David Allen Jones

It’s times like this when I wish liberalism continually asserted itself as the dominant pov instead of always cowering before the right and asking for permission to exist.

“Most normal Americans are like us and you guys are the weirdos” is very strong branding.

Watching an episode of Rick & Morty that is awfully similar to the premise of Pluribus...

two panel 30 rock “what a week” meme. Top: Liz Lemon (brown haired white woman) looking tired. Text says “what a year, huh.” Bottom shows her boss, a grey-haired white guy in a suit. text says “Lemon, it’s January 11th”

Track by Track: Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. Someone oughta tell you what it's really all about.

My latest music writings. open.substack.com/pub/thejbss/...

93-year-old Horse Cave librarian retires after 20 years of service Doris Jones reflects on nearly a century of life and two decades connecting readers with stories.

My Mom on the tee vee! www.wbko.com/2026/01/02/9...

Good to see Commander McBragg himself, Aubrey Smith of BEYOND TOMORROW, a film that's become a Christmas tradition with me, co starring here. The first two THIN MAN movies are the best by far but the later ones do have their charms. Nora as pickpocket for example. #TCMParty

Y'know, a thought just crossed my mind- a THIN MAN adaptation by Rian Johnson. Luckily, I realized what a bad idea that would be, almost Tim Burton level bad. #TCMParty

"Let's get something to eat, I'm thirsty." - Nick Charles. #TCMParty

I wish it had gone 100 issues.

All that crazy business with "The Ant Farm" and Ray Palmer(!) and "Blackbombs", just a bunch of mad ideas and mad science. He even got mixed up in all that Animal Man vs the Rot stuff. To me, these are compelling comics! Frank is bad of ass and always SO serious, it's great.

Matt Kindt took it over late in the run, and he was good. Ponticelli is his own best inker, though Wayne Faucher gave it a good shot. I was also unaware that Frank appeared in a bunch of issues of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK around (after?) this time. I think Lemire was overseeing it, and it worked well.

Another blast from the past that I've been reading and re-reading a lot is Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli's old New 52 era FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E.. Those are some seriously nuts comics, and I love how Frank was presented as much as I hated how James Gunn made him into a lovesick goon.

Read the first two issues of Erica Henderson's HARLEY & IVY - LIFE AND CRIMES. I liked it quite a bit, Henderson has improved greatly as an artist and a writer since the SQUIRREL GIRL days (I liked SG, don't get me wrong). Recommended so far, even though it has that stupid peeled face Joker in it.

Dear television commercial makers: can we please please finally admit that the Gregg Allman "Midnight Rider" has absolutely nothing to do with whatever wares are being peddled? Thanks.

This morning's reading: YULETIDE, a 3 issue series by George Northy and Rachele Aragno. If you've ever wanted to see a Hellboy Hallmark Christmas movie, well, look no further. It's a fun read, with hints of BEASTS OF BURDEN and Stephen King in the mix too.

Say what you will about Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN (and I've seen a lot of things, many not good, said), I thought Oscar Isaac was quite charismatic as Victor, I enjoyed watching him wax fanatical.

Nobody's Favorite Record Reviews No. 13 Influence in motion, rebounding back through space.

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YouTube video by TopPop Kate Bush - De Efteling special - 12 May 1978 • TopPop

Something I Was Completely Unaware of Till Today- a 20 minute Kate Bush televised special, in which she acts out songs from her KICK INSIDE LP. youtu.be/ECE0jzN7EYA?...

Been fine, thanks! Hope you and yours have been well. It certainly has been a long time. Those were the days, huh. I admire guys like Mike Sterling who have continued to do it all these years.

He made a great appearance in the James Robinson Scarlet Witch 12-issue series about 10-12 years ago...also in the Aja/Fraction Hawkeye.

Lee (I insist) and Ditko, as if you couldn't tell.

From AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16, one of my all time favorite comics.

Decided to skip the Christmas Story and watch Flintstones episodes from S1E1. A little surprised to see that according to the sign outside of town, Bedrock's population is 2,500. My little middle of nowhere home town of Horse Cave, is estimated at 2,250 to 2,350.

I do like many of the character designs, especially the "Green Goose", which shouldn't work but it does.

THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE could have been a fun spy spoof, but everything about it is bad- lame songs, worse animation than the TV series- looks more like the horrible 70s style- unfunny script. Maybe by the time it came out the whole spy movie genre was getting played out. #TCMParty

lol, yeah, plenty of blame to go around. If they’d just let him have that 2 page spread back, we would have had a lot more great LSH stories from him.

Then Cockrum left in a snit, and Mike Grell took over, and I bailed not long after.

Saw them in 1981, on the Completion Backwards Principle tour... a little more restrained than in years past perhaps but still really good.

Been flipping through the channels for like 20 minutes now and just can't find the Black Friday parades. I'm stunned.