David Avallone
@davallone.bsky.social
Writer and stuff. Comics and tv and film. The second-best dressed man in #comics.
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Week 24: Giving Thanks, and Paying It Forward | David Avallone
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And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
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And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
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This is a great article and related not-too-tangentially to what I posted the other day about “your favorite writers are all struggling to get by.”
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a great article and related not-too-tangentially to what I posted the other day about “your favorite writers are all struggling to get by.”
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
After you’re done reading, you could also consider taking a look at my Patreon…
Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
The easiest thing I have ever done in my life is not use ChatGPT.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The easiest thing I have ever done in my life is not use ChatGPT.
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All I'm sayin' is that we didn't bail out Ty when Beanie Babies crashed.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
All I'm sayin' is that we didn't bail out Ty when Beanie Babies crashed.
One Thanksgiving, my sister tried to make a baked ham. She went overboard on the cloves… and forgot the pineapple/sweetener glaze.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One Thanksgiving, my sister tried to make a baked ham. She went overboard on the cloves… and forgot the pineapple/sweetener glaze.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
It tasted like I imagine human flesh might taste. It still haunts me. I say this as someone who LOVES ham.
Welcome, new followers! It’s not always Hollywood anecdotes and political rage. Sometimes it’s comic books and personal observations!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Free Patreon Newsletter! Bursting with information and recommendations and stuff to read and watch!
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
Week 24: Giving Thanks, and Paying It Forward | David Avallone
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November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Welcome, new followers! It’s not always Hollywood anecdotes and political rage. Sometimes it’s comic books and personal observations!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Anyway, here’s the Patreon, if you dig that sort of thing! The weekly newsletter is on the free side!
Thread about the new fun term everyone learned this week. Cutting edge linguist that I am, I learned it, to my horror, in the late eighties.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
I feel like I have to tell this story now.
I was producing a low budget movie, and Jane Lynch had a small part in it. We were shooting on a very hot day, with a crowd of extras, including children.
She said, “it’s so hot! I’m felching.”
I said, “no. No, Jane you are not doing that.”
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I was producing a low budget movie, and Jane Lynch had a small part in it. We were shooting on a very hot day, with a crowd of extras, including children.
She said, “it’s so hot! I’m felching.”
I said, “no. No, Jane you are not doing that.”
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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Thread about the new fun term everyone learned this week. Cutting edge linguist that I am, I learned it, to my horror, in the late eighties.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
The movie was called TRU LOVED. It’s probably streaming somewhere.
I’m walking in here on my knees: a free man proposing, Charlie Brown.
(Howdy, Kurt.)
(Howdy, Kurt.)
We Thought You Was a Toad, Charlie Brown
Is it safe, Charlie Brown?
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’m walking in here on my knees: a free man proposing, Charlie Brown.
(Howdy, Kurt.)
(Howdy, Kurt.)
I’ve always felt like these “fans” were the answer to the question “What if QAnon had a Batman fetish?” Confirmed.
It is 2025 and comic book fascists still can’t let go of their embarrassing obsession with a failed cinematic universe. I don’t think they understand how hilarious they seem to normal people as a result.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’ve always felt like these “fans” were the answer to the question “What if QAnon had a Batman fetish?” Confirmed.
I don’t like to see coffee or unionized workers burned.
So that’s two strikes against Starbucks.
So that’s two strikes against Starbucks.
I like my men the way i like my coffee: unionized
BREAKING: Striking Starbucks baristas and their allies are demonstrating in Newport Beach today.
Why?
Because the company has racked up more federal labor law violations than any other corporation IN U.S. HISTORY!
Stand with these workers as they protest unfair labor practices!
Why?
Because the company has racked up more federal labor law violations than any other corporation IN U.S. HISTORY!
Stand with these workers as they protest unfair labor practices!
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don’t like to see coffee or unionized workers burned.
So that’s two strikes against Starbucks.
So that’s two strikes against Starbucks.
Free Patreon Newsletter! Bursting with information and recommendations and stuff to read and watch!
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
Week 24: Giving Thanks, and Paying It Forward | David Avallone
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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Free Patreon Newsletter! Bursting with information and recommendations and stuff to read and watch!
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
And some of the usual heartfelt stuff, because I’m a corny old man and whatnot.
www.patreon.com/posts/week-2...?
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November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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All this. It’s exhausting.
It’s weird to see everyone suddenly discovering a thing I thought we all knew was true for the last nine years.
Great thread.
It’s weird to see everyone suddenly discovering a thing I thought we all knew was true for the last nine years.
Great thread.
Isn't it so weird to deeply know in your bones something obvious with no equivocation, for years and years, and then to one day see articles about people wondering if maybe the incredibly obvious thing you've known this whole time might be happening, as if the media is discovering it now??
“This is total armageddon for the online right. It’s looking like half of their large accounts were foreigners posing as Americans all along.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All this. It’s exhausting.
It’s weird to see everyone suddenly discovering a thing I thought we all knew was true for the last nine years.
Great thread.
It’s weird to see everyone suddenly discovering a thing I thought we all knew was true for the last nine years.
Great thread.
Writers — the ones you know and love, the ones you think of as successful — have sources of income outside that book you read. Most of us are a half-step ahead of the landlord at best, and struggling to maintain health insurance. We figure out other ways to make a buck.
I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Writers — the ones you know and love, the ones you think of as successful — have sources of income outside that book you read. Most of us are a half-step ahead of the landlord at best, and struggling to maintain health insurance. We figure out other ways to make a buck.
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Journalist-owned media outlets aren't promoting Russian bots or trying to amass wealth for investors
We need your subscription dollars to pay journalists to make real journalism, writing, and art for real people.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Journalist-owned media outlets aren't promoting Russian bots or trying to amass wealth for investors
We need your subscription dollars to pay journalists to make real journalism, writing, and art for real people.
flaminghydra.com/free (try unlocked pieces)
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flaminghydra.com/free (try unlocked pieces)
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It’s Just A Worthless Bronze Medallion, Charlie Brown.
Mostly We Want It to Have That Charlie Brown Feeling, Charlie Brown.
That’s You All Over, Charlie Brown. A Lie And No Heart.
That’s You All Over, Charlie Brown. A Lie And No Heart.
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It’s Just A Worthless Bronze Medallion, Charlie Brown.
No, Charlie Brown, I Expect You To Die
You Only Live Twice, Charlie Brown
You Only Live Twice, Charlie Brown
Squint into the grandeur, Charlie Brown.
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No, Charlie Brown, I Expect You To Die
You Only Live Twice, Charlie Brown
You Only Live Twice, Charlie Brown
Squint into the grandeur, Charlie Brown.
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
Nobody trusts anyone anymore, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Squint into the grandeur, Charlie Brown.
Never get out of the boat, Charlie Brown. Absolutely goddamn right.
We’re going to need a bigger boat, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Never get out of the boat, Charlie Brown. Absolutely goddamn right.
I have never received a job offer on LinkedIn. Been on it forever.
Got one yesterday.
To train AI in comedy. To train chatbots to be funny.
Good rates, solid schedule.
Fuck no.
And that’s quite aside from the part where no one will ever make a chatbot genuinely funny.
Got one yesterday.
To train AI in comedy. To train chatbots to be funny.
Good rates, solid schedule.
Fuck no.
And that’s quite aside from the part where no one will ever make a chatbot genuinely funny.
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I have never received a job offer on LinkedIn. Been on it forever.
Got one yesterday.
To train AI in comedy. To train chatbots to be funny.
Good rates, solid schedule.
Fuck no.
And that’s quite aside from the part where no one will ever make a chatbot genuinely funny.
Got one yesterday.
To train AI in comedy. To train chatbots to be funny.
Good rates, solid schedule.
Fuck no.
And that’s quite aside from the part where no one will ever make a chatbot genuinely funny.
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
(It was SHOT in the Valley… but it takes place in New Brunswick, NJ. Hub City, baby.)
(It was SHOT in the Valley… but it takes place in New Brunswick, NJ. Hub City, baby.)
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
(It was SHOT in the Valley… but it takes place in New Brunswick, NJ. Hub City, baby.)
(It was SHOT in the Valley… but it takes place in New Brunswick, NJ. Hub City, baby.)
How on earth are you this naive? The goal was not to lower budgets or cut spending. How, in 2025, can anyone accept their pretext as good faith?
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How on earth are you this naive? The goal was not to lower budgets or cut spending. How, in 2025, can anyone accept their pretext as good faith?
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
Hitler didn’t invade Poland to free the oppressed Germans of Danzig, either, Bobby. You can’t fight fascism while accepting their lies as truth.
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I keep thinking of the Nazis who plotted to blow Hitler up because he was ruining their Nazi triumph by his mismanagement, for 98% of the Never Trumpers. Unless & until they admit their part in making MAGA and apologize & renounce, they’re barely allies of convenience, vs actual 5th Columnists
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I keep thinking of the Nazis who plotted to blow Hitler up because he was ruining their Nazi triumph by his mismanagement, for 98% of the Never Trumpers. Unless & until they admit their part in making MAGA and apologize & renounce, they’re barely allies of convenience, vs actual 5th Columnists
It’s been at least two days since I said it: Radio Free Tom is a Republican. His values and ideology are Republican.
He just happens to hate Trump.
He just happens to hate Trump.
Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It’s been at least two days since I said it: Radio Free Tom is a Republican. His values and ideology are Republican.
He just happens to hate Trump.
He just happens to hate Trump.