I named my fists Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because nobody can tell them apart, and whether they mean to or not, they’re trying to get me killed.

I named my fists Truth and Justice because, sadly, that's the American way

Hey, your Hoopla borrows roll over tomorrow so why not grab some comics tonight? If nothing else grab this issue of Savage Sword—Liam Sharp does a jaw-droppingly good Conan story that totally recaptured the heyday of the old black and white mag. Soooooo good.

As a dude who is irrationally obsessed with Kowloon City, it was amazing to see this real life sequel. This was a really great and informative watch: youtube.com/watch?v=fo14...

Wow, to think I was once so young i was excited to read John Byrne comics. Even wilder, these books got the sauce! Byrne’s arrogant “here’s a stick of gum, lemme show you how to chew it” approach means he’s gonna show you what a good Phantom Stranger story is…and it’s gonna be entertaining!

If you eat a turdurken do you, in fact, become the outer layer of a huturdurken?

This is the big one for me. If you absolutely cannot afford the book, GO TO THE LIBRARY. You still get it for free, but in a way that still *matters* to publishers. The libraries are one of the few socialist projects we still have. USE THEM.

Any random Jaime Hernandez page is a masterclass in composition and comics storytelling. I don't know that he's ever drawn a just-okay panel, ever.

You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.

Finding out Marvel is kickstarting one of their books is like seeing an HMO run a gofundme.

Ok, the Nuzzi thing is...actually pretty important? It codifies a lot of how our media has worked for the last few decades--which is to say, in an exculpatory role. If the writer affects the correct tone, they are exculpated for their entwinement with the mechanisms of power. 1/2

Trump Speech is endlessly fascinating to me — when you hear audio of him you can sort of parse what he's saying, follow along with his cadence, but when you transcribe the actual words it's this unintelligible goop. It's like trying to drink the cold Pepsi syrup out of the back of the machine

Last night’s edible pretty much kicked me through a wall and I’m thankful for it.

“Advertising is the graffiti of the rich” is gonna stay with me

Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.

internet is crazy

Finally, some good news!

Did they announce what the cash prize is for being the shittiest person of 2025? It must be a lot because the field is thick. (Hats off to this strong showing from Tara Simmons, though!)

Today is the birthday of artist Dave Cockrum (Nov. 11, 1943-Nov. 26, 2006). Creator or cocreator of Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird, Wildfire, Mystique, the Starjammers, the Imperial Guard, Magik, & much more!

I think the Pelosis have enjoyed more than enough insider trading, thank you.

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.

I think it would be helpful today to remember the No. 1 rule of American political punditry: Nothing can *ever* be a good development for the Democratic Party.

i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up

I knew more going in about Weapons than I did about Barbarian but I still went in pretty cold and man what a great movie.

Late stage capitalism:

isn't it great how twitter wasn't the real world when people there said left wing things, but it's the soul of the people now they're all nazis

Israel getting U.S. cooperation on genocide and then throwing the U.S. under the bus for responsibility would be funny if it weren’t for all the thousands of murdered innocents

Almost too nervous about this to be optimistic? But man, if they land it, it’ll be glorious.

The fact the new iPad iteration of the MangaPlus app can’t display all of Sunday’s titles is somehow both shocking and deeply unsurprising. What I want to know is, did Shuiesha test and didn’t care, or did they not even bother to test?

Cameron Crowe tells a story about offering Fast Times at Ridgemont High to David Lynch, and I’m not saying Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is Lynch’s version of Fast Times… But I’m also *not* not saying that?

Jack FREAKING Kirby

Ever miss how awesome Deadline magazine was? How about A1? Well good news! You can back the all-new combo of both on Kickstarter! Contribute to a brand new era of some of the best comics, art, and interviews that British comics has to offer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

Ya know, when the whole Akira Yoshida thing came out, and C.B. Cebulski said he’d turned a new page, i didn’t think he meant “yeah, we’ll put that shit on Hoopla so i get royalties from library audiences who don’t know the shameful history of the title and we sure as shit won’t tell them.”

I think Dracula could defeat Frankenstein but I don’t think Count Chocula could defeat Frankenberry and that speaks to the richness of the characters

"Lead poisoning is good actually." has now hit the mainstream abcnews.go.com/Health/ancie...

Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

I kinda want to deny it but Milk-Eyed Mender is at least a top ten album for me. Possibly top five?

Hats off to pal Jarett Kobek, striking a blow for library science: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors." Because they know international governments won't do anything.

Also Wolverine should have anal musk glands.

www.reddit.com/r/horrorlit/... I have an AMA on r/horrorlit tomorrow. If you're a redditor, come see me. Mostly it is to promote 120 MURDERS. Would also be pleased to find a reason to talk about Kalivas! or anything else you'd like to ask me.

even if you arent a vegetarian you should be talking about beef and hog farms in the same tone as data centers. not to mention that food chains entirely built around industrial meat production in the us and canada also create food deserts and keep poor communities in malnutrition

Why can’t I get paid to listen to the rain? It feels like the most important thing I could be doing right now.

Exciting times here at Bluesky over these last few weeks. Stay tuned tomorrow to see who is transitioning next. It might be you!

And this isn’t to say we can’t have rich people, because I think it’s okay for people to want to strive for something, but after a certain point it has to be enough. You have to bring everyone else along with you.

Just make it Columbo's Day instead. You just have to draw a line at the top of the u to turn it into an o, and add in the apostrophe.