Weird how many people are throwing around the phrase "separate the art from the artist" about the movie Michael... Like, y'all, it's a biopic, it's definitionally an exercise in NOT separating the art from the artist. It's ABOUT the artist.

Check it out, everyone! A commercial for "Necessary Evil" issue 1 which is now being sold to the general public. Art by @marianopnavarro.bsky.social and @hernancabreracolor.bsky.social

Just piss off, whydontcha

28 Apr 2026

This one is old but not old enough to be included in the Nerd Inferno omnibus. The saddest thing about it is that it isn't just for freelancers anymore. Good luck to us all.

Some finished inks from #NecessaryEvil issue 2. Art by @marianopnavarro.bsky.social and @hernancabreracolor.bsky.social

Dude it's just fine for the things you're seeing to be "they took advantage of the situation to do this", it doesn't have to be "they completely engineered the situation and this was the reason the whole time"

In case you missed it, last night I released a video analyzing Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker

I'm VERY excited this video is finally out! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

It’s Independent Bookstore Day today! Please visit your favorite indie store and enjoy the book-filled, book-loving vibes. But if you can’t do that, consider getting something you’ve wanted to read at Bookshop.org. They support indie shops. Everyone wins! It’s cool when that can happen.

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We keep bugging @markfrost.bsky.social with our Twin Peaks questions, but we never ask him what he’s up to today. Hey, Mark? What are you up to?

Please don’t use generative AI. They steal from working living breathing artists to do train these models You take money out of artists pockets when you use generative AI

"should we really resort to playing dirty to defeat the nazis i–" yes. kick em in the fucking balls. what kind of question is that. grow the fuck up

@marianopnavarro.bsky.social delivered the final pencils to issue 2. Now he begins the inking and then off to @hernancabreracolor.bsky.social for colors and letters. We are on schedule to be finished by the end of May. #NecessaryEvil

Do the major publishers submit manuscripts for ebooks to Amazon et al with the text in the word balloons as text? That sounds like *a lot* of unnecessary work. Any information would be appreciated.

@kurtbusiek.bsky.social and @nat.gertler.com, I come to you once again for guidance. The publishing platforms are now demanding that all text be text and not rasterized images. They obviously don't understand what a comic book is and don't care. (1/2)

Every AI commercial gaslights you into thinking you're an idiot. Before you had access to AI you were too stupid to find your girlfriend's makeup, or boil an egg, or pick a shirt. Every commercial starts from the premise of "Hey, so you know how you're the dumbest fucking fuck to ever do it?"

ZOHRAN MAMDANI: "It is sad that for too many Americans when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, they have to turn to a history book."

18 Apr 2026

ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

we should officially put John Carpenter in the "leave the poor guy alone quit asking him about 40 year old shit" category along with Alan Moore

Not only is my campaign site translated for Spanish, it's now in Armenian as well! www.joellavaforcongress.com/hy

I often see big groups of young people downtown, packs of 6-8 friends together, and what I feel isn't so much envy at having missed out as it is curiosity about how they keep track of which one is which, like do they all have a mnemonic ("if the t-shirt is black, that's Zach")

OTHER TRUCK IN 1977 WHO KNOWS THE TRUCK FROM “SORCERER”: Oh yeah I went to school with him. He’s honestly so full of himself…like he “went method” for that. Yeah he made everyone on set call him “Sorcerer”, can you believe that shit? No the guy who played Lazaro is really sweet actually

Melania: I never cut child in half with sword. I never do this. The entire USA: what? Melania: not me.

10 Apr 2026

When you don't pay people what they are worth, you are merely training them for your competitors.

He didn’t write it alone. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Just want to point out that if you were having a full conversation with someone you knew and then suddenly they pulled off their face to reveal they were a total stranger in disguise, you would have a fucking heart attack and die

Just finished ALIEN and man. You couldn’t make this movie now. Most of the cast is dead

“So, anyone have a plan to escape, yet?” “You know all those spare parts in the prison auto shop? If we could weld them together into a working vehicle, we could drive out of here.” “Do you know how to do that?” “No.” [credits] (2/2)

NARRATOR: In 1972, a decent commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men weren’t cagey enough to escape and are decisively incarcerated. LOGO: The B-Team (1/2)

I mean, you don't really need a translator

DAVID BYRNE: Water dissolving! Water removing! ME: Oh yeah? DAVID BYRNE: There is water at the bottom of the ocean 🙂 ME: That’s so cool buddy. Did you learn that at school today? DAVID BYRNE: Remove the water 😡 carry the water 😡 ME: Hm how about we carry some juice in your sippy cup bud?

Dr. Fatima being her badass self and explaining AI personal use in a way that really speaks to the issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y85n...

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

He lived through slavery and did nothing. Good riddance.

The dog cracks me up.

02 Mar 2026