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I Read Comics!

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Mostly reading & posting about comics, but other topics include books (mysteries & queer content), movies, TV, & interesting pop culture. Former Midwesterner in DC. Love my husband & dogs! 🏳️‍🌈🩷💜💙🏳️‍⚧️

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It’s always an exciting day when a Kickstarter fulfillment arrives. Today, it was Shards of me—a “queer journey into a realm of fantasy and desire”—created by Łukasz Majcher. Part of the package included Bear Stories and three issues of Power Bear. Time to dive into the world of “big hairy dudes”!

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After having read all three of Marvel’s Midnight titles, I’m glad I changed my initial decision to skip them. All three were enjoyable, though X-Men was the best by far. Vampires, religion, & internecine politics are catnip to me. Fantastic Four took the biggest swing, though, & really has me…

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…to the spirit of the original series. There are even parallels to FF in that Felicia Hardy is a powerful VP at Oscorp who (seemingly) wants to take advantage of Peter’s research. Throw in a lawsuit Uncle Ben is pursuing and Peter agitating as an anonymous blogger against Oscorp as the differences.

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Don’t get me wrong—it was still a good story. I was just expecting a dramatically different foundation, like the other two & the Absolute Universe. It was also not as exciting because we built up to the accident, while FF & X-Men dropped us in on action. Still, looking forward to all the #2 issues.

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After having read all three of Marvel’s Midnight titles, I’m glad I changed my initial decision to skip them. All three were enjoyable, though X-Men was the best by far. Vampires, religion, & internecine politics are catnip to me. Fantastic Four took the biggest swing, though, & really has me…

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…intrigued. Sue Storm as a powerful businesswoman who swoops in to rescue disgraced Reed Richards after his disastrous lab accident (poor Victor!)? Johnny seemingly resentful of his plane accident and having prosthetics? Yes, please! More! OTOH, Spider-Man seemed to take fewer chances and hewed…

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I really should have guessed the two I missed. Bummer. Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Oct. 12, 2026 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ 💔 ✅ ✅ 🎉 My Score: 1770

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New high score! Blossom Puzzle, October 12 Letters: C D E F I N R My score: 359 points My longest word: 12 letters 💐 🌻 🌼 🌷 🌸 💮 🏵 🌹 🌺 💐 🌻 🌼

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This is a poorly written headline. "Confirms" would have been so much better, for a start. But, sure, block fellow trans supporters because we don't like the headline. 🙄

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It's amusing to me that people block not because of bigotry or cruel/nasty behavior or something similar, but because of calling out a bad headline about a cause they both support.

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It’s time to blow off the webs of #comicsthroughtheyears to unearth some treasures for October! Day 12: 1980s Horror Scream! #5 (1984) with cover art by Eric Bradbury. #comics #comicsky

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It’s time to blow off the webs of #comicsthroughtheyears to unearth some treasures for October! Day 11: 1970s Horror Monsters Unleashed #11 (1975) with cover art by Frank Brunner. #comics #comicsky

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Time to dress up as your favorite hero or villain for the #HalloweenCostumeParty! Day 12: Lex Luthor Alexander Luthor, Jr. from Crisis on Infinite Earths, art by George Pérez. #comics #comicsky

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Time to dress up as your favorite hero or villain for the #HalloweenCostumeParty! Day 11: Daredevil Daredevil #70 (2005) with cover art by Alex Maleev. #comics #comicsky

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It’s October, so retrieve your comics from the attic and blast some spooky music for the #HalloweenDanceParty! Day 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Alpha Flight #19 (1984) with art by John Byrne. She’s Canadian, but Talisman/Elizabeth Twoyoungmen was one of my favorite AFers. #comics #comicsky

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It’s October, so retrieve your comics from the attic and blast some spooky music for the #HalloweenDanceParty! Day 11: Poe or Birds DC’s Quoth the Raven (2026) with cover art by Sweeney Boo. #comics #comicsky

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Bring out your non-horror covers & splash pages inspired by the spooky season for the #OctoberCoverChallenge! Day 12: ”Oh, No!” Avengers #343 (1991) with cover art by Steve Epting. #comics #comicsky

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Bring out your non-horror covers & splash pages inspired by the spooky season for the #OctoberCoverChallenge! Day 11: Kidnapped! Secret Wars II #4 (1985) with cover art by Al Milgrom and Steve Leialoha. #comics #comicsky

