Kurt Busiek

Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music.

If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.

Horton?

beezlenut, rah rah
beezlenut, rah rah

Poisonous adviser. Not a dread warrior.

Wormtongue, surely.

It ain't nice, no.

To be fair, while Tolkien was overtly anti-racist, the orcs are coded Asian and the Southrons are coded African, so the material's there to work with if one wants to.

And Musk clearly wants to.

England is made up of London (on fire), Stonehenge (old) and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.

Elon's favorite calendar.

Of course, the men of Gondor were unable to protect Middle-Earth, and the threat of Sauron was only stopped when hobbits and men teamed up with those of other races and cultures, and worked together for the betterment of all.

A very large (but sympathetic) spider and a mostly-human rabbit gaze up in horror at something unseen. Illustration from Seanan McGuire's short story collection LAUGHTER AT THE ACADEMY from Subterranean Press. Art by Carla Speed McNeil, pen and ink with black colored pencil on paper.

Now available on Patreon: a series of drawings I made for @seananmcguire.bsky.social's amazing short story collection, LAUGHTER AT THE ACADEMY (Subterranean Press)! $20 for the collection, the book's out of print. Spooky season should never end. www.patreon.com/c/carlaspeed...

Nobody gets paid if you just reread it, of course.

He’s usually brainwashed somehow, or overcome with the stupids.

I don't know which ones are bots and which are just beginners, so I'm not gonna block 'em just for that.

Though I suspect the ones with photos of nubile young women in revealing clothes who say they're here for fun tend toward being bots...

Yeah, but that's not a sudden change in the last few days...

two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.

And thanks for all of the very kind anniversary congrats. Much appreciated. It was an enjoyable day, a delicious dinner, and we've decided to stay married for the foreseeable future, so I'd call that a rousing success. Two thumbs up from us, maybe four.

I'm getting a flood of new followers the last day or two -- most of them followers with no posts, no followers themselves and often numbers in their names. Did something happen over at the X-Mansion, or is this a bot influx, or what?

Funrama Comic interior page 1 of Sagittarius ordering a coffee and having a meet cute with barista guy

NEW! I’m running Funrama short stories in between the main chapters on my Patreon. This one focuses on the mercenary archer girl Sagittarius. I expect to win 10-12 Eisners for this one. Join to read more. Funrama written, drawn, and everything by me.

DC Comics has been paying royalties on sales since about 1980, and percentages to character creators for almost as long.

People who worked on SANDMAN, very much including Neil, have gotten paid lots and lots beyond their original page rate.

It was very good.

Heck, no. If they were meant as Jim and Dick they’d have had reactions like Jim and Dick’s, which weren’t about the compatibility of the two universes.

I’m pretty sure not, yeah.

He likes soup.

Yes.

Cinnamon-roll bread pudding!

Schmancy-ass goat cheese and fennel sausage pizza!

Short rib!

Rosemary Parmesan fries!

Beer! Fizzy water!

And so it begins…