Mike Sterling, Comics 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!)
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37+ years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!)
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Bigots are dumb
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Just a reminder, in case, say, something untoward happens with Bluesky, you can always find me on progressiveruin.com, see my various online shenanigans at www.mikesterling.com, and I guess you can find me on Threads if all else fails: www.threads.com/@mikesterjr
WIZARDS remains a favorite, even if they owe Vaughn Bodē a little somethin'-somethin'.
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
WIZARDS remains a favorite, even if they owe Vaughn Bodē a little somethin'-somethin'.
[mom and daughter enter store]
mom: "Well THIS is a hidden gem!"
mom: "Well THIS is a hidden gem!"
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
[mom and daughter enter store]
mom: "Well THIS is a hidden gem!"
mom: "Well THIS is a hidden gem!"
Reposted by Mike Sterling, Comics Guy
Watched the freely-available first episode of PLURIBUS and it's as good as I feared so now I have to wait for it to get some kind of physical release or be put up for digital sale outside of Apple TV because I am *not* signing up for yet another streaming service.
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Watched the freely-available first episode of PLURIBUS and it's as good as I feared so now I have to wait for it to get some kind of physical release or be put up for digital sale outside of Apple TV because I am *not* signing up for yet another streaming service.
Huh, a 1-star review for the shop that just says "Mike your attitude sucks," so I'm guessing this is a person I asked not to put comics back in the wrong place or to leave their drink outside , etc.
Don't recognize the person's name, so there's a good chance they've never even been to the shop.
Don't recognize the person's name, so there's a good chance they've never even been to the shop.
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Huh, a 1-star review for the shop that just says "Mike your attitude sucks," so I'm guessing this is a person I asked not to put comics back in the wrong place or to leave their drink outside , etc.
Don't recognize the person's name, so there's a good chance they've never even been to the shop.
Don't recognize the person's name, so there's a good chance they've never even been to the shop.
HEDONISMBOT
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
HEDONISMBOT
Reposted by Mike Sterling, Comics Guy
A few years back I became briefly obsessed with the fact that DC’s SANDMAN and Marvel’s SLEEPWALKER, two very different comics about characters from the dream realm, were being published concurrently…these pieces were the result.
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A few years back I became briefly obsessed with the fact that DC’s SANDMAN and Marvel’s SLEEPWALKER, two very different comics about characters from the dream realm, were being published concurrently…these pieces were the result.
Reposted by Mike Sterling, Comics Guy
This includes ABUZZ! 💖🐝 What?! If you haven't picked up a copy for yourself yet (or you have, but want to share the love), then don't miss the Maverick Black Friday Sale!
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Shop The Sale: https://bit.ly/4iwlce0
#Maverick #YA #graphicnovel
Shop The Sale: https://bit.ly/4iwlce0
#Maverick #YA #graphicnovel
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This includes ABUZZ! 💖🐝 What?! If you haven't picked up a copy for yourself yet (or you have, but want to share the love), then don't miss the Maverick Black Friday Sale!
Instead of going to bed, I went to a random post on my site and fixed a couple of typos and hey, it's actually not a bad entry, I think. I talk about CRISIS and Byrne's MAN OF STEEL and the excitement around these comics at the time.
www.progressiveruin.com/2024/04/22/a...
www.progressiveruin.com/2024/04/22/a...
And that he played football in high school, that was somethin’.
www.progressiveruin.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Instead of going to bed, I went to a random post on my site and fixed a couple of typos and hey, it's actually not a bad entry, I think. I talk about CRISIS and Byrne's MAN OF STEEL and the excitement around these comics at the time.
www.progressiveruin.com/2024/04/22/a...
www.progressiveruin.com/2024/04/22/a...
Devo
Pato Banton (w/Crazy 8s)
Toy Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Dead Milkmen (w/Mary's Danish)
Pato Banton (w/Crazy 8s)
Toy Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Dead Milkmen (w/Mary's Danish)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
David Bowie
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
KT Tunstall/Barenaked Ladies
Elton John/Billy Joel
Sinead O'Connor
David Bowie
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
KT Tunstall/Barenaked Ladies
Elton John/Billy Joel
Sinead O'Connor
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
pet shop boys
kraftwerk
tom jones
jean-michel jarre
metallica
pet shop boys
kraftwerk
tom jones
jean-michel jarre
metallica
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Devo
Pato Banton (w/Crazy 8s)
Toy Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Dead Milkmen (w/Mary's Danish)
Pato Banton (w/Crazy 8s)
Toy Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Dead Milkmen (w/Mary's Danish)
Trying to get stuff in order for my blog's coming anniversary post since I'm going to have that long-delayed eyeball operation right before it goes up and I may not be in the condition to stare at a computer screen to get it ready.
