A.G. Pasquella

@agpasquella.bsky.social

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Writer, teacher, editor. Words in McSweeney’s, Utne Reader, Joyland, Broken Pencil & more. Author of the Jack Palace crime series. Most recent book: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. As co-editor: DEVOURING TOMORROW

The classic! The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss. The anthropomorphic cat smiles and folds his hands together on the cover, deceptively calm. He wears a tall floppy red and white striped hat and a big red bow tie. He means well...
A tiny little book drawn and written in pencil on white cardstock and bound with two staples. Title: THE BOXCAR RABBITS. A lightning bolt is striking the roof of the boxcar while several rabbits run inside to escape the storm. The boxcar is surrounded by tall grass and one tree. This is pretty much my note-for-note "reinterpretation" of the cover of my childhood edition of The Boxcar Children.
“Betty Willis in 1998, standing in front of the icon sign she designed in 1959” “WELCOME TO FABULOUS LAS VEGAS NEVADA”
Me with my bald head & glasses & giant grey beard holding up a copy of DAD ERA by Jordan Abel. The book has an orange cover and the title is circled in shiny foil. This book is brilliant!
Screenshot of a Bluesky post from Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them): An entire display of Halloween decorations in what might be a Michael's
Superman is a centaur, galloping from a landing spaceship "Now I'm a centaur! But... great suns! There's a spaceship landing!"
Big Gretch hides her face in the Oval Office She wears a blue blazer and stands in front of Trump's tacky "gold" ornaments scattered all over the Oval Office fireplace
"On commas that could have protected Nelson Mandela's reputation" --- "Highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector." (In a Times of London story about a documentary by Peter Ustinov)
Fletcher Hanks’s take on villainous conservatives. A group of stern white men in suits and ties. One bald bastard: “We must end Democracy and civilization forever!”
An order summary listing: 1) What If...? Spider-Man #1 2) The Dirt Beneath The Devil #1 3) The Patron #1 4) Predator vs. Planet of the Apes #1 5) Black Star #1
An envelope with the addresses obscured. David Greenberger's name is stamped in the upper left corner. My name is handwritten although when I took this photo I accidentally cropped out the final 'a' in 'Pasquella'
Starbucks cup labeled "cark" "I said my name was Marc with a 'C'..."
English: Scratch-Proof Monkey Armour Italian: Armatura da scimmia antigraffio
Brightburn movie poster. A creepy kid with a mask, glowing red eyes and a tattered cape floats in midair. Tagline: “He’s Not Here To Save The World”
Title page for The Spirit story “The Elevator “ by Will Eisner: The Spirit logo is drawn like a tenement building and practically fills the entire page
We’re Number One! Toronto: 184 AQI, Kinshasa 167, Deli 144, Dubai 139, Jerusalem, 135
Simpsons screenshot: Principal Skinner looks out a window at a group of children milling around in a pen. Altered caption: "Now to check on the free-range peeves"
Excerpt from "Why Not A Spider Monkey Jesus?," found within my book "Welcome To The Weird America": "Old Mr. Cornelius the War Veteran splutters and clutches his chest. Cyrus hoots, slops the diaper atop his head and runs from the room, Angry Bob in close pursuit: shit-speckled loafers sliding across the shit-covered carpet. A happy fly tracks shit-coloured footprints across the red, white and blue bunting pinned to the shit-covered walls. The fly surveys the shit-laden banquet spread out before him, winks at Cyrus and runs his hands with glee. 'Attaboy, kid! Keep up the good work!'"
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 50th Anniversary Edition. Classic cover illustration of Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo blasting through the desert outside of Barstow
Classic comic book ad for Sea-Monkeys (AKA brine shrimp) A humanoid Sea-Monkey family lounges in front of an underwater castle
AGP (That’s me!) stands on his porch with his big ol’ grey beard and bald head and glasses, holding up a copy of WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. A.G. is wearing a T-Shirt that says BAN THE FASCISTS - SAVE THE BOOKS and there’s a cute li’l anthropomorphic book on there, awww
The cover of Stroppy by Marc Bell. A big guy, Stroppy himself, is plugged into some kind of contraption while being attended to by little dudes. Stroppy looks nervous.
A grove of trees with pale trunks and golden autumn leaves line the shore of a lake. Thomson drowned in 1917, only two years after painting this.
A screenshot showing that "William Gibson liked your post"
The cover of the first edition of Neuromancer by William Gibson, looking all Cyberpunk and cool
The Degrassi Gang (minus Snake and Spike and Liz and Arthur and Yick and... well, let's stop there)
