I really want to read MARVEL EXPLODES: FROM BULLPEN TO BIG BUSINESS, Paul Levitz's upcoming book about how Marvel changed, told by a guy who saw it all happen from the POV of the guy across the street, as it were. I was around for a lot of it...but I bet Paul saw it a lot more clearly than I did.

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Everyone else is writing their think pieces about why superhero movies are doing so badly at the box office — with Supergirl as the latest example. I'm much more interested in asking why they stayed so popular for so long. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Why Were Superheroes Popular?

Alas, Supergirl massively underperformed at the box office this past weekend — doing much worse even than box office pundits had been predicting a few days...

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Went to #supergirl with the family tonight. The kids (college age) enjoyed it, which is great! I was less impressed. When Supergirl ended it left me feeling much the same way I did after watching Zack Snyder's Superman v Batman. I'm going to have to ponder this one a bit.

I knew that stashing all my old computers and computer parts in the garage for the last 20 years would eventually pay off!

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Anyone know what the statute of limitations is on leaving a mostly finished LEGO build sitting around in the living room? It has now been two weeks, and i am thinking I'm within my rights to finish those last bags and get it out of the way! Thoughts??

funny how that works

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

I remain cynical about the whole Magic and Marvel thing, but this card makes me happy.

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

They did it. The crazy sons a bitches did it.

Just got the new 2nd Ed. of the American Yawp by @josephllocke.bsky.social and @ben-wright.bsky.social. The structural change to 14 chapters should work better for my classes, and I'm interested to see how it reads. Can't wait to dig in!

Went to The Sheep Detectives with my family last night, and had a great time. It felt like a movie out of an earlier time, when films were actually made for the big tent of "all ages" A fun movie for adults and kids, but didn't condescend to younger viewers and dealt with serious themes head on

Went after this eBay because it had a copy of BLACKMARK by Gil Kane that I'd been wanting to get for ages, but now that it's arrived I'm thinking this snazzy Star Trek coaster set may have been the real prize!

It's Eisner time again, and the Newland family is beginning our annual quest to read every Eisner nominated book we can get our hands on. Can't wait to dig in. Guy Delisle's MUYBRIDGE from @dandq.bsky.social is where I'm starting.

Picked up some magnificent comics this weekend. I am a big Fish Police and Halo Jones fan, but HIS NAME IS...SAVAGE from 1968 by Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin is absolutely mind blowing. Kane's art is as beautiful as always, but with a bone-crunching brutality I am not used to from him. So good.

For anyone interested, I just started a petition to get anything created using generative AI disqualified from Eisner Award consideration moving forward. Please consider signing and sharing. www.change.org/no-ai-at-the...

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AI at the Eisner Awards? What do we do here fam?

I bought AMNESIA in the 80s for the C64 , but never finished it. It was insanely frustrating, and also my copy (on 5.25 disk) went bad. And now I discover, after a long day, that it is playable on the web? I can find out what happened? I am so tired. But this is way more important than sleep.

I have really been enjoying tracking down these 1970s and early 80s comic magazines lately. ECLIPSE: THE MAGAZINE had crazy star power. 5 comic HOf'ers listed on the cover of #1, plus Marshall Rogers and Max Allan Collins! Anyone else out there interested in these "ground level" books?

NEW MURDERBOT BOOK!! It is a PACKED month for science fiction. To help you navigate dystopian societies, outer space, and flesh-eating microbots, we're tracking all the new science fiction novels of May! #Booksky

All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in May 2026 - Reactor

This May brings us Murderbot, generation ship intrigue, an imperial Radch story, and more...

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Picked up lots of great Free Comic Book Day books, and also got some deals on favorites old and new. Have not read any of the Absolute Martian Manhunter yet. Hope it's as awesome as everyone is saying!

Tomorrow for Free Comic Book Day. Buy something extra, not for you, just one floppy. Leave it in a doctor’s office, put it in a bench in a local park, give it to your friend’s kid, this is how we convert new readers and how you pay it forward to the shops giving you free shit.

Rewatched STREETS OF FIRE (1984) for the first time in ages after @mpjedi2.bsky.social talked it up on the 22 Panels podcast. The way this movie just sort of throws REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and 1980s MTV into a blender is thoroughly disorienting, but somehow it all works! Good times.

Sad to here about Gerry Conway passing. His Fury of Firestorm was one of my most beloved series when I was a kid!

This investigation is fascinating me. If anyone out there knows 1970s UK comics, the goal is to identify which title and issue the panel below is from.

Scott Edelman@scottedelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many years ago, when I had far fewer followers, I asked the universe for help identifying a panel I clipped from a comic during our first trip to the UK in 1977, but had no luck. Being a romantic, I carried it in my wallet until it was in tatters, and would love to replace it. Can you ID the comic?

I am so far behind on my new comics. Just today got around to reading the AGGIE one-shot from AWA. What a fantastic story. @manruss.bsky.social is a genius and the art team of ACO, Lorenzo and Svorcina absolutely nailed it as well. 5 stars? 1,000,000 stars? Whatever max stars are, this is that.

Just backed this on @kickstarter.com. I'm very interested to see how it all ends, but also more than a little worried. Bad things have been happening in Vol 1-5... www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...

Stephan Franck's Complete Palomino graphic novel

This 6th and final graphic novel completes the stylish crime thriller set in the lost culture of Los Angeles' country music clubs.

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Went to THE LIBRARIANS last night at the public library, and it was really powerful. Infuriating, but also oddly made me feel somewhat hopeful. Librarians are awesome. Its also available to watch free online through PBS for a limited time, so go check it out! www.pbs.org/independentl...

The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens

The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.

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This is fantastic.

Jesse Locker@jessemlocker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In 1953, cartoonist and animator Paul Campani invented the iconic “Omino coi baffi” (little guy with a mustache) for the equally iconic Bialetti Moka pot. The character is a caricature of Renato Bialetti, son of founder Alfredo Bialetti

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