New Swamp Thing series starring Levi Kamei and Tefé Holland, call it “Industry Plant and Nepo Baby”

Been watching lore summary videos for Guilty Gear because I wanted to play Strive, this series is a trip

Reminds me of when I got an X-Men encyclopedia at a Scholastic book fair. I had a trade of Claremont X-Men (#101-110) and wanted to dive right in Except it was published midway through House of M, so half the articles ended with “and then Scarlet Witch created a new reality, where they are now”

For ongoing monthlies, Greg Pak and Aaron Kuder Action Comics For trades, it was Giffen/Rogers Blue Beetle

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It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

“Pope Leo is Weak on Nuclear Weapons” is one of those Trump lines that’ll be stuck in my head forever, up there with “everything’s computer”

Oh cool, official subs for Kamen Rider Agito! …pardon?

Approaching this from a different angle: I didn’t read manga until my early 20s because starting series with several dozen continuous print volumes were more intimidating than a handful of largely self contained Big 2 comics. Arguably manga is easier than western comics to get into these days 1/

I think part of it is the show mixing the drama with the didactic. People need to realize that Robby justifiably complaining about insurance providers and antivaxxers doesn’t mean he can’t be flawed and biased and let that inform his actions

On one hand, “Metal Gear Solid movie” feels incredibly redundant, especially without Kojima’s involvement On the other hand, the “Saw Metal Gear Solid” tweet would be the funniest thing ever

JD Vance, sitting in the corner as Curb Your Enthusiasm music starts to play

Ok this is pretty charming, and the reference to the Usopp Pirates in the paper won me over. Usopp-Centric Lego Special is a great idea

Thor vs Midgard Serpent in Thor #380

On a slightly lighter note, caught up on the Absolute Batman trades, that’s great stuff. Sometimes you need something gnarly and maximalist

Finding out they found and removed a precancerous polyp during a colonoscopy is kind of like almost getting run over by a car: not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, glad you looked before it got serious, but still pretty unsettling! Seriously, all younger people need to get colonoscopies

Called the DC office of @johnlarsonct.bsky.social and spoke to someone immediately. He’s largely been on the ball when it comes to holding the Trump admin accountable (co-sponsored article of impeachment against Noem in January) so hoping he can back that up now

Really tired and frustrated watching folks talk about how a nuclear strike or its destructive equivalent to Iran would endanger Americans. people are people. Iranian children are just as vulnerable and just as beloved as ours. Iranians have as many dreams and hopes and gifts as we do.

Jesus wept. I just called my US rep and senators and told them they have to do everything they can to stop this genocide. I told them I don't care if they're in the minority. They have options. I told them to chain themselves to the White House fence. Please call your reps, too. reps.fyi

I like being completely ignorant about modern Spider-Man comics. I barely know who Paul is, but it’s funny seeing thousands of people either hate on or gas up Some Guy who dates MJ

It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.

Dua Lipa secretly wishes she were a stage magician. Levitating, Illusion, Houdini, it adds up

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

Today's the day! Er, Day 1 of 2 anyhow. Colonoscopy prep started at 9am and now it's time for comics about the colonoscopy prep! Please enjoy this very special Colonoscopy edition of Hourly Comics Day.

Started playing Triangle Strategy

Santos’s singing on the Pitt reminded me of when I saw Hadestown on Broadway in 2024 a week before Isa and Jon Jon Briones joined the cast as Persephone and Hermes, which still trips me up

Disappointing because she’s one of my favorites, but Mohan’s series-long arc feels like it’s been building to this, so not surprising. Looking forward to what Supriya Ganesh does next

Feel like you could’ve skipped this one, Netflix. No one’s really asking for “One Piece crossover with the manga created by Oda’s pedophile friend (no, the other one)”

Cool but Mt Sinai and NYU are still blocked from providing gender-affirming care to trans kids, any opinions or actions for that

A great day to tell the Mayor of New York who promised to have trans people’s backs that it doesn’t mean anything unless he finds a solution for the thousands of trans people—especially trans kids—who had their gender-affirming healthcare stopped.

Israel’s holocaust of Palestinians reached a horrific new low today. No different than trains heading to gas chambers. Shame on everyone silent about this.

I get disliking stories where the author beats you over the head with their point But saying your work is pointless and doesn’t have opinions is maybe the most embarrassing admission from an author ever Like what is there to engage with without that

My favorite thing about him is that he carries around a fake knife to threaten people and he calls it “the Potato Peeler”

Electronic Intifada's Ali Abunimah sat down to speak with Nerdeen Kiswani about this in detail: youtu.be/LbYW53lnxdc?...

Rose of Versailles is really good so far. The high stakes political brinksmanship surrounding party etiquette is shockingly compelling and stylish. Also love that it doesn’t shy away from 70s manga cartooniness despite being serious historical fiction

QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing

The Rowling comparisons to Anita Bryant are apt, and they always remind me of that issue of Howard the Duck where Bryant was depicted as a orange-headed violent cult leader obsessed with “decency” (and who Howard punches in the face at the end) Anyway Marvel hit me up I have a pitch

Never actually saw this because Watchmen and Man of Steel weren’t my thing so the decade of discourse was both annoying and kinda funny

Me: “It’s cool reading the comics/manga that influenced stuff I’m interested in so that I can better appreciate the context and what the author is going for” My brain: “You are FORBIDDEN from reading Berserk until you finish Rose of Versailles”

After the battle of Solomon, a veteran Fed MS pilot too traumatized to fight is reassigned to a scrappy Mobile Suit Search & Rescue unit evacuating a fatally damaged colony cylinder. Unfortunately, an obsessed Zeon rival followed him and begins hunting his new teammates to get his attention.

Zeta prequel that leads up the Titans’ attack on Colony 30. Saying “do a Rogue One but with Gundam” feels obvious, but I like the idea of seeing the people who’ll eventually form AEUG going from “we’ll politick the fash away” to “we gotta get mobile suits and kill these guys”

EXCLUSIVE: Although the U.S. accounts for half of India's frozen shrimp export sales, President Donald Trump has imposed punitive tariffs of up to nearly 60%. In Bhimavaram, a massive hub for Indian shrimp exports, the continuing uncertainty has devastated the lives of women workers.

Chainsaw Man Part 2 was on the whole weaker than Part 1, but Yoru becoming a cliched Shonen protagonist powered by American imperialism is genuinely one of the funniest bits of the entire manga

Reread the last several chapters of Chainsaw Man after the ending, and after sitting on it, I think it works well, but there’s a vibe of “Fujimoto has complicated feelings about CSM’s success that impacted how it developed” that makes it feel more bittersweet than probably intended

More people need to watch the show Paradise because I need to convince myself it actually exists. It markets itself like generic thriller prestige tv but the actual premise is such a bonkers curveball I still can’t believe it’s real. God, please go in blind, it’s a trip

It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

This is objectively terrible and an escalation of horrible and racist policy, but replacing the TSA agents they aren’t paying with a smaller workforce of ICE agents they also aren’t paying is certainly a choice, really slamming their own dicks in a car door over there

I feel like I might be missing some cultural context here, but it’s really funny that the Shibuya Incident ends with Kenjaku summoning the Uzumaki from Uzumaki. Like I thought that was an edit at first, that’s just straight lifted from the manga