Saw this 1889 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi print ("Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond") yesterday, and immediately thought "Frank Miller saw this at some point and decided that the linework on the pants was the perfect inking style." No idea if that's the case, but I like my theory.
Newly rediscovered (apparently) footage of Can (with Damo Suzuki!) playing "Halleluhwah" on TV in 1971: www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Gs...
Can - Halleluhwah (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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I was literally considering that question this morning for unrelated reasons, and very quickly settled on this knockout. STOOGES WITH TUBA. theridiculoustrio.bandcamp.com/track/no-fun
No Fun, by The Ridiculous Trio
from the album The Ridiculous Trio Plays The Stooges
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Steve Lieber@stevelieberart.bsky.social · 5d agoI worry that choosing your own walk-on music is too much like choosing your own nickname, but this unimpeachable banger has the exact high-energy heartbreak I always hope to project. youtu.be/KK640dPPhXE?...
Three of the trailers at last night’s movie included tons of reverb and minor chords added to the original vocals from a ‘70s rock hit. Future generations looking to parody 2026-style film trailers, there you go.
Traveling to Paris to attend fashion shows and draw the clothes, then rushing back to New York with the drawings so that American manufacturers could produce cheap knockoffs of them.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
This may be the most irresistible pitch I've ever seen. So psyched for this.
Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social · last wk.Did you know I have a new book coming out about a graduate student who is a slime mold from beyond the galaxy? Who comes to Earth to do fieldwork and meets a badass sex worker in ancient Pompeii? It's called "A Wall Is Also a Road." You should pre-order it now! torpublishinggroup.com/a-wall-is-al...
Guess whats today? The coolest panel of the entire weekend!!! Come check out the amazing conversational skills of @douglaswolk.bsky.social @davidharper.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social and Dave Baker!!! 1PM or bust!!
Just one line? First that comes to mind is "One for the money, two for the better green/3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine."
Project I've had brewing in my head for a long while: a cultural history of this song and its connections to Bruce Conner, "Battlestar Galactica," Minor Threat, the Lockers, Andraé Crouch, etc.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 3w ago45
I have made a very silly thing; you should ask me for a copy of it if you see me at Comic-Con next week. (If you got the very silly thing I made for Emerald City earlier this year, this is along the same lines.)
I’m going to be on this! It’s going to be a good time!
Tiffany Babb@explodingarrow.bsky.social · 3w agoSDCC is just around the corner, and I am so excited that this year we're having our very first Comics Staple panel featuring wonderful wonderful people! Come check the panel out, it will be very very fun.
Karaoke last night: "We Built This Village on a Trad. Arr. Tune," "Watch Your Step," "Say No Go," "X-French Tee Shirt," "Troubled Mind." My voice is a little shot right now but I feel amazing.
Whoa, these all came out 40 years ago this week! (Watchmen #2 had been the previous week.)
@heavenlyamelia.bsky.social The grocery store was playing "Talulah Gosh" this morning. Clearly Portland appreciated your presence immensely and would like you back soon!
I've been trying to find out about circa-1970 pop music from various countries for a project. I keep running into a phenomenon where a song/artist is the subject of many nearly identical references, apparently paraphrased from each other, but doesn't appear to exist in any audible form.
PSA: I made a comprehensive internal chronology for EVERY X-Men-related comic published between 1963 and about a year ago. It's 84 pages long, and people have told me it's very helpful. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
THE COMPREHENSIVE X-MEN CHRONOLOGY (beta version)
THE COMPREHENSIVE X-MEN CHRONOLOGY (beta version) by @douglaswolk (with gratitude to chronologyproject.com and Supermegamonkey, whose chronologies this draws on heavily) Draft as of 6/27/2026 This i...
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Our Fighting Forces, in the '70s, had some astounding cover art, and also a certain... lack of variety in cover concepts.
At the record store up the street, the current #1 and #2 best sellers are the two Angine de Poitrine albums. Oh Portland.
Selling a complete reader set of Kamandi: #1-59, plus The Brave & the Bold #130 and Karate Kid #14. $180 shipped in the U.S. Beat but complete. So much glorious Jack Kirby weirdness. And check out the cover straplines:
Think I'm going to post a handful of sets of comics for sale later today. Any requests? (Got some Kirby, a ton of X-Men and related things, a bunch of Alan Moore, complete runs of several Mignolaverse things, various long-running Vertigo titles, and much more...)
It wasn't until years later that I saw the original "Shamed By Your English?" and cracked up all over again
Stephen R Bissette@stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur goofy '1963' ad pages. Rick Veitch wrote and designed the entire "Shamed by You English?" ad (not Alan Moore), and that's our ol' pal Alan Goldstein's photo as the language expert...
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM, I'm running my annual "crazy hard comics trivia" game at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social's free BwPCon! There will be prizes! It's gonna be fun! You should come if you're in the Portland area!
I wrote a little piece for Hilobrow about Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor Von Eeden's wild 1983 comic book "Thriller": www.hilobrow.com/2026/06/05/o...
OMAC YOUR ENTHUSIASM (18) – HILOBROW
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I made this ridiculous thing back in 2019; sang a slightly revised version for my "X-Men and the Uncanny" students at the final class meeting this week! vimeo.com/379104617
The X-Men Song
With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan, Tom Lehrer, etc.
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