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8 months

“You could do far worse than to build a lifetime of friendships with the people you meet in comics. Far, far worse.” — Tom Spurgeon.

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SAG-AFTRA Strike, explained

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Never forget that everyone in ComicsGate took personal offense when Superman took a stand against the Klan.

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Watching the X-Men cartoon again. Graydon Creed, the shrill, screaming bigot seemed so over the top and ridiculous back then, but today he'd be running the Mutants of TikTok social media account and would be cranking out a dozen YouTube videos a day about the Woke menace.

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ComicsGate: Modern comics are too political MAD Magazine, 1970: Hold my sign

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If this scene would be out of place in your Superman story, you aren't telling a Superman story.

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ComicsGate on their neo-Nazi fans: "Everyone is welcome to support my projects. I’m not here to judge who is and is not allowed to feel comfortable as a fan." Jack Kirby:

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If Superman saving a cat from a tree is out of place in your movie, you haven't made a Superman movie.

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Would the General Audience rather see Superman saving a cat out of a tree like we are back in 1956 or would they rather see Superman as a bad ass? #SellZSJLtoNetflix #SellSnyderVerseToNetflix

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"My own research" always means "Joe Rogan," doesn't it?

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How The Killing Joke should have ended, by @jesse_hamm

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Alan Arkin replies to MAD Magazine's Catch-22 movie parody.

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WHERE IS THIS PIZZERIA

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Text: actor Danny Pudi, in conversation w/Larry King: Danny replies to a question from Larry: "A luxury I can't live without... Coffee. I really like good coffee." Larry replies: "That's not a luxury. You can get it anywhere." Danny: "What luxury should I have?" 1/2

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Larry replies: "Private plane." Danny replies, incredulous expression on his face: "Larry, I'm on DuckTales." 2/2

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@scott_bowser @maguirekevin Don't waste your money. He doesn't remember who Herman Cain was.

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When celebrating Neal Adams as an artist, remember to celebrate him as a tireless advocate for creators' rights, too. He was instrumental in getting Siegel and Shuster their due as Superman's co-creators in the 1970s.

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Love to see people still sharing @Hamm_Tips online. Nobody knew comics like Jesse Hamm.

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@JuddWinick They all accused DC Comics of being "woke" for publishing an overtly political superhero story. I'm sure their great-grandfathers boycotted the Superman radio show and Kellogg's over it back in the day.

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Condolences to the friends, family, and the billions of us who grew up watching Bob McGrath on Sesame Street. What a wonderful legacy of kindness and caring he leaves behind.

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We've got a clear profile for mass shooters. White nationalist, active in online hate groups, 18-25 years old, legally buys an AR-15 not long before the shooting, extensive history of abusive behavior toward women. Why do we keep letting these people buy these guns?

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Stop using mental illness as a scapegoat to avoid talking about the fact a vast majority of these shooters are young white men. Many of these shooters are white nationalists like the one in Buffalo and many are patriarchal like the one in Tallahassee ‘18 & Isla Vista ‘14

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Pence kept his cool right up until Harris called him out for supporting the Mutant Registration Act.

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Maybe my favorite thing I ever wrote.

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Hearing from multiple sources that the great Paul Coker Jr. has passed away at the age of 93. An incredible cartoonist, and really underrated, in my opinion. So expressive, such economy of line...and such a joy to see his illustrations in MAD over the years.

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Caroll Spinney changed the entire world for the better. What an incredible legacy.

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For any other cartoonist, this Guy Gardner drawing would be the worst thing they'd ever drawn. But for ComicsGate's best artist, it was Tuesday.

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How do people who grow up reading superhero comics miss the point of them so completely?

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How many of you realized that great Black Knight illustration on Avengers #273 was a self-portrait? Rest in Peace, Tom Palmer.

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Current mood:

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X-Men history lesson: 1981: Chris Claremont intended for Mystique and Destiny to be Nightcrawler's biological parents. About 12 years later, Scott Lobdell went halfway there and established Mystique as Nightcrawler's mother. (1/2)

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And the media didn't follow up with her, never put this in context, never talked about the Magdalene Laundries...just directed outrage at Sinead O'Connor and refused to ever take her seriously again. People should have listened.

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George Pérez, 1954-2022

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@slinan Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.

