very disappointed that the reason for the "strange resurgence of words like 'yap' and 'skedaddle'” is not just "young ones are listening to MF Doom" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

"The classified portion of the grand jury transcript, obtained by Times Opinion"—weird to me whenever the Op-Ed section is first to report something. But whatever! Always excited for late-breaking Yeoman Radford stories.

A farewell to the unsung sideman.

includes a meaty role for nuprin spokesman ("little. yellow. different.") mason adams

Sure! Oh, sorry, I missed the "who" part

Tip: you can actually get a lot of things on eBay cheaper than on Amazon

Mr. 'C' here to tell you

trivia: for a short time, circa early 1982, comics printed on Baxter paper were said to be in "Star-Lord format"

Toshiko Akiyoshi – first piano solo Steve Kuhn – second piano solo David Izenzon – bass John Neves – bass Barry Galbraith – guitar Pete LaRoca – drums www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh6...

Dennis Jensen inking Carmine Infantino

Apparently the Punisher first met Archie Andrews in 1982. Art by Bruce Timm.

"The Silencing of the Shazam Sayer," an unpublished NATIONAL LAMPOON story from 1972. By Denny O'Neil, C.C. Beck, and Don Newton: cacb.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/s...

Cool word-stud that Jesse Diggins got into the NYT photo

Robert Wyatt, drums and vocals Photograph by Michael Soldan, 1968

Legendary live Giant Steps. If this is the one I think it is, he does it slightly slower, opening it up ever so slightly to new creative pathways, and it's unbelievable.

In other nerd news, I just read a T.M. Maple letter in which he pretends to be writing from Earth-X

new rule, we all get a credit for the past ten years

"Dormammu" by Denny Zeitlin, 1967 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYa...

People would later talk about the "Superman curse," but this newly unearthed 1951 letter from Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel— mailed with mysterious white powder—actually invokes it. Siegel sent the letter to Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz of DC as George Reeves' Superman debuted onscreen.

"I don't feel proud that I started the comic books. If I had had an inkling of the harm they would do, I would never have gone through with the idea." —Harry Wildenberg, sales manager of the Eastern Color Printing Company, 1949

"More new collectible titles than ever" —DC Comics ad in Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 1984

Nerdiest question I can come up with: are 6 7/8" x 10 1/2" backing boards supposed to fit in 6 7/8" x 10 1/2" comic bags?

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Great film with titles sequence by some of my favorite animators — John and Faith Hubley!

"Whatever you’ve been doing, keep doing more of that. And if you haven’t been doing anything, now is the best moment to start. We’re a long way from finished. But we have traction, and we’re gearing up to do the real work."

whoa, I'd totally forgotten about the days when A9 was a good search tool!

Some friends and I exhumed a lost record from the 1970s and produced it for release next week. It’s amazing. Hear the first single. open.substack.com/pub/recordlu...

Music is played for love Cruising is made for love I love it when we're cruising together

Alan Moore's Five Tips for Would-Be Comics Writers (1999)

Neal Adams, 1976

How comic book fans say "I like your work"

From 2011: www.nybooks.com/online/2011/...

I covet a spinner rack and I am not a child

But yeah, people who made art I loved & who turned out to be NOT what I thought they were--it's hard. What we can all do is make sure that those who are being hurt have the safety to come forward on their own terms. We can wrench our attention away from the abuser or enabler & help those who need it

[hippie James Murphy voice] 🎶 I was there 🎶

A few years ago I mapped the difference between John Coltrane and Jack Kirby's houses circa 1965. That's just the way I spend my time, sometimes. And now you, reader, reap the rewards.

Martin Pasko plot (phoned to me, these scanned pages from the final print plot Marty delivered to Len), my pencils (from phoned-in plot, transcribed notes by hand), Len Wein editor, SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #19 last two pages. And with these, our run with Marty Pasko concluded.

"Claremont Comics Cavalcade" by Bruce Timm, 1982

HE RENDERS ROM: "OUR PAL" SAL BUSCEMA

This is airing (and streaming) right now on WKCR. www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/p...

Bucky Wilkin Contemplates the Universe

please reduce your twitter energy

"I didn't ask for Santana Abraxas, I didn't listen to Santana Abraxas, I didn't do anything"