the chains binding him which he needs to break are chronic constipation with hemorrhoids

On a much smaller scale, this reminds me of seeing FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING during its original theatrical run, and when the credits rolled someone behind me declared to their friend "wait, there's going to be *another* movie?"

the vast majority of dem politicians do not actually have popular policies beyond "harf barf i'm not trump harf barf taco teehee." the few mamdani ones do, which is why they're drinking the rest of the party's milkshakes while fb moms call for jeffries's and schumer's heads to roll

One of my "if I just had a pile of money to burn" ideas has always been a comics anthology of stories of what people thought popular horror movies were about based on their VHS boxes. The only rule is you can't have ever actually seen the movie. Yes, it would only appeal to nerds of a certain age.

"Your buildings are slowly clearing, your pews gradually emptying, your congregations visibly aging away, your voice carrying less resonance than it used to. The reasons for this are complicated and interconnected, but here are a few broad strokes: You’re dying because of your hypocrisy."

"if JetBlue had eaten Spirit? Well, JetBlue is right now on Spirit’s flight path: Down. Its own CEO is predicting bankruptcy. Turns out, Spirit wasn’t the only airline that uses jet fuel."

We're rehanging the door that we kicked down for no reason. Everybody applaud!

Joe Orlando biopic starring Michael Gandolfini asap please

The x-men are here There are so many x-men. For instance, cyclops who can shoot energy out of his big eye. and angel who can fly. and Doug who can speak German. And Nightcrawler who can also speak German

I am absolutely sure it's a "me" problem. But I just find the INVINCIBLE TV show to be so god damned dull

Lionel Shriver: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the couple who needs to talk about kevin Shriver: it's about a couple who doesn't talk about kevin Barker: how's that work out for them? Shriver: badly

Real Estate: It’s Not Like You’ll Have To Pay It Off

Any new STAR WARS should be animated and aimed at an all-ages audience or younger.

I love ANDOR more than anything but it is and should be an outlier in terms of what Star Wars is. Star Wars should be all-ages adventure stories/morality plays, and should generally be movies.

“Get in, loser. The Horror Express leaves in five minutes.”

I forget the exact post, but one of the truest sentiments I've seen about comics is that your first issue shouldn't be Year One or Watchmen or The Dark Phoenix Saga, it should be the eighth installment in a long-forgotten crossover event called like The Mindwar Canticle

Wookies and ewoks are closely related enough to be able to interbreed and 99% of both wookie *and* ewok porn revolves around precisely that.

*sings in Eleanor Rigby* Pull on my finger I will pretend it's a lever that leads to my bum Gases will come

Bert and Ernie should have their own show. I don't want to have to watch Sesame Street to see what they're up to. I'm not 5

Should be as well-known among even non-comics folks as your Stan Lees, IMO. His legacy as both a writer and an editor is basically unsurpassed and the impact he had on SO many characters that lingers to this very day decades and decades after his time with them is a testament to that.

"I'd rather be paid in woims!"

Colourist José Villarrubia on FB keeps putting up comparisons of original comics pages with the "remastered" reprints, and every one of them makes me want to cry.

There are AI boosters who purport to have made LLMs that channel a dead person so it's like they're speaking to you now from behind the grave. What it actually takes to be able to do that is to be a genuine human with a great ear, an understanding of humanity and a soul, as in this thread

media literacy is getting so fucking dire these days. you see people on reddit misinterpreting even motives or plans or whatever that are EXPLICITLY SPELLED OUT TO THE CAMERA now. It’s honestly kinda scary.

If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"

I find it incredibly telling when men like Dawkins are convinced that the LLMs are ‘intelligent’ because it ‘agrees’ with them or tells them how insightful or clever they are

It’s FREE COMIC BOOL DAY!!! But also, at least at our store, it’s Day 1 of FREE COMIC BOOK MAY!!! Come in every Wednesday and Saturday for more new Free Comics!!

This. Pull a Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince at the Grammys. Don't go. Pull up to a soul food spot in Bed Stuy in your Met Gala dress and chill with the people. Take photos. Release one as a Vogue France cover and piss off Anna. (You can bring Jay with you too, but we'd rather have Solange.)

No wonder they hate this place. Half of BlueSky is more popular.

I do not see good things in the WWE's future, so this is absolutely for the best.

I would say they don't make em like they used to but even back then where else would you see something this good

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Benchley: we don't think about the number of things everyday that rely on sharks Benchley: why, there's a little shark in your cigarette lighter Benchley: or in your pencil clip Benchley: why, i could name thousands of everyday uses for sharks!

Koontz: guys! guys! look at that! Koontz: a sleigh just pulled up outside, drawn by eight cats! King: a cat drawn sleigh?? why, it can only be.... Andre Norton: hello everyone, it's me andre norton Norton: editor of CATFANTASTIQUE!

Lovecraft: you know, steve, i have to say Lovecraft: i really don't like how anti-cat this story is! Lovecraft: it's kind of cat-phobic Lovecraft: and if there's one thing i can't abide, it's prejudice King: Koontz: Barker: Poe: Lovecraft: against cats

the greatest song lyric of all time

Read this and ask yourself "where would these people get these ideas and why do they believe them?" The answer to THAT question is why this country is where it is today. Control of information IS power and tech billionaires who have it use that power to deceive ppl into believing stuff like this.

Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.

Were Conway and Strazewski your typical Great Comics Masters? No, they were just guys who knew how to write a solid, entertaining comical-book for all ages. It's quite literally a dying skill.

Broccoli. Every single time, I want to spell it with one "c" and two "l"s. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

The malignant narcissist finally cottoned on that the world will continue after he's gone, and decided that his name and picture has to be on everything everywhere forevermore as a distance second place to Actual Immortality

My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.

Not much, just posting a beautiful frame from trash art. (Shamelessly stolen from @highway62.bsky.social , who has his quote tweets disabled - for good reason, of course.)

In case you were worried that @thetoadies.bsky.social weren’t coming to your town, here’s a bunch more tour dates. Hope to see you there!

people really do say anything on here

Absolutely the right call.

Post a cover of a comic Gerry Conway wrote you love. I make no apologies for my love of Ben Reilly.

Post a cover to a comic Gerry Conway wrote that you love.