David Michael Nolan
@conanriquelme.bsky.social
Dubliner, Novelist, enthusiast. The Tommy Conlon series at Rough Edges Press, Big Boots To Fill from Pitch publishing. Mainly: movies, comics, books, music, boxing, football, kits. https://letterboxd.com/ConanRiquelme/
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RIP Rob Reiner. Plenty of more heralded directors would kill to have popular classics like THE PRINCESS BRIDE, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, A FEW GOOD MEN and STAND BY ME on their filmography. A craftsman of the highest rank and a fine actor too. Immortal forever for his role in his own THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
RIP Rob Reiner. Plenty of more heralded directors would kill to have popular classics like THE PRINCESS BRIDE, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, A FEW GOOD MEN and STAND BY ME on their filmography. A craftsman of the highest rank and a fine actor too. Immortal forever for his role in his own THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
Ennis & Epting on a War story is as good as it gets.
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Ennis & Epting on a War story is as good as it gets.
Best comic panels. Go.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Best comic panels. Go.
Ford’s SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is just incredibly gorgeous.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ford’s SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is just incredibly gorgeous.
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions
Larry Hama made a boatload of money for Marvel and Hasbro in the ‘80s by turning toy tie-in GI Joe into a smash so they let him do this waaaay more eccentric project with Ron Wagner as a reward. Dystopian ninja commando against an omnipotent tyrant. As awesome as weird-ass 80s mainstream comics get.
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Larry Hama made a boatload of money for Marvel and Hasbro in the ‘80s by turning toy tie-in GI Joe into a smash so they let him do this waaaay more eccentric project with Ron Wagner as a reward. Dystopian ninja commando against an omnipotent tyrant. As awesome as weird-ass 80s mainstream comics get.
If you see this, post 4 female characters you love
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you see this, post 4 female characters you love
Simon Bisley's sensational cover for Conan the Savage Issue 1 from 1996.
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Simon Bisley's sensational cover for Conan the Savage Issue 1 from 1996.
Took my horror-loving 15 year old to see INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS on a big screen at Home MCR tonight. My first viewing in maybe 20 years. Ageing supremely well. Brilliantly written & directed. Kaufman really was a master. A horror movie for grown-ups: unmatched paranoia in that first act.
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Took my horror-loving 15 year old to see INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS on a big screen at Home MCR tonight. My first viewing in maybe 20 years. Ageing supremely well. Brilliantly written & directed. Kaufman really was a master. A horror movie for grown-ups: unmatched paranoia in that first act.
RIP Peter Watkins, one of the great British filmmakers and perhaps the great political director of his era. THE WAR GAME and PUNISHMENT PARK - both decades old - are as fresh and urgent and compelling as ever today. An underrated stylist too with a great understanding of his medium. A unique artist.
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
RIP Peter Watkins, one of the great British filmmakers and perhaps the great political director of his era. THE WAR GAME and PUNISHMENT PARK - both decades old - are as fresh and urgent and compelling as ever today. An underrated stylist too with a great understanding of his medium. A unique artist.
This record is one of the great rock albums of the 1980s. Massively underappreciated band.
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This record is one of the great rock albums of the 1980s. Massively underappreciated band.
#nowreading One of my favourite writers.
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#nowreading One of my favourite writers.
No Kings. Only God Emperors.
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No Kings. Only God Emperors.
RIP Drew Struzan: genius.
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
RIP Drew Struzan: genius.
Turlogh Dubh O'Brien by Barry Windsor Smith
October 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Turlogh Dubh O'Brien by Barry Windsor Smith
RIP Diane Keaton, a genuinely important actress who was also a movie star & interesting filmmaker. Aside from the brilliance of her work with Woody Allen, so great in THE GODFATHER, REDS and LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR. Then a second career in 2000s rom-coms, where you believed Keanu would fall for her.
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
RIP Diane Keaton, a genuinely important actress who was also a movie star & interesting filmmaker. Aside from the brilliance of her work with Woody Allen, so great in THE GODFATHER, REDS and LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR. Then a second career in 2000s rom-coms, where you believed Keanu would fall for her.
I absolutely love the ‘60s issues of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD after Steranko left, when a series of other artists tried to “do” Steranko to varying effect. Here we have Frank Springer X 2, Herb Trimpe and a young Barry Windsor Smith.
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I absolutely love the ‘60s issues of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD after Steranko left, when a series of other artists tried to “do” Steranko to varying effect. Here we have Frank Springer X 2, Herb Trimpe and a young Barry Windsor Smith.
My favourite moment from
Fraction & Jimenez’s Batman so far.
Fraction & Jimenez’s Batman so far.
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My favourite moment from
Fraction & Jimenez’s Batman so far.
Fraction & Jimenez’s Batman so far.