Martyn
@martynpedler.com
Writer, academic, brain in a jar. Creative Writing PhD in superhero stories. You can see my stuff at http://martynpedler.com
Finally watching ANDOR season two and laughing at how the casting must've been for "Resting Nazi Face".
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Finally watching ANDOR season two and laughing at how the casting must've been for "Resting Nazi Face".
"Performative reading" sounds like reading INFINITE JEST on a unicycle.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Performative reading" sounds like reading INFINITE JEST on a unicycle.
When did "somewhere, a dog barked" become a literary cliche? Because it's true: somewhere, a dog barked!
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
When did "somewhere, a dog barked" become a literary cliche? Because it's true: somewhere, a dog barked!
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As a treat: the cover to a sci-fi noir comic I pitched a few years back, drawn by the excellent Rich Ellis!
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
As a treat: the cover to a sci-fi noir comic I pitched a few years back, drawn by the excellent Rich Ellis!
Jack Kirby: "Stan Lee and I never collaborated on anything! I’ve never seen Stan Lee write anything. I used to write the stories just like I always did."
Jack Kirby Interview - The Comics Journal
Jack Kirby talks to Gary Groth about who really created Thor, Spider-Man, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four and many of the other Marvel characters currently populating the big screen.
www.tcj.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Jack Kirby: "Stan Lee and I never collaborated on anything! I’ve never seen Stan Lee write anything. I used to write the stories just like I always did."
I'm trying to get better at writing for process, not results; deep down, though, I still need it to find an audience. I don't want to write "for me".
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I'm trying to get better at writing for process, not results; deep down, though, I still need it to find an audience. I don't want to write "for me".
HARAKIRI (1962) is an amazing (and shattering) piece of cinema.
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
HARAKIRI (1962) is an amazing (and shattering) piece of cinema.
"Picture this: you work for a masturbation factory in hell. You log on to your scheduled workplace Zoom call. What do you see? You see what I saw in the GoonVerse."
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
harpers.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Picture this: you work for a masturbation factory in hell. You log on to your scheduled workplace Zoom call. What do you see? You see what I saw in the GoonVerse."
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via the treatment advocacy center
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
via the treatment advocacy center
"One might ask if difficult, essential work might be well paid, at this moment in history, regardless of a person’s sex. But then much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you."
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"One might ask if difficult, essential work might be well paid, at this moment in history, regardless of a person’s sex. But then much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you."
“You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge.” George Carlin.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge.” George Carlin.
If you put a frog into a pot of water and slowly turn up the temperature, you're probably a bad person.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If you put a frog into a pot of water and slowly turn up the temperature, you're probably a bad person.
Hold on... what? "The HBO Max/Epix DC series “Pennyworth,” which followed Bruce Wayne’s famous butler Alfred during his life in 1960s London, was also meant to serve as a prequel to “V for Vendetta,” though it was canceled after three seasons before that storyline could be fully fleshed out."
‘V for Vendetta’ TV Series in the Works at HBO (EXCLUSIVE)
A "V for Vendetta" TV series is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hold on... what? "The HBO Max/Epix DC series “Pennyworth,” which followed Bruce Wayne’s famous butler Alfred during his life in 1960s London, was also meant to serve as a prequel to “V for Vendetta,” though it was canceled after three seasons before that storyline could be fully fleshed out."
If you want to see the rest of these pitch pages, become a comic book publisher and DM me immediately!
As a treat: the cover to a sci-fi noir comic I pitched a few years back, drawn by the excellent Rich Ellis!
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you want to see the rest of these pitch pages, become a comic book publisher and DM me immediately!
I just realised that Tim Robinson is the live-action Frank 'Grimey' Grimes.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I just realised that Tim Robinson is the live-action Frank 'Grimey' Grimes.
Okay, so – as a movie I wrote will be coming out next year – throwing this out to the universe: I'd love to write a comic. Comics are basically my mother tongue.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Okay, so – as a movie I wrote will be coming out next year – throwing this out to the universe: I'd love to write a comic. Comics are basically my mother tongue.
Don't ruin "watches films" as a whole personality, Elon Musk. It's all some of us have.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Don't ruin "watches films" as a whole personality, Elon Musk. It's all some of us have.
I watched the first two episodes of I LOVE LA and found them... stressful.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I watched the first two episodes of I LOVE LA and found them... stressful.
"It's impossible to know exactly why Lia Smith died, but we do know the overall societal atmosphere in which it happened, and it's a hostile one in which trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity."
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"It's impossible to know exactly why Lia Smith died, but we do know the overall societal atmosphere in which it happened, and it's a hostile one in which trans people are increasingly discriminated against, excluded, and treated without respect or dignity."
All movies should be promoted like BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. I want to believe GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 might have happened.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
All movies should be promoted like BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. I want to believe GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 might have happened.
If I could say one thing to everyone gathered here today, it'd be this: "Don't go off your meds when you start to feel better. The meds are *why* you're feeling better."
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If I could say one thing to everyone gathered here today, it'd be this: "Don't go off your meds when you start to feel better. The meds are *why* you're feeling better."
On the plus side, think of all the vast and trunkless legs of stone we'll write poems about soon!
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
On the plus side, think of all the vast and trunkless legs of stone we'll write poems about soon!
In a recent Superman comic, the Anti-Life Equation – sci-fi fascism, basically – makes everyone's heart beat as one. PLURIBUS reminded me of this, too.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In a recent Superman comic, the Anti-Life Equation – sci-fi fascism, basically – makes everyone's heart beat as one. PLURIBUS reminded me of this, too.
Season one of THE LOWDOWN was a slam dunk. Not one bad episode; compelling the whole way through.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Season one of THE LOWDOWN was a slam dunk. Not one bad episode; compelling the whole way through.
I'm really enjoying everyone's takes on what PLURIBUS is about. Vaccines? Fame? American exceptionalism?
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I'm really enjoying everyone's takes on what PLURIBUS is about. Vaccines? Fame? American exceptionalism?