This is true, BUT ALSO: Reading comics is an overlapping but distinct skill from reading prose. Comics aren't just a gateway to "real" reading; they're a complex narrative form in and of themselves.

How the hell did Buster Keaton do this without killing himself?

That really is end of an era. I remember when it started on the CompuServe Comics/Animation forum.

Sick today, drinking water, trying to take it easy... so posts about Tomodachi life we got. After reset, Moriarty and Moran were the first to get married. Irene and Godfrey moved in together, and more Sherlock Holmes characters were added. The characterization of Mycroft has been hilarious.

Actual numbers in the first post of this thread. Very interesting to me, as we just had a similar discussion regarding convention promotion.

This is amazing. Absolutely wonderful.

I keep wondering why more people don’t remember this movie.

there's lots of changes but one of the major differences between the new internet and the old internet is that on the old internet when someone linked to an article that generally meant you would actually be able to read it

The menu ( in Welsh ) of Caffi Spam at Colwyn Bay for the unveiling of the Terry Jones statue this afternoon.

From that golden period that gave us Robin of Sherwood, Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, JoanHickson as Miss Marple and Fry and Laurie’s Jeeves And Wooster. Totally brilliant. #doodleaday

Thread.

YES. PERFECT www.bbc.com/news/article...

Happy April 25th to those who celebrate!

‘SHERLOCK’ felt perfectly cast, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman forming one of the strongest modern screen duos, their chemistry elevating the entire series.

@jenmargretsmith.bsky.social Happy Birthday!!!!!

Had a blast yesterday evening guest lecturing at UW-Oshkosh on “Improving Literacy with Sherlock Holmes Comics”. I did have to look up the name Frederick Wertham, though. Temporarily forgotten it. Because someone asked why European comics had a different tradition/audience than US ones did.

Still working on the color palettes :) Have some lilacs. #art #bskyart #painting #watercolors #flowers #lilacs #sciart

I could also argue that nostalgia gets muddier because Gen X were freakin' culture OMNIVORES and we absorbed 5 decades of film and TV between broadcast & cable re-runs, mom & pop VHS rental places and finally Blockbuster into Netflix. We ate. LOTS of really weird but focused fandom rabbitholes.

Introducing your #TCAF2026 poster! It's courtesy of manga artist Battan (Soshite hiroin wa inaku natta / And Then There Were No Heroines) who'll attend TCAF as a featured guest. Purchase Battan's beautiful work as a poster or t-shirt at this year's fest: June 6+7 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre!

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

Saw some discourse about the issue of older professors not retiring as if that’s the roadblock to younger academics securing jobs. This despite every institution I’ve worked at simply not filling lines when professors retire, which seems a much more prominent trend.

A cartoon for #IndieBookstoreDay, which is tomorrow! Get out to your local bookstore! www.indiebound.org/

It’s #LetterboxdFriday ! Here’s my #LastFourWatched #filmsky

On my walk home I noticed this property on Kent Road in Southsea is for sale (if you have a spare million hanging around). Previous owners include Arthur Conan Doyle.

A literary mystery in this thread!

Saw some dipshits talking moaning about how remote work leads to a lack of company culture and personal investment in jobs and company success No, you dipshits. It's because you keep fucking laying us off. You have shown us time and again how dispensable we are. Why THE FUCK should we be invested?

Starting a rewatch of Lucifer. Man, Tom Ellis is pretty. And roguishly charming.

Men who have never had to care for anything or anyone spouting nonsense like this is infuriating. I bet none of them have had to give a spongebath or lift someone out of a chair or even make a damn meal.

The turkey you see here is Jerry. He never seemed to like living with other turkeys but LOVES the ducks, so we let him move in with them a few years ago. They all get along, in fact Jerry puffs up to protect them whenever a raptor is in the neighborhood. Sometimes found family is the best family! ❤️

498) Villagebots. Inform young men that there's a place they can go when they're in a new town. Somewhere that has everything for them to enjoy and where they can hang out with all the boys. #SmallRobotsRemastered

Little can of hate - bwa haha!

"Care for a jelly belly?" "DELETE!" "EXTERMINATE!" #matthewart #Dalek #Cyberman "Mad Dalek, Cold Dalek, Little can of hate, Happy Dalek, Sleepy Dalek, EX-TER-MIN-ATE!"

Please enjoy this drawing of ZORRO

High school: The media and culture impact of the Monkees. Masters: The portrayal of hackers in popular culture.

This cat has strong opinions about the economic state of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

"Independent Bookstore Day is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every party is different." *Check the site for details www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day/map

Well, props to Marvel for this

someone get Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby on the phone, i have an idea…

I am trying to watch a movie with Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, and David Tennant. It is so not interesting to me that I’m giving up. Have a guess? It’s The Pirates! Band of Misfits, aka The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

He looks so wrong with a non-bow tie!

Artist George Pratt and Joel Meadows, publisher of a Kickstarter for a book of Pratt's art, have started a messy series of dueling accusations over the disposition of the funds for the campaign.

we all know I have no life, so:

The screams! The splits! The stripping! The chaos!

Those strange liberties taken? “Holmes has an intensely homoerotic friendship with Moriarty, his family is a whole disaster, and he’s utterly useless as a detective.” I am even more eager to watch the show now.

Cowboys and Aliens, best remembered (by me) as when the graphic novel gamed the best-seller charts with giveaway copies. Otherwise, a bunch of movies that deserve to be forgotten. I guess it was easier to make money in theaters before streaming?

It’s ok to try and help. It’s ok to be a safe space to vent. It’s best when you both know which it is… don’t be afraid to ask!

This website has articles from writers who left Substack, describing why they moved: leavesubstack.com

Got the news that my GN One Year at Ellsmere is going out of print (may still be available digitally). If you want a physical copy, grab it now before it's gone.

I took video of the experience of entering and seeing the giant Charlie Brown balloon.

Could it be that we enjoy eating and when you suppress the urge to do so, life feels less enjoyable?