Comic book writer. Reviews editor at The Beat. Bylines: NPR Books, Publisher’s Weekly, Tin House, Shelfdust, and more. Contact: ZackQ@ComicsBookcase.com https://linktr.ee/zackquaintancehttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlnxv7lmd22ione of my old man takes is that lingo moves too fast now because of the internet...like, 6-7 or "lowkey goated" are from 10 mins ago, but both sound tired and uncool...in my day, people were quoting south park and trying to do a cartman voice for what felt like 15 years12 May 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxv7lmd22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlnv3kowd22kjust one day left to get this one over the goal (~$1K), check it out, support if you can...very cool project! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnv3kowd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlm66qz24k25sucks to be the one nyc comics person who had to skip the kirby dedication today for work, all the photos look great11 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm66qz24k25https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mllejrejxk2vthis morning’s album: sigils for survival by octa octa loving all this new techno music that’s like what if we did 90s rave jams but better11 May 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllejrejxk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlldbd7j622nmy brothers and I were growing apart a bit as adults until we made the deliberate decision to call each other “big dog”11 May 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlldbd7j622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlhtbsh5ws2pI recently watched (and the loved) the fall and rise of Reggie Dinkins and one of my favorite jokes was when the host with the espn analog thanked their sponsor, “pornbet.balls”10 May 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhtbsh5ws2phttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mldkhvgsrk2zReminder…less than 30 days out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldkhvgsrk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlehvbary226what if...we were doing ANOTHER "financially reckless short comics collection"? 🤔08 May 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlehvbary226https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlenplmxjc2qI just backed Hero of Legend #1-6 | The Final Chapter! on @kickstarter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reedhb/hero-of-legend-1-6-the-final-chapter?ref=thanks-tweet08 May 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlenplmxjc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlehvbary226what if...we were doing ANOTHER "financially reckless short comics collection"? 🤔08 May 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlehvbary226https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlefx5pirc25Abed from Community would have been an absolute terror on letterboxd08 May 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlefx5pirc25https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mle73mpvu22gI sure ride the Q Train a lot plus also that’s the letter my last name begins with (could be a cool nickname for me, just putting that out there…YET AGAIN)08 May 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle73mpvu22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mldlj7pe722zlook at this guy hamming it up08 May 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldlj7pe722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mldkhvgsrk2zReminder…less than 30 days out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldkhvgsrk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlcnmgmxgk2ccracking this one tonight, have heard good things08 May 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcnmgmxgk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlcbvshvfs24new haircut, feelin good07 May 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcbvshvfs24https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbjsp77uk26humanity: ... me: gaze upon the authentic cuisine of my homeland (chicago's northwest suburbs)07 May 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjsp77uk26https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbu463kvs2amy birthday is less than a month away which means I have started the annual “is the comics struggle worth it”07 May 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbu463kvs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbrfbntq22qwalking my dog and a guy just drove by absolutely bumping the theme music for early 00s wwe Chris Jericho07 May 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbrfbntq22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbjsp77uk26humanity: ... me: gaze upon the authentic cuisine of my homeland (chicago's northwest suburbs)07 May 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjsp77uk26https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbhbxlqn226vital qualities for newish comics writers: -command of language -deep understanding of the work you are asking collaborators to do -ability to smile while suffering severe indignities -masochism07 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbhbxlqn226https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbd57dby226LRT: all it took for me was writing one comic to entirely disavow myself of any notion that a comic can be majority writer driven07 May 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbd57dby226https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mlbcwno3nc27this morning’s album: FENIAN by KNEECAP tbh no idea what these lads are saying but the sonics make me feel like I might punch through a wall so07 May 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbcwno3nc27https://bsky.app/profile/zackquaintance.bsky.social/post/3mla7yqfv6s2ca user in the 4kbluray subreddit earnestly shared a photo while wearing a glove to “preserve the disc” and now this is happening07 May 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:nde3o56ox53h5o5bucnbphpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7yqfv6s2c