People saying things like “Remember back during COVID…”/“that was terrible” reminds me of the end of a horror movie after the protagonist thinks they’ve finally vanquished the killer, and then up he pops again. Unless you’re still actively protecting yourself, you’re not safe.

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Metal sign from a comic book spinner rack, that says "COMICS - Read one today!" with pictures of Richie Rich, Spider-Man, Archie, and Superman.

This is the exact topper on the spinner rack in my shop!

Avengers: Ungame

[rushes back into office] "WAIT WAIT from now on iPhones no longer have screens!"

Well, I haven't really *decided* I'm going, it's just "if I feel like seeing it on a big screen, oh and there's probably 45 seconds of bonus footage."

I never saw ENDGAME in a theater, so, I mean, this might be a good opportunity to finally do so!

The ideal outcome.

Don't worry, the worst they can do is take all your teeth out.

It really is.

My copy has held together all these years, but yeah.

$3.95 of my hard-earned dollars, sir.

Saved up my nickels and bought this new off the shelf when I was, like, 10 years old. It eventually fell apart because the binding sucked, but I've since bought another copy and handle it a lot more gingerly.

Also, it's one of the greatest comic adaptations of a movie of all time.

Anyway, "My Fantastic Four-Ay" sort of continues at today's ProgRuin: www.progressiveruin.com/2026/04/20/m... ...where I type way too much about my intent with this series of posts.

The Anakin/Amidala meme: Panel One: Anakin - ""This comic is going to be really hot. Retailers should order tons of copies just on our say-so!" Panel Two: Amidala, smiling - "It's returnable, right? Panel Three: Anakin, blank expression, says nothing Panel Four: Amidala, concerned: "It's returnable, right?"

Which reminded me of this thing I did a while back and came across again.

Tweet of mine from May 18th, 2023: "'ORDER THIS COMIC LIKE CRAZY!!!' "[checks solicit; item is not returnable] Okay, I'll order it like normal then."

Was looking for something I posted on the Bad Site, but found this perennial:

I am as God made meesa

aaaaugh this was optioned at one point, I think, with Jim Belushi

we coulda had Big Screen Reid

hey, is Marvel doing "6/16 Day" again this year

no mere cheese can defeat the Man of Molecules

There are so many good ones, but the one I picked is THE one for me. It's been stuck in my head for decades.

but the main character MUST be portrayed comics-accurately

yes, this means lots of CGI

I keep rewatching this video and it doesn’t stop blowing me away. It’s the cheapness- for lack of a better word- of it. The honesty of trying to make your phone capture a good image with a dirty window in the way. The fact it doesn’t look cinematic or processed. It’s just so fucking REAL.

My all-time favorite, said by Crow in the KTMA episode "Cosmic Princess" --

"Everything's groovy on the moon."

Ooh, or maybe "Hooray denied!" That was a good one, too.

"As Deepak Chopra taught us, quantum mechanics can do anything at all for no apparent reason!"

I've been doing this for so long, you guys

Another day, another full-grown adult suddenly realizing "HEY! I used to buy comics from you when I was a kid!"

oh dang now I want to do one

I imagine that's why it was cut.