Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Probably a colorful giallo like the original Suspiria*, The Fifth Cord, Blood and Black Lace, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, or an Edwige Fenech one. ______________ *some purists say Suspiria isn't a true giallo because of the supernatural elements, but I think of it as at least adjacent 060
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ashes [Ceniza en la Boca] is one of the best new films I've seen in 2026, anchored by an understated & captivating performance by Anna Díaz. It's a humanistic film in the tradition of neorealism & the Dardenne brothers. Made in Mexico & Spain. Seen at AFI Silver's annual Latin America Film Festival.boxd.itA ★★★★½ review of Ashes (2026)Anna Díaz carries this film with an incredible lead performance — open, emotionally truthful, and easy to empathize with. We smile when she smiles, and our hearts break when hers does. She plays a you... 111
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026PHILLY COMICS EXPO free to attend open 10am-6pm this Saturday, Oct 10 701 Lombard St indie comics, zines, prints, signings, panels, maybe someone will be selling some t-shirts with sasquatch flipping pancakes, I don't know I'll be there, along with a bunch of other indie cartoonists & publishers! 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AFI Silver's director of programming, Abbie Algar, gives a good idea of the plot of the movie here: silver.afi.com/movies/detai...silver.afi.comASHES | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center 000
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026AI has talked kids into suicide, fueled paranoid delusional that led to murder, degraded education quality in both k-12 and higher ed, run roughshod over copyright law, increased spam, fueled spam, fueled fraud, degraded the environment, put people out of work, the list goes on and on. 91337266
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ashes [Ceniza en la Boca] is one of the best new films I've seen in 2026, anchored by an understated & captivating performance by Anna Díaz. It's a humanistic film in the tradition of neorealism & the Dardenne brothers. Made in Mexico & Spain. Seen at AFI Silver's annual Latin America Film Festival.boxd.itA ★★★★½ review of Ashes (2026)Anna Díaz carries this film with an incredible lead performance — open, emotionally truthful, and easy to empathize with. We smile when she smiles, and our hearts break when hers does. She plays a you... 111
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17mathletic.bsky.social @mathletic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I liked Ted Chiang's take on it from a couple years ago initiative.humanities.princeton.edu/news/2025/in... 0278
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can only assume Paweł Pawlikowski's new movie Fatherland, starring Hanns Zischler as Thomas Mann and Sandra Hüller as his daughter, is a prequel to the father/daughter "mann" Hüller film Toni Erdmann. Can't wait! 010
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?” 6857621245
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every Month - Michael Avolio, 2024 030
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I did my own Inktober in 2023, drawing a different monster I made up each day that month. I gave this werewolf Warren Zevon's glasses. October Monsters, my zine of those 32 monster ink drawings, is just $3 in my online shop: michaelavolio.etsy.com #monsters #halloween #indiecomics #comics #inktober 041
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I actually enjoy it more than Nosferatu. 110
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ironside's character was originally just in the flashback/footage scene, but Cronenberg hadn't finished the script by the time shooting began, & he ended up writing more for Ironside, making him the main antagonist. Ironside still only got paid per day, but he was grateful it was his breakout role. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The first time I saw Scanners, it was at my local arthouse theater, & a few of us told an employee afterwards that some of the audio sync was off, & we were each given a coupon for a free ticket. We didn't know the audio was weird because Cronenberg had rewritten dialogue & so the ADR didn't match. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A few years ago, I did my own Inktober, drawing a different made-up monster each day that month. October Monsters, my zine of 32 monster ink drawings, is just $3 in my online shop: michaelavolio.etsy.com #monsters #halloween #comics #indiecomics #inktober 020
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Miller and Vought are more fascist, but Hegseth may be the next most fascist after them. He's a vile monster, but thankfully his idiocy (like Trump's) cuts both ways - it's bad when he's supposed to be protecting us, but it's good when he's trying to violate our rights and laws. 150
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Next chapter of Rusty Brown after volume 1 comes in Ware's new Acme Novelty Library next month, in case you don't know. It's the Alice White section. And there's some other stuff in the new Acme too. 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Great lettering! Very clear and readable but with lots of personality. Just the right balance. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes." Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Now through midnight, all tickets for this series and AFI Silver's silent film series are $12. (A pass for the two series together is $200, which is a great deal if you're seeing some or all of each series, but this is good if you can only make a few screenings.) 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh, nice. I'd love to go to the museums if/when I get to Europe someday. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The sunflowers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art still has a good amount of yellow, & the teal in the background is a lovely compliment. I've seen that one in person & love it. 100
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026With the sunflowers, that yellow has unfortunately also faded over time. So that also impacts how those look, depending on when the photos of them were taken. That seems like a subject he loved, though, so I'm not surprised he did so many variations of that. But the postman...! Haha 100
