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a cartoon of flintstone driving a car with the caption made with mematic Alt: Fred flintstone in his car

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Plastic Fantastic: Plastic Man Plays Both Sides in Police Comics #7 | Shelfdust Get more from Shelfdust on Patreon

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Plastic Fantastic: Plastic Man Plays Both Sides in Police Comics #7 🚨

He's the superhero whose secret identity is a wanted criminal! How is he going to stay one step ahead of the Law AND the criminals?
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Shelfdust’s Year of Evil: Magneto Is evil what it used to be? The most popular villains in comic book history are almost all characters who debuted half a century ago, their terrifying legacy and merciless reputation continuing onw…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Shelfdust’s Year of Evil: Magneto🚨

How does the original version of Magneto, as seen in X-Men #1 from 1963, compare to the modern idea of the character? Let's take a look! shelfdust.com/2026/02/04/s...

a cartoon character with a red helmet is holding his head Alt: Magneto

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Returning with the Tide: Stephen King’s Creepshow By Andy Tuttle In October of 2024 I decided to do something crazy, something mad, something downright foolish; I was going to read every Stephen King book, from the oldest to the latest. Yes, from …

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Returning with the Tide: Stephen King’s Creepshow 🚨

King super-reader @atuttle81.bsky.social dives into the dark waters of the 1982 Creepshow graphic novel, illustrated by the great Bernie Wrightson: shelfdust.com/2026/01/28/r...

Stephen King’s Creepshow!

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Political Martyrs: Horst Wessel and Berlin #14 By Rob Cave On September 10, 2025, the right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was killed at an event at the University of Utah, hosted and organized by his own political organization. In the da…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Political Martyrs: Horst Wessel and Berlin #14, by @robcave.bsky.social 🚨

How do fascists create their narratives, their heroes? Let’s head back to read Berlin by Jason Lutes, which captures a moment: shelfdust.com/2026/01/21/p...

Berlin, by Jason Lutes

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I really liked Gravity when it dropped. Cool to see a look back at it, especially one that spins up into the vagaries of creating new characters today.

Got another opportunity to write for @shelfdust.bsky.social ! This time I explored the disillusionment of freshman year and comics' eternal quest for "this generation's Spider-Man," via #Gravity.

Another Law of Gravity: Creating “The Next Spider-Man” By Tim Stevens I’ve spent considerable time in and around Higher Ed. First, as a high schooler, I was involved in a program that took a group of us to Trinity College about once a month. (It is per…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Another Law of Gravity: Creating “The Next Spider-Man”, by @ungajje.bsky.social 🚨

Every few years publishers try to create the new everyman superhero character - but not many of them succeed! Was the new millennium's 'Gravity' any different? shelfdust.com/2026/01/14/a...

Another Law of Gravity: Creating “The Next Spider-Man” By Tim Stevens I’ve spent considerable time in and around Higher Ed. First, as a high schooler, I was involved in a program that took a group of us to Trinity College about once a month. (It is per…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Another Law of Gravity: Creating “The Next Spider-Man”, by @ungajje.bsky.social 🚨

Every few years publishers try to create the new everyman superhero character - but not many of them succeed! Was the new millennium's 'Gravity' any different? shelfdust.com/2026/01/14/a...

Shelfdust’s Year of Evil: The Joker Is evil what it used to be? The most popular villains in comic book history are almost all characters who debuted half a century ago, their terrifying legacy and merciless reputation continuing onw…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Shelfdust’s Year of Evil - The Joker 🚨

We look at the first appearance of the Joker to see how much the character has changed over the years! shelfdust.com/2026/01/07/s...

A sad hero says “it was all a mistake”

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Plastic Fantastic: A Farewell to Arms in Police Comics #6 | Shelfdust Get more from Shelfdust on Patreon

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Plastic Man takes over the cover of Police Comics with issue #6 of the series - and fights a pair of evil arms! www.patreon.com/posts/plasti...

Shelfdust’s Year of Evil: The Joker Is evil what it used to be? The most popular villains in comic book history are almost all characters who debuted half a century ago, their terrifying legacy and merciless reputation continuing onw…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! Shelfdust’s Year of Evil - The Joker 🚨

We look at the first appearance of the Joker to see how much the character has changed over the years! shelfdust.com/2026/01/07/s...

a man in a joker costume is laughing in front of a no loafing sign Alt: The joker has a lol

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“Lizzie Is Having An Awfully Big Adventure”: The Unwritten #17 “There’s someone in my head, but it’s not me” By Steve Morris Issue #17 of The Unwritten changes things once more, as we get the backstory for Lizzie finally handed to us ac…

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“Lizzie Is Having An Awfully Big Adventure”: The Unwritten #17: shelfdust.com/2025/12/31/l...

Never condemned her...

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a blonde woman is standing in front of a purple background and says `` choose your own destiny '' . Alt: Britney spears says “choose your own destiny”

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And Steve is right about the two things that never work, by the way. He's a smart one...

A Christmas miracle! Steve talking about comics!

Twas The Scott Lang Before Christmas: Marvel What The?! #16 By Steve Morris As I’m sure Wally Wood would say at the pub but never dared write down for fear of being too truthful, there are two things which never work in comics. The first is cursive le…

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Twas The Scott Lang Before Christmas: Marvel What The?! #16: shelfdust.com/2025/12/24/t...

Wrote about comics, music, and being a son, sparked by a short read from a talented creator. I ended up buying that new Dylan project on record store day recently because of Oshimi’s work.
good art often leads to more art, whether im making it or taking it in.

Doctor octopus has taken over Santa’s workshop!! Oh no!!

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David's writing. Always to die for.

Me and Shuzo Oshimi’s “Me and Bob Dylan (And My Father)” By David Brothers Shuzo Oshimi is a cartoonist who is largely known for works that blend youth and perversion, in the specific sense of a deviation from the norm, but still with all the sexual subt…

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Me and Shuzo Oshimi’s “Me and Bob Dylan (And My Father)”, by @iamdavidbrothers.com: shelfdust.com/2025/12/17/m...

a black and white photo of a man with a microphone in his mouth . Alt: Bob Dylan

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Listening back to an old episode of @shelfdust.bsky.social's podcast The War Effort, and pleased to discover that apparently I decided to make a passing reference to Matt Lucas on Shooting Stars yelling "Av asked fer soup but thev not brought any"