AGP (that’s me!) stands outside holding a copy of his book WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. There's a six-eyed man laughing on the cover. AG is wearing a T-shirt that says “Ban The Fascists: Save The Books” and there’s a cute li’l anthropomorphic book on there, awww
Slimer from Ghostbusters chowing down on a mouthful of hot dogs
Darkseid working at McDonald's, wearing a McDonald's hat and handing a McDonald's bag to Ambush Bug. Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, Ambush Bug #2, 1985
Sweet Dee’s “$CAMMIN” license plate from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
It’s Dad Cat! The Cat Who Is Also A Dad A cat reclines, leaning back with its elbow propped up on a computer
Arrested Development Meme: Lindsey: Well, did it work for those people? Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but... Tobias:...but it might work for us.
Donald Trump actually Slimer from Ghostbusters
The cover of Superman and Spider-Man (1981). Superman and Spider-Man leap into the foreground while Dr. Doom and The Parasite lurk in the background in front of an array of machinery.
The Boognish
“BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR A CANNIBAL ROBOT!” One of my favourite comic book covers of all time: Metal Men #20, 1966. Penciled by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito. A giant robot lifts a piece of pink birthday cake up to its mouth. Our heroes the Metal Men are stuck in the rest of the cake like candles.
“Here’s one of those lovable high schoolers from TV’s ‘Springfield Heights, 90210.’ He’s cool. He’s sexy. He’s 34 years old! Let’s hear it for Kyle Derin!l
Dagobah swamp
Movie poster for buddy cop movie Theodore Rex, starring Whoopi Goldberg and an anthropomorphic dinosaur
Marlo from The Wire. “You want it to be one way. But it’s the other way.”
Write-up about my dad Don Pasquella from SMU’s 81st Commencement Convocation
Homer Simpson goes to get a snack so fast he disappears like a cloud of dust
Fred Flintstone smiling in his Cave Mobile, his bare feet sticking out the bottom
Screenshot from The Simpsons movie. Homer does a terrible job comforting Bart. Altered caption: "The most corrupt administration in US history so far"
“For new listings like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the denial,eans they won’t be greeted by a wall of demand from funds that track the S&P 500. Their fast inclusion in the benchmark would have led to about $14 billion in forced passive buying for SpaceX, more than $8 billion for openAI and about $4.6 billion for Anthropic PBC, according to Bloomberg Intelligence estimates.”
Bluesky post from Daniel Kibblesmith from April 11, 2026 “What the internet has taught me is that a lot of people don’t have values or even “politics” they just have * their guys *”
Painting of Sir Isaac Newton with word balloons added: “I like them thicc af” “But Sir Newton, we can’t write that!” “Then write this: the greater the mass, the greater the force of attraction”
A donut shaped like Madara Uchiha‘s “Toby” mask in Naruto
Panel One: Jordy Verrill in overalls runs toward the meteor crash site. "By God! I'm damned if that blame thing didn't come down just my side o' ole bluebird creek..." Panel Two: Jordy reaches for the hot space rock. "That's a meteor! I'll be dipped if that ain't a meteor! Holy Je--" Panel Three: Jordy, not too bright, burns himself on the meteor. "OWWW! Shee-oot!"
Simpsons screenshot: the front page of the newspaper The Springfield Shopper. Headline: LOCAL GAYS SHOW THEIR PRIDE. Picture: Bart Simpson front and center at a Pride Parade.
A drawing of me done by my daughter. I am labeled: "Tall, bald, glasses, beard, my height in comparison, Aloha Shirt (grey/black sweater in winter), hairy arms, black pants, boots." She also did the portrait I use for my profile pic!
Me with my bald head & glasses & big white beard, rockin' a red Hawaiian shirt with green, yellow and orange leaves on it.
Unanimous disgust for AI slop in the subreddit r/ween: "AI slop" "You chopped down a rainforest for that shit?" "Nonsense. Deaner sings piss up a rope and HIV song. Stopped reading right there" "ew" "Stop wasting our resources on trash." "I asked the wise talking tree in my backyard the same thing and it said you were a dumbass"
You don't understand scale Use $50 to buy 10 tomato plants In 6 months you have 250 tomatoes Plant those into 250 plants. 6 months you have 6,250 plants. Plant them. 6 months you have 156k tomatoes. Plant them. 6 mo you have 3.9MM tomatoes. Sell them for $1 eatch.
Elvis: What Happened? By Red West, Sonny West and Dave Hebler, as told to Steve Dunleavy
Comfy Questions 1 like = 1 answer
Me with my big white beard and purple Consouls shirt and one of my very best friends with his white beard and baseball hat hanging out in my backyard on Victoria Day. It was an absolutely perfect spring day in Toronto!
Altered image of the vampire from Nosferatu so it looks like he’s giving a thumbs up. Caption: “Yesferatu”
A weeping cherry tree (I think) covered with light pink blossoms. A car lurks behind it