are we pumped? because, folks: I am pumped.

they must’ve heard my notes, because this definitely punches harder … had me nodding my head quite vigorously even on first listen, so yeah, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but folks it’s a banger. the best songs are about being an asshole or a Christian - Prince’s ratio, too, so I can deal.

in which we look at the comics debut of one of my favorite new talents of the last few years, Fell Hound - a one-shot featuring the last salvo in a long future war, fought by a one-woman demolition squad out to avenge her fallen lover

in which we look at the comics debut of one of my favorite new talents of the last few years, Fell Hound - a one-shot featuring the last salvo in a long future war, fought by a one-woman demolition squad out to avenge her fallen lover

Today Tegan looks at Commander Rao #1, from 2021 and Scout Comics, by Fell Hound!

they must’ve heard my notes, because this definitely punches harder … had me nodding my head quite vigorously even on first listen, so yeah, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but folks it’s a banger. the best songs are about being an asshole or a Christian - Prince’s ratio, too, so I can deal.

We found G’Nort’s license plate

guess what I wasn’t listening to in 2005? crypto-Christian pop punk with scrappy moppet singers! but hey, that’s two decades gone so it’s old people music now. and guess what - it’s not bad! tentative, yes, and the production is way too polite: I’d like it 25% better if it sounded 50% shittier …

you can’t fool me, that’s Spidercide

Hal Lindsey + Al Hartley = Jonathan Hickman

RIP. Ron Friedman lived quite the life. He was one of my most important sources for TRUE BELIEVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF STAN LEE, and he was one of the only people who tried to protect/save Stan when he was being abused at the end of his life. A real mensch. May his memory be a blessing 💜

I have to admit there’s some serious magic power in a group like Gwar changing up nothing and remaining relevant just by pissing off the squares, they’re not out here moving into directing or hawking American Express cards nope they’re still pissing off guileless idiots at bulk rates

honestly if all of this ended up being a viral marketing campaign that got out of hand for the release of a new Rapture album I could only applaud the ingenuity

if anything good comes of this coming week’s shitshow maybe it’ll be a resurgence of interest in The Rapture (1991)? one of the most terrifying movies I’ve ever seen, haunts me to this day, excellent performances from Mimi Rogers and David Duchovny both.

What video game do you consider perfect?

this is a triumph, specifically for me because now I once again have something to watch while I’m eating my dinner no one has ever asked me to write about late night comedy but I’m literally probably the greatest authority on late night comedy in the world, that seems a super valuable skill

I barely think about The Obelisk anymore. Couldn't care less about its strangely oily surface or the gentle hum of its presence

this is a triumph, specifically for me because now I once again have something to watch while I’m eating my dinner no one has ever asked me to write about late night comedy but I’m literally probably the greatest authority on late night comedy in the world, that seems a super valuable skill

Tezuka & Ishinomori both died at 60. Mizuki (the creator of GeGeGe no Kitarō) died at 93. I think about this a lot.

one aspect of America that people not from here probably do not know - unless they learn it in a context like this - is the existence of The Monroe Doctrine. we all learn about it in fourth grade, it was never overturned, and it is a frothing crazy thing to have for a cornerstone of foreign policy.

Jack Kirby ‘68

if anything good comes of this coming week’s shitshow maybe it’ll be a resurgence of interest in The Rapture (1991)? one of the most terrifying movies I’ve ever seen, haunts me to this day, excellent performances from Mimi Rogers and David Duchovny both.

I’ve been thinking, on and off, what my answer to this prompt was - but it’s this, straight-up, can’t think of one more perfect. “better,” perhaps by some criteria. but more perfect? son, that’s pure clown talk.

shabby doll

Every goddamn day, Crunchyroll.

Chorizo 🐴

the telephone is ringing - is that Mother One on the phone? the telephone is screaming, won’t she leave me alone? well every girl I go out with becomes Mother One in the end,

in which the Dark Phoenix Saga heats up and the Hellfire Club makes its next move - against the Dazzler, marking her first appearance alongside a team she wouldn’t join for the better part of a decade

so which cowpoke do I gotta rustle to get Fantagraphics to do a deluxe reprint of their X-Men Companions

I love this Ballistic series, and if you want to see why Michael Turner was such a big deal right out of the gate I suggest you flip through these: he barely knew what he was doing but damn, this already sings, it pushes the tempo when by rights it should flail. straight from here to Witchblade.

god damn this cover goes HARD

in which the Dark Phoenix Saga heats up and the Hellfire Club makes its next move - against the Dazzler, marking her first appearance alongside a team she wouldn’t join for the better part of a decade

Today Tegan looks at Uncanny X-Men #130, from 1979 and Marvel, by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Terry Austin.

Decided to celebrate us being able to post our own gifs now by doing a little Jean Grey doodle animation

never really interacted with celebrities outside of a semi-professional capacity (besides being two feet away from Don Cheadle once at CalArts) but the two best interviews I ever did were Nicky Wire and Matthew Herbert, two conversations so wonderful as to make me never want to interview anyone else

The concept of [Insert Corporate IP] Day really up there in terms of capitalist rituals.

it’s a small loss in the scheme of things, but I just realized no one can do the “we fed the entire works of [x] into a computer and it gave us this [episode of The Office where Jim’s dick turns into a mealworm (or whatever)]” meme genre anymore

(fwiw, i'm still proud of that piece - titled "you can't fix batman without breaking batman" - which is still located here, for as long as i'm still able to maintain a patreon to house it at:) www.patreon.com/posts/you-ca...

y'all should read these, they're good! (i missed 'em, first time 'round. and you know me, i've written about batman myself not too long ago, and i wouldn't have blamed you if you thought i'd read this beforehand, but i hadn't. glad i fixed that, now.)

well, it’s once again Batman Day, a day for DC to sell more comics about Batman … celebrate with one of my favorite projects ever, my three-part look at Batman in the 90s and his reflections through the present day

YES! PRECISEMENT!!!

no I ain’t gonna snap in deadpool’s diner no more

jesus Wally what is happening to you

just reminded of how genuinely pumped I was for Hulk to get to Earth and kill the Illuminati with that big honkin sword in 2007 Civil War was so much ass but we must also remember they immediately followed it up with a crossover where the Hulk got back to Earth and yelled at them for doing that

the best part is how all the guinea pigs get to ride to work together in a wheelbarrow

well, it’s once again Batman Day, a day for DC to sell more comics about Batman … celebrate with one of my favorite projects ever, my three-part look at Batman in the 90s and his reflections through the present day

me, talking to errol morris: it was the fight with Deathstroke in issue #3 that really got me. I knew someone had to stand up. my bootleg photoshop was open before I could process what was happening … where did “stabby” come from? sometimes God opens a door in your brain, if only for a moment.