Got comics, jellybeans, and Beatles socks for Christmas! :)

Happy Christmas my dears. Hope you all have a great day. X

Happy Christmas my dears. Hope you all have a great day. X

I hope everyone's had their Christmas Posset.

If you'll forgive me a fanboy whinge on Xmas Eve, I'm going to vent about the thing that winds me up the most about that Avengers: Doomsday trailer & the way Marvel seem to be desperately embracing nostalgic references & cameos over story... 1/

Tonight I'd like to be visited by three ghosts who tell me I'm no worse than anyone else and I should give myself a break.

On December 21, 1968, the Apollo 8 crew launches on the first manned mission to the moon. On December 29, 1968, NASA releases the first photographs of the entire Earth. Among "Earthrise" taken by Bill Anders on December 24, 1968. contactlight.de forallmankind.de

In The Will of Doom, out from Marvel today, Keir Starmer is replaced by a Doombot - a soulless being that is only capable of carrying out what it believes to be the wishes of a twisted, hate-filled nationalist.

I'm reading the latest chapters of DCKO and it just occurred to me, I wonder if @ssnyder1835.bsky.social originally conceived this as a pitch for a new DC vs Marvel series? That would have been great (but I'm enjoying it very much regardless).

Merry Christmas Dennis, the court orders that Gnasher be seized and destroyed pursuant to section 4(1)(a) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

Just looked up this Beano front & back cover from 1987 because me & @madeley.bsky.social found it hilarious back then and memorised the song. But...er... it's actually kinda horrible & upsetting.

"Oo remembers Steve Rogers, ey?"

Everything I've heard about Avengers: Doomsday so far sounds like fan theories that are too crap to resemble anything that actually happens in the film, except it is all apparently what is going to happen in the film.

Some new pics of Mars from ESA's Mars Express have been processed by @andrealuck.bsky.social, including this one showing its moon Phobos hanging in space over the planet surface. It's absurdly sci-fi looking, so I added a Star Destroyer and 80s starfield.

Got myself a Xmas Present. I had been led to believe by several indignant, red faced old men on Facebook that the "woke BBC" had banned us all from watching it ever again, so imagine my shock and surprise when all I had to do was buy the DVD. Can't believe tedious online culture warriors lied to me.

Thinking of the Christmas Around the World play my school put on when I was in Year 6. My class was Mexico, which involved us hitting a piñata and singing a song about Santa wearing a sombrero & giving presents to the bambinos and muchachos. I don't think the teacher had done very much research.

Gonna sit back and enjoy some classic DC Comics movies, like Miss Sloane, In the Loop, and The Post. Thanks Google AI!

You wouldn't think it would be possible for a man with no chin to have a glass jaw, and yet...

As well as The Swimmer I watched Local Hero today and was very jealous of Burt Lancaster having an office with its own starball.

A late entry in the top 10 movies I watched for the first time in 2025 - The Swimmer. I loved this so much. boxd.it/c9Du6D

It’s the 55th anniversary today of Elvis whacked-out-on-anything-he-could-get-his-‘doctor’-to-‘prescribe’ Presley meeting Richard ‘Honest’ Nixon in order to help in the latter’s anti-drug war, add to his police badge collection, and have a pop at the Beatles... 🧵

In our worldwide search for Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow, Lars Eidinger rose to the top. Welcome to the DCU, Lars.

Old Grey Whistle Test Johnny from a half century ago ✌️ youtu.be/lkLXcQTusUw?... #chansondujour

Trump goes to the trouble of posing for several photos with Epstein, partying with him at Mar-a-Lago, giving him a big novelty cheque for $22500, flying on his plane, & writing him a saucy birthday note, & Epstein couldn't be bothered to mention Trump once in any of his documents. Some friend!

Watching the best ever Christmas film.

Just finished my last day of work until 5th Jan!

Can't believe our country's greatest living children's author would do this.

The weird thing about this is that Superman's son will have to go through puberty all over again. You might argue that this time he gets to spend his puberty not trapped in an active volcano, but I reckon being trapped in an active volcano would be a welcome distraction from the horrors of puberty.

It looks like Dan Slott will be de-ageing Jon Kent in Superman Unlimited #11. I really like teen Jon, but I like younger Jon too, so it's fine. But there are some obnoxious fans online who have whinged non-stop since they aged him up, & it's a little bit annoying seeing them get what they want.

This is great news, I couldn't imagine a more perfect writer than @ryannorth.ca to write the Flash. www.comicsbeat.com/the-flash-ne...

The Bat-man: Second Knight #2 has Golden Age Superman in it, jumping about the place and snapping guns in half like a boss. I feel I should make @madeley.bsky.social aware of this.

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum is such a great series, & it's got one of the weirdest (but best) endings to a Superman story I've ever read. I feel like ten years ago DC wouldn't have allowed one of their main characters to appear in such an offbeat story, but I'm so glad they are now.

What's even the point of trying to read an article from the Independent? "Swipe for next article" I'm trying to read this one and YOU'RE IN THE WAY!

I'd just like to draw your attention to this really quite superb cover to ABC Film Review, Dec 1960. Hancock gearing up for the release of "The Rebel" in March 1961, I assume.

The media is constantly trying to push the angle that young people, particularly young men, are about to go, if not already going, fascist and young folk refute that every time at every juncture. I've got more time for them than any other demographic by a full country mile.

I haven't watched any original series Star Trek for a few years so yesterday I forked out for Paramount & watched What Are Little Girls Made Of. I'd forgotten how much I love TOS. Which one should I watch tonight?

Just been informed that the Planetarium I work in can be glimpsed in Russell Tovey vs the Sexy Fish (it's the big silver ball just peeking into the left of this image) so I'm going to have to watch it now.

A thread of the best comics that I read for the first time this year...

Hello new followers! I'm a Welshman who lives in England. I write shows & train presenters for a Planetarium. I post about Superman comics a lot. Hopefully none of that puts you off.

That's why on the rare occasions he is seen, collapsing the waveform, he turns to the child winks and says sshhhh before popping back up yhe chimney... Thus preventing extra observers from joining and allowing him to reestablish the wavefront

A friend on Facebook has just reminded me of the time I did the maths and worked out that Santa's life is a living hell.

"Bluesky is an echo chamber." "Bluesky doesn't have enough reach" "Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right" I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.

Stop talking about American things and let's read my review of the best film ever made. boxd.it/c3fn0V

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