Rachel
@ziggystarlog.bsky.social
~ Writer for Flickering Myth, Diabolique Magazine, Cinema of the '70s and '80s magazines, The Physical Media Advocate, & Comicon (she/her)
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Rachel
@ziggystarlog.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Episode 236: Jack Clayton (feat. Rachel Bellwoar)
Rachel is a writer, pop culture enthusiast & cinephile! Her work has appeared on the Courier-Post, ComiCon, Physical Media Advocate and more! Together we discuss the innovative Jack Clayton.
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When podcast fan becomes podcast guest: I still can't get over that this is real but I'm on the latest episode of the @directorsclub.substack.com with Jim Laczkowski and we're talking all things JACK CLAYTON
KING AND COUNTRY reminded me a lot of THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY. Would definitely recommend @kinolorber.com's Blu-ray which I reviewed here: comicon.com/2026/01/20/k...
January 21, 2026 at 5:41 AM
KING AND COUNTRY reminded me a lot of THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY. Would definitely recommend @kinolorber.com's Blu-ray which I reviewed here: comicon.com/2026/01/20/k...
Correction: BOOK OF MURMURS' release date has been pushed to May, but it's extremely worth the wait
Reading Candice Purwin's BOOK OF MURMURS made me feel like how I felt when I read Clive Barker's Abarat as a kid. Be sure to check out BOOK OF MURMURS in March from @fantagraphics.bsky.social & in the meantime you can check out my interview with Purwin here: comicon.com/2026/01/19/p...
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Correction: BOOK OF MURMURS' release date has been pushed to May, but it's extremely worth the wait
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Jim wrote a theme song for the episode. Seriously.
If you love physical media, you should be following all-things Ryan Verrill @disc-connected.bsky.social. For this wonderful talk, we discover why he’s a media superhero, all about his fav movies of 2025 and the new project @antennareleasing.bsky.social! www.jimlaczkowski.net/ryanverrillb...
Bonus Episode: Ryan Verrill (The Disc-Connected & Antenna Releasing)
Do you love physical media? Then you should be following all-things Ryan Verrill. For this bonus talk, we learn about his latest project as well as some of his favorite films of 2025!
www.jimlaczkowski.net
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Jim wrote a theme song for the episode. Seriously.
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"The British Elvis Presley"
Haven't pre-ordered your CLIFF IN COLOR! yet?
Check out this review of the three-film fun factory coming to the US this February: tinyurl.com/4v7433mh
And pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3YNRwzT
Haven't pre-ordered your CLIFF IN COLOR! yet?
Check out this review of the three-film fun factory coming to the US this February: tinyurl.com/4v7433mh
And pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3YNRwzT
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 AM
"The British Elvis Presley"
Haven't pre-ordered your CLIFF IN COLOR! yet?
Check out this review of the three-film fun factory coming to the US this February: tinyurl.com/4v7433mh
And pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3YNRwzT
Haven't pre-ordered your CLIFF IN COLOR! yet?
Check out this review of the three-film fun factory coming to the US this February: tinyurl.com/4v7433mh
And pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3YNRwzT
All three Cliff Richard musicals in @indicator.bsky.social's upcoming box set are spoiled by bloat but all three also have individual numbers that are out of this world. Full review: comicon.com/2026/01/19/t...
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 AM
All three Cliff Richard musicals in @indicator.bsky.social's upcoming box set are spoiled by bloat but all three also have individual numbers that are out of this world. Full review: comicon.com/2026/01/19/t...
Reading Candice Purwin's BOOK OF MURMURS made me feel like how I felt when I read Clive Barker's Abarat as a kid. Be sure to check out BOOK OF MURMURS in March from @fantagraphics.bsky.social & in the meantime you can check out my interview with Purwin here: comicon.com/2026/01/19/p...
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Reading Candice Purwin's BOOK OF MURMURS made me feel like how I felt when I read Clive Barker's Abarat as a kid. Be sure to check out BOOK OF MURMURS in March from @fantagraphics.bsky.social & in the meantime you can check out my interview with Purwin here: comicon.com/2026/01/19/p...
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Meanwhile, compliments of the actual writer who brought you Sinners;
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Meanwhile, compliments of the actual writer who brought you Sinners;
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What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
![[COVID zine front cover]
[bold, handwritten] What’s Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
[Drawing of a person (me) with a shoulder-length shag haircut, wearing head-strap respirator mask a sweatshirt, carrying a Corsi-Rosenthal box (a DIY air purifier made with a box fan and furnace filters)]
[word balloon] clean the air, basically! By Hazel Newlevant
[COVID zine back cover]
[handwritten text, circled by a chain which is breaking on the bottom]
“Every chain of transmission that is broken is VALUABLE. Every person that doesn’t GET SICK, that doesn’t lose that WEEK OF WORK, that doesn’t become DISABLED or DIE, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the GREATEST of losses: every single one of those things is VALUABLE.” -Becca on DEATH PANEL podcast 2/16/23.
