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@jameshowlett.bsky.social

Unapologetic fan of all things geeky. Franchise marathon binger extraordinaire. Comic book reader and editor. Reclusive wanker.

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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.

15.02.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Super7 action figures of Bulk & Skull from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Super7 action figures of Bulk & Skull from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

I now have the Power Rangers characters Iโ€™ve 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.)

04.12.2024 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alright Baldurโ€™s Gate 3.

Letโ€™s see how you can ruin my productivity for a bit.

02.12.2024 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This.

All of fucking this.

01.12.2024 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™re 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!

30.11.2024 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover for Marvelโ€™s Itโ€™s Jeff #37

Cover for Marvelโ€™s Itโ€™s Jeff #37

Yes! My favourite digital exclusive comic on Marvel Unlimited is back! Wooooo!

Itโ€™s 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. Itโ€™s also required bedtime reading for my kids

30.11.2024 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First look at the 49th Super Sentai team, No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger.

Initial colour make up is Red, Black, Blue, Green, Yellow.

Iโ€™m definitely intrigued by the suit designs. Looking forward to seeing the full suits more clearly.

29.11.2024 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s awful(ly funny to me).

27.11.2024 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Newsroom will be on my list at some point. Iโ€™ve only watch it straight through once so donโ€™t count it yet for myself.

Same with The Expanse. Those are great choices.

27.11.2024 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Buffy and Angel are on my list to get back to soon. I adore them but havenโ€™t watched them in almost 20 years.

Iโ€™m rewatching the original Quantum Leap right now. And also doing a Star Trek rewatch too, and Enterprise fell at the same point, so itโ€™s a double dose of Bakula for me at the moment ๐Ÿคฃ

27.11.2024 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

27.11.2024 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trying to get back into my daily coloring on the Color Your Own Marvel app.

Spider-Man vs Hobgoblin

#marvelcoloring

26.11.2024 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This week Iโ€™ve 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.

26.11.2024 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone who knows me knows I love to bitch. Mostly just to be funny.

But! Anyone who doesnโ€™t know me could see that and think Iโ€™m being serious. And thereโ€™s too much negativity out there.

So gonna try emphasise the things I love. Doesnโ€™t mean I wonโ€™t critique but gonna try focus on the good.

26.11.2024 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was having an adequate day.

We were all having some semblance of a day.

22.11.2024 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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 canโ€™t control how the story is interpreted, of course.

21.11.2024 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It baffles me how something so obvious just blows right over peopleโ€™s heads.

It couldnโ€™t have been clearer that it wasnโ€™t something she was happy about and that her loved ones didnโ€™t want her to do because they loved her as she is.

And itโ€™s also pretty obvious you love writing her as she is too.

21.11.2024 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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As a toy collector, youโ€™d 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.

Itโ€™s at long last getting a figure of Bulk (with Skull soon to arrive).

18.11.2024 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

18.11.2024 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People of bluesky, letโ€™s get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie?

Quote share your answer in GIF form only.

17.11.2024 04:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am nothing if not somewhat overly dramatic when Iโ€™m awake.

17.11.2024 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, Powers was definitely along the same lines. It wouldnโ€™t 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.

16.11.2024 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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 Iโ€™m probably gonna use it mostly for nerd stuff & minimise personal posts. That at least should limit my own concerns. But theyโ€™d want to fix it

16.11.2024 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will say, as much as Iโ€™m liking this app compared to other social media currently, the lack of a privacy setting bothers me.

16.11.2024 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh that! No, had no interest in that. But the comments Iโ€™m seeing make it sound like a shitshow.

16.11.2024 05:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I may be having a brain fog memory moment but I donโ€™t remember hearing about that at all! That shit is nuts!

16.11.2024 05:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(5) Keep in mind, those were the ideas of a guy who barely did any indie comic writing, had no contacts, and definitely didnโ€™t have the skill to write on a main publisher level.

I can barely write on a โ€œwriting a shopping listโ€ level ๐Ÿคฃ

Just random ideas when I canโ€™t sleep that occasionally return

16.11.2024 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(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.

Iโ€™d just love to see a line that shows the human perspective more.

16.11.2024 05:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(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 potentialโ€ฆ

16.11.2024 05:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(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 didnโ€™t last long and mostly disappeared but Iโ€™d have loved more about them.

One of the few Marvel ideas I considered pitching yeeeears ago when I brieflyโ€ฆ

16.11.2024 05:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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