Sign in

Tim Rooney

@urbaneturtle.com
1.5K followers 688 following 25K posts

Superheroes and Phillies. Freelance comics critic for hire. Contributor to Eisner Award winners the Comics Beat and PanelxPanel. Also seen in ComicsXF and CBR. Sometimes artist. Husband. Dad. (He/Him) urbaneturtle.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 5m
Snubbed again
010
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Franzke & LA @franzkela.bsky.social · 45m
The Phillies were 18–7 in the postseason before they got on the plane to Arizona and 3–11 since I need Pablo Torre to find out what the hell happened on that flight
3457
Reposted by Tim Rooney
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 56m
Nancy 9/30/26 … “Sluggo’s Terrible New Hat” Part 3
Nancy is in shock at the sight of Sluggo’s new hat.
2550572
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 1h
Happy New Comic Book Day, Friends! Make sure you flip through IS TED OK? by @davechisholmcomics.com while you're at the shop. We doubt you'll be able to put it back on the shelf. Take it home with you. Read it. Listen to our episode with Chisholm: www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/dave-ch...
A man in flames, eyes rolling back in head.
297
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Simmy! @simmywuff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love video games
My 9 Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing games
74611
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Saly "and more" @salylockheart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cyborg
05516
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 1h
Love when I come home and find Peanut decided to lay under the table next to Gamora’s crate. They hate each other but they love each other
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 1h
Good morning. I wish every Phillie except three a very “get lost.” You know who you are.
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 11h
Dukeshire is one of my favorite letterers! His SFX are always so fun and expressive
021
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 20h
I hate putting stuff I wrote behind a paywall, my Civil War series is a ton of work, the posts are really in depth, and I want as many people as possible to read it. But I think it is also really well done and worth asking a little bit of an entry fee. Maybe if you subscribe and try, you'll agree
121
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 21h
I've been trying to churn out comics and media criticism for the last 6 years now with most of that being entirely unpaid since I stopped writing for CBR and PanelxPanel folded. Hard to find the intrinsic motivation at times, so having that backing keeps me chugging along.
141
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 21h
Just want to send a big thank you. In the last 2 months, I've gotten 5 paid supporters between subscribers to urbaneturtle.com & Patreon. The total dollar amount is not even ten bucks a month but man it is a hugely uplifting feeling that anyone is willing to support my writing with hard earned money
152
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 12h
No. We cannot keep doing “why does Batman not simply buy crime” discourse. Everyone turn in your phones.
130
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 12h
Dombrowski gotta go
110
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 14h
Guy needs to give a speech to the Phillies
010
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Sadly Rutschman @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 16h
Oh shit the White Sox are literally on a mission from God
Letter to Jerry Reinsdorf from the pope

I was pleased to receive the kind letter that you
sent
following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster bonds of friendship and solidarity people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Leo PXIV
10379120
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 15h
One of those websites that changed the course of my life when I found it as a teenager probably
020
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 15h
The pope’s favorite baseball team against unpunished, unrepentant, deceitful cheating franchise. If the Astros beat the White Sox I may need to rethink some things.
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 15h
Jeopardy! Masters is no fun to watch because the questions are too hard. Sorry I like to watch and feel a little smart not play stupid rhyming games and have to do elaborate math
110
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
Go White Sox
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
I mean if anything the strategy today made clear they never had a chance in the playoffs this year with the bullpen they have anyway.
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
I’ve been pretty ride or die with this core of Phillies and wanted to see them specifically succeed but I’m sick of it now. They cannot get it done and they just keep having the same exact problems over and over. They need a major culture change.
140
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
If a salary cap makes us sell off the Trea Turner contract maybe it wouldn’t be so bad
010
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
Phils need to invest in sports psychology. I know they're all macho MAHA meatheads but force them to talk about why they get wobbly kneed in big games and work through it. They're your employees.
010
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · 16h
Yeah. Sure. The Phillies are down to their last shot. But so were the 1976 Phillies, just shy of 50 years ago. And you know what happened to them? That's right. They were called "the hollow men of the baseball postseason" by their hometown paper and swept out of the playoffs.
914929
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
Phillies marketing should have checked the calendar before they started trying to sell Red October merch.
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 16h
Harper hits that slightly to the left, whole game is different. Turner gets one knock to score an extra run during the rally, whole game might be different. Big guys need to play too
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
I hope they lose tomorrow so everyone gets fired
010
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
Jhoan Duran is not a big game pitcher. Been saying it all year
100
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
Oh my god he’s gonna blow it
100
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
Six outs. I don’t feel so good.
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
Want to have him get six outs against the top 3 I guess...don’t want to think about the ninth inning after that.
100
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
Trea Turner good for nothing
010
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
J!!!! T!!!! REALMUTO!!!!!!!!
120
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
It is time for Edmundo Sosa to ascend to Valhalla
010
Reposted by Tim Rooney
John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 17h
We always knew the offense was going to have to score more than one run. It remains to be seen if they can do that. This team will win if their offense scores.
191
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
Pretty close
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 17h
At least it was the worst regular season in five years
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 18h
Bryce Harper gonna go long
200
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 18h
"Queen Latifah played second base for me." - John Kruk, 2026 Wild Card Game 1
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 18h
Don Mattingly for jail
000
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 18h
Wish players would says something guess they like the racist chant.
010
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 19h
Bad base running worse defense
100
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 19h
200
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 19h
furiously googling whether Jhoan Duran has ever had a 27-out save
3596
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 19h
How in the world is Chris Sale throwing 100
110
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Crispy-Ghee✨️ @crispy-ghee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE One of my favorite scenes from O Brother Where Art Thou. I figured I should try to draw all 3 of the Soggy bottom boys, why not. #art #comic
🍳 A messy comic of a scene from O Brother Where Art Thou. Delmar and Everett are in a movie theater looking behind them in their seats. Delmar is saying " We thought you was a Toad" to a confused looking Pete (surrounded by question marks).
342161620
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 21h
Just want to send a big thank you. In the last 2 months, I've gotten 5 paid supporters between subscribers to urbaneturtle.com & Patreon. The total dollar amount is not even ten bucks a month but man it is a hugely uplifting feeling that anyone is willing to support my writing with hard earned money
152
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Mike Irizarry Designs @midesigns.bsky.social · 21h
(This was scheduled mid-September so hopefully the Phillies actually made it into the Wild Card, making this post relevant) My first major attempt at trying animation in Procreate. Got the idea from a pal to make the Phillie Phanatic as Birdo. #mikeirizarrydesigns #digitalart #phillies #nintendo
061
Reposted by Tim Rooney
Tim Rooney @urbaneturtle.com · 23h
DCAU Rewatch: Superman the Animated Series 25: Brave New Metropolis Lois is transported to an alternate version of Metropolis where Superman has joined forces with Lex Luthor to impose their fascist rule.
urbaneturtle.com
DCAU Rewatch: Superman the Animated Series 25: Brave New Metropolis
Lois is transported to an alternate version of Metropolis where Superman has joined forces with Lex Luthor to impose their fascist rule.
111