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Jack Teagle @jackteagle.bsky.social · 5h

The everyday lives of wrestlers. Work from 2009.
Acrylic on paper.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 11h

Captains, it’s Wednesday.

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 16h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah, same… except I was in university and listening to, rather than playing in, bands.

Not a Swampy guy myself, but I will extend to you my thoughts and prayers in this fraught time and hope for the best.

I.university

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 15h

You’re ALSO hoping they announce a new edition of that Brave Old World miniseries by William Messner Loebs and Guy Davis that I always keep forgetting I am desperate to read?!

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 17h

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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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 17h

Toronto.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 20h

Bloödcheëp shirt preorder! Want a metal-style shirt with a terrifying bald cardinal? Preorder here:
topatoco.com/collections/...

Blöödchëëp Shirt

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

topatoco.com

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 21h

i guess both, but mostly the former

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 22h

But why

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Manta Trust @mantatrust.bsky.social · 1d

Some of our ocean’s most iconic species are vanishing — whale sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays.

Join us in calling for action. Sign the petition today: only.one/act/cites-2025

#CITESCoP20 #SaveTheMantas

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

This short clip quickly summarizes why I think so much non-Kirby, non-Simonson, non-Ukazu New Gods falls absolutely flat for me.

(Also: read her Barda and her Flip right now; both so good.)

ngoziu @ngoziu.com · 22d

I can only talk about New Gods at 10mph or 100mph, and I have a lot of opinions on ORION. @sktchd.bsky.social

Ngozi Ukazu on What Makes Orion Interesting

YouTube video by SKTCHD

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · 1d

Walt in the rain, from ‘nod away, volume 2’, pen and ink on bristol

A six-panel sequence depicting a disheveled man with long hair and a beard sitting down outside of a wooded area and letting a storm rain down on him.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

IT WAS SO GOOD. Besides a coming-out party for Yuto, it made Yuya finally look like a well-rounded killer. They really played well off of each other and there were so many "oh shit, was that stiff? was that a receipt? are they just great sellers? who cares i love this!" moments.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 1d

Aaron, the Ikea Kallax (ne Expedit) is standard-issue comic book storage.

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JohnG13 🦆 @johngilbert.io · 2d

An aptly named #Razorbill nests in the Gulf of Maine. 🕊

Photographed this summer during #breeding season these sharp beaks were a sight to behold! They could rack up several fish on a single dive to feed their chicks on the chilly #coastal waters off #Cutler, #Maine 🪶

A head shot of a Razorbill bird found off the coast of Maine. It has sharp striped beak agape, and a white stripe leading to it's eye on an otherwise all black head.

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The One True Kat @theonetruekat.bsky.social · 2d

Chonky baby spadefoot toads being rescued from a road puddle this summer. Chonkity chunk chonk. #toadallytuesday #herps

An abundance of large spadefoot toadpoles, at various developmental stages, in a clear container for transport.

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 2d

I continue to also enjoy Zack, Fujita, Despe… even Gabe. New Japan Pro Wrestling continues to get my yen-converted-by-PayPal monthly, I guess. (Even looking forward to World Tag League because of the Knockout Brothers?! What a world in which we live…) 🤼

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 2d

Slight recency bias maybe (I watched this literally two minutes ago), but I absolutely loved this match… may have single-handedly rekindled my interest in wrestling? Quietly screamed on couch most of the time. Yuto-Ice rules; he made Uemura look better/more compelling than anyone else Yuya’s faced.

NJPW Unofficial @njpwunofficial.bsky.social · 3d

Yuya Uemura vs Yuto-Ice

This match may be a preview of a major IWGP Tag Team Championship match, but for Yuto-Ice, it means even more. It was against Yuya Uemura that Yuto suffered a major elbow injury that put his young career in jeopardy. Will he exact revenge tonight?

#NJPW #NJPWWorld #njkopw

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Ana Margarida Matos @a-mmatos.bsky.social · 2d

Freshest of news is my zine “tuas palavras minhas” or in ENG “ever so slightly” ✨

For now only available in Portuguese but I’m working on publishing the English version in the near future ✨

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, fair. Oh god now I have the Jason Pearson immolation death issue in my mind….

Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 2d

I reread LSH 5YL two years ago and it held up for me. Aside from it being dark, I think the biggest complaints about it I see are (a) that it’s too dense and complex; and (b) that it hurtles toward conclusions that you can’t undo for the next creative team or whatever and to both of these I say

a man is holding a microphone and making a funny face .

Alt: Donald glover, holding a microphone, pauses and says “good” with a look that is defiant and challenging

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 2d

Oct'25 preorders from Lunar/PRH/Viz catalogues:
- more Lapham (both another Good as Dead and his Bad Idea book with Matt Kindt writing that I didn't know about because it's a Bad Idea book);
- the latest Asadora from Naoki Urasawa; and
- the new one from The Master (I LOVED Bowling with Corpses).

Japanese cover of Naoki Urasawa's Asadora 9. Lavender colours. Old photograph of the titular character amidst other black and white pics. Published by Viz

Cover of Good as Dead#4 by Dave and Maria Lapham. A woman with a crewcut is upside down, with crossed guns above her head, in front of fire. Published by Image.

The Hero Trade, published by Bad Idea. Art by Joe Quesada. A dead superhero in the trunk of a car while a guy is nonchalantly on his cellphone.

Cover of Dark Horse Comics published Uri Tupka and the Gods--drawn by Mike Mignola and colours by Dave Stewart. There's a bearded old guy and statues and a many-eyed lovecraftian monster thing and stars.

Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · 2d

I love this! (And, sheepishly, love Yuto Ice.)

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Paul Grist @mistergrist.bsky.social · 13d

You know the film script is being written now. Helen Mirrem is Sister Bernadette in this smash hit from Disney! Just in time for Christmas 2026!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

‘We were obedient our entire lives’: the nuns who broke back into their convent

Three nuns fled a care home to return to the convent, defying church orders and gaining global support – but their future remains unknown

www.theguardian.com

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