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College teacher of literature, children’s lit, comics, writing. Author/editor of books on Daniel Clowes, 19th-century boyhood, guitar playing. Author of essays on comics and boyhood in academic journals and elsewhere. Friend to All Cats Everywhere Always.

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hold on i gotta take this

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stops with this issue, starts again, then stops

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They used a nice recurring device on these covers, with a character or the horror host speaking the title:

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Get Lost! A man in a spooky old mansion is reading a book by candlelight.

Get Lost! A man in a spooky old mansion is reading a book by candlelight.

The Strange One! A bald ghost in a robe springs up before a frightened man.

The Strange One! A bald ghost in a robe springs up before a frightened man.

The Man Who Never Lived - A ghost confronts a man in front of a bookcase.

The Man Who Never Lived - A ghost confronts a man in front of a bookcase.

The splash pages from three stories in Alarming Tales no. 3 (Jan 1958), all by Doug Wildey, creator of Jonny Quest.

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Acme Novelty Library #21 – Drawn & Quarterly

drawnandquarterly.com/books/acme-n...

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ANGAR THE SCREAMER

ANGAR THE SCREAMER

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New Chris Ware -- 11/26

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This World Is Ours! A mob of people flee from floods, earthquakes, and fireballs falling from the sky. They have panicked, horrified looks on their faces.

This World Is Ours! A mob of people flee from floods, earthquakes, and fireballs falling from the sky. They have panicked, horrified looks on their faces.

Splash page from a story in Alarming Tales no. 3 (Jan 1958) by Jack Kirby. Apocalyptic imagery was a recurring theme in Kirby’s work (see Thor and New Gods, for example), and here’s a great example. This is the only Kirby story in this issue, as I assume he was getting busier with other accounts.

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well said.

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If a person says something like "The Enlightenment was a mistake" or "Freedom is incompatible with democracy" or some other reactionary magic spell, that person has established they should not be listened to by anyone. Such opinions should exclude them from polite society and the body politic.

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topical

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Opinion | Epstein's friends aren't just pedophiles—they're also job creators.

by Bret Stephens

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I Want To Be A Man! A gigantic robot looms above and behind a man walking.

I Want To Be A Man! A gigantic robot looms above and behind a man walking.

Splash page from the last story in Alarming Tales no. 2 (Nov 1957) by Jack Kirby. Patented Kirby machinery in robot form. Reminiscent of robots and machines Kirby would illustrate in Challengers Of The Unknown and some of his Atlas/Marvel monster stories.

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The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology One of my favorite trends in modern U.S. infotainment media is something I affectionately call "CEO said a thing!" journalism. "CEO said a thing!" journalism generally involves a press outlet parroti...

They simply can't help themselves. It's utterly pathological.

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I just don't know why an outlet or an individual would presume I need to be updated on anything that comes out of Nick Fuentes' diseased head

I am very fatigued by these sado-masochistic outrage amplification doom loops when the obvious path to winning involves not playing

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