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Has there ever been a better new/second costume for a superhero than this one?

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Always listen to Kitty Pryde.

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ComicsGate: Why you gotta make the X-Men political? Chris Claremont: Hold my word balloon.

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My response to 150% of people telling me that I really need to check out more critics on YouTube.

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6 years

So sick of SJW politics wrecking my baseball card collecting hobby. They're putting current players and uniforms on all the cards instead of the players I grew up watching, and Topps doesn't even use the 1984 card design anymore. No gum, either. #baseballcardgate

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Mark Waid busts up another ComicsGate meeting.

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What would Jack Kirby have thought about alt-right comics fans?

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Not sure anyone could have convinced 13-year-old me that everyone in this picture would be considered a sex symbol eventually:

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5 years

I'm excited to announce @MichaelKeaton is writing the foreword and @RealKevinConroy is writing the introduction for #Batman : The Definitive History of the Dark Knight! Follow @batmannewscom for more announcements! The book is available for pre-order now:

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A ComicsGater, a homophobe, and a KiwiFarmer walk into a bar. Bartender says, "hey, are you ever going to finish drawing that frog comic?"

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Making friends.

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I feel seen.

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One of the things that I admire most about Kevin Eastman is that when he made a fortune off of his comics, he actually did what everybody *says* they'd do if they hit it big--he started a publishing company, threw money at his friends, and said "make some great comics."

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"We know what's right. The strong protect the weak. Never forget that." -written by Mark Waid, illustrated by Chris Samnee

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@Atheist_Bale

Larry, I’m on DuckTales.

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@shostcar What was it about?

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Me, too, Superman. Me, too.

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We don't think of the eighties as some magical, enlightened era, but when kids got hurt and killed by lawn darts, even though there were millions of "responsible" lawn dart enthusiasts out there, everyone agreed it was a bad idea and we banned them for the good of society.

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Hot take: Marvel 2099 lasted as long as it did because Rick Leonardi's art on those first two years of Spider-Man 2099 made it their most visually dynamic book after the Image exodus.

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"Woke" is just being normal, realizing and acknowledging that different kinds of people exist, and treating those people with kindness and decency. Anyone who uses it as an insult is telling on themselves.

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First annual ComicsGate convention ends exactly as expected

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3 million euros worth of Nazi memorabilia found in alleged pedophile's home

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WHY DOESN'T DC RESPECT ITS HISTORY

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As a kid, I thought I was tuning in every week to watch Hulk Hogan. As a mature adult, I realize it was the guys like Iron Sheik and Roddy Piper who were doing all the real work and making WWF worth watching.

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@ReupMir Growing up is realizing that you need to avoid people who buy into this kind of cynical nonsense.

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Describe your favorite comic book creators badly: X-Force artist Mike Mignola

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#SDCC is gonna be LIT

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@JuddWinick Same group got upset when modern-day Superman (in a story written by Dan Jurgens, who knows a thing or two about the character) protected undocumented workers from a racist attack:

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I don't have a SoundCloud to promote, but you can catch me at the San Diego Comic-Con next week. I'm on three panels and will be sketching for my favorite comics non-profit at booth #1634 throughout the whole convention. has all the details.

Homepage - Comic-Con International

Comic-Con is dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms.

www.comic-con.org

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@ewarren Bump it up to four or five percent, and we'll have solar power and healthcare, too.

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Popeye walksk the walks and talksk the talks.

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Every time I talk to unvaccinated people online, they say "if you're vaccinated, why do you care if I'm not?" First of all, unvaccinated people are more likely to catch and spread Covid. Second? This isn't a contest. I don't "win" if an unvaccinated person gets sick or dies.

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The Comics Journal 125,. In a June 1988 interview, Berkeley Breathed makes an eerily accurate prediction about the rise of Dilbert, which would hit papers in April 1989.

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I'm the best there is at what I doobie-doobie-do.

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There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who know that "Mohawk Storm" is the best Storm, and, I don't know, probably people who deliberately slam their hands in car doors or something. #XMenFacts

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Joe Biden really needs to be running on a platform of "I'm kind of boring and so are most of the people I know." Wouldn't it be nice to have four years with no headlines like this?

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Amy Thorn, the registered nurse from West Virginia who recently spoke at the Republican National Convention to defend Donald Trump’s response to the COVID crisis, has been arrested for shooting a woman in the stomach during an argument:

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You broke me, Twitter. You really did.

