Comics writer (Hollow Heart, Past the Last Mountain, Tet, Marvel Rivals, TMNT and GI Joe stuff, much more), letterer and editor. Writing instructor at Comics Experience. they // them paul.allor @ gmail www.paulallor.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mvbcxa44qc2mCalled to make an appt with a new medical provider... -Okay, uhm...(deep sigh)..Gay or straight? I'm sorry, I have to ask. -I'm bi. -Why? Well, you don't have to answer. -I'm fine answering. I'm bisexual, but I just say queer, if those are options. -Ok. They make me ask. I'm not that political.11 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbcxa44qc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mvb5ov6az22kGot a haircut a couple days ago and, well, that's an unfortunate length...11 Sep 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb5ov6az22khttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mvb35r5fxc2yA recurring story: "Jeez, I really don't like this change the editor made to this dialogue. Ooof." (looks at the script) "...oh."11 Sep 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb35r5fxc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mvb2zhyinc26Talked to someone today who said 9/11 has been ruined, no one wants to get married or hold an event that day, and then she said, "the whole freaking day has been hijacked!" This is not a gag, this happened.11 Sep 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb2zhyinc26https://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mv24xgv6kk2xRewriting an old bio that says "Pallie is best known for their work in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise" and wondering if that's true anymore, or if it should be "the Marvel Rivals tie-in comics."08 Sep 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv24xgv6kk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mv24cugpoc2pThought of two really cool names for creator-owned comics, with no idea what the plot would be, but I like the names enough that I'm gonna have to come up with stories for them and do a fun little creator-owned duology. Look for that in 2029, maybe 2032.08 Sep 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv24cugpoc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muyddpwkw22lThe cool thing about comics is you can just put "Monster Hunter" after the name of any public-domain character and boom, hit comic.08 Sep 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyddpwkw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mux6wlxonc2rIf any pros want to read Filthy Lambs (all five issues are done) let me know. Hitting a lot of folks up for quotes, but since I'm using a new email address with my new name, I apparently have to slowly ramp up how many emails I send per day to avoid the spam filter!07 Sep 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux6wlxonc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muvuqcyx2k26Trey Gowdy out here looking like Cotton HIll after a day at the spa. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvuqcyx2k26https://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muuxb2cai22eRedoing my website and about to change the homepage (everything else still unchanged, so don't go poking around). Goodbye, big carousel of images of my work that provides no actual information to potential employees...06 Sep 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuxb2cai22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muuvi7atck2306 Sep 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuvi7atck23https://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muupr4h67s2rI wish I was not the kind of person who sinks hours of work into a thing and then decides a different approach would be better and scraps it all and starts over again. It's something i've done my whole life but it feels like it's happening several times a week lately and it's wearing me down.06 Sep 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muupr4h67s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3musbf635qs2jAre you ready to feel old? That baby is Gerard Way. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3musbf635qs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mursr5jy4k2bIt's been a really rough few years, and she's fully handed over the reins to Nancy, and I think we all deserve to know who Olivia Jaimes is now, as a treat.05 Sep 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mursr5jy4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mupqs4eb2226Two bites into eating this sandwich at a lunch counter, I saw the server staring at me. Frowning, eyes squinted, head tilted to the side. Then he wordlessly reached under the counter and set a GIGANTIC stack of napkins beside me.04 Sep 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupqs4eb2226https://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mupi6nojls24What website/program/system do you use to share comics pdfs? I've always used dropbox, but you used to just be able to click on the link and see your files, now it tries to get you to download their desktop app, etc. I want something that's easy as possible for the end user. Click click read.04 Sep 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupi6nojls24https://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muo6qxlg2k2gMy partner told me that the four-year-old asked where I am three times in one evening. And the absolute dread and panic it filled me with, like oh, no, what have I done? If this doesn't work out I'm now actively damaging little people's lives, oh, no, oh, no, don't fuck this up, Pallie, oh, no...04 Sep 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muo6qxlg2k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muo6lptvcs2gWhen I tell Echo " let's get to work" it turns on the lights around my desk. It just misheard it as "traffic to work" and gave me the traffic conditions between my home and my workplace. It listed both addresses, and they were the same address. It said my commute should be less than one minute.04 Sep 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muo6lptvcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3munrwauu6c2aGot very emotional today just looking at @gustaffovargas.bsky.social's LAYOUTS for the final pages of Power Rangers: Green.04 Sep 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3munrwauu6c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3munpmzd7cc2hI've had a yen to revisit it for a few days now.04 Sep 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3munpmzd7cc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3munmge6g522zThis October...eat the Grimaldis. Wait! I mean meet! MEET the Grimaldis! Shit, sorry. Spoilers! @madcavestudios.com @chrisevenhuis.com @sjanweijers.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3munmge6g522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3muneazl4hs2wHeat index of 105 and my air conditioning is not working, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!03 Sep 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muneazl4hs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mun6hsapg22bI just don't wanna be on my deathbed and suddenly go "shit, man, I never wrote that conspiracy thriller comic about the invention of the pizza bagel." Too many obviously killer ideas, too little life.03 Sep 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun6hsapg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mukue6x5xk25The twelve year old's after-school dnd club got cancelled.02 Sep 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukue6x5xk25https://bsky.app/profile/paulallor.bsky.social/post/3mukq7ppy5c2xOut today! The past isn't dead. It's not even past. It's a snotty little orphan squatting in a house with no electricity and making tea by steeping a tea bag into warm water.02 Sep 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:uefkix4ecn4pfgacrhpefblo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukq7ppy5c2x