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‘Dispatched’ #1 puts a fun twist on the standard action movie @ignitionpress.bsky.social @bclaymoore.bsky.social #comicsky Out this week, read @cjwritesstuff.bsky.social's review:

Here’s a quick peek at Dispatched #1 from @ignitionpress.bsky.social that comes out this week! W: @bclaymoore.bsky.social A: @danielgete.bsky.social #dispatched #ignitionpress #comicbooks

#NCBD Quick Pick: Break out your duct tape and Swiss Army knife! MacGyver meets Die Hard in this new delivery from @bclaymoore.bsky.social and @danielgete.bsky.social.

Somehow Donald Trump turned a bad day for U.S. soccer into one of the most embarrassing days in the history of U.S. sports, and crushed the good vibes around a great tournament. Nice work, asshole.

And sometimes he scores winning goals! I was just telling my kid they need to sub him in because he just makes shit happen.

I love Mikel Merino. He does so many almost imperceptible things that win games.

We've got a game at the Azteca! I love Mexico. But England is my team. What a game now.

Rice to Saka to ....

THIS. This is why younger voters are disengaged and now rushing toward Democratic Socialism. Nothing will ever change under the current system. It's all just tweaking a broken system in an effort not to bite the hands that feed every mainstream politician. Democrats need to start paying attention.

I just can't anymore with Haaland. What do you do? Norway is built to feed him, and when he's fed, he eats. His second goal today was insane. As an Arsenal fan, it just makes me excited for the EPL season upcoming.

My daughter got back to her Denver apartment after watching fireworks, and her neighbors were busy blowing more stuff up. I love the way my kid enjoys any experiences. She Snapchats me and her brothers as she explores life, and her laughter at things she finds always lifts me. Make cool kids.

A cool thing about having a father who's spent his life investing in people is spending the 4th with him and chatting with the former mayor of Dodge City and with a former member of the Kansas Supreme Court (both women) about the state of things, but also about the date I have lined up next week.

I played on an intermural college football team with about 9 dudes. Two are doing life for murder. One shot someone at a stoplight while pretending to jog. One strangled his girlfriend with a fan cord. I have to think 20% is above the average rate for convicted killers on intermural football teams.

Do you know how often I have conversations like this with women I'm close to? D: I ran into xxx xxxxx last weekend. That guy is disgusting Me: Yes, he is. was he disgusting to you? D: Yes, he was doing that weird creepy guy thing where they look you up and down and smile it made me feel violent

All-time classic BlueSky.

I think I've watched this 25 times. 😂

new metaphor just dropped

ALL TIME GREAT WORLD CUP TIE ALERT

Come on, fates. One time for Cape Verde.

Messi is inevitable

This was the guy announcing Texas was forcing Bible verses on kids. There is no way that's all that he's forced on kids.

B. Clay Moore scratches the itch for a Die Hard feeling comic with explosive action, but it's the struggles with PTSD that really rounds out the story, along with Daniel Gete's fantastic artwork. Review: capestights.com/20l @bclaymoore.bsky.social @danielgete.bsky.social @ignitionpress.bsky.social

Ronaldo is such a dick. Really.

This was nice to wake up to!

Remember when they pretended to be outraged over Hunter Biden?

The only correct answer is Monopoly.

Stephen Miller's comment about not allowing people from cultures that "couldn't invent the wheel" pissed me off even more than his normal Nazi vomit. I'm a white dude. No apologies. But I'm also hyper aware that the vast majority of "American culture" was originated by black and Jewish Americans.

This World Cup has been amazing, in any event. The knockout rounds somehow topping the group rounds.

Better not see MAGA celebrating U.S. soccer success, since our leading scorer is only on the team thanks to his Birthright Citizenship, having been born here by accident thanks to his Nigerian parents visiting New York.

Watching the trailer with my son (who was, of course, raised on Minions), I sensed this vibe, do love seeing this mini review. Am I really thinking about a trip to the theater for a new Minions movie? I think I am!

Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.

I finally decided to wear something patriotic for the 4th.

I still struggle to root for the US men's team, mainly because I'm so invested in players from other teams, and, you know. But any U.S. fans should thank heaven that Flo Balogun opted to play for us, after being accidentally born here.

Harry Kane.

Dunno know how my man didn't cook in the coat/bag outfit. Maybe he figured something out with the box hat, but it was hot and humid as hell today. He was reading some old Dark Horse ALIENS comics, and was quite polite. Not sure how he wandered out to Western Shawnee, though.

I have never seen more misses in penalty shootouts than the last two games. The pressure has to be insane.

Oh, that’s right… this came out this week!

When Brian's right, he's right.

Social Media Rules I'm clinging to: Delete Threads and never return. Always list pronouns when possible. It freaks out the idiots. Stop reading comments on posts and reels. Unless the comments are all from black women. Don't engage with angry white dudes who scream at everyone they fear.

You could never accuse the Rolling Stones of not engaging in crass commercialism.

Instagram I'm fine with. I keep X on my phone for when my kid sends me sports links. But I just deleted the Threads app and couldn't be happier. What an absolute cesspool of fake accounts, bots and foreign accounts designed to engage people endlessly. Dangerous garbage.

I must be immune to strokes, because my head literally just popped off from stress, rolled down the stairs and out the front door, but I'm still breathing.

Once upon a time I was whining to Darwyn Cooke about Dan Didio bullshitting me on projects, and Darwyn said, "Hey, man. I'm in the same boat. The only thing Dan wants to see from me is New Frontier part two." Which is a reminder that corporate comics are not where creativity flourishes. Ever.

Why aren't more people talking about Trump bragging that you wouldn't be able to cut the reflecting pool with a knife? That's how his brain works. He bragged that the thing was too tough for knives, and then when his own incompetence led to disaster, his gerbil brain reached back and found "knife."

Do not draw your comic's inspirations solely from other comics. Speaking as an editor with a slush pile: It's incredibly obvious when a comic creator is clearly only reading/absorbing/remixing other comics. It's not good.

I started this channel on a whim a month ago as a way to decompress and kill time when my mind wanders. I edited a couple of old broadcasts and posted them. Now I kind of feel like I need to see where it could go.

I'm not sure anyone lives up to hype the way Messi does. My God.