One day I will sign up for a new social media app and post more frequently than every few months.
Today may be that day.
Or not.
@jameshowlett.bsky.social
Unapologetic fan of all things geeky. Franchise marathon binger extraordinaire. Comic book reader and editor. Reclusive wanker.
One day I will sign up for a new social media app and post more frequently than every few months.
Today may be that day.
Or not.
Super7 action figures of Bulk & Skull from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
I now have the Power Rangers characters Iโve wanted figures of since 1993.
Finally, thanks to Super7 and their insane deep diving into the licenses they get, Bulk and Skull get the appreciation they deserve.
I can now die happy.
(Many, many years from now.
Many.)
Alright Baldurโs Gate 3.
Letโs see how you can ruin my productivity for a bit.
This.
All of fucking this.
Youโre very welcome. Thank you for writing many of my favourite comic runs of recent times. Keep kicking ass!
And thank you! I searched for them a few weeks back and got nothing, but I know the search function was (maybe still is?) wonky for a while.
Much appreciated!
Cover for Marvelโs Itโs Jeff #37
Yes! My favourite digital exclusive comic on Marvel Unlimited is back! Wooooo!
Itโs Jeff by @kellythompson.bsky.social and Gurihiru
More Jeff is always more gooder! I swear this adorable series has genuinely become my favourite thing Marvel puts out. Itโs also required bedtime reading for my kids
First look at the 49th Super Sentai team, No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger.
Initial colour make up is Red, Black, Blue, Green, Yellow.
Iโm definitely intrigued by the suit designs. Looking forward to seeing the full suits more clearly.
Thatโs awful(ly funny to me).
27.11.2024 14:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Newsroom will be on my list at some point. Iโve only watch it straight through once so donโt count it yet for myself.
Same with The Expanse. Those are great choices.
Buffy and Angel are on my list to get back to soon. I adore them but havenโt watched them in almost 20 years.
Iโm rewatching the original Quantum Leap right now. And also doing a Star Trek rewatch too, and Enterprise fell at the same point, so itโs a double dose of Bakula for me at the moment ๐คฃ
The Birdcage
Still Crazy
Guyver: Dark Hero
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Lethal Weapon
First Blood
These days I do a lot more confort tv shows though. Franchises like Star Trek, Stargate, and The MCU.
Also The West Wing, Boston Legal, and Justified.
Trying to get back into my daily coloring on the Color Your Own Marvel app.
Spider-Man vs Hobgoblin
#marvelcoloring
This week Iโve finally gotten around to watching beyond season 1 of Locke & Key.
Just started season 3 last night and enjoying it immensely. And now I have the strong urge to go back and re-read the comic again because I adore the hell out of that series.
Anyone who knows me knows I love to bitch. Mostly just to be funny.
But! Anyone who doesnโt know me could see that and think Iโm being serious. And thereโs too much negativity out there.
So gonna try emphasise the things I love. Doesnโt mean I wonโt critique but gonna try focus on the good.
I was having an adequate day.
We were all having some semblance of a day.
Oh absolutely. I mainly meant that in regards to where you said people were trying to imply that you thought it was a good thing when writing it.
You canโt control how the story is interpreted, of course.
It baffles me how something so obvious just blows right over peopleโs heads.
It couldnโt have been clearer that it wasnโt something she was happy about and that her loved ones didnโt want her to do because they loved her as she is.
And itโs also pretty obvious you love writing her as she is too.
As a toy collector, youโd think getting a super impressive Optimus Prime, or screen accurate Megazord or funny as hell obscure comic character something would be the figure that would most excite me.
Nope.
Itโs at long last getting a figure of Bulk (with Skull soon to arrive).
Uncanny X-Men by Gail Simone was definitely the highlight of the new releases (though I still have the Energon Universe books to read).
Re-read the entire World War Hulk event for the first time since it came out too. That was more fun than I remembered.
People of bluesky, letโs get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie?
Quote share your answer in GIF form only.
I am nothing if not somewhat overly dramatic when Iโm awake.
17.11.2024 03:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeah, Powers was definitely along the same lines. It wouldnโt surprise me if it was part of his inspiration (though entirely possible it was just coincidence too).
Never read much Powers myself. I thought the first trade was decent but never could quite get into it.
Yeah, that was where my mind went to too. These days, privacy seems more vital than ever so it being missing is a big red flag against this site.
For now Iโm probably gonna use it mostly for nerd stuff & minimise personal posts. That at least should limit my own concerns. But theyโd want to fix it
I will say, as much as Iโm liking this app compared to other social media currently, the lack of a privacy setting bothers me.
16.11.2024 08:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Oh that! No, had no interest in that. But the comments Iโm seeing make it sound like a shitshow.
16.11.2024 05:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I may be having a brain fog memory moment but I donโt remember hearing about that at all! That shit is nuts!
16.11.2024 05:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0(5) Keep in mind, those were the ideas of a guy who barely did any indie comic writing, had no contacts, and definitely didnโt have the skill to write on a main publisher level.
I can barely write on a โwriting a shopping listโ level ๐คฃ
Just random ideas when I canโt sleep that occasionally return
(4) in that area.
The early to late 2000s touched on this now and then too, with books centred on the Daily Bugle, The Pulse, and Front Line reporters. But they were always short runs, and mostly heavily tied into massive events.
Iโd just love to see a line that shows the human perspective more.
(3) thought about writing comics about was an expanded version of the Code BLUE concept, with the other emergency services having their own units too, rather than Damage Control always being the ones thrown into a story to deal with super problems.
I always felt like there was untapped potentialโฆ
(2) In the 90s there was a Thor spinoff called Code BLUE which was about an NYPD unit specially created to deal with super crime in NYC. It didnโt last long and mostly disappeared but Iโd have loved more about them.
One of the few Marvel ideas I considered pitching yeeeears ago when I brieflyโฆ