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It’s October and time to celebrate spook-tacular artists with the #comicskycoverartists challenge! Day 12: Jenny Frison Angel #2. #comicsky #comics

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It’s October and time to celebrate spook-tacular artists with the #comicskycoverartists challenge! Day 11: Martin Simmonds Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #3 (2026) I often buy his covers, captivated by their disturbing beauty. #comicsky #comics

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Blithe Spirit (1945) was our movie selection this weekend, a light-hearted nod to spooky season. The highlight was undoubtedly Margaret Rutherford as the medium, as she made us laugh out loud at her enthusiasm and antics. Res Harrison was charming and debonair as usual, and Constance Cummings…

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…was lovely as the current wife. While I liked Kay Hammond as the late Mrs. Condomine, she had a strange way of speaking occasionally. As a Noel Coward play, it was filled with witty remarks and oozed style. Quite enjoyable.

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It’s time to blow off the webs of #comicsthroughtheyears to unearth some treasures for October! Day 11: 1970s Horror Monsters Unleashed #11 (1975) with cover art by Frank Brunner. #comics #comicsky

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It’s time to blow off the webs of #comicsthroughtheyears to unearth some treasures for October! Day 10: 1960s Horror The Mummy (1962) #comics #comicsky

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Time to dress up as your favorite hero or villain for the #HalloweenCostumeParty! Day 11: Daredevil Daredevil #70 (2005) with cover art by Alex Maleev. #comics #comicsky

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Time to dress up as your favorite hero or villain for the #HalloweenCostumeParty! Day 10: Nightwing 💕 Nightwing #107 x 2 with cover art by Dan Mora and also Bruno Redondo. I like to have my cakes and eat them too! 😉 #comics #comicsky

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It’s October, so retrieve your comics from the attic and blast some spooky music for the #HalloweenDanceParty! Day 11: Poe or Birds DC’s Quoth the Raven (2026) with cover art by Sweeney Boo. #comics #comicsky

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It’s October, so retrieve your comics from the attic and blast some spooky music for the #HalloweenDanceParty! Day 10: Old or New Wonder Woman #178 (1968) with cover art by Mike Sekowsky, Dick Giordano, & Gaspar Saladino. Too obvious or on the nose? 😉 #comics #comicsky

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Bring out your non-horror covers & splash pages inspired by the spooky season for the #OctoberCoverChallenge! Day 11: Kidnapped! Secret Wars II #4 (1985) with cover art by Al Milgrom and Steve Leialoha. #comics #comicsky

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Bring out your non-horror covers & splash pages inspired by the spooky season for the #OctoberCoverChallenge! Day 10: Bloody Blade: Red Band #3 (2025) with cover art by C.F. Villa. #comics #comicsky

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It’s October and time to celebrate spook-tacular artists with the #comicskycoverartists challenge! Day 11: Martin Simmonds Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #3 (2026) I often buy his covers, captivated by their disturbing beauty. #comicsky #comics

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It’s October and time to celebrate spook-tacular artists with the #comicskycoverartists challenge! Day 10: E.M. Gist The Amazing Spider-Man #23 (Trinity Comics Vegas Con Exclusive) #comicsky #comics

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Kicking myself for missing that answer. Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Oct. 11, 2026 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉 My Score: 1800

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‘Protect the Dolls’ is a term meaning ‘take care of trans ppl’. Its origin is due to the campaign of persecution & violence aimed at this vulnerable part of the Gay community. LGBTQ ppl nationally, & internationally, have been flagging that UK state TV is actively transphobic, for years. More proof!

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Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly

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Given how much I have enjoyed and looked forward to Mike Flanagan TV shows—The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher—I have almost zero interest in Carrie. Watching a movie of how horribly people treated her was bad enough…

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…but an entire TV series? Can’t imagine that as someone who was bullied all through middle and high school myself. I’ll have to read up on what people say, and if it is different than I think it will be, I’ll reconsider it at that point.

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Easy peasy! Did not even need the multiple guess answers. 🙂 Hmmm…guess I missed yesterday’s because I don’t remember a wrong answer, and I was on a short winning streak. Darn it! I’m on a 1 day streak! ⭐ www.afi.com/get-the-pict... #GetThePicture

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