Tim
@urbaneturtle.com
Superheroes and Phillies. Freelance comics critic for hire. Seen in Eisner Award winners PanelxPanel & The ComicsBeat. Also ComicsXF and CBR. Action figure enthusiast. M.A, Theology. Nonprofit guy. Husband. Dad. (He/Him)
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Tim
@urbaneturtle.com
· Dec 12
Urbane Turtle
Writer.Artist.Creative.
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I'm a freelance comics critic & writer. I run urbaneturtle.com, where I post regular reviews & in depth criticism and analysis of comics old and new. I've written for The Comics Beat, ComicsXF, CBR, and the Eisner Award winning PanelxPanel. You can peruse the archive or this thread for highlights 🧷🧵
I bet you already forgot about the president posting an AI video of him dumping poopy on the American public from an airplane
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I bet you already forgot about the president posting an AI video of him dumping poopy on the American public from an airplane
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POV You are a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and also in Ohio for some reason
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
POV You are a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and also in Ohio for some reason
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It’s the all caps that convince me.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It’s the all caps that convince me.
Again, she is not going to last long. Someone is going to sue CBS and it’ll cost too much to cover for an incompetent nincompoop
Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Again, she is not going to last long. Someone is going to sue CBS and it’ll cost too much to cover for an incompetent nincompoop
3 issues in I can’t say if this story is any good but hey man I’ll take any excuse to look at Kaare Andrews to drawing Spider-Man and Wolverine doing dope stuff
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
3 issues in I can’t say if this story is any good but hey man I’ll take any excuse to look at Kaare Andrews to drawing Spider-Man and Wolverine doing dope stuff
Brother the Sixers just can’t pull together a full game win
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Brother the Sixers just can’t pull together a full game win
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Turtle Club Newsletter: in due time. It's time for another edition of "what I've been reading," from crowdfunded Macabre Valley to Image must-read Kaya.
Turtle Club Newsletter: in due time
It's time for another edition of "what I've been reading," from crowdfunded Macabre Valley to Image must-read Kaya.
urbaneturtle.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Turtle Club Newsletter: in due time. It's time for another edition of "what I've been reading," from crowdfunded Macabre Valley to Image must-read Kaya.
Might’ve jumped the gun on Sixers season excitement
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Might’ve jumped the gun on Sixers season excitement
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Looks like the Justin Crawford era will indeed begin this spring as the Nick Castellanos era concludes. From Matt Gelb’s latest
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Looks like the Justin Crawford era will indeed begin this spring as the Nick Castellanos era concludes. From Matt Gelb’s latest
Good stuff
TRUMP: You have to bring in talent
INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America
TRUMP: No you don't. No.
INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Good stuff
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A cartoon by Dabin Han. #NewYorkerCartoons
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A cartoon by Dabin Han. #NewYorkerCartoons
Sure sounds like Harrison Bader isn’t coming back. That’s a shame
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sure sounds like Harrison Bader isn’t coming back. That’s a shame
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Trump flipped Bucks County, a swing county in Pennsylvania, last year.
The GOP sheriff enthusiastically followed his lead, partnering with ICE to help Trump’s deportations.
Dems flipped the office by 11% last week, ousting the sheriff after promising to end the ICE contact.
The GOP sheriff enthusiastically followed his lead, partnering with ICE to help Trump’s deportations.
Dems flipped the office by 11% last week, ousting the sheriff after promising to end the ICE contact.
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trump flipped Bucks County, a swing county in Pennsylvania, last year.
The GOP sheriff enthusiastically followed his lead, partnering with ICE to help Trump’s deportations.
Dems flipped the office by 11% last week, ousting the sheriff after promising to end the ICE contact.
The GOP sheriff enthusiastically followed his lead, partnering with ICE to help Trump’s deportations.
Dems flipped the office by 11% last week, ousting the sheriff after promising to end the ICE contact.
Reposted by Tim
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
Turtle Club Newsletter: in due time. It's time for another edition of "what I've been reading," from crowdfunded Macabre Valley to Image must-read Kaya.
Turtle Club Newsletter: in due time
It's time for another edition of "what I've been reading," from crowdfunded Macabre Valley to Image must-read Kaya.
urbaneturtle.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Turtle Club Newsletter: in due time. It's time for another edition of "what I've been reading," from crowdfunded Macabre Valley to Image must-read Kaya.
Sixers need real doctors man this is absurd
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Sixers need real doctors man this is absurd
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What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
Heartbroken to report that the Wendy’s chicken tenders are horrible
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Heartbroken to report that the Wendy’s chicken tenders are horrible
Tangle and Whisper!
Get ready for a victory lap! There's more FREE content coming soon to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds!
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✨ NiGHTS - December 2025
🍌 AiAi - January 2026
💥 Tangle & Whisper - February 2026
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available now!
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tangle and Whisper!
Bluesky search isn’t working and it’s bad timing for trying to pull together a newsletter
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bluesky search isn’t working and it’s bad timing for trying to pull together a newsletter
These guys are Peak Power Rangers. Just minimal effort, somebody going "Yeah, it's fine whatever roll the tape"
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
These guys are Peak Power Rangers. Just minimal effort, somebody going "Yeah, it's fine whatever roll the tape"
The obvious answer here is they put him back on some New Avengers type "street level" heroes and team books. But I want him to get weird.
What Marvel characters would you like to see Bendis write in 2026?
BENDIS IS COMING! … Back! … To Marvel! … For a backup story in Avengers #800!
Brian Michael Bendis is part of the reason I got back into reading Marvel Comics. Even when I wasn't a Wednesday warrior during a stretch from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s, I had amassed a stack of New Avengers trades, along with events like House of M, Secret Invasion and Siege. They presented Marvel's mainstream, non-X-Men heroes in a way that was "cooler" than I'd previously seen - even with leather bomber jackets - and they were a good companion to the hours I'd spend playing the first…
comicsxf.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The obvious answer here is they put him back on some New Avengers type "street level" heroes and team books. But I want him to get weird.
Have Power Rangers on in the background while I'm working and it came upon the episode with the song that they used for the in memoriam for Thuy and JDF in the "Once and Always" 30th anniversary special and I got misty eyed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Have Power Rangers on in the background while I'm working and it came upon the episode with the song that they used for the in memoriam for Thuy and JDF in the "Once and Always" 30th anniversary special and I got misty eyed.