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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Steve Ditko's Speedball.

Ditko, Speedball unpublished pencil sketches (1988). Laying out the concept for Ditko's last oriainal contribution to the Marvel Universe.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Old 2000 AD really knew how to bring the good stuff to the cover party.

ON the cover of AD 2000 #417, Strontium Dog rumbles across an orange wasteland to the right as a convoy of mutant wasteland denizens push through a cloud of dust atop their various motor-chariots led by the magnificently bearded Wulf Sternhammer and ol' knobby headed Middenface McNulty who shouts "Oot O' the way there! Stronty Dug Comin' Through!"
The front-page banner 'explains' that ... "In the badlands of Burrito *THE BIG BUST IS GO!*"

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

As far as I know, Hüsker Dü just means "Do you Remember?". Given that they formed in Minneapolis in a region with a heavy Scandinavian immigrant population, it seemed likely that they just knew of the phrase and/or the game.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Nitzer Ebb (according to the band) was a random, made-up name. Something that sounded German but wasn't. (They are English). Joy Division (as I understand it) is a reference to Imperial Japanese Army practice of capturing conquered women and forcing them into sex work to service Japanese soldiers.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I suspect there are other abstracted representations at play here...

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I did, and it always cracked me up. (Danish father, so I knew the phrase and the game before the band). I spent a lot of timing trying to figure out what Nitzer Ebb meant (apparently nothing) and was disappointed to find out what Joy Division actually meant.

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Steve Niles @steveniles.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wrightson

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Could it even be done without Sandra Bernhard?!?

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Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you missed StarHenge and want to know more here's an excellent in-depth review -

liamsharp.substack.com

StarHenge, Book One #1-6

Re-visiting the review by Tegan O'Neil

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

You can't legislate good customer service, and anyone who's had to deal with the government can tell you, the Federal government fails more than most at service. That being said, thus *IS* a problem, but it's one we have all helped create by acquiessence, and we have to correct it in the market.

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Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Wizards is now available to rent for free on Amazon (included with Prime): -Poster art by Wendy Pini www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I guess it would depend on the fuse. I know from experience that there are small Texas towns where the only place that sells automotive fuses is open 10-4, and not on weekends or you drive 100 miles/90 minutes to a "real" town. Don't even get me started on batteries, but those aren't small.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Even smaller would be a critical fuse. About the size of a quarter and costs a few bucks, without it, car don't run. (But to be nitpicky, you'd have to explain why the spare fuses that come with every car are gone. An OLD car requires no such explination.)

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Alternator belt. The item itself is small and inexpensive enough (could fit in your back pocket, rolled) , but not something you can get out in the middle of no where and you'd need tools and time to replace it. Timing belt is you want it to require a mechanic.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

WaPo is paywalled, but "third party thinks some supporters may have been confused" is thin. Are sponsors who made a mistake and sent money to the wrong organization named? Those sponsors have a cause of action for fraud, but somehow I doubt any claims of deception will be made by sponsors.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Archie was tragically lost to enemy fire between panels.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

QTP with a robot that is not Star Wars or Transformers.

Shhh. Don't tell anyone who hasn't read this book that has been reprinted countless times ober the last 30 some-odd years that Carl is a robot!

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I remember preferring Curve last week and again yesterday.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Perhaps you should rest for the nonce?

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

That story has stuck with me a long while.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

At the end of the day "Polypropylene Bags" opened the context enough to show me options that weren't context-tagged for comics collecting. Hope this is helpful to someone.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The lesson learned here is that many nights of algorithm misdirected searching for larger comic book bags were wasted before realizing that the damn searches were assuming context for me and limiting options to certain "popular" (if not sponsored) options that didn't meet my stated criteria.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

There's an extra inch up top you can trim if you care, but they'll fit into the standard magazine boxes and hold your Progs nice and snug... and not slop around inside a Treasury or oversize magazine bag. Note that it's snug enough that if you have a bad rolled spine, you'll want to fix it first.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I can't be the only one in the States collecting 2000 AD, who's had a real challenge finding the appropriate size bags and boards for the early few hundred Progs when they were pure newsprint and 9 1/4" X 11 ¼". Turns out Sheet Music Boards work just fine! www.bcwsupplies.com/sheet-music-...

