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Ad Astra Comix

@AdAstraComics

Writer + Artist team adapting scholarship w/ social justice themes into comix, publishing collective for same. Mostly tweets as @petroglyphcomi1

 Toronto Ottawa Montreal
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Joined February 2013
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Very grateful to have helped make this comic happen - such an important (and timely!) message. Please read why police shouldn't be on OD calls, and share with your networks.
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This week our new collaborator, Ian, interviews @dammjohnny on comic book art, police propaganda and militarism in popular culture, détournement and history thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.o…
Cartoon cop pointing collaged onto a distressed brick wall, a word bubble reading "Straight From The Mouths of Riot Participants" + sidebar with "TFSR 05-14-2023, Comics, Collage & Anti-Copaganda with Johnny Damm"

ALT Cartoon cop pointing collaged onto a distressed brick wall, a word bubble reading "Straight From The Mouths of Riot Participants" + sidebar with "TFSR 05-14-2023, Comics, Collage & Anti-Copaganda with Johnny Damm"

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We will be at table 2048 for #TCAF23 #TCAF2023 come check out our Left Comix Club!
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A reminder that we are mostly working as comics creators these days under the name 'Petroglyph Studios'
Petroglyph Comics (@PetroglyphComi1) profile picturePetroglyph Comics@PetroglyphComi121 Mar 2023
This project was an absolute joy to work on and we're thrilled to be able to share it! As always, if you are interested in hiring us to adapt your research into comics, please get in touch!
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#cdnpoli #onpoli #GeneralStrike #GeneralStrikeON
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Omni Commons@omnicommons18 Aug 2022
Replying to @atyardena
Hey @AdAstraComics you can help save Omni Commons by retweeting our fundraiser! Thank you!! nitter.cf/omnicommons/status/155…
Omni Commons (@omnicommons) profile pictureOmni Commons@omnicommons17 Aug 2022
Please give $5 to our LAST FUNDRAISER EVER gofundme.com/f/save-the-omni
A picture of Omni Commons in Oakland, California. It lists the many projects and member collectives. It says "please give $5 to our LAST FUNDRAISER EVER"

ALT A picture of Omni Commons in Oakland, California. It lists the many projects and member collectives. It says "please give $5 to our LAST FUNDRAISER EVER"

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Check out this short comic we did for a union in our capacity as comics creators!
Petroglyph Comics (@PetroglyphComi1) profile picturePetroglyph Comics@PetroglyphComi128 Jul 2022
So while we usually work with scholars, sometimes we're lucky enough to work with their unions. This short comic for @cupe_3906 is aimed at encouraging members to get more involved in their union. Check it out! (Thread)
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OMG OMG OMG OMG I am so excited. I love @SGJ72! screenrant.com/indigenous-co…
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One of our collective members put this zine together - check it out!
Hugh Goldring (@ooHugh) profile pictureHugh Goldring@ooHugh22 Jun 2022
So last fall, I collected submissions for a zine about how workers feel about having to work for a living. This is the belated result. Great pieces from warehouse workers, childcare workers, the non-profit industrial complex, even a stay at home dad! drive.google.com/file/d/1UWX…

Monday Morning Issue #1.pdf

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We’ve been negotiating with Verso management for almost a year, and we still have no contract. Send us some solidarity!
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Replying to @nicoleMcomix
@nicoleMcomix illustrated KOBZAR shortlisted book Enemy Alien: A True Story of Life Behind Barbed Wire by Kassandra Luciuk. She focuses on comics with social justice themes, Canadian history, climate change. Virtual award ceremony April 28. bit.ly/3r0As99
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Join SATURDAY for a discussion about teaching Maus—a text I’ve used in my courses for 10-years. For context, I’m a scholar of fascism, comics, censorship, and pedagogy. Please join/share! nitter.cf/i/spaces/1gqGvlBpdEkxB #Maus #education #comics #bannedbooks #graphicnovel
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HERE WE GO It's #buyastrangerabook day! People buy other people books, cos they want to & it's ACE! I'll give out 4 books. For FREE. Let me know what you'd like? If you'd like to #buyastrangerabook too, let me know Read about it here. bit.ly/31i9Xwk Please RT. Ta!
Big Green Bookshop (@Biggreenbooks) profile pictureBig Green Bookshop@Biggreenbooks1 Dec 2021
BOOOMMM!!! It's #buyastrangerabook day. Officially, the grooviest of all days I'll give out 4 books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. If you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too let me know. It's a thing. Look! bit.ly/31i9Xwk Please RT, if that's OK? Ta.
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Wanna see what we're up to these days? It's making comics for scholars who do social justice research, and you can learn all about it by following @PetroglyphComi1
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We won't find our justice in their courts
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Our kid's daycare is cancelled today and tomorrow - there goes the workday!
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Our own @ooHugh and @nicoleMcomix will appear at this digital book launch for their forthcoming book, Wonder Drug. Catch us there by following the link below:
Between the Lines (@readBTLbooks) profile pictureBetween the Lines@readBTLbooks13 Nov 2021
Virtual Book Launch of Wonder Drug A conversation on the past & future of psychedelics Monday, Nov 15 7:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm CT Only 30 minutes! With: nicole marie burton, illustrator Hugh D.A. Goldring, author Dr. Erika Dyck, historian Register: eventbrite.ca/e/wonder-drug-…
Image with a yellow tiled background, with the cover of the graphic novel Wonder Drug on the left. The book cover has the title "Wonder Drug" in yellow, then sub-title "LSD in the Land of Living Skies" in black, with a rainbow sky background. At the top of the cover is an illustration of a Prairie town, and at the bottom there is an illustration of a patient in a therapy session in a psychiatrist's office. On the right of the poster is the event info text, reproduced in the tweet text. The logos of Between the Lines and Turning the Tide (a Saskatoon Bookstore) are in the bottom right.

ALT Image with a yellow tiled background, with the cover of the graphic novel Wonder Drug on the left. The book cover has the title "Wonder Drug" in yellow, then sub-title "LSD in the Land of Living Skies" in black, with a rainbow sky background. At the top of the cover is an illustration of a Prairie town, and at the bottom there is an illustration of a patient in a therapy session in a psychiatrist's office. On the right of the poster is the event info text, reproduced in the tweet text. The logos of Between the Lines and Turning the Tide (a Saskatoon Bookstore) are in the bottom right.

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We did this comic about how to stop the climate crisis! Spoiler alert: it involves stopping capitalism.
nicole 🌿 marie (@nicoleMcomix) profile picturenicole 🌿 marie@nicoleMcomix25 Oct 2021
This #ecosocialism comic is based on the research of Eve Croeser (University of Tasmania) and is meant to summarize some of the key themes in her new book, "Ecosocialism and Climate Justice: An Ecological Neo-Gramscian Analysis" (1/3)
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