SCHTICKS & STONES HOLIDAY SPECIAL is the first stand alone issue spun out of our story that first appeared in THE CLOAKROOM 3! Heartfelt thanks to @ssnyder1835.bsky.social @thornycomics.com @veronicahowell.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social! Get Notified on Launch @kickstarter.com! Link below.
As mentioned in the newsletter, the prelaunch page for our upcoming kickstarter dropped yesterday. Please check it out and smash that “Notify Me On Launch” button! www.kickstarter.com/projects/797...
Exciting news! My first @kickstarter.com campaign! “Schticks & Stones Holiday Special” is now in pre-launch. Collaborating with amazing artists @ajschumacherart.bsky.social
and @ralfsingh.bsky.social! 3 Jewish Holidays! 3 Madcap Mysteries! 1 Meshuga Family! Link in comments! Be notified at launch!
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Speranza, Lady Jane Wilde (1821-1896), was not only Oscar his mum but an accomplished poet and folklorist in her own right - her "Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland" is a very readable font of c19 views and lore on the subject.
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I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.
Getting this in the mail, reading it intermittently—with my feet up, on the floor like a kid, at the breakfast table with coffee—brings me so much joy. @explodingarrow.bsky.social please keep ‘em coming!
Welcoming in 2026! Creating comics kept me sane in 2025. It was a blast and a year of huge creative growth, community, and friendships. I’m thankful for it, and for all those supporting, encouraging, mentoring, and joining me on this journey. 2026 is shaping up to be my most ambitious year yet!
I’m more interested in nailing down a definitive phrase or word for the many ways that Canadian things are melted into that pot of American stew. Anything filmed in Vancouver, obviously, but it’s so much more.
The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.
Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
How cool is this? Canada Post has new stamps celebrating Canadian graphic novelists, including Kate Beaton. https://bit.ly/4pt1BgU
We published her lecture, BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR: https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
#CanLit #booksky #class #art #literature #CLC #UAlberta @katebeaton.bsky.social
Remember when we used to trust pizza delivery people to just not put their fingers into our food or whatever it is we think they are doing now?
When I was at Uni I knew so many talented people, and artists of different mediums and modalities. I miss that. Being able to ask someone who has gorgeous handwriting to help me with a beautiful quote I'd like to see above my desk.
(Sometimes it's nice to just type beautiful language--particularly when you don't have anything positive or remarkable to say yourself.)
"Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone." -- Shirley Jackson, perfecting the semicolon, and the opening paragraph.
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more."
Just a few days left to back The CloakRoom #5 by @thornycomics.com on @kickstarter.com!
It'd mean a ton if you support the Eisner-nominated indie anthology run by my amazing students:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tho...
With only 3 days remaining, the @ssnyder1835.bsky.social Presents: The Cloakroom Kickstarter could use some help crossing the finish line. Anyone who pledges $50+ from now until the end of the campaign will also receive a character sketch of their choosing (samples pictured) from yours truly!
Just over a week left to back issue 5 of The Cloakroom! Honestly my favourite issue to date!
Why is it that talking to family on the phone for more than 20 minutes inevitably leads to “oh yeah, I need to tell you the most fucked up thing that happened to your aunts best friends daughter, okay?” And now I won’t be able to sleep tonight. I think @mariabamford.bsky.social has a song about it…
NYTimes crosswords throwing in digits now!? THATS WHAT WE’RE DOING THESE DAYS? Fine. Puzzles are puzzling. But to do that and also expect me to know the name of a Bruno Mars album is just annoying.
Wow! Thanks to @dougawood.bsky.social & @comicbookyeti.com for highlighting @ssnyder1835.bsky.social “The CloakRoom” 5 and my story “The Spelling Bee” with @ajschumacherart.bsky.social & @ralfsingh.bsky.social! Appreciate the boost! @thornycomics.bsky.social
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Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
The latest issue of SCOTT SNYDER PRESENTS: THE CLOAKROOM includes this gorgeous variant cover by Xander Wise. It’s based on the story The Long Way Home, written by Matt Mortal, with art and character designs by Vitor Fugita. You can pick this up in trade or virgin dress!
Link in Bio!
RED COLLAR WORKER, by Rob Malone & Miguel Silva, letters by Micah Myers. After he forgets his blood bag snack on the bus, a vampire has to get through his shift without giving into his thirst. It's one of the stories available in this issue of The CloakRoom!
Link where it always is!
Looks amazing! Quick question: you're charging 35% tariff rate on US orders? I thought that it was 25%, and that they were lifted as of today.
Scott Snyder Presents: The CloakRoom IS BACK!
#5 launches on Kickstarter around 6pm ET. New stories by Aaron Cohen, Rob Malone, Casey Van Heel, & Matt Mortal.
Art by Alex Schumacher, Vitor Fugita, Miguel Silva, Halil Mete, Timothy C. Brown, & Ralf Singh.
Covers by Matt Salisbury, & Xander Wise.
