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Author: Eisner-nominated MYSTERIOUS TRAVELERS; scholar & cultural critic; convention organizer; sometime comics maker; radio & pod host; documentary filmmaker; professor at UW Green Bay. https://zackkruse.substack.com
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This is my dad.

Yes.

IT'S TIME, MUTIES! From Lake Michigan's misty, mystic shores in northeast Wisconsin, it's THE MUTANT GRAVEYARD #112! Shamble, lurch, and scrounge around with the #MutantFam as we dig up the sludgy, slimy, lonely corpses of lost rock and roll! TODAY at 3 E / 2 C / 12 P! Tune in on suburbsradio.com

Mister Miracle after the king. Acrylic paint & Pen on Paper, 11x17 and beyond… 🚀

Devastated

the thing about the Democrats' "go find moderates, woo back the moderates" program, and I hope at least one of the tMG fans who are 100% zero-doubt inside the machine hears this: the moderates don't exist. income disparity has taken care of that. there was a guy who predicted this he had a big beard

The On Cinema at the Cinema Oscar Special is the real Oscars

Real.

It’s amazing that Phil and I have this same psychological issue. I propose a podcast where secret-nonagenarians grumble and rue being born too late.

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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

I admire Alberto Breccia, but not to the extent that I want to make comics in the same political climate he did.

All-timer

Incredible main event tonight on Dynamite

you think you suddenly live in a kleptocracy but you have lived in one your entire life, it just used to be a little more polite about it

Tonight, 2/26/25, 8 pm Central, the invigorating Betty C. interviews the invigorated (?) John P. about comics and teaching, streaming live at WBCR903.com!!! Be there... Or don't. @beloit_college #wbcr #beloitcollege #johnporcellino #comics #zines #altcomics

IT'S AN UNDEAD REPLAY, MUTIES! From Lake Michigan's misty, mystic shores in northeast Wisconsin, it's THE MUTANT GRAVEYARD #84! Shamble, lurch, and scrounge around with the #MutantFam as we dig up the sludgy, slimy, lonely corpses of lost rock & roll! TODAY @ 3e / 2c / 12p TUNE IN suburbsradio.com

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG, GUYS??? After all, isn't having your owner tell you what to write, think, say, and feel the VERY DEFINITION of freedom?

My commission list is now open! I'm accepting commissions for mail order, GalaxyCon Richmond, and C2E2. Check it out: kineticcollectibles.com/products/dav...

Syllabus update #2 is well-timed, even if Kazan is an unrepentant class traitor.

DITKO

DITKO

Diane, 2:30am, February 24th. Dick Laurent is dead.

Today's the day

What you need to know about 'school choice' - from the nation's foremost education historian www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Missed out on last week's Mutant Graveyard? FEAR NOT, #MutantFam! You can listen on YouTube!

My new single is on streaming services now because I’d like it to be accessible. Give it a listen if you like fuzzy guitar pop.

Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.” “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

there used to be a genus of water cooler workplace acquaintance who in small talk could only relate what they were hearing about to some other thing they’d heard about which didn’t actually pertain. a dire and daily situation much to be rued. that person grew up to become social media at large

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Felt compelled to make this michaelkupperman.com/shop/david-l...

Coming soon to the podcast: John Ford's only film shot in Cinemascope, 1955's THE LONG GRAY LINE, and his innovative use of the Z-Axis (depth) in shot composition.

The Mixcloud link is up!