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So glad Marv and George got to do this for Teen Titans GO!

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The Comicsgate hate mob is angry that a woman of color just landed a freelance job from Marvel writing about a superhero of color.

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About eight years after that, Chuck Austen decided that some guy named Azazel, maybe actual Devil (?) was Nightcrawler's father. Anybody who tells you that they liked that story, or that anyone did, is not to be trusted. This week, Si Spurrier fixed all of this. The end. (2/2)

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Joyous Ambulatory Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who observe.

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Happy Birthday to everybody's favorite cartoonist, Kyle Baker!

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The COVID debate, simplified:

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@ChipMaps What animation?

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're still mad about the 2016 Ghostbusters movie, you deserve to be unhappy.

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John Paul Leon was only TWENTY when he drew the first page here (Static #1 ); not yet thirty when he drew the other page (Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool #1 ). He was incredible artist right out of the gate, but somehow he just kept getting BETTER.

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Sharing this one again--Berkeley Breathed in 1988 EXACTLY predicting Dilbert, about a year before it debuted in syndication.

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The Comics Journal 125,. In a June 1988 interview, Berkeley Breathed makes an eerily accurate prediction about the rise of Dilbert, which would hit papers in April 1989.

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Even The Joker has standards.

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@callouswayne Pa Kent's death is one of the most powerful death in CBM history, only people with no soul would hate on it.

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Rorschach Test: Do you see A) a fun drawing that's not what you would have expected from a Wonder Woman cover, B) a variant cover you might not pick up at your local comic shop, or C) CAN'T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE

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Only one word for the Wonder Woman 1984 #1 @RoosterTeeth variant cover by Robin Eisenberg: rad. Out September 29.

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Well, here's to survival.

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Möbius strip, Morbius strip, Moebius strip, Mobius trip

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@Dr_Mauser Erica Henderson is a talented, award-winning artist who's highly respected by her colleagues, and she's got a dedicated fanbase. Anyone who puts quotes around "professional" when talking about her art doesn't know anything about anything. Which describes all of Comicsgate.

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Three friends that I know would have really profound insights into the #ComicsBrokeMe and would have put it all into perspective for me died within the past few years between the ages of 45 and 50, so I guess we'll never figure this out.

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@mr_oberts He can't even blame another writer for adding kids to his scripts, either.

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Andrea Martin is shorter than Martin Short, which means she should be named Martin Short, while Martin Short should be renamed Martin Medium, and Steve Martin should be renamed Martin Tall. Discuss.

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It's the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest cartoons of all time, and NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!

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And I should have mentioned in the first post, but this is from the INCREDIBLE comic Superman Smashes The Klan, by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru. Your favorite comic shop and local library should have a copy for you:

SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN | DC

www.dc.com

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And, for good measure, I'll mention Bill Messner-Loebs's ongoing GoFundMe. Please help a talented writer who's had a run of bad luck get back on his feet and get into stable housing.

Help writer-artist Bill Messner-Loebs, organized by Clifford Meth

Bill Messner-Loebs’s work in comics was beloved by fans for many years, but the ci… Clifford Meth needs your support for Help writer-artist Bill Messner-Loebs

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I miss Steve Dillon. #preacher #Charlottesville

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CRITICAL RACE THEORY WON'T ALLOW THIS IN THE CLASSROOM

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The "but where do I even start with American superhero comics?" people ignore the fact that our generation dropped a buck-twenty-five on part two of a sprawling, 5-years-in-the-making crossover with no footnotes and no recognizable characters on the cover and managed just fine.

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Sad to share the news that Sho Murase has passed away after a long illness. Such a loss to the artistic community. My deepest condolences to her friends and fans.

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It will never not be amazing that Chris Claremont somehow got Marvel to go along with his "the X-Men are all beat up and scattered and there's not really a stable roster or status quo" version of team for about five years, and that the book actually gained readers along the way.

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March 26 is José Luis García-López's 75th birthday! Celebrate by going back in time and buying literally any DC Comics product from about 1978-2000. Artist of all our childhoods.

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Anybody else give out comic books on Halloween? Looking forward to putting a spinner rack full of comics out on the porch on Sunday for the first time in two years.