ewen_cluney.txt
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I finished reading the complete works of Fletcher Hanks, and I made a list of my favorite lines. I realized that his work is the first time I've come across a "so bad it's good" thing in comics, like a graphic novel by Ed Wood or Tommy Wiseau.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I finished reading the complete works of Fletcher Hanks, and I made a list of my favorite lines. I realized that his work is the first time I've come across a "so bad it's good" thing in comics, like a graphic novel by Ed Wood or Tommy Wiseau.
Well if you put it like that, yeah. Grucko.
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well if you put it like that, yeah. Grucko.
I like how there's a playable Jiangshi character in Vampire Survivors, and if you unlock him with a code, the code is "hophophophophophophophophophophophophop".
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I like how there's a playable Jiangshi character in Vampire Survivors, and if you unlock him with a code, the code is "hophophophophophophophophophophophophop".
I really want someone to create a recipe for the "royal sauce" from Kamen Rider Zeztz.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I really want someone to create a recipe for the "royal sauce" from Kamen Rider Zeztz.
Taking a break from Hades to play the new Balatro-themed DLC for Vampire Survivors, even though by the end of each run my poor Nintendo Switch gets into "seconds per frame" territory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Taking a break from Hades to play the new Balatro-themed DLC for Vampire Survivors, even though by the end of each run my poor Nintendo Switch gets into "seconds per frame" territory.
Getting back into writing M-Force: Messiah, which comments on the treatment of politics in superhero blockbusters and also has room for dumb nonsense like this.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Getting back into writing M-Force: Messiah, which comments on the treatment of politics in superhero blockbusters and also has room for dumb nonsense like this.
I realized that there's a certain parallel between Fletcher Hanks' comics and Chick Tracts. Both are formulaic, and often involve an evildoer/sinner facing sadistic divine vengeance.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I realized that there's a certain parallel between Fletcher Hanks' comics and Chick Tracts. Both are formulaic, and often involve an evildoer/sinner facing sadistic divine vengeance.
I still find it amusing that Beelzebub originated with Hebrews calling a Phillistine god "Baʿal zəvuv," or "Lord of the Flies," basically saying, "More like the Lord of Poop, amirite?" That evolved into Beelzebub, who in Christian demonology is one of the most powerful demons in hell.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I still find it amusing that Beelzebub originated with Hebrews calling a Phillistine god "Baʿal zəvuv," or "Lord of the Flies," basically saying, "More like the Lord of Poop, amirite?" That evolved into Beelzebub, who in Christian demonology is one of the most powerful demons in hell.
Since the Xeroverse is going to have "Beelzebub" as a primal force of late-stage capitalist greed, I got a figure of the Helluva Boss version of Beelzebub, even though the butterfly fox demon party girl is rather different from the Beelzebub that'll be in my novels.
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Since the Xeroverse is going to have "Beelzebub" as a primal force of late-stage capitalist greed, I got a figure of the Helluva Boss version of Beelzebub, even though the butterfly fox demon party girl is rather different from the Beelzebub that'll be in my novels.
Every exploitation Frankenstein B-movie wishes it had the sex appeal of Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein. Or for that matter Jacob Elordi as the Creature.
Also I had no idea that Victor had a younger brother named William Frankenstein even in the original novel.
Also I had no idea that Victor had a younger brother named William Frankenstein even in the original novel.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Every exploitation Frankenstein B-movie wishes it had the sex appeal of Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein. Or for that matter Jacob Elordi as the Creature.
Also I had no idea that Victor had a younger brother named William Frankenstein even in the original novel.
Also I had no idea that Victor had a younger brother named William Frankenstein even in the original novel.
Since I'm planning to include Stardust the Super Wizard in the final Xeroverse book, I got the collection of the complete works of Fletcher Hanks, appropriately titled Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All. There's nothing quite like it, though Dick Tracy is probably the closest.
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Since I'm planning to include Stardust the Super Wizard in the final Xeroverse book, I got the collection of the complete works of Fletcher Hanks, appropriately titled Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All. There's nothing quite like it, though Dick Tracy is probably the closest.
