Martyn
@martynpedler.com
Writer, academic, brain in a jar. Creative Writing PhD in superhero stories. You can see my stuff at http://martynpedler.com
I can see why Lionsgate tried to bury ANNIVERSARY (complimentary).
January 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I can see why Lionsgate tried to bury ANNIVERSARY (complimentary).
No one has alerted me to Hot Teens in My Area in ages. I guess they're all in... other areas?
January 11, 2026 at 8:16 AM
No one has alerted me to Hot Teens in My Area in ages. I guess they're all in... other areas?
If you don't mind reading comics on a tablet, this is an amazing deal: all of LONE WOLF AND CUB (and more) for $30 Australian!
Humble Book Bundle: Lone Wolf & Cub and More by Koike ENCORE by Dark Horse
We’ve teamed up with Dark Horse for a manga bundle highlighted by the riveting parent-child series of Lone Wolf and Cub series.
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
If you don't mind reading comics on a tablet, this is an amazing deal: all of LONE WOLF AND CUB (and more) for $30 Australian!
I just remembered that the Post quoted "experts" as saying New York would be Gotham City by now! Hope everyone's had their fear gas vaccines...
January 11, 2026 at 5:18 AM
I just remembered that the Post quoted "experts" as saying New York would be Gotham City by now! Hope everyone's had their fear gas vaccines...
"But two recent victories show a promising, relatively underutilized path forward—one that deserves to be pursued further: We can target businesses that work with ICE."
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
www.thenation.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
"But two recent victories show a promising, relatively underutilized path forward—one that deserves to be pursued further: We can target businesses that work with ICE."
Pretty wild that the Matt Bors-written TOXIC AVENGER comics are so much more environmentally political than anything DC Comics has done with SWAMP THING in decades.
January 11, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Pretty wild that the Matt Bors-written TOXIC AVENGER comics are so much more environmentally political than anything DC Comics has done with SWAMP THING in decades.
Don't confuse my kindness for freakness.
January 10, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Don't confuse my kindness for freakness.
Now that he's ten years gone, I was thinking of the first Bowie album that really rocked my world. (Up the hill backwards indeed.) What was yours?
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Now that he's ten years gone, I was thinking of the first Bowie album that really rocked my world. (Up the hill backwards indeed.) What was yours?
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"There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly."
George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly."
Cops will always care more about broken windows than shot-three-times-in-the-face executions.
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Cops will always care more about broken windows than shot-three-times-in-the-face executions.
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Weird how the dudes who have a monopoly on violence are able to escalate the situation to the need for violence, right?
January 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Weird how the dudes who have a monopoly on violence are able to escalate the situation to the need for violence, right?
This is why I couldn't get into THE RETURN: it was missing the magic of daytime soap operas!
people say the back half of twin peaks season 2 is bad but what they mean is its the greatest bad tv in the history of the medium
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
This is why I couldn't get into THE RETURN: it was missing the magic of daytime soap operas!
Reading the room like goat's entrails.
January 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Reading the room like goat's entrails.
"We seem to be having an influx of new followers!" he says, though his own numbers have gone absolutely nowhere. "Welcome!"
January 10, 2026 at 10:43 AM
"We seem to be having an influx of new followers!" he says, though his own numbers have gone absolutely nowhere. "Welcome!"
I'm guessing what you know is that Teagan Croft will play Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled?
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I'm guessing what you know is that Teagan Croft will play Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled?
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Every once in a while I get that uncomfortable feeling. You know the one. It's like a voice deep in the back of your head that says "Maybe Batman isn't real."
January 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Every once in a while I get that uncomfortable feeling. You know the one. It's like a voice deep in the back of your head that says "Maybe Batman isn't real."
Say what you will about the SOUTH PARK guys – I know, I know – but Cartman screaming "RESPECT MY AUTHORITY!" does feel pretty pertinent to the cultural moment.
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Say what you will about the SOUTH PARK guys – I know, I know – but Cartman screaming "RESPECT MY AUTHORITY!" does feel pretty pertinent to the cultural moment.
Okay, okay. Here's the circuit breaker we all need:
Q: Why does the actor Edward Woodward love the letter D?
A: Because otherwise he'd be called Ewar Woowar.
Q: Why does the actor Edward Woodward love the letter D?
A: Because otherwise he'd be called Ewar Woowar.
January 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Okay, okay. Here's the circuit breaker we all need:
Q: Why does the actor Edward Woodward love the letter D?
A: Because otherwise he'd be called Ewar Woowar.
Q: Why does the actor Edward Woodward love the letter D?
A: Because otherwise he'd be called Ewar Woowar.
"Israel's restriction on international media entering Gaza has limited the methods of reporting available, so that might be one reason why a claim like this could be published."
Rolling Stone Makes The Absurd Claim That Women Are Not Allowed To Sing In Gaza | Defector
This week, Rolling Stone published an article in which writer Marisa Fox interviewed hostages who were held in Gaza after Oct. 7, talking to them about how music helped them. The artists mentioned in ...
defector.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
"Israel's restriction on international media entering Gaza has limited the methods of reporting available, so that might be one reason why a claim like this could be published."
This @josie.zone essay on vengeance is worth the month's (small) subscription fee.
Inglourious Vengeance
“I’ve been looking, for the last few movies, to come to Israel,” Quentin Tarantino told the Tel Aviv audience before him on September 9, 2009. “And I figured this might be the movie to do it with.”
T...
flaminghydra.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
This @josie.zone essay on vengeance is worth the month's (small) subscription fee.
New story accepted by @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social this morning! Keep an eye out in months to come...
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
New story accepted by @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social this morning! Keep an eye out in months to come...
It is so funny to me that Marvel can't seem to make a BLADE movie featuring a charismatic Oscar-winner killing vampires. It's just TOO HARD, guys!
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
It is so funny to me that Marvel can't seem to make a BLADE movie featuring a charismatic Oscar-winner killing vampires. It's just TOO HARD, guys!