Douglas Wolk
@douglaswolk.bsky.social
magical language machine
I have done a little image-edit job on a Certain Panel from The Power Fantasy #13 and am employing all my reserves of patience to not post it just yet.
Both of these issues have big reveals that, if you're a fan who savours the reveals in real time, you may not want risking being spoiled, so I'd suggest priortising reading them. I think they're both neat.
Happy (deep breath) DIE: LOADED #1, DIE RPG QUICKSTART and THE POWER FANTASY #13 day!
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I have done a little image-edit job on a Certain Panel from The Power Fantasy #13 and am employing all my reserves of patience to not post it just yet.
OH MY GOODNESS IT’S REAL
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
OH MY GOODNESS IT’S REAL
That new Absolute Batman Annual is QUITE SOMETHING. @danielwarrenart.bsky.social sure can deploy a double-page spread. Real good at page-turns, too. (This is me being analytical about the most visceral comic of the week...!)
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
That new Absolute Batman Annual is QUITE SOMETHING. @danielwarrenart.bsky.social sure can deploy a double-page spread. Real good at page-turns, too. (This is me being analytical about the most visceral comic of the week...!)
a many years ago
when I was young and charming
as some of you may know
I practiced aura farming
when I was young and charming
as some of you may know
I practiced aura farming
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
a many years ago
when I was young and charming
as some of you may know
I practiced aura farming
when I was young and charming
as some of you may know
I practiced aura farming
"You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke"
October 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke"
okay, yes, this is spectacular
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
okay, yes, this is spectacular
Comics bsky: anybody happen to know if Stan Goldberg and Petra Goldberg/Scotese were related?
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Comics bsky: anybody happen to know if Stan Goldberg and Petra Goldberg/Scotese were related?
Reposted by Douglas Wolk
At school Tex, 75, rough-voiced gave me his “swipe file” -his midcentury archive of 1000s of reference photos. Going thru it w/him & classmates, we found a stack of posed b&w kodak photos from 1950 of an impossibly gorgeous dancer.
(Cont)
#lieberAMA
(Cont)
#lieberAMA
Do you have any good Tex Blaisdell stories?
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
At school Tex, 75, rough-voiced gave me his “swipe file” -his midcentury archive of 1000s of reference photos. Going thru it w/him & classmates, we found a stack of posed b&w kodak photos from 1950 of an impossibly gorgeous dancer.
(Cont)
#lieberAMA
(Cont)
#lieberAMA
ribbit
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
ribbit
Woke up with this one stuck in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEmI...
French Film (Blurred) (4th Demo)
YouTube video by Wire - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Woke up with this one stuck in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEmI...
I’ve never felt so seen
Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve never felt so seen
I wrote about how it came to be that Millie of "My Boy Lollipop" fame recorded a then-unreleased song by Nick Drake in 1970: www.hilobrow.com/2025/10/05/s...
SKANK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2) – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I wrote about how it came to be that Millie of "My Boy Lollipop" fame recorded a then-unreleased song by Nick Drake in 1970: www.hilobrow.com/2025/10/05/s...
Okay, I suppose the last one makes sense. (There are 15 of these!)
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Okay, I suppose the last one makes sense. (There are 15 of these!)
Oh my god this is so good and I am so excited for the rest of it
new 64 Quartets. The start of Quartet No. 9: Wire. Overture→Harvest Lexicon: ADV-ALB. 64quartets.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/9...
9. Wire. Overture→Harvest Lexicon: ADV-ALB
Wire (Robert Grey, Colin Newman, Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis), 1978 (Annette Green) No blind spots in leopard’s eyes resistance is futile believe sea-burnt nurses in a black and white life th…
64quartets.wordpress.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Oh my god this is so good and I am so excited for the rest of it
I note that today’s @al-ewing.bsky.social -written comics contain both a line about a $50,000 bribe and a line about a military guy getting in trouble because of his hair. There is some alarming prescience happening there.
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I note that today’s @al-ewing.bsky.social -written comics contain both a line about a $50,000 bribe and a line about a military guy getting in trouble because of his hair. There is some alarming prescience happening there.
INDELIBLE OBLOQUY
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
INDELIBLE OBLOQUY
view from the crime ravaged war zone, where we are currently facing terrible problems like “what can we do with all these delicious ripe figs”
September 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
view from the crime ravaged war zone, where we are currently facing terrible problems like “what can we do with all these delicious ripe figs”
Headcanon: the Velvet Underground's "Guess I'm Falling in Love" is the same song as the Rutles' "I Must Be in Love."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DB...
The Velvet Underground Guess I'm Falling In Love (Outtake)
YouTube video by Southern Rocker
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Headcanon: the Velvet Underground's "Guess I'm Falling in Love" is the same song as the Rutles' "I Must Be in Love."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DB...
Okay, it’s time to sell some sets of comics! Message or reply or email me if you want any of these. U.S. only; shipping is included if you get at least $50 worth. Reader sets, meaning some are pretty beaten up. I ❤️ readers. HERE WE GO.
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Okay, it’s time to sell some sets of comics! Message or reply or email me if you want any of these. U.S. only; shipping is included if you get at least $50 worth. Reader sets, meaning some are pretty beaten up. I ❤️ readers. HERE WE GO.
I'm going to be listing some more cheap sets of interesting older comics (from the '70s to the '10s) for sale soon, but if there's anything you might particularly want, drop me an email or PM. Lots of mutants, Vertigo, Morrison, Gillen, etc.
September 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm going to be listing some more cheap sets of interesting older comics (from the '70s to the '10s) for sale soon, but if there's anything you might particularly want, drop me an email or PM. Lots of mutants, Vertigo, Morrison, Gillen, etc.
“Oh, are we playing the game where we pretend you’re arguing in good faith? Not my favorite, but sure, I’d be up for a quick round.”
September 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“Oh, are we playing the game where we pretend you’re arguing in good faith? Not my favorite, but sure, I’d be up for a quick round.”
challenge for the day: when something you really like happens in mainstream comics, remember to refer to it as "editorially mandated"
September 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
challenge for the day: when something you really like happens in mainstream comics, remember to refer to it as "editorially mandated"
Having gone away for a few weeks means a GIGANTIC pile of periodical comics to catch up on. Let’s see what we’ve got…
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Having gone away for a few weeks means a GIGANTIC pile of periodical comics to catch up on. Let’s see what we’ve got…
There's definitely an Ultimate Nullifier in the Marvel Adventures universe, and Marvel Adventures: The Avengers (2006) #26 includes the hilarious scene in which it appears:
September 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There's definitely an Ultimate Nullifier in the Marvel Adventures universe, and Marvel Adventures: The Avengers (2006) #26 includes the hilarious scene in which it appears: