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Just once, I want to see a zombie movie where one intrepid character has gotten their hands on a full chain mail suit

Merle Dixon vs. Zombies in The Walking Dead

ALT: Merle Dixon vs. Zombies in The Walking Dead

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Watching Masters of the Universe with my Gen X husband, and I wish we’d seen it in theaters. Not because it’s good, or even fun-bad. It is not. But in the theater, Brian couldn’t spend the whole movie explaining which of his friends had which toy set from each scene.

My @tordotcom.bsky.social novella, Nightshades, is $1.99 in the US Kindle store today! The goal was to write an episode of a really great TV procedural–but instead of serial killers, this team hunts vampires. I think I (coffin) nailed it. www.amazon.com/Nightshades-...

The amazing @rachaelsmith.bsky.social has just started off a new comic on Webtoons: Mugshots! (A year or so ago at MCM I remember her describing where this one was going and I was absolutely all in on it. It's an amazing idea.) www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/mu...

MUGSHOT

Young, relentlessly positive Marnie has started a job at 'Mugshot', a run-down coffee shop staffed by run-down women. But is there more to this than meets the eye? Why does she only recover memories w...

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Me: oh, what a cute picture of Brody Frankie: muther i swear vengeance upon seven generations of your line

*spits Diet Coke*

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 6d ago

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

For the crime of abandoning him at boarding for six days during #SDCC, I am… NOT FORGIVEN

For 4 days at SDCC I tried to look my best/most professional. But bc I underpacked (for once) I ended up in of my husband’s T-shirt today…and after an unfortunate incident with my last skirt, I wound up pairing it w/cheap I ❤️SAN DIEGO shorts. Rolling through the airports with a very specific energy.

Stayed an extra night after Comic-Con to visit an old friend

Thank you so much to Kelly Sue for sharing her craft book recs at this morning’s panel. I would add Making Comics Like the Pros by @fredvanlente.bsky.social to the list too.

Kelly Sue DeConnick@kellysue.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some of these are notes that won’t make sense to anyone but me, but the book recs are there!

He saw me packing for #SDCC

I've had the chance to ask several scientists in relevant fields variants of the "would you have gone to Jurassic Park" question and so far no one has ever said "No"

samuel mehr@mehr.nz · 2w ago

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

#SDCC folks! Please join me and fellow comic writers @brandonhoang.bsky.social @brandontsnider.bsky.social @kellysue.bsky.social @megfitz89.bsky.social and Tyrone Finch for a candid conversation about how we write comics! Friday at 10 am.

Help me with my homework? Next Friday I’m running a panel at Comic-Con called “A Day in the Life of a Comics Writer.” (Panelists and descriptions below.) I’ve got some starter questions, but I thought I’d outsource this to Bluesky, too: what do you want to know about how comics writers work? #SDCC

HEY! I'm doing a fun panel at SDCC with @mfolson.bsky.social @megfitz89.bsky.social @brandonhoang.bsky.social @kellysue.bsky.social and Tyrone Finch.

Your friendly reminder that the FOC for VAMPYRATES! #2 by @lukapiz.bsky.social @adamguzowski.bsky.social @longtalljodie.com @boom-studios.com & YT is *THIS MONDAY* July 13th! Preview below! Don't miss the boat (pun intended)

BOOM! Studios@boom-studios.com · 4w ago

Bad news: the Captain of Nira’s escape vessel may want her dead too… Here’s your first look at 𝗩𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦! 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘 𝟮 from writer @fredvanlente.bsky.social and artist @lukapiz.bsky.social! Final pre-order cutoffs are MONDAY, JULY 13TH—available Wednesday, 8/19! www.freaksugar.com/exclusive-pr...

Tomorrow, @adrianamelo.bsky.social and I are signing at @thegeekerynj.bsky.social

Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own@ericaschultz42.bsky.social · last mo.

This coming weekend, @adrianamelo.bsky.social and I will be at @thegeekerynj.bsky.social signing Vampirella! Come on by!

JUST ONE HOUR REMAINING! Don't miss the epic finale of our Ringo Award-winning fantasy series! Buy THE O.Z. on K*ckst*rter now — we've got print and digital catchup tiers of all three issues!

As ridiculous as American politics have become, we still have nothing on the fact that every British election is loaded with VERY REAL candidates that can literally only be described as Children's Show Host, Very Specific Fetish, or Power Rangers Villain. The below post is 100% fucking serious.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 4w ago

🚨 BREAKING: Labour says it won't stand against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election As it stands, only Count Binface will run against Farage

Publishers and the creators who worked for them were, at this time, content to not only take credit for creative methods pioneered by women, but also sit idly by while their male coworkers, or they themselves, sexually harassed and abused their female coworkers. #ComicBookWomen

Today I learned that the so-called “Marvel Method” of writing comic scripts was invented not by Stan Lee, but by a female writer named Toni Bloom, who worked at Quality Comics during the Golden Age. #ComicBookWomen

Today I learned that Patricia Highsmith worked in comics before she wrote novels. #ComicBookWomen

I texted this to my Star Wars-obsessed husband, who’s in the other room. I think I hear him crying.

Chris Maka@chrismaka.bsky.social · last mo.

I shared this on the Book of Face and forgot to share it here. It's amazing lol.

Holy shit, Absolute Batman is so good. I really feel like one of you should have said something.

Absolute Batman Batman

ALT: Absolute Batman Batman

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but there’s still time to put some peanut butter in a Kong and put it in your freezer for your dog tonight. Then a couple of CBD treats if you’ve got them.

As a reader, this sounds so exciting! As an author, my brain is exhausted just thinking about the research required. 😆 Congratulations, Paul!

Paul Cornell@paulcornell.bsky.social · last mo.

www.thebookseller.com/rights/the-b... Here it is, if you can read Bookseller articles! I have a two book deal with @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social starting with Oh Fortuna! Which is a romp though an alternate history where everyone’s pantheons of gods are real!

MAN FINDS TAPE, an indie passion project made by a bunch of friends here in Austin—and funded by me and Jess—has dropped on Tubi. Looking for a good, creepy horror film to watch this weekend? This is Found Footage at its best and weirdest. So proud to have been a part of this. Find it on Tubi!

John Gholson@gholson.bsky.social · last mo.

“A disturbing little horror movie made with remarkable confidence and insight” MAN FINDS TAPE arrives on Tubi tomorrow.

I’ve gotten so many scam emails from bots pretending to be editors or publicists or whatever; I’ve started adding (I swear I’m a real person) to all my subject lines. Fingers crossed the AI bots can’t decode my clever ruse.