Robert Mackenzie
@robertmackenzie.bsky.social
Was @RobertRambles on the ol' bird site. Co-creator of Compass for Image Comics. I write things from time to time! It turns out, you *CAN* go home again.
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So, given the boom around here, I thought it might be useful to have an easy access guide to who I am and what I'm about. If you're like me and you see a good post or get a follow, you do a quick timeline scan to see whom you've come across.
Hi!
I'm Robert Mackenzie.
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Hi!
I'm Robert Mackenzie.
Thread follows.
I said what about Geralt of Rivia
She said I think I remember him well
I said as I recall he looked kind of different
She said well that's who we could afford
She said I think I remember him well
I said as I recall he looked kind of different
She said well that's who we could afford
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I said what about Geralt of Rivia
She said I think I remember him well
I said as I recall he looked kind of different
She said well that's who we could afford
She said I think I remember him well
I said as I recall he looked kind of different
She said well that's who we could afford
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
Inside you there are two Wolfes. (This is a compliment.)
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Inside you there are two Wolfes. (This is a compliment.)
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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#4 of ‘Cheetah & Cheshire Rob The Justice League’ is out this week!!!
The heist BEGINS!
@gregrucka.com
The heist BEGINS!
@gregrucka.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
#4 of ‘Cheetah & Cheshire Rob The Justice League’ is out this week!!!
The heist BEGINS!
@gregrucka.com
The heist BEGINS!
@gregrucka.com
Really enjoyed Christopher Buelhman's The Daughters' War, a beautifully crafted meditation on loss, grace and survival (that also happens to be a fantasy book). I described it to some friends as "A Farewell To Arms, but with lesbian crow knights" and I stand by this assessment as a high compliment.
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Really enjoyed Christopher Buelhman's The Daughters' War, a beautifully crafted meditation on loss, grace and survival (that also happens to be a fantasy book). I described it to some friends as "A Farewell To Arms, but with lesbian crow knights" and I stand by this assessment as a high compliment.
HE COMES ACROSS *EXACTLY* THIS CASE. IT'S THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL! AND IT'S SET DURING SHERLOCK: THE COLLEGE YEARS, SO IT PREDATES HIM SAYING THIS TO WATSON IN A STUDY IN SCARLET. THE 'HE WAS TROLLING WATSON' EXPLANATION IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE.
Ahem.
Please go about your business.
Ahem.
Please go about your business.
It's times like this I remember Sherlock didn't consider the Copernican model of the solar system "important."
He's lucky he never came across "The Case of the Very Pertinent Shadow Placement in Midmorning."
He's lucky he never came across "The Case of the Very Pertinent Shadow Placement in Midmorning."
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
HE COMES ACROSS *EXACTLY* THIS CASE. IT'S THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL! AND IT'S SET DURING SHERLOCK: THE COLLEGE YEARS, SO IT PREDATES HIM SAYING THIS TO WATSON IN A STUDY IN SCARLET. THE 'HE WAS TROLLING WATSON' EXPLANATION IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE.
Ahem.
Please go about your business.
Ahem.
Please go about your business.
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been a while since I went hard on patina
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
been a while since I went hard on patina
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It's time to pledge your fealty to MADAM MCQUILLEN!
MADAM is a full-color 164-page supernatural horror comic that picks away at the false faces we wear and reveals the dark thoughts lurking within.
Feast thine eyes on this KILLER exclusive cover by @cotronis.bsky.social!!
Link below!
MADAM is a full-color 164-page supernatural horror comic that picks away at the false faces we wear and reveals the dark thoughts lurking within.
Feast thine eyes on this KILLER exclusive cover by @cotronis.bsky.social!!
Link below!
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's time to pledge your fealty to MADAM MCQUILLEN!
MADAM is a full-color 164-page supernatural horror comic that picks away at the false faces we wear and reveals the dark thoughts lurking within.
Feast thine eyes on this KILLER exclusive cover by @cotronis.bsky.social!!
Link below!
MADAM is a full-color 164-page supernatural horror comic that picks away at the false faces we wear and reveals the dark thoughts lurking within.
Feast thine eyes on this KILLER exclusive cover by @cotronis.bsky.social!!
Link below!
A friend prompted a discussion, and a discussion rapidly metastasized into a miniature project.
I present:
TABLETOP! The TTRPG of Musicals.
A fast-paced frenetic experience of pure showbiz and artistic sincerity.
I present:
TABLETOP! The TTRPG of Musicals.
A fast-paced frenetic experience of pure showbiz and artistic sincerity.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A friend prompted a discussion, and a discussion rapidly metastasized into a miniature project.
I present:
TABLETOP! The TTRPG of Musicals.
A fast-paced frenetic experience of pure showbiz and artistic sincerity.
I present:
TABLETOP! The TTRPG of Musicals.
A fast-paced frenetic experience of pure showbiz and artistic sincerity.
Weirdly I was talking about this in the context of The Muppets just this morning, how a failure to understand Muppet kayfabe dooms the product. There are rules both subtle and glaring, but they have to be followed. Other eras understood that quite well, but I don't think they've crossed over.
the 80s had a high density of celebrities whose authenticity was hard to figure out, as a kid. like, was Mr. T a real guy? he was like that in shows/movies but also in interviews? or pee wee, elvira, max headroom, various wrestlers. even alf was on celebrity squares. it was a confusing time.
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Weirdly I was talking about this in the context of The Muppets just this morning, how a failure to understand Muppet kayfabe dooms the product. There are rules both subtle and glaring, but they have to be followed. Other eras understood that quite well, but I don't think they've crossed over.
