Kelly Kanayama

@kellykanayama.bsky.social

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Comics scholar/critic, specialist on Garth Ennis/Punisher/Judge Dredd. Japanese/Filipino, from HI, in Scotland, diasporic AF. kellykanayama.com

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I'm just a boy. Standing in front of people who make best books of the century lists. Asking them to please realize that they are allowed to read graphic novels other than Fun Home and Persepolis.

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Shaky Ghost and I made this minicomic as a freebie for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 2023. It's a fleeting follow-up to our 2013 collaboration Cut-Out Witch, and while it works best as a story that's literally reshaping itself in your hands as you read, I still like it in this format.

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Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, 61, at his clerking job in Los Angeles, 1975

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It hasn't been online for many years, so for today's newsletter I reposted my Big Bang Theory "spec." Tell your friends. kalebhorton.ghost.io/the-end-resu...

The End Result of My Herculean Big Bang Theory Speckalebhorton.ghost.io Author’s Note: This is the first newsletter where I’m reposting a piece I wrote that’s no longer hosted on the internet. My archive is pretty solid because I always figured this would happen eventuall...

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn't a selfie

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Hercules in GLORIOUS FULL COLOUR

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Timelapse of my colours, check it out my friends youtu.be/HrU6o7GR1p0?...

"GOTCHA"

"Gotcha" -colouring DC Comics' The Flash and Captain Coldyoutu.be Partial timelapse of me colouring Leonard Snart and Barry Allen in sketch book pro.

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Trying out some new ink and colour techniques with a pulp fave

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I don't know, if my surname was "Harmer" I might reconsider doing the gender reveal quite like this

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she is two.

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So yes! I'm not spending my time on Twitter any more! You are all I really have left! So here is my creative output! House to Astonish! It's the ninth longest running comics podcast in the world, a fact I find motivational and somehow also very funny! housetoastonish.com

This is true. I quit Twitter this afternoon and basically nobody gives a shit, and that's the healthy way for people to be, quite frankly

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If you like Pratchett, there are so many great guests on this show! @misterabk.bsky.social! @kierongillen.bsky.social! @alasdairstuart.com! @hotelfred.bsky.social! @diane.dianeduane.com! @neillcameron.bsky.social! @louiestowell.bsky.social! @johnrogers.bsky.social! @rachaelstott.bsky.social! More!

Separately to that! I did 50 episodes of a podcast about the works of Terry Pratchett and the people who read them, called Desert Island Discworld, and it's over at desertislanddiscworld.com, and I'm very proud of it

Desert Island Discworlddesertislanddiscworld.com Desert Island Discworld - a new interview podcast about the works of Terry Pratchett and the people who love them, hosted by Al Kennedy.

Three words: Frasier, "Ham Radio" "I canm bewieve any of my gueshs could be a...mubbipo muhbuhbuh"

What's the best episode of TV you've ever watched?

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Kelly-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker received 196 votes in the electorate she stood for, meanwhile, this woman won the seat with over 24,000 votes

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jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava

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"A person watching the TV show might forget, most of the time, that they all work for the CIA. Garth Ennis did not, and the reference to this in the comics is much, much more explicitly negative." yesssss

So... nobody can fly this plane? William Schwartz explores the iterations, successes, and failures of Garth Ennis' The Boys: www.tcj.com/bring-on-the...

Bring on The Boys: Success, Supes, satire, cynicism and Garth Ennis - The Comics Journalwww.tcj.com That The Boys is Ennis’ best known work is largely thanks to the sheer popularity of superhero branding that The Boys itself obviously despises.

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HEY ITS THE TOITLES

In honour of Shelfdust's 7th birthday yesterday, here is one of my favourite things I've written for the site - which is also one of my favourite things I've ever written, period. Thanks so much to @stevewmorris.bsky.social for giving my madness a home! shelfdust.com/2021/03/03/b...

Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… His Junkshelfdust.com Batman has been in fights all his life: physically, mentally, spiritually. But who or what is his greatest foe? Shelfdust asked some of our favourite comics critics to pick Batman’s Greatest Enemy… bu...

We've been trying to teach our son his letters by using words he knows but uhhh

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It’s been seven years today since I first started Shelfdust. I’d like to thank everybody who has written for it, everybody who supports it on Patreon and funds it’s ongoing existence, and everybody else who would just like to feel included in this post www.shelfdust.com

Shelfdustwww.shelfdust.com One Issue At A Time

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Not to be too cringe about Shelfdust, but would kinda appreciate if you could click and share this link today please: tinyurl.com/3xjnh9uh

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It bears repeating that part of the reason the major parties love to do transphobia because they are bigots, yes, but also because it allows them to pretend they are doing something for women and thereby get out of doing anything real or meaningful.

Fuck all about women's rights is the answer. Nothing about equal pay, opportunities, training, childcare, reproductive rights, *actual* sexual predation (rather than theorical), domestic abuse, menopausal support or mental health. But a whole heap of bullshit about toilets.

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This is what it means to be alive. New short comic, drawn by @mopedcow.bsky.social (one of the greats) and written by me. It’s called “Diaphanoids.” (Free to read here, hi-res version and additional process .pdf available on Gumroad.)

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Mya, this is a GREAT QUESTION, thank you! Kelly’s second article IS written, it is FIVE THOUSAND WORDS LONG, and it is about PUNISHER 2099 Coming soon!!

Did this get a second article? Didn't see any link to one

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There's not a huge amount of money in it, there's not a huge amount of recognition, it's not something everybody can find the time for, and it's not easy to do. So shout out to everyone and anyone who is able to write something. Robust, weird and different criticism keep the industry spinning!

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hey, thanks for the follow! I'm glad you liked my little joke. please stick around for multiple weeks of posts devoted to obscure internecine drama about one specific person you've never heard of

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One of my favorite memes is the “woman yelling at cat” one, so when I saw this I almost choked on my drink

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Kings of the Castle- a series where @kellykanayama.bsky.social journeys through the world of off-brand Punishers. Frank Castle is #1, but how do the other Punishers measure up to him? shelfdust.com/2024/02/14/k...

Kings of the Castle #1: Punishment is Stored in the Nipplesshelfdust.com Welcome to Kings of the Castle, a [monthly?] column all about bootleg Punishers. This means non-Frank-Castle characters who have taken up the Punisher mantle, tried to do Punishing without the officia...

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Please buy my comics and go sing my genius. Frasergeesin.com

Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don't think. Just do it. archive.nerdist.com/netflix-the-...

Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don't think. Just do it. shelfdust.com/2019/09/25/n...

New Warroulette: Psionex Pstrike in New Warriors #4shelfdust.com By Al Kennedy For any superhero book, while there’s mileage in examining the themes that the writers are interested in raising, interrogating the choices inherent in the resolutions of plotlines, and ...

Netflix’s THE PUNISHER Fails to Say Something New About Violence — Nerdistarchive.nerdist.com