Neil Polowin

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IM/IT Director in Ottawa, ON. Carleton University and Bentley University alum. He/him. Not backwards compatible and sometimes not forwards either which is kind of ironic considering my job.

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Joshua J. Friedman

It was Alfonso Greene who did work for both Marvel & DC back then; Ezra Jackson worked in the L.B. Cole Studio in the 1940s, with work published by Rural Home, Narrative, and Hillman. Jackson also did a good amount of work for Eerie Publications (pencils & inks) in the early 1970s.

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First promotional video for The World Atlas of Public Art is out! (casually recommending watching at .5 or .75 speed bc it’s the summer and everything should be slowed down) m.youtube.com/watch?v=tx43...

With two months until pub date, publicly sharing the table of contents for The World Atlas of Public Art

The World Atlas of Public Art by Andrew Wassermanm.youtube.com The World Atlas of Public Art by Andrew Wasserman A towering abstract steel sculpture in the middle of a traffic island in Spoleto, Italy. Soaring vertical g...

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it’s exhausting to have to point this out every time the Y2K bug is brought up, but hey: it didn’t do as much damage as was feared because *lots of people worked very hard to raise awareness, prepare, and fix it*

The Y2K "bug" also wasn't even a bug but rather a deliberate coding choice made repeatedly as a cost-saving measure during a period when no one expected those systems would still be in service when the consequences would manifest. It's also a great anecdote in terms of technical debt remediation.

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Encephalophagy

No (Canadian) and yes.

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Kurt Busiek

Sign me up for THE BEST OF BOB OKSNER, too.

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Kelly Sue DeConnick

If you need to trim hedges, shrubberies, small tree branches, etc., the DeWalt cordless pruner is *fantastic*. So much easier and more convenient to use than loppers. Wish I'd bought one years ago.

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Amy Mebberson

Same here. I didn't fully appreciate back then how great the backgrounds were on the Inspector cartoons.

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Arlnee Thee Scallion

Not voiced by Jackie Mason, but rather John Byner impersonating Jackie Mason and/or Joey Bishop. (Byner also voiced the ant, but as Dean Martin.)

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Comics in the Golden Age

Finally, the untold secret inspiration behind the Roddenberry's original story for the "The Savage Curtain" episode of Star Trek. (There were obviously some rewrites along the way.)

frame from a non-musical movie with a great soundtrack.

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Neil Polowin

To respond to what is becoming a frequently-asked question, a note from Dark Horse regarding AI-generated material:

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University of Maryland study: N95 masks block almost all airborne COVID-19. Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi... www.miragenews.com/umd-study-n9...

UMD Study: N95 Masks Block Almost All Airborne COVID-19www.miragenews.com COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with activeCOVID-19, the inexpensive "duckbill" N95 came out on top, stopping

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Jamie McKelvie

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I have a new graphic novel out today! I hope those who decide to pick it up enjoy it. ❤️

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all I had to do was click on one sticker ad on IG and suddenly my feed was full of other sticker ads. I clicked on them all and did the math for you. The best small-run samples pricing is at SlapCo; best overall pricing is at Sticker Cyborg or Sticker OG Factory. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I use StickerGiant. I have for years. Their staff is friendly and their stickers are cheaper than Sticker Mule’s anyway.

Sticker Pricingdocs.google.com Sticker Pricing Sticker Size/Type,Qty, Price , Price Ea. StickerMule,3 x 3 (Samples),10, $ 9.00 , $ 0.90 StickerMule,3 x 3 (Typical Vinyl),100, $ 94.00 , $ 0.94 StickerMule,3 x 3 (Typical Vinyl),2...

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If you’ve shared this but haven’t read it yet, you should. PEOPLE isn’t pulling punches. Just printing “Christian Nationalism” in relation to the platform of a presidential candidate is more than many pubs have done.

Just a reminder that People mag has a great Project 25 write up that you can share with your less politically aware friends and fam people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

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Jeffs Comics

Yep. Mark Evanier explained it all a while back. The original British version of the comic adaptation coincided with the film's release in the UK (Oct. 1962) and then published in the U.S. in Jan. 1963, but still months ahead of the film's release in the States. www.newsfromme.com/2006/12/03/s...

Secrets Behind the Comics – News From MEwww.newsfromme.com

Due to the four months between the comic coming out as an issue of Showcase and the film release, the comic didn't sell well and it seems that everyone forgot about the option to do a regular series until the ten-year option period was about to expire in the early 70s.

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Art Of Coop

The Internet Archive has the Famous Artists Cartoon Course, too. archive.org/details/famo...

Famous Artists Cartoon Course : Al Capp, Rube Goldberg, Milton Caniff, Harry Haenigsen, Willard Mullin, Guerny Williams, Dick Cavalli, Whitney Darrow Jr., Virgil Partch, Barney Tobey : Free Download, ...archive.org A textbook on cartooning written in 1956, now in the public domain. Written by some of the most well-known cartoonists of the era, such as Al Capp, Rube...

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Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it

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AkivaMCohen

It must seem almost like short-hop time travel on a weekly basis. You never quite know what kind of a future you're about to enter.

That's a first. Never seen one of these in the back yard before.

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Apple wrote in this status update about my lawsuit that it plans to file its 4th motion to dismiss on Monday. I tried to negotiate w/ them last week, offering to possibly withdraw some claims if they drop the motion to dismiss. Apple said I'd have to withdraw all of the claims they want to dismiss.

Today, Apple and I filed our first joint statement on what Apple did to me. Our first Joint Case Management Statement is linked below. The first Case Management Conference is next week on 7/16 and open to the public to view on Zoom (link in the docket). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Courtney Milan

I hadn't considered that. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Anthrodiva

Maybe accented and foreign characters would slip through? e.g., Pröject ƧÖƧ5

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LOST is streaming on Netflix—an excellent time to revisit the show, using the viewing guide I'm publishing in my newsletter (link in thread). Many think the story isn't coherent. I think it was. If you want to know why, read on: www.the-reframe.com/lost-001-obs...

LOST 001: Observation vs. Beliefwww.the-reframe.com We’ve got to go back, Kate! We’ve got to go back! Unpacking the TV show LOST —Part 1

Head's up for anyone trawling Amazon book listings for upcoming publishing plans via Advanced Search, properties licensed by Marvel are published by "Licensed Publishing", not Marvel.

Today's murdle puzzle is unusually meta.