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He hasn’t done an episode in a while but A History of Comics in 500 Issues by @jessnevins.bsky.social is excellent 500issues.com

Hey did everyone see Clavicular get his ass beat after he challenged a cancer survivor leftist to a jujitsu match, who said as he was choking him out ‘this is for all the bullshit I gotta watch on my fucking feed’… we need more of this not more podcasts

Deep Breakfast, deep memory This might sound a little out of character, but I've been listening to Ray Lynch's new age classic Deep Breakfast a lot lately. It's some of the first electronic music I ever heard. Some of the earlie...

I've been kind of obsessed with Ray Lynch's Deep Breakfast lately. I'd forgotten about it, but it was some of the first music I remember listening to as a child. klintron.com/2026/deep-br...

if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships

Off topic but I think of you every time I see a Taco Bell and on the rare occasions I eat there I think of you and think “I am gambling my life for the pleasure of this Crunchwrap.”

Glad your mom is ok!

Portland and Seattle Magazines Bought up by Michigan Media Company - The Stranger City magazines Seattle Met and Portland Monthly have been sold off by their parent company, SagaCity, in a receivership deal to pay off the company’s debts.  In addition to the Seattle and Portland ma...

Sad local journalism news. Reporting by @vivmccall.bsky.social and @suzettesmith.bsky.social
www.thestranger.com/news/portlan...

scan of a gouache painting of Philly's mascot Gritty, a furry orange muppet with wild eyes, as a wrathful deity crowned with gold flames, dancing on modern imps of ignorance and cruelty, on the Columbia bridge over the Schuylkil, in front of a burning Cybertruck in the river, flanked by offerings of pretzels and Tastykakes. It holds up a progress flag on a hockey stick, a middle finger, a sprig of ginkgo, a big cup of Wawa coffee, one empty blessing hand, and a molotov cocktail ready to throw. The sky is pastel dawn colors over Fairmount Park.

so i don't live there now but i am From Philly, it's meaningfully part of me even 20+ years out

and i'm not into hockey but this guy has transcended mere hockey mascot, imo. i've been thinking about this kind of treatment for him basically since go & especially since they doubled down on the flag-

What a great synopsis/micro-review.

@ianmacewan.bsky.social I actually mentioned you in this episode! (Re: Sacramento punching above its weight class)

Sam Kieth tribute episode YouTube video by Sewer Mutant

We recorded an emergency episode in memory of Sam Kieth. We discuss:

- I Before E (A collection of early black and white work)
- Blood Hungry (From Marvel Comics Presents)
- The Maxx (of course)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Vg...

I totally forgot to include Bobby Chase on my list of Women of the Dark Age of Comics … Will have to add her en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie_... sewermutant.com/women-of-the...

The surprising Spanish influence on Watchmen's 9 panel grid layout - Sewer Mutant One of the most distinct features of Watchmen is artist Dave Gibbons’s use of a strict nine-panel grid layout. I always thought the grid layout was inspired by Steve Ditko, whose Objectivist politics ...

Steve Ditko wasn’t the only inspiration for Watchmen’s distinctive nine-panel grid: Bogey, which appeared in Warrior magazine alongside V for Vendetta, was another important influence sewermutant.com/dave-gibbons...

Oregon fails to protect residents against gambling harm, says recent nationwide report As people have begun to participate in sports betting, online poker, casino games and lottery from their mobile devices, guardrails protecting against harmful gambling activity have seldom kept pace.

Online gambling is poised to create an epidemic of gambling addiction (if it hasn’t already): www.opb.org/article/2026...

Alan Moore's early projects "Once There Were Daemons," "The Doll," and "Sun Dodgers" evolved into Marvelman and V for Vendetta - Sewer Mutant Core ideas from V for Vendetta and Marvelman trace back to early Alan Moore projects, including some that date back to his teenage years.

