Rantz Hoseley

Well... That was amazing.

“A marketing gimmick that fails basic engineering reality”

PSA - Kim Thayil's memoir A Screaming Life, was a pleasure to read.

Sebastián is one of my favorite artists to work with in comics. You should hire him.

Descendents and Z2 proudly present MILO GOES TO COMICS - the sprawling, nearly five-decade story of the genre-defining punk legends. ✍️Written by @anniezaleski.bsky.social 🖼️Cover Art by Chris Shary 🎨Interior Art by @ryandunlavey.bsky.social Pre-order standard and deluxe editions at: z2comics.com

There are folks that like to be challenged. There are folks that need to be coddled. Always opt for the former.

Going to see Digger a second time tomorrow. It's been 5 days and I cannot stop thinking about it, and want to see it again. Been a LONG time since that happened.

I, for... reasons... revisited the full run of AKIRA this week. There are so many brilliant, genre-defining things in it... ...but also... I know this is heresy, but looking at it 40 years later, from a professional editor POV, there are definitely things I would 'give notes on'

my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:

40 years ago...

Exclusive Preview: TAKE IT BACK: LIFE, ANXIETY, AND GRAY MATTER

I thought DIGGER was magnificent. Echoes of Dr Strangelove, A Face in the Crowd, Barton Fink, Brazil, 22 Monkeys, 8 1/2, Network... It's farce and it's satire and it's brilliant and heartbreaking and man... The acting, the writing, the unexpected reveals. I'm so glad we saw it in the theater.

CASTLE RAT is incredible live... If you get the chance, go see them!

I’m doing a limited run of the ITOD “Dragon Piano” prints with the watercolor painting I did as Key Art for Tori's ITOD tour. These prints are 8.5” x 14” signed & numbered with a limited run of 50 copies. Each one is Remarqued. $75 USD, includes shipping in the US. Holler if you're interested

“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.”

Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: https://loom.ly/oA2_-p8

Here's some amusement for your Tuesday. From 10 years ago...

After the discussion on here last week, I keep thinking about how helpful/useful it might be to have an actual ProCon for comics again. Where everything from the craft to the business could be discussed. Is that a crazy idea? I know when they had it the two days before SDCC in the 90s it was great.

Batman Day sketch from a few years back...

For no reason whatsoever, I keep thinking about the following phrase over the last couple of days: "You do not need to comment on breaking news, especially when the facts aren't clear."

This looks fucking KILLER - Industrial Music/Graphics: A Visual History of a Movement by SIGNALS Press on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

My pal @steveniles.bsky.social sent me the first script for this a couple years back, and I was so excited to see him take on a graphic novel memoir... Just read the finished book, and it's one of my favorite things he's ever written. You should read it.

Ryan is one of my favorite artists to work with, and you should hire him.

So, I've got COVID. Managed to make it through con season & international travel & a number of concerts & got vaxxed with the 26 shot* & yet... *I will say I am tired & my throat is a little scratchy, but I'm not feeling too awful. Nothing like when I got it 3 years ago. Mask up, motherfuckers.

Hashtag 'stalgia Sunday

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only. (with a nod to @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social )

In 1976, my Mom bought me this comic. It was the first music comic book biography that was not only authorized... it was written by The Man In Black himself. It's my distinct pleasure to be part of the team working with the Johnny Cash estate to bring it back into print.

The Rockwell collection alone will leave your head spinning at The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art...

I did a thing last night...

Me at this AI outage, learning all these AIs are the same thing with a different package

Without saying your age, what is your favorite film that came out when you were 20.

Those Indiana Jones covers... What the Hot Buttered Fuck...

Right. Okay. There is an increasing chance that I'm not going to get paid before the end of the month, which is gonna 'cause some huge problems. Which means I need to do something desperate and possibly insane. If you help me pay my bills, I'm going to make a comic on Bluesky.

So much half-assery in concept and execution is being held up as the iconic new standard for the medium that defines the current lexicon in comics. And, it is... ...but not in the way they mean nor intend.

On the flight back from Germany, the in flight entertainment system had Van Halen's album A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH, and since I was in the air for 21 hours, I gave it a listen for the first time since it came out. This is a MUCH better album than I remember, with great songs & performances.

Heading back to Los Angeles after two weeks in Deutschland. As is always the case after visiting, my heart is full from the experiences and communion with my loved ones, & I'm reminded how good America truly COULD be, if it got over it's blind superiority & arrogance.

Beer signs in the German countryside.

Under German Skies...

What do you know Deutschland?

Shockingly...

Great to wake up to Ringo noms for David Dastmalchian, @catstaggs.bsky.social and @david-mack.bsky.social for THROUGH and @sobreiro.bsky.social with James Henry, Luke Pisano and Stella Aykroyd for The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake. Thank you to the fans and nominating committee!

I'm so ridiculously proud of how this book turned out... @marksable.bsky.social & @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social brought career-level work to it. And R Kikuo Johnson delivered cover art that is fucking PERFECT.