Verge headline: Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want by Elizabeth Lopatto Illustration of a brain melting in the sun

"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and LLMs. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."

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A baby in the center of some aliens with excerpts from Busd Hopkins’ Intruders. It’s a collage.

Idk

Wish Edward Abbey wasn’t fairly racist, because we could all afford a little more monkeywrenching in the world.

Would a better comics press help? I know in the 90s, despite all its faults, Wizard did enough nods to indie comics to send me down that path. I’ve had trouble finding decent coverage for indies outside of TCJ and the back of Comics Blogger or Bubbles, both distinctly offline mags.

You can’t have over 3 oz of liquid in airports so the beverage industry can make more money on the other side of the gate

gonzo the muppet wearing a suit. he is inside an ornate floral frame. below the frame is text that reads "gender failure". the image is textured to look grainy and printed.

gender failure gonzo

Dead Ringers (1988)

The Wizard of Oz Curse claims yet another victim. what do they know? and why is their permanent silence so desirable to the powers that be?

Pope weak on crime. Shaka when the walls fell. Timba his arms wide.

I think a Star Trek anthology series would give space to tell both small stories and weave in the -B and -C and make them more than small plot devices.

My idea: Miniseries where you slowly realize the first episode it’s the Enterprise-C and the series is days before the events of “Yesterday’s Enterprise.

But if I’m not loud, how will my left hand know what my right hand is doing?

Sam Kieth, Jan. 11, 1963 — March 15, 2026 - The Comics Journal Andrew Farago pays homage to the late Maxx creator, who died back on March 15.

THE COMICS JOURNAL: Sam Kieth, Jan. 11, 1963 — March 15, 2026

I’m sorry if I got you fired from the 48th St Blockbuster in Philly, but I’m glad you landed on your feet

Me not returning Hot Rod was what finally killed the company

Holy, and I can’t emphasize this enough, fucking shit

"Schumer takes no action" will be on his tombstone

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.

Bad crayon drawing of Captain America with a giant chest

The most infamous illustration of captain America where his chest is nearly as wide as phone booth.

And, of course, this bullshit

Crayon drawing of Wolfsbane from New Mutants holding warlock

New Mutants #95 cover with Wolfsbane in a red jumpsuit holding Warlock

Reupload of part seven, death of Warlock

Very tall woman with a very narrow torso in a green leotard drawn in crayon

Original comic page from some Avengers comic featuring The Enchantress and Loki

Part eight, the Enchantress

A crayon drawing of Badrock #1

The cover to Badrock #1 featuring a large rock man running toward the reader with a fist in the air

Part six, bad Badrock

A woman with purple hair and weird anatomy with her back at an unlikely angle drawn in crayons

The cover to … Glory? I think? It’s a bad illustration of a scantily clad woman with a large chest and butt and an extremely thin torso

Part five, whatever the fuck comic this was

Bad crayon drawing of an x-Force cover

X-Force #94 original cover art

Part four, X-Force

Bad crayon drawing of Deadpool

Deadpool with the Deadpool logo over him from a comic collection

Part three, Deadpool

Shaft from Youngblood getting ready to fire three arrows, drawn in crayon

The original illustration of Shaft from Youngblood. He has giant boot cuffs and several unnecessary patches.

Part two, Shaft from Youngblood

Crayon drawing of a blonde man grimacing

Rob Liefeld illustration of two men making grimacing faces

Me recreating notorious Rob Liefeld illustrations with jumbo crayons

Meeting Natural Born Performers with Aaron Smith Podcast Episode · The AP Strange Show · April 5 · 1h 21m

On this week's show I had a wonderful conversation with Aaron Smith, author of Natural Born! Circus, Sideshow, and the Art of Being Human. We talked about various sideshow performers he met and interviewed, how they view performance in the modern age, and their...

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Alamogordo, NM or Ft. Morgan, CO

I’ve done from “Gil Thorp art is terrible” to “Gil Thorp art is the only art that matters on the comics page”