@robrenzetti.bsky.social
Creator of Mina & the Count, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and the Horrible Bag Series. Lover of cartoons, books, movies, and rabbits. Visit me at robrenzetti.com
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In the Horrible Bag series, Zenith Maelstrom must rescue his sister Apogee from GrahBhag, the bizarre world inside the bag. He encounters a gargoyle who dines on earwax, an eight-foot-tall living rag doll with a deadly definition of friendship, and many other creepy creatures.
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I swooped in with DVDs when a streamer removed the show my parents were watching.
Physical media forever!
Physical media forever!
superman is standing with his hands on his hips in front of a blue background
ALT: superman is standing with his hands on his hips in front of a blue background
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January 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I swooped in with DVDs when a streamer removed the show my parents were watching.
Physical media forever!
Physical media forever!
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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Big thanks to @dadakuku.bsky.social and @petrock.bsky.social for publishing my little verse!
A new verse from returning contributor @tracyroyce.bsky.social; it is too sprawling to have a preview here, so you will have to click through to see it:
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starting from scratch m o …
dadakuku.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Big thanks to @dadakuku.bsky.social and @petrock.bsky.social for publishing my little verse!
With all the gifts he has to handle, four arms makes more sense.
If you are feeling blue about the holidays, @70sscifiart.bsky.social will cheer you up with this four-armed Santa (and more):
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Ed Emshwiller's Four-Armed Santa Claus
For the first decade of Galaxy Science Fiction’s 30-year-run, Ed Emshwiller illustrated a total of eight Christmas-themed issues featuring the same character.
The version of Santa Claus on these 1950...
70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
With all the gifts he has to handle, four arms makes more sense.
I've never seen this before and found it quite charming and technically impressive. Plus, David Bowie does the intro!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAiZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAiZ...
The Snowman - Full Movie *David Bowie Intro* (1982) HD
YouTube video by The Cold and The Darkness
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I've never seen this before and found it quite charming and technically impressive. Plus, David Bowie does the intro!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAiZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAiZ...
Recently saw an exhibition of Jack Kirby’s art at the Skirball. It was very inspiring. If you’re in LA check it out.
Today is the 85th anniversary of Captain America! December 20, 1940, was the publication date of Captain America Comics #1. Created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Recently saw an exhibition of Jack Kirby’s art at the Skirball. It was very inspiring. If you’re in LA check it out.
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Taking a brief trip to Duckburg before bed.
December 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Taking a brief trip to Duckburg before bed.
I can’t help thinking Santa is like “F off Superman! This is MY night to shine.”
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I can’t help thinking Santa is like “F off Superman! This is MY night to shine.”
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Monthly Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost
- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!
NSFW and erotica welcome.
#TransSky #BookSky
- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!
NSFW and erotica welcome.
#TransSky #BookSky
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I would definitely write by hand if my god-awful handwriting was decipherable to me for more than five minutes after I'm done scribbling.
And people who claim to know about neurological processes or whatever will READILY ADMIT that writing by hand engages a different part of your brain than typing (or not using it at all, writing prompts) and STILL never pick up a pen or notebook because of "optimization."
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I'm currently handwriting a story because the sheer amount that it slows me down has led to some major "OOOH WAIT, WHAT IF" moments as I go.
Whereas when I type, (my wpm tops out at 120) I'm running up to the extent of my brainstorming and at risk of a block.
It's possible to create too fast.
Whereas when I type, (my wpm tops out at 120) I'm running up to the extent of my brainstorming and at risk of a block.
It's possible to create too fast.
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I would definitely write by hand if my god-awful handwriting was decipherable to me for more than five minutes after I'm done scribbling.
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Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
placeholder art is supposed to look like this. you're supposed to make it in 5 seconds.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
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We did it, Joe. @sassquachcomics.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We did it, Joe. @sassquachcomics.bsky.social
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uxn...
Cadbury's Flake - Temptation (2010, UK, BANNED)
YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising
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December 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uxn...
The most magical time of the year
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The most magical time of the year
Playing Santa for a day and sending out gifts to some lucky newsletter subscribers. Sign up at robrenzetti.com to be eligible for future giveaways.
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Playing Santa for a day and sending out gifts to some lucky newsletter subscribers. Sign up at robrenzetti.com to be eligible for future giveaways.
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One of the jewels of our collection
This vintage Santa looks like he's going to have to add himself to his own naughty list.
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
One of the jewels of our collection
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"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Congratulations to my talented wife for her Pushcart nomination!
Overwhelmed and grateful to @whiptailjournal.bsky.social co-editors @komadorihaiku.bsky.social and @songsofkat.bsky.social for the Pushcart nomination! Thank you, thank you, and congrats to all the other nominees!
December 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Congratulations to my talented wife for her Pushcart nomination!
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Behold! My book was just named a @KirkusReviews Best Graphic MG Book of 2025! See the whole list at tiny.cc/KirkusBOYMGGN25
@SimonKIDS
@TheTobiasAgency
@SimonKIDS
@TheTobiasAgency
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Behold! My book was just named a @KirkusReviews Best Graphic MG Book of 2025! See the whole list at tiny.cc/KirkusBOYMGGN25
@SimonKIDS
@TheTobiasAgency
@SimonKIDS
@TheTobiasAgency
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
My wife is racking up the publications and earning a well-deserved literary award nomination. Check it out!
Thankful to EIC @lorettec.bsky.social for featuring my six prose poems in The Mackinaw this week and for nominating "Hard Stick" for Best Small Fictions:
www.themackinaw.net
www.themackinaw.net
The Mackinaw: a journal of prose poetry
Weekly selections of prose poetry.
www.themackinaw.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My wife is racking up the publications and earning a well-deserved literary award nomination. Check it out!
This happens relatively early in the film. Her singing is definitely unconventional, but by the time this song was over I was in love with Ida Lupino.
#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite musical performance in a #FilmNoir ~ IDA LUPINO has a very unique style playing piano and singing One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) in ROAD HOUSE (1948)
After Ida sings, Celeste Holm says
"She does more without a voice than anybody I've ever heard"
Favorite musical performance in a #FilmNoir ~ IDA LUPINO has a very unique style playing piano and singing One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) in ROAD HOUSE (1948)
After Ida sings, Celeste Holm says
"She does more without a voice than anybody I've ever heard"
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This happens relatively early in the film. Her singing is definitely unconventional, but by the time this song was over I was in love with Ida Lupino.
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This movie is BAM right out of the gate with a dynamite sequence featuring Cloris Leachman. But the bonkers ending defies words. ALSO: Special features on the disk are interesting. Apparently screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides and source material author Mickey Spillane weren't fond of one another.
#filmnoir #Noirvember #moviesky #filmsky
#NoirNeckties #BOTD
Ralph Meeker
as Mickey Spillane‘s Mike Hammer in
Kiss Me Deadly, 1955
#NoirNeckties #BOTD
Ralph Meeker
as Mickey Spillane‘s Mike Hammer in
Kiss Me Deadly, 1955
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This movie is BAM right out of the gate with a dynamite sequence featuring Cloris Leachman. But the bonkers ending defies words. ALSO: Special features on the disk are interesting. Apparently screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides and source material author Mickey Spillane weren't fond of one another.