I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown

As someone who has worked with social media for 10+ years, I think social media is broadly bad and harmful to everyone. As a parent, I'd be reluctant to let my son on most platforms without extreme caveats. A teen ban doesn't solve any issue I have. It's a pretend solution.

Tumblr with another banger

Skulduggery Pleasant by @dereklandy.bsky.social. And like, I get why it might be hard to do but I think it's such a strong and sellable premise, and it already reads like a movie. I'm baffled it hasn't been adapted. I mean just look at this cover and tell me you wouldn't watch this!

Was on the fence about this movie, but this short video has convinced me.

My current favourite YouTube genre is @tomska.bsky.social slowly losing his mind as he is forced to watch dozens of meme movies.

Hastings museum had an LGBT history exhibit and there was a bit on a trans guy and a cis woman who married in 1954 that I found moving

Michelangelo! No! Get out of there! Some shit’s about to start.

Anthony Stewart Head will always be a real one for this. RIP www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...

The REAL unpopular opinion is: One More Day is absolutely in character for Peter Parker, who regularly sacrifices his happiness for others and absolutely would not make rational decisions around the death of May.

There should be a push towards more digital comics. That you can't log into Marvel Unlimited and subscribe to a series that you want to read, and then it just debits you and downloads the latest issue when it drops, is a massive failing for comics.

impossible power levels as a poster. this man has so much talent it's hard to even comprehend

Artist! Quote with your fanart!

Sure, Harlan Ellison goes in on Don Heck, but Gary Groth is the one who, when Ellison is struggling to think of "the worst artist in the field", is like "I know who you're talking about, it's Don Heck!"

It is NEVER a bad idea to include a shitty little doodle in your scripts I did it recently for an unannounced project several times and also SYTI #2 And my personal favorite, on the Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special with @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social

“I don’t want to play a woman in a video game, I want to go frame-by-frame in a trailer to find the worst looking shots of her and then whine like a dog that can’t find its tennis ball”

My week-old Instagram account just got nuked for...something? It apparently broke community guidelines but, like, they're not going to give me any clue as to which ones.

The subtitles didn't get the name right, but at least Zach sung the name correctly.

A classic Spider-Man moment from Iron Man #6 by Joshua Williamson & Juann Cabal.

The latest Amazing Spider-Man issue has some really interesting beats, especially seeing more of Kintsugi and the burning house from Peter's past. It has some very muddy beats, like whatever happened with his powers. But boy, what a way to end it! Very excited to learn more.

A much smaller crime comparatively but when we had our storage area broken into, my husband called the police to report it and was told "what do you want us to do about it?!" Can't even be sympathetic with a burglary.

I think they just wanted to hang out with Jack Quaid.

I will probably get Wolverine at some point, but man, every trailer for it just seems to be Wolverine slicing up a bunch of people in the most bloody way possible in a way that seems very samey and very easy to do. There's gotta be more, right?

Quite a lot of people asking who did this study and when.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR. CLOSE THE VOTING, IT’S A WRAP.

Agree with Lillard here but it's shitty to add Chris Pratt to make it look like a quote about him (who found his fame, in part, by voice-acting). Lots of reasons to not like Pratt but people pretend he was the only famous voice in Mario or that Bill Murray playing Garfield is different somehow.

I suspect someone smarter than me has already said it, but if people genuinely think AI is sentient, then they'd be putting laws into place to protect the sentient being. That no-one is even considering that should be proof enough that they're lying.

The downside to being back on Instagram is coming in contact with so many bad media takes. No, that actor didn't improvise that iconic moment. No, the first episode of Supernatural is not the "greatest character introduction of all time". No, Hughie isn't just "Starlight's boyfriend", he's the lead.

So woke he won't even let our children sleep!

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I asked a silly little lettering question, and Clayton gave SUCH a long and detailed answer about gradients in narration boxes. What a treat to start the week!

Starting Pride month with the thought that, despite being bisexual and despite being married to a trans man, I don't feel queer enough to count as queer. Like, I'll see a request for story submissions from queer authors and go "oh not me". I guess I need to reframe who I am to me.

You want to know what comics are coming out in June that feature Spider-Man or his cast (and also like The Punisher a lot?) Then boy do I have the video for you! youtu.be/OJrsGW885P4?...

💜 how to train your dragon 💜

Lot of people in the quotes giving perfect comics, but really, in the context of the GIF, it's what comic do you openly praise as perfect despite having never read it and privately loathing it to the point of getting someone fired.

From Marvel Team-Up #147

Interesting thing: even his analogy is wrong. Animating with AI is not like "having sex and then they hand you a baby" — it's like they hand you an adult that you had no hand in raising, no chance of influencing, no way to steering towards becoming a worthwhile human being. It's empty. Meaningless.

Got a chance to read a draft of this video. My main feedback was "Spider-Man videos are my thing, stay in your goddamn lane!" but also, despite that, it's a very good video and an interesting idea.

oh no I've reached the "celebrities sound like made-up words" age

Rewatching episode one of The Boys because I watched season one so long ago and I should watch the whole thing now it's out. The pilot is so goddamn good! The tone-setting and the character building is perfect.

Found a chrome extension to hide recommended posts from Instagram and only show me people who I follow. And that's...much better. Anyway, I'm on Instagram now.

Starbucks done EFFED up in Korea. Bad. May 18th just passed, Democratic Movement Day, when rose up after the military dictatorship sent tanks to mass-murder citizens. Some inappropriately call it "Tank Day." Starbucks commemorated Tank Day with a sale on tank tumblers. It gets much worse...

On a related point, logging the credits for all of Spider-Girl and Ultimate Spider-Man has shown me how little those core creative teams changed over 100+ issue runs. I'm curious why we don't see that anymore. Were Bagley, Olliffe and Frenz just exceptional workhorses or has something changed?

Starting 2004 in my big Spidey read, and Bendis and Bagley just casually launching The Pulse -- while also working on Ultimate Spider-Man -- is a real power move. How was Bagley working so quickly and at such a high level?!

I feel like the photographer could have gotten a little closer tbh

Fun behind-the-scenes detail: all of my videos secretly have this "laser pink" background behind every image, mostly because it's bright enough for me to check that the comic panels are covering it completely.

Me, searching on Bluesky to see if anyone is talking about MCM, the comic conversion: "Ohhhh, MCM means something VERY different to a different community!"

Talk to your children. I'm tired of doing the school run and walking past parent after parent just walking silently with their kids. Not only does talking help them develop, but also kids are super interesting and see the world in new and exciting ways.

The idea for this scene was multi-sensory overload but when it’s comics you‘ve only got visual to work with. I did my best.