You know, the smart move would have been to stop blogging in 2010.
You know, the smart move would have been to stop blogging in 2010.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trying to get stuff in order for my blog's coming anniversary post since I'm going to have that long-delayed eyeball operation right before it goes up and I may not be in the condition to stare at a computer screen to get it ready.
You know, the smart move would have been to stop blogging in 2010.
You know, the smart move would have been to stop blogging in 2010.
Hoo boy, the people, they want their 100-packs of current backing boards for the holidays. Good thing I just had a new shipment of them come in.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hoo boy, the people, they want their 100-packs of current backing boards for the holidays. Good thing I just had a new shipment of them come in.
The Atom.
"I strongly don’t think that #Batman is in my future. I do think there is something in my future with DC." - ICYMI, Alan Ritchson.
What role should he take? #DCStudios
What role should he take? #DCStudios
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Atom.
My friend Brook brought in a binder of punk/indie band show flyers from the mid-ish 1980s, which was amazing to flip through. Included was a flyer for a 45 Grave show in Santa Barbara with Harvey Sid Fisher as an opening act.
Who is Harvey Sid Fisher, you may ask?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rylV...
Who is Harvey Sid Fisher, you may ask?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rylV...
GEMINI (5/21-6/20)
YouTube video by astrologysongs
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November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My friend Brook brought in a binder of punk/indie band show flyers from the mid-ish 1980s, which was amazing to flip through. Included was a flyer for a 45 Grave show in Santa Barbara with Harvey Sid Fisher as an opening act.
Who is Harvey Sid Fisher, you may ask?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rylV...
Who is Harvey Sid Fisher, you may ask?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rylV...
Comic Book Guy, but of course.
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Comic Book Guy, but of course.
Post a famous bathroom scene.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
Very tired of companies making it hard for consumers to identify and buy their books. I can't spend my time making shelf labels for *every* comic that refuses to have the actual title somewhere on the cover.
Come on! It would be super easy to just stack the logos. Wouldn't even take any extra space.
Look, I did this in under a minute and I don't even have the files in layers.
Look, I did this in under a minute and I don't even have the files in layers.
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Very tired of companies making it hard for consumers to identify and buy their books. I can't spend my time making shelf labels for *every* comic that refuses to have the actual title somewhere on the cover.
Reposted by Mike Sterling, Comics Guy
in which we look back at one of the great missed opportunities of 80s Marvel - a book designed to tap the zeitgeist of an era’s stylish crime entertainment, the brainchild of writer Martha Thomases and the great Tony Salmons … abruptly canceled after a measly five issues. 🤪
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
in which we look back at one of the great missed opportunities of 80s Marvel - a book designed to tap the zeitgeist of an era’s stylish crime entertainment, the brainchild of writer Martha Thomases and the great Tony Salmons … abruptly canceled after a measly five issues. 🤪
"MORE BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD MOVIES! BRING BACK THE CAST!"
"Um, Mr. President, I'm pretty sure they're all d--"
"MORE BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD! AND TOPPER!"
"Um, Mr. President, I'm pretty sure they're all d--"
"MORE BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD! AND TOPPER!"
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"MORE BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD MOVIES! BRING BACK THE CAST!"
"Um, Mr. President, I'm pretty sure they're all d--"
"MORE BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD! AND TOPPER!"
"Um, Mr. President, I'm pretty sure they're all d--"
"MORE BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD! AND TOPPER!"
STAR WARS X, but it's a direct sequel to the Holiday Special with all-Wookiee dialogue
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
STAR WARS X, but it's a direct sequel to the Holiday Special with all-Wookiee dialogue
When I die and there's nobody else on the internet doing Frank Miller's THE SPIRIT gags, you know you'll miss it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When I die and there's nobody else on the internet doing Frank Miller's THE SPIRIT gags, you know you'll miss it.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
my Star Wars rankings
1. THE LAST JEDI
2. the first STAR WARS, I guess
3. The Holiday Special
4. all the toy commercials I saw in the '70s
5. all the local '70s commercials that desperately tried to tie their product/service into Star Wars
1. THE LAST JEDI
2. the first STAR WARS, I guess
3. The Holiday Special
4. all the toy commercials I saw in the '70s
5. all the local '70s commercials that desperately tried to tie their product/service into Star Wars
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
my Star Wars rankings
1. THE LAST JEDI
2. the first STAR WARS, I guess
3. The Holiday Special
4. all the toy commercials I saw in the '70s
5. all the local '70s commercials that desperately tried to tie their product/service into Star Wars
1. THE LAST JEDI
2. the first STAR WARS, I guess
3. The Holiday Special
4. all the toy commercials I saw in the '70s
5. all the local '70s commercials that desperately tried to tie their product/service into Star Wars