PANEL 1: A cat is going for a run in little running shorts and a headband. CAT (thinking): "Trying to remember routine production has two disciplines: the discipline of starting the work, and the discipline of releasing the work. As in RELEASING THE ENTANGLED SELF FROM THE WORK." PANEL 2: CAT: (thinking) "I overidentify with my work. I get excited to play my ruleset in public. The rules of a work's composition. Little havens of play." PANEL 3: The cat has stopped for a light and is stretching. A duck has stopped to address the cat. DUCK: "When Barthelme said, 'Fragments are the only form I trust," I felt that. But I tend to leave off that he wrote a specific narrator saying it. It's not him directly." PANEL 4: The cat has returned to his run. CAT (thinking): "The problem with running by DePaul is undergraduates are so publicly grappling with the basics like that. Stop you in the street, even." PANEL 5: The cat continues running. CAT (thinking): "One mistake is attributing meaning uncovered from play within a ruleset TO THE RULESET. You bring meaning like a ball. Don't forget to take it home."

the self is not the rules of the self

38 mins

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Congratulations to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for winning the Grammy for Best Concept Album About An Armadillo Tank for the 54th year in a row

I was rereading to catch up and just really love this page

To be fair to that guy, Wavelength probably isn’t very fun to play alone.

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Halloween Sale 2025 by clairenapier A bundle by clairenapier, $20.00 for 4 games

I have a Halloween non-sale on my itch; you can get my horror romance comic The Magic Necklace, all of my hostile romance comic series Wolf Story, and the Jim Steinman zine Still Beating for $20. Have a passionate late October itch.io/s/165295/hal...

shin godzilla, what’s next king kneedorah? hey i’m kidding. don’t get worked up over nothing

the new Superman movie is pretty solid but it's unbelievable cowardice to come so close to making a Superman who listens to 90s ska and then back down

Slogged most of the way through one expecting literally anything interesting to happen, hoping for a reason to care about any of the characters. Gave up way too late when I started being annoyed by the extremely obvious twist being foreshadowed.

Like the Beatles, I "get by with a little help of my frienfs" - BEER and CIGARETTES

This results into small communities feeds to get a small amount of posts per day (if any). We're sorry about it. we hope @blueskyfeedcreator.com sees the harm this is to small feeds and revert the change. Maybe they did already (at least today there are posts in the feed.Previous one was 5days ago).

The #altcomics feed is undergoing some problems due to Blueskyfeedcreator (the feed provider we are using) changing the service they offer for free to feeds as this one:(so it seems now the free feeds only show posts from a sampling of the Bluesky network, rather than from the full network)
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🦕 Dino Funnies #1, edited by George Olsen, is a really cool comics anthology for kids (and adults) that recently came out. 82 pages of comics! 🦕

📸 @tanaoshima.bsky.social (thanks!)

Long hulk

Hey, the common loon called. Yeah, it was hauntingly beautiful

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Mano Opuesta #5 #altcomix

Found @mano-opuesta.bsky.social ’s newest at Fatbottom Books in Barcelona, absolutely had to grab a copy.

Democrat candidates gotta do a reverse Voight-Kampff test where the more inhuman and detached the answers, the more suitable they are for candidacy. Buttigieg posted the best numbers they've ever seen.

Rick Steves Talks Travel, Cannabis and Freedom The celebrated PBS television host’s plant advocacy is legendary as is his take on the current state of international cannabis.

I’m a hardworking, taxpaying, churchgoing, grandkid-raising American citizen. And if I work all day long and want to go home, smoke a joint & just stare at the fireplace for 3 hours…that’s my civil liberty. ‪

@sarapayan.bsky.social‬ reports on my mission to end America's prohibition on marijuana:

at least toby keith is dead this time

there was no arsonist. those waymos just did that

Four Score & Seven Pongs Ago - Meal-Morial Madness 2025 Meal-Morial Madness 2025 begins Saturday, May 24 and ends Sunday, May 25 SCHEDULE MEET OUR VOLUNTEERS PRIZES What is Meal-Morial Madness? Meal-Morial Madness is a two day video game marathon stream…

I'm helping out with Meal-morial Madness 2025! It's a 36-hour stream marathon benefitting Feeding America! I'll be chatting, playing games, and hosting some segments starting at 7pm tonight and going til tomorrow evening!

Come say hi, lurk, and maybe donate to great cause!

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as much as these trifling indie cartoonists listen to hip hop, they’ve never thought about the reality of songs where three, four, or five rappers going around and each saying that they themselves are the best, and paradoxically, each agreeing that the others are also the best

Steinman zine contributor copies & zine+sticker combos GO!🦇❤️‍🔥

is mastercard a queer ally? is this tv show my friend? is the catholic pope progressive?

Outside of the US is covered, too:

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Cover of STILL BEATING #altcomix

I’m hosting the US printing of STILL BEATING, the world’s foremost Jim Steinman fan zine. Amazing writing, art, and comics about the man himself, compiled and released into the world by @illusclaire.bsky.social and featuring a who’s who of Steinmaniacs.

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It’s true! I’m hosting a US Mixam printing of STILL BEATING. Now every single person in America can buy a copy for themselves.

Dude you’re transphobic? Like from Harry Potter? Grow up.