Alex Paknadel from off of comics
@alexpaknadel.bsky.social
Writer. Worrier. Really good tipper.
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Pointless thought exercise, but do we think the country would be in better shape if Starmer had shanked Morgan McSweeney instead of Sue Gray?
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Pointless thought exercise, but do we think the country would be in better shape if Starmer had shanked Morgan McSweeney instead of Sue Gray?
It's wild to watch, isn't it. Labour insiders actually believe Wes Streeting, who won his seat by single digits, has the common touch.
Much of what we're experiencing is truly menacing and conspiratorial, but it's directly enabled my massive, unforced, rake-stepping incompetence.
Much of what we're experiencing is truly menacing and conspiratorial, but it's directly enabled my massive, unforced, rake-stepping incompetence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's wild to watch, isn't it. Labour insiders actually believe Wes Streeting, who won his seat by single digits, has the common touch.
Much of what we're experiencing is truly menacing and conspiratorial, but it's directly enabled my massive, unforced, rake-stepping incompetence.
Much of what we're experiencing is truly menacing and conspiratorial, but it's directly enabled my massive, unforced, rake-stepping incompetence.
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It feels like everything @ashcanpress.com has written led up to We're Taking Everyone Down With Us. Not a wasted or clunky line in the finale. If you missed the issues, get the graphic novel. Its Bond, Venture Bros, & a lot more. The ending will remind you what this always was in case you forgot.
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It feels like everything @ashcanpress.com has written led up to We're Taking Everyone Down With Us. Not a wasted or clunky line in the finale. If you missed the issues, get the graphic novel. Its Bond, Venture Bros, & a lot more. The ending will remind you what this always was in case you forgot.
I see the Labour Party is planning to oust Starmer in favour of Wes Streeting, the only man in the party with less charisma than Keir Starmer.
Quite an achievement.
Quite an achievement.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I see the Labour Party is planning to oust Starmer in favour of Wes Streeting, the only man in the party with less charisma than Keir Starmer.
Quite an achievement.
Quite an achievement.
"We'd rather be entertained than taken care of" is going to haunt me for a very long time.
God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"We'd rather be entertained than taken care of" is going to haunt me for a very long time.
It's becoming increasingly apparent that complex civilization can only be sustained if bullies lose, and are seen to lose.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's becoming increasingly apparent that complex civilization can only be sustained if bullies lose, and are seen to lose.
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Thrilled to see Event Horizon: Dark Descent from myself, @tristansbones.bsky.social & @pipmartin.bsky.social continues to be a success for @davidbrooke.bsky.social at @aiptcomics.com - read his advance review of #3 ( out tomorrow ! )
“A masterclass in cosmic horror”
aiptcomics.com/2025/11/11/e...
“A masterclass in cosmic horror”
aiptcomics.com/2025/11/11/e...
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thrilled to see Event Horizon: Dark Descent from myself, @tristansbones.bsky.social & @pipmartin.bsky.social continues to be a success for @davidbrooke.bsky.social at @aiptcomics.com - read his advance review of #3 ( out tomorrow ! )
“A masterclass in cosmic horror”
aiptcomics.com/2025/11/11/e...
“A masterclass in cosmic horror”
aiptcomics.com/2025/11/11/e...
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TOMORROW! The Author Immortal #2 in comic shops everywhere!
FOC for The Author Immortal #2 is TODAY! Please ask your favorite local retailer to grab a copy and check out these beautiful pages from @morganbeem.bsky.social letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and logo/design by @sievish.bsky.social! @imagecomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
TOMORROW! The Author Immortal #2 in comic shops everywhere!
THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL is a ridiculously beautiful book on all levels. You need it.
TOMORROW! The Author Immortal #2 in comic shops everywhere!
FOC for The Author Immortal #2 is TODAY! Please ask your favorite local retailer to grab a copy and check out these beautiful pages from @morganbeem.bsky.social letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and logo/design by @sievish.bsky.social! @imagecomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL is a ridiculously beautiful book on all levels. You need it.
God, I hated growing up in Essex.
OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
God, I hated growing up in Essex.
Haha, I just got paid. You're fucked now, mortgage.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haha, I just got paid. You're fucked now, mortgage.
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God-tier comment I just found on a Reddit thread about why THERE WILL BE BLOOD is still not available on 4k
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
God-tier comment I just found on a Reddit thread about why THERE WILL BE BLOOD is still not available on 4k
Just 8% of British working actors are from working class backgrounds in 2025. It was 20% in the 1990s.
Just a shocking, miserable statistic.
I have no objection to your Redmaynes and your Cumberbatches, but when they claim to have had no help I spit rivets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8pH...
Just a shocking, miserable statistic.
I have no objection to your Redmaynes and your Cumberbatches, but when they claim to have had no help I spit rivets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8pH...
Eddie Marsan on TV and film industry's obsession with upper-class actors
YouTube video by Sky News
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just 8% of British working actors are from working class backgrounds in 2025. It was 20% in the 1990s.
Just a shocking, miserable statistic.
I have no objection to your Redmaynes and your Cumberbatches, but when they claim to have had no help I spit rivets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8pH...
Just a shocking, miserable statistic.
I have no objection to your Redmaynes and your Cumberbatches, but when they claim to have had no help I spit rivets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8pH...
For me, the most impressive/appalling mental contortion these insanely wealthy white dudes have managed is the construction of a narrative in which they are the plucky underdogs. How can that possibly stand up to the slightest scrutiny? It's astonishing.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For me, the most impressive/appalling mental contortion these insanely wealthy white dudes have managed is the construction of a narrative in which they are the plucky underdogs. How can that possibly stand up to the slightest scrutiny? It's astonishing.
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⚾🏰 Medieval brings baseball to the age of King Arthur! Writer @neilkleid.bsky.social joins @chriscoplan.bsky.social to talk time travel, heroism, and why swinging for the fences sometimes means crossing centuries. ⚔️
#comicsky #comicbooks
Read the full Q&A:
#comicsky #comicbooks
Read the full Q&A:
Neil Kleid on going ‘Medieval,’ new baseball/time travel story from Comixology Originals
The writer talks foolish heroes, historical fiction, and Mark Twain stories.
aiptcomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
⚾🏰 Medieval brings baseball to the age of King Arthur! Writer @neilkleid.bsky.social joins @chriscoplan.bsky.social to talk time travel, heroism, and why swinging for the fences sometimes means crossing centuries. ⚔️
#comicsky #comicbooks
Read the full Q&A:
#comicsky #comicbooks
Read the full Q&A:
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Want to read more about MEDIEVAL, some of its influences, and check out a bunch of links to interviews with me & @alexcormack.bsky.social? I've got a newsletter out about it in the link below—read and / or click here to subscribe: buttondown.com/neilkleid#su...
NJW&C 28: Medieval #1 is out TODAY!
Hello, newsletter friends! Sending this one out early in the morning versus the afternoon so you can read it on your commute or with your morning cup o’...
buttondown.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Want to read more about MEDIEVAL, some of its influences, and check out a bunch of links to interviews with me & @alexcormack.bsky.social? I've got a newsletter out about it in the link below—read and / or click here to subscribe: buttondown.com/neilkleid#su...
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Good morning & huzzah—it's MEDIEVAL Day!
The 1st issue of our mature-readers Arthurian/baseball comic from @comixology.bsky.social is out NOW. Tell a comrade to tell a comrade
🔗 BUY: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 MORE: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
@alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social
The 1st issue of our mature-readers Arthurian/baseball comic from @comixology.bsky.social is out NOW. Tell a comrade to tell a comrade
🔗 BUY: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 MORE: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
@alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Good morning & huzzah—it's MEDIEVAL Day!
The 1st issue of our mature-readers Arthurian/baseball comic from @comixology.bsky.social is out NOW. Tell a comrade to tell a comrade
🔗 BUY: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 MORE: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
@alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social
The 1st issue of our mature-readers Arthurian/baseball comic from @comixology.bsky.social is out NOW. Tell a comrade to tell a comrade
🔗 BUY: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 MORE: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
@alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social
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The ORLA! graphic novel is coming out 3rd March 2026, and I’ll soon be reaching out to bookshops about pre-orders. If you have a local bookshop you’d like me to contact about stocking ORLA!, let me know!
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The ORLA! graphic novel is coming out 3rd March 2026, and I’ll soon be reaching out to bookshops about pre-orders. If you have a local bookshop you’d like me to contact about stocking ORLA!, let me know!
Farage was just referred to as "far right British politician" on Colbert's show.
Nobody will call that waste of perfectly good carbon far right over here of course, because things aren't things anymore; they're OTHER things. Legitimate things that shouldn't be dropkicked into the sun.
Nobody will call that waste of perfectly good carbon far right over here of course, because things aren't things anymore; they're OTHER things. Legitimate things that shouldn't be dropkicked into the sun.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Farage was just referred to as "far right British politician" on Colbert's show.
Nobody will call that waste of perfectly good carbon far right over here of course, because things aren't things anymore; they're OTHER things. Legitimate things that shouldn't be dropkicked into the sun.
Nobody will call that waste of perfectly good carbon far right over here of course, because things aren't things anymore; they're OTHER things. Legitimate things that shouldn't be dropkicked into the sun.
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*Sitting in the cinema at the new James Bond film, as Bond enters the scene*
Me: Hang on, isn't he supposed to be dead? WTF are they trying to pull here? BOO! BOOOOOO! SMASH THE PROJECTORS!!!
*The Bond Riots begin*
Me: Hang on, isn't he supposed to be dead? WTF are they trying to pull here? BOO! BOOOOOO! SMASH THE PROJECTORS!!!
*The Bond Riots begin*
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
*Sitting in the cinema at the new James Bond film, as Bond enters the scene*
Me: Hang on, isn't he supposed to be dead? WTF are they trying to pull here? BOO! BOOOOOO! SMASH THE PROJECTORS!!!
*The Bond Riots begin*
Me: Hang on, isn't he supposed to be dead? WTF are they trying to pull here? BOO! BOOOOOO! SMASH THE PROJECTORS!!!
*The Bond Riots begin*
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
I guarantee audiences would accept a new Bond with no questions asked, but if they're worried about continuity then just have an unnamed MI6 recruit have to surrender their identity to become 'James Bond - 007'. You know, like the original Casino Royale movie.
Done. Cheque please.
Done. Cheque please.
“It’s impossible to reboot Bond” says production team who decided Bond first got his licence to kill in the 21st Century, as Daniel Craig, then got incredibly old within two films and was being put out to pasture, but also had Sean Connery’s 1960s car.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I guarantee audiences would accept a new Bond with no questions asked, but if they're worried about continuity then just have an unnamed MI6 recruit have to surrender their identity to become 'James Bond - 007'. You know, like the original Casino Royale movie.
Done. Cheque please.
Done. Cheque please.
My God, madam. Can't you see he's not moving?
Keep going, by all means...
Keep going, by all means...
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
My God, madam. Can't you see he's not moving?
Keep going, by all means...
Keep going, by all means...
It's possibly not a great idea to keep a beloved pet in the house after it's died.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It's possibly not a great idea to keep a beloved pet in the house after it's died.