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Rob Pilkington

@robpilk.com
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writer of copy, #comics, and screenplays Get SLIGHT RETURN from Odyssey Comics: www.amazon.com/Slight-Return-Rob-Pi… 📌 Los Angeles, CA / linktr.ee/robpilk

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 28/09/2026
L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 27/09/2026
watched last night / watching tonite
Bloody Tennis (2026)Family (2026)
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 26/09/2026
mike tyson laughing over a crumpled mr. beast after giving him a punch on some live stream — mr. beast's lifeless eyes bulging
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 25/09/2026
martin scorsese "total cinema"
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 20/09/2026
on Batman Day, i choose to celebrate my guy
The Riddler from his first appearanceBatman and Riddler drawn by Mike MignolaThe Riddler by Tim SaleCopper age Riddler Cover of Batman 292
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 18/09/2026
some personal news
i'm on easy street
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 18/09/2026
today, i was on the sea
filtered sunset photo of santa cruz lighthouse at sunset
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 12/09/2026
here's what "getting there" means to these people btw (published March of this year) harpers.org/archive/2026...
from March 2026 Harper's article

"Another experiment let Claude run a vending machine in Anthropic’s headquarters. This one went even worse. The AI failed to make sure it was selling items at a profit, and had difficulty raising prices when demand was high. It also insisted on trying to fill the vending machine with what it called “specialty metal items” like tungsten cubes. When human workers failed to fulfill orders that it hadn’t actually placed, it tried to fire them all. Before long, Claude was insisting that it was a real human. It claimed that it had attended a physical meeting with staff at 742 Evergreen Terrace, which is where the Simpsons live. By the end of the experiment, it was emailing the building’s security guards, telling them they could find it standing by the vending machine wearing a blue blazer and a red tie."
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 12/09/2026
still don't know what to make of Hope, a top-notch monster action film that feels like it's slowly colliding into an in-progress sci-fi franchise you've never heard of — i kinda can't wait for the internet to get hold of it (and its truly bonkers ending)
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 10/09/2026
ordering this with the panera lemonade that kills you
"try our tasty uranium burger, 45¢"
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 04/09/2026
researching the 1930s dust bowl and came upon this curious tidbit
wiki excerpt about how some 1930s americans in great plains region refused to wear masks to prevent dust pneumonia
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 03/09/2026
logging off
four comic panels from unknown title, shows an unconscious man deteriorating to a skeleton, then green smoke
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 01/09/2026
did okay and got an "8" on @theblcklst.bsky.social recently, lmk if you wanna make a monster movie #scriptsky
Black List listing for my horror screenplay, The Night Below, "Ona red-eye flight to rehab, a troubled interventionist must confront the terrifying transformation of a young addict in his care that occurs in the light of a full moon."
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 24/08/2026
got proofs of me and @countpagan.bsky.social's short for the next Holiday Spirits #comics anthology (from @travisgibb.bsky.social), looking good! @jayboy495.bsky.social rocks it, per usual
comic panel crop of some dirtbag looking guy getting grabbed by inhuman hands
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 24/08/2026
every glimpse into the american electorate has me like
shelly duvall screaming in the shining
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/08/2026
tonite!
HOT SPOT movie poster
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 20/08/2026
comic panel of rorschach and nite owl II reacting surprised to ozymandias' exploding alien squid plot
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 20/08/2026
ah yes, that money-saving pastime, hallmark of the frugal (squints at nyt photo) magic: the gathering
nyt piece: "some new yorkers opt for fun at home to save money" featuring photo of people playing magic: the gathering
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 15/08/2026
idk sounds stressful
fortune cookie: "next week with being a surge of motivation."