Print and distribute this zine yourself! Download a PDF here. [arrow pointing to the citations QR code]
[drawing of this zine, getting stapled with a long-arm stapler]
[Creative Commons license logo] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Citations:
[QR code] newlevant.com/COVIDzine
[bold, handwritten] ALWAYS FREE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:twccexjsbh6y2tyhysjrhc2v/bafkreicg6f3tsxzbhi6hesaqppsfaaidnee33exrrwoalyxyaihaxxdk3a@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about:
Adjusting mask fit
CO2 monitoring
Improving ventilation for infection control
Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
Like Robert Altman, teen movies aren't usually my thing but a teen movie by Robert Altman is a much more intriguing concoction. My review of @filmsradiance.bsky.social's Blu-ray of O.C. AND STIGGS: comicon.com/2026/01/14/r...
January 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Like Robert Altman, teen movies aren't usually my thing but a teen movie by Robert Altman is a much more intriguing concoction. My review of @filmsradiance.bsky.social's Blu-ray of O.C. AND STIGGS: comicon.com/2026/01/14/r...
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I got to talk to @ziggystarlog.bsky.social about my new Frankie Fairy book, missing pets, cozy clutter, metamorphosis, and the importance of letting the kids know they're alright 🐛
A new Frankie Fairy book is coming out in March from @oni-press.bsky.social which means I got to interview @caitlinroseboyle.com again about FRANKIE AND THE CURIOUS COCOON QUEST, the latest in her wonderland of a series: comicon.com/2026/01/14/a...
January 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I got to talk to @ziggystarlog.bsky.social about my new Frankie Fairy book, missing pets, cozy clutter, metamorphosis, and the importance of letting the kids know they're alright 🐛
A new Frankie Fairy book is coming out in March from @oni-press.bsky.social which means I got to interview @caitlinroseboyle.com again about FRANKIE AND THE CURIOUS COCOON QUEST, the latest in her wonderland of a series: comicon.com/2026/01/14/a...
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
A new Frankie Fairy book is coming out in March from @oni-press.bsky.social which means I got to interview @caitlinroseboyle.com again about FRANKIE AND THE CURIOUS COCOON QUEST, the latest in her wonderland of a series: comicon.com/2026/01/14/a...
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***REMINDER***
Time is ticking on the voting period for #ShelfShockRewind 2025!
What is the best video presentation of the year?
Who will win best region B label?
What was the best new cover art this last year?
Vote here to make your opinion heard: freeonlinesurveys.com/s/QHMfG0JP
Time is ticking on the voting period for #ShelfShockRewind 2025!
What is the best video presentation of the year?
Who will win best region B label?
What was the best new cover art this last year?
Vote here to make your opinion heard: freeonlinesurveys.com/s/QHMfG0JP
January 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
***REMINDER***
Time is ticking on the voting period for #ShelfShockRewind 2025!
What is the best video presentation of the year?
Who will win best region B label?
What was the best new cover art this last year?
Vote here to make your opinion heard: freeonlinesurveys.com/s/QHMfG0JP
Time is ticking on the voting period for #ShelfShockRewind 2025!
What is the best video presentation of the year?
Who will win best region B label?
What was the best new cover art this last year?
Vote here to make your opinion heard: freeonlinesurveys.com/s/QHMfG0JP
Would love to see more actor memoirs brought back into print like Sammy Davis Jr.'s, which was recently re-released for what would've been the entertainer's 100th birthday in December. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/01/13/m...
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Would love to see more actor memoirs brought back into print like Sammy Davis Jr.'s, which was recently re-released for what would've been the entertainer's 100th birthday in December. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/01/13/m...
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We remember Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Getting ready for a vigil for Renee Good in the Western suburbs.
Please also remember Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, also killed by ICE just minutes after dropping a child off at school, on Sept 12, outside Chicago.
Please also remember Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, also killed by ICE just minutes after dropping a child off at school, on Sept 12, outside Chicago.
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
We remember Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
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I just think it's wild that the armed professionals who wander our streets are allowed to act in fear, but the untrained normal citizens are supposed to know exactly what to do under terrifying circumstances or die
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I just think it's wild that the armed professionals who wander our streets are allowed to act in fear, but the untrained normal citizens are supposed to know exactly what to do under terrifying circumstances or die
In the past I would've said JEZEBEL was my favorite Davis film but PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (especially the ending) stood out more this viewing. Regardless, Warner Archive's BETTE DAVIS COLLECTION is the ideal Davis primer. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/01/06/r...
