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Brendan Johnston

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Resident #NeverReader on @talkaranrhiod.com Heavyweight Champion of the Moon "Savagely fighting the OTHERWAR!"

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · Jun 16

I am sitting in a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria having this for lunch and reading a Superboy comic on my phone and Spotify just shuffled up “Original Sin” by Taylor Dane from the soundtrack to “The Shadow” (1994).

No kidding, if an asteroid hit right now, I’d be cool with going out like this.

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 2h

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 2h

This looks like a job for…

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 3h

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 4h

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I almost lost this one because I was overthinking it, and the solution was a word I say so frequently at work that two of the three assistants I’ve had make fun of me for it.

Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 4h

Strands #595
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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

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“Gait keeping”
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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 4h

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

Connections
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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 4h

I solved the 10/19/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:45! www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...

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Marsha (Scary Name)🔐 @marsha.bsky.social · 1d

If you are just waking up, these should be most of the new accounts that are MAGA or have posted MAGA content since the Us Government decided to join in unison at 6pm on a Friday night

Marsha (Scary Name)🔐 @marsha.bsky.social · 1d

This is a working block list for new MAGA accounts that have signed up since the White House signed up bsky.app/profile/did:...

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 23h

nice list to make it easy:

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 13h

299. SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY #0 (April 2005)

W: Grant Morrison
A: JH Williams III

Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 14h

298. HELLBOY: THE WILD HUNT #1 (December 2008)

W: Mike Mignola
A: Duncan Fegredo

Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 21h

Participating in a documentary about the idea of his real self being in conflict with his brand- even though that very idea is at the heart of his complicated legacy- is *exactly* the kind of shit that made people dislike him for so long.

Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 21h

Alex Rodriguez is one of the more fascinatingly complex sports figures of my sportsfan lifetime, so I'm sure this is going to be interesting, at least in the way a train wreck is "interesting."

HOWEVER... (1/2)
youtu.be/03G0WfDiGEU?...

Alex vs ARod | Official Trailer | HBO Max

YouTube video by HBO Max

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Brendan Johnston @brendanjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

BONUS PANELS II, as we take a break from Spider-Man fighting a vampire possessed by an alien to check in on the weird romance-comics subplot involving Flash Thompson’s long-lost girlfriend from Vietnam.