Holy shit, look at him GO! Run free forever, you magnificent little bastard.
Posts by Mark Smylie
Lands of RuneQuest: Sartar is coming later in 2026. And when it does, we're including with the book a brand new 40 page scenario set in Boldhome, the Sartarite capital.
Explore and learn about the vibrant Glorantha setting through play!
NEW: We’ve identified the man who runs the far-right troll account on X “HowlingMutant,” whose jokes about rape and the Holocaust have earned him nearly 200,000 followers, which include Vice President JD Vance. His name is Alexander Norden, from Rockaway Park in New York City.
Very cool, do you know the source of the pic?
Sneak peek…
Katharine Hepburn by Ernest Bachrach for Sylvia Scarlett (1935).
It is with great sadness that the WIZARDS team must announce the passing of our dear friend and co-host, @williambwest.bsky.social this weekend. Will was a loving father, husband and devoted son, with many friends and fans who mourn along with his loved ones. He will never be forgotten.
hello @rangedtouch.bsky.social I rushed to my computer after hearing the first 15 minutes of the latest Shelved by Genre because I had to make your idea real immediately
As Back is English I assume he’d pursue a slander case in UK courts, where I believe a financial loss is usually a prereq of the case. So *if* his current venture were adversely affected because he was falsely accused of being Satoshi (e.g. investors pulled out) then I believe he could at least try?
If his current venture (described towards the end of the article) goes awry because he’s outed as Satoshi he could maybe sue on the grounds that a false claim about him had material consequences. On the other hand in a lawsuit they could seek the email metadata he consistently refused to share
Mark Evanier has had a large amount of original comics art stolen from his home; there's a list at this link. If you're involved in buying or selling art, please circulate it.
www.newsfromme.com/2026/04/07/m...
Rabea Rogge, die erste deutsche Frau im All, hat einfach einen W20 mit rauf genommen. #PNPDE #Spaaace
Brooklyn Expo of Comics (BEC) is a new 2-day comics festival that will take place November 14-15 in Williamsburg. Natalie, @benpassmore.bsky.social, and @adamtots.bsky.social all say this will be Brooklyn's best fest yet. Applications are now LIVE for BEC until May 17, link in bio to apply!
The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today.
Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere.
Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.
trump rolling up to scotus like "don't forget i own you" and then scotus going "yessir" right after 8 million people marched lmao that would be amazing. anyways, someone's already drafting the constitution of the Second Republic right
Still holds up after two years!
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir.
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
A personal favorite! I mean, who wouldn’t like a film with the Pogues in the cast?
wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc.
But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
I was at a journalism event 2 weeks ago where @GovSherrillNJ talked about how important independent media is in NJ. Sadly, she cut all state funding from the budget for the NJ Civic Info Consortium, which funds local media, including us. Please restore the $2.5 million.
And Eclipse, and Dark Horse…
We're down to counting in hours! 61 to go! I want to get to $5k and get the fancy binding on the book, we're only $300 away!
Come check out Teenage Ninja Fighting School, the high action and high drama shonen anime ttrpg!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pet...
Send me a DM here or email mark@swordandbarrow.com, thanks!
Covers and some interior art are often fairly large (in a few cases up to 20x30), with lots of art at 14x17, 11x17 or 8.5x14, w/some spot illos (usually 6x12 or smaller). All are watercolor, gouache, colored pencil and ink on Bristol (usually 2- or 3-ply). Please DM if something seems of interest!
Recent original art includes covers & interior art for PENDRAGON, AGE OF VIKINGS, and #Glorantha material for Chaosium and the Jonstown Compendium; interior art for Vortex Verlag's 5E books on Florence and Venice; personal art for the Known World books & BLACK HEART; + older art for WotC, AEG, etc
I'd hoped to get to Chaosium Con USA next month but unfortunately won't make it. Conventions are where I tend to sell original art, and as it's been a while since I've done one as an artist/exhibitor a lot's accumulated in the flat files so I thought I'd post a "spring cleaning" sale notice instead.
Double bill with You’ve Got Mail?