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Graeme McMillan
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Brain in a box for Popverse (thepopverse.com), previously of Wired, THR, Time, Playboy, LA Times, io9, countless other outlets that I've probably forgotten. He/Him. comicsfyi at gmail dot com if you want to email. Ping Ping Ping.
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Jesse Lonergan’s Drome is great. Plus, look at that lettering.
Jesse Lonergan’s Drome, from 23rd St Books.
July 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Rest in Peace to a great one. (And if you have Hulu, go watch Sly Lives.)
Sly Stone, Influential Maestro of Multifaceted Band, Dies at 82.
June 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Trade war's going well, I see. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Guardian news story reading, "A senior White House official has told ABC News that the additional 50% tariff that Donald Trump threatened to impose on China earlier would be in addition to the 34% “reciprocal” tariff Trump announced last week set to go into effect on Wednesday and the 20% that is already in place, making for a potential total of a 104% tariff."
April 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Well, this is very not good. From @garbageday.email.
Screenshot of an email from Garbage Day that reads in part, "An employee working for an agency funded by federal grants working in HIV care told Garbage Day that their manager said the CDC website is expected to come down "in its entirety" and "to save what they might need." Targethiv.org, run by the Health Resources and Services Administration, is already down."
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Meta going full MAGA. www.axios.com/2025/01/10/m...
Screenshot of an Axios story reading "Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is terminating major DEI programs, effective immediately — including for hiring, training and picking suppliers, according to a new employee memo obtained by Axios. Why it matters: The move is a strong signal to Meta employees that the company's push to make inroads with the incoming Trump administration isn't just posturing, but an ethos shift that will impact its business practices."
January 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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“Gasp!”
More from The Best of DC #22 with art from Jack Kirby. Santa Claus and Sandman discovering a tied-up Mrs. Claus. “Gasp!” declares Santa. “Mmmpf!” responds Mrs. Claus.
December 13, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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Ho ho ho.
Jack Kirby art from 1982’s The Best of DC #22, with Sandman and Jed about to be jumped by Santa’s elves even as Sandman says, “And wait till you meet Santa’s ELVES — they’re always so WARM and FRIENDLY!”
December 13, 2024 at 4:39 AM
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Is this the very best Superman thought balloon ever?
Superman watching broken glass fall to the ground, thinking to himself, "GET OFF YOUR SUPER-BUTT! DO SOMETHING -- !"
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Oh, to be Orion.
“The enemy will use new weapons — but I shall FIND them and DESTROY them as well!” From New Gods #2 by Jack Kirby.
November 17, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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Kirby Kirby Kirby.
From Jack Kirby’s amazing New Gods #2, Orion exclaiming “So THAT’S it! A FEAR generator DISGUISED as a giant BILLBOARD!”
November 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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May we all have the attitude of James Bartholomew Olsen.
Jimmy Olsen is a fan of a particular scientist and author, but happily adds, “Though he’s wrong about WEREWOLVES! I should know — I’ve been one!”
November 12, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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Decades later, this kid would become one of the richest men in the world having founded a dotcom-era start-up in college with his parents money.
Panel from Superman in The Computers That Saved Metropolis, a 1980 Radio Shack giveaway, wherein a snotty kid says, "Someone WAKE ME UP when he's FINISHED! HISTORY and COMPUTERS are BORING enough by themselves -- but TOGETHER? GOOD NIGHT!"
November 10, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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The Onion gets it.
Headline of The Onion: "America Defeats America." Headline of a second story: "Tireless Civil Rights Crusaders Not So Smug Now."
November 6, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Dave Karpf’s newsletter feels true. davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
“This is a disaster. I knew it was possible. We all knew it was possible. But I didn’t believe it would happen again. I thought, in the final tally, that Dobbs would matter and January 6th would matter and corruption would matter and Trump’s own rambling incompetence would matter. I did not think American Democracy was in any way perfect, but I did believe we were at least better than this.”
November 6, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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It begins.
The Guardian's election results tracker notes the first three states called, the first time it's updated in what is sure to be a long process.
November 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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It's funny because I'm terrified.
New Onion headline/video: "New Trump Ad Shows Montage of People He'll Kill if Elected."
October 31, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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A panel from the most recent run of Brink, by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard.
October 26, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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Thanks, Onion.
Screenshot from The Onion: "Now, with our nation at a pivotal crossroads, The Onion‘s editorial board faces its most difficult decision yet. That’s why we have chosen to officially endorse Joseph R. Biden for president of the United States. To our loyal, handsome, and stunningly brilliant readers, please know that The Onion‘s latest foray into the 2024 election does not come lightly. In these unprecedented times of misinformation and political violence, everyone from left-wing activists to Silicon Valley megadonors attempted to dissuade us from endorsing Joe Biden at this moment in time. But The Onion and its six-member editorial board do not listen to outsiders. Nor do we listen to data, facts, polls, the U.S. government, or the widely panned Geneva Conventions. It is with great pride that this institution officially throws its full and unequivocal support behind Joe Biden, despite many across the political spectrum, including the entire Democratic Party, saying “it’s too late” and we are “doing more harm than good.”"
October 25, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Everything's going great in the world of journalism, then.
Screengrab from the Status newsletter, which states that the Washington Post has announced it will not make an endorsement in the upcoming US election, despite the fact that the editorial board decided earlier this week to endorse Harris. It's the second paper this week where a Harris endorsement has been blocked by a billionaire owner.
October 25, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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I've got a chunk of NYCC prep to do over the next few days, so let's do this as an occasional distraction.
It's that "Get To Know My Music Taste/For Every Like, I Will Post One Song I Love" meme that everyone else is doing.
October 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Remember when Bob Haney just had Batman get over everything?
Batman saying, “But seriously, I’ve also found peace at last! I’m no longer haunted by my orphaned childhood… killing my past by finally putting the ghosts of my parents to rest has freed me!”
October 9, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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Finally tracked down that back issue of FLASH VS DON MCLEAN that I've been looking for these past few years. As the title of the issue puts it, "Watch Out Flash -- This Will Be The Day That You Die!" indeed.
Okay, fine, it's really just that the caption on the cover of 1982's Flash #307 paraphrases Don McLean's American Pie when it says "And this is the day the music dies!" but still.
September 14, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Second time in the two days since Trump mentioned it during the debate.
"Two elementary schools and a middle school have been evacuated or are closed in Springfield, Ohio, the town that Donald Trump and his campaign have baselessly claimed is being menaced by immigrants who eat pets, a Spectrum News affiliate reports."
September 13, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Joe Kubert was so damn good.
Joe Kubert art from Our Army at War #233, with some amazing character design and acting, oh boy.
September 9, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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I got myself a treat at Rose City.
The Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition, which is basically an Artist Edition of McMahon’s amazing late-70s early-80s Dredd run. The Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition, which is basically an Artist Edition of McMahon’s amazing late-70s early-80s Dredd run. The Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition, which is basically an Artist Edition of McMahon’s amazing late-70s early-80s Dredd run. The Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition, which is basically an Artist Edition of McMahon’s amazing late-70s early-80s Dredd run.
September 9, 2024 at 2:42 AM