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Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social |
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Critic for 2017 & 2018 winners of the Eisner in Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism / Writer of Fantasy / NB she/her / linktr.ee/teganoneil5000
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Tegan O’Neil
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been posting to TikTok for the better part of two years and can say with sincerity that the only content I’ve seen that justifies the existence of the platform are the videos where a guy invites a bull named Bruce into his house and tries to do normal kitchen tasks with Bruce over his shoulder
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Tegan O’Neil
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a thought that keeps occurring: the first trader to post a “Sell” order for AI firms will be a hero of world-historical proportions
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Tegan O’Neil
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in which I explore the strange world of early-mid 90s X-Men - never before have so many beautiful comics been quite so doggedly unreadable:
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Tegan O’Neil
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Tegan O’Neil
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Today Tegan looks at The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2, from 1994 and Marvel Comics, by Scott Lobdell, Gene Ha, Al Vey, and Terry Austin.
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Tegan O’Neil
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let this be a lesson for all the burgeoning evil geniuses, maybe don’t give your master plan such a strong brand identity out the gate
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Tegan O’Neil
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in which I take a few cheap shots at my favorite punching bag, Hal Jordan:
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Tegan O’Neil
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Today Tegan looks at The Green Lantern #1, from 2018 and DC Comics, by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp.
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Tegan O’Neil
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the entirety of the hard right establishment is and has always been, for decades dating back to our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, composed of profoundly dim bulbs defined by the combination of two things: infinite gobs of money to throw at every difficulty combined with pitiful glass jaws
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Bronze Age Babies
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Gil Kane - splashin' on the Batman Family *full creator credits on each page, unless noted 1. Detective 388 2. Detective 385 3. Detective 394 4. Detective 371 (Fox/Kane/Greene)
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Tegan O’Neil
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I didn’t say everything is as good! most writers don’t understand theme so they end up embarrassed by their own themes when you pull them out - think of all the copaganda, practically medieval for all the turgid, ubiquitous thematic determinism that goes almost unrecognized by the creators
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Tegan O’Neil
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ah, but what if I were to push back and assert *every* story has themes, like fictive spandrels? we see and project them relentlessly whenever we encounter story, for good or ill? the question becomes, is the creator *in control* of their theme or are they a bystander to their own premise?
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Tegan O’Neil
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in which I bury the lede that this epochal short story isn’t even the most significant feature in the pages of this extraordinarily significant magazine:
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Tegan O’Neil
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thanks for tracking this down! I’m glad you didn’t already upload it 😅
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Bronze Age Babies
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DC house ad, featuring art by Gil Kane.
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Tegan O’Neil
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I don’t know why everyone is suddenly saying the word “coconut” …. nor do I want to … but I choose to believe it is of no consequence to my life
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Tegan O’Neil
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in which I bury the lede that this epochal short story isn’t even the most significant feature in the pages of this extraordinarily significant magazine:
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Tegan O’Neil
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Today Tegan looks at Savage Tales (Vol. 2) #4, from 1985 and Marvel Comics, edited by Larry Hama.
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Tegan O’Neil
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I have eaten the Faze Clan branded Totinos Pizza Rolls that cost 99 cents at Grocery Outlet Forgive me they were not good so cheap and so bad
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Tegan O’Neil
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in which we enter a bold new era of Popeye hitting things:
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Today Tegan looks at the Free Comic Book Day edition of Eye Lie Popeye #1, from 2024 and Massive, by Marcus Williams.
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Tegan O’Neil
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in front of every movie I see, since I’m back to the habit of regular moviegoing
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Tegan O’Neil
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sliding into home
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Tegan O’Neil
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just give me something with a fraction of this juice, I beg
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Tegan O’Neil
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my standard critiques of the series remain intact - dour, dark, not a hint of camp - but man, they do look good, with a level of basic visual craft that seems to elude a lot of similar kinds of projects in 2024 … a solid movie, worth the price of the ticket even with my caveats
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Steve Lieber
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Keeping myself centered by thinking about Hulk skanking to the heavy heavy monster sound of Madness.
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Tegan O’Neil
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if I have to sit through this trailer for the “Joker” sequel one more time … I’m going to, huh, do something desperate, I’m searching for a metaphor for that specific brand of anomie … it’s on the tip of my tongue …
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Tegan O’Neil
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most people’s clothes looked dirty and worn, the character actors had bad teeth prosthetics, lots of pull tab beer cans … I couldn’t catch any obvious anachronisms but you might have higher standards 😂
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Tegan O’Neil
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yeah, mid-late 60s!
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Tegan O’Neil
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honestly it’s not dissimilar in premise, but this is also based on a photo book from the time … but yeah, a *bit* of homoeroticism, no doubt.
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Tegan O’Neil
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still: my new life plan of being a Monday evening movie-goer is working out - I pay more, yes, but I can sleep in and the theater is mostly empty. paying a premium for a mostly-empty theater? that’s a price I’ll pay.
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Tegan O’Neil
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I don’t really care for these Nu-Monkey movies but I wanted to see another movie and nothing else I wanted to see was starting for another hour … and so far I’m the only person in the theater! living the dream, friends. ahhh, shit, a couple kids just walked in. 🙊
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Tegan O’Neil
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this was great! was there buzz about this that I missed? because it was great and I haven’t heard anyone talking about it. honestly, the kind of movie my mother would have loved, and I miss being able to ask her about what they (inevitably) got wrong with the period details …
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Tegan O’Neil
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Alright let’s DO THIS
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in which we take a cool refreshing dip in the madness of Bob Haney:
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Today Tegan looks at DC’s Facsimile of The Brave and the Bold #54, from 1964, by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani.
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Tegan O’Neil
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I mean, if he’s elected we’ll never see another free election again, and you and I will probably be murdered so 🤷🏻♀️
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Tegan O’Neil
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just the other day - two weeks or so - special election, Ohio 6th - a nothing replacement election in a solid red district, the Dem still shaved *twenty points* off a reliably thirty point GOP district … small bellwether, perhaps, but every weather vane has been pointing that way for months
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Tegan O’Neil
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the actual on-the-ground GOP organization has been decimated in state after state, their actual platform and actual performance are dog-shit unpopular - same actual material fundamentals that have seen them underperform for multiple cycles, and every special election, are still very much in effect
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It's my birthday! I am seven, which is a very good age to be. I would like the celebrations to begin now (3:30 am), but everyone else is still asleep. I suppose I must stay in bed and now go loudly play my records until much later. Like 4:15 am.
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Tegan O’Neil
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“like an action figure cabinet” is 110% what the people seem to want in 2024
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Tegan O’Neil
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and that’s just so callow, because the stakes couldn’t actually be bigger - and yet, that’s the problem, because they’re real and serious stakes … they yearn for a return to the eternal sunshine of Clinton v Dole
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Tegan O’Neil
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a big part of it is that the current political climate just isn’t *fun* for people who want big stakes West Wing party politics intrigue, ie Dem “insiders”- they want desperately to fantasy cast the fun crises they wish we had instead of the sordid ones we do
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Tegan O’Neil
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what an absolutely bonkers win for modern medicine - my dad also had Hep C, and when they decided to treat it almost 20 years ago he had to undergo a year-long course of weekly chemotherapy injections that absolutely ruined his health (except it did get rid of the virus) … miracles & wonders!
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Tegan O’Neil
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that’s what it was going for! gotta love that ambition.
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Tegan O’Neil
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in which we interrogate the hermeneutics of Simpsons bootlegs:
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