Mark Ciemcioch

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Recent activity on Letterboxd graphic: Scarface (1931), Moana, The Criminal Code, The Trip to Greece movie posters

A good week to be thankful (and binge-watch movies) #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Just have all his pieces come back together and rejoin like the T-1000.

The top view of impressive large box of comics and books, with the cover of The Ultimates sitting on top.

A view of the comic spines in the buy pile: Lost Girls, Avengers vs X-Men, Maus, JLA Tower of Babel, Copra, Judge Dread, Love and Rockets, original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a handful of single issue comics.

Buffalo people who like cool things and easy vibes: make a stop at the great @gutterpopcomics.bsky.social on Hertel when you’re out and about. They’ve got comics for every taste, as evidence by my recent haul.

The fact that Alien: Earth can introduce the most detestable character ever in a nearly 50-year franchise is impressive.

Purchased! Looking forward to digging in and rolling out.

I’m so sorry for your loss, but thanks for sharing that beautiful tribute to your father.

Photo of the front of the store Gutter pop comics in Buffalo ny. Located on hertel Ave near sterling

If you're in Buffalo, stop at Gutter Pop Comics. Great place with a healthy serving of indie/alt DIY books
#comics

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The Future was Now Madmen, mavericks and the epic sci fi summer of 1982 book cover by Chris Nashawaty

Have you read this?

I was wondering about something that perhaps you had insight on. The old annual JLA/JSA team ups often involved a third property (Legion, New Gods, All-Stars, etc.) Was there any talk of having the New Teen Titans crossover in the early 80s?

This was great. Thanks for being one of the best comic creators follows!

Florida GOP looks to make it easier to challenge books on school shelves Their proposals mean schools could not consider whether books had “serious” artistic, literary, political or scientific value — only whether they depicted “sexual conduct.&#…

Judy Blume…spoke against the bills…saying book bans hurt students. Adults are afraid, she added, that books will prompt too many questions or make children change.

“Books don’t make kids become anybody else. Books make kids think.”

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Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml...

Movies you’ve watched more than six times using only gifs.

David Lynch looks at the camera in the first photo, saying one day the sadness will end. In the second photo, he turns to the window and says I don’t think today’s the day.

Some years ago while driving in Buffalo, I stopped at the light at Broadway and Fillmore. I looked over at the abandoned department store to see a floating golden shovel and “The Dreamer Who Dreams” on the window. There is no one like him.

How was the WB tour? I’m looking at the TCM tour in April (hopefully).

HAM SAMMY reporting for duty.

Book cover of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, featuring a young black girl in a hat looking to the side.

In lieu of recent events, I’m aiming to spend less time on devices, more time reading. First book was Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, beautifully written yet heart wrenching.

The best Indy movies feature a liberal dose of Nazis being punched in the face, so Dial of Destiny qualifies.

I do! Dial of Destiny is in my top three Indy movies. Good article.

The ones that have Indy punching Nazis are the best Indiana Jones movies.

One of the great surprise pleasures of adulthood is finding a box of cool things for little dollars. This quote rings so true.

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with.

John Turturro in Barton Fink

John Goodman in Barton Fink

Tim Robbins and Paul Newman in The Hudsucker Proxy.

Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy.

On the occasion of being ill, I spent a lot of time watching the Coen Brothers collection on @criterion.bsky.social this weekend. Barton Fink and The Hudsucker Proxy improve upon every viewing. #recommended

Officially “increase text size on device” years old.

This seems like a good night for some orderlies to transport a near catatonic Michael Myers to another location.

I’m sorry for your loss.

Netflix is now just the 30 Rock movie service.

Comic panel of Batman rising from a grave, saying “far from impossible.”

Feels like this.