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Kurt Busiek

@kurtbusiek.bsky.social

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Writer, mostly of comics. MARVELS, ASTRO CITY, ARROWSMITH, AUTUMNLANDS, FREE AGENTS, THUNDERBOLTS, SUPERMAN, AVENGERS, UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN, more. NYT bestseller, Harvey & Eisner Awards, yaddita yaddita. My head hurts.

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🆁🅸🅲🅷! Comic Fan! @marvelman76.bsky.social · 22h

GL #176 interior pages…

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 10h

…but isn’t reposting anything.

Good luck with the Gofundme, in any case. Very nice work!

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 10h

This might be a better post to amplify, really.

Gary Dorr - TARDIS Cabinets @tardiscabinets.bsky.social · 1d

The dream is alive! Thanks to your generosity, the TARDIS Cabinets relaunch is underway. If you’re able, please share the campaign link—every boost helps this blue box fly!
🔗 gofund.me/bbe6bbc5 Allons-y!
Here's to blue boxes, big dreams, and the kind of community that makes them fly.

Donate to TARDIS Cabinets Relaunch, organized by Gary Dorr

️✨ I’m Gary—a lifelong Whovian, master craftsman, and the heart behind TARDIS Cabinets. Since 1983,… Gary Dorr needs your support for TARDIS Cabinets Relaunch

gofund.me

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 10h

Well, I doubt Neil’s going to be any help here, or that he would be even if he were to try, what with his current, eh, reputational irregularities.

Still, Whovians might be interested nonetheless.

Gary Dorr - TARDIS Cabinets @tardiscabinets.bsky.social · 19h

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Hello Mr. Gaiman,
You may remember me, I am the cabinet maker who built the "221b Baker Street TARDIS" for you.
I could use your help.
I lost my workshop in Wales. If you could share this fundraiser, it would mean the world to me.
gofund.me/f3d48fa2f
Gary

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 13h

And he's the "Arthur" of LADY DARTON'S SIN, as well.

Proofreading? What?

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 16h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 14h

I’m guessing the second caption is a callback to whoever Conan’s talking to having tried to belittle him by saying he’s got a barbarous mind, and Conan’s throwing that back in his face.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, her name isn’t the Lady Annia, anyway — her name is Annia, and she’s a lady, but the “lady” part is a title, not a name.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 21h

I don't have much to go on. Never saw the movie, haven't seen the TV show since the early 70s at best. But I'm enjoying the book so far.

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 21h

Well, I'm reading it...

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 21h

#FridayReads THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR by Josephine Leslie (as "R.A. Dick")

Cover to THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR by R.A. Dick

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 22h

i like your pin shot
i keep it with your letter
done up in blueprint blue
it sure looks good on you
and when you smile for the camera
i know i'll love you better
peg
it will come back to you
peg
it will come back to you
then
the shutter falls
you see it all in 3-d
it's your favorite foreign movie

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

George always went above and beyond.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

Every issue was like that.

I'd send off a plot and I'd get back magic.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

What few people realize is that DC stands for Deucedly Clever.

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

And everyone will be glad to leave the stadium and go to wherever they’re putting it on to watch it, I’m sure.

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

I won't!

Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

I expect he'd have wound up doing HELLBOY anyway, since it didn't start until years later. But you never know.

I'm looking forward to seeing this finale from Veitch & crew at long last, for sure.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

This is why it's taken so long. DC wanted to keep you buying for another 37 years before you were crushed by disappointment.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

I figured we'd get this eventually.

Sure took a while, though.

Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 1d

No alt text, so: this is an announcement for Swamp Thing 1989 #1-4 by Rick Veitch, Michael Zulli, Vince Locke, Tom Mandrake, & Trish Mulvihill, under DC's Black Label imprint

They're finally printing the canceled story arc in which Swamp Thing goes back in time and meets Jesus

Chewbacca But A Wolf Man @jason1749.bsky.social · 1d

@mikester.bsky.social Just in case you didn't see this

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

SANDMAN had already launched by the time that SWAMP THING arc was abruptly canceled, so it wouldn't have affected it. Gaiman was going to take over ST after Veitch, but only part time because of the SANDMAN gig.

How did this affect HELLBOY?

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 1d

avalanche or roadblock
i was a snowball in hell
avalanche or roadblock
a jailer trapped in his cell
money's all broke
and food's going hungry
if it wasn't for disappointment
i wouldn't have any appointments

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 2d

It's because his clothing is ready-to-were.

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Steve Shives @steveshives.bsky.social · 3d

NEW VIDEO! How Do You Tell a Superman Story . . . Without Superman? youtu.be/gsfCcw_uzzE

How Do You Tell a Superman Story . . . Without Superman?

YouTube video by Steve Shives

youtu.be

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