The Black Casebook
@blackcasebook.bsky.social
Podcast exploring history, politics, philosophy and more through Batman’s greatest stories. https://open.spotify.com/show/0g0eISbWRkv01Xig3bmw5X
Where does Egg Fu fit into God’s plan for us?
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Where does Egg Fu fit into God’s plan for us?
I accept that Steely Dan is unc music—I accept that I myself am unc—but people should consider what John Darnielle said about them in an old Pitchfork interview. Few artists have been able to articulate Americans' comfort living alongside (and ignoring) total abjection quite like them.
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I accept that Steely Dan is unc music—I accept that I myself am unc—but people should consider what John Darnielle said about them in an old Pitchfork interview. Few artists have been able to articulate Americans' comfort living alongside (and ignoring) total abjection quite like them.
They’re gonna (God willing) become synonymous with Trump, but the Epstein emails are also an utter condemnation of the cultural and political project that is American centrism, from the Clintons to Obama. Insipid middlebrow fare and cynical neoliberalism bankrolled by the most evil forces on Earth.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
They’re gonna (God willing) become synonymous with Trump, but the Epstein emails are also an utter condemnation of the cultural and political project that is American centrism, from the Clintons to Obama. Insipid middlebrow fare and cynical neoliberalism bankrolled by the most evil forces on Earth.
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This is going to be a very special episode. Walt and I have each put our absolute all into it, and we want as many of you to enjoy it as possible.
ANNOUNCEMENT: In a gesture of international solidarity and good will, @cacomixpod.bsky.social and I will be releasing our PREMIUM Knightfall collaboration on our main feeds instead of paywalling it. The people have a right to know.
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is going to be a very special episode. Walt and I have each put our absolute all into it, and we want as many of you to enjoy it as possible.
ANNOUNCEMENT: In a gesture of international solidarity and good will, @cacomixpod.bsky.social and I will be releasing our PREMIUM Knightfall collaboration on our main feeds instead of paywalling it. The people have a right to know.
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: In a gesture of international solidarity and good will, @cacomixpod.bsky.social and I will be releasing our PREMIUM Knightfall collaboration on our main feeds instead of paywalling it. The people have a right to know.
Once again I must direct people to my new political organization, the We Are Going to Make Hell Real Party
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Once again I must direct people to my new political organization, the We Are Going to Make Hell Real Party
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This is from March, but current in the sense that I am also feeling