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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 1h

Happy 76th Birthday to creator Howard Chaykin! His list of contributions is long. He was the penciller on Star Wars #1-6 in 1977. Contributed to the growth of indie comics (American Flagg, Black Kiss) and pushed the limits of maturity in mainstream books (The Shadow, DC's Twilight, Thrillkiller).

A picture of comics creator Howard Chaykin next to covers of comics he drew: Star Wars #1, American Flagg #1, The Shadow #1 and Black Kiss #1.

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Brett Coughlin @coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Myrna Loy as Nora Charles and "Asta" the Wire Fox Terrier (whose real name was Skippy) in a publicity portrait for the MGM/W. S. Van Dyke mystery comedy Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941. This was Skippy's last appearance in the Thin Man series. #Shadowofthethinman #TCMParty

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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#filmnoir #moviesky #filmsky Tuesday has a feel. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1948) Farley Granger & Cathy O’Donnell

This image shows actors Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger in a scene from the 1948 film noir They Live by Night. The image is shot from the windshield of a convertible car looking in. Farley is in the passenger seat, leaned over with his head on Cathy’s shoulder as she drives. Cathy has her hand hand on Farley‘s head and his eyes are closed. Cathy has a smile of content on her face.
Cathy O'Donnell plays Keechie and Farley Granger plays Bowie, an escaped convict.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 20h

Ever since I first saw it, this scene has epitomised Amerlcan elegance for me. I wrote a short story about it for Radio 4 (never broadcast) and it's why I drink Gibsons even though nobody who works in a bar these days knows what they are. A perfect scene - RIP Eva Marie Saint.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 22h

As a kid I didn't like Ditko, because he was so out-of-step with the other Marvel artists I followed. Now I can see what he was doing and I'm greatly attracted to his work. He puts his pencil exactly where he wants your eye to go.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 23h

Shamus & Buster is a 1950s Hollywood detective noir ... told from a cat's point-of-view. Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/shamus-...

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Shamus & Buster — Paul O'Connor

A beat-up alley cat teams with a hardboiled police lieutenant to solve his master's murder in my third story for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 23h

Ditko wasn't afraid of exaggeration. His work -- particularly with faces and expressions -- is more aligned with Chester Gould than it is to his Marvel contemporaries.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No sense pretending — the more you look, the more you see, right down to the price tag.

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Gloria Grahame takes Fritz Lang’s direction extremely serious on set of HUMAN DESIRE (1954)

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe in life he was a champion racehorse, famous for running wireless to wireless.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I like to think that's Harlan Ellison behind the dark glasses at the table in back.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It had big screen event movie energy ... decades before we had big screen superhero events.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That two-part Annual story is a Starlin favorite -- kind of tied a bow on every cosmic thing he did at Marvel in the 70s. And as far out as the story got, the conflict still came down to punching dudes in the mouth. Read those issues until the binding failed.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Then I will look forward to it. Liberties are both expected and welcome -- that's how adaptations become original work.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's encouraging. I'm coincidentally half way through the book (maybe the publicity subconsciously encouraged me to pick it up), so maybe I'll roll into the series when I'm done. Don't often commit to episodic drama but I like Florence Pugh and the text will be fresh in mind.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The day pass, yes -- it was abrupt, I think it happened just this weekend. Reddit was filled with college football fans lamenting they couldn't buy a day's access just to watch their team.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Had Sling penciled-in for the present round, figuring I could selectively extend beyond the trial with day passes, but they've abruptly cancelled that service. Hulu is a possibility, but I'd have to gird up my loins for Disney password foo (I have a dozen identities over there). Thanks for the ideas

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I grabbed that, haven't watched it yet. Last night was "Love Crazy," because I'm trying to grab screwball comedy vibes for a side writing project right now.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I will look for it. A collateral benefit of three weeks of YouTube TV is access to TCM, so it will elbow to the front of my movie viewing until the trial is up.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Get ahead? Make a dent? Cross a few more titles off the Sight & Sound list? As Sisyphean tasks go ... I shouldn't complain.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A silver lining if my guys go out -- move to local hockey broadcasts and get caught up on Criterion Channel.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My autumnal rite is in full swing -- finding free streaming services for baseball playoffs, because my paid MLB.TV subscription is blacked out. A Peacock trial covered the wild card round. A 21-day YouTube TV trial will get me through the next round, and part of the LCS. After that? Ooof.

Nick Fury struggles with a long distance phone call in this panel drawn by Jack Kirby.

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Miles Bennell @milesbennell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Carnival Of Souls 1962

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Mikey Slashic @mikeyslashic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Ianlovescomix @ianlovescomix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy #DayofDredd! Here's 26 things to love about Ol' Stoney Face and his world. A is for Anderson, everyone's favourite Psi Judge, drawn here by #BrettEwins

Cover of 2000AD Prog 472, 1986, featuring Anderson Psi Division, drawn by Brett Ewins

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Graham Greene (with scenes from the Carol Reed film "The Third Man", written for the screen by Greene) - BOTD

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 02/10/2026

Today is Ramona Fradon's 100th Birthday! She was one of my absolute favorites, both as an artist and a person. I got many commissions from her over the years. She was always amazing. You can see my Ramona Fradon collection on Comics Art Fans www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom....

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maxcoleridge.bsky.social @maxcoleridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A random favorite cover NOT in my collection Intimate #1, 1957 Classic cover art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia #favoritecovers #comics #comicbooks

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A gift can be a surprise, but in this case, the surprise is the gift! Read "Whitey's Elephant" in the pages of Black Cat Weekly! www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/white-e...

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White Elephant For A Black Cat — Paul O'Connor

This elephant has nine lives … thanks to a black cat!

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you." -Groucho Marx #BOTD

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Vic Spanner @vic-spanner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Friday !

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Had an existential moment watching Invisible Man the other night, and realizing Una was ten years younger than I am now when she played the role. Urgh.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Whale's direction of The Invisible Man is an illuminating waypoint on the road from Frankenstein to Bride. You can see the tone shift. Still plenty of horror and mayhem but he's seeking to entertain, as well.

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The older I get, the more I think about this Kurosawa quote: ‘I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.’

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's like picking between Betty and Veronica.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And really more inventive than good, but I enjoyed discovering it on the convention circuit when I was a kid, and sharing it with my film student sons inspired them.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For decades, Bride has been held up as a candidate for greatest film sequel of all time. It took several years to get to the screen, during which the production code came in, requiring Bride be quite different in tone and content. All happy accidents, I think.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Having lived in Canada ... I'm imagining an exceedingly polite Frankenstein monster.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I go back and forth. My weak-willed both sides position is Frankenstein is the better film, while Bride is the most entertaining picture.

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Which is the greater monster fantasy? Frankenstein (1931), or Bride of Frankenstein (1935)? www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/the-bri...

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The Bride of Frankenstein — Paul O'Connor

A deep dive on the greatest movie sequel in Hollywood history.

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Joe Meyers @joesview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BOTD: Walter Matthau

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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's a remarkable film, low-budget but endlessly inventive.

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We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

'Night of the Living Dead' premiered at the Fulton Theater in Pittsburgh on this day 58 years ago! (October 1, 1968) Directed by George A. Romero. Screenplay by Romero & John Russo. Starring Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, & more. #OnThisDay

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