Some people get very upset upon learning their favorite monsters do not have these long, folkloric roots that stretch deep into the mists of time. Sorry folks! Most were invented by folks trying to sell you stuff! And I think that is beautiful.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 5h ago

And write a new story to go along with it, selling it as if it were an ancient tale. The Umbrella Ghost is another such. It first appeared as a square on a child's board game in the Meiji Period. Be informed! Read the book! amzn.to/4cCivpv

Who da ho? Idaho (Sorry... old Spokane joke. I haven't been back to Idaho for decades...)

I suspect this is the case with a lot of European folklore, too, with the main difference being Japan did a better job keeping track of the names of the people trying to sell you stuff.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 5h ago

Some people get very upset upon learning their favorite monsters do not have these long, folkloric roots that stretch deep into the mists of time. Sorry folks! Most were invented by folks trying to sell you stuff! And I think that is beautiful.

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

Boo!

Arthur Wyatt@arthurwyatt.bsky.social · 5h ago

Getting hyped for #RCCC and the comics genre panel with @douglaswolk.bsky.social (ROMANCE), @kelmcdonald.bsky.social (FANTASY) and @zackdavisson.com (HORROR) - tropes will be clustered! boundaries defined and fuzzed! comics past and future explored! rosecitycomiccon.com/programming/...

Some people get very upset upon learning their favorite monsters do not have these long, folkloric roots that stretch deep into the mists of time. Sorry folks! Most were invented by folks trying to sell you stuff! And I think that is beautiful.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 5h ago

And write a new story to go along with it, selling it as if it were an ancient tale. The Umbrella Ghost is another such. It first appeared as a square on a child's board game in the Meiji Period. Be informed! Read the book! amzn.to/4cCivpv

This is so cool

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 5h ago

And write a new story to go along with it, selling it as if it were an ancient tale. The Umbrella Ghost is another such. It first appeared as a square on a child's board game in the Meiji Period. Be informed! Read the book! amzn.to/4cCivpv

I have reached a new level of uncomfortable where I have been asked to put together a One-Sheet basically advertising myself that can be used to shop me around to conventions as a potential guest...

On this 60th anniversary of Star Trek, I'm passing the torch to the next great Starfleet captains. In the meantime, DARKer things lie ahead. 🖖🏻

Not Sad Just Weird: Just heard my father's childhood friend died after living with dementia. Apparently for the past week he has been having full on conversations with my dead father.

The Gashadokuro AKA "Japanese giant skeleton spirit" was created by artist Morihiro Saito in 1966. Learn more in the ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI amzn.to/4r3alwm

Highly throwable shrimp@pinatapunch.bsky.social · 16h ago

shout out to that japanese giant skeleton spirit

That quote in the movie grates me like few things. Try switching it out with a few other subcultures and see how it lands: "Maybe that's the real hipster." "Maybe that's the real hip hop." "Maybe that's the real juggalos." Maybe that's the real yacht rock." Stop appropriating punk. You fuckers.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 10h ago

I appreciated @drtravislangley.bsky.social etting me crash his panel "Superman - The Real Punk Rock" to let me go on a tirade of why I hate that quote. Punk rock is not a windsock that blows against whatever is the prevailing norm. Punk is punk. Superman is not punk. He doesn't need to be.

I appreciated @drtravislangley.bsky.social etting me crash his panel "Superman - The Real Punk Rock" to let me go on a tirade of why I hate that quote. Punk rock is not a windsock that blows against whatever is the prevailing norm. Punk is punk. Superman is not punk. He doesn't need to be.

People always think I do the peace sign in pictures because of Japan. Bitch, I was throwing down peace signs in pictures before I even knew Japan was a country.

Is it the Star Trek 60th Anniversary? I love Star Trek. All of it. All the time.

Star Trek: Spock & Kirk's Logical Decision

ALT: Star Trek: Spock & Kirk's Logical Decision

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Watching this on Netflix, and it is no surprise, but the one word that never actually appears in the show...? Samurai We level-up all Japanese sword-wielders to samurai.

Cast a role, other than the actual casting. Michale B Jordon as Paul Atredies in DUNE

Jon Maki@jonpaulmaki.com · yesterday

Cast a role, other than the actual casting. Scarlett Johansson as Ava Lord in SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

Yokai are cool. You should know more about them.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · yesterday

I wrote THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI as a one-stop shop book that ya'll with a passing interest could read to learn about the subject. I see so many posting yokai art, playing yokai video games, watching yokai anime... you should probably learn something about them! amzn.to/4A1HZq8

Counterpoint

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · yesterday

Mizuki could famously not draw cute girls.

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

Yokai are cool. You should know more about them.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · yesterday

I wrote THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI as a one-stop shop book that ya'll with a passing interest could read to learn about the subject. I see so many posting yokai art, playing yokai video games, watching yokai anime... you should probably learn something about them! amzn.to/4A1HZq8

Caveman Games Rebirth

Nintendo Life@nintendolife.com · yesterday

Talking Point: Nintendo Directs September 2026 Predictions - What Do You Hope To See? (Repost)

I worked a follow-spot for a theater. Hung out in the rafters with a giant light canister and handles and moved it around the stage to follow the main actor. I was the right side, and another person was on the left. The best part at the end was when we got to do a ballyhoo.

SarahJSloat@sjane.bsky.social · 2d ago

Happy labor day (USA). What's one of the oddest paid job you've had? Mine was probably as a reader for a medical professor at Rutgers, whose eyes were failing. I read him many academic texts, as well as Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh."

Heading to the University of Idaho to talk about yokai for Asia Pop Dark!

I wrote THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI as a one-stop shop book that ya'll with a passing interest could read to learn about the subject. I see so many posting yokai art, playing yokai video games, watching yokai anime... you should probably learn something about them! amzn.to/4A1HZq8

In case of some of you are unaware, the 1980s POPEYE film is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · yesterday

What's an example of perfect casting?

What's an example of perfect casting?

Shaenon K. Garrity@shaenon.bsky.social · yesterday

What's an example of perfect casting?

I kind of want one of those Hatsune Miku MtG Commander Decks but don't really want to spend that many bills on it. Maybe I will wait until the heat dies down and see if I can pick one up.

Hard agree. Leave the outfit on.

BoringKate@boringkate.com · 5d ago

*the girl in the porno thumbnail is wearing a really cute outfit* *you click on it and start to watch* *she gets fully naked for the sex* What's even the point of living?

Sharing with @deepcuts.blog who I think would get a chuckle out of this.

Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · yesterday

Zack Davisson and Gou Tanabe chatting with HP Lovecraft in Providence, RI.