Nice!
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 July 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
Yea, those are awesome.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 19 July 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
Where's Tuomas to say he doesn't recognise any of these?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 05:36 (two years ago) link
https://www.jmkeworld.com/https://www.instagram.com/j.m.k.e/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Watched a bit of the Cartoonist Kayfabe on DC: The New Frontier and they kept referring to Cooke in the present tense. Had a moment of "wait, am I wrong that he's passed?", googled, and got bummed out all over again.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 26 July 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/arts/france-culture-pass.html
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
Really hate the framing of that title - France officially made 2020 "the year of the comic" and included comics in that discount for a reason. Don't project your cultural biases onto it, NYT.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 29 July 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
Agreed
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
such a dick move, NYT editors.
― Nhex, Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:00 (two years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sloanesloane/death-in-the-mouth-original-horror-by-people-of-color
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 1 August 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
Kids reading books, society will crumble
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 2 August 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
Oh wait it did
they ended up changing the headline and more aggressively changing it in print, but it's stupidly clickbaity and willfully ignorant
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 August 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
But rather than discovering highbrow arts, many are choosing mass media they already love.
"highbrow" derives from phrenology, right?
― peace, man, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
sighted on tabs: confused guy buys a pile of manga, mistaken believes it is worth the price shown on ebay when it is actually worth more or less what he paid for ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdZd6z9BmL4
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 August 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
context: https://onposting.substack.com/p/me-and-gary-vee-down-by-the-schoolyard
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 August 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
can't believe i watched all of that. weirdly compelling because I know a few guys like this, classic east coast affable/sleazy hustler/grifter, though this guy seems even heavier on the sleazy side than normal
(of course, I'm a little jealous that he did get all those books. i would've happily paid that to read and collect them! where does it say he didn't turn a profit, though?)
though fuck this guy for the bootstraps-positivity / "people spend their money from the govt on nikes" comment and that he is performing this clown show with a personal net worth of $200 MILLION, jesus fuck what is wrong with this world
― Nhex, Monday, 2 August 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
I’m just opining that there is no fucking way he made even a thousand bucks on that haul on eBay, no one is buying manga at those prices and I speak from experience
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
He got 1,001 books! Supposedly sold at $6,396.12 (let's say $7K before fees) It's slightly possible he could get $7 a book over enough time, especially if many of those were runs were OOP as it looked...and he had some luck. I paused the video and the sell dates listed are in May and June of this year. Think he definitely made a profit - one worth traveling to 32 garage sales (if that's even true)... well, I don't know.
Saying as someone who unfortunately recently returned to collecting manga again, it is often bad. (Do you know much a full run of Goodnight PunPun costs now? oof..)
But yeah, it could be an exaggeration or lie. Still, buying that big a haul for only $270 is unbelievable or heinous. Like did the owner believe these books were worth only 27 cents each? Maybe bitter revenge from an empty nest?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
He's making money on chumps like us keep streaming the video and arguing over how much of a chump this dude seems to be too.
Some days I just look at the world and say, bring on the sun going nova and wipe this grease stain of a planet out of the heavens.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
http://cdn.quotesgram.com/small/47/54/1466503358-tumblr_me2piotOhX1rur0aro1_1280.jpg
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
Ha! Exactly. I have definitely thought in the last few years that I would love to be a super-villain.
Still the underwritten message of all the good comics where the bad guy finally wins is in the end, it all still kinda sucks.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
https://gizmodo.com/batman-writer-james-tynion-iv-is-moving-from-dc-to-subs-1847449770
Surprised by this. He seemed to have strong support from DC the past couple of years, they put him on Batman after Tom King's run. Question is, is he popular enough to make money on... Substack? Or maybe Substack gave him some kind of incredible deal.
