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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego)

@englishmansdcc.bsky.social

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Comics and comic con fanatic. I can't write, I can't draw, I can't colour, I can't edit. Therefore, *of course* I have a podcast, are you crazy??

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · Dec 3

Lots of new followers lately: hello there, I guess!

A re-introduction: my name is Leonard Sultana, I'm a middle aged nerd based in Yorkshire, married to Caroline, currently looking after my dad who is not in a good way but we’re muddling on, I guess.

What’s with the San Diego thing? Well…

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 41m

Forgot to drop you a reply about this: just to say, you absolutely killed this, first panel out of the gate for the global livestream, bravo! 👏👏👏👏

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Joshua Spiller @joshuaspiller.bsky.social · 3d

BEYOND THE BLACK VOID

A comics anthology spearheaded by Jason Measures, launching at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social , and available widely after that.

Featuring a short story written by me and drawn @2000ad.bsky.social Art-Competition Finalist Yaya.

It's gonna be special 😍

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Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 13h

You're Alan Moore. All you've ever tried to do is make beautiful things, lead a life with integrity, and elevate a medium or two.
Then the world's wettest Nazi claims he understands your work.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 19h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 3h

I've given up trying to organise a TBubs karaoke room, though. I've got the message loud and clear - also, in case you haven't heard, I've retired from jockin' now!

Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think I can put into words just how eager I am for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social next month. I really need a cool, fun weekend with my fellow comic book nerds, it's been too damn long.

I'll be in Harrogate from Friday, if anyone wants to catch up.

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 4h

they're the best.

Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 4h

I know this one's been mostly about the wind strength so here's sending all the best to everyone getting out of NYCC and I hope your travel plans aren't hit too hard. Stay safe, gang.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11h

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting New Jersey to declare a state of emergency. Another storm has struck farther south with some heavy rain and flooding.

New Jersey declares state of emergency as nor'easter approaches

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting New Jersey to declare a state of emergency. Another storm has struck farther south with some heavy rain and flooding.

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 17h

This guy, and Musk's take on Dune and Hitchhiker's: I swear, I do have to ask if these 'geniuses' are even reading the same books as the rest of us.

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Gene Ha @geneha.com · 13h

Thiel's reading: “Nothing lasts forever.”

Actual line: “‘In the end’? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”

@tadethompson.bsky.social “Literally THE OPPOSITE of what Dr Manhattan said. Also, Moore didn't see this as an ideal solution. Moore literally negates the plan in the last panel
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Partial screenshot from screenshot in the original post:

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

“The antihero Ozymandias, the anticrhist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution - eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes is represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world…”

Panel from Watchmen. Foreground, Ozymandias' hand reaches toward Dr Manhattan as the Doctor starts to fade away.

Dr Manhattan: "In the end"?

Dr Manhattan: Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.

The full page from Watchmen. I'm not typing the whole thing. Watch the cartoon or movie or read the GN.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 13h

1975: Harlan Ellison visits Michael Moorcock in London. The Englishman sits Ellison in front of the TV when Dr Who comes on & insists Ellison “be quiet & just watch”. By the late 1970s,Ellison is such a fan of Dr Who that he’s taunting US scifi fans with declarations of its superiority over US fare.

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 13h

Bang-on accurate description.

Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 13h

Would love to get interview time at TBubs to talk about this - Power Fantasy, too, if you're up for it.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 2d

Ran out of words and not tagging @imagecomics.com and @stephaniehans.bsky.social. Also, appreciate any spreading of this. It is that time.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 2d

October 20th is the order cut off for DIE: LOADED, sequel to the three-time Hugo-nominated DIE. I've pulled together a short primer it with all the info you need on it - what it is, previews, full cover details (check out our sketch variant!) and more. Go nose! Join our party. It's an experience.

DIE: Loaded

The sequel to the three-times Hugo-nominated, award winning dark fantasy comic, DIE.

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 13h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17h

This is good and you should watch it.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 18h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Geoffrey David B. @geothetrickster.bsky.social · 18h

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Ty Templeton @tytempleton.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow's Thanksgiving, but today is Sunday Funnies! Yay!

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 16h

Comics fans, rejoice: DC Vertigo is back from the dead with new books from Ram V, Mariko Tamakai and more arriving throughout 2026.

DC Vertigo is Finally Coming Back to Life in 2026

Comics fans, rejoice: DC Vertigo is back from the dead with new books from Ram V, Mariko Tamakai and more arriving throughout 2026.

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 17h

Last week at Broken Frontier... Broken Frontier Andytorial, October 2025 – Lydia Turner @lydiaturner97.bsky.social is BF’s New Managing Editor, Swati Nair Joins the Team, and Broken Frontier at the Lakes @comicartfestival.bsky.social.
www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

Broken Frontier Andytorial, October 2025 – Lydia Turner is BF's New Managing Editor, Swati Nair Joins the Team, and Broken Frontier at the Lakes – Broken Frontier

Time for another Andytorial at Broken Frontier with new BF team addition announcements and thoughts from LICAF.

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 16h

#NYCC2025: @popversesays.bsky.social has been bring all the @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social Main Stage action to their YouTube channel all weekend - we're now on the Fourth and final day, live in 25mins!

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 17h

This guy, and Musk's take on Dune and Hitchhiker's: I swear, I do have to ask if these 'geniuses' are even reading the same books as the rest of us.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 17h

Every single time he's 1. getting something extremely wrong to a weird degree 2. wow, he is REALLY into the anti-christ. From Greta Thunberg to ::checks notes:: One-Piece apparently it's everywhere? I honestly don't know how people think like this and no one around them goes "hey, uh, what?"

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 19h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 1d

I could put on the inflatable frog costume. YOU could put on the inflatable frog costume.

miles morales from spider-man into the spider-verse stands in front of a city skyline .

ALT: miles morales from spider-man into the spider-verse stands in front of a city skyline .

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