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Tegan O’Neil

@teganoneil5000.bsky.social

Critic for 2017 & 2018 winners of the Eisner in Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism / Writer of Fantasy / They/Them / https://linktr.ee/teganoneil5000

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Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 50m ago

I want to say I bought this at a bookstore in the Valley, big props to the anonymous author for committing to the bit and not putting any name besides “Skeletor.” honestly not bad advice, especially considering the source.

Skeletor’s Guide to Self-Care. Credited to “Eternia Press,” no other indicia. Skeletor’s Guide to Self-Care. RELAX AND ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURES. AN ANTIDOTE TO AMBITION I am an ambitious man and my ambition is pulled in many different directions. want to destroy He-Man. I want to invade Castle Grayskull and learn its ancient secrets. I want to get revenge on Hordak for skipping out on me mid-battle through his stupid old smelly ugly dumb pissy crappy dimensional portal. And I want those things ALL AT ONCE. Whether it's using my fabulous powers to turn Man-At-Arms into a crystal statue (haha) or attempting to -Skeletor’s Guide to Self-Care. BOUND-DOWN OR WEEPING, DEPRESSION COMES IN MANY FORMS. AN ARGUMENT FOR JOURNALING One of the hardest things about depression is it comes in many forms. Whether you're held tight by Skeletor’s Guide to Self-Care. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SINGLE WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN A GOOD PLACE There's nothing better than being in love but you should also learn the joys (and, even more so, the im-portance) of being single. Sometimes we're not in the right place in our lives to be in a relationship. That's when we need to fix our problems and work on ourselves before wading back into the dating scene.
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 15h ago

I found a tranche of the Arcudi / Frank / Smith Gen 13 I didn’t have - don’t think I have a full set, yet, because they were on the book for a while. but man, look at these! you know me and the Frank / Smith team: I esteem them far more together than apart. that’s just the facts of the matter.

Gen 13 #32, cover by Gary Frank and Cam Smith. Grunge almost rips Fairchild’s top off in a hurricane. This scene does not occur in the book, mind. It’s a bit of a larf, as the covers often were in this period.Gen 13 #32, by John Arcudi, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith. Fairchild stands on the beach. I’m sure this was a very popular page. Gen 13 #32, by John Arcudi, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith. Fairchild’s dad has magic powers, which, whatever. Don’t try to understand anything that happens in Gen 13. It’s a head scratcher as a rule, but genially so. Gen 13 #32, by John Arcudi, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith. Look at how nice this looks! The team relaxing on the beach. It’s funny, it’s horny, it really does not take itself so seriously at all. Kind of a miracle that this was as popular as it was - but, I guess there are other matters on the table.
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 15h ago

so I went to the store today, spent a few dollars. I confess: I splurged on cheap comics. but I also got this for an unexpected song at a shop not known for their pricing, so we’re taking the W and moving on. I left the later Kirby and grabbed the Al McWilliams: a mover in his day!

Justice, Inc #1, cover by JOE KUBERT. I’m not even a big Kubert person, I prefer Kane. But that’s like saying I prefer cheesecake to chocolate cake. There’s room for both, if you’re buying. Justice, Inc #1, by Denny O’Neil and Al McWillaims. Splash page giving us this guy, called The Avenger but clearly the name has been stolen twice by 1975 so they’re going with Justice, Inc. As a character he has more in common with Reno Williams than the Shadow, despite being contemporary to the latter.Justice, Inc #1, by Denny O’Neil and Al McWillaims. Some diabolical schem is unwound in expository dialogue. So unbelievably square. But immensely sound. It works, it uses heavy ink well, it reads like a dream, but this was on stands contemporary to Giant Sized X-Men #1, more or less. This was by any measure a fusty approach to the material. Justice, Inc #1, by Denny O’Neil and Al McWillaims. I mean, look at this: the Avengers just kills a lot of people. Punisher-level body count here. I don’t think this specific character has an ounce of life in him but … didn’t Kyle Baker do a Justice Inc series that I own? Hmmm!
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 15h ago

I found a tranche of the Arcudi / Frank / Smith Gen 13 I didn’t have - don’t think I have a full set, yet, because they were on the book for a while. but man, look at these! you know me and the Frank / Smith team: I esteem them far more together than apart. that’s just the facts of the matter.

Gen 13 #32, cover by Gary Frank and Cam Smith. Grunge almost rips Fairchild’s top off in a hurricane. This scene does not occur in the book, mind. It’s a bit of a larf, as the covers often were in this period.Gen 13 #32, by John Arcudi, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith. Fairchild stands on the beach. I’m sure this was a very popular page. Gen 13 #32, by John Arcudi, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith. Fairchild’s dad has magic powers, which, whatever. Don’t try to understand anything that happens in Gen 13. It’s a head scratcher as a rule, but genially so. Gen 13 #32, by John Arcudi, Gary Frank, and Cam Smith. Look at how nice this looks! The team relaxing on the beach. It’s funny, it’s horny, it really does not take itself so seriously at all. Kind of a miracle that this was as popular as it was - but, I guess there are other matters on the table.
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 15h ago

so I went to the store today, spent a few dollars. I confess: I splurged on cheap comics. but I also got this for an unexpected song at a shop not known for their pricing, so we’re taking the W and moving on. I left the later Kirby and grabbed the Al McWilliams: a mover in his day!

Justice, Inc #1, cover by JOE KUBERT. I’m not even a big Kubert person, I prefer Kane. But that’s like saying I prefer cheesecake to chocolate cake. There’s room for both, if you’re buying. Justice, Inc #1, by Denny O’Neil and Al McWillaims. Splash page giving us this guy, called The Avenger but clearly the name has been stolen twice by 1975 so they’re going with Justice, Inc. As a character he has more in common with Reno Williams than the Shadow, despite being contemporary to the latter.Justice, Inc #1, by Denny O’Neil and Al McWillaims. Some diabolical schem is unwound in expository dialogue. So unbelievably square. But immensely sound. It works, it uses heavy ink well, it reads like a dream, but this was on stands contemporary to Giant Sized X-Men #1, more or less. This was by any measure a fusty approach to the material. Justice, Inc #1, by Denny O’Neil and Al McWillaims. I mean, look at this: the Avengers just kills a lot of people. Punisher-level body count here. I don’t think this specific character has an ounce of life in him but … didn’t Kyle Baker do a Justice Inc series that I own? Hmmm!
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 17h ago

it took many years for my dad to devolve fully - dementia is a slow killer. one of the many steps along the way was his dogged insistence, for *years,* that little men were crawling around in the trees near the house. that comes to mind when the president talks unceasingly about legions of vandals.