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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 13h

I'm seeing him again the next weekend.

Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 16h

It's, like, almost Canada!

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 20h

Jim McLauchlin @mclauchlin.bsky.social · 20h

Just 25 days out! Coming Nov. 7-8-9!

Our pal @ronmarz.bsky.social will will be at the Twin Cities Con
in Minneapolis! Get you here! Tix and info: twincitiescon.com

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 1d

Good trouble.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 1d

I'll have a story in the X-O Manowar: Black, White & Gold Anthology with my pal @bartsearsart.bsky.social on art, returning to a character we worked on together in the first incarnation of Valiant. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ali...

X-O MANOWAR: BLACK, WHITE & GOLD Valiant Comics Anthology HC

Follow Aric of Dacia, a Visigoth warrior with a powerful suit of alien armor, in this all-new Valiant Comics anthology hardcover!

www.kickstarter.com

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 1d

You might be asking yourself, "Are these people actually that stupid, or just that dishontest?"

And the answer is Yes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

My @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social panels:

Friday 5-5:45 pm, Secrets from the International Spy Museum: Real-World Espionage Tech and Comic Books, Room 339-342.

Friday 6-6:45 pm, Peter David Remembered, Room 337.

Sunday Noon-12:45 pm, Kirby Krackle: The King’s Most Powerful Tales, Room 343-344.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, you want the guy with the nuclear codes convinced he's going to Hell. I'm sure it'll be fine for all of us...

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is smiling with the words i see what you did there above him

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with the words i see what you did there above him

media.tenor.com

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 1d

Someone's ability to understand Watchmen is always a pretty good baseline test of their intelligence.

Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 2d

I finally read that Peter Thiel essay about Alan Moore's WATCHMEN, and it's incredible that his actual argument is: "Moore argues that Ozymandias will fail because history defeats all world conquerers, and no victory is permanent. But maybe I, Peter Thiel, am built different?"

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

My @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social panels:

Friday 5-5:45 pm, Secrets from the International Spy Museum: Real-World Espionage Tech and Comic Books, Room 339-342.

Friday 6-6:45 pm, Peter David Remembered, Room 337.

Sunday Noon-12:45 pm, Kirby Krackle: The King’s Most Powerful Tales, Room 343-344.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

White Reaper last night in a sweaty Troy dive bar. Great show.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

Chef's kiss.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

Uh-oh...

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

I can write you a story. I can build you a wall.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

I can't tell you what this is yet. But I will soon.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 2d

We have to stop letting obscenely rich people get crazy, or stop crazy people from getting obscenely rich.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 3d

I think so...?

Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 3d

Generally, it was quite good, but there were a few individuals who were ... problems.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 3d

Dollar bin pulls, because it's easier than looking for my copies. I thought Ruse was the best book we did at CrossGen.

At one point, when Mark Waid left, I was going to take over writing Ruse. But the office politics of it were ... complicated.

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Ron Marz @ronmarz.bsky.social · 3d

The French editions of The Path were printed in widescreem format; the pages were all done as double-page spreads (same for Ruse), so each spread was printed as one page. Beautful production.

Beta Ray Benny @betaraybenny.bsky.social · 3d

THE PATH (CrossGen) French Album Edition by @ronmarz.bsky.social & @bartsearsart.bsky.social

#TopShelfFriday #comicbooks #comicsky

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Jim McLauchlin @mclauchlin.bsky.social · 4d

Coming Nov. 15, one day ONLY!

@ronmarz.bsky.social
and Bart Sears will be
@t2comiccon
in Horseheads, NY! get you here to come see them! Tix and info: twintierscomiccon.com