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I just got a Van Gogh book recently & was stunned to see there are like four different similar versions of his painting of that postman. I've seen one in person (I think in Philly, or maybe DC) but didn't know he'd done a few others. It's not uncommon for an artist to do that, but it surprised me. 101
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And the bits of reflection in the black kettle are the same shapes but have different brushstrokes - one version has those looser, the other sharper. So I do think it's two different paintings. 100
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I don't think an artist would redo their signature if painting over an old painting, unless they had to paint over the signature when changing something else. 210
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Two different versions. The mug nearest us has slightly different dimensions between the two paintings, for example. (Or at least they look different to me - one looks slightly taller.) The difference in colors could be the photos, but I think it's two different paintings. 100
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17Eddie Campbell @eddiecampbell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's a big event in my quiet life. Loads of unseen art and I enjoyed writing the interspersed commentary, with loads of humor and insight about making comics. Kickstarter open now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...kickstarter.comThe Arts of Eddie Campbell, ComickerThe first ever Eddie Campbell Artbook 02513
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's worth a try. I'm gonna put it in my will. 020
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17Elsiemonster @elsiemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We have to make people scared, disgusted, and uncomfortable to be involved w/ the making and distribution of this type of agitprop fanfic by fascists like Shapiro and the DW. The shit they're churning out is incitement, much like Birth of a Nation was incitement against PoCs a hundred years ago 051
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some photos from last year's Philly Comics Expo! This year's is on October 10 in the same place, Old Pine Community Center a.k.a. The NeighborHub, 401 Lombard St, Philadelphia. Free to attend, open 10am-6pm. I'll be tabling with Aaron Beatty again. #comics #indiecomics #smallpresscomics #philly 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Amazing composition and drawing! Beautiful. 110
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That 2020 Shadow Kingdom project was subtitled something like "The Early Songs of Bob Dylan" and included a song from 1989's Oh Mercy, which was by then from the first half of his career. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Bob Dylan's album Time Out of Mind was released 29 years ago. The album was seen as a late career comeback for Dylan when it came out, so it's wild it's now technically mid-career for him. But in about six years, it'll be the halfway point of his recording career. 110
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'll be tabling again at Philly Comics Expo on October 10, selling mini-comics, art prints, and paintings! If you're in the Philadelphia area, come buy some indie comics and the like! Free to attend, open 10am-6pm at Old Pine Community Center a.k.a. The NeighborHub at 401 Lombard St. 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They've also got their silent film series, mostly with live accompaniment: silver.afi.com/events/detai...silver.afi.comSilent Cinema Showcase | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center 011
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026AFI Silver has posted the schedule for this year's Classic Film Weekend! It includes some extreme rarities, 35mm shows, pre-codes, silent films with live accompaniment, cartoons, and intros by Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social, David Stenn, and more. 19 screenings in all, Nov 12-15:silver.afi.comAFI Silver Classic Film Weekend | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center 1167
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026quick sketches I did with my finger on my phone 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Looks like their username checks out. 040
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Generative AI doesn't belong anywhere. 050
Reposted by Michael Avolio - PCX table 17Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 346124904631
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's so tiny, with a chimney and an air conditioner unit in the window. 001
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bookmarks are a luxury item. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My top four British films would be The Third Man, Lawrence of Arabia, The Remains of the Day (all in my all-time top ten), and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. After that, I'm not sure. Maybe Get Carter, Night and the City, or a kitchen sink drama. I need to see more Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. 010
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That's a fake picture generated by AI. 020
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Halloween is coming up! October Monsters, my zine of 32 monster drawings in ink, is just $3 in my online shop: michaelavolio.etsy.com I drew the fourth one here with a razor blade. #monsters #halloween #comics #indiecomics 020
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I attended and enjoyed the panel about Tsuge Yoshiharu (video not on YouTube, probably by request of a panelist because of some of the private things spoken about) and the ominously-titled panel on self-publishing, "No One Is Going to Save You." 000
Michael Avolio - PCX table 17 @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This year's Small Press Expo's panels are already on their YouTube channel! Here's Marc Sobel interviewing Gary Groth about the past 50 years of The Comics Journal: youtu.be/pMwmhmKLRg0youtu.beSPX 2026: Spotlight On Gary Groth And The Comics JournalYouTube video by SmallPressExpo 173