Poe: boy Poe: boy it's sure been a year, hasn't it? King: edgar, it's January

Some Sal Buscema artwork

In an article for Autostaddle, May Rude calls Gotham Central “one of the defining books for queer women in comics.” This legacy begins with the award-winning story “Half a Life” starring Renee Montoya, which masterfully yokes superhero conventions to institutional and social critique. 1/12

🚀 Planetpita is the pocket crokinole I’ve been looking for. Follow Cardboard East on YouTube for more unique and quirky games from Asia! 👉 youtube.com/@cardboardeast

If you call them "kidnappers" they will act like kidnappers. If you call them "Gestapo" they will act like Gestapo. I hope they hear me when I say "go to hell."

[stares directly into the camera]

Board Game Beat just opened! There's a bunch of content there already, and I'll be posting more throughout the week...including Spielwarenmesse coverage, a survey, and a video. Thanks so much for all your support!

This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇

New review out today of Hades 2 from @supergiantgames.bsky.social giantbrain.co.uk/2026/01/24/s...

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

I do think the Trump admin and DC political class rely way too much on social media responses to policy and not actual human responses. At their own peril.

Finally.

So Elon Musk said a bunch of nonsense at Davos and of course he made predictions that will not come true. He says stuff that gets stupid day traders excited with no regard to reality. He’s promised stuff for 15 years ands he’s never called on it. Ever. 1/5

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

I'm glad to be bringing back the Shark Men for a while, people really seemed to like them last year. Which makes sense. They're a culture of ripped warrior swimmers who are both sharks and bastards

A rare case where there's an AI related policy change in 2026 that's making it *more* restrictive on the use of AI. A good decision for comiccon.

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

I've seen plenty of out-of-context clips from this show, but this great article at @kaijuunited.bsky.social by @derekbgayle.bsky.social really makes me want to hunt it down. It sounds like classic Shotaro Ishinomori goodness and classic 70s tokusatsu fun. You should give it a read!

We could make this SO easy 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/powe...

One for the big fella's birthday. May he have many more of them.

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

Damn, even Sesame Street is scoring off me

The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."

AI is rapidly transforming into what NFTs were just a couple of years ago. This article highlights a lot of examples. I was unaware of Claude's failure to run a vending machine or the Oxford paper discussing how AI isn't really displacing that many workers (but CEOs are covering layoffs that way).

I will bang this drum on the regular - the Flash Gordon daily strip by @danschkade.bsky.social is a masterclass in short form storytelling. The art and text just do so much in a small space. Hopefully we'll get print collections eventually, ...and that will be a great day. Also: Bok is GREAT

[scottish castle] JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne agent: you wanted to see me? JK Rowling: yesss Rowling: i want to enquire Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man? agent: agent: sales of what? Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book agent: agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?

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OK, YOU should still absolutely not release a video talking about the charges against you. Powell gets the one-in-a-million exception because he knows what he’s doing and is resisting authoritarian trash.

The Phantom won't show up in my FLASH GORDON strip any time soon, but if he did he'd probably look like this

“Gotham Central” (2002-06) by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka with art by Michael Lark was a police procedural set in Batman’s Gotham City. It was an innovative and influential revisionist story, underscoring and reframing the human costs of the superheroism. 1/7 #GothamCentral #Batman #ComicsStudies

Introducing the New Classics! Our first episode of the year begins with a look back at the top games from 2006, ten of which will be inducted as "new classics" in the Board Game Hall Of Fame That We Just Made Up. In today's video, we meet the 30 candidates. Join us at: youtu.be/aA6lMTC9r3I

👻 Ghost Lift In this macabre, dark humored card game from Japan, players desperately try to shed all their cards or become haunted by their previous hands. Sai Beppu nailed the Edward Gorey-inspired art and helps elevate the gameplay.

FLASH GORDON ANNIVERSARY WEEK CONTINUES! Time to fight.

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

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It's gonna be a Portland Syrups Dry January...or @troegsjason.bsky.social Drinky January. I'm getting mixed messages here, Inbox. Cue Morgan Freeman: "It would NOT be a Dry January."

Listening to #CNBC for the last two days has been extreme, even for them. It's not just that they're platforming all of the White House talking heads and accepting their narrative lock, stock and barrel - it's the gleeful correspondents smacking their lips at seizure of Venezuela and Greenland.

Look, literally @jackiekashian.bsky.social is the BEST! I’d not seen this bit animated before. It’s terrific!

Today's strip recounts scenes from Alex Raymond's very first FLASH GORDON strip from January 7th, 1934. There's some slight tweaks to make the time period a little more ambiguous, but whatever I could keep from the original story, I kept.

Wake Up Dead Man grabs the #1 spot on the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the year's best films recommended to Christian audiences. Congrats to @rianjohnson.bsky.social artsandfaith.com/the-arts-fai...

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

Happy birthday, Hayao Miyazaki.

Javier, our CEO, hopes your holiday break was everything you needed it to be. It is understandable if you need a bit more time to get reacclimated this morning. He hopes 2026 brings you love, happiness, and plenty of good dogs. He is comfortable handling that last one ❤️

nyt and wapo writers are busy pre-writing "we have always been at war with ______" stories for every nation on earth like they do with obituaries

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Aging myself but played the Original Marvel Superheroes RPG. I think I played as Moon Knight or Spider-Man. Loved that game.