Did minor edits on our example #Lunacid player character. It's one of those profiles where I feel I should make the character more colourful and engaging. But all the weight is already in magic-and-setting material for #TTRPG use. So doing that would result in an overlong article. So I don't.

Refurbished the character profile for Rafael of the #TMNT. The unhinged one with the sai. Our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles material is about the earliest days. As a B&W indie Mirage #Comics book. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, powers, biography, etc.. - but not too long since the team profile exists.

Our thrice-a-year "state of the website" and call for donation soapbox address is up. Even if you don't have any moolah to donate, you can still read it for a few thoughts about running a primarily-text-based indie website in this day and age. (Only a few, to accommodate for people reading less).

OK, comics hive mind: Apart from the big news sites, who are your favorite People Who Know Things for comics? Used to be, bloggers ran the world. I'm coming out of a ten-year burnout, and most of my old list of people who belong on press release lists are not in the game anymore. Who ya got?

While I focus my formidable psychic powers on keeping my sutured cheek closed, here's a 3 minute 2017 drumming demo/covers sequence by Aussie percussionist Tim Commandeur. My drumming expertise is at the "lol it goes poom chack poom, that's awesome" level. But I liked it.

I know that we have a small Native readership, and our readers likely are more interested in writing than most, so let's repost just in case.

Old man's face now sewn shut. So I can return to working on what truly matters in life. Such as forgotten, mediocre Silver Age Green Arrow villains who fought Black Canary that one time.

Nice overview of Tatjana Wood's life and career in the Times. (Free without a subscription.) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Late 1970s Black Canary research is progressing well. But there'll be a small delay. Since if I don't write up some of the obscure, fairly bad villains she fights, I'll never write them up. So it's not a bad delay, but it's a delay.

Kay, ya, everything is bad. But I've recently discovered that my usual German supplier of minimally-processed, sustainable food also -- somehow -- sells spicy rice crackers.

Added our first chronological profile for Marvel #Comics' #Wolverine. This short article only covers his earliest #Hulk appearances. Since as soon as he joins the #X-Men, the concept undergoes significant changes. Pics, #TTRPG stats, powers, biography, characterisation, etc. - our canuck usual.

I've played enough WoDraenor and Outland (original timeline) in WoW that I have a character concept with enough good hooks. And a decent mix of (some) original lore and exploration of aspects of the setting. Of course, I can't know whether she'll truly work before I've written her up. (1/2)

I'm putting my #WoW account on hold for a few months. I'm generally patient, but the months-long 1/day crafting grinds in Warlords of Draenor just exceeded my patience. So I need a break from my WoW breaks, as they've become WoW chores. (1/2)

Added a small bonus to the Shotgun Blast packaged Power, which now can lower Flight-based OVs by 1 AP. It's tiny, and previously would have mostly been useful for duck hunts. But now that buckshot is emerging as a good asset for light infantry when it comes to defence against light attack drones...

New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident #1 is going back to press! Second Printing details and cover art will follow. Thanks to retailers and readers for the support!

The second third of our #TTRPG-centric article about #Bioware's #Anthem #videogame is up. This part discusses the setting some more, the situation as the story starts, bits about the sample character, factions, and an example heavy power armour suit. www.writeups.org/anthem-video...

Amusingly, the hospital I've been referred to for a quick surgery seems to be a semi-upscale clinic. With this specific service usually seeing middle-aged affluent ladies for... whatever age-erasing cosmetic treatments it is they need, ain't none of my business. (1/3)

While I'm prepping some bandages, me brain has decided that it was REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT to have a flashback to Digable Planets' "Rebirth of Slick" (1993). This was one of the high points of early 1990s jazz rap. With Art Blakey samples, strong vocal flow chops, and generally being sharp AF.

Leaving to get some trivial surgery. It should fix the specific health issue that has been slowing me down for two weeks. Unless some other shit comes up, I'll then be able to start scoping the Black Canary 1976-1986 research I previously mentioned. Years are tentative since research hasn't begun.

What she said. We're not hit as hard as this animé site. But the ceaseless scraping is hammering us all, and we have to pay for stronger hosting. Which is bound to rise in price - and cannot suffice anyway. I'll eventually have no choice but to go with Cloudflare, as they do.

Refurbished the profile for DC #Comics' Silver Deer, an obscure 1980s #Firestorm villain. Magical shapeshifting Cherokee communist terrorist. "Wait", you say. "Isn't @onceuponageek.bsky.social the only person interested in old Firestorm baddies?". Yeah, prolly. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography...

Next we continue to refurbish our character profiles for the 1980s, Mirage #Comics, indie B&W version of the #TMNT Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This time around it's Donatello. The bo staff one. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, skills, biography, quotes, etc. - our beshelled usual.

Various retailers have reported that the distributor HAS RUN OUT OF COPIES. If you want NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT and your comic book shop is out... ...ASK THEM TO REORDER!!

Added the second half of our Fire*Wolf character profile, about a protagonist from a series of 1980s #gamebooks. Not a subject that'll draw a massive readership, but it's interesting. And if I wanted massive traffic I'd do racist IA porn gambling far-right short videos about soccer players.

FWIW I reached similar conclusions to this RPS contributor's some years back. For listening to stuff on a PC, IEMs can be a choice with an impressive price-to-sound-quality ratio.

