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John Trumbull
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Writer for the Atomic Junk Shop & the Eisner Award-winning BACK ISSUE (@backissuemagazine.bsky.social). Cohost of the SNL Nerds podcast (@snlnerds.bsky.social). #MunchWeek Creator. Cartoonist & Stand-Up Comic from NJ. He/Him.
The ONLY people we see with copies of the Minutemen photo are Hollis Mason and Sally Jupiter. The photo isn't even published in Hollis' book Under The Hood, a book about his superhero career. They were private keepsakes, not press photos. (4/6)
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Silk Spectre calls it a photo session and worries that her hair will look all right, and Hooded Justice says he doesn't go for razzle dazzle, but at no point is it said that they're publicity photos, that they're being sent to magazines or newspapers, or anything of the sort. (3/6)
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Nite-Owl pays the photographer for eight prints, because they're just meant for the group as souvenirs. At no point is it said that the photos are for public consumption. (2/6)
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
So I just watched the first episode of #StarfleetAcademy, and so far it's... okay. I'm not really in love with any of the new characters yet, but hey, it's got Paul Giamatti as a Klingon/Tellarite villain and Robert Picardo back as the Doctor, so I'll stick around for them if nothing else. #StarTrek
January 17, 2026 at 4:35 AM
...Claremont or the editor overruled him & included a sound effect in a big explosion in X-Men #119. (Even though the caption says it's too high-pitched to be heard.)
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
I think when we DO see him do stuff like that, it's way more obscure & picayune than we think, like in an FF caption for a panel with a big explosion where it said something like "We won't insult your intelligence by putting a sound effect on here." That arose from an X-Men panel where...
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 AM
And as I just discovered, Katherine LaNasa (Charge Nurse Dana Evans) was previously married to Dennis Hopper and French Stewart, and is currently married to MELROSE PLACE's Grant Show. That's wild! (3/3)
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Fiona Dourif (Dr. Cassie McKay) is the daughter of Brad Dourif from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, and he guest-starred on THE PITT as her character's father. (2/3)
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I've been doing a deep dive on THE PITT since its S2 premiere last week, & I've been surprised to discover that several of the actors on the show are related to OTHER famous actors in real life.

For instance, Taylor Dearden (Dr. Mel King) is the daughter of Bryan Cranston of BREAKING BAD. (1/3)
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
My last watch of 2025, my first watch of 2026, and revisiting two old favorites at my local theater tonight.
#CinematicTitanic
#SantaClausConquersTheMartians
#TheGrifters
#TheWizardOfOz
#WhenHarryMetSally
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I guess that woman named Golden who rejected me back in 2010 is finally going to see the error of her ways! 😆
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
My #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched for 12-19-2025 (All First Watches):

#MrSmithGoesToWashington
#ByeByeBirdie (Dick Van Dyke 100th Birthday Tribute)
#RealLife
#Moon
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
His COLUMBO episode is one of my favorite endings from the show, although sadly they missed a primo opportunity by giving Dick Van Dyke a full beard instead of a van dyke.
December 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Just finished watching for tonight's Dick Van Dyke Centenary Celebration: 1963's BYE BYE BIRDIE and his 1974 COLUMBO guest spot "Negative Reaction." A nice primer of the depth and breadth of his talents.
December 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
"If elected to public office, what book would you swear on?"

Really, there's only one choice.
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Showed my housemate James Gunn's THE SUICIDE SQUAD, & did a Rian Johnson Benoit Blanc marathon of KNIVES OUT and GLASS ONION today, topped off with a trip the theater for my first watch of WAKE UP DEAD MAN.

#TheSuicideSquad
#KnivesOut
#GlassOnion
#WakeUpDeadMan
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The night before Thanksgiving is a free for all, Diedrich. Everyone knows that.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I can think of two examples from the New Teen Titans: The first time GP drew the birth of the Titans of Myth in NEW TITANS #51 and when one of the Titans disrobed to show a flashback in NEW TEEN TITANS #9.
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today I discovered that the name of Snapper Carr's girlfriend somehow entered my long term memory.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hate that this was his official look for only about 2-3 years.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Who's flyin' out 'round the Milky Way
Eatin' a star & going nova?
Who's killin' tons of asparagus people?
Everyone knows it's Phoenix!

Who's fightin' Shi'ar up on the Moon now
Unearthin' a gun & blastin' herself?
Who's makin' Cyclops whine for three panels?
Everyone knows it's Phoenix!
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
RICHARD BASEHART?!?
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM