Seth Jacob
@sethjacob.bsky.social
comic book writer, all around good guy
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“Rather than dwell . . . upon the many problems and negative factors that afflict the field, now is perhaps the time to play our strongest cards, those of imagination, Energy and Vision. These were, in truth, the only cards the industry was ever holding.” -Alan Moore’s ABC pitch
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Rather than dwell . . . upon the many problems and negative factors that afflict the field, now is perhaps the time to play our strongest cards, those of imagination, Energy and Vision. These were, in truth, the only cards the industry was ever holding.” -Alan Moore’s ABC pitch
I think a lot about Jack Kirby and Joe Shuster creating Captain America in 1940. They were 23 and 27. Both Jews and sons of immigrants, inventing an American icon and having him punch Hitler on the cover before the US even entered the war. That was bravery…that was heart.
October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I think a lot about Jack Kirby and Joe Shuster creating Captain America in 1940. They were 23 and 27. Both Jews and sons of immigrants, inventing an American icon and having him punch Hitler on the cover before the US even entered the war. That was bravery…that was heart.
“Take a chance on the new comics. Look for the ones where the creator has every reason to stay and can’t be fired because he owns it, because it is his, and it is him.”
From Frank Miller’s 1994 keynote speech to Diamond Comic Distributors Retailers Seminar
From Frank Miller’s 1994 keynote speech to Diamond Comic Distributors Retailers Seminar
October 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Take a chance on the new comics. Look for the ones where the creator has every reason to stay and can’t be fired because he owns it, because it is his, and it is him.”
From Frank Miller’s 1994 keynote speech to Diamond Comic Distributors Retailers Seminar
From Frank Miller’s 1994 keynote speech to Diamond Comic Distributors Retailers Seminar
your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
hot take: the Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam is insanely underrated and was actually prophetic for 2013
October 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
hot take: the Zero Theorem by Terry Gilliam is insanely underrated and was actually prophetic for 2013
This was brutal to read, but I have to ask: why? I think it’s that our comic book heroes are old now, when once they were youthful, counterculture, rebellious. That rarely lasts forever. Even Frank Miller made an NFT. We have to be our own heroes now. No one is coming to save us.
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This was brutal to read, but I have to ask: why? I think it’s that our comic book heroes are old now, when once they were youthful, counterculture, rebellious. That rarely lasts forever. Even Frank Miller made an NFT. We have to be our own heroes now. No one is coming to save us.
I always thought they should use Luminus in DC, from Superman TAS. “Solar Power” is straight up one of the best episodes of that show. He just makes so much sense as a Superman villain: Supes draws his power from the sun, from light, Luminus is the master of light.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I always thought they should use Luminus in DC, from Superman TAS. “Solar Power” is straight up one of the best episodes of that show. He just makes so much sense as a Superman villain: Supes draws his power from the sun, from light, Luminus is the master of light.
a while back I accidentally stumbled on Grant Morrison’s New X-Men pitch. “The X-MEN are every rebel teenager wanting to change the world and make it better. Humanity is every adult, clinging to the past, trying to destroy the future even as he places all his hopes there.” Amazing.
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
a while back I accidentally stumbled on Grant Morrison’s New X-Men pitch. “The X-MEN are every rebel teenager wanting to change the world and make it better. Humanity is every adult, clinging to the past, trying to destroy the future even as he places all his hopes there.” Amazing.
Jack Kirby talking about Darkseid and the anti-life equation: “If someone
took control of your mind and you were not able to think as yourself any longer you would no longer be yourself. You'd be something in his command. You as an individual would be dead. That's anti life.”
took control of your mind and you were not able to think as yourself any longer you would no longer be yourself. You'd be something in his command. You as an individual would be dead. That's anti life.”
October 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Jack Kirby talking about Darkseid and the anti-life equation: “If someone
took control of your mind and you were not able to think as yourself any longer you would no longer be yourself. You'd be something in his command. You as an individual would be dead. That's anti life.”
took control of your mind and you were not able to think as yourself any longer you would no longer be yourself. You'd be something in his command. You as an individual would be dead. That's anti life.”
yeah, and I even double checked the essay, in the same paragraph that he attributed the title to the Bible, he says this. And thinking about it… Do protesters chant that? I don’t think they do. Earnestly starting to think he wrote this with AI.
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
yeah, and I even double checked the essay, in the same paragraph that he attributed the title to the Bible, he says this. And thinking about it… Do protesters chant that? I don’t think they do. Earnestly starting to think he wrote this with AI.
I checked…in literally the same paragraph, he says this. so he does acknowledge Juvenal. but to my eye, he pretty clearly says Moore took the title from the Bible. which I dunno how to read it any other way than “wrong”. also do protesters even chant that? Is that right? did AI write this essay?
