Only got one of these new. Only own three of them in original printings. Only ever read five of them. Not that hard to guess which, I expect.

Here's how to turn off Bluesky's censorship settings, so you can see posts by people you follow, even if Bluesky thinks they're rude. You can customize the controls on quite a bit more than the Rude label, even.

man, this humble bundle of #imagecomics stuff is pretty hardcore. #comics www.humblebundle.com/books/image-... this is worth it for the @kurtbusiek.bsky.social Astro City ALONE, but it will finally allow me to get copies of DARK AGE. they are HARD to find!

i may go out tomorrow if i can borrow a coat to wear oh, i'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancing bear outrageous, alarming courageous, charming oh, who would think a boy and bear could be well accepted everywhere? it's just amazing how fair people can be

There's a book I'm trying to remember, a novel I had in my Amazon Browsing History for some time, but like a fool I don't seem to have ever put it in my Want List for storage. So now I can't remember the title or author, and can't describe the cover but I'd recognize it if I saw it.

The "mixed signal" here is that Mamdani won in New York and Sherrill and Spanberger won in New Jersey and Virginia. It baffles me that pundits look at that and think, "But what is the formula now?" rather than "In different constituencies, different candidates will do well."

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

Looking for coloring work with a Dec/ Jan start! #comics Here's a list of my previous publications:

Can't pass legislation without the House in session.

Elon Musk is a weenie.

The burning question on everyone's minds.

I think UNEXPECTED may be DC's second-dumbest title ever. They wanted it to sound eerie, but instead it just sounds like mild perplexity, like there'd be tales of getting a small box of rubber bands in the mail with no return address, or being wished a happy birthday four months early.

In the meantime, go Mamdani! We only have local issues and offices on the ballot today, but Casa Busiek has done our civic duty and voted.

Dick Cheney died? Well, they say if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. So: That’s nice.

I have just begun a new comic journey and I wish to opine about it, but what is social media if not to pop off with half formed opinions and random utterances of the day?? That is to simply say this. Astro City is good, great even. It also represents what I'd argue is something lost in comics.

#165. "True Heroes Never Die...!" by Len Wein, Rich Buckler, John Celardo, Glynis Oliver, & Clem Robins [Detective Comics #479] Hawkman story reintroducing him for a short back-up run. It's a Hawkman comic! A fun read but if I never get around to the series proper, that's fine based on this.

I'm most of the way through KING SORROW (which means I'm 700 pages in and have less than 200 to go, hah), and this book keeps going places I don't expect it to, but which keep ratcheting things up and making the book even more exciting. And it started off well. It just keeps getting better.

Apparently, it was entire towns in Jamaica that did the train stabbings. Authorities have no word yet on how they got to England and back amid severe hurricane damage. Perhaps it was magic.

jet with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces climb on the back and we'll go for a ride in the sky and jet i thought that the major was a little lady suffragette

On the spinner-rack, Nov 1968! Action & excitement all over the rack, a couple classics for sure. What would you have picked up at the local drug store back in the fall of '68? #comics #comicbooks #dccomics #marvelcomics @flatnclean.com @comicsinthega.bsky.social @tealproductions.bsky.social

The Golden Age was ACTION 1 to the end of the JSA, the Silver Age was SHOWCASE 4 to the retirement of Mort Weisinger, and the Bronze Age was from there until CRISIS. The other “ages” are just a way to slap names on the stuff before and between. But the people who coined the terms weren’t thinking…

You could also break up the Newsstand Age into pre-Code and post-Code, since that was a big old shift. But the Ages as we have them are definitely idiosyncratic, since they’re not about comics as a whole, but about superhero comics, and mostly DC superhero comics at that.

X-Monsters

Well!

Day 31: Beasts of Burden by @evandorkin.bsky.social and @thejillthompson.bsky.social . The only thing standing between humanity and the unstoppable evil are a courageous pack of pets. @darkhorse.com #darkhorsecomics #halloween #occult #horrorcomics #ComicRecommendation

#FridayReads I took a break from KING SORROW by Joe Hill to read TESTIMONY OF MUTE THINGS by Lois McMaster Bujold, and now I'm back to Joe, and wow, things went from fun and weird and creepy to absolutely riveting (last night I read most of Book Three, and like I said, wow).

Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music. If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.

beezlenut, rah rah beezlenut, rah rah

Of course, the men of Gondor were unable to protect Middle-Earth, and the threat of Sauron was only stopped when hobbits and men teamed up with those of other races and cultures, and worked together for the betterment of all.

Now available on Patreon: a series of drawings I made for @seananmcguire.bsky.social's amazing short story collection, LAUGHTER AT THE ACADEMY (Subterranean Press)! $20 for the collection, the book's out of print. Spooky season should never end. www.patreon.com/c/carlaspeed...

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

And thanks for all of the very kind anniversary congrats. Much appreciated. It was an enjoyable day, a delicious dinner, and we've decided to stay married for the foreseeable future, so I'd call that a rousing success. Two thumbs up from us, maybe four.

I'm getting a flood of new followers the last day or two -- most of them followers with no posts, no followers themselves and often numbers in their names. Did something happen over at the X-Mansion, or is this a bot influx, or what?

NEW! I’m running Funrama short stories in between the main chapters on my Patreon. This one focuses on the mercenary archer girl Sagittarius. I expect to win 10-12 Eisners for this one. Join to read more. Funrama written, drawn, and everything by me.

Ann-iversary partner!

Thirty-seven years ago today, I got married to the love of my life. I'm a lucky man. Happy Anniversary, Ann! [Those are my sisters Faith, Jen and Robin, stylin' and smilin' alongside us.]

I’m not sure why I would want a subscription to hair loss, GoodRx, so I think I’m gonna pass. But, uh, thanks for thinking of me?

"Writer's block isn't real, it's just that you can't write anything for a whole variety of different reasons"... Let me stop you there, and introduce you to the very real Bluesky block...

mood

Thank you all for continuing to share Tess's shop. I've got to raise some funds before the end of the month to keep us housed so every share is extra helpful. If I can hold on here a couple more months I can move us somewhere way more affordable. Thank you for standing by us!

This is what following me is like

Some folks just aren't very appreciative.

Well, that sucks.

In the issue of THE FLASH that was on newsstands when I was born, the villain is a guy who uses insider information to make a fortune and then doesn't want to pay his fair share of taxes. But the Flash investigates him and he winds up in jail, so you know it's just a juvenile fantasy.

They call him “jughead” because his ears stick out, you know. Even Betty does it. That’s not very nice. At least with Professor Flutesnoot, it’s his real name.

No, Jughead, no!

In an effort to focus on the positive, let me recommend this wonderful book again.

I honestly think these "moderates" think "oh trans people are only x% of the population - we can throw them under the bus," which is EVIL on its face... ...but also trans people have families and friends? Who are fucking FURIOUS at loser Ds who throw their loved ones under the bus?

Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez’s Clown Prince of Crime

I'm in the middle of a round of steroids trying to tamp back the migraine and see if it'll let go, so my whole system is off-kilter and my equilibrium is shot, at least temporarily. But I really, really, really hate this migraine.