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Paul Hébert

@paulinraincity.bsky.social

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Stage lV colorectal cancer guy. Failed academic. Comics, illustration, old books, old music. www.readingdoonesbury.com

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · Sep 5

New on my Doonesbury blog: "An Experiment in Holy Fascism": The Iranian Revolution Comes to Walden College.

#Iran #Comics #ComicStrip #Doonesbury.

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“An Experiment in Holy Fascism”: The Iranian Revolution Comes to Walden College

In November 1978, as protests against his regime escalated, the Shah of Iran instituted military rule and clamped down violently on street demonstrations. In an interview with The MacNeil/Lehrer Re…

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6h

I'm in the problem attic with him now.

I am cursed with being a completist.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6h

Dave Sim did brilliant lettering.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 11h

Nobody knows just what became of Ophelia.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 23h

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

I guess if you got zombies and you got dragons, you gotta have zombie dragons.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

...at least it'll be a break from everything being turquoise.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Finishing up Season 6 of Game of Thrones.

They are leaning harder and harder into the badCGI, and man, the show is worse for it.

Also, it was better when the magic and supernatural elements were further in the background, to the point where people could reasonably not believe in them.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time since I was eighteen and heard The Clash in 1978, I have been once again listening to the Grateful Dead, mostly concert bootlegs.

I am old and probably going to die soon. This is what this means, right?

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

That's a pretty low bar.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I don't care if they give it to you-know-who. They gave it to Kissinger. They gave it to Arafat. And they gave it to a guy who bombed seven countries and killed hundreds of innocent civilians.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, to celebrate another set of clean scans and 18 months of being NED, Zan and I looked at some brutalist architecture and ate noodles.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 2d

So many of my favorite Grateful Dead moments involve the revealing of the song that comes out of Space.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

I love old beatnik gags

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing, and l mean nothing, is less interesting to me than the opinions of someone who disagrees with my religious beliefs.

Like, why should l care about what someone else thinks about a story l tell myself to help me get through a difficult life?

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

No.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

The best part of Canada's supreme Court is that most of us cannot name a single one of these people and are largely content to go years without thinking about them.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

On sale @ both PFBs tomorrow (Tue 7th) at opening. Special orders available for pick-up at the same time.

I live semi-nearish; anyone who wants to pick up from Main Street at 12:01am is welcome to DM ***before 9pm*** & if there is any interest I'll walk over & briefly reopen the shop.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure if this is more of a Denny Dias or a Lowell George vibe.

𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 4d

Katsuhiro Otomo

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 4d

I read recently that another song from this album was going to be removed from an upcoming reissue. Different era, different cultural politics, different values.

multiburst.bsky.social @multiburst.bsky.social · 4d

With the "Plastic Ono Band" for example, they removed the US constitution, that would be in the bottom left corner.

Amiga pressing with just "power to the people" written.

"Normal" pressing with additional US constitution.

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Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 5d

Tell me you're Canadian without telling me you're Canadian.

Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 5d

3d: I have achieved Finnigan! If I wasn’t so positive the cats would knock them down, I’d leave them mounted on my monitor. I’ll figure out a base this week.

3d printed models of Casey and his dog Finnegan.

3d printed models of Casey and his dog Finnegan on a little monitor shelf.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 5d

Life is good sometimes, y'know.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 5d

A short story in four books in the free library.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

Did l just tear up when Brienne offered her sword to Sansa Stark?

Maybe.

#gameofthrones

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

Happy World Ostomy Day to those who celebrate.

Paul Hébert @paulinraincity.bsky.social · 6d

I didn't think it was possible for my crush on Jane Fonda to get even stronger, but here we are.