Mike Sterling, Funnybooks Guy
@mikester.bsky.social
Owner of sterlingsilvercomics.com, blogger at progressiveruin.com, Mike Sterling-er at http://mikesterling.com 37+ years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!) Avatar by Daniel Butler Bigots are dumb he/him
oh nothing, just listening to all the Depeche Mode albums in chronological order
"We are an investment group looking to invest in your shop...." Sure thing, spam mail, buy these 50 copies of MAN OF STEEL #2 (1986) and then we'll talk.
I forgot this one..."No One Lives Forever" by Oingo Boingo, used here in TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2. youtu.be/s0BIoFa3tT8?...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Intro & Opening Scenes)
YouTube video by Donnie DoWrong
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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · yesterdayName your fav use of licensed music in a soundtrack.
Once again, tomorrow's ProgRuin post is embargoed 'til 10 AM due to including reviews of new-this-week comics. I like saying stuff like "my post is embargoed" because it makes me sound important.
Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c
Donate to Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers, organized by Gina Gabianelli
Help Andy’s Fight Against Two Cancers Meet my cousin Andy Fish, father … Gina Gabianelli needs your support for Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers
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"Secret Wars Explained in 26 Minutes" my man, you can probably *read" Secret Wars in 26 minutes.
I've been informed there's a "Bloggers" category on Cameo. Just think, for $25 you could get a video of me talking to you about 1) Swamp Thing, 2) Sluggo, or 3) Frank Miller's THE SPIRIT. Those are the only three options.
Me: [offering a huge amount of money for low-to-mid grade '60s Marvels] Seller: "That's *it*!?" Me: [despairing of ever buying '60s Marvels again because everyone's expectations are too high]
BLOG UPDATE: I now have an off-site copy of my...well, site, that I can edit and goof around with to my heart's content without screwing up my actual active page. One step closer to having an actual modern blog, just in time for everyone to no longer care!
In 2004, I published a black-and-white collection of Charles Schulz's Sunday gag series, It's Only A Game. In 2013, I published a color edition... but it was weird. The spine was at the top. Now? $20 (shipping included) gets you a proper book, proper spine. (US addresses only.)
It's Only a Game - The Complete Color Edition
The entire run of Charles Schulz's other syndicated newspaper feature, in a full color, 11.69"x8.27" edition with the spine properly on the left! Free shipping, takes about 3 weeks. Book available to ...
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I posted this CD on my site on 4/20 a few years ago, and, y'know, this actually is a pretty good album. Plus...the Freak Brothers!
Tegan hits me right in the '80s, and I couldn't be happier.
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 2d agoToday Tegan looks at Vector #1, from 1986 and NOW Comics, by Jim McGreal and Rich Mrozek!
OMAC does the Unflinching Walk, 1974, well before any of the movie examples cited at TV Tropes.
carloskentscomics.bsky.social@carloskentscomics.bsky.social · 2d agoJack Kirby
Happy 50th anniversary to Richard Donner’s The Omen! Our review is available to Patreon listeners now! www.patreon.com/VintageVideo...
Three small bundles of comic book "ashcans," shipped in three different boxes each capable of holding dozens of these bundles, each stuffed full of paper packing material. There has to be a way for Penguin Random House to ship these things more efficiently.
"What we really need on here are more racists and sex pests" -- folks in charge of Bluesky, I guess
"My Fantastic Four-Ay: Part Eleven." www.progressiveruin.com/2026/08/03/m...
My Fantastic Four-Ay: Part Eleven.
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Ended up on a comics blog I'd never heard of before and looked at the comments, and boy it was just drama drama sniping drama. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that on my site every day .
Was going to put something in this post I'm writing specifically to poke at The Vince Colletta Defender, but realized that was the *only* reason I was putting it in, so I took it out. In case you're wondering if I've matured as a comics blogger over the last near quarter-century.
oh no I hope it's not more random tariffs that'll be discarded in a week
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d agoTRUMP: HAVE DECIDED A PUNISHMENT FOR CANADA ON WILDFIRES , BUT WON'T SAY YET
THE CURRENT BLOG PLAN: apparently it'll be best to create a "staging area," a non-public duplicate of my blog upon which to test updated themes an' such. There's a Wordpress plug-in that'll do that for you, so hopefully it'll work and not completely destroy my site in the process.
Drop some CHOPPERS (from the Neal Adams drawn FANTASTIC FOUR: ANTEETHESIS...er, ANTITHESIS)
BrowseTheStacks@browsethestacks.bsky.social · 3d agoDrop some CHOPPERS 🚁🪓🖤🏍️🦷 The Comics Buyer's Guide #138 (July09th1976) Art by Tim Corrigan
I cannot believe this even HAS to be boosted. It is essential that we protect and catalog this degree of comic history.
Fortmax Headroom@hwhall.bsky.social · 3d agoThis seemed like it was worth boosting. www.kickstarter.com/projects/735...
