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John Hefner. Just a guy who really loves Harvey Dent.
Yep, this place is pretty barren so far. Still under construction. Workin’ on it.
Yep, this place is pretty barren so far. Still under construction. Workin’ on it.
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· Dec 2
For Harvey Dent's 80th anniversary in 2022, I ranked my top 22 Two-Face stories of all time! It needs updating, as several entries have lost their spots to others over the AMAZING two years. But for posterity, here’s the original ranking until I can get around to an updated list! 🧵
Me: “I’m okay”
Also me:
Also me:
December 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Me: “I’m okay”
Also me:
Also me:
I saw Friedkin’s “Bug” (the adaptation of Tracy Letts’ play with a career-best performance by Ashley Judd) on opening night with a crowd that was clearly expecting a straightforward horror film. 1/2 of the audience peeled off throughout, and when it was over, someone shouted “The FUCK was that?!?!”
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I saw Friedkin’s “Bug” (the adaptation of Tracy Letts’ play with a career-best performance by Ashley Judd) on opening night with a crowd that was clearly expecting a straightforward horror film. 1/2 of the audience peeled off throughout, and when it was over, someone shouted “The FUCK was that?!?!”
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Hey hey hey -- the eBook edition of THE MAN WHO LOVED THE SEA, a collection of Alan Brennert's extraordinary short fiction, is now available from PS Publishing. All thumbs up!
It's also (still?) available in limited signed hardcover as well as TPB, tradfolk.
pspublishing.co.uk/the-man-who-...
It's also (still?) available in limited signed hardcover as well as TPB, tradfolk.
pspublishing.co.uk/the-man-who-...
The Man Who Loved The Sea [eBook] Alan Brennert
A COLLECTION by Alan Brennert PUBLICATION DATE December 2025 COVER ART François Vaillancourt ISBN 978-1-80394-248-3 EDITION ePub edition for Apple
pspublishing.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Hey hey hey -- the eBook edition of THE MAN WHO LOVED THE SEA, a collection of Alan Brennert's extraordinary short fiction, is now available from PS Publishing. All thumbs up!
It's also (still?) available in limited signed hardcover as well as TPB, tradfolk.
pspublishing.co.uk/the-man-who-...
It's also (still?) available in limited signed hardcover as well as TPB, tradfolk.
pspublishing.co.uk/the-man-who-...
Just the other day I was thinking about how Peter David (co-creator of Miguel “Spider-Man 2099” O’Hara and an incredibly prolific writer in general) needed a gofundme to support medical costs in the last couple years of his life.
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just the other day I was thinking about how Peter David (co-creator of Miguel “Spider-Man 2099” O’Hara and an incredibly prolific writer in general) needed a gofundme to support medical costs in the last couple years of his life.
I finally read the original 90’s run of “Spider-Man 2099,” and after looking up wikis for further info, I can think of no single screenshot which can best sum up the experience of reading DC/Marvel comics. What other medium is so collaboratively in flux to the point of retconning a retcon’s retcon?
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I finally read the original 90’s run of “Spider-Man 2099,” and after looking up wikis for further info, I can think of no single screenshot which can best sum up the experience of reading DC/Marvel comics. What other medium is so collaboratively in flux to the point of retconning a retcon’s retcon?
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First Penguin cover! By the great Jerry Robinson.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First Penguin cover! By the great Jerry Robinson.
Oh what’s this, yet another collection of Neal Adams’ Batman, ho-hum, what’s the point, it’s still going to have Adams’ awful digital recoloring from the 00’s that’s in all reprints of wait what IT’S THE ORIGINAL COLORING HOLY FUCK YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY NATURE IS HEALINGGGGG
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Oh what’s this, yet another collection of Neal Adams’ Batman, ho-hum, what’s the point, it’s still going to have Adams’ awful digital recoloring from the 00’s that’s in all reprints of wait what IT’S THE ORIGINAL COLORING HOLY FUCK YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY NATURE IS HEALINGGGGG
That Feiffer hardcover was a life-changing discovery for me as a kid. A landmark for comics history and serious discussion of the medium as both art and “trash,” as Feiffer himself put it.
Today's pickups from McKay Used Books. All this for $27 in store credit.
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
That Feiffer hardcover was a life-changing discovery for me as a kid. A landmark for comics history and serious discussion of the medium as both art and “trash,” as Feiffer himself put it.
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed
(Took this rare selfie at work for other reasons today, and was surprised that I didn’t hate how I looked, so I’m going to ride this fleeting, fragile self-confidence a little longer)
(Took this rare selfie at work for other reasons today, and was surprised that I didn’t hate how I looked, so I’m going to ride this fleeting, fragile self-confidence a little longer)
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed
(Took this rare selfie at work for other reasons today, and was surprised that I didn’t hate how I looked, so I’m going to ride this fleeting, fragile self-confidence a little longer)
(Took this rare selfie at work for other reasons today, and was surprised that I didn’t hate how I looked, so I’m going to ride this fleeting, fragile self-confidence a little longer)
Me, frantically working out a “Pepe Silvia” corkboard trying to figure out how to apply this in a way that can finally reestablish Duela Dent as Harvey and Gilda Dent’s daughter after almost four decades since DC went “wait, that doesn’t work because of Robin’s age.”
Dropping this hot new infographic to cover yet another of my frequently asked questions
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Me, frantically working out a “Pepe Silvia” corkboard trying to figure out how to apply this in a way that can finally reestablish Duela Dent as Harvey and Gilda Dent’s daughter after almost four decades since DC went “wait, that doesn’t work because of Robin’s age.”
I’d want to see Scarecrow involved in some capacity that addresses the fact that Cronernberg’s Dr Decker looks JUST LIKE canonical Jonathan Crane.
If you could bring any crossover to life what would it be ?
For me it would a little book I call
KNIGHTBREED
For me it would a little book I call
KNIGHTBREED
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I’d want to see Scarecrow involved in some capacity that addresses the fact that Cronernberg’s Dr Decker looks JUST LIKE canonical Jonathan Crane.
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Anyone out there fluent in Klingon?
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Anyone out there fluent in Klingon?
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shady power couple dealings
(twobruce no cape au)
(twobruce no cape au)
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shady power couple dealings
(twobruce no cape au)
(twobruce no cape au)
I’m rereading “Sandman Mystery Theatre,” the Wesley Dodds run from Vertigo. I’m appreciating it more now as an adult, but it’s still not as good as I want it to be. After 30 years, it’s time I finally admit to myself that I just don’t like the art. I enjoy the guest artist arcs more.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I’m rereading “Sandman Mystery Theatre,” the Wesley Dodds run from Vertigo. I’m appreciating it more now as an adult, but it’s still not as good as I want it to be. After 30 years, it’s time I finally admit to myself that I just don’t like the art. I enjoy the guest artist arcs more.
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I’m fully aware this reference won’t be relevant to most, and I apologize, but holy shit this looks like a screenshot from “Dishonored.”
Now we are watching a 1983 documentary on Sterling Hayden that's on the Criterion disc. Great actor, crazy bastard.
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I’m fully aware this reference won’t be relevant to most, and I apologize, but holy shit this looks like a screenshot from “Dishonored.”
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235/815: BATMAN ANNUAL #14 (1990)
After damning his Journey into Knight with faint praise, I felt I owed Andrew Helfer a fair shake by returning to his magnum opus. This really is a revolutionary Two-Face story, and one which defines, fittingly, about half the character as we know him today.
After damning his Journey into Knight with faint praise, I felt I owed Andrew Helfer a fair shake by returning to his magnum opus. This really is a revolutionary Two-Face story, and one which defines, fittingly, about half the character as we know him today.
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
235/815: BATMAN ANNUAL #14 (1990)
After damning his Journey into Knight with faint praise, I felt I owed Andrew Helfer a fair shake by returning to his magnum opus. This really is a revolutionary Two-Face story, and one which defines, fittingly, about half the character as we know him today.
After damning his Journey into Knight with faint praise, I felt I owed Andrew Helfer a fair shake by returning to his magnum opus. This really is a revolutionary Two-Face story, and one which defines, fittingly, about half the character as we know him today.
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Let's ignore how we purvey the the very rot we cause with music. (I like messing around with sounds). #harveydent #jasontodd
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Let's ignore how we purvey the the very rot we cause with music. (I like messing around with sounds). #harveydent #jasontodd
Ok but seriously WTF was that Last Halloween finale. What the fuck was Gilda even doing and why. Did she fake her pregnancy or miscarry or was she delusional, and if it was real, who was the father. Why was she with Mario at all. Why would she ever be with him when she’s all yandere for Harvey.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ok but seriously WTF was that Last Halloween finale. What the fuck was Gilda even doing and why. Did she fake her pregnancy or miscarry or was she delusional, and if it was real, who was the father. Why was she with Mario at all. Why would she ever be with him when she’s all yandere for Harvey.
Also, re: B&R:Y1, it’s objectively a solid Batman take, full of classic fun and fucking fantastic art by Samnee. Waid’s always great with heroes but never strong with villains, so I wasn’t expecting much from his Harvey. He was mostly fun/inoffensive, except for a minor annoyance at the very end.
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Also, re: B&R:Y1, it’s objectively a solid Batman take, full of classic fun and fucking fantastic art by Samnee. Waid’s always great with heroes but never strong with villains, so I wasn’t expecting much from his Harvey. He was mostly fun/inoffensive, except for a minor annoyance at the very end.
Also, re: Last Halloween, I still have SUPER complicated thoughts about Loeb’s Gilda. But at least he finally gave her a last name (Powell, seemingly inexplicably) to properly distinguish her from the canonical Gilda Gold, which is the version I love and want to see receive her due. Sigh… someday.
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Also, re: Last Halloween, I still have SUPER complicated thoughts about Loeb’s Gilda. But at least he finally gave her a last name (Powell, seemingly inexplicably) to properly distinguish her from the canonical Gilda Gold, which is the version I love and want to see receive her due. Sigh… someday.
A year ago, the first issues of “Batman/Robin: Year One” and “Long Halloween: Last Halloween”dropped, both with Harvey Dent in major roles, both by writers I didn’t really trust with the character. I was more psyched for the imminent start of the first ever Two-Face solo series.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A year ago, the first issues of “Batman/Robin: Year One” and “Long Halloween: Last Halloween”dropped, both with Harvey Dent in major roles, both by writers I didn’t really trust with the character. I was more psyched for the imminent start of the first ever Two-Face solo series.
No one’s ever made a database of letters columns from comics, right? Because I really wish there could be one. There are all sorts of reasons I wish we could archive classic comics as they originally looked when they hit newsstands and retailers, but I particularly want those letters archived.
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
No one’s ever made a database of letters columns from comics, right? Because I really wish there could be one. There are all sorts of reasons I wish we could archive classic comics as they originally looked when they hit newsstands and retailers, but I particularly want those letters archived.
I love superhero comics so much
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I love superhero comics so much
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Did another paper cutout experiment for fun. Caesar Romero is best joker
October 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Did another paper cutout experiment for fun. Caesar Romero is best joker