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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 2d

unfortunately the source material on this is spectacular. If they just do the book it'll rock

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Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

Friday.

@badrm.bsky.social
@oblivionbarpodcast.com
@davidharper.bsky.social
&Us

All Along One Long Table

#NYCC

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 2d

New Pynchon Novel and New York Comic Con in the same week. Huge news for this specific nerd.

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 3d

I really need to buckle down and read Jim Starlin’s Cosmic saga

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Nick Derington @nickderington.bsky.social · 5d

A violent ballet amongst an art deco landscape.

Batman/Grendel Forever!

11x17 Ink and Watercolor Commission

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The Comics Collective @cmxcollective.bsky.social · 7d

New Episode!

Our final episode covering Ultimate Spider-man!

Check out our thoughts on the death of Peter Parker wherever you get your podcasts!

open.spotify.com/episode/6upp...

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah that comic was great, but I’m just not sure that it was created by someone who listens to Pitbull, and that’s kind of a dealbreaker for me!

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 8d

My essay about Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton is up!

Check it out on Substack, and if you like it, read my other articles!

open.substack.com/pub/dallasme...

Ducks

Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

open.substack.com

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 13d

Unfortunately for the comic book community, I am once again voraciously reading comics.

This week it has been:
-Ducks by Kate Beaton (substack essay incoming)
- Spectators by BKV and Henrichon
- Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean by Filippi and Camboni
- Jimmy Corrigan by Ware

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 14d

I read Vaughan and Henrichon's newest this morning. It was an interesting take on how we've all become passive viewers of increasingly graphic depictions of violence and sex in the age of the smart-phone. I do feel like Vaughan's reliance on "jump scare" moments of graphic content is wearing thin.

Cover of Brian K Vaughan and Niko Henrichon's graphic novel Spectators

Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you so much for taking the time to read it! It means so much to know that it worked for you.

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 16d

I'm floored once again by Si Spurrier and Matias Bergara's fantasy comic Coda. This feels like one of the truly unique takes on the genre from the last decade. I'm excited to talk about it tonight!

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The Comics Collective @cmxcollective.bsky.social · 19d

Not sure how many fans of our comic book podcast will also be fans of a literary/historical deep dive into the David narrative from the book of Samuel in the Bible, but for the 7 of you that might be into that, Dallas worked very hard on the article below!

Check it out!

Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 19d

I spent a month rereading and then writing about the book of Samuel and the life of David! I hope you check it out and like it!

open.substack.com/pub/dallasme...

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 19d

I spent a month rereading and then writing about the book of Samuel and the life of David! I hope you check it out and like it!

open.substack.com/pub/dallasme...

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 22d

I'm reading Notes From Underground and loving it. More detestable, miserable narrators please!

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · 28d

This joke is some of my finest work

ComicavalcadeSky @comicavalcade.bsky.social · Sep 2

He's bringing this back

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Booking novelist interviews is proving to be more tricky. Not so much that they're more elusive or less available, just that most of my favorites are so very, very dead.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 27

Area Woman Not Good Enough Artist To Justify Eccentricities
https://theonion.com/area-woman-not-good-enough-artist-to-justify-eccentrici-1819577481/

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm really proud of this piece. I hope you check it out!

Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Check out my newest article on substack "Addicted to Excellence"

It's my refelction on the theme of addiction in Infinite Jest and how it applies to my own journey through addiction.

substack.com/@dallasmeeks...

Addicted to Excellence

A few weeks ago I finished Infinite Jest.

substack.com

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Check out my newest article on substack "Addicted to Excellence"

It's my refelction on the theme of addiction in Infinite Jest and how it applies to my own journey through addiction.

substack.com/@dallasmeeks...

Addicted to Excellence

A few weeks ago I finished Infinite Jest.

substack.com

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm less and less interested in art from people who have no life to draw from. Comics rehashing the absolutely, tototally tubular x-men plot from when you were 10 doesn't cut it. Those comics have vitality because Claremont wasn't a stay-at-home loser. Go get some mud on your shoes before writing.

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 11

If nothing else, my podast provides HUNDREDS of hours of exactly how I speak, so no one will ever have to wonder about whether or not I used an LLM to write my novels. For better, or worse, those suckers sound exactly like me.

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Will do!

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 8

For those of you that like to read what I write, I've got a new one out about Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Project Hail Mary, and what they teach us about the new thesis for Utopian Science Fiction!

open.substack.com/pub/dallasme...

Art Won't Save Us, But Construction Workers Might.

Fantastic Four: First Steps, Project Hail Mary, and Abundance: the new thesis of Utopian Science Fiction.

open.substack.com

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Dallas Taylor @dallasmeeks.bsky.social · Aug 8

I don't even remember what I said. But I agree.

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