Years ago I pledged to always get a physical copy of whatever @illuminatedcomics.bsky.social did whenever possible.

So again very happy to say that the second issue of The Star Tide Shores finally arrived today. With this amazing standard cover.

I was ready to get hurt again so I decided to try their pickle glazed pickle chicken sandwich….and it was so tart and zesty it was like biting into a huge ball of garlic cloves.

The dill was deadly.

Looks more like Joe Lo Truglio

Ziggy meets Marmaduke

Government Cheese was everything i was hoping it would be so far.

Everything is from a memory.

Brooker was clearly a Barney’s Version fan.

I was disappointed there were no Red Mirror episodes this season, but I did love the USS Callister sequel episode. The conceit sorta makes it an honorary Red Mirror episode. And watching Star Trek TOS movies with my brother last month made me appreciate the homages to those specifically this had.

Ojos is more intimate, cutting, cynical. It speaks to a more personal level.

Sky is uses its heft of nostalgia to approach the topics more universally, to reach some larger apotheosis of theme.

Two conversations of the same coin.

Watching Abre Los Ojos, the original film that Vanilla Sky was a remake of, and I have to say…it really is clear how distinct both movies are despite being “shot for shot”.

One is about moments in life we take for granted. The other is about the life we are told to take as a given.

Sure why not

I’ll tell you in the other dm

If it could somehow travel without melting I would ship you one.

And honestly this ain’t even the worst part of the story.

Don’t knock it until you try it.

Try it try it try it

Hey for the first 20% that the flavors actually distill to each other it actually really works.

But then you hit the after tastes that is such weird and salty and oily while being full of ice.

…haha maybe you would like it.

The new Popeyes Pickle Lemonade Slush is one of the most ungodly gross flavors of slushie ever conceived by man.

That said, the first 20% before the after taste kicks in is pretty tight.

Nothing some spices would’ve helped. Cook it up Cajun style.

Waste of good meat lol

The last third probably made great leftover sandwiches

For tax purposes no doubt. The real thing that moves the world.

That definitely cuts down on the risk of frostbite.

Gonna assume the time is summer otherwise that’d be chilly

Think I’ll read the entire Space Odyssey novel series and try to find out why they stopped adapting these after the second.

Ah no! I hope nothing is beyond a sprain or bruise and that even that heals quick.

Holy moley Winston in this version continuously butts heads with his superiors and contradicts them to their faces.

What is going on here?

Decided to watch the 50’s movie adaptation of 1984 tonight and it’s crazy how Winston’s first scene is him glaring angrily at the telescreen.

Like he would’ve been shot on the spot for that in the book.

Princess Mononoke ends with the leads doing the Tron poster pose.

That’s awesome.

It’s kind of amazing that the only ebook editions of the Red Dwarf novels that Amazon has are the Spanish translations.

That might not even be officially licensed.

It’s kinda funny how Millar’s big superhero magnum opus finally finished and no one even notice because after all the time spent on it it just turned out that he had absolutely nothing to say.

Even the Kick-Ass trilogy had more thematic underpinnings.

Like edible lingerie but now you gotta deal with marinara sauce

More for me.

Now to find a really strong pasta noodle that can withstand it.