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John Jakala

@jjakala.bsky.social

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Reader and enjoyer of comics. You may remember me from such blogs as Grotesque Anatomy and Sporadic Sequential. (Profile sketch by the great Gene Ha.)

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 6h

Plastic Man™: It's what well-dressed women are wearing.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, I could see it being useful as a search tool as long as the sources are exposed. I still find the generated summaries useless.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 8h

That time Li'l Abner became a Hulk.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 9h

"Ah literally have the vapors!"

Starwoman in a dramatic pose coughing and saying "Can't breathe any more ---" while gas vapors are visible in the air around her.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 9h

I also don't know why James Robinson added the retcon that accounts of a female Atom and Doctor Mid-Nite were "fictions." They're clearly shown in the original story! Was it because the male heroes weren't known for having girlfriends back then? (I thought they both did but maybe I'm wrong.)

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 9h

Interesting that the costumes in All-Star Comics #15 (1943) were gender-neutral (basically just fitted versions of the male costumes) but 57 years later in Starman #69 (2000) they were more explicitly female-coded (Inza's skirt & shorter sleeves, Spectre's bustier, etc.)

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 10h

You know the JSA, now meet the GSA (Gender-Swapped Association)

The female counterparts of the male members of the JSA dress up in their costumes:
• Starwoman
• Dr. Fate
• Hawkwoman
• She-Spectre (Spect-Her?)

The female counterparts of the male members of the JSA dress up in their costumes:
• She-Spectre (Spectra?)
• Atoma
• Sandwoman
• Hawkwoman

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 13h

I say I'd be fine using the tool that way if we could set it to just list its sources but currently it only displays the model's generated answer, which is often so long & poorly written it's painful to parse. It reminds me of trying to find a recipe online & having to scroll through all the filler.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 13h

Another day, another meeting where fellow employees are pushing each other to use a.i. because it's "inevitable." When I ask what they're using it for it's basically to search across multiple systems, which is fair, but they either ignore or are oblivious to the poor quality of generated summaries.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 16h

Watched A Letter to Momo and really enjoyed it. The animation is beautiful — the figures and expressions are so well-done. I also loved the explorations of the life events of dealing with the death of a parent, moving to a new (smaller) town, making new friends, and the mother/daughter relationship.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

I read Legion for the articles.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoying the neighborhood Halloween decorations starting to pop up.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

When a new artist draws you.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! You remembered collecting was my favorite hobby!

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

I've been watching Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary on the treadmill and it's wild how the stakes of the plot swing wildly from 0 (how did our friend make this delicious hot cocoa?) to 100 (kidnapping and threat of death).

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

That was the other joke I almost went with!

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Dan Garrett giving Rob Liefeld's Captain America a run for his money in the chest department.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

"None shall pass."

[Later in the story] "Just a flesh wound."

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe Dan Garrett has a medical condition.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to hold it in when you still have an hour left on your flight.

"Hmmm, maybe I should design some sort of flying ship for myself so I could, uh, have a way of relieving myself if necessary on long flights!"

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Look how tiny the DC Bullet is on that spine! Metamorpho is laughing at you! Spectre is hanging his head in shame! Cain can't contain his contempt!

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Check out how thin the Blue Beetle DC Finest is compared to others. I guess they only wanted to include the Charlton material in this volume so it's a measly 368 pages long, almost 300 pages smaller than the Superman Family TPB, the thickest so far at 664 pages.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday afternoon library pickup.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Cliffhanger vs. Cliffflipper.

Final page to Spider-Man: Lifeline #2.

Oh no, how will Spidey get out of this jam?

Art by Steve Rude and Bob Wiacek.

First page to Spider-Man: Lifeline #3.

Oh, Spidey easily flipped out of harm's way.

Art by Steve Rude and Bob Wiacek.

John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 1d

Steve Rude's Spidey.

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