Scott Morse

Don’t sleep on A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS. It is exactly what is needed.

Rewatched Sirk’s ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS again last night—such unashamed beauty in a movie about shame. So much atmosphere, not just in the color and light, but in the lenses, the blocking, the pacing, and the moments of punctuation. Russell Metty was a cinema genius.

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The New York Times George Gene Gustines reports the Will Eisner Estate is up for sale, including rights to the groundbreaking, much admired comic creator’s most famous character, The Spirit

https://downthetubes.net/how-much-for-will-eisners-the-spirit/

#IceOut #PrettiGood #NoKings #FirstAmendment #GeneralStrike

This Batman also roams San Jose and helps the homeless, giving out bottles of water and even a cape if they look like they need a blanket.

Now accepting name-change suggestions:

I’m realizing that the origins of “cape” is “old man being suddenly awakened in olden times and dragging your blanket with you”

You guys are sleeping on William H. Macy in TRAIN DREAMS.

Hey WRITERS—there’s a pretty good Paddy Chayefsky doc on HBO MAX you should take some time to dig into. While it doesn’t delve into his personal life, there’s still plenty of great stuff.

I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays

Devastated by the passing of Roger Allers. A beautiful storyteller, artist, human. Love to all who knew him. He once drew a portrait of my dogs for no reason. And nailed their souls. And then gifted that drawing to me. Who does that? Thank you, Roger.

The absolute accuracy of this.

Magic Pickle issue 1. A magic . . . pickle flies toward the reader, a blue star on his forehead, over a purple background that offers the hint of the street over which our hero flies. Art by Scott Morse.

Top Shelf Friday time 🎉

What's a comic in your collection that you think deserves to be on that top shelf? Whether its a key, rare, or just one you love ❤️

This week, a classic from @crazymorse.bsky.social -- MAGIC PICKLE #1! Such a fun book!

#TopShelfFriday #comicbooks #comicsky

Every time I hear a broadcast story contain a sentence with “ICE is___” , all I hear is “ISIS___”.

San Diego Comic-Con Art Show to allow AI slop Actual artists will potentially be exhibiting their work next to genAI material, with San Diego Comic-Con's blessing, it seems.

Hey @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social —what is this nonsense? Allowing ANY validation of AI in the creative arts is bad optics and bad leadership, setting a mis-aligned example for rising artists. Do better. filmstories.co.uk/news/san-die...

East Bay #Noir

I think “cold blooded” is inaccurate. His blood was hot—with panic and fear and ignorance and immaturity—symptoms of finding himself in a “job” he’s unqualified for, in possession of tools he isn’t properly trained to use and shouldn’t have, and a defective moral compass. Hot-blooded murder.

ICE agent was not in the vehicle’s path when he fired at driver, video shows An analysis of video footage raises questions about claims by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

ICE agent was not in the vehicle’s path when he fired at driver, video shows

Jack Black: “I was offered, and I do regret it, saying no… I was offered Syndrome in that fantastic movie ‘The Incredibles’ — one of my favorites of all time, by the way. And I said no because I was like, ‘Uhhh, [director] Brad Bird? Never heard of him!’ [I said to him], ‘This character that you’re offering me is like a villain, but he’s kinda one-dimensional. I’m interested but I’d like to see a rewrite ‘Will you add some dimensions to this character?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, you’re done.'” “I learned a valuable lesson because when that movie came out, it was one of the best movies ever made. I was like, ‘Why was I being so difficult?'”

I come from sort of a “showbiz“ family with a lot of writers and they all look down on actors and this is why.

Snipping of the White Rose: "The Innocents" (1961) 7 MIN READ --- Gothic Gauntlet Week 1

Happy New Year, everyone! A perfect excuse for new adventures, and I’m super excited that our oldest is diving into a year-long project to document and analyze 52 gothic flicks, starting here with THE INNOCENTS. Follow the adventure on his Substack, if you dare—!

open.substack.com/pub/finnmors...

Telling oil companies before you tell congress and the press lmao can you make it more obvious what this is about

ok, wait…we’re removing presidents from power who claim they won fairly? Well, shit, let’s keep the ball rolling.

The U.S. attack on Venezuela is illegal. Congress never authorized this use of military force. I will vote to stop it. This is insane. Heath care costs and food prices are surging. Trump’s response is we’re going to run another country. Batshit crazy.

Statement on Trump’s military actions in Venezuela.

ok, wait…we’re removing presidents from power who claim they won fairly? Well, shit, let’s keep the ball rolling.

Veteran US Comic Artist Steve Rude Needs Your Help Help The Dude Out Over on his Facebook page, US comic artist Steve Rude (Nexus) announced that he needs our financial help (photo©Greg Preston. All Rights Reserved)… Friends, Another birthday. Another...

Support Steve Rude! I just picked up a bunch of digital sketchbooks from his web store.
www.steverude.com/collections/...

China made the world’s biggest movie this year. It didn’t need America to do it. That was new. China’s domestic film industry now has the scale to produce global box-office leaders on its own — even as it flexes make-or-break power over the fate of Hollywood’s biggest movies.

www.marketwatch.com/story/china-...

@joepompliano on Threads posted a pic of a map dotted with dozens of yacht names and said: “Pretty much every billionaire that owns a superyacht is in St. Barth right now for New Year's Eve - Jeff Bezos, Miriam Adelson, Shahid Khan, Sergey Brin, Jerry Jones, and 100+ others”

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

Cheers to those of you who have already made it into 2026–! And cheers to those of us on the West Coast still fighting the good fight of 2025. Almost there, friends. Hold on.