Alan Moore came up with the core idea for Marvelman when he was 13, and published a short comic featuring a Warpsmith (as a "Warp Wizard") and the Qys in high school ("Once There Were Daemons" from his poetry magazine Embryo) sewermutant.com/alan-moores-...

Women of the early early era of industrial music Industrial music has long been a rather masculine genre. But women have always been a part of industrial music. Here are a few who contributed in the early days of the genre's development, before the...

I wrote about the women of the first era of industrial music (late 70s to early 80s). klintron.com/2026/women-o...

Let me know who I missed...

Need something to listen to this weekend?

Podcast: Alan Moore’s early work in Warrior Magazine issues 13-26 - Sewer Mutant We dive into the remainder of Warrior magazine and discuss: The lasting legacy of Alan Moore’s Marvelman and V for Vendetta Warrior‘s successors (including… Boom! Studios?) A surprising influence from...

New Sewer Mutant episode! This time we look at the second half of Warrior magazine and discuss its lasting influence on comics, from Wolverine to Boom! Studios to a surprising influence on Dave Gibbons's approach to Watchmen. sewermutant.com/podcast-alan...

Just got a chance to finally start reading this and I'm only a few paragraphs in but HOLY SHIT how did I not know about this before?

Alan Moore's early projects "Once There Were Daemons," "The Doll," and "Sun Dodgers" evolved into Marvelman and V for Vendetta - Sewer Mutant Core ideas from V for Vendetta and Marvelman trace back to early Alan Moore projects, including some that date back to his teenage years.

Alan Moore came up with the core idea for Marvelman when he was 13, and published a short comic featuring a Warpsmith (as a "Warp Wizard") and the Qys in high school ("Once There Were Daemons" from his poetry magazine Embryo) sewermutant.com/alan-moores-...

…credible and horrific allegations against trump from the latest Epstein files release amid ongoing oppression of trans people and genocides and rising fascism.

Here's MDFMK & "©ontrol¿" ("control"):
bsky.app/profile/wolv...

Who cares what uncle Fred believes when you've got a bunch of people in power who cooked their brains on social media, a bunch of people in power afraid of people who cooked their brains on social media & bunch of news stations that have to produce news attractive to ppl with cooked brains.

Related point, if you are in misinformation research and have been launching study after study to see what Uncle Fred thinks after seeing misinformation PLEASE listen to what @katestarbird.bsky.social and I have been saying for years: effects on elite and official action is what matters most.

Just saw Grant Morrison refer in passing to "The Andrew formerly known as Prince" and I thought you all should know about that delightful phrasing.

John and I dive into the comics anthology that put Alan Moore on the map sewermutant.com/podcast-alan...

you could pluck 100 stories off the newswires about the CBS/Netflix/Warner triangle and not one of them would make the corruption aspect clear

What a gorgeous new typeface. www.futurefonts.com/chaos-type/a...

Comic book creators influenced by Alack Sinner - Sewer Mutant Alack Sinner by Carlos Sampayo and José Muñoz is one of the most quietly influential comic books of all time. It’s likely inspired the look of the entire modern crime comic book genre from Sin City to...

You might not have heard of Alack Sinner, but your favorite crime comic was probably inspired by it sewermutant.com/comic-book-c...

Let me know what else we should cover. So far we're planning on: The Death of Captain Marvel, Ronin, Swamp Thing, and ElfQuest.

Podcast: Before Sin City, before Dark Knight Returns, there was Alack Sinner - Sewer Mutant Sewer Mutant Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Alack Sinner Sewer Mutant is back and we’re delving into the pre-history of the Dark Age of Comic Books with a look at Alack Sinner by Carlos Sampayo and Jos...

Whoa, more Sewer Mutant already! This time we dive into Alack Sinner. Way back in 1975 Carlos Sampayo and José Muñoz were doing a crime/PI comic that feels modern in practically every way, from its leftist politics to its groundbreaking storytelling. sewermutant.com/podcast-alac...