Author: Brianna Longwell

A life long resident of the Pacific Northwest, Brianna can be found lurking at her favorite coffee shop, comic book store, breakfast diner, or whatever adventure her toddler's interests dictates in Bellingham, WA. As a certified Geek Therapist, Brianna works with kids, families, and individuals as a mental health therapist utilizing comics, TTRPGs, art, music, video games, books, and pop culture as part of her approach. Writing has always been a hobby and got her start in her school's monthly published comic book as an awkward preteen writing and drawing various comic series that suited her rapidly developing interests at the time. A consumer of all things nerdy and creative, adult-Brianna continues to deconstruct the what it means to be "grown up" and unabashedly believes that life is not meant to be a single sequence of events we all follow, but more like players in a D&D campaign-- always heading off in a direction that was never prepared, but always creates an adventure. Brianna has one child, whom she is determined to raise on the values of DC, Marvel, and whatever other weird hobby that may come their way, her husband who lovingly supports her hobbies and frivolous impulsivities, their cat, and plethora of ferrets.

Things We Make, Video Games

Adventures of #Linktober

By Brianna Longwell October 31, 2022 October 31, 2022 itemprop="discussionURL"1

HELLO EVERYONE. So….. remember how I had hoped to post once or twice a month? WELL! This has been the LONGEST TWO WEEKS EVER. I kid, but really, this year …

Books, Cartoons, Comics, Comics Culture, Life, Nerd Parenting

Adults Remembering to Play= Adorable Supers EVERYWHERE, and some of the kids’ books we currently love

By Brianna Longwell November 28, 2021 November 27, 2021 itemprop="discussionURL"2

“What if he won’t like it? You don’t want to pressure him, you need to make sure you are supporting what HE likes, not what YOU like,” my husband said …

Blogging About Blogging, Comics, Comics Culture, Nerd Parenting

Introductions Are Always Awkward

By Brianna Longwell November 3, 2021 November 3, 2021 itemprop="discussionURL"11

Hail and well met! Although my first blog here shared a very intimate piece of myself after one of the most awful things ever, I figured doing a legitimate introduction …

Comics, Greg Hatcher, Life, Obituaries, Rummaging & Ruminating

Greg, My Nerd-Dad

By Brianna Longwell November 1, 2021 October 31, 2021 itemprop="discussionURL"5

This is a story about a person who never gave up on me, and I am a better person because of him.
It was the sixth grade… 2000? I believe? I’ve gotten to that point in my life where Greg would tell me you stop caring or counting, the years just happen. My school handed out flyers for after school clubs and I was determined to find “the one.” I had just started drawing, but my sixth grade brain told me that I was excelling, I was the best, and when I saw Cartooning Club, my little ego went: “bingo.” The classroom the club was held in was in the basement of the school, the woodshop room. Directly to my left, as I walked in the door, I heard: “Welcome.” There was Greg.