Amazon says, Dark Star Sunflower is frequently bought together with Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin, which is good company to be in. Good company to be in -- written in 1820, it's an absolutely wild gothic 'deal with the devil' novel admired by Balzac, Poe, Baudelaire...

Iggy Pop, at the Seneca Field House in Toronto in March of 1977. The opening act was BLONDIE.

'Branch of Flowers' by Henri Matisse, from 1906, and a closeup:

In Tristia Book 4 Ovid wrote "the oak scorched by Jove's bolt often sprouts green." J M W Turner painted 'Ovid Banished from Rome' in 1838.

When Twitter was still Twitter, Darrell Epp, myself, and a few other guys always had a lot of fun talking about comics, movies, and art. Darrell is a great poet, and he wrote to me today that he has a new book out. Highly recommended! @darrellepp.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Dark-Star-Su...

"The last gasp of a dying star..." Wild Star Trek cover from 1975 by Alberto Giolitti:

A gorgeous page of Don Heck art from Avengers 33:

A poem, by me: thegorkogazette.com/2025/08/19/v...

A new five-star review for Alien Phonics Primer just popped up. Brady says "the funny parts are funny and the sad parts are sad, what more could you ask for?" www.amazon.com/Alien-Phonic...

Dick Tracy fashion show in the September 20, 1940 Chicago Sunday Tribune:

Willa Cather: They will regret that they heeded her so little; but they, too, will look into the eager, unseeing eyes of young people and feel themselves alone. They will say to themselves: "I was heartless, because I was young and strong and wanted things so much. But now I know."

Carmine Infantino art from Flash 319:

Don Heck art from Flash 284.

Happy to report that my poem 'That's Not a Pinata, That's a Hornet's Nest' will be appearing in the Best Canadian Poetry 2026 anthology, published in November by Biblioasis. Info at the link. digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/best-canad...

Seneca: "Everywhere means nowhere."

first lines of Hug the Panda in Permanent Smoke @darrellepp.bsky.social #poetrysunday

"What If We Stopped Allowing Our Technologies To Dictate Our Thoughts And Our Days?" I did an interview about Alien Phonics Primer with someone who really gets it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1F5...

"Who's your favourite Avenger?" Avenger artist Don Heck: "I can hardly remember who they were..."

J MW Turner (1775-1851): 'Christ Church Gate, Canterbury.' Watercolour.

Here’s a book I recommend, by my friend Darrell.

Alien Phonics Primer is on sale now: www.amazon.com/Alien-Phonic...

Hi Bluesky Friends — Have a Piero della Francesca essay in The Smart Set w many painting links. Thx Noelle Canty for editing & Erica Zelinger, publishing editor, for comments & Estelle Guillot for illustrations. www.thesmartset.com/circle-of-an...

This interview was a lot of fun. I was supposed to be pushing my book Permanent Smoke, wound up talking about the power and the glory of Borgnine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pcp...