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Walt Thoughts: Episode 02 "Healthy Aging"

It's the next ep of my new YouTube video series in which I communicate my ponderings on various topics telepathically. Today: Some tips on how us older…

Apr 2 •

Walt Thoughts Episode 01: Bucket Lists

Sound *up* for a sample of my new YouTube mini-series, Walt Thoughts — comic musings communicated to you… telepathically. Episode 1 is about Bucket…

Apr 2 •

August 2023

News: Walt honors late, great comics writer from St. Louis with new book

THE DENNY O'NEIL TAPES: A CONVERSATION ABOUT COMICS, CULTURE AND AMERICA is now on Amazon in both hardback and paperback.

Aug 22, 2023 •

May 2023

Memoir: Remembering the Pandemic

In May, 2023, I finally got Covid. Wasn't too bad; I am now negative and well. Then, a memory post came up from the first weeks of the pandemic in 2020…

May 22, 2023 •

December 2022

News: Walt Jaschek Papers launched at State Historical Society of Missouri

What it feels like to donate my earliest published fanzines, writing and art to posterity. Or at least to a Research Center.

Dec 9, 2022 •

September 2022

Memoir: The Old Man Story

How a series of recent. "unintentional insults" motivated this retired ad man to focus more on my own comics, films and videos at last. (And to launch a…

Sep 22, 2022 •

August 2022

Photo feature: A Lunch with Legends

St. Louis Media History Foundation hosts lunch for "legendary" alum of the STL advertising and marketing biz. I went and had a legendary time.

Aug 22, 2022 •

Comics: Golden Adventures of Brett Hull, Explained

The year is 2094. St. Louis Blues star Brett Hull is transported from a hundred years in the past to clinch The Stanley Cup. But does he have... the…

Aug 17, 2022 •

Flashback: Slightly Bent Comics #1 & #2

Slightly Bent #1 and #2 are black-and-white anthology comics written and designed by me, starring our own characters. Top St. Louis comic artists…

Aug 15, 2022 •

July 2022

Walt Cosplays Hank Pym from Ant-Man

Here are a few shots of the cool cosplayers and fans I ran into while I trying out my cosplay of Marvel's original Ant-Man (movie version.)

Jul 22, 2022 •

June 2022

Lessons in Long-Form: How to Craft Readable Interview Articles

Some recent long-form writing for online mags gave me insight on how to think about these assignments. Lesson: they're harder than they seem.

Jun 8, 2022 •

April 2022

Satin Brass™ | Script on Kindle Vella

This beautiful and tough bounty hunter from the near future calls herself an "Overdue Accounts Collector." Meet Satin Brass.

Apr 8, 2022 •

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