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Mark Waid Should Be Working Instead

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I did. I enjoyed pairing Swan up with inkers he'd never worked with before, and all of them came away with a profound new appreciation for his work. w/Badger in SO 47, couple others here and there, but Shanower's inks were IMO the best he ever had. I was proud of that combo.

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David Mack's avatar David Mack @davidmack.bsky.social
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There’s no excuse for not voting or voting third party. Neither will help stop Trump & Project 2025. The only thing that will is voting for Biden in November. Don't do it for Joe. If he loses, he'll move to France. Do it for the millions who can't escape: www.salon.com/2024/07/02/d...

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TOMORROW!
Wed., July 10, 11 pm Eastern/8 pm Pacific! Do NOT miss a live chat and live claim sale with Mark Waid on Instagram! Get autographed books, see Mark sign ’em LIVE! Go to: www.instagram.com/wecanbeheroe...

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when people are expressing anger and disappointment because an artist whose work they really liked turned out to be a creep it's a cool move to make sure everyone knows you never liked that artist's work in the first place, always remind people that you're better than them when they are feeling low

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Swing by on Instagram! Ever wanted a book out of my own collection! That's what's up for sale this coming Wednesday night--hardcovers, variants, the works, all signed live!

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Moving toward sellout, DO NOT MISS! Only 50 seats available! Fri, Aug. 16, just before @ItsTerrifiCon, Howard Chaykin & I teach you how to create comics & graphic novels! Get in NOW for this life-changing class, GO: eventbrite.com/e/comic-book...

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I apologize if it's not clear--God, I hope I didn't screw that up--but Failsafe, with the help of Time Commander and Brainiac Queen, built six Amazo robots with the ability to steal and replicate super-powers (and, in the case of magic-users, steal their memories of how to access magic).

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That was already in place—but, surprisingly, it was Supergirl who hypnotized Kal into not remembering anything about his future, not Saturn Girl.

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Just to end chaos, like they chose the winner in 2000. I give 50/50 odds that the entire government lurches to a total standstill--and I mean total--for at least a few days after Election Day as Trump's allies sow total enough discord to convince Joe Lunchpail that only Trump can bring peace.

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I can't read the post you're responding to, and no doubt it's from a knothead, but I'm not totally convinced there'll be an election winner in 2024, either. I worry that after a long, drawn-out battle and maybe even a flare of civil war, SCOTUS will just appoint Trump "for the good of the nation."

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I still think it's some of the best work I've ever done. Same with Barry.

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You should see what they did for Batman.

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Without question. If Trump seizes the White House, there will never again be a democratic Presidential election in this country.

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I mean, sales went UP from issue 2 to issue 3, which never happens. Same from 3 to 4. And then the "Lightning Saga" stuff threw our Legion into the "doesn't count!" pile and we were screwed.

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We all wish that. But I can do a half-hour lecture on all the reasons the Legion, like the early '80s New Teen Titans and X-Men, is a phenomenon we'll probably never recapture. I really do think we could have come close with Threeboot, but JLA totally undercut us and we never recovered.

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Very much looking forward to it!

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If you're at Comic Con San Diego, stop by!

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🚨 Exciting News🚨

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March 23 1933, the Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.

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Serious, sincere Qs for my lawyers out there: can Joe now disband the court? Can he reverse their ruling? Can he delay the election indefinitely? Can he declassify every single doc related to his opponent?

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if there is one survival skill I would REALLY like everyone opposed to the fascist GOP to learn right now, it's "do not say things on the public internet that will provide authorities with useful pretenses for coming after you."

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Says the king of the spoiler third-party candidates. He can’t fuck off far enough.

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Skip Ashseed's avatar Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social
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On the bright side, this is a green light for Biden to de-classify every part of every investigation into Trump, expose all his tax returns and private messages, seize all his assets as part of a brand new investigation into his connections with Russia..... He'd have to fire Garland first though.

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Sotomayor's dissent is chilling: "When [the president]...orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."

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I’m on a layover at Charlotte. No lie, some bearded tank in a flag T-shirt and MAGA hat just walked past, whooping “WOO! We’re droppin’ the NOOSE!” This is our future unless something drastic happens in the next 16 weeks.

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Regardless of who wins in November, we now live in a functional monarchy. Let that sink in.

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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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Because it gets more applause.

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No, but in my defense, neither did anyone else but you.

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I like her, but she was never set up to rise. Despite her qualifications, Harris couldn’t win a game of pickleball against Stevie Wonder at this point.

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It kills me that we all thought this format would be to Biden’s advantage, and instead Trump’s come across better than he has in 8 years.

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Zero odds.

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No.

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Thank you.

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The fear, not wrong, was that incumbents have a built-in edge that equals whatever advantage some young new candidate would have. And who?

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Mark Russell's avatar Mark Russell @manruss.bsky.social
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Tonight’s debate is pretty much exclusively for suburbanites still trying to decide whether fascism will knock thirty cents off the price of eggs.

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He’s not making it another four minutes.

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An hour in, does ANYONE out there think we’re not completely fucked? If so, please tell me why—I need to hear.

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Before you turn it in, re-read your story from the antagonist's POV to make sure their motivations and actions track as faithfully as do the protagonist's.

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The exact quote was, "A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes."

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Always worth reposting, these sorts of calls to action.

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2/Also: so long as it makes sense and holds water, plot doesn't really matter. Swiss-watch plots are swell, but in the end, no one remembers plot. (Tell me, in detail, the plot to any James Bond movie. You can't.) They remember the moments they were emotionally engaged, when their blood was up.

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1/Writer's block is, 90% of the time, your subconscious holding you back because you've taken a wrong turn. Go back to the last place the story was really working and try taking a left turn or two, see what happens. It costs you nothing and can really limber you up.

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Also: so long as it makes sense and holds water, plot doesn't really matter. Swiss-watch plots are swell, but in the end, no one remembers plot. (Tell me, in detail, the plot to any James Bond movie.) They remember the moments they were emotionally engaged, when their blood was up.

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Writer's block is, 90% of the time, your subconscious holding you back because you've taken a wrong turn. Go back to the last place the story was really working and try taking a left turn or two, see what happens. It costs you nothing and can really limber you up.

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