Michael Ellis Day

"a distinctively British approach to artificial intelligence."

Judge Dredd continues to be one of the most prescient comics of all time. From a story in a 1986 issue.

Seeking @petersterne.com for advice: I'm not sure which NYC news outlet is the best to cover this developing story. There must be one with an Anglophile news desk?

This fantastic example of Arriola's incredible mid-50s lettering is up for auction on Heritage right now. I can already tell it'll end up too rich for my blood... comics.ha.com/itm/original...

I rarely talk about myself online but I will just mention Amazon thinks I favor timeless classic yet durable menswear and maintain an extensive shoe care routine (these are exact quotes) so if you want to conclude from this I'm secretly an alt of Derek Guy I cannot stop you.

David Byrne looking a bit rough there

Peter Max was everywhere in 1970, even on US TV: THE FIFTH DIMENSION SPECIAL: AN ODYSSEY IN THE COSMIC UNIVERSE OF PETER MAX www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjC3...

The cover of Peter Max Magazine #1 from 1970. Contents included a comic by Wally Wood with parody mashups of Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny (plus a cameo by Plastic Man), which was the first time I ever saw cartoon or comics characters subverted for countercultural use. It blew my mind.

[Exit Queen.]

Still working on my project of turning "Billie Jean" into a mournful Spanish waltz.

As long as you identify yourself directly and personally with the cultural objects you like you will find critique intolerable, regardless of the quality of the critique or the object

You make an interesting point, but have you considered a Japanese mens fashion magazine named after and featuring Popeye the Sailor in homage to Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog?

Hurrah! It does exist, I just didn't look hard enough... youtu.be/D00rpvyBcVM?...

Investigators have released their preliminary report on the crash involving a LEGO 747 and Space Shuttle earlier this week. flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...

I used to get yelled at when I suggested that maybe the culture around English football might be reinforcing some imperial nationalist values so just for the record, please look at how the army's current recruitment campaign makes this explicit.

Abbey Road DLR station has confused so many Beatles fans that TfL installed a sign directing them to the real Abbey Road at St John's Wood, North West London. So I thought it would be fun to bring the Beatles to East London instead, staging a tiny reunion cutout from a poster.

I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell just now. He listened graciously but I knew if he had something to add he would interject. Finally, curiosity got the better of me and I asked, "Mitch, why have you taken the form of a squirrel?" Mitch chuckled and said "Well, it's like thi

Way too much of my life right now seems to be consumed by "Americans are being fucking weird about something again."

Pete Townshend walking by a Guitar Center

For all the people in the UK who have been suffering through a heat wave without air conditioning: bsky.app/profile/did:...

To the person who called me an asshole and then blocked me: I wanted to apologize for being an asshole to you but you blocked me and now I can't. (I understand why people are so quick to block other people on here, but sometimes people are just way too quick to block other people on here.)

More bitterly still, we're coming up on forty years since this strip was published.

Change a proper noun or two and these all exactly describe the state of the 2020s.

In the '60s and '70s, one of the biggest producers of drug paraphernalia and trippy blacklight art was the Houston Blacklight & Poster Company. But its history has been nearly lost. I wrote about its influence and the importance of saving artifacts like these: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Happy Star Wars Day. Here's your annual reminder that "May the Fourth be with you" was invented by the Tories to celebrate the election of Margaret Thatcher.

Not only does this dialogue absolutely sing, it shows Kirby's understanding of the dynamics of power and its concentration - there are always Godfrey types who assume that their special skills will somehow drive not surrender to the authoritarian process; that is not how Darkseid sees things

🐰🇮🇷 Close the Strait! 🦆🇺🇸 Open the Strait! 🐰🇮🇷 Close the Strait! 🦆🇺🇸 Open the Strait! 🐰🇮🇷 Open the Strait! 🤭 🦆🇺🇸 Close the Strait! 🐰🇮🇷 Open the Strait! 🦆🇺🇸 Close the Strait! Look, I say we're closing the Strait, and that's final! Don't try to talk me out of it! 🤡

TV anti-war ad from 1971

NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC? I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive. The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...

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From 1915-1924, a dog named Prince lived in a seafood shop on Colston Avenue. His master (Alfred William Collins) charged customers a small fee to “smooth” the friendly pup - who spent his days seated upon the counter. Prince helped raise £37 (about £500 today) for the Bristol General Hospital.

well that went way deeper than I was expecting

John Entwistle collecting horror comics and Creepy magazine in particular is new information to me, but also the least surprising thing ever. It could not be more on brand for him.

Me, when I doomscroll.

It's like they saw my life and made it into a tv show!

TIL: Chester, Illinois has a "Popeye Trail" of 19 statues (28 characters) situated throughout the city in honor of hometown hero Elzie Segar. Beyond the main cast they have Castor/The Whiffle Hen, The Sea Hag/Bernard, Alice the Goon & Child, King Blozo, Toar & more. I have a nerdly urge to visit.

There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana (Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

Lmao

If jeffrey epstein ran for president the media would call him a businessman who has been criticized by democrats