Dallan Baumgarten

it exists! Really fun comp. Put together by Van Jenson, with stories by Mike Allred, Josh Cotter, Zander Cannon, Shaenon Garrity, & 2 pieces by yours truly.

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after. And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before. If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too. Saw this & thought I'd repost

Reposting with Alt-text:

I love superhero comics so much

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

follow the rules

Tess Fowler Art A collection of art by Tess Fowler. - High end art prints - Original art - Comic books

Thank you all for continuing to share Tess's shop. I've got to raise some funds before the end of the month to keep us housed so every share is extra helpful. If I can hold on here a couple more months I can move us somewhere way more affordable. Thank you for standing by us!

Another one

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

“If the car’s gone,”

“I’ll give you another cookie anyway”

“because I love you.”

Happy Columbo’s Day

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Absolutely brutal.

GLORIOUS.

Drawing of Spider-Man by Gabriel Hardman

The Ed Asner Family Center auction is live. Here’s my contribution for this year. I’m always happy to help. Please bid! comics.ha.com/itm/original...

Someone on Reddit posted that Jeffrey Dean Morgan has played:
Negan - Walking Dead
Comedian - Watchmen
Thomas Wayne - Batman vs. Superman
Clay - The Losers
Jeb Turnbull - Jonah Hex
AND
Joe Kessler - The Boys

WOW.

Also, people forget that Chris Evans was in Scott Pilgrim.

That’s outstanding.

GLORIOUS. 🤘

It’s always solid.

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

I got a little behind.
I just read 21 & 22 this morning while waiting on my car at the mechanic.
They were fantastic.

That’s fantastic. Those moments can be beautiful, epic, and cathartic.
I did get to chat with Bob at a con a few years back. He was a lot of fun and seemed like a very decent dude.

Truer words, truer words…

Spot on, Steve, thanks! 😁

Perfect, brother, thank you! 😆

That’s perfect, Vinson!
Thank you. 😉

Just putting it out there, but, if anyone wouldn’t mind sharing their notes… I totally missed this week’s Antifa meeting in Portland.
Just overslept, is all.
Would love to get a copy of what I missed. ✌️

Wow. Thats pretty crazy, Vinson.
I appreciate you sharing that.

A photo of my hand holding a bagged & boarded copy of Iron Man #128 from 1979, the Bob Layton cover of which depicts Tony Stark staring into a mirror, distraught, sweating, with his helmet, a drinking glass and a bottle of booze on the table next to his hand, his armor showing under his frayed coat.

I had never read this before and I it was really pretty darn good. Looked great, obviously, but a very solid read.
#IronMan #128 (1979)

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

I’d love to see anything new by Frank Robbins. :(

Even I know what the Edo period is.

What is it again?

Your neighborhood will definitely be better for it. ♥️

The Cars bassist Benjamin Orr on stage playing bass guitar and smiling.

Benjamin Orr, you are missed. 💔