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@thatmatt.bsky.social

Yo - semi-retired zinester and minicomics maker, now a dad and comics fan always looking for a little more drawing time on the side. Illustrator/graphic designer by day. He/him.

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lol

06.11.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13775    πŸ” 4215    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 82
picture of dick cheney and it has a morrowind text window saying "with this character's death, the thread of prophecy is restored. The weave of fate is stronger than ever, you've no need to persist in the doomed world they have created."

picture of dick cheney and it has a morrowind text window saying "with this character's death, the thread of prophecy is restored. The weave of fate is stronger than ever, you've no need to persist in the doomed world they have created."

inspired by @dialacina.com

05.11.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5558    πŸ” 1451    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 15
that weird orc from Lord of the Rings: "Looks like woke's back on the menu, boys"

that weird orc from Lord of the Rings: "Looks like woke's back on the menu, boys"

05.11.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3861    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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Cheney - Lawyers, Guns & Money Dick Cheney, one of America’s worst war criminals, is dead. Born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, which amazingly makes University of Nebraska football only the second most grotesque American cultural ph...

One of America’s worst war criminals, who tortured indiscriminately and spied on his countrymen, is dead. The world is safer this morning.

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney

04.11.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NORAH O'DONNELL: So not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I can't say, because-- I can't say-- I'm not concerned. I don't-- I'd rather not have you ask the question. But I let you ask it. You just came to me and you said, "Can I ask another question?" And I said, yeah. This is the question--  NORAH O'DONNELL: And you answered--  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don't mind. Did I let you do it? I coulda walked away. I didn't have to answer this question. I'm proud to answer the question. You know why? We've taken crypto--  NORAH O'DONNELL: But just generally speak--   PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Excuse me. We're number one in crypto in the whole world. Other people wanna be. They're fighting like hell to be. But we're number one in crypto because I'm the president. Biden wanted to also, at the very end, you know, he totally switched his thing.

NORAH O'DONNELL: So not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I can't say, because-- I can't say-- I'm not concerned. I don't-- I'd rather not have you ask the question. But I let you ask it. You just came to me and you said, "Can I ask another question?" And I said, yeah. This is the question-- NORAH O'DONNELL: And you answered-- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don't mind. Did I let you do it? I coulda walked away. I didn't have to answer this question. I'm proud to answer the question. You know why? We've taken crypto-- NORAH O'DONNELL: But just generally speak-- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Excuse me. We're number one in crypto in the whole world. Other people wanna be. They're fighting like hell to be. But we're number one in crypto because I'm the president. Biden wanted to also, at the very end, you know, he totally switched his thing.

"[You're] not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?"



"I'd rather not have you ask the question."

03.11.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

From the House Oversight Committee report published last week: β€œThe authority to grant pardons is not provided to the president’s inner circle. ... The president must make the decisions, and the courts can hold pardons void if the decisions are made by others.”

03.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 369    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 8
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130. Napster Favorites

There’s a looooooong joke about song metadata throughout this episode that is just *chef’s kiss*

03.11.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mauled To Death is a strangely hilarious taxonomy of the fan culture around Darth Maul 26 years after the release of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, this zine collects the iconic film villain’s funny and fascinating proliferation throughout fandom communities and consumer cul...

www.itsnicethat.com/articles/ja-...

03.11.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A pumpkin carving design featuring three cat faces and a bat is illustrated with the text Original and Grotesque below.

A pumpkin carving design featuring three cat faces and a bat is illustrated with the text Original and Grotesque below.

Happy Halloween, from 1925. dansinker.com/posts/202…

31.10.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If a person is reading in a bar, just assume they want to read with a cocktail.

31.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 39300    πŸ” 14864    πŸ’¬ 567    πŸ“Œ 657

Has anyone actually written something on the apparently inability of the reactionary mind to grasp the basic themes and even overt text of Tolkien?

Like at some point Gandalf turns directly to camera and says β€œthe Men of Gondor sure are insufficient to this task, we need the hobbits to do it”

29.10.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1502    πŸ” 258    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 19
Notre-Dame hosts rare wedding for carpenter who helped rebuild it β€’ FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English Notre-Dame hosts rare wedding for carpenter who helped rebuild it β€’ FRANCE 24 English

I interrupt your doomscrolling for a heartwarming update: Notre Dame, which is generally unavailable for private events, is hosting a wedding...for one of the carpenters who helped rebuilt it after the fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH7D...

28.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
Aerial photo of New York Harbor looking past and down on the Statue of Liberty towards Lower Manhattan where the twin towers are still standing

Aerial photo of New York Harbor looking past and down on the Statue of Liberty towards Lower Manhattan where the twin towers are still standing

23.04.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My favourite of the Cow Tools edits

28.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2800    πŸ” 750    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5
Kpop Demon Hunters vs Pavement magazines

Kpop Demon Hunters vs Pavement magazines

Oh I forgot to post my Two Wolves sainsburys find

28.10.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œTell your children who the cowards were.”

27.10.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9893    πŸ” 3641    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 362

"If something evil is popular, is it still evil?" is basically the defining social question of our time.

26.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2616    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 35

Pretty sure his brush doesn’t even have paint on it! Just another swiped piece of art he’s pretending to have made.

26.10.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

25.10.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6313    πŸ” 1000    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 105

Brain activity? CO2.

23.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani on MAGA billionaire, Bill Ackman, donating to the campaign against him: "He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him. Everyday is like a million dollars, I'm like, I don't even want that much."

23.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1031    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 22
In the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo the words

Lawful Trickster Fae
COLUMBO

In the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo the words Lawful Trickster Fae COLUMBO

Columbo is fae

www.tumblr.com/trochaic-mut...

13.10.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eight days

23.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
23.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œthis is where you sat” 🀣 πŸ˜‚ 🀣

22.10.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The whole thing felt like emptier iconography than previous movies. Which would fit, as Disney seems to be obsessed with ever inwardly looking remakes that are all about familiar visuals and no ideas.

22.10.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

22.10.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 26

And it makes no sense that they’re called β€œKnives Out” mysteries instead of β€œBenoit Blanc” mysteries unless it’s as an homage to The Thin Man movies. (Which I know isn’t true, but is much better than if it isn’t, I will repeat this lie until it’s true.)

21.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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