Nick Wanserski
@nickwans.bsky.social
Illustrator and writer
Formerly @ The A.V. Club, currently occasional @ Retronauts contributor, the St. Paul half of the Twin Cities.
He/him
Formerly @ The A.V. Club, currently occasional @ Retronauts contributor, the St. Paul half of the Twin Cities.
He/him
Rest in peace, Frank Gehry. Your soul is no longer bound to this place now that Arthur has completed its run.
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Rest in peace, Frank Gehry. Your soul is no longer bound to this place now that Arthur has completed its run.
Those are real human hands dipped in gilt.
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Those are real human hands dipped in gilt.
I think of all the cultural, spiritual, and ethical regressions we as a civilization are currently experiencing, the most baffling to me is how we seem to have lost the technology for making a cereal box that can stand upright.
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I think of all the cultural, spiritual, and ethical regressions we as a civilization are currently experiencing, the most baffling to me is how we seem to have lost the technology for making a cereal box that can stand upright.
Your Louvre, Creep
After nearly 15 years in the making, the RoboCop statue is permanently on display in downtown Detroit.
www.mlive.com/galleries/CP...
www.mlive.com/galleries/CP...
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Your Louvre, Creep
Trans dimensional cat
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Trans dimensional cat
0 Hours for Work
18 Hours for Rest
6 Hours for Knocking Shit off the Table
18 Hours for Rest
6 Hours for Knocking Shit off the Table
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
0 Hours for Work
18 Hours for Rest
6 Hours for Knocking Shit off the Table
18 Hours for Rest
6 Hours for Knocking Shit off the Table
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Well, according to my chocolate advent calendar, it's just two days until Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Well, according to my chocolate advent calendar, it's just two days until Christmas.
Amazing how the mirror that just a few short months ago he was snorting Adderall off of is now used to check and see if he’s breathing.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Amazing how the mirror that just a few short months ago he was snorting Adderall off of is now used to check and see if he’s breathing.
Due to the issues that have emerged with the Mad Men 4k restoration, I have designed this handy 4:3 format screen I protect you against errant gaffers, boom operators, and vomit technicians.
Simply print out, cut along the dotted line and affix to your tv screen.
Simply print out, cut along the dotted line and affix to your tv screen.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Due to the issues that have emerged with the Mad Men 4k restoration, I have designed this handy 4:3 format screen I protect you against errant gaffers, boom operators, and vomit technicians.
Simply print out, cut along the dotted line and affix to your tv screen.
Simply print out, cut along the dotted line and affix to your tv screen.
Nipples on the bat suit are good, actually.
More involved answer: it both reinforces the mythological nature of the heroes by evoking hoplite breastplates while also adding a much needed expression of the human form that’s supposed to be the foundation of what makes these characters so exceptional.
More involved answer: it both reinforces the mythological nature of the heroes by evoking hoplite breastplates while also adding a much needed expression of the human form that’s supposed to be the foundation of what makes these characters so exceptional.
Defend a terrible film by picking something from it that saves it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Nipples on the bat suit are good, actually.
More involved answer: it both reinforces the mythological nature of the heroes by evoking hoplite breastplates while also adding a much needed expression of the human form that’s supposed to be the foundation of what makes these characters so exceptional.
More involved answer: it both reinforces the mythological nature of the heroes by evoking hoplite breastplates while also adding a much needed expression of the human form that’s supposed to be the foundation of what makes these characters so exceptional.
Mfr. Scarlett in the Master Roskn with the Crndlsttk
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Mfr. Scarlett in the Master Roskn with the Crndlsttk
The amount of effort that man’s heart is exerting to push blood through the rich nougat center of that his body is akin to directing the full psi of a firehose through overcooked elbow macaroni.
Decades of abdominal obesity, eating fast food on airplanes, etc. etc. has left this man’s cardiovascular system *checks notes* perfectly wonderful.
New — White House doctor's memo on Donald Trump’s recent MRI (which White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just called “preventative").
The memo says Trump's cardiovascular and abdominal imaging is “perfectly normal" and that "he remains in excellent overall health."
The memo says Trump's cardiovascular and abdominal imaging is “perfectly normal" and that "he remains in excellent overall health."
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The amount of effort that man’s heart is exerting to push blood through the rich nougat center of that his body is akin to directing the full psi of a firehose through overcooked elbow macaroni.
I just learned that Captain from Captain and Tennille’s real name was Daryl Dragon and I gotta say that seems like the superior stage persona.
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I just learned that Captain from Captain and Tennille’s real name was Daryl Dragon and I gotta say that seems like the superior stage persona.
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @feitclub.bsky.social & @ohpoorpup.bsky.social navigate the maze of Namco arcade history to discuss this year's Shadow Labyrinth
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December 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @feitclub.bsky.social & @ohpoorpup.bsky.social navigate the maze of Namco arcade history to discuss this year's Shadow Labyrinth
Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/144775...
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So many people who were famous aren’t any longer due to the hard reality of a merciless business.
But you jack it in front of your non-consenting peers and all the sudden your birthright has been ripped from you.
But you jack it in front of your non-consenting peers and all the sudden your birthright has been ripped from you.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
So many people who were famous aren’t any longer due to the hard reality of a merciless business.
But you jack it in front of your non-consenting peers and all the sudden your birthright has been ripped from you.
But you jack it in front of your non-consenting peers and all the sudden your birthright has been ripped from you.
Seeing folks online getting sentimental how ‘Black Friday ain’t what it used to be’ really demonstrates how we will absolutely become nostalgic for anything.
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Seeing folks online getting sentimental how ‘Black Friday ain’t what it used to be’ really demonstrates how we will absolutely become nostalgic for anything.
I will make no claim of my ability to cook an actual meal, but I will mess you up with my cheese boards.
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I will make no claim of my ability to cook an actual meal, but I will mess you up with my cheese boards.
I just had to use a pair of industrial scissors to cut off the bottom of a Talenti gelato container since apparently the lid has been fused on at an atomic level.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I just had to use a pair of industrial scissors to cut off the bottom of a Talenti gelato container since apparently the lid has been fused on at an atomic level.
Both pets are maximizing their sunbeam potential
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Both pets are maximizing their sunbeam potential
I did draw myself into a banner graphic for an AV Club piece once. But it was me being mad at a video game, and also, I was fully clothed.
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I did draw myself into a banner graphic for an AV Club piece once. But it was me being mad at a video game, and also, I was fully clothed.
Reposted by Nick Wanserski
Heads up for our Patreon supporters: we are accepting nominations for the best SNES games in our Discord for an upcoming ranking hootenanny. Open to all $5 supporters!
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a super nintendo logo is shown on a dark background
Alt: an animated super nintendo logo with four colored dots is shown on a dark background
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November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Heads up for our Patreon supporters: we are accepting nominations for the best SNES games in our Discord for an upcoming ranking hootenanny. Open to all $5 supporters!
patreon.com/retronauts
patreon.com/retronauts
Given our expanding understanding of neurodiversity and the countless permutations of ADHD, ADD, autism, Asperger’s, and others -Is it still possible for someone to just be a big nerd or a giant dork?
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Given our expanding understanding of neurodiversity and the countless permutations of ADHD, ADD, autism, Asperger’s, and others -Is it still possible for someone to just be a big nerd or a giant dork?
Do a total rebrand and I think you have a viable market.
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Do a total rebrand and I think you have a viable market.