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Good news, fellow dorks! Your 1978 calendars are good for 2023! Same dates. Pull them out of storage and hang them up again.#comicbooks...

Good news, fellow dorks! Your 1978 calendars are good for 2023! Same dates. Pull them out of storage and hang them up again.

#comicbooks #Frazetta #LordoftheRings #Tolkien #Marvel #DC

I post this every New Year's Eve, from one of my favorite Batman scenes, and it becomes ever more relevant each time I do. We made it...

I post this every New Year's Eve, from one of my favorite Batman scenes, and it becomes ever more relevant each time I do. We made it through 2022. Stay safe out there, everyone.

RIP Barbara Walters.

RIP Barbara Walters.

From my collection. Tales of Suspense is, for my money, as good as it gets for the Silver Age. Capt. America by Kirby & Lee. Iron Man by...

From my collection.

Tales of Suspense is, for my money, as good as it gets for the Silver Age. Capt. America by Kirby & Lee. Iron Man by Lee & Colan. Every issue from 1966 to the end of the title in 1968 is a classic.

This is my favorite issue. That cover!

FYI Greta Thunberg's middle name is TinTin!And how awesome is THAT?#GretaThunberg #TinTin

FYI Greta Thunberg's middle name is TinTin!

And how awesome is THAT?

#GretaThunberg #TinTin

RIP Vivienne Westwood, the grandmother of punk rock.Pictured here at SEX, the boutique she ran with Malcolm McLaren, and the place where the...

RIP Vivienne Westwood, the grandmother of punk rock.

Pictured here at SEX, the boutique she ran with Malcolm McLaren, and the place where the Sex Pistols were born.

L-R: Pistol Steve Jones, unknown, pop-culture critic Alan Jones, Chrissie Hynde and her butt cheek, punk icon Jordan, Vivienne

#punkrock #SexPistols

4 power substations in Washington state were sabotaged on Christmas morning knocking out power to 14,000 customers.The wire story headline...

4 power substations in Washington state were sabotaged on Christmas morning knocking out power to 14,000 customers.

The wire story headline that most media reprinted states the stations were "vandalized.".

Leaving a burning bag oif dogshit on a doorstep is vandalism. Causing massive outages for 14,000 homes in the middle of a Bomb Cyclone is domestic terrorism!

From my collection.A stunning greytone cover by Jack Sparling, one of the masters of the technique. Marvel couldn't pull off greytone...

From my collection.

A stunning greytone cover by Jack Sparling, one of the masters of the technique. Marvel couldn't pull off greytone covers. Only DC.

The gothic horror line, which capitalized on the Dark Shadows tv fad on the same era, was DC's biggest sales hit of the bronze Age. The books were a bit spotty. Some issues had classic stories, others were full of meh. Oh, but those covers! #comics #comicbooks

The Twitter meltdown is fascinating to watch, from afar, since I bailed a couple weeks ago. Yesterday saw widespread outages. Like a Tesla...

The Twitter meltdown is fascinating to watch, from afar, since I bailed a couple weeks ago.

Yesterday saw widespread outages. Like a Tesla spontaneously bursting into flames. Gee, what a surprise.

Even better, Spaceboy is becoming unhinged. This exchange here is my favorite so far. Yes, this is normal behavior.

#TwitterDown

Happy 100th birthday to Stan Lee. He gave us so much. He was the voice and personality of Marvel Comics, the impresario, the greatest...

Happy 100th birthday to Stan Lee.

He gave us so much. He was the voice and personality of Marvel Comics, the impresario, the greatest publicity genius this business has ever known, the heart and soul of the Bushy-tailed Bullpen.

What a pity that wasn't enough for him.

As Gerry Conway famously described him: Stan's a good guy. He's just not a great guy."

Kirby and Ditko and Wood would agree, in much harsher terms.

But I'm grateful for what Stan gave me. I'm still living off that buzz.

I worked at newspapers for 25 years. According to the Washington Post, since 2005 newspaper employment has fallen 70 percent.70 fucking...

