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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 20h

From where I’m standing, it appears the only reason she is being used is because Liam Gallagher once mentioned in an interview he had a crush on her as a kid.

Honestly a fun use of your wealth if that is the case.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 20h

The interview in question: youtu.be/XFQ5bqUzwqU?...

Dear Liam | Liam Gallagher | Amazon Music

YouTube video by Amazon Music

youtu.be

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 20h

From where I’m standing, it appears the only reason she is being used is because Liam Gallagher once mentioned in an interview he had a crush on her as a kid.

Honestly a fun use of your wealth if that is the case.

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Seth T. Hahne @sethhahne.bsky.social · 1d

Took a special shelfie of my All-Time Top 20 Comics - just to be cute.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 1d

The anime adaptation is airing right now. Episode 14 is dropping this coming Sunday.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 3d

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: More people should really talk with elders in the fandom while they're still alive. None of us are getting younger, and we all have interesting stories to tell.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 3d

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

Alt: a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Season 2 finale (as well as James Gunn’s final time with these characters) of #Peacemaker drops today.

Don’t have much to say that @darrenmooney.bsky.social hasn’t already said, but I was shocked to see a childhood toy pop up in the show. Now I know his official name is Stretch and not Ostrichy 1/2

The Beanie Baby ostrich known as Stretch; came out before the bubble burst for that toyline.

In Peacemaker Season 2 episode 6, “Ignorance is Chris”, Adrian Chase AKA Vigilante has a number of these in his collection. Saying it’s the best one.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Also worth noting: it may not seem like much unless you’re a nerd like me, but making one of your characters‘ favorite Pokémon Infernape, a Generation 4 Pokémon no less, is such an inspired choice that it makes irrationally annoyed at other media’s Pokémon name drops. 2/2

In Peacemaker Season 2 episode 6, “Ignorance is Chris”, Adrian Chase AKA Vigilante Meets his alternate self in a different dimension, and they are pretty much the same.

Above is a conversation where they recite their favorite Pokémon Infernape 2025

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Season 2 finale (as well as James Gunn’s final time with these characters) of #Peacemaker drops today.

Don’t have much to say that @darrenmooney.bsky.social hasn’t already said, but I was shocked to see a childhood toy pop up in the show. Now I know his official name is Stretch and not Ostrichy 1/2

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Parker @parkj0hn.bsky.social · 2d

the best image + caption combo on palette swap yet

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Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 2d

I just reread Golem Pit 224 by @ohmyghoulia.bsky.social and it’s a great graphic novel to read this (or any) month. The emotional and physical quagmires these characters get into makes this book wonderfully weird. I love the tone set by the amorphous panels and earthy coloring as well. Check it out!

Golem Pit 224

It's October and to celebrate this spooky month, I am going to review a bunch of different graphic novels that fit the season. First up is ...

graphicnovelresources.blogspot.com

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Now THAT’S some interesting background lore.

Reminds me of MovieBob getting interviewed by the New Yorker after his review of the 2015 film Pixels went viral.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

In Praise of the Rant

From Hamlet to Kanye, ranters have been making valuable contributions to our culture.

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Dr Artyom Trakhanov - SHARP EYE IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s a familiar Hudsoni gosherd, drawn for us by the one and only Alexandr Utkin (“Gamayun Tales”). He is here to remind you that even now after our campaign is over, you can still back it with your late pledges and secure most of our rewards for yourself! 🙏🏻😌

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

I believe they said that mostly as a joke, but also that no mangaka today is gonna have the same volume of work Tezuka had (granted his workaholic nature would be the end of him).

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Andrés L. Mignucci @andreslmignucci.bsky.social · 4d

Sketches for Princess Daisy's mom, the Empress of Sarasaland. I might have gone a little overboard, but it was fun to draw the costumes of this many Portuguese and Spanish queens. And Vic, of course. Adding the daisy motif to 16th-17th c. dress was surprisingly easy.
#mario #daisy #princessdaisy

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Questions: as someone curious about piercings, what is your suggestion on how to get them? Have you created any characters with piercings?

What’s a tabletop game you wish had more love?

What do you believe witches do outside of fall and winter?

How did you get into TTRPGs?

You like webcomics?

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yeah, Lance became the Blue Lion later on. Why did that happen? Well…

Trivia from the Voltron Defenders of the Universe Wiki on FANDOM:

TRIVIA:
Sven is actually a composite of two characters in Beast King Golion. Takashi Shirogane was the original Blue Lion pilot who was killed in episode 6, and Ryou Shirogane, Takashi's brother. Since they looked alike, WEP (World Event Productions) simply decided that Sven would survive the events of episode 6.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

I’m pretty sure that’s Lance.

Sven was the guy who controlled the Black Lion

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re someone who loves one or a series of toy commercial series and believes they deserve more attention and/or analysis, I feel you should be able to extend that same grace on the other aisle, cartoons.

I recently made a list based on years of being in cartoon-focused spaces as a brainstorm.

A list made in the Notebook app on October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM EST.

Best Toy Commercial toyetic Cartoons NOT made in Japan based on how much they’re brought up for their writing, animation, standing on its own or etc. by Malcman

The Real Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic SATAM
Dungeons & Dragons (all of Brazil will die on this hill)
Beast Wars: Transformers
Transformers: Animated
Transformers: Prime
Transformers ONE
Winx Club (Russia won’t shut up about it; maybe it’s being held up by nostalgia and fanfics)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
She-RA: Princesses of Power

Monster High (I know people like this IP, but I don’t know which series they like the most)
Ever After High
PUCCA
Ben 10 Alien Force/Ben 10 Omniverse (split)
The LEGO Movie
Bionicle (all of it apparently)
Ninjago
LEGO Monkie Kid
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
(Pretty much every TMNT show has its fans)

THE LESSER KNOWN:

Domo (Nicktoons)
Kaijudo
Chaotic (Season 1)
Pound Puppies (2012)
Littlest Pet Shop (2013)
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re someone who loves one or a series of toy commercial series and believes they deserve more attention and/or analysis, I feel you should be able to extend that same grace on the other aisle, cartoons.

I recently made a list based on years of being in cartoon-focused spaces as a brainstorm.

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Jerna Van Vooren @jernacious.itch.io · 9d

Since I got fired, I would love it if my comics career would take off. You can find my portfolio at jarnevanvooren.com/portfolio-2/ or buy my work at jernacious.itch.io

Except for one book, everything over there is pwyw, so you can tip me or download it for free!

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 3d

It’s still wild to us that the ultra bloody Viking series turned out to be a deeply empathetic work, while the series about the funny elf lady losing the people around her over time and coming to terms with that grief was fascist as fuck

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 3d

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

Watched this yesterday. Great 34-minute video that analyzes a fav show of mine and shows why you should be watching it yesterday.

Someone I follow said earlier this year that no new mangaka is gonna be “the next Osamu Tezuka” because all these new mangaka are beefing with people on Twitter. 1/2

Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 4d

With #Peacemaker wrapping this week, it's a good time to look at what makes James Gunn such a distinctive superhero filmmaker.

How Gunn puts himself in his work, how "Superman" & "Peacemaker" are about the internet, and what Gunn gets about superheroes as a genre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DieY...

How Peacemaker (and Superman) Are About the Internet | The Backdrop

YouTube video by Second Wind

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

This video gets into why that is, explaining how the Internet is molding us to keep returning to inner circles that constantly validate our tastes and beliefs.

It also gets into how Peacemaker represents what the United States itself is currently going through.

Season 2 Finale tomorrow 2/2

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