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Alan Davis is one of the greatest overall artists of the last 50 years. Top of the field for esthetics, storytelling, draftsmanship, life acting, action, and especially humor. I'll never get how he's not mentioned in the same context as Kubert, Toth, Ditko, Adams, Wrightson, Lee, Gibbons, etc.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Found this lovely bit of hagiography for Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek in the back of Wonder Woman #6 from 1943. Honestly wasn't expecting that. This is why originals are better than reprint collections if you can get them. Sooo much cultural context in the back matter.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've done a few commissions with a few artists and I cannot reccomend @stazjohnson.bsky.social highly enough. One of the best engagements. Proffesional,responsive, reasonably accommodating, and the finished piece was WAY better than I'd hoped for. The whole process genuinely brought me joy.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Honestly, for a charity right now, they are right: You can't do better than Lobo and Supergirl.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Well, as you might expect, I'd say Hellboy and Grendel. But Princess Leah and Han Solo might be fun. Or Baroness and Destro from GIJOE. Lastly, Mary Poppins and Bert, but fully armed and ready to fight nazis.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

That's stunningly good. How do I not know his work?

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This is really weird. This week I ALSO finally got a copy of the giant Wood AE AND The glorious new Act IIII Ditko Spider-Man AE.

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Seth Meyers: We're Basically Twins

ALT: Seth Meyers: We're Basically Twins

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Zoop @wearezoop.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Closing in on that $50,000 stretch goal! Let's get it there before time runs out! zoop.gg/c/empire

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yeah. Anime was well established as part of American pop culture by the 80s. Even in Houston, TX you could find specialty shops selling Anime tapes, Manga, gaidakin, etc. by the mid-80s. By the early 90s even people who didn't hunt it down (or even like it) knew what it was.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Love this look at the craft by a master.

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Terry Dodson @terrydodsonart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Catch up on ADVENTUREMAN - now 30% off Get all 4 Adventureman Hardcovers, in a discounted bundle in my SHOP for $64.99 shop.terrydodsonart.com If you want the books signed, personalized, or remarqued, PLEASE add each book to your cart separately & the bundle discount will be applied automatically

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Joe Mulvey @joemulv.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Just taking a minute to appreciate all the genius that is Ed McGuinness.

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Bryan Hitch @bryanhitch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I love my job. My mileage on my career varies for many, many reasons but Redcoat is such a pleasure. Some days are better than others but then you get an issue like issue 20 and I can't draw fast enough to get the pages out of my head.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's been a joy to pick up each month as well!

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Errr.... Totally different "Oz", right? 😂😜

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yeah, that's what I have series grouped by series if it's Hulk, or Dredd or something that has multiple creators. For instance, all my Mignolaverse books are together, and so are my Sandman Mystery Theater trades. But Guy Davis has his own section of Marquis, Baker Street, etc.

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Dancing Paladin @bojanglespaladin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I do comics by strict title order, but bookshelves are by creator and/or series (like Thor, Books of Magic) Which quickly gets subjective. A. Moore, Mignola, Jodawarski get a section regardless of artist, but Vess, Moebius, Allred do too - and those overlaps have to be adjuticated. 🤷 💌 It works.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Duncan let me and Jess watch ROGUE TROOPER last night and HOLY FUCKING SHIT, GANG! It's sooooo fucking good. Hilarious, fun, hard-R violent, adapted straight from the pages of the comic. 2000AD fans are gonna lose their minds, and just try not to throw a fist in the air at the final needle drop. 🤯🤯🤯

Poster for Rogue Trooper with several characters scattered acrossed a desolate landscape, while a huge tank with two cannons hangs in the background.

Rogue Trooper (a muscular blue super soldier) stares down a huge tank, holding a machine gun, standing next to a backpack (named Bagman).

Stylish character poster for the film, with many characters on it ala most big budget comic books and sci fi movies, with Rogue Trooper featured prominently.

A shot from the film: Rogue Trooper (19) looks into the camera while the voices of Bagman and Gunnar joke with him through their implanted chips, represented on screen as small, floating digital readouts with skulls, their numbers (26 and 20 respectively), and names.

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