I worked at newspapers for 25 years. According to the Washington Post, since 2005 newspaper employment has fallen 70 percent.

70 fucking percent!

#newspapers #journalism

Here's the final splash from the Conan #2 reprint. Compare this to the cover! It's a cool image, and a completely unique style, but...

Here's the final splash from the Conan #2 reprint. Compare this to the cover! It's a cool image, and a completely unique style, but Barry just took off like a rocket from here.

From my collection. Barry Windsor Smith leaves the monthly Conan series with this stunning cover, wrapped around reprints from Conan #2 and...

From my collection.

Barry Windsor Smith leaves the monthly Conan series with this stunning cover, wrapped around reprints from Conan #2 and #4.

Look how Barry draws the water there. SO many textures in this piece.

What I love about this book is how it shows Barry's stunning transformation from a super quirky neophyte artist with the #2 reprint, to an emerging star with #4, to the best artist of 1973 with the cover. In just 2 1/2 years! A growth unmatched in comics history. #comics

Buffalo today, the aftermath.You Buffalonians rule. Total respect.

Buffalo today, the aftermath.

You Buffalonians rule. Total respect.

Her campaign is not limited to high schoo reading lists.Baggett also challenged "And Tango Makes Three." The book is the true...

Her campaign is not limited to high schoo reading lists.

Baggett also challenged "And Tango Makes Three." The book is the true story of two male Penguins in the Central Park Zoo. The pair build a nest together, and — after the zookeeper provides them with an egg — they raise an adopted chick. There is no sexual content in the book.

Baggett alleged the book promoted the "LGBTQ agenda using penguins." Baggett said she believes the purpose of the book is "indoctrination."

Gawd.

#bookbanning

At a Pensecola school district, there have been 150 book ban challenges this school year. 148 of them were filed by Vicki Baggett.... an...

At a Pensecola school district, there have been 150 book ban challenges this school year.

148 of them were filed by Vicki Baggett.... an english teacher at the high school!!

Baggett, a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, even objected to "When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball" because it it would make white students "feel uncomfortable" because "they are being white-shamed."

This woman is teaching kids.

https://popular.info/p/meet-the-florida-english-teacher

#bookbanning

A colleague had a son flying in on Southwest last Fri. He got to Dallas to catch a connesting flight to Cleveland. Canceled. Not the...

A colleague had a son flying in on Southwest last Fri. He got to Dallas to catch a connesting flight to Cleveland. Canceled. Not the weather, Southwest just fell apart. Southwest told him he would have to make other arrangements on a different airline! No assistance from Southwest, and he had to book and pay for it himself. Of course this cost like $800.

Yeah, think this total system meltdown calls for the FAA to step in, no?

Over 60% of canceled flights last weekend came from one airline. Yep. Southwest. Still ongoing, too. Total chaos. 4000 flights canceled...

Over 60% of canceled flights last weekend came from one airline. Yep. Southwest. Still ongoing, too. Total chaos. 4000 flights canceled today!

I would never do air travel on a holiday. Heck, I don't even travel by car on a holiday! Southwest, I avoid PERIOD, no matter the time of year, yeah don't be shocked when it all turns to crap.

If you want to see family, man, just have a late Xmas in January sometime. I've done that. It's great!

#southwestsucks

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/us/southwest-flights-canceled-travel.html

"Book bans may increase in 2023"“I don’t expect this to be waning,” said Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression...

"Book bans may increase in 2023"

“I don’t expect this to be waning,” said Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression & education programs at Pen America. “In many parts of the country, there is a streak of extremism that is continuing to ramp up.”

This is no joke, and comics are at the top of the bookbanners hit list. I've been purged from dozens of schools.

They're coming for OUR books. They're coming for US.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/24/us-book-bans-streak-of-extremism

#bookbans #BookBanning #freedomtoread #censorship

Wow. The Naughty Bits Filter here is really tough. It flagged the naked Don Martin baby Jesus as "sensitive content"!

Wow. The Naughty Bits Filter here is really tough. It flagged the naked Don Martin baby Jesus as "sensitive content"!