This month’s riso print, an homage to John Carpenter’s The Thing - my favorite film (right next to Big Trouble in Little China)

February 11, 1996: Shaquille O'Neal of the Orlando Magic dunks on David Robinson of the Spurs during the NBA All-Star Game in San Antonio.

O'Neal had 25 PTS (10-16 FG)/10 REB/2 BLK for the East in a 129-118 win. Robinson finished with 18 PTS/11 REB/2 BLK for the West.

A few weeks ago I saw a commercial for like genAI or sports betting or something and it was like “don’t bet against the underdog” and one of the examples they depicted was the Spartans at Thermopylae.

And like… my brother in Zeus, they lost. The were the underdogs and they FAMOUSLY lost.

They made up a whole story about a White House staffer posting ut in the middle of the night, and Trump just goes Leeroy Jenkins and says, "You're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red!"

Here is a thing:

There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.

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In 1966, Bill Russell became the NBA's first-ever Black head coach, while continuing to start for the team. He'd lead them to two more championships as a player-coach.

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First they came for Bill Belichick, and I went lol. Then they came for Robert Kraft, and once again I went lol.

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam

January 30, 1997: Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon records a statistical anomaly, scoring 48 PTS on 24-40 FG WITHOUT ATTEMPTING a free throw or a 3-pointer.

Olajuwon also had 10 REB but the Rockets lost to Denver, 113-109. Ricky Pierce led the Nuggets with 25 PTS (11-18 FG).

Primal is missing me with the regular lions when you have every incredible prehistoric beast, or even fantastical creatures, to choose from.

Why not at least dive on Curl there? Hustle a little and you save a turnover.

Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86.

it's crazy how there's never been a revolution in real life. only in Star Wars, somehow

Trae Young just got traded from the very first team in the league alphabetically to the very last. It's kinda neat when you think about it.

it is something of a comfort that even here, at the end of all things, no one knows what a catch is in the NFL

Good ol' Deater78 is still cranking away on the Apple ][ port of Peasant's Quest and recently got the rains down in Peasantry working. Check out his vid here:
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now

It's kind of funny that the NYCMayor Twitter account just changes names without archiving the old posts so now it's @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's name on all of Eric Adams' old tweets

I'd love to get a ping pong movie that's not a joke with a not-ridiculous main character at some point.

December 29, 1994: A pair of putback dunks from Houston's Robert Horry.

Horry finished with 15 PTS and Hakeem Olajuwon scored a game-high 42 PTS in the Rockets' 126-124 win over the Warriors. Tim Hardaway had 32 PTS/10 AST and Latrell Sprewell scored 25 PTS for Golden State.

Mark told me this story in person last year, and I was so pleased that a line like "the sound bullets make when they bounce off living flesh" came from a vintage Krypto comic. And it just happens to be the comics page that made him a writer!

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Todaybordeve is Decemberweeve! Gambol/gamble around the piano with your fam to play this holiday... classic?

December 14, 1999: Minnesota's Kevin Garnett with a poster slam in Atlanta.

Garnett finished with 22 PTS/15 REB/10 AST/7 STL but the Hawks defeated the Timberwolves, 105-94. Dikembe Mutombo had 27 PTS/29 REB/6 BLK and Jim Jackson scored 23 PTS for Atlanta.

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