January 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
In the past I would've said JEZEBEL was my favorite Davis film but PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX (especially the ending) stood out more this viewing. Regardless, Warner Archive's BETTE DAVIS COLLECTION is the ideal Davis primer. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/01/06/r...
Couldn't have been more jazzed to talk Edward Dymytrk's WARLOCK with Hunter. One of my all-time favorite Westerns.
Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn shine in Warlock, one of the Western genre's most overlooked gems. Writer @ziggystarlog.bsky.social joins me to break down what makes this film stand apart from other Westerns of its era.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Couldn't have been more jazzed to talk Edward Dymytrk's WARLOCK with Hunter. One of my all-time favorite Westerns.
ART DETECTIVES is an A+ case-of-the-week show and I got to review Acorn's DVD for season one: comicon.com/2026/01/02/d...
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
ART DETECTIVES is an A+ case-of-the-week show and I got to review Acorn's DVD for season one: comicon.com/2026/01/02/d...
Random thought for the night: wonder if the Sarah Jane Adventures could ever get the same Blu-ray treatment as the Classic Who seasons? None of the series ever came out on Blu-ray in the US. Blu-rays of the show with some Behind the Sofa featurettes. An Elisabeth Sladen tribute or documentary...
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Random thought for the night: wonder if the Sarah Jane Adventures could ever get the same Blu-ray treatment as the Classic Who seasons? None of the series ever came out on Blu-ray in the US. Blu-rays of the show with some Behind the Sofa featurettes. An Elisabeth Sladen tribute or documentary...
If you want to see poor Debbie Reynolds get tossed around as a human football, I LOVE MELVIN is available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/01/01/d...
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 AM
If you want to see poor Debbie Reynolds get tossed around as a human football, I LOVE MELVIN is available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/01/01/d...
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In memory of the unsung Theresa Harris, groundbreaking classic film/TV actress, singer, and dancer, on her 119th birthday.
The most in-demand Black actress working in classic Hollywood during her time at every major studio and with some of the biggest stars of the Golden Age of cinema.
The most in-demand Black actress working in classic Hollywood during her time at every major studio and with some of the biggest stars of the Golden Age of cinema.
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In memory of the unsung Theresa Harris, groundbreaking classic film/TV actress, singer, and dancer, on her 119th birthday.
The most in-demand Black actress working in classic Hollywood during her time at every major studio and with some of the biggest stars of the Golden Age of cinema.
The most in-demand Black actress working in classic Hollywood during her time at every major studio and with some of the biggest stars of the Golden Age of cinema.
Rounding out @thecomicon.bsky.social's Most Progressive Comics of 2025 list, no book overwhelmed and registered with me more this year than @keezyyoung.bsky.social's HELLO SUNSHINE and I got to write about it here: comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Rounding out @thecomicon.bsky.social's Most Progressive Comics of 2025 list, no book overwhelmed and registered with me more this year than @keezyyoung.bsky.social's HELLO SUNSHINE and I got to write about it here: comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...
The lone non-fiction book on @thecomicon.bsky.social's Most Progressive Comics of 2025 list, with TRANS HISTORY: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL @alexlcombs.bsky.social and Andrew Eakett have created a necessary and accessible resource book for all-ages and you can read about it here: comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The lone non-fiction book on @thecomicon.bsky.social's Most Progressive Comics of 2025 list, with TRANS HISTORY: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL @alexlcombs.bsky.social and Andrew Eakett have created a necessary and accessible resource book for all-ages and you can read about it here: comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...
As someone who's always been fascinated by history, @jrsosa18.bsky.social and Atagun Ílhan's ANCESTRAL RECALL was pure gold and I got to write about the @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social's series for @thecomicon.bsky.social's Most Progressive Comics of 2025 list: comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As someone who's always been fascinated by history, @jrsosa18.bsky.social and Atagun Ílhan's ANCESTRAL RECALL was pure gold and I got to write about the @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social's series for @thecomicon.bsky.social's Most Progressive Comics of 2025 list: comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...
A few more blurbs to round out 2025: I got to write about HEY, MARY! for @thecomicon.bsky.social's Best OGN (comicon.com/2025/12/26/c...) & Most Progressive Comics of 2025 lists (comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...). By @andrewwheeler.bsky.social & @ryehickman.bsky.social published by @oni-press.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A few more blurbs to round out 2025: I got to write about HEY, MARY! for @thecomicon.bsky.social's Best OGN (comicon.com/2025/12/26/c...) & Most Progressive Comics of 2025 lists (comicon.com/2025/12/31/c...). By @andrewwheeler.bsky.social & @ryehickman.bsky.social published by @oni-press.bsky.social