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 14/08/2026
i regret to inform everyone that frogger was on his way to fuckin work
frogger graphic with him in a tie, with watch and briefcase
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 12/08/2026
"Annabelle."
final shot of Gone Baby Gone (2007)
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 10/08/2026
still thinking about him
little death of camp miasma
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 08/08/2026
@alexdainis.bsky.social made sure i wrapped up my 41st year just the way i like 🍸 onward onward onward
me and my wife outside the Formosa Cafe
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 06/08/2026
i'm not done with you, san diego! 🌴 i'll be joining @odysseycomics.bsky.social, @fanbasepress.bsky.social, and other SoCal creators at Now Or Never Comics next saturday! come thru and enrich your life with the power of #comics ✨
Odyssey mini-con at Now Or Never Comics in San Diego "an intimate indie and small press event spotlighting local creators"Odyssey mini-con at Now Or Never Comics feat. me, Rob Pilkington
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 27/07/2026
peace out, SDCC ✌🏻
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 26/07/2026
SDCC friends: in one hour, i'm manning the @odysseycomics.bsky.social table and signing copies of me and @hvon.bsky.social's Slight Return, come say hi! aisle 900, table H-10 📌
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 24/07/2026
the odyssey reminded me of that old reagan quote
Reagan horse quote but modified to be about hiding inside a horse
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 23/07/2026
okay SDCC is officially here, so here's my stuff this wknd: 💥 Saturday, 5pm (room 11): our "Level Up" creating comics panel w/ @zombietardis.bsky.social and others ✍🏻 Sunday, 2pm (table H-10) i'm signing copies of Slight Return at the @odysseycomics.bsky.social table see you there! #comics 4eva!
Level Up creating comics panel: Saturday, 5pm, room 11me signing copies of my book Sunday, 2pm at exhibitor table H-10
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/07/2026
🚨heads up, SDCC people! i'll be signing copies of me and @hvon.bsky.social's graphic novel Slight Return on Sunday afternoon, come by for some spooky rock 'n' roll #comics @odysseycomics.bsky.social
Sunday, 2pm @ Table H-10 i'll be signing copies of Slight Return by me and Heather Vaughan
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 21/07/2026
who wore it better
Hela stopping Thor's hammer midair with her handDoom stopping Thor's hammer midair with his hand
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 20/07/2026
SDCC is this week!(?) if you're a #comics newcomer or just looking to recharge your creative batteries, join me, @zombietardis.bsky.social, @odysseycomics.bsky.social, April, and Amy, Saturday 5pm to talk shop!
Level Up: Taking Your Comjcs to the Next Tier, Saturday, July 25, 5pm, room 11
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 18/07/2026
watched Civil War for the second time last night and it hit harder than ever, can't stop thinking about it. two years ago, it was dinged for being broad and apolitical… i think history is going to place it as a descendant of Paths of Glory, seriously
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 18/07/2026
sell your book in five words "power chord detonates a demon" www.amazon.com/Slight-Retur...
cover of Slight Return by Rob Pilkington and Heather Vaughan from Odyssey Comics
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 14/07/2026
our @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social panel is officially on the con schedule! come by room 11 Saturday if you want your ass kicked (by comic insights) cc: @odysseycomics.bsky.social @zombietardis.bsky.social comiccon2026.sched.com/event/2Qc1T/...
Level-Up: Taking Your Comics to the Next Tier
• Saturday July 25, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
• Room 11
Marcus McNeal (editor-in-chief, Odyssey Comics), Rob Pilkington (writer, Slight Return), April Connors (creator, Everybody's Happy Nowadays, as Prof. Raco), Joshua Pruett (writer, Stranger Things Tales From '85; The Last Comics on Earth), and Amy Linsamouth (writer, Jackie and the Magical Guys; Byte Me) discuss strategies for creating comics that stand out, including what separates good ideas from great projects and why so many comics fall short despite solid art or writing. Topics include shaping pitches with clarity and intent, assembling and leading creative teams, navigating editorial without losing your voice, and making choices that give a project a distinct identity.San Diego Comic Con logo
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 13/07/2026
fuck, man
Sam Neill in Jurassic ParkSam Neill in PossessionSam Neill in The Omen IIISam Neill in Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 11/07/2026
Krakoa era had a lot bangers
apocalypse saying "do i look like a player of games?"
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 09/07/2026
some personal news: i'll be at @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social, baby me, @odysseycomics.bsky.social, @zombietardis.bsky.social, April Conners Ramirez, and Amy Linsamouth are bringing our popular WonderCon panel to San Diego — join us 5pm Saturday to discuss making awesome #comics 💥🗯️
LEVEL UP: TAKING YOUR COMICS TO THE NEXT TIER
SAN DIEGO COMIC CON INTERNATIONAL
SATURDAY JULY 25 • 5:00 PM • ROOM 11
A conversation for comic creators ready to level
up. Learn how strong pitches, smart teamwork, and bold creative choices turn good ideas into unforgettable comics.
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 05/07/2026
the only fourth i celebrate
Soundgarden, "4th Of July" (1994, Superunknown)
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 05/07/2026
T2 nuke scene
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 05/07/2026
weighing a few real american movie options for tonite
Blow Out (De Palma, 1981)Rollerball (Jewison, 1975)The Sting (Hill, 1973)T2 (Cameron, 1992)
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 05/07/2026
when you're celebrating your freedom, this is who you're celebrating at
Quinn, our chihuahua mix, in her thunder shirt hiding beside our toilet
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 04/07/2026
"worst person/great point" meme
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 04/07/2026
loved this little hat-tip to Jurassic Park in Lemire and Smallwood's Moon Knight (during archaeological dig scene)
two archeologists in blue and pink denim (Moon Knight, Marvel Comics)Ellie and Grant in pink and blue denim in Jurassic Park (1994)
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 03/07/2026
mysterious red clad figure spotted arriving to the swift/kelce wedding
Utapau guyt swift, t kelce
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 29/06/2026
every paragraph is a banger, here
Perhaps ordinary politics will succeed tomorrow. But it could not undo these crimes; it could not retroactively prevent them. The failure to act sooner—to act urgently, preemptively—is a perfectly mainstream grievance in American political life so long as the perpetrators of preemptive violence are the Pentagon or the police. It is only the Left that is accused of irrational impatience. It is helpful, once again, to resolve the abstract into the particular. One must imagine a sensible and centrist columnist, bloody hands clawing desperately through the rubble of his recently bombed-out DC town house in search of his child, buried below.One must imagine him desperate, carrying that child—still alive, thank God, but both legs reduced to shredded, bleeding stumps—through the smoky streets, desperate to reach an emergency room. You must imagine him dodging several additional air strikes, slipping past the ground forces deployed to sweep up any men between the ages of 16 and 55 found out in the streets, and finally reaching a field hospital where his child’s life can be saved. You must imagine him finally sitting down, catching his breath, and composing a newsletter about how the counterproductive thing would be for anybody to try to avenge this crime, about how people need to accept that this is just how things are, how dissidents in whatever country bombed his house should moderate some of their social positions, then wait a decade or two for the right electoral opportunity.
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 26/06/2026
Anaheim! Saturday! I'll be at FAN EXPO w/ @odysseycomics.bsky.social and more copies of SLIGHT RETURN, stop on by for spooky original #comics!
Odyssey Comics at FAN EXPO Anaheim in the Anaheim Convention Center this coming wknd, June 26–28
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/06/2026
i refuse to be intimidated by this technology
this morning's Claude summary (from day job) that says both today and two days from now are both Monday
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/06/2026
i just bought the Barry Lyndon 4k
marriage story meme
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/06/2026
fuck me, goddammit (complementary) www.criterion.com/boxsets/9000...
box design of Criterion's The Complete Kubrick booklets and discs for Criterion's The Complete Kubrick
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 17/06/2026
sometimes life gives you a sign
amsterdam steakhouse sign featuring mary, mother of jesus
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