Now available on WeirdLittleKeebs.com, I built a Corne split keyboard with a tented case and even keycaps made from Cookiecad's very pretty Witches Blue PLA filament.
www.etsy.com/listing/4399...
#mechanialkeyboard #crkbd
www.etsy.com/listing/4399...
#mechanialkeyboard #crkbd
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Now available on WeirdLittleKeebs.com, I built a Corne split keyboard with a tented case and even keycaps made from Cookiecad's very pretty Witches Blue PLA filament.
www.etsy.com/listing/4399...
#mechanialkeyboard #crkbd
www.etsy.com/listing/4399...
#mechanialkeyboard #crkbd
I finished a custom Sofle keyboard for an Etsy customer. This one has orange Asimov keycaps from Keyreative.
#mechanicalkeyboard #sofle
weirdlittlekeebs.com
#mechanicalkeyboard #sofle
weirdlittlekeebs.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I finished a custom Sofle keyboard for an Etsy customer. This one has orange Asimov keycaps from Keyreative.
#mechanicalkeyboard #sofle
weirdlittlekeebs.com
#mechanicalkeyboard #sofle
weirdlittlekeebs.com
"Remember when The Onion was funny?"
--The least original guy in the universe
"I do in fact remember October 31st at 2pm."
--Me
--The least original guy in the universe
"I do in fact remember October 31st at 2pm."
--Me
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Remember when The Onion was funny?"
--The least original guy in the universe
"I do in fact remember October 31st at 2pm."
--Me
--The least original guy in the universe
"I do in fact remember October 31st at 2pm."
--Me
I made a list of the things I tend to yell at inanimate objects (when no people are around) and the overarching theme is tech abruptly having problems for no discernible reason and not giving the user anything to go on. Like, my iPhone will just kinda forget how to internet at times.
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I made a list of the things I tend to yell at inanimate objects (when no people are around) and the overarching theme is tech abruptly having problems for no discernible reason and not giving the user anything to go on. Like, my iPhone will just kinda forget how to internet at times.
I really like how the M-Force: Messiah Truthful Trailer is turning out, though a lot of it won't make any sense without having read the novel first.
![EVD: Starring!
• [Messiah] Somehow, the M-Force returned.
• [Professor M in a hospital bed] Professor M-edical Leave
• [Momentus] Malcolm M
• [Captain Eagle, with a headline about Chris Johnson’s $90 million salary for the movie] Captain Moneybags
• [Xero] A Good Kid
• [Marina; to the tune of “American Woman”] ♪Atlantean woman, she gonna mess your mind!♪
• [Venus; to the tune of “American Woman”] ♪A plant-ean woman, she gonna grow some vines!♪
• [Mongrel reading a book] ♪You’re a smart one, Mister Grinch! ♪
• [Gazer cooking eggs] The Champion of Breakfasts!
• [Talon] Sir Not Appearing in This Film
• [Phase] Miss Not Appearing in This Film
• [Z Squad] Those guys!
• [Null] Whatsisface! No really, what’s the deal with his face?
• [Janet] THE DARK ANG—! [Gazer holds the dead Janet] Never mind!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kwhopwyloujf3p3idnae4ogm/bafkreigytk7tpamrg5spysjap3p4adm5fhxdp2fr7h6voosqvdtlq37rai@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I really like how the M-Force: Messiah Truthful Trailer is turning out, though a lot of it won't make any sense without having read the novel first.
Probably the most fun fictional YouTube videos to write are Pitch Meetings and Honest Trailers!
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Probably the most fun fictional YouTube videos to write are Pitch Meetings and Honest Trailers!
Probably the most fun part of the Xero novels has been writing fictional YouTube videos, like this one about the worst (fictional of course) Xero merchandise. There's been some remarkably weird/bad superhero merch over the years.
![4. Coke Xero (2024)
Where the limited-edition Blitz Energy drinks were reportedly pretty decent as energy drinks go, Xero just can’t seem to get a break in the beverage space. To coincide with the release of Xero to Hero, we got Coke Xero, which repeated all the mistakes of Pepsi Blue. Not only is the neon blue color unappetizing, but this time it was a wrongheaded attempt at combining cola and berry flavors. There was also some confusion between Coke Xero with an X and Coke Zero with a Z, which sucked for a few diabetics who did not need the sugar and people in gen-eral who wanted something that didn’t taste like fake blueberries and sadness.
