Benjamin L. Clark
@benjaminlclark.com
Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark, BLClark.
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🎈Nebraskan in Santa Rosa, California
https://benjaminlclark.com
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🎈Nebraskan in Santa Rosa, California
https://benjaminlclark.com
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Benjamin L. Clark
@benjaminlclark.com
· Oct 18
Hey, new folks! INTRO — I'm Benjamin. I write comic history, curate museum exhibitions, and other stuff. I've won some awards, and I'm open to other projects when I'm available. Find me other places:
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📰 buttondown.com/benjaminlclark
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📷 instagram.com/benjaminlclark (if you must)
If you've never tried out an Annie Dillard book, do it. I've loved her for a long time. I read Pilgrim in HS, as assigned reading. Really liked it. Then I got into Robert D. Richardson's history writing ...
September 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If you've never tried out an Annie Dillard book, do it. I've loved her for a long time. I read Pilgrim in HS, as assigned reading. Really liked it. Then I got into Robert D. Richardson's history writing ...
Stop boiling your trading cards!
Fans say trading cards are ‘boiling hot’ right now
Fans say trading cards are ‘boiling hot’ right now
www.chicagotribune.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Stop boiling your trading cards!
If you're a professional historian in any capacity, you'll want to check this out. If you want to nerd out over behind-the-scenes nuts-and-bolts of *doing* history, this is also for you.
Confession: we're aiming for 1,000 subscribers before our first book reviews go live in 4 weeks! If you're not already subscribed, what are you waiting for? If you are, please share! Together, we're creating a home for nonfiction history books and the people who love them.
www.draftingthepast.com
www.draftingthepast.com
Drafting the Past
Reviews, craft essays, news and more for readers and writers of history.
www.draftingthepast.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
If you're a professional historian in any capacity, you'll want to check this out. If you want to nerd out over behind-the-scenes nuts-and-bolts of *doing* history, this is also for you.
Reposted by Benjamin L. Clark
Mnemonic Alphabet (1482) by Jacobus Publicius, from Ars Oratoria. Ars Epistolandi. Ars Memorativa.
Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d2dce2c-d233-4ad2-9552-95f0b7b93512
#symbols #alphabets #language #memory #design #woodcut #art
Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d2dce2c-d233-4ad2-9552-95f0b7b93512
#symbols #alphabets #language #memory #design #woodcut #art
September 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Mnemonic Alphabet (1482) by Jacobus Publicius, from Ars Oratoria. Ars Epistolandi. Ars Memorativa.
Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d2dce2c-d233-4ad2-9552-95f0b7b93512
#symbols #alphabets #language #memory #design #woodcut #art
Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0d2dce2c-d233-4ad2-9552-95f0b7b93512
#symbols #alphabets #language #memory #design #woodcut #art
Anyone else hear the ad for "Authentic Sounds of the Manger" ----🚨BLARRRRP BLARRRRP BLARRRRRP BLAAARRRRRP🚨 "From Michaelmas 'til St. Flivvin's Day, you and your family will treasure the unturnoffable, Authentic Sounds of the Manger ..."
What was that sketch?
What was that sketch?
Economic growth is hard to come by in many rural areas across the US, but the promise of substantial tax income isn't always enough to outweigh other concerns over data centers. Read more: bloom.bg/3TuQfP6
📷: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg
📷: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg
September 14, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Anyone else hear the ad for "Authentic Sounds of the Manger" ----🚨BLARRRRP BLARRRRP BLARRRRRP BLAAARRRRRP🚨 "From Michaelmas 'til St. Flivvin's Day, you and your family will treasure the unturnoffable, Authentic Sounds of the Manger ..."
What was that sketch?
What was that sketch?
Already sold at the big furniture thrift store in town. Bally Beach Club. Looked to be in great shape!
September 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Already sold at the big furniture thrift store in town. Bally Beach Club. Looked to be in great shape!
But then my 11 y/o refers to them as "Your talk shows ..." and I can't handle that right now.
Podcasts should go back to being audio only.
September 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
But then my 11 y/o refers to them as "Your talk shows ..." and I can't handle that right now.
Happy Star Trek Day, Snoopy and all fellow Trekkies!
✒️Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published 2/7/1972
✒️Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published 2/7/1972
September 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Happy Star Trek Day, Snoopy and all fellow Trekkies!
✒️Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published 2/7/1972
✒️Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published 2/7/1972
Saving for when my kid asks why I won't take a Waymo when we're in the city:
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bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...
September 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Saving for when my kid asks why I won't take a Waymo when we're in the city:
bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...
bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...
An underappreciated element of the CLASSIC 1982 Snoopy poster is that READ was relettered to match the Peanuts Sunday titles. I don't know if Schulz did it himself, but it's possible.
Just so you know: you can now buy reprints of classic READ posters (yes even that iconic Bowie one).
Own Your Own READ Poster
You can now buy reprints of classic READ posters (even that Bowie one). Dangerous.
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September 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
An underappreciated element of the CLASSIC 1982 Snoopy poster is that READ was relettered to match the Peanuts Sunday titles. I don't know if Schulz did it himself, but it's possible.
What a wonderful-looking interpretation of Fontaine Fox's Toonerville Trolley. I'm not super into toys, but this is great. I'd definitely want it in an exhibition if I were lucky enough to do one on this early comic.
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September 2, 2026 at 1:42 AM
What a wonderful-looking interpretation of Fontaine Fox's Toonerville Trolley. I'm not super into toys, but this is great. I'd definitely want it in an exhibition if I were lucky enough to do one on this early comic.
