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Calamity Jon Morris

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 10h

This goddamn fallen world of fools.

Article titled 10 Worst DC Comics Characters That Debuted in the 90s from Screenrant

Danny the Fuckin' Street is another if you can adam and eve it.

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 12h

This one's gonna be ugly.

Interior page from Ambush Bug #3 depicting the characters Ace the Bat-Hound and editor Julius Schwartz.

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 12h

These are my DC KO brackets

The cover to Ambush Bug #3, the issue in which he catalogs a bunch of dumb DC characters. A pivotal text in my development as a writer.

Interior page from Ambush Bug #3 depicting the characters Super-Turtle and Qwsp

Interior page from Ambush Bug #3 depicting the characters Cheeks and Itty.

Interior page from Ambush Bug #3 depicting the characters Cryll and Doodles Duck

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 19h

"But don't you see -- every day is portfolio day!"

Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 19h

In my opinion, I don't get to talk enough nonsense.

Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 20h

Aw man, I loved talking about this film, and I was really excited to be invited on the Goon Pod!

Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 22h

Goon Pod covered Murder By Death with @calamityjon.bsky.social

Five world-famous ‘tecs & dicks accept an invitation to stay at the crazy house of the mysterious Lionel Twain and over dinner are informed that someone will be murdered! Crikey!

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 22h

As a consumer, I am disgusted with seeing only the one blonde actress previously depicted as riding on a dragon, I demand a different blonde actress be depicted as riding on a dragon also.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 23h

What's changed about the X-Men since the 1990s that makes this point irrelevant?

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 1d

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Nancy The Catgirl 😺she/her)🇨🇦🏳‍⚧⚧ @anekonamednancy.bsky.social · 2d

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 2d

"Art Director Has Notes"

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Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 2d

I'm jealous, I've always wanted to be caught and placed in The Cube.

Calamity Jon Morris @calamityjon.bsky.social · 2d

When I recall that catching two episodes of Doctor Who on Public television used to require a 180-mile round trip on a Saturday night, or that I had to visit a Special Collections department at the university library to read a Golden Age Superman comic...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.