Qualified for and fenced my first Nationals tournament, which is the Superbowl of fencing. The fencers here are VERY good. Winners go onto the Olympics team. I am not one of them...

Just finished Conan the Barbarian #25 and wow… what an issue. @jimzub.com delivers a King Conan story that feels mythic, epic, and true to the spirit of Conan, while Alex Horley’s painted artwork is absolutely breathtaking. I stopped more than once just to admire the pages. Easy 5⭐️. #ComicSky #Conan

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A reminder that Shigeru Mizuki, of gegege no kitaro fame, and Sousuke Tooka, of ranking of kings fame, both started their manga career at age 40.

trying to stay cool #yokai

At a posh bar and overheard a woman saying she used to be a dancer. Had a laugh because that probably means something very different in her world than it does in mine.

The "loneliness epidemic" is a MAHA thing from Trump's Department of Health and Human Services and I don't see why so many of you are in such a hurry to defend it. It is supported by no evidence. The first claim of a "loneliness epidemic" dates to 1979. Similar claims are made every decade.

reminder that I'm still open for cover gigs ✨💜 (hi publishers & comic industry mutuals 👀)

Every summer I drink absolute oceans of barely tea

Any comic artist folks who would be interested in jumping on a pitch with A Publisher? Sequential experience an absolute must, and previously published is preferred. If you enjoy drawing dinosaurs, historical fashions, and stylish action, it'll be up your alley. Happy to share details!

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The "loneliness epidemic" is a MAHA thing from Trump's Department of Health and Human Services and I don't see why so many of you are in such a hurry to defend it. It is supported by no evidence. The first claim of a "loneliness epidemic" dates to 1979. Similar claims are made every decade.

I think part of the issue is people started seeing having friends as something that just happens, rather than something you *do* and importantly *have to keep doing*

Same vibe

JOKER: Not so fast, Bat-JERK! My LAUGHBangs will leave you BLIND as a BAT! BLUESKY BATMAN: Oof. Many people suffer from reduced vision. Not funny. JOKER: It's like, it's a pun. It's just wordplay. BLUESKY BATMAN: Sorry if I'm not in the mood for "jokes" while SCOTUS shreds our constitutional rights

I’m okay with plot in movies but only if it advances the sex scenes

How is it no one noticed I wrote a comic for Overwatch. Featuring a character in the Yokai Clan. Who was forced to be a soldier in a war he didn't want to fight. Who lost an arm. and whose name is... Mizuki. Honestly thought the internet would be all over that.

People always dream of Camelot. Things were easier, better, in the good old days. Nope. Just the same. Technology changes. People rarely do.

You make friends by being a friend, by showing up, and by being the type of person other people want to hang around with. It is extremely uncomplicated.

The whole "loneliness epidemic" thing is such nonsense. The world is the same as it always has been, and it is just as easy and as difficult to make friends as it always has been. A member of our fencing team moved away and 30+ of us showed up in the parking lot to tailgate and wish her farewell.

Dear Wikipedia If you do not provide the reading for the kanji for a Japanese name, you absolutely suck. Signed, A Translator

Drop a cop

Austen's books are like The Simpsons. One one level, they are simply enjoyable, popular storytelling. One another level, they peer so deeply into human existence it is frightening. "How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant."

Words I Will Never Be Able to Spell But I Use All the Time: Amateur Millennial Philippines Bureaucracy

live view from the great american state fair

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #32 arrived in shops last week, a done-in-one adventure in the style of Weird Tales. What did critics think of it? Click on through and find out- www.jimzub.com/conan-the-ba...

I've been paying for auto insurance for years and never used it once. I am fake people.

Mel Brooks and David Lynch on the set of The Elephant Man, 1980

The whole "loneliness epidemic" thing is such nonsense. The world is the same as it always has been, and it is just as easy and as difficult to make friends as it always has been. A member of our fencing team moved away and 30+ of us showed up in the parking lot to tailgate and wish her farewell.

If someone wants to pay me to retire early I am all for it. Otherwise...

"As a millennial, when you got an invitation in the mail, you never knew how many people were going to be there, and you didn't know who was going to be there.” Sure. Millennials were MAILING invitations to parties. Like with letters and stamps. Of course they were. Certainly not using eVite.

I used Partiful for the first time for an event recently and everyone who RSVPed showed up, and more. Methinks this young "influencer" is simply not as popular as she thinks she is.

this story about people no showing an influencers party in nyc where she intended to give a whole speech could really benefit from mentioning what kind of influencer she is

Ah Japan... you put up a good fight

I was probably rejected more than a hundred times by agents and publishers before I published by first book, YUREI THE JAPANESE GHOST I say "rejected" but more correctly is "ignored." They simple never responded or sent form rejections. A hundred Nos don't matter when compared to a single Yes.

Miyuki's aura is currently radiating full samurai armor and multiple banners of the Rising Sun.

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How is it no one noticed I wrote a comic for Overwatch. Featuring a character in the Yokai Clan. Who was forced to be a soldier in a war he didn't want to fight. Who lost an arm. and whose name is... Mizuki. Honestly thought the internet would be all over that.

My living room suddenly exploded with cheers while I am in my office working, so I assume Japan did something cool in the world cup

People have rediscovered this post, so add it to your Japanese study sessions

I will continue with human made art as long as I can.

Omg there's a horseshoe crab flipping song!! It's so 90s PSA songey. What glorious propaganda!! 😭 😭

Happy to say with OVERWATCH - MIZUKI: FACING DEMONS I have earned another merit badge as it has been translated into more than 10 languages.

HAPPY PRIDE FUCK ICE

Talked to one of my friends who works professionally in such things and he was telling me the best way to get reach on social media is to dumb down your content. Post quick YouTube videos with titles like "Three Japanese Ghosts to Know Before Your Trip to Japan!!!" Nothing nuanced. Nothing indepth

Shout out for Walla Walla on DROPS OF GOD Let's go L'Ecole!