& that guy has lost hundreds of dollars from missing a few flights. I've never been in the position to shrug off hundreds of dollars of loss.

Beautiful work!

Dr Feelgood - Going Back Home (Live) YouTube video by Dr Feelgood

"I wanna live
The way I like
Sleep all the morning, go and get my fun at night"
Dr. Feelgood
youtu.be/vV0yYcN9QnE

I made peace long ago with the fact that having discerning taste will get you called a snob by people who don't have it. I do like some commercial art/entertainment, but I don't apologize for my love of more meaningful or better-crafted work that some people are too stupid or shallow to enjoy, haha.

I'm not a nostalgic person, so maybe that's why I have no problem throwing old stuff on the trash heap (literally & figuratively) if it's bad or I've "outgrown" it. I don't go back to stuff from childhood just because I liked it back then. But I know a lot of people (especially comics readers) do.

Yeah, a lot of them aren't even really aware of art comics. Someone said "Whatever happened to David Mazzucchelli?" about a year after Asterios Polyp came out, & a guy I mentioned Tillie Walden to after she'd won Eisners for indie comics only knew her name because of her Walking Dead spin-off GNs.

The way of the future.

Without stating your age, post your favorite film released the year you turned 18.

That was 1999, the best year since the '70s for films made in the US, so it's hard to pick a favorite, but maybe The Limey.

& there's Being John Malkovich, Bringing Out the Dead, eXistenZ, The Insider, Fight Club...

I loved the funny detail of them having matching birthmarks in the movie.

@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social I'm so excited for Criterion's release of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and your interview with Burstyn! Such a wonderful film.

George Wylesol on 2120

"The 451st meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7pm EDT. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register for this event. Free and open to the public."

I love interviews that get into specifics of this kind. Michael DeForge talks about the inspiration and creative process for several of the short comics in his forthcoming collection All the Cameras in My Room.

Turns out the German word for "RAGE" is "WUT."

a few digital sketches drawn with my finger on my phone in Instagram stories

THE RED SPECTACLES - Official U.S. Trailer (4K Restoration) YouTube video by Small Sensations!

The Red Spectacles looks wild! The 4k restoration is coming to AFI Silver at the beginning of next month. youtu.be/gPokKdOJnAI

Bleak Week tickets at AFI Silver are just $10 until 10pm tonight, even including Sátántangó (normal price for that was $20-something)!
I recommend Elaine May's Mikey & Nicky with Peter Falk & John Cassavetes. Come & See is harrowing. I'm planning to see Threads & more.
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I've been meaning to revisit that for awhile. Very intense. Haven't seen it since my intro to foreign film class in 2001. I had trouble with it then but think I might appreciate it more now.

This month only on The Criterion Channel: Bad Day at Black Rock & the out-of-print John Sturges commentary track packed with smart insight on filmmaking. I first heard about this commentary track from an Every Frame a Painting video that quoted the "meanwhile, back at the ranch" bit on intercutting.

It's the type of thing to tell a friend to watch out for, if you want, if they've seen it, ahead of the screening. Not to yell in the middle of the movie. I don't know what he said after that, but the tone was self-satisfied.

First-timers seemed to really enjoy the movie anyway, happily.

If I remember correctly, the kid wouldn't be able to see the gun, or maybe he starts before the gun is even out. I didn't actually notice it tonight at all, ironically, because my attention was diverted from the movie completely & towards the yelling guy. So I didn't even see the little boy tonight.

& I love that it's presumably Roger Thornhill's considerable past experience at driving drunk that saves him at one point - a man with lower alcohol tolerance (like me) would've died. I guess one of the lessons I can learn from this movie is to start drinking more, in case I get mistaken for a spy.

I had wondered about going - North by Northwest is my second favorite Hitchcock film after Notorious, but I've seen it so many times, & I'd just seen it in the theater two years ago & wasn't sure I needed to see it again so soon. But as soon as it began, I was swept away again. Very glad I went.

That "Stop! ...stop" is one of the great one/two-word performances in cinema history, haha.

There was a nice prerecorded intro video by Steven C. Smith about Bernard Herrmann's score. This was part of AFI Silver's Hitchcock/Herrmann series, connected to Smith's recent book on that collaboration.

Other than that, it was a great time at the movies. I'd seen North by Northwest twice in the theater before (& many times at home), but this was the first time I'd seen it in 70mm. The cropdusting scene is especially amazing on the big screen. & the "Stop! ...stop" lady always gets a huge laugh.

I've seen the movie many times, but given the audible gasps during the film & the lobby chatter afterwards, not everyone had. & even I was distracted by the yelling & so couldn't enjoy what was happening onscreen. After the loud moment in the movie, the jackass said something else I didn't catch.

Some jackass during the screening of North by Northwest yelled "WHY IS THAT LITTLE BOY COVERING HIS EARS?!" the moment the little boy in the background covered his ears right before the loud surprising moment happened, I guess to prove to us all the jackass knew about it & to ruin it for everyone.

Zaslav should be fined, not paid. What a destructive asshole.

Jillian Tamaki on Collaboration Within Comics
"The 450th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, April 13, 2026 at 7 pm EDT. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gmail.com to register for this event. Free and open to the public."

Alan Moore Interview: Magical Consciousness, Disowned Works, and the Long London Quintet - RetroFuturista Alan Moore on magic, language, disowned comics, weaponised nostalgia, and the next volumes of his Long London quintet.

"Of course art can still change the collective consciousness."
Here's a new Alan Moore interview:
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I don't even want to listen to 43 seconds of Carlson, let alone 43 minutes...!