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Writing funny stuff/weird stuff. New Yorker, McSweeney's, NY Mag, etc. Translator of MASTERS OF THE NEFARIOUS, on shelves now. https://lukevburns.tumblr.com/writing (He/Him) Header image by Lucas Adams

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · Mar 12

MASTERS OF THE NEFARIOUS was published one year ago today! Gonna do a little thread with some of the very nice things people have said about it...

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · Mar 12

Today's the day! Masters of the Nefarious, the comic I translated for @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social, is on shelves NOW.

Check out this excerpt on @mcsweeneys.bsky.social and then go grab your copy!

An Excerpt from Pierre La Police’s Classic Comic Masters of the Nefarious

- - -Masters of the Nefarious is a cult classic comic by the pseudonymous French artist Pierre La Police. It’s being published for the first time ...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 14h

This looks so funny 🤌🏻

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

If you're in New York, you've got two chances to see the movie my wife co-wrote and co-directed, "This Will Never Work"

SoHo International Film Festival on October 12th (this Sunday!), and Dumbo Film Festival on November 21st.

Links for tix in the thread below ⬇️

This Will Never Work trailer

THIS WILL NEVER WORK is feature length comedy about a Black family coming together to have an intervention for Amanda's drinking problem. They've hired…

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Pynchon:

The professor who wants Tim Robinson's burger in the I Think You Should Leave "Dylan's Burger" sketch

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

Taking the bus

Homer Simpson, plated in gold and encrusted with jewels, wearing a ruby-studded crown, laughing haughtily

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

This Will Never Work trailer

THIS WILL NEVER WORK is feature length comedy about a Black family coming together to have an intervention for Amanda's drinking problem. They've hired…

vimeo.com

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 19h

big yikes from me for that one!

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

Taking the bus

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

And Dumbo tickets!

2025 TICKET: BLOCK B - Dumbo Film Festival Room

Access to BLOCK B - Nov. 21, 2025 - 3:30pm 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE - 60 Furman St., Brooklyn NY 11201 STAR SHOWER – South Korea – Dir. Jun Koh – 00:01:30 MEDIUM SAIGNANT – Canada – Dir. Marie-Esther ...

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

SOHO tickets...

2025 SOHO International Film Festival

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 20h

This Will Never Work trailer

THIS WILL NEVER WORK is feature length comedy about a Black family coming together to have an intervention for Amanda's drinking problem. They've hired…

vimeo.com

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Pynchon:

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Brad Neely @bradneely.bsky.social · 2d

A book of my Creased Comics is coming this spring from NYRC.

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

I may have gone a little too hard on the Criterion Channel's Altman collection over the past month

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Evan Allgore @evoooooooooooo.bsky.social · 3d

I've got two tickets to Ike Ufomadu's incredible show tomorrow night if anyone wants em (free)! Just shoot me a DM restlessnites.com/events/amuse...

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 2d

QUINTET (1979)

Cinematography by Jean Boffety
Directed by Robert Altman

The Rules of This Board Game Are Long, But Also Complicated

I’m so happy you all could make it to board game night! We’re going to have a blast. OK, so, what do we want to play? What’d you bring? Clue? Ok. M...

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

I'm excited to get to it! I've been going through in chronological order and the misfires (I just watched Quintet) have been some of the most interesting to watch in that context.

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

(I actually haven't watched it yet -- don't tell anyone!)

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

Same energy

The scene from David Lynch's Dune with the emperor and the Guild Navigator (which looks kinda like the rat in the pic above)

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

I may have gone a little too hard on the Criterion Channel's Altman collection over the past month

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

O.C. AND Stiggs? In this economy?

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 4d

Still got two spots for my intro to short humor writing class starting this weekend!

If you've wanted to write short humor pieces like the ones you read in The New Yorker and McSweeney's, this is a great way to get started.

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 16d

And finally, I've got an intro class on Saturday afternoons (3 spots left).

Learn the essentials of short humor writing and write a draft of your very own piece in just four weeks!

Where to Start With Short Humor (Four-Week Workshop Starting 10/11/25)

DATES/OVERVIEW OF CLASSES: 1. Saturday, 10/11/25, 12:00-2:30PM Eastern via Zoom [Overview of Short Humor & Idea Generation] 2. Saturday, 10/18/25, 12:00-2:30PM Eastern via Zoom [List-Making & Outlin...

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Cover 2 Cover @cover2cover.bsky.social · 5d

If you write/draw comics, librarians and the communities they serve want to chat with you about your work! You can do this digitally if that suits your needs if travel is not your thing! Some may let you sell merch! Let us know if you want to connect!

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 5d

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 6d

You'll have to remind me to tell you the story about how Marina and I recently tried watching the French dub of Phantom Menace...

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 6d

I guess it would actually be Tatteauine

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 6d

The Smashing Machine? You mean Nigel Thornberry?

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