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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 9h

Todd McFarlane talks about how 10 people may be more talent than him and he's the 11th guy, but when someone asks for someone to do a job he's the one who speaks up, so he gets the job.

ME: This is actually, super accurate advice. Go for it! Take a chance.
#nycc #retailerday

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 15h

YouTube Music has been recommending me the "Track by Track" version of an album, but isn't that all albums? Was I supposed to be playing every song at once?

Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 16h

Really loved this lettering choice from @joecaramagna.bsky.social in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN #1, as a way of making the lecturer seem boring, like a wall of noise.

I'm sure @badinkstudios.bsky.social would appreciate the choice too.

Two panels from Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1, where Peter Parker is bored as a lecturer talks about science. The actual words don't matter -- it's just general science talk -- but the text is all framed to the very edges of the speech balloon, like a wall of noise.

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 16h

"It's ironic how I can tell you're lying, Garfield. But I have been able to tell all along."

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 17h

There are THREE Jarhead sequels that took the message of the first film -- about the psychological impact that the grim and boring reality of war has on young men -- and replaced it with "Hey, isn't this explosion cool?!"

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

screencrush.com

Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 18h

That your favourite author is TERRY PRATCHETT and you continued on to become the very right-wing leader of the Tories suggests that an English degree may have actually been really useful for you.

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 22h

UK Tory Party Conference: Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch declares war on English degrees.
#literature #language #English #HigherEd #University

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 20h

Avengers Academy for the exploration of what a young hero looks like.

Kelly's Amazing Spider-Man for what it's saying about Peter.

Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider for some of the interesting places it's taking Gwen, and how it defines the ghost in Ghost-Spider.

(I'm only reading Spidey titles though)

Anne 🔜 NYCC 💫 @annecomics.bsky.social · 1d

What’s been everyone’s favorite marvel books over the last year? And why?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 1d

hades gals 💀🌸

fanart of Melinoe from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (dark jeans, orange top), she has a big tattoo on her right arm, and is about to tie her hair with a hair band (is this how it's called in english ?)
her eyes are closed, she has nice arm muscles and looks extremely lesbian

fanart of Nemesis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (red jeans, black crop top with the Hades sigil as a pattern on it), moon shaped necklace, tattoos on her left arm and pecs, as she's about to tie her hair using a green hairband, her eyes closed
(green light on her right side cause she's standing next to Melinoe's glowing arm, off camera)

fanart of Eris, from Hades 2, she's sitting, right leg with her knee bent, in front of her
right hand on her right foot, left hand on her face, framing her left eye between two fingers
she's wearing big sneakers, micro shorts, some sort of sweater with stripes showing her shoulders
she has apple tree branch tattoos on her thigh and left shoulder

fanart of Medea from Hades 2, but wearing modern clothes (tiny leather shorts with double belt, red/purple leather crop top), a nose ring, necklaces, also big tattoo covering the entire left arm (a snake, a moon crescent, flowers and leaves)
She's sitting, resting on her left hand, her right hand next to her face, conjuring some plague magic that bathes her in green light

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 1d

My latest review video is all about Miles Morales: Spider-Man and God War, from @yayforzig.bsky.social's run, and how it reflects what the series has become.

It's a series I enjoy, while wishing there was more of the day-to-day.

youtu.be/dwI2_CVF4Ao

Cody Ziglar's Miles Morales is Inspired by Anime

YouTube video by Every Spider-Man Ever

youtu.be

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, to save the environment, I'm only going to take the puffs of inhaler that I need to live, and cut down on all those frivolous puffs that I've been filling my day with.

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 2d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 1d

Death to Productivity too though...

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 2d

The downside of having a fancy new PC is that I have a PC that can play Hades 2 and that is all I want to do with it.

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 2d

Jordon Phantomson? Is that anything?

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 2d

Add an echoy, reverb effect and now you've got Ghost Peterson

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 3d

If you're wondering whether it'd be your thing though, episode 45 of campaign 2, called The Stowaway, is a really good and self-contained episode that gives a good flavour of what to expect. Also has Deborah Ann Woll!

Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 3d

This is a new campaign set in an entirely different world with entirely new characters. Obviously not Zoe, but would suggest that this latest episode is the best place to start if you're interested.

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 3d

Tried to watch the latest @shaunvids.bsky.social video about the War on Science, but what is this chess piece doing? Just spreading across squares?!

Literally unwatchable!

(Also, you really want me to believe that a skull could write this wonderful essay? It doesn't even have hands!)

A drawing of a chess board, with a piece that is in-between two squares. Part of the usual image that Shaun uses in his videos.

Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 3d

I imagine that the comments and quotes to this are non-existent. Comic fans are famously shy about sharing opinions.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 4d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot express how perfect I found that first session of Critical Role Campaign 4. Just improvisation at the very highest level and characters that I instantly love.

Give me more earnest messy fantasy now please!

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 4d

Done, done and done. I wish you continued success in making your very funny and fun games.

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 4d

Lair of the Clockwork God is not just one of the funniest games I've played, but one of the funniest pieces of art FULL STOP. It is a delight from start to finish and is worth it at full price, but now it's significantly cheaper!

Go buy yourself some joy in these terrible times.

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 4d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 4d

Can't wait to see it!

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Chris Sutcliffe @notquitecool.bsky.social · 4d

Spent the afternoon making comics with my son. This is the kind of talent Marvel is letting slip through their fingers!

A crudely drawn comic called Spidey's New Shield, which sees Spider-Man finding Captain America's shield and declaring himself the amazing Shield-Man. When Cap comes looking for his shield, he instantly recognises... The Amazing Shield-Man and asks for an autograph.

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