@officialsuper7.bsky.social is releasing new versions of old Micronauts figures, and while the actual toy doesn’t quite get there, the package art makes Phobos look like some kind of Robo-Babadook

Some days it feels unthinkably cruel that pre- pandemic and work-from-home, I used to leave my cats alone to fend for themselves for 8-10 hours a day.

I’m also curious to know if the bodymod folks are going to adopt the term “ballmaxxxing”

Of all the things I encountered in my time hanging out with the body modification community, “injecting saline into one’s scrotum to inflate it” was pretty low on the list as far as expecting Fox News to cover it like it’s a good/normal thing and then all kinds of people discussing it openly

Have you met my pal Dan? He’s pretty cool

Will be spending the day considering where my musical tastes overlap with Godzilla’s

AS PROMISED: Cool stuff on a Monday!

Any mention of traumatic Sesame Street skits means the return of the Opera-singing Orange, which would send me running from the room. I still get a frisson of panic when she hits the high note AND HER FACE FLIES OFF www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Tq...

This doesn’t happen often, but: here’s a reason to look forward to Monday

I’ve been a fan of @misterreusch.bsky.social for years after first seeing his artwork in the Boston Phoenix. There’s a ton of other cool stuff at his Etsy shop, but I’ve been waiting for this comic since he first announced it. Go check it out!

Even though I’m having a VERY non-traditional and relaxed Seder (if you can even call it that), it turns out I draw the line at substituting sangria for regular wine

For the next two weeks, the entire Fantagraphics Complete Peanuts series — every strip ever published, including color Sundays — is available digitally for $25. If you don’t jump on this amazing deal, maybe you should see a 5-cent psychiatrist. www.humblebundle.com/books/collec...

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL THING

@vespertilianthing.bsky.social hey look

@slipjig.bsky.social another one for you

@vespertilianthing.bsky.social @fairylogic.bsky.social relevant to your interests?

This thread addresses a very specific instance of the “separate the art from the artist?” debate and is worth a read if you’re thinking about it today in particular

This person is insanely talented and after watching the video below, I recommend going to her Instagram and watching all the animated shorts as an alternative/antidote to doomscrolling (all the art is fantastic, but the stop-motion stuff is non-stop joy) www.instagram.com/beeragon

@slipjig.bsky.social relevant to your interests

One of my favorite personal Rites or Spring: introducing myself to the local locksmith (aka locking myself out of the house)

Hey @kindredbrave.bsky.social this sounds pretty cool but I’m on the wrong side of the country so maybe you can check it out?

34

TIL (via their e-newsletter) that Grant Morrison has a strict "don't kill animals in videogames unless they start shit first" rule. In a game where it halted progress, "[I] was willing to sacrifice a few dart pouches & jungle outfits to keep my vow never to kill any digital deer or other ungulates"

I think I’m going to steal “geribatric” and start using it to describe certain people/events at the local goth club (in a non-pejorative way, of course)

Not made specifically for me, but this is my small collection of @theuglymachine.bsky.social’s work. Absolutely beautiful stuff, if I’m ever in a place to commission myself or anyone I love some quality metalwork I know who I’m calling

I would really, really like to see this break through the social media/substack firewall and become a discussion point in media at large. Will it make a difference? I doubt it, but it's definitely one of those "There's no way this can be true!" ideas that needs to be widely known.

Going to be obsessed with this for a while www.instagram.com/julienpatry_...

@vespertilianthing.bsky.social hey look

@mollyrazor.com no reason

I’ll be spending my Friday night trying to fit “AAACK!!” unobtrusively into the lyrics

THOSE “SOCKS” RAISE SOME QUESTIONS

For the first time, I am considering commissioning a portrait of my cats, this is so good

Look at that face! I'm getting all the feels with these huge, liquid eyes. Love the work of Mister Jellyfish. #beautifulbizarre #catportrait #oilpainting #petart #cats

This should be a t-shirt

@vespertilianthing.bsky.social a thread maybe you should be aware of?

"The Earl of Cattenborough will be Pleased to Partake of a Potato." Europa's Fairy Book. Joseph Jacobs, New York, 1916.

Speaking of long time friends, I haven’t sung the praises of @bijoutype.com in a bit, so here’s a nice profile of him and his work that popped up recently www.monotype.com/company/spot...

Long-time friends know that this is my greatest strength, and that the flip side — refusing to let a bit go long after it has stopped being funny — is my greatest weakness

This needs to be circulated far and wide

Back on my bullshit, Salem edition www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fL5AP7/

Identity — The Story of Czech Graphic Design is a seven-part series available on YouTube that “introduces viewers to the history of Czech graphic design”. [kottke.org]

This is so good I’m surprised it didn’t happen during that early, magical “everything they do is brilliant” era

We did it, everybody

ATTN: @slipjig.bsky.social

If you’re looking at an MFA in costuming, this would be an excellent opportunity to work with and/or learn from some extremely talented people, including the OP

Grant Morrison explains their art direction for Frank Quitely's Batman/Deadpool variant cover:

@bijoutype.com this kicked off a chain reaction of Kirby ska posts that is an absolute joy

I can't believe this beautiful thing is taxidermy/sculpture and not a painting. @vespertilianthing.bsky.social I think I found your next birthday present

Things that @vespertilianthing.bsky.social and @slipjig.bsky.social should know, a continuing series of