Rantz Hoseley
@rantz.bsky.social
WGA screenwriter & filmmaker. Harvey & Eisner award winning VP of Editorial at Z2 Comics. An island of bemused calm in the chaotic seas of the entertainment industry. No Gods. No Kings.
NOVEMBER 2025 - MEDIAFEED
MEDIAFEED - NOVEMBER 2025
As Awards Season begins, so does the consumption of guild screenings
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NOVEMBER 2025 - MEDIAFEED
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
What's a movie you never tire of watching?
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What's a movie you never tire of watching?
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Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays on a magnificent season. It is a shame either team had to lose. And this was a gut punch. 💔💔
Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world.
Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy.
Now go re-sign Bo.
Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world.
Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy.
Now go re-sign Bo.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays on a magnificent season. It is a shame either team had to lose. And this was a gut punch. 💔💔
Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world.
Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy.
Now go re-sign Bo.
Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world.
Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy.
Now go re-sign Bo.
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Interview: David Dastmalchian Discusses New Graphic Novel THROUGH, Upcoming Comic Book Series THE ACCESSORIES, and the Halloween Special He Watches Every Year
@catstaggs.bsky.social @rantz.bsky.social @piazzalunga.bsky.social @brakk0.bsky.social @z2comics.bsky.social @timetopanick.bsky.social
@catstaggs.bsky.social @rantz.bsky.social @piazzalunga.bsky.social @brakk0.bsky.social @z2comics.bsky.social @timetopanick.bsky.social
Interview: David Dastmalchian Discusses New Graphic Novel THROUGH, Upcoming Comic Book Series THE ACCESSORIES, and the Halloween Special He Watches Every Year - Daily Dead
In addition to thrilling viewers with his intriguing performances on screen (including the recent Late Night with the Devil and the morbidly delightful talk show Grave Conversations, in which he inter...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Interview: David Dastmalchian Discusses New Graphic Novel THROUGH, Upcoming Comic Book Series THE ACCESSORIES, and the Halloween Special He Watches Every Year
@catstaggs.bsky.social @rantz.bsky.social @piazzalunga.bsky.social @brakk0.bsky.social @z2comics.bsky.social @timetopanick.bsky.social
@catstaggs.bsky.social @rantz.bsky.social @piazzalunga.bsky.social @brakk0.bsky.social @z2comics.bsky.social @timetopanick.bsky.social
VOTING IS OPEN for the TRIPWIRE AWARDS and
@mrtonylee.bsky.social along with BRUCE DICKINSON are nominated!
GO VOTE!
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@mrtonylee.bsky.social along with BRUCE DICKINSON are nominated!
GO VOTE!
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/th...
October 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
VOTING IS OPEN for the TRIPWIRE AWARDS and
@mrtonylee.bsky.social along with BRUCE DICKINSON are nominated!
GO VOTE!
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/th...
@mrtonylee.bsky.social along with BRUCE DICKINSON are nominated!
GO VOTE!
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/th...
Great turnout in Burbank today for #NoKings very proud of my community for showing up and standing up for America and ALL the people who live here.
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Great turnout in Burbank today for #NoKings very proud of my community for showing up and standing up for America and ALL the people who live here.
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Civil War reenactors out there saying the protestors hate America.
October 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Civil War reenactors out there saying the protestors hate America.
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I'm helping to produce an original play about the Finnish/Russian Winter War. First up is the Live Reading, which they are running a small Kickstarter for. This is a true story that is vital for the times we are in, and a little support means a lot at this critical stage.
Roar of the Grain: Stage Reading
He defended his nation, now he must defend his name. A new play, inspired by true events. Written by Satu.
www.kickstarter.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm helping to produce an original play about the Finnish/Russian Winter War. First up is the Live Reading, which they are running a small Kickstarter for. This is a true story that is vital for the times we are in, and a little support means a lot at this critical stage.
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A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
Over in FilmStack, there's 100 days of filmic inspiration going. @hopeforfilm.bsky.social started it, and I did day 52 today...
THE BEAUTY AND INSPIRATION OF TANGENTS
DAY 52 - FILMSTACK DAILY INSPO
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October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Over in FilmStack, there's 100 days of filmic inspiration going. @hopeforfilm.bsky.social started it, and I did day 52 today...
For the better part of a year, my dear friend @toriamos.bsky.social has been talking about this new project. It's absolutely her most ambitious project to date, so I was very proud and honored to be asked to contribute the key art for the album and tour announcement!
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For the better part of a year, my dear friend @toriamos.bsky.social has been talking about this new project. It's absolutely her most ambitious project to date, so I was very proud and honored to be asked to contribute the key art for the album and tour announcement!
Got my ballot for California Prop 50... Alrighty let's fucking do this.
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Got my ballot for California Prop 50... Alrighty let's fucking do this.
