science fiction That time Charlton Comics published a trans sci-fi story in 1953 Thom Dunn

politics Captain America sworn in as Bay Area councilman David Pescovitz

books Archie vs Sharknado worth a giggle Heather Johanssen

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

marketing Hello, Dolly… and goodbye, Bob's Big Boy?! Rusty Blazenhoff

Tom the Dancing Bug A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at Antifa Ruben Bolling

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

Tom the Dancing Bug How Trump really dealt with Russia's bounty on US soldiers Ruben Bolling

Tom the Dancing Bug Four years of Trumpist surrealism and horror in one Book: Into the Trumpverse, comics by Ruben Bolling Boing Boing

newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder

Tom the Dancing Bug An Incredible Scientific Breakthrough Discovery to Beat Covid Ruben Bolling

Reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Black Panther and the Crew" is a powerfully relevant superhero story about Black lives, police brutality, and US history Thom Dunn

typography The Butt Types: a bootyful typographical project for parenthesis in different fonts Thom Dunn

Tom the Dancing Bug Chagrin Falls, USA: "Black Allies Matter" Ruben Bolling

Comics Cartoonist Kayfabe takes a look back at James O'Barr's The Crow Gareth Branwyn

Comics Fluorescent blacklight comic book Rob Beschizza