[Eiffel 65: “I'm blue da ba dee da ba di da ba dee da ba di”]
Now I have a can right here, so let’s see how it goes. [Opens cans] Oh my god. The smell. [Tentatively sips, swallows with some difficulty, shakes head] Okay, I am NOT finishing that. [sets can down] Let’s move on.
3. Empire Shapeshifters Xero (1999)
The “Shapeshifters” line of Empire toys were all essentially Transformers that started as a familiar superhero and then turned into… something else. Red Ogre became a tank, Rager became a dinosaur, Gazer became a big cannon, that kind of thing. None of them looked great when transformed, but their attempt to make a Xero who turned into a sports car managed to put his crotch front and center.
[Guys from LMFAO: “I’m sexy and I know it!”]
Look, I know in the comics Xero is a bit of a ladies’ man and all, but this is… a lot. He turns into a car that’s ready to ram you with his… you know. (Gimme a break, I’m trying to not get demonetized.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kwhopwyloujf3p3idnae4ogm/bafkreihpogoqrjc2ukhh7vxb2syxnih2e6al3wcxvecxymplct3nqodbry@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Probably the most fun part of the Xero novels has been writing fictional YouTube videos, like this one about the worst (fictional of course) Xero merchandise. There's been some remarkably weird/bad superhero merch over the years.
"Excelsior" is:
• One of Stan Lee's catchphrases
• The state motto of New York
• The ship that Sulu was captain of
• A type of packing material made from wood shavings, also known as "wood wool"
• One of Stan Lee's catchphrases
• The state motto of New York
• The ship that Sulu was captain of
• A type of packing material made from wood shavings, also known as "wood wool"
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Excelsior" is:
• One of Stan Lee's catchphrases
• The state motto of New York
• The ship that Sulu was captain of
• A type of packing material made from wood shavings, also known as "wood wool"
• One of Stan Lee's catchphrases
• The state motto of New York
• The ship that Sulu was captain of
• A type of packing material made from wood shavings, also known as "wood wool"
A combination of a 3D-printed angled stand and a Bluetooth page-turning remote. There may be a lazier way to read e-books, but this is definitely up there.
makerworld.com/en/models/94...
makerworld.com/en/models/94...
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A combination of a 3D-printed angled stand and a Bluetooth page-turning remote. There may be a lazier way to read e-books, but this is definitely up there.
makerworld.com/en/models/94...
makerworld.com/en/models/94...
I need you to know that there's a novelization of Batman & Robin (1997) and in it Mr. Freeze freezes a guard and calls him a "copsicle," and then when his gang beats up a bunch of other guards he looks down at them and says, "Cop-suey."
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I need you to know that there's a novelization of Batman & Robin (1997) and in it Mr. Freeze freezes a guard and calls him a "copsicle," and then when his gang beats up a bunch of other guards he looks down at them and says, "Cop-suey."
Still waiting on finding out when my team is going to move into the office (it was supposed to be September 2nd lol), but whenever we do I'll be ready to learn how many of my coworkers are #Severance fans.
October 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Still waiting on finding out when my team is going to move into the office (it was supposed to be September 2nd lol), but whenever we do I'll be ready to learn how many of my coworkers are #Severance fans.
Then I came across Uglymug, Epicfighter, where an ugly but kind guy gets ridiculously epic stats with major drawbacks. He winds up hiding his power and trying to help the other Earth people he's with deal with some very serious trauma and guilt they're carrying.
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Then I came across Uglymug, Epicfighter, where an ugly but kind guy gets ridiculously epic stats with major drawbacks. He winds up hiding his power and trying to help the other Earth people he's with deal with some very serious trauma and guilt they're carrying.
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses comes off as dumb fanservice, but quickly shows it has some heart as the assassins find belonging they've been missing while posing as the hero's new party members.
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses comes off as dumb fanservice, but quickly shows it has some heart as the assassins find belonging they've been missing while posing as the hero's new party members.