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Matt came by my PSU class today. Updating my presentation I found this. We didn't know it was online. its one of Matt's favorite things & SO interesting cuz there was no #batfraction in his future then. FROM THE TCJ ARCHIVES:
A DENNY O’NEIL AND MATT FRACTION CONVERSATION www.tcj.com/a-denny-onei...
A DENNY O’NEIL AND MATT FRACTION CONVERSATION www.tcj.com/a-denny-onei...
A Denny O'Neil and Matt Fraction Conversation - The Comics Journal
This conversation from The Comics Journal #300 (November 2009) is a snapshot of a moment just before smartphones became ubiquitous and before the MCU/Batman/superhero movies would glut cinemas. Matt F...
www.tcj.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Matt came by my PSU class today. Updating my presentation I found this. We didn't know it was online. its one of Matt's favorite things & SO interesting cuz there was no #batfraction in his future then. FROM THE TCJ ARCHIVES:
A DENNY O’NEIL AND MATT FRACTION CONVERSATION www.tcj.com/a-denny-onei...
A DENNY O’NEIL AND MATT FRACTION CONVERSATION www.tcj.com/a-denny-onei...
So since this doesn't *exclude* Tabletop, it counts, my primary principle is called "Loosely Held" which holds that much should be implied or gestured towards but only coalesce into focus off player stimulus. World building, narrative, characters. GMing is a series of prompts and responses.
What's your number one personal game design principle? And even better - does it have a cool name?
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So since this doesn't *exclude* Tabletop, it counts, my primary principle is called "Loosely Held" which holds that much should be implied or gestured towards but only coalesce into focus off player stimulus. World building, narrative, characters. GMing is a series of prompts and responses.
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Celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin's birthday at The Word for World exhibition at Architectural Association, with an edible landscape by artist Rain Wu.
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin's birthday at The Word for World exhibition at Architectural Association, with an edible landscape by artist Rain Wu.
It's true, but it also places the obligation on current werewolves to take solid action on lunar change mitigation plans, so future generations of werewolves aren't prejudiced by the excess of this time of unparalleled werewolf opportunity.
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It's true, but it also places the obligation on current werewolves to take solid action on lunar change mitigation plans, so future generations of werewolves aren't prejudiced by the excess of this time of unparalleled werewolf opportunity.
This is my one
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is my one
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
Gutted to hear about Rob Wieland. Cool in my short interactions with him, long in the hours of joy he indirectly contributed to my table. Tabletop is a small place in a lot of ways, despite the ever growing player base. Voices sound a long way, Rob's sounded very loud but always graciously. RIP.
October 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Gutted to hear about Rob Wieland. Cool in my short interactions with him, long in the hours of joy he indirectly contributed to my table. Tabletop is a small place in a lot of ways, despite the ever growing player base. Voices sound a long way, Rob's sounded very loud but always graciously. RIP.
But Gene's robots are his nicest people! This is slander and I'm not having it.
Typical engineer really.
Typical engineer really.
AI is an unreliable narrator pretending to be your robot buddy
You think you’re in an Isaac Asimov story and you find out you’re in a Gene Wolfe story
You think you’re in an Isaac Asimov story and you find out you’re in a Gene Wolfe story
AI is stupid, Exhibit 10^{100}
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
But Gene's robots are his nicest people! This is slander and I'm not having it.
Typical engineer really.
Typical engineer really.
That's the way it's gonna be, Clarice Starling/
We'll listen to Goodbye Horses, yeah yeah
We'll listen to Goodbye Horses, yeah yeah
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That's the way it's gonna be, Clarice Starling/
We'll listen to Goodbye Horses, yeah yeah
We'll listen to Goodbye Horses, yeah yeah
Talking with some friends yesterday about the pure joy of watching goblins go to work causing havoc has become a free, rules light, one-page RPG.
I hope you all enjoy "Oops...All Goblins!"
I hope you all enjoy "Oops...All Goblins!"
September 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Talking with some friends yesterday about the pure joy of watching goblins go to work causing havoc has become a free, rules light, one-page RPG.
I hope you all enjoy "Oops...All Goblins!"
I hope you all enjoy "Oops...All Goblins!"
Dear *God*.
Shall we all club together and buy a bookshop in the Yorkshire Dales? As a former rare book librarian, I'm still on all the mailing lists...could I run it from Dublin with regular trips over, please?
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/richar...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/richar...
Buyer sought for over 150,000 books and the one-time Yorkshire Dales youth hostel in which they’re housed
Richard Axe is celebrated in the bookselling trade for his vast collection of antiquarian and second-hand volumes. Since 2005, his stock has been arrayed on over a mile’s worth of shelving in a former...
www.worldofinteriors.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Dear *God*.
Shifting the default video game presentation to 3D first person or over the shoulder to allow dominance for the console market was a mistake, beautiful 2D environments were robbed for decades.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Shifting the default video game presentation to 3D first person or over the shoulder to allow dominance for the console market was a mistake, beautiful 2D environments were robbed for decades.
Garak reading the comics of Steve Ditko
This is an interesting thought experiment because what kind of human literature would Garak actually like? He thought Julius Caesar was "farcical" and obvious so he probably wouldn't like our political intrigue. The Cardassian literature he DOES like is due to their rigid, authoritarian structure
My headcanon is that Garak adores Jane Austen, especially Persuasion.
September 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Garak reading the comics of Steve Ditko