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Reposted by Benjamin L. Clark
That’s where that acronym actually comes from.
September 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
That’s where that acronym actually comes from.
Architectural Digest has a fun article about design and Peanuts. (Yes, I was interviewed for it. It was a fun conversation!):
www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-se...
www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-se...
The Secret Design History of Peanuts
As a buzzy NYC pop-up exhibition celebrates the strip’s cultural legacy, AD explores how Charles M. Schulz documented the evolution of the American home, from iconic Eames chairs to ’80s chintz
www.architecturaldigest.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Architectural Digest has a fun article about design and Peanuts. (Yes, I was interviewed for it. It was a fun conversation!):
www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-se...
www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-se...
I just liked this.
#lookingforsomethingelse
📰 Milwaukee Journal, 1912 (Oops! I didn't get the citation, sorry)
#lookingforsomethingelse
📰 Milwaukee Journal, 1912 (Oops! I didn't get the citation, sorry)
August 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I just liked this.
#lookingforsomethingelse
📰 Milwaukee Journal, 1912 (Oops! I didn't get the citation, sorry)
#lookingforsomethingelse
📰 Milwaukee Journal, 1912 (Oops! I didn't get the citation, sorry)
Free comics in the woods!!!
[Glad everyone is OK!]
[Glad everyone is OK!]
A truck carrying our comics was in an accident. No one was hurt, but the comics.
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Bad news: These titles will not arrive for OSD: #EventHorizonInferno 5, #SonicxGodzilla 2, #StarTrek60th Anniversary, & #TMNTJourneys 13.
Good news: They're in stores 9/9. Thanks for your patience.
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Bad news: These titles will not arrive for OSD: #EventHorizonInferno 5, #SonicxGodzilla 2, #StarTrek60th Anniversary, & #TMNTJourneys 13.
Good news: They're in stores 9/9. Thanks for your patience.
August 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Free comics in the woods!!!
[Glad everyone is OK!]
[Glad everyone is OK!]
LOLLLLL
The Wind in the Willows
In 2008, he further explained why he chose to leave; "It was a beautiful book, and then I met with the executives and they said, 'Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, "radical dude" things?' and that's when I said, 'It's been a pleasure ...'"[34]
The Wind in the Willows
In 2008, he further explained why he chose to leave; "It was a beautiful book, and then I met with the executives and they said, 'Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, "radical dude" things?' and that's when I said, 'It's been a pleasure ...'"[34]
What are the best "[X's] unrealized projects" pages on Wikipedia? I'm partial to this one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiller...
Guillermo del Toro's unrealized projects - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
LOLLLLL
The Wind in the Willows
In 2008, he further explained why he chose to leave; "It was a beautiful book, and then I met with the executives and they said, 'Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, "radical dude" things?' and that's when I said, 'It's been a pleasure ...'"[34]
The Wind in the Willows
In 2008, he further explained why he chose to leave; "It was a beautiful book, and then I met with the executives and they said, 'Could you give Toad a skateboard and make him say, "radical dude" things?' and that's when I said, 'It's been a pleasure ...'"[34]
The 1960s were funny.
August 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The 1960s were funny.
This drawing cracked me up. 💃
✒️Ralph Barton(?), Cartoons Magazine, October 1917.
✒️Ralph Barton(?), Cartoons Magazine, October 1917.
August 26, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This drawing cracked me up. 💃
✒️Ralph Barton(?), Cartoons Magazine, October 1917.
✒️Ralph Barton(?), Cartoons Magazine, October 1917.
LOL -- Ah, yes, BTTF2, where they ditched the DeLorean for a 1990 gull-wing Avanti with tractor tires! My favorite of the BTTF cars.
Ugh.... Amazon's using some *insanely* awful A.i. to extend the graphics on some titles - they've butchered Drew Struzan's key art for BACK TO THE FUTURE: PART II...
August 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
LOL -- Ah, yes, BTTF2, where they ditched the DeLorean for a 1990 gull-wing Avanti with tractor tires! My favorite of the BTTF cars.
Starting the latest Strange New Worlds season. Wish me luck.
August 24, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Starting the latest Strange New Worlds season. Wish me luck.
Linus graffiti in front of the robot sushi joint in Santa Rosa tonight. (This is not a real quote from Peanuts)
August 23, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Linus graffiti in front of the robot sushi joint in Santa Rosa tonight. (This is not a real quote from Peanuts)
How about some Jack Kirby creature concept pencils of a crustacean sea monster for Thundarr? I like the boat, too.
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August 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
How about some Jack Kirby creature concept pencils of a crustacean sea monster for Thundarr? I like the boat, too.
www.comiclink.com/img/comics/s...
www.comiclink.com/img/comics/s...
Reposted by Benjamin L. Clark
Roy Crane accidentally teaching everyone how to draw water.
July 6, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Roy Crane accidentally teaching everyone how to draw water.
What do you think about Jack Kirby's six-legged goat? I think it's funny when he draws animals. I don't know why.
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August 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
What do you think about Jack Kirby's six-legged goat? I think it's funny when he draws animals. I don't know why.
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When someone can *really* draw a car, the original art always stops me cold. Just incredible. Being a Talbot Lago doesn't hurt either.
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August 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM
When someone can *really* draw a car, the original art always stops me cold. Just incredible. Being a Talbot Lago doesn't hurt either.
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