Gene Ha creator of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE The Definitive Edition
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Chicago comic geek, author of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE: The Definitive Edition
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My GN MAE: The Definitive Edition got picked as a 2026 Illinois Reads book for teens! I'll more library and school talks in the coming year. First up, I'll be at the Vigo County Public Library (IN) for their free comic con this Saturday.
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(Finally, no animated films in the Top 100? Even leaving out shorts, The Emperor's New Groove, Shrek, Monsters Inc, and especially Who Framed Roger Rabbit? all are legit contenders here. EVEN MORE BOOS, VARIETY! I am replete with the boo-age!)
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
(Finally, no animated films in the Top 100? Even leaving out shorts, The Emperor's New Groove, Shrek, Monsters Inc, and especially Who Framed Roger Rabbit? all are legit contenders here. EVEN MORE BOOS, VARIETY! I am replete with the boo-age!)
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The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
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Always remember that Elon Musk isn't disliked because he's awkward and unfunny. Plenty of awkward and unfunny people have friends. Elon Musk is disliked because he is destructive and cruel.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Always remember that Elon Musk isn't disliked because he's awkward and unfunny. Plenty of awkward and unfunny people have friends. Elon Musk is disliked because he is destructive and cruel.
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I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
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This is really going off on a tangent, so I decided to make a new thread. The reason why I also like this timeline instead of others tying Wayne to Falcone is that it pulls Batman into the modern era and stops pinning crime on "the mob." Billionaires ARE the mob.
I don't really care if this is a popular or unpopular opinion. It's mine. Make this book canon. Martha Wayne getting got because she went back to her journo roots to try to take down a billionaire pedophile ring instead of spending her days being a trophy wife is what I need.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is really going off on a tangent, so I decided to make a new thread. The reason why I also like this timeline instead of others tying Wayne to Falcone is that it pulls Batman into the modern era and stops pinning crime on "the mob." Billionaires ARE the mob.
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Forget it, Charlie Brown. It's Chinatown.
What do we say to the God of Death, Charlie Brown?
And now, Charlie Brown, I give the watch to you.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Forget it, Charlie Brown. It's Chinatown.
For an old comics geek, one of the most magical things ever on comic Bluesky: seeing Tom Brevoort and Kurt Busiek play "fantasy football" about how they would have fixed 1970s DC Comics's then hidebound editorial offices and comics line. SO MUCH INSIDER BASEBALL!!!
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
For an old comics geek, one of the most magical things ever on comic Bluesky: seeing Tom Brevoort and Kurt Busiek play "fantasy football" about how they would have fixed 1970s DC Comics's then hidebound editorial offices and comics line. SO MUCH INSIDER BASEBALL!!!
They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Charlie Brown way!
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Charlie Brown way!
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wtf
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
wtf
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The thing is, it's also the accounts you agree with that are foreign ops. The mission is chaos, noise, exhaustion. They divide to conquer or make you so disaffected you believe there's no truth anywhere so why participate in politics.
Read on this:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter...
Read on this:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter...
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The thing is, it's also the accounts you agree with that are foreign ops. The mission is chaos, noise, exhaustion. They divide to conquer or make you so disaffected you believe there's no truth anywhere so why participate in politics.
Read on this:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter...
Read on this:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/peter...
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Do not misread this moment: This is no revolt of the “moderates” on the Right that is potentially bringing Trump down, no uprising of the decent.
All the energy in the struggle for control of the Right is with the more extreme, most conspiratorial factions.
All the energy in the struggle for control of the Right is with the more extreme, most conspiratorial factions.
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp
steady.page
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Do not misread this moment: This is no revolt of the “moderates” on the Right that is potentially bringing Trump down, no uprising of the decent.
All the energy in the struggle for control of the Right is with the more extreme, most conspiratorial factions.
All the energy in the struggle for control of the Right is with the more extreme, most conspiratorial factions.
French comic news via The Comics Beat @comicsbeat.bsky.social, there will likely be no 2026 Angoulême International Comics Festival, perhaps the most respected comics festival. Comics creators & publishers are boycotting & demanding reforms incl. new show runner company, & new leadership.
ANGOULÊME: Stakeholders call for '26 Festival to be cancelled
Creators, publishers and even the mayor are calling for the 2026 Angoulême comics festival to be cancelled in a dramatic week
www.comicsbeat.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
French comic news via The Comics Beat @comicsbeat.bsky.social, there will likely be no 2026 Angoulême International Comics Festival, perhaps the most respected comics festival. Comics creators & publishers are boycotting & demanding reforms incl. new show runner company, & new leadership.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
Dan Dougherty (Beardo, Touching Evil, etc) & Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Revival *now a SyFy TV show*, X-Men, Grayson etc) are top flight comics creators, pillars of Chicago comicdom, and beloved college comics instructors w brilliant alumni who sing their praises! W work filled w wit & humor & fun.
excited to announce that I wrote and illustrated a Hack/Slash story! You can find it in volume 6 which is currently live on KS! It was a blast playing in @hackintimseeley.bsky.social Seeley's universe and Sarah Mitrache crushed it on colors! Here's the link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hac...
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dan Dougherty (Beardo, Touching Evil, etc) & Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Revival *now a SyFy TV show*, X-Men, Grayson etc) are top flight comics creators, pillars of Chicago comicdom, and beloved college comics instructors w brilliant alumni who sing their praises! W work filled w wit & humor & fun.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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This happened a lot to magic swords with annoying personalities
An intentionally destroyed #BronzeAge #sword found in a burial at Blaubeuren-Asch. Bronze Age weapons deposited in burials were often bent or hacked into pieces before placed into the grave, in this way they 'died' with the owner. Dating 9th century BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This happened a lot to magic swords with annoying personalities
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
DC has remembered how to sell comics to pre-teens (Middle Grade) and teens (YA), boys & girls! There was a long stretch around-ish 1989 - 2017 where DC or Marvel would launch a kids line, fail, and turn that line into a Mature line (e.g. Ultimates, Earth One, etc). The change is BEAUTIFUL.
Ahhh officially announced :D :D :D Supergirl’s Family Vacation, out next year in May! I drew some art for the occasion. :)
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
DC has remembered how to sell comics to pre-teens (Middle Grade) and teens (YA), boys & girls! There was a long stretch around-ish 1989 - 2017 where DC or Marvel would launch a kids line, fail, and turn that line into a Mature line (e.g. Ultimates, Earth One, etc). The change is BEAUTIFUL.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
I had to remind myself of why Ryan Lizza was fired by The New Yorker and Georgetown U. And Lizza's own writing shows that clearly he should have known whatever he did was wrong www.yahoo.com/news/why-rya...
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I had to remind myself of why Ryan Lizza was fired by The New Yorker and Georgetown U. And Lizza's own writing shows that clearly he should have known whatever he did was wrong www.yahoo.com/news/why-rya...
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I don’t think that age gaps are inherently bad but when your fiancée keeps boffing significantly older dudes with histories of abuse and harassment and you are a significantly older man who just lost his job because you harassed people you are maybe not the outlier you think you are
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I don’t think that age gaps are inherently bad but when your fiancée keeps boffing significantly older dudes with histories of abuse and harassment and you are a significantly older man who just lost his job because you harassed people you are maybe not the outlier you think you are
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It remains hilarious to me that Ryan Lizza is seemingly oblivious to the fact that he, too, was just a creepy older man taking advantage of Olivia Nuzzi
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It remains hilarious to me that Ryan Lizza is seemingly oblivious to the fact that he, too, was just a creepy older man taking advantage of Olivia Nuzzi
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Go fash, lose cash
Some schadenfreude joy for my friends: Target sales continue their year-over-year decline in the 3rd quarter of 2025. Down 1.4% 3Q 2024. Net earnings are down 19.3%. And in the last 12 months, stock price down 43%.
For comparison, Costco sales & earnings are up.
For comparison, Costco sales & earnings are up.
Target's bad year continues: Sales decline and stock slips as high-stakes holiday shopping season arrives
The retail giant, still struggling to regain ground after customers opposed its rollback of DEI policies, just reported another lackluster quarter.
www.fastcompany.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Go fash, lose cash
Some schadenfreude joy for my friends: Target sales continue their year-over-year decline in the 3rd quarter of 2025. Down 1.4% 3Q 2024. Net earnings are down 19.3%. And in the last 12 months, stock price down 43%.
For comparison, Costco sales & earnings are up.
For comparison, Costco sales & earnings are up.
Target's bad year continues: Sales decline and stock slips as high-stakes holiday shopping season arrives
The retail giant, still struggling to regain ground after customers opposed its rollback of DEI policies, just reported another lackluster quarter.
www.fastcompany.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Some schadenfreude joy for my friends: Target sales continue their year-over-year decline in the 3rd quarter of 2025. Down 1.4% 3Q 2024. Net earnings are down 19.3%. And in the last 12 months, stock price down 43%.
For comparison, Costco sales & earnings are up.
For comparison, Costco sales & earnings are up.