I think he's an average DC house writer (his Batman/Detective work was decent), but he's churning out so much stuff, possible I just haven't read his best material
― Nhex, Friday, 13 August 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
Substack is just giving massive deals to (esp right-wing) comics writers (in line with them giving good-to-massive deals to rightish-or-openly-transphobic essay writers)writer/artists or artists get jack doodley
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 13 August 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link
https://aiptcomics.com/2021/08/12/chip-zdarsky-substack/
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 August 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
none of the comics writers I'm seeing in the list are particularly right wing, unless we're doing the Nick Spencer political dissection thing again
― mh, Friday, 13 August 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah, pls flesh out your thoughts on this one a lil, sic. I want to understand.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 August 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
I may have just logged that opinion when Spencer was announced as being in charge of the whole thing, and not bothered to follow up tbh - I thought there was at least one more but dnrc who
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 13 August 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
At the very least, a cursory glance suggests that this may be a deal of the 'too good to be true'/'...with the devil' variety, particularly given the unsavory right-wing associations.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 August 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
i think it's just a decision made upstairs to break off a mill or two and corner the market for comic nerds
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 August 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
Hiring Spencer to head it at the same time as yr paying (and otherwise platforming) a solid grip of anti-trans ranters might be a total coincidence but it says SOMEthing about the decision-making process
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 14 August 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
maybe they're trying to cover more bases, like a "neutral" book publisher would
― Nhex, Saturday, 14 August 2021 05:32 (two years ago) link
I did hear similar rumblings to sic's initial post amongst some comics ppl but can't find the tweets anymore
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 14 August 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
maybe they're trying to cover more bases, like a "neutral" book publisher would“we hired middle-aged male superhero writers from DC and Marvel!”
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
They're giving Molly Ostertag money, an unequivocal good imo
― Nhex, Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
yeah, forever happy to see her succeed
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
Having suscribed to 2000AD for enough months now, I gotta say: I lack the historical knowledge to know whether the phase it's currently in is good or bad by the mag's standards, but I am falling in love w/ the weekly comics anthology format. I love the variety and the certainty that if something's not up to snuff, well, something else will come along in a couple of pages, and the thing itself will be replaced by something else in a month or two.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, July 9, 2021 3:43 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
It has its peaks and troughs certainly, but generally speaking Matt Smith's 20+ years run as editor has been amazingly consistent (especially considering he handles the monthly title as well). All the more remarkable when compared to the doldrums of the early nineties, when it was obvious the editorial didn't give a shit and the quality went down the toilet as a result. Spot on that the anthology format is a huge strength, the possibility of something amazing and unexpected turning up is always around the corner. Except for Pat Mills' interminable decades-long sagas that never seemed to get anywhere, but he seems to've got his coat and left recently, so...
Speaking of 2000ad - just been re-reading all the extant chapters of The Order and it really is wonderful stuff, a complex and intricate narrative on a vast scale which also has ton of great action whilst managing to be humane and moving at the same time, what more could you ask from a comic.
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Saturday, 14 August 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
I assume the substack deal is going to flop, people who give enough of a shit about comics to follow certain writers really seem invested in having them in print.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 15 August 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
Really depends how much these subs will cost imo. If it's $20-30 a month as one of them hinted at (from their Patreon dues) forget it. If it's like $5-10 a month I might even bite.
― Nhex, Sunday, 15 August 2021 00:55 (two years ago) link
Substack has such a strong “failure waiting to happen” vibe
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:13 (two years ago) link
Like, it’s hard to see it not going the way of medium, I think? I.e. paying big money to, then stiffing, creators when the returns are only moderate or non-existent
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:14 (two years ago) link
https://www.naokiurasawa.com/season-0/
Documentary series, lots of famous artists. Some of the episodes have abridged "highlights" versions.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 August 2021 12:04 (two years ago) link
Whoa, great find!
― Nhex, Sunday, 15 August 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
The one with Daijiro Morohoshi was a little disappointing, he seemed really shy and didn't talk much. Ryoichi Ikegami is so embarrassed about being old he has his drawings covering his face
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 August 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Takes a bit of clicking around (each cover is a series) but Morohoshi has some really great cover arthttps://www.manga-news.com/index.php/auteur/oeuvres-vo/MOROHOSHI-Daijiro
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 August 2021 12:30 (two years ago) link
Agreed, amazing discovery!
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 August 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
Well it's not a secret, all of it has been very carefully subtitled so I think Urasawa was probably aiming at a big audience for this. I mentioned the Archipel youtube channel before and that has some great interviews with manga authors and other japanese artists.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 15 August 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Just read Under-Earth by Chris Gooch. Fantastic work, gritty sci-fi noir adventure.
― Nhex, Friday, 27 August 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
Old news but still hilarioushttps://superdickery.com/lois-and-luthor-off-superman/http://platypuscomix.com/otherpeople/perilsoflois.htmlLast link is 3 pages
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
Coming in November...https://images.booksense.com/images/823/122/9781681122823.jpg
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link