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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

Extra funny when you think about how Sinners, which features Michael B. Jordan gunning down Klansmen in broad daylight in slow-mo, is the 10th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time - higher than The Hangover, 300, Logan, John Wick 4, etc....

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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The Hero Initiative @heroinitiative.bsky.social · 1d

NEW in Hero's eBay auctions: Great ORIGINAL art from Howard Chaykin and Dexter Vines, an autographed-and-remarqued Green Arrow hardcover from @philhester.bsky.social & @andeparks.bsky.social, and more! Go NOW: qurls.com?i=54439

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide.

You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it.

You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

Government could crack down on pro-Palestinian protest chants, PM says

The government needs to

www.bbc.co.uk

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 1d

Courtesy of DC the full text of @jimlee.bsky.social’s keynote speech.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 1d

NYCC '25: Jim Lee's Retailer Day speech - "DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."

NYCC ’25: Jim Lee’s Retailer Day speech – “DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.”

Jim Lee delivered a fiery speech about the power of human art and DC's ongoing storytelling in the Retailer's Day keynote speech

www.comicsbeat.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Josh Crews @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · 2d

Bob Ross still helping. ❤️

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

June 1941 character sheet featuring intrepid newspaper reporter Lois Lane, for the classic Fleischer Studios’ Superman cartoons.

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 3d

Ye gods, what an angry young man/fan I was in 1991.
Some thoughts:
Glad I switched to upper-case lettering.
Glad I learned to draw since then.
Glad some things have gotten better since then.
Wish more things got better.
Wish the Journal was a regular print magazine again (where this first ran).

BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Comic Industry Trading Cards!!

Collect Them All!

DORK #1, Aug 1992 by Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social

(split into three images for easier reading)

#3 - The Comic Shop Owner

#47 - Comic Zines and Industry Periodicals

#53 - Comic/Movie Tie-Ins

#30 - The Distributors

#?? - The Comic Convention Dealer

#18 - The "Erotic" Comic Book

#?? - Autobiographical Comics

#?? - The Industry

#21 - Comics Are Not For Kids Anymore (DC Ad Campaign)

#13 - The Fan Favorite

#4 - The Angry Young Sellout

#6 - The Fanboy

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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Comic Industry Trading Cards!!

Collect Them All!

DORK #1, Aug 1992 by Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social

(split into three images for easier reading)

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

as always, the most accurate summation of modern politics ever created

comic from webcomicname.com, "different"

panel 1: pink blob creature: "I want things to be different"

panel 2: creature smashes everything

panel 3: creature stands in wreckage: "oh no"

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 3d

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 4d

ICE is pepper spraying CPD (Chicago police)

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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 5d

Darwyn Cooke

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Bleeding Cool @bleedingcool.com · 5d

TwoMorrows launches an appeal to raise money in the wake of the Diamond Comic Distributors chapter 11 bankruptcy and sets out why they don't believe they'll ever be paid #diamondcomics

TwoMorrows launches an appeal to raise money after the Diamond bankruptcy and sets out why they don't believe they'll ever be paid

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ComicList @comiclist.bsky.social · 5d

TwoMorrows is launching a two-week fundraiser to help recoup some of their Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy losses. With a minimum donation of $50, you can choose an advance item, to be mailed to you on October 15.

TwoMorrows Diamond Recoup

Help TwoMorrows recoup its Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy losses

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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 6d

ukcomicscreators.org.uk
This closes on Monday, so I'm.just giving a nudge, especially to the senior members of our comics community, to fill this in. It's totally anonymous, and it's done by professional ppl.
Also, please share. The more breadth of data the better.