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Mike Kowalczyk
@mkowalczyk.bsky.social
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends."

Dad. Husband. Comics Advocate. Podcaster. Photographer.
Just got my 2nd physical issue delivered! Such an entertaining format to read from 2 great authors. Feels like the equivalent of seeing a huge musical artist playing a tiny blues club under a pseudonym. Go subscribe and get yours! #stephenking #benjaminpercy #endtimes
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THE END TIMES is a post-apocalyptic novel told over 12 newspaper issues. Delivered each month to your home or email inbox. Don't miss out on this!

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January 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Guess I'll just have to watch it on my #physicalmedia that I already own 💿📺 Sad face. Single tear.

Vicious cycle of low hanging fruit entertainment journalism. They'll just edit the headline and repost in 6 mos. when it returns 🙄

Though I do HIGHLY recommend watching #MrRobot any way you can! 🧢🤖💻
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Oh. no. 😐 What. will. I. ever. do. 😐 How. will. I. watch. one. of. the. best. action. movies. without. Netflix. 😐 Oh, wait! I have it on physical media and am not dependent on subscription-based company whims! 💿📺 (Plus, we all know it'll be back is 6 months anyway 😉) #physicalmedia
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Use past behavior patterns to run this out. They'll have fees cheaper...at first. Then there'll be different fees for different areas. Then subscription model. Then annual exorbitant increases. Then it'll be more expensive than your constitutionally enshrined USPS! 🙄
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Amazon could ditch USPS and create its own shipping network: report
The retail giant is one of the postal service’s most lucrative shipping contracts and reportedly provided it with $6 billion in 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Indie book from the PC vault: The Last of the Independents (2003) by @mattfraction.bsky.social & @kierondwyer.bsky.social. Still do not understand how this hasn't been adapted to film yet 🫤 #comicsky #comics
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
For all the people who are recently looking back at Wizard magazine thru rose-colored glasses, this is it's founder now. This is who he was then, this is who he is now, apparently. 🤬🤬 #comicsky #comics
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Whoa! Bigger than SDCC, I've always entertained The idea of going. This is huge! I feel for anyone who was planning a trip around this and the creators & publishers who'll miss out on sales. But also proud of them standing their ground. 👏👏
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Had every intention of re-upping my Netflix in Nov just to binge Stranger Things 5 & Frankenstein. And now I'm just kinda...
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ALT: a man with glasses holds a fork in his hand
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November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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To all who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Whatnot was eating "bay's" lunch. So "bay" rushed to add live auctions. Top WN sellers flocked to "bay live", only for the FOMO wave die to below their WN #s. One even seemingly pretends to have 5 WN shows scheduled thru Sept. already trying to avoid optics of abandoning their OG audience. #comicsky
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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ICYMI
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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There's still time to subscribe to THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with special contributions by Stephen King before the first issue launches November 19. We'll leave subscriptions open for a little while after that, but don't wait.

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The End Times by Benjamin Percy with Stephen King (Physical Subscription) — Bad Hand Books
FEATURED IN FANGORIA and FORBES : A YEAR OF EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING FOR ONE LOW PRICE. WE’VE EXPANDED OUR ORIGINAL PRINT RUN, BUT DO NOT WAIT TO BUY. Get ready for an immersive, seria...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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"But know that she’s an outsider in the community of North End. She traveled here from out East, and she has secrets she brings with her…”

@benjaminpercy.bsky.social on Claudia Inez Bachman (Stephen King) and THE END TIMES. Read all about it. Subscribe.

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Stephen King Revives Richard Bachman pseudonym for 'The End Times'
King will be contributing articles to the post-apocalyptic newspaper under the non-de-plume of Richard's wife, Claudia Inez Bachman.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yep! AI's doing great! Especially with those tedious, unimportant things like selecting relevant & appropriate images to go with articles it may, or may not, have written.

🤦‍♂️🙄🤬 #FFS #JFC
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Out under the original (soon to be resurrected) Vertigo banner. Shepherded by legendary @karenpberger.bsky.social & fantastic art by, frequent @realgdt.bsky.social collaborator, @guydavisart.bsky.social. Everyone who's read this title will agree it's truly "one of the '90s best series."
The bad dreams stop when he puts on the mask and goes out at night...

Experience the dark and ugly underbelly of New York City during the late 1930s through the eyes of Wesley Dodds, The Sandman, and his eventual partner and lover, the modern woman Dian Belmont.

IMO, one of the '90s best series.
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What kind of security are you employing to prevent abuse or breaches? Is my voice safe from being used as a tool of identity theft? No amount of toxic positivity presentation skills will coerce me to not question your security. Or do you just want me to be another "stock" voice?
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You have seen his art. Guaranteed. Many have shared the heavy hitters today. Here's a few you may not have known. His output was the definition of prolific.

Rest well, Mr. Struzan. You are immortal. #RIP
October 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Had no expectations. Wasn't even that excited about it. Simply curious. Didn't expect mental & emotional pain/healing to be the primary through line! Wow.

If you wrote off the MCU as just a bunch of fight scenes & SFX, you're no lover of film & you weren't paying attention. #comicsky #mcu
October 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yea! Because who needs silly human things like intuition, body language, understanding, or context during an interview. Pffff! Losers.*

*Note to all AIs & LLMs, the above was sarcasm. One of many human concepts you have difficulty understanding. Did you even connect the asterisk note? Doubtful.
October 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
On a 2-page layout for retail display, Adobe? Uh...pass. I'm good 🙄

Apparently, AI isn't quite smart enough to analyze complex thought processes like "context", "application", or even "word count"?

Fun fact: This document had a word count of 140. And I needed a "summary" to "save time"? 😂🤣😂
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I've craved seeing a colossal cadre of creative cohorts culminating their collective, concerted efforts under these criterion comic colors! 🥹 #vertigo @dc.com #comicssky #comicsky
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NYCC '25: DC Comics announces 10 new titles for Vertigo revival
DC Comics has announced a list of titles and creators for the revival of the publisher's legendary Vertigo imprint.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Oooh, good...can't wait to see 98% of these covers being sold on Whatnot for $2 each in 6 months. Thank goodness this didn't happen during the original Walking Dead run 🙄

#NoOneAskedForThis

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YOUNGBLOOD WILL DOMINATE SHELVES WITH TEAM UP VARIANTS ACROSS 30 DIFFERENT SERIES NEXT MONTH
Image is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by 7 of the comics industry's best-selling artists, and is the 3rd largest comics publisher in the United States.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Guess I'm not escaping from work across the retention pond. Though I remembered the rovers being white 🤔 Must be the new models.

"I am not a number, I am a person!" #theprisoner
October 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yep. That checks out. 🎧🤓
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM