Colin Smith
@colinsmith.bsky.social
Comics, music, books, film, photos, paintings & cartoons! A Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure.
Pigeons, by John Sloan, 1910.
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Pigeons, by John Sloan, 1910.
It’s also in this. It’s a good photo.
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
It’s also in this. It’s a good photo.
That’s from this, which is thoroughly fascinating:
February 10, 2026 at 8:56 PM
That’s from this, which is thoroughly fascinating:
A more, er, senior citizen criticises a Carnaby Street hipster for wearing an old military uniform in an agency pic from 1967.
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A more, er, senior citizen criticises a Carnaby Street hipster for wearing an old military uniform in an agency pic from 1967.
Of course I studied the classics
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Of course I studied the classics
And of Kirby too 👍
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
And of Kirby too 👍
I love his work. It’s a shame he opted out of comics as a career and pursued a broader career in art. Well, a shame for me :)
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I love his work. It’s a shame he opted out of comics as a career and pursued a broader career in art. Well, a shame for me :)
A serious falling out between Spider-Man & Spider-Woman, from the back cover of 1978’s The Comics Journal #39, by the splendidly Ditko-channeling Dennis Fujitake.
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A serious falling out between Spider-Man & Spider-Woman, from the back cover of 1978’s The Comics Journal #39, by the splendidly Ditko-channeling Dennis Fujitake.
Reposted by Colin Smith
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
Warehouse, Water & Dock Streets, Brooklyn, 1936, by the great Berenice Abbott.
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Warehouse, Water & Dock Streets, Brooklyn, 1936, by the great Berenice Abbott.
The page for Things I’m Still Fascinated By From 2003 in my digi-scrapbook is filling up with Good Stuff.
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The page for Things I’m Still Fascinated By From 2003 in my digi-scrapbook is filling up with Good Stuff.
👍 👍 👍 Good call! 👍 👍 👍
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
👍 👍 👍 Good call! 👍 👍 👍
I’ve dug out some boxes from the shed that we haven’t looked at in years. Fer shame. Some of the vinyl is ours, some belonged to family & friends now gone. The first album to emerge into the light is 1958’s The Best Of Peter Sellers. I didn’t even know we’d been given it. Fer shame. What a treasure!
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I’ve dug out some boxes from the shed that we haven’t looked at in years. Fer shame. Some of the vinyl is ours, some belonged to family & friends now gone. The first album to emerge into the light is 1958’s The Best Of Peter Sellers. I didn’t even know we’d been given it. Fer shame. What a treasure!
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!”
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
With everyone else in bed I watched the Doctor Who two-parter “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” last night and it’s even better than I remembered. Which I wouldn’t have thought possible.
True Believer, you are absolutely correct. (Fun fact: copies of SMCW#1 - without the free Spidey mask - are now going for £100-£500+. What a world.)
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
True Believer, you are absolutely correct. (Fun fact: copies of SMCW#1 - without the free Spidey mask - are now going for £100-£500+. What a world.)
Good morning! It’s Tuesday February 10th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Good morning! It’s Tuesday February 10th 2026! Another day already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
(Dated this very day in 1973, The Mighty World Of Marvel #19, with its cover featuring just about everybody by Jim Starlin et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, John Book.
Reposted by Colin Smith
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
Thanks for your kind words 🙏
You’re so right about, as you say, the struggles others endure. Few people make it through without very considerable challenges. I think I need to work even harder on remembering that.
All the best to thee.
You’re so right about, as you say, the struggles others endure. Few people make it through without very considerable challenges. I think I need to work even harder on remembering that.
All the best to thee.
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Thanks for your kind words 🙏
You’re so right about, as you say, the struggles others endure. Few people make it through without very considerable challenges. I think I need to work even harder on remembering that.
All the best to thee.
You’re so right about, as you say, the struggles others endure. Few people make it through without very considerable challenges. I think I need to work even harder on remembering that.
All the best to thee.
Yep. I have a tremendous regard for it.
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Yep. I have a tremendous regard for it.
Thank you for saying so Paul. My Autism was still undiagnosed & trying to live some semblance of a normal life had long since burned me out. Next to no-one was getting diagnosed back then. So, like many others, everyday stuff could be challenging.
It took time, but things are much better now 👍
It took time, but things are much better now 👍
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Thank you for saying so Paul. My Autism was still undiagnosed & trying to live some semblance of a normal life had long since burned me out. Next to no-one was getting diagnosed back then. So, like many others, everyday stuff could be challenging.
It took time, but things are much better now 👍
It took time, but things are much better now 👍
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
So that was Monday February 9th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
(Out this very month in 1976, the really rather enjoyable Planet of the Apes #19, with its out-there cover by Bob Larkin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients. May your tomorrow be kind.
There we are. I knew I recognised it.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
There we are. I knew I recognised it.
Fun to notice two kid’s punching blow-ups, one with Stallone’s Rocky and one with the Hulk, from, perhaps, a Dave Cockrum cover.
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Fun to notice two kid’s punching blow-ups, one with Stallone’s Rocky and one with the Hulk, from, perhaps, a Dave Cockrum cover.
Ludlow Street, New York, 1980, by Brian Rose, whose street photography is as valuable as it is enjoyable.
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Ludlow Street, New York, 1980, by Brian Rose, whose street photography is as valuable as it is enjoyable.