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Pulling Teeth

TFW someone has bought comics Reading comics has generally been a pretty solitary activity for me. As a kid, most…

3 weeks ago

Buying By The Seat Of My Pants

Couldn't be me. A Bluesky discussion about the size of creator credits on the covers of comics led to a…

1 month ago

On The House

A DC Comics house ad that tormented me as a kid. I desperately wanted to read this comic, but I…

5 months ago

Overdrawn At The Memory Bank

Shout out to any MSTies reading this. Memory is a strange thing. As of this writing, I've amassed 53 years'…

6 months ago

That’s My Bag (And Board)

As I frequently do, I was spending my Saturday night putting backing boards into bags, because I know how to…

7 months ago

Missed Connection

I've told this story many times before, but some of those instances - on Twitter - are gone, and one…

8 months ago

How To Read A Comic

I'm planning to scan some stuff from the freebie comic I got in the mail to add to the Activity…

11 months ago

The Hiatus Or There And Back Again

I started writing these Reference posts to give myself something to point to whenever I mention a commonly-used term or…

1 year ago

Any Which Way You Can

After participating in Top Shelf Friday on Bluesky last week by posting an image of Superman vol. 2 #50 and…

1 year ago

Why Comics?

I toyed with the notion of calling this one "Unbagging Jon," but ultimately - and obviously - decided against it.…

2 years ago