October 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I checked…in literally the same paragraph, he says this. so he does acknowledge Juvenal. but to my eye, he pretty clearly says Moore took the title from the Bible. which I dunno how to read it any other way than “wrong”. also do protesters even chant that? Is that right? did AI write this essay?
I feel like comics alliance would’ve made a field day of this. a multibillionaire technocrat with huge influence on American society, politics, and really the world writing something like this.
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I feel like comics alliance would’ve made a field day of this. a multibillionaire technocrat with huge influence on American society, politics, and really the world writing something like this.
Jack Black, best known for his role as a pilot in Waterworld
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Jack Black, best known for his role as a pilot in Waterworld
hot take: Harry Melling, grandson of Patrick Troughton (the second Doctor), should be cast as Doctor Who
October 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
hot take: Harry Melling, grandson of Patrick Troughton (the second Doctor), should be cast as Doctor Who
in a piece of writing so silly that it should be in The Onion rather than reality, Peter Thiel opines on Watchmen as it relates to his hare brained theories on the Antichrist. not everything is about the antichrist, bro! use your billions to get an English degree!!!
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
in a piece of writing so silly that it should be in The Onion rather than reality, Peter Thiel opines on Watchmen as it relates to his hare brained theories on the Antichrist. not everything is about the antichrist, bro! use your billions to get an English degree!!!
breaking news: Captain Pollution, the unfairly maligned clone of Captain Planet, has been named head of the EPA
November 16, 2024 at 9:50 PM
breaking news: Captain Pollution, the unfairly maligned clone of Captain Planet, has been named head of the EPA
New ep of my podcast Comics Without Tears…it’s the second part of my conversation with @dillonsnookart! check it out, please RT, and also tell every single person you know on this good Earth about the pod
open.spotify.com/episode/4tPd...
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open.spotify.com/episode/4tPd...
youtu.be/_dwxhS2HmQw?...
www.patreon.com/posts/102433...
April 16, 2024 at 4:02 PM
New ep of my podcast Comics Without Tears…it’s the second part of my conversation with @dillonsnookart! check it out, please RT, and also tell every single person you know on this good Earth about the pod
open.spotify.com/episode/4tPd...
youtu.be/_dwxhS2HmQw?...
www.patreon.com/posts/102433...
open.spotify.com/episode/4tPd...
youtu.be/_dwxhS2HmQw?...
www.patreon.com/posts/102433...
here's the latest ep of my pod Comics Without Tears with @dillonsnookart! we talk about my HOT TAKES on Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko, as well as comic movies. give it a listen, please RT, I'm a good guy I swear ask anyone
open.spotify.com/episode/17ut...
youtu.be/NnOig1fZy0k
open.spotify.com/episode/17ut...
youtu.be/NnOig1fZy0k
April 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM
here's the latest ep of my pod Comics Without Tears with @dillonsnookart! we talk about my HOT TAKES on Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko, as well as comic movies. give it a listen, please RT, I'm a good guy I swear ask anyone
open.spotify.com/episode/17ut...
youtu.be/NnOig1fZy0k
open.spotify.com/episode/17ut...
youtu.be/NnOig1fZy0k
if this is wrong, I don’t want to be right
October 9, 2023 at 8:24 PM
if this is wrong, I don’t want to be right
everyday we stray further from God’s light
October 9, 2023 at 8:18 PM
everyday we stray further from God’s light
it’s a crazy coincidence that this issue of The Invisibles had this bit in it about an interactive game where you can “play” The Invisibles…and then this ad on the back cover. truly Morrison had their finger directly on the pulse
August 22, 2023 at 7:02 PM
it’s a crazy coincidence that this issue of The Invisibles had this bit in it about an interactive game where you can “play” The Invisibles…and then this ad on the back cover. truly Morrison had their finger directly on the pulse
I actually think Holt McCallany would be a good Ben Grimm/The Thing, but I feel that the character should be played by a Jewish person so I said Seth Rogen
August 4, 2023 at 2:12 AM
I actually think Holt McCallany would be a good Ben Grimm/The Thing, but I feel that the character should be played by a Jewish person so I said Seth Rogen
speaking of X, whatever happened to X-Man? is he still around? I thought X-Man was the coolest when I was a kid. he is maybe the most 90’s superhero of all time (art by the legendary Steve Skroce)
July 25, 2023 at 2:37 AM
speaking of X, whatever happened to X-Man? is he still around? I thought X-Man was the coolest when I was a kid. he is maybe the most 90’s superhero of all time (art by the legendary Steve Skroce)