I'm helping to produce an original play about the Finnish/Russian Winter War. First up is the Live Reading, which they are running a small Kickstarter for. This is a true story that is vital for the times we are in, and a little support means a lot at this critical stage.
Roar of the Grain: Stage Reading
He defended his nation, now he must defend his name. A new play, inspired by true events. Written by Satu.
www.kickstarter.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm helping to produce an original play about the Finnish/Russian Winter War. First up is the Live Reading, which they are running a small Kickstarter for. This is a true story that is vital for the times we are in, and a little support means a lot at this critical stage.
I've been moving my daily online time away from FB and BlueSky, over to longer form writing and interactions on Substack, where a lively indie film community is developing. This includes my monthly media consumption survey.
MEDIAFEED - SEPTEMBER 2025
What Rantz has been putting in his veins over the last month.
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've been moving my daily online time away from FB and BlueSky, over to longer form writing and interactions on Substack, where a lively indie film community is developing. This includes my monthly media consumption survey.
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It does. Proven over and over. We choose to do this, to punish the sin of poverty. We pay extra for the cruelty.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It does. Proven over and over. We choose to do this, to punish the sin of poverty. We pay extra for the cruelty.
Have I told you this book is great? I'm not even to chapter 10 and have gasped/sobbed aloud multiple times. Goddamn... It's really great. The last line of chapter 5? Perfection.
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Have I told you this book is great? I'm not even to chapter 10 and have gasped/sobbed aloud multiple times. Goddamn... It's really great. The last line of chapter 5? Perfection.
Offered for no reason whatsoever...
Donald Duck | Der Fuehrer's Face - The Song | Disney Anti-Nazi Propaganda
YouTube video by Kjell Axel Östman inc.
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Offered for no reason whatsoever...
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If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
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By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.
September 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.
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“The most valuable thing to me in terms of my mental health is to read a poem or see a painting or listen to music which speaks to me, which breaks me open for a moment, and where I feel an experience honestly & delicately portrayed. That’s another reason AI can never create anything artistically.”
‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache
As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The most valuable thing to me in terms of my mental health is to read a poem or see a painting or listen to music which speaks to me, which breaks me open for a moment, and where I feel an experience honestly & delicately portrayed. That’s another reason AI can never create anything artistically.”
I went to art school. Learned to be a painter.
All that.
I don't do art much now, because of many reasons, but chief amongst them is when someone hires me to do a piece of art or illustration, I am completely neurotic in the space between when it is complete & when the client accepts it.
All that.
I don't do art much now, because of many reasons, but chief amongst them is when someone hires me to do a piece of art or illustration, I am completely neurotic in the space between when it is complete & when the client accepts it.
September 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I went to art school. Learned to be a painter.
All that.
I don't do art much now, because of many reasons, but chief amongst them is when someone hires me to do a piece of art or illustration, I am completely neurotic in the space between when it is complete & when the client accepts it.
All that.
I don't do art much now, because of many reasons, but chief amongst them is when someone hires me to do a piece of art or illustration, I am completely neurotic in the space between when it is complete & when the client accepts it.
Lovely article in BILLBOARD about the new @marcmaron.bsky.social book @boxbrown.bsky.social is doing at @z2comics.bsky.social including a exclusive preview of four pages from the book. Check it out!
(Or should I say... LOCK THE GATES)
(Or should I say... LOCK THE GATES)
Marc Maron Is Turning His Podcast ‘WTF’ Into Graphic Novel: Read the Early Pages
Billboard offers a first look at pages from 'WTF Is a Podcast,' the graphic novel that will chronicle the history of Marc Maron's podcast.
www.billboard.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Lovely article in BILLBOARD about the new @marcmaron.bsky.social book @boxbrown.bsky.social is doing at @z2comics.bsky.social including a exclusive preview of four pages from the book. Check it out!
(Or should I say... LOCK THE GATES)
(Or should I say... LOCK THE GATES)
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Hello again WGAW writers! Voting has begun and I would like yours! Please check out my candidate statement at elections.wga.org/2025/mike-ro...
Lots of great candidates, including @reallymighty.bsky.social & Christina Walker - check everybody out and most importantly, vote! 💪 💪💪 Deadline is 9/23
Lots of great candidates, including @reallymighty.bsky.social & Christina Walker - check everybody out and most importantly, vote! 💪 💪💪 Deadline is 9/23
September 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hello again WGAW writers! Voting has begun and I would like yours! Please check out my candidate statement at elections.wga.org/2025/mike-ro...
Lots of great candidates, including @reallymighty.bsky.social & Christina Walker - check everybody out and most importantly, vote! 💪 💪💪 Deadline is 9/23
Lots of great candidates, including @reallymighty.bsky.social & Christina Walker - check everybody out and most importantly, vote! 💪 💪💪 Deadline is 9/23