Refurbished our enormous article/tool about not-conversions between the #DCHeroes and #MutantsAndMasterminds #TTRPG. That this highly technical document gets so much traffic suggests that people *are* turning DCH writeups into M&M ones. Which is neat. It's like impact journalism, but with RPGs.

Most of my stuff is on sale in the Smashwords ReadAnEBookWeek promotion, and some are available for free. www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

I have a profile wot uses this fav-of-mine Alphawezen tune as a soundtrack. But it's been stuck in the equivalent of development hell for years. Downtempo, early 2000s euro-ambient electronica. A soft, atmospheric piece that somehow has a strong, memorable personality.

Had to redo the bandage covering a good chunk of my face and, yeah. It certainly looks like it was done by a disabled person with shot proprioception and trembling hands. Oh well. Only two more days until surgery. And at least I'm in a country with less monstrous healthcare.

I randomly saw that YouTube removed the antiquated Shonentai music video I liked, and used in my character profile for DC #Comics' Katana (Yamashiro Tatsu) during the 1980s. So I replaced it & did minor edits. IMO this article is fairly good, even in hindsight. Lotsa context and #TTRPG notes too.

Having a slight flashback to an old Popa Chubby song. He's one of those US musicians who found a public in France, but doesn't seem to have sold much back home. Which is often a good sign. Unless you're their banker. High-energy, bouncy, driven blues-rock.

Having to open a .jpg file in Paint because Photoshop couldn't possibly handle such a demanding task remains funny. But it shouldn't.

As a reminder we got a fairly large #GrimDawn article. Though of course it explores things more in terms of setting, story, and #TTRPG use than in vidjagame terms. And includes a sample character, who IMO hits the spot.

Refurbished our profile for DC #Comics' original Crime Doctor. The 1943 #Batman enemy. He had a lil' something. Perhaps he could have become a classic bat-foe with some changes... But he didn't. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, skills, gear, biography, personality, quotes... our accurately-diagnosed usual

Did you know that Wolverine is mentioned in 5% of writeups dot org entry ? I certainly am now. Since I'm redoing all the hyperlinks to correctly lead readers into the proper chronological sequence. (I've had bad experiences with WordPress search-&-replace, so I'm doing it by hand out of caution).

For Dwayne, Denys, Derek, Michael, and Priest. We poured our hearts & souls onto these pages. Dreams may sometimes be deferred. But they never die. You cannot destroy an idea. New History of the DCU: The Dakota Incident is out NOW. If you're not there, you just won't get it.

Refurbished the character profile for Eric (or maybe Erik). He appeared in the Kim Possible #animated feature So The Drama, which was fairly big during the 2000s. This article spoils everything, though. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, powers, quotes, "biography"... our dramatic elite teenage usual.

There's this guy falling from the 25th floor. As he plummets past each floor, people hear him repeat "So far, so good. So far, so good. So far, so good". But what matters isn't the falling. It's the landing. (La Haine, 1995)

Refurbished the profile for Michelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The nunchakus one. Like the rest of our #TMNT profiles, it's the version in the 1980s indie B&W Mirage #Comics. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, powers, quotes, characterisation... our pre-cowabunga usual.

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I could easily see this finishing us off, yeah. Along with most other surviving non-commercial web sites. Which would be coherent, in a way. For years, a large part of the load increasing our hosting needs has been AI crawlers.

Refurbished our notes to convert between the Tri-Stats #TTRPG system (chiefly relevant to us back then for the Silver Age Sentinels game) and the #DCHeroes TTRPG systems. They cover the basics, and now they look better than before. Unlike me.

The recurrent experience of looking for an older piece of character art I like because my version is too low-res and I want to upgrade it... ... only to discover that the version on writeups dot org is the least bad one known to Google Images.

Refurbished one of our home-made #TTRPG characters who once took part in an Halloween blorbo creation contest. The strange story of Athrach, a six-dimensional prince smushed into a mere 3.5 dimensional being by vengeful alien gods. Probabilities-manipulation powers.

Just ran into a trio of old entries for major comics characters. These articles slowly get replaced by better, more era-specific ones. So I can't in good conscience refurbish the oldest ones without advancing by one article the series replacing them. Guess I know what I'm doing this week, eh ?

I'm not terribly good at sculpting character portraits in Unreal. But when, after a lot of swearing it finally gels and I see somebody who could be the person who's in my mind's eye... then it's nice.

"It's a picture I used recently, I'll just scroll down and find it", I naïvely mutter because I evidently do not understand how many illustrations are on my own website.

Bill Mantlo's daughter would like everyone to note his new P.O. Box, as they appreciate all letters, and the old one will soon be inactive: Bill Mantlo 486 Broadway #235 Monticello, NY 12701 Send only letters and drawings, never money or gifts, as he has everything he needs. Thank Bill if you can!

Added the first half of a character profile for Fire*Wolf, from a 1980s #gamebook (but not the #FightingFantasy ones). At first he seems to be a typical young barbarian hothead. Then he doesn't. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, skills, adventures, demon sword, etc. - our demon-spawned usual.

Refurbished the character profile for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' mentor, Splinter. Like the rest of our #TMNT material so far, this only covers the early, indie, B&W Mirage #Comics era. Pictures, #TTRPG stats, biography, skills, characterisation, etc. - our sewer-dwelling usual.