Escape Pod Comics
@escapepodcomics.bsky.social
A comic shop unlike any other. Located in Huntington, NY
https://www.escapepodcomics.com/
https://www.escapepodcomics.com/
Christopher Priest used this ad a premise in his awesome JUSTICE LEAGUE run a few years ago.
So an odd thing here is that if you say "an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume" your point is to communicate "it is not really Batman" but the problem is that the real Batman, within the fiction of the comic book "Batman", is also, literally, an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Christopher Priest used this ad a premise in his awesome JUSTICE LEAGUE run a few years ago.
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So an odd thing here is that if you say "an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume" your point is to communicate "it is not really Batman" but the problem is that the real Batman, within the fiction of the comic book "Batman", is also, literally, an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
January 31, 2026 at 9:52 PM
So an odd thing here is that if you say "an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume" your point is to communicate "it is not really Batman" but the problem is that the real Batman, within the fiction of the comic book "Batman", is also, literally, an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume
We will be open today from 12-3pm.
We would prefer to not use our credit card processing if it's doable but we also appreciate customer business too much to refuse to use it.
I have a lot of complex thoughts about today's strike but I'll save them for face to face discussions.
We would prefer to not use our credit card processing if it's doable but we also appreciate customer business too much to refuse to use it.
I have a lot of complex thoughts about today's strike but I'll save them for face to face discussions.
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 PM
We will be open today from 12-3pm.
We would prefer to not use our credit card processing if it's doable but we also appreciate customer business too much to refuse to use it.
I have a lot of complex thoughts about today's strike but I'll save them for face to face discussions.
We would prefer to not use our credit card processing if it's doable but we also appreciate customer business too much to refuse to use it.
I have a lot of complex thoughts about today's strike but I'll save them for face to face discussions.
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"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
I am trying to take the skills I honed in retail to the internet. Hence, Pick 'Em Up a YouTube series where I give 90 second (or shorter) pitches for great books.
Check it out.
youtu.be/zNjMR3v98pI?...
Check it out.
youtu.be/zNjMR3v98pI?...
Pick 'Em Up #2: Nick Cave Mercy On Me
YouTube video by Escape Pod Comics
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January 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I am trying to take the skills I honed in retail to the internet. Hence, Pick 'Em Up a YouTube series where I give 90 second (or shorter) pitches for great books.
Check it out.
youtu.be/zNjMR3v98pI?...
Check it out.
youtu.be/zNjMR3v98pI?...
It's a very different feeling. There's many of the same feelings of helplessness and fear but so so so much more anger and anxiety.
Feeling in my bones the parallels between 2020 and 2026. Mass traumatizing events that will scar us for generations. But in 2020, it was a natural event exacerbated by a pack of fascists. This time, it's an onslaught of entirely human-conceived atrocities inflicted on us by fascists.
January 29, 2026 at 12:25 PM
It's a very different feeling. There's many of the same feelings of helplessness and fear but so so so much more anger and anxiety.
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Awesome. I feel better about stealing a poor nations natural resources knowing they will be used responsibly.
That's what really matters with plunder.
That's what really matters with plunder.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Awesome. I feel better about stealing a poor nations natural resources knowing they will be used responsibly.
That's what really matters with plunder.
That's what really matters with plunder.
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I was not vaccinated as a child because of a parent’s religious beliefs and I was never told. I only found out because the college I went to required proof of vaccination to live in the dorms.
If a person is medically capable of getting vaccinated, they should be. Full stop.
If a person is medically capable of getting vaccinated, they should be. Full stop.
Treating children as property of their parents is not public health as I understand it. But is the MAHA/MAGA position, as they roll back decades of progress
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January 29, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I was not vaccinated as a child because of a parent’s religious beliefs and I was never told. I only found out because the college I went to required proof of vaccination to live in the dorms.
If a person is medically capable of getting vaccinated, they should be. Full stop.
If a person is medically capable of getting vaccinated, they should be. Full stop.
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If you work in superhero comics, I hope you'll do your part to help abolish ICE and protect your neighbors and kids like Liam Ramos who grew up believing in the stories we tell.
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 AM
If you work in superhero comics, I hope you'll do your part to help abolish ICE and protect your neighbors and kids like Liam Ramos who grew up believing in the stories we tell.
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This is pretty fucked up. I know everything is, but this is especially.
The woman who recorded Alex Pretti's shooting tells CNN she has still not been contacted by anyone in the federal government as part of its investigation.
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
This is pretty fucked up. I know everything is, but this is especially.
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Incidentally, the Franks were a German refugee family who fled to the Netherlands in 1934. The moral challenges facing their Dutch neighbors were not entirely dissimilar to those facing Americans over whether to help a newly anti-refugee govt deport Somalis or Venezuelans to unsafe countries
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Incidentally, the Franks were a German refugee family who fled to the Netherlands in 1934. The moral challenges facing their Dutch neighbors were not entirely dissimilar to those facing Americans over whether to help a newly anti-refugee govt deport Somalis or Venezuelans to unsafe countries
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“This will result in the largest ever accumulation of power and wealth in the hands of a diminishing few, while the legitimate needs of the people, from healthcare to education, are met with ‘let them eat chatbots’. That is the intent and why AI is a project of class domination.”
– Bhaskar Mitra
– Bhaskar Mitra
Why I'm Leaving Big Tech
A tech worker's reflections
disjunctionsmag.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 AM
“This will result in the largest ever accumulation of power and wealth in the hands of a diminishing few, while the legitimate needs of the people, from healthcare to education, are met with ‘let them eat chatbots’. That is the intent and why AI is a project of class domination.”
– Bhaskar Mitra
– Bhaskar Mitra
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We are now over a month since the deadline has passed to release the Epstein files, and considering what has happened in that month...
Whatever was in those files must be REALLY bad.
Whatever was in those files must be REALLY bad.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 PM
We are now over a month since the deadline has passed to release the Epstein files, and considering what has happened in that month...
Whatever was in those files must be REALLY bad.
Whatever was in those files must be REALLY bad.
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"Elevated romance" & "elevated sff" etc etc, I'm sorry but my entire life as a reader, critic & TV fan, all too often that's code for, "I don't know this genre, I've been taught to look down on it, my bosses hate it, but it sells idk?? People I guess like this stuff? So I guess we'll try it SIGH" ok
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"Elevated romance" & "elevated sff" etc etc, I'm sorry but my entire life as a reader, critic & TV fan, all too often that's code for, "I don't know this genre, I've been taught to look down on it, my bosses hate it, but it sells idk?? People I guess like this stuff? So I guess we'll try it SIGH" ok
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It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 AM
It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
Ooooh. I love me a transcription.
Damn... What a honey pot
Damn... What a honey pot
If you'd prefer to read these interviews, SKTCHD subscribers will get exclusive access to transcribed versions of each Chip Chat — except this first one, which is open to everyone.
Chip Chat Vol. 1: The State of the Zdarsky - SKTCHD
It's time for a new monthly interview series here on SKTCHD, this time with Chip Zdarsky.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Ooooh. I love me a transcription.
Damn... What a honey pot
Damn... What a honey pot
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Welcome to Chip Chat, a new interview series with writer, artist, and man about comics Chip Zdarsky that will run each month on SKTCHD and the SKTCHD YouTube throughout 2026.
This first edition is The State of the Zdarsky, as we talk about his big year at Marvel, the state of comics, and more.
This first edition is The State of the Zdarsky, as we talk about his big year at Marvel, the state of comics, and more.
Chip Chat Vol. 1: The State of the Zdarsky
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January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Welcome to Chip Chat, a new interview series with writer, artist, and man about comics Chip Zdarsky that will run each month on SKTCHD and the SKTCHD YouTube throughout 2026.
This first edition is The State of the Zdarsky, as we talk about his big year at Marvel, the state of comics, and more.
This first edition is The State of the Zdarsky, as we talk about his big year at Marvel, the state of comics, and more.
All three issues in stock!
Issue three of Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes is out today!
This is a big one!
This is a big one!
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
All three issues in stock!
I've made random comments in front of my father, a Poli-Sci professor and VERY big history buff, that has had him goggling. "How did you know THAT!?"
The Flashman books are responsible for me correctly answering a good number of Jeopardy questions and impressing my wife. Great series.
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I've made random comments in front of my father, a Poli-Sci professor and VERY big history buff, that has had him goggling. "How did you know THAT!?"
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The Flashman books are responsible for me correctly answering a good number of Jeopardy questions and impressing my wife. Great series.
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The Flashman books are responsible for me correctly answering a good number of Jeopardy questions and impressing my wife. Great series.
My 13 year old asked me for a specific thing about a historic figure who lived in the first half of the 20th century and I was like, "I can't help you, Flashman never met him."
I owe those books so much.
Thank you for turning me to them, @alexdecampi.bsky.social
I owe those books so much.
Thank you for turning me to them, @alexdecampi.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
My 13 year old asked me for a specific thing about a historic figure who lived in the first half of the 20th century and I was like, "I can't help you, Flashman never met him."
I owe those books so much.
Thank you for turning me to them, @alexdecampi.bsky.social
I owe those books so much.
Thank you for turning me to them, @alexdecampi.bsky.social
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You know who are doing great work in championing UK comics? The Comics Cultural Impact Collective. That's who! You can find out more about their work on their website here.
www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org
www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org
The Comics Cultural Impact Collective
We believe comics have an important place in our culture, one worthy of celebration and support, and we're here to prove it.
www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
You know who are doing great work in championing UK comics? The Comics Cultural Impact Collective. That's who! You can find out more about their work on their website here.
www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org
www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org