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Al Kennedy

@alkennedy.bsky.social

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50% of the world's ninth longest running comic book podcast, House to Astonish. 100% of interview/book group podcast Desert Island Discworld. New Warriorologist. He/him.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · Jul 8

So yes! I'm not spending my time on Twitter any more! You are all I really have left! So here is my creative output!

House to Astonish! It's the ninth longest running comics podcast in the world, a fact I find motivational and somehow also very funny! housetoastonish.com

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · Jul 8

This is true. I quit Twitter this afternoon and basically nobody gives a shit, and that's the healthy way for people to be, quite frankly

dan @danabra.mov · Jul 7

the weird thing about being on the internet is nobody really notices when you disappear cause there’s always enough stuff to fill the timeline. i’m overstating it but it’s partially true. there’s nonzero count of people you forgot about because they stopped posting or deactivated

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 11m

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 14

The Amazing Devil - Wild Blue Yonder (2020)

I love a duet where the vocal lines intertwine and spin around each other like a pair of birds in flight. This one is sad and horny, making it ideal for Bsky. Also, the fella's yer man the bard from the Witcher

youtu.be/Vf2QIK2nz-k

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 16m

We'll see if it makes it into the manifesto

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 29m

Love this – an excellent way to explore the work of Drew Struzan, actor by actor.

Who Did Drew Draw? - The Actors from the Movie Posters of Drew Struzan

Actors who were drawn by movie poster artist Drew Struzan

www.impawards.com

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 29m

a man in a purple suit is holding a globe in his hands .

Alt: Galactus

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

There's a new Vietnamese place on Morrison Street and the aromas have me floating through the air towards it like a cartoon stray cat that's detected a fresh apple pie on a window ledge

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

Though tbh my main annoyance on this front is that Magneto is a top three Marvel villain and having him be a hero has been a waste of the past 20 years

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

There is a contingent of X-fans online that get very angry if you don't refer to Apocalypse by a name that consists of a set of special characters, a thing I will never do on account of he is not a noble and admirable warrior soul, but a massive blue monster eugenicist and, crucially, pretend

Sexy Henry Kissinger Costume @mightygodking.com · 1h

Far, far too many X-Men villains have been "redeemed" because writers or fans thought they were cool rather than because they deserved redemption, and the Krakoa era was absolutely the worst about this

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 11h

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

In fairness I wasn't really paying attention to the conference

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

Someone is posting in a British person's mentions about how a vote for the Green Party is a vote for Republicans and I genuinely didn't realise Polanski's position on constitutional reform was so radical

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

- features clanging chimes of doom
- lyrics reference a little child
- mention of shoes, which are obv made by elves

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 2h

Heartbroken that, per his social media accounts, Drew Struzan has left us. His poster and album art was quite simply shorthand for imagination for countless young people.

E.T. Adventure poster, 1990. I still have one of these hanging in my childhood bedroom.

Star Wars Special edition triptych, 1997. I remember seeing all of these in the paper as each film was re-released and just felt a burst of energy those mornings.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

This also goes for "your X-Men opinion that will get you sent to jail". Unless your opinion is that you should be allowed to shoplift X-Men comics, you need to step up your game. You are not going to jail because you like Nurse Annie

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

I have yet to see a truly unhinged literary opinion on here. "It's ok to read trilogies out of order" come back when you think books are food

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

American Gravy Concepts, three for five pounds!

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 14h

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Derek @derekdesanges.bsky.social · Aug 15

with your help we can change this

the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

I have yet to see a truly unhinged literary opinion on here. "It's ok to read trilogies out of order" come back when you think books are food

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

I thought I'd possibly taken myself out of that group with my Twilight Force pick, but thank you Kristin Starkey for keeping me on the fully-compliant list

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 1d

But I am just a plain simple menswear guy

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

My go-to Old El Paso expert is generally @caraellison.bsky.social

Cara, sitting on my living room floor, presenting a Smartypants presentation about the cultural crimes of Old El Paso

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

Ancho would have been my guess too, fwiw, and it's definitely worth investigating because it's v tasty. The other one I thought it might have been is guajillo, which is another super commonly used one (and also v tasty)

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 19h

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 13

Chloe Moriondo - I Eat Boys (2021)

Bringing a Sixpence None The Richer vibe to a song about counteracting creepy men by slaughtering them in your basement and shkoffing the byproducts really captured the post-lockdown mood

youtu.be/yiXZnXLHt-w

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 23h

You think you've seen good personal homepages but you have no idea. NO IDEA

Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 2d

hi new folks! I’m Cara. I write and design stories for videogames. Some of them you have definitely heard of. You can experience a good time here caraellison.co.uk

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Explore the landing page to find out more about Cara Ellison.

caraellison.co.uk

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Scott Fright @scw.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrity Traitors sounds like a TV show from V from Vendetta

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful work

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Stress dream about Thought Bubble, that's a new one

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Also, not to pre-empt anything, but Richard Garfield's dev diary makes it explicit that they're going to do a bunch more and can I just get in here now and suggest Magical Athlete Legacy, ok thanks