seen & enjoyed by thousands of library workers at American Library Association’s 150th Annual Conference and will become an important part of the Zine Pavilion.

Zines will be raffled off to help build new zine collections &

11.03.2026 02:36 👍 108 🔁 79 💬 2 📌 1
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lichene.itch.io/eight-last-s... Our new free game: find your (un)meanings for the last Objects surviving in the desertified collective imagination and let them spark surrealist poetry. Give in to a feverish free flow of words and pictures. @itchio.bsky.social #indiegamedev #weirdgame #surrealism

20.02.2026 21:37 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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This is one of 2025's best movies. But you won't get to see it compete at the Oscars.

It's called Nobody, and it earned almost $250 million on a $10< million budget. A future is coming for small, risky films — with or without the Oscars. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-t...

09.03.2026 22:17 👍 2260 🔁 614 💬 31 📌 22
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Comics Shop Tok Comics retailers are stepping out from behind the counter and in front of the camera as business booms

I wrote a piece for @publisherswkly.bsky.social about how comics retailers have turned into influencers and YouTubers to promote comics, their shops and community

super fun diving into the creative ways retailers get noticed online, including Bruce the Muppet from @thegeekerynj.bsky.social !!!

08.03.2026 15:29 👍 66 🔁 39 💬 2 📌 4
The front cover of the North American paperback edition of Uketsu's novel Strange Buildings.

The front cover of the North American paperback edition of Uketsu's novel Strange Buildings.

Strange Buildings collects eleven illustrated stories about horror-themed architectural riddles followed by an exposition that reveals how all the mysteries are connected. Uketsu is at the top of his game with these creepy little stories. #Japanesefiction 📚 japaneselit.net/2026/03/07/s...

09.03.2026 16:20 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A digital illustration of Zelda from Breath of the Wild. Sometimes I think about what it might look like if the trauma she suffered were taken more seriously by the game's story... but I'm sure she's fine.

A digital illustration of Zelda from Breath of the Wild. Sometimes I think about what it might look like if the trauma she suffered were taken more seriously by the game's story... but I'm sure she's fine.

One hundred years of solitude
#LegendofZelda #illustration

08.03.2026 22:45 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The Tumblr-famous meme of Bugs Bunny in a tuxedo, which has been edited to read: I wish all trans women a very pleasant International Women's Day. What a gentleman ❤️

The Tumblr-famous meme of Bugs Bunny in a tuxedo, which has been edited to read: I wish all trans women a very pleasant International Women's Day. What a gentleman ❤️

Happy International Women's Day ❤️

08.03.2026 20:43 👍 43 🔁 29 💬 0 📌 0
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Plague Doctor LXVIII
Wiiine 🍷
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#plaguedoctor #gothicart #instaart #artgram

03.03.2026 18:17 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! Now that I think about it, I'm tempted to print stickers, if only for myself (although of course I would share some with you!!)

07.03.2026 14:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They are incredibly fluffy, so much so that it's hard to believe that they're real creatures that exist on this earth. But they do, and I love them

07.03.2026 14:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A collection of eight simple digital drawings of tanuki. They are round and fluffy and lazy and truly this planet's own chosen animals.

A collection of eight simple digital drawings of tanuki. They are round and fluffy and lazy and truly this planet's own chosen animals.

I love tanuki 🌿 #illustration

07.03.2026 14:20 👍 70 🔁 24 💬 2 📌 0
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The Blue House

05.03.2025 04:32 👍 1796 🔁 365 💬 13 📌 0
an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’

an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’

i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)

open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

05.03.2026 03:52 👍 3211 🔁 1260 💬 28 📌 19
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Cartoon Saloon Reveals Trailer for ‘Kindred Spirits’ Feature Tomm Moore was at Cartoon Movie to tease his upcoming animated film about an Irish refugee and a Choctaw boy on a magical journey across 1840s America.

EXCLUSIVE: Watch the first teaser for Cartoon Saloon's 'Kindred Spirits,' the new animated feature in development from studio co-founder Tomm Moore ('The Secret of Kells,' 'Song of the Sea'). www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

04.03.2026 15:54 👍 634 🔁 295 💬 6 📌 40

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

26.02.2026 06:40 👍 7453 🔁 3145 💬 29 📌 61
A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

🎉 Live on Kickstarter! 🎉

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈

Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt

03.03.2026 18:02 👍 517 🔁 424 💬 7 📌 56
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Today in the ARB: Soni Wadhwa reviews “Delay: A Comics Anthology”, edited by Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco, a collection from Southeast Asia asianreviewofbooks.com/delay-a-comi...

24.02.2026 00:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📑 Read the full interview at differenceengine.sg/syncopation-...

Read “Syncopation" in "DELAY: A Comics Anthology", available now from differenceengine.sg/comics/delay...

13.02.2026 04:20 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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03.03.2026 12:07 👍 3191 🔁 854 💬 11 📌 1
El Paso NYT Book Review

El Paso NYT Book Review

the best book of 2026 imo

“The fine book she has written about her home is an important contribution to understanding a fascinating, complicated, vibrant, richly diverse city. It is also a reminder that, for most of us, to be an American is to be an immigrant.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/b...

01.03.2026 23:16 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.

you have until March 23rd to comment.

i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

28.02.2026 18:41 👍 2719 🔁 2708 💬 40 📌 50

As many have already stated, I have NEVER taken (or need) 5-6 months to translate a single manga volume. Or even 2 months! The equivalent of a week or two, yes!

02.03.2026 14:15 👍 45 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

One of the few good human only translation companies gets bought out by company that uses slop.

01.03.2026 22:37 👍 213 🔁 129 💬 9 📌 4
The front cover of the 2007 Kodansha paperback edition of Yoko Ogawa's 2004 novel Burafuman no maisō (Brahman’s Funeral).

The front cover of the 2007 Kodansha paperback edition of Yoko Ogawa's 2004 novel Burafuman no maisō (Brahman’s Funeral).

Yoko Ogawa's 2004 novel Burafuman no maisō (Brahman’s Funeral) is about a forest creature of unknown species that the narrator cares for over the course of a summer. There’s plenty of sweetness in this story, but also a lot of gothic weirdness. #Japanesefiction 📚 japaneselit.net/2026/02/28/b...

02.03.2026 13:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Emii's #commissions are currently open, and they do fantastic work with characters, animals, and 2D animation. You can check out their post on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/p/DUQ8VxgCJT...

01.03.2026 16:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A digital painting of an OC named Ceres created by Emiisley (on Instagram + Bluesky). Ceres is a fair and beautiful woman in a seafoam blue dress with delicate ornamental armor. Her smile is knowing and proud.

A digital painting of an OC named Ceres created by Emiisley (on Instagram + Bluesky). Ceres is a fair and beautiful woman in a seafoam blue dress with delicate ornamental armor. Her smile is knowing and proud.

A portrait of my OC Ceres by the magical @emiisley.bsky.social, who was able to do justice to this beautiful but morally dubious queen ⚔️🌟 #fantasy #illustration

01.03.2026 16:52 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
正方形の画像です。
右下にイラストがあります、イラストには以下のような内容が描かれています。
上部に虹色の文字で「WOMEN'S MARCH TOKYO 2026」と書いてあります。
イラスト内には、「分断ではなく連帯をえらぶフェミニスト・マーチ」と描かれた横断幕が大きく中央に掲げられています。
ヘッドフォンをしている人、車椅子の人、眼鏡をかけている人、多様な肌の色の人、様々な服装の人が「TRANS RIGHTS=HUMAN RIGHTS」や「戦争反対、軍事化反対」、「家父長制をぶっ壊せ!」などのメッセージを掲げたプラカードを持ち、行進している様子が描かれています。

文字情報は以下です。
2026 3/8 sun
ウィメンズマーチ東京2026

10:00-11:30 オンライン集会を開催
Women’s March Tokyo YouTubeチャンネルにてオンライン配信
●リアルタイムでの日本語字幕あり
●後日配信あり
≪プログラム≫
開会挨拶
トークセッション ゲスト:柚木康子さん
賛同団体連帯スピーチ
マーチについての連絡

ウィメンズマーチ東京2026
17:30集合 18:00出発
集合場所:神宮通公園北側
渋谷駅B1出口より徒歩6分
原宿駅より徒歩13分

正方形の画像です。 右下にイラストがあります、イラストには以下のような内容が描かれています。 上部に虹色の文字で「WOMEN'S MARCH TOKYO 2026」と書いてあります。 イラスト内には、「分断ではなく連帯をえらぶフェミニスト・マーチ」と描かれた横断幕が大きく中央に掲げられています。 ヘッドフォンをしている人、車椅子の人、眼鏡をかけている人、多様な肌の色の人、様々な服装の人が「TRANS RIGHTS=HUMAN RIGHTS」や「戦争反対、軍事化反対」、「家父長制をぶっ壊せ!」などのメッセージを掲げたプラカードを持ち、行進している様子が描かれています。 文字情報は以下です。 2026 3/8 sun ウィメンズマーチ東京2026 10:00-11:30 オンライン集会を開催 Women’s March Tokyo YouTubeチャンネルにてオンライン配信 ●リアルタイムでの日本語字幕あり ●後日配信あり ≪プログラム≫ 開会挨拶 トークセッション ゲスト:柚木康子さん 賛同団体連帯スピーチ マーチについての連絡 ウィメンズマーチ東京2026 17:30集合 18:00出発 集合場所:神宮通公園北側 渋谷駅B1出口より徒歩6分 原宿駅より徒歩13分

📢2026年3月8日(日) 18:00からマーチスタート!
集合場所⇒神宮通公園北側(渋谷駅周辺)

#womensmarchtokyo2026
#ウィメンズマーチ東京
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2026
#国際女性デー

28.02.2026 11:06 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: 

YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. 

YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today.  

YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.” 

YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately:  

- Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement
- Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House.
- Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. 

YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. 

YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]

A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today. YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.” YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately: - Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement - Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House. - Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]

Do it now.

Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices.

Script here again.

28.02.2026 08:18 👍 714 🔁 650 💬 3 📌 21
2021 commission of a cat in a hoodie, shorts, boots and mask, preparing to throw a molotov cocktail out of frame. he stands atop a pile of garbage, bricks, newspapers, spraycans, traffic cones, bicycles, police gear, metal fencing, trashcan lids, fire extinguishers, a can of soup, and a shopping cart.

2021 commission of a cat in a hoodie, shorts, boots and mask, preparing to throw a molotov cocktail out of frame. he stands atop a pile of garbage, bricks, newspapers, spraycans, traffic cones, bicycles, police gear, metal fencing, trashcan lids, fire extinguishers, a can of soup, and a shopping cart.

portrait of cat with molotov (2021)

21.01.2026 14:46 👍 1714 🔁 463 💬 3 📌 7
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Happy 40th to Zelda!! (phone / desktop versions available on my ko-fi shop)

24.02.2026 14:12 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0