I note that today’s @al-ewing.bsky.social -written comics contain both a line about a $50,000 bribe and a line about a military guy getting in trouble because of his hair. There is some alarming prescience happening there.

INDELIBLE OBLOQUY

view from the crime ravaged war zone, where we are currently facing terrible problems like “what can we do with all these delicious ripe figs”

Headcanon: the Velvet Underground's "Guess I'm Falling in Love" is the same song as the Rutles' "I Must Be in Love." www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DB...

Okay, it’s time to sell some sets of comics! Message or reply or email me if you want any of these. U.S. only; shipping is included if you get at least $50 worth. Reader sets, meaning some are pretty beaten up. I ❤️ readers. HERE WE GO.

I'm going to be listing some more cheap sets of interesting older comics (from the '70s to the '10s) for sale soon, but if there's anything you might particularly want, drop me an email or PM. Lots of mutants, Vertigo, Morrison, Gillen, etc.

“Oh, are we playing the game where we pretend you’re arguing in good faith? Not my favorite, but sure, I’d be up for a quick round.”

challenge for the day: when something you really like happens in mainstream comics, remember to refer to it as "editorially mandated"

Having gone away for a few weeks means a GIGANTIC pile of periodical comics to catch up on. Let’s see what we’ve got…

There's definitely an Ultimate Nullifier in the Marvel Adventures universe, and Marvel Adventures: The Avengers (2006) #26 includes the hilarious scene in which it appears:

John Beekman joining Fly Ashtray on stage at Dromfest to sing a Michael Anzalone song is so 250% my thing. The NYC indie-rock equivalent of, say, Bob Welch jumping up on stage with Fleetwood Mac to sing "The Green Manalishi." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Skw...

I really want there to be a Nancy pinball machine just so it can say “SLUGGO IS LIT”

This is ENORMOUSLY interesting if you liked Andor!

Nasal saline gel, check. Ten copies of X-Force #75, check. Iridescent metallic T-shirt, check. 25 USB drives shaped like direwolves, check. Cucumber-lime Gatorade, check. Innumerable carabiners, check. Bag balm, check. 12-inch lag screws, check. Spork multitool, check...

Today in "bad ideas I am nonetheless attempting because they sounded like fun": abridging Joanna Newsom's "Emily" to a two-minute punk-pop song.

“Frank Satanic Mills”

The tea light may be the best of the many magnificent little details here

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Falling in Love #137, from 1972.

Hey, do you like comics-reading book clubs? Because at the moment I'm running two of them! The first is the Marvel Unlimited issue-a-day book club at my Patreon, www.patreon.com/c/douglaswolk , now in its seventh year. (Right now we're looking at some notable Jim Shooter-written issues.)

Can already tell I will be thinking of this and breaking into giggles all day.

The Japanese edition of "All of the Marvels" comes out next month, and translator Hayato Uesugi has made this promo video for it! youtube.com/shorts/fKcSp...

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Girls’ Romances #154.

I am not at Comic-Con this year, and missing all my friends there. Have a great time, please.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: I Love You #67, 1967. Interior art by a young Jim Aparo!

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Career Girl Romances #60.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Career Girl Romances #41.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Teen Confessions #82, 1973.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: For Lovers Only #81. Enrique Nieto!

Sat next to Madeleine Albright on a plane. I have never seen anyone solve the NYT crossword that quickly.

A thread at the precise intersection of “yesss” and “NOPE.”

The kind of day I am having.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: For Lovers Only #62. Dig the entirely unauthorized appearance of the Woodstock logo!

The real ending of Journey Into Mystery.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Young Love #97.

If you have temporarily forgotten that @hotelfred.bsky.social is a genius: www.patreon.com/posts/whos-g...

I realize I am coming to Andor late, but I love that Ghor is just Space French.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Just Married #86.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Young Romance #193.

Is there a time machine in popular fiction (books, movies, comics, games) that has a name that is _not_ a description of what it is? Like “Enterprise” or “Princess Velma II”; not like “the Delorean” or “the TARDIS.”

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Young Romance #185.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Girls’ Love Stories #178.

When Sun City Girls were a going concern I was thrilled every time they put out a new record, which was a lot. Just got these new reissues of four early cassettes. Fingers crossed, tongues forked.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Young Romance #192.

So bookshop.org is currently offering free shipping *and* lets you support independent booksellers, which brings me to today's bizarre story, by way of plugging my 2004 book about James Brown's "Live at the Apollo": bookshop.org/a/63702/9780...

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Love Stories #148.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Young Romance #194.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Falling in Love #140.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: Young Romance #201, 1974.

Vintage romance comics cover of the day: I Love You #99, 1972. (“To promote… my promotions”?)