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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy

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Owner of sterlingsilvercomics.com, blogger at progressiveruin.com, Mike Sterling-er at http://mikesterling.com 37 years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!) Avatar by Daniel Butler Bigots are dumb he/him

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just a reminder, in case, say, something untoward happens with Bluesky, you can always find me on progressiveruin.com, see my various online shenanigans at www.mikesterling.com, and I guess you can find me on Threads if all else fails: www.threads.com/@mikesterjr

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

Searching its usage on my site, I mostly utilize it to refer to a system that's grown around a thing, like the "secondary back issue market ecosystem," stuff like that.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

whoops I do that sometimes

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

Ah, just a thing that tells you what lists you're on and who's blocked you. Mostly I'm interested in the former, because I never know any of the people who blocked me or why so what's the point.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

Whoops, may have been Noem...lost the story. But threatened to do to protestors what they did to those fishing boats.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

Looked at my profile on Clearsky for the first time in former just to see what lists I'm on...mostly good ones, which is nice, but the anti-AI/bitcoin one was funny because I'm apparently "anti-technology." Yes, I'm so afraid of tech I don't use a phone or computer to post on Bluesky.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

I would say "dummies describing 'antifa' like it's some kind of organized group and not just a slightly abbreviated way to describe someone as being 'anti-fascist' is always funny" except now, as per our U.S. Attorney General, it's going to be used as pretext for straight up killing citizens.

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 12h

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

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POKEY THE PENGUIN @pokeythepenguin.bsky.social · 1d

THE DEPARTURE yellow5.com/pokey

ONE DAY IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE....POKEY ANNOUNCES: I MUST DEPART

LATER...POKEY ANNOUNCES: I'M BACK!!

THE SMALL CHILD, STANDING NEARBY, DECLARES: HELLO POKEY

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 15h

oh, we had fun!

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 16h

I played this on my old Mac...wasn't any good at it, but liked playing it just the same.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 16h

ugh I still remember writing my 10-year retrospective on the New 52 for my site...well, wrote it a little early because I posted it on my 52nd birthday (and had I planned it better, it would have been post #5200 on my site instead of like 5197)

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 16h

At the old shop, decades back, former coworker Rob and I got some Pop Rocks from the convenience store down the road and washed them down with Coke as an experiment. AND YET WE LIVED (if you can call this living)

Lamont Price @lpizzle.bsky.social · 2d

Social media has destroyed the urban legend. If social media was around in the 80s Mikey from The Life Cereal commercials would've hopped on here like "Fuck y'all talkin' bout? I'm right here!" and then got endorsement deals from Coke AND Pop Rocks

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 16h

wonder how the drive-by hater in the comments feels about all this now

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 16h

In retrospect, this post I wrote a day or two after the presidential election in 2016 that may or may not be about Trump seems almost optimistic.

www.progressiveruin.com/2016/11/11/a...

And now, escapism.

www.progressiveruin.com

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, the video of the mini I saw looked interesting but I know if I had it, it would just drive me crazy.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 18h

oh and also opened a comic shop that received a lot of support from online pals, that too

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 18h

Helped write a book (and even came up with the title), and it had a foreword by Roger Ebert!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/205165...

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 18h

"Grandpa? Oh, yeah, I'm pretty sure he fought with Sgt. Fury. Or was it Sgt. Rock?"

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 18h

I'm still holding out for an original...I need that bigger screen!

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 18h

I had an emulator on my previous Mac, though I don't know if it'll work on my new fancier one.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 18h

look, it's my job

The Onion @theonion.com · 19h

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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Jenny Blake aka Tony Isabella @tonyisabella.bsky.social · 1d

My final comic books and pop culture garage sales of 2025 are almost here! akroncanton.craigslist.org/gms/d/medina...

ONE MORE COMIC BOOKS AND POP CULTURE GARAGE SALE - garage & moving sales - yard estate sale - craigslist

We're having an encore comic books and pop culture garage sale. We have boxes of comic books priced to sell and several boxes of comic books priced at one dollar each. We have lots of hardcovers and.....

akroncanton.craigslist.org

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I hope she's doing as well as she can.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

No, not that I'm swimming in money to be spending on such a thing, but it's something nice to think about getting someday.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw a YouTube video about someone Kickstartering a Vectrex Mini version of the 1980s video game console, and the video contained a demonstration of it...alas, it's too small for my peepers, but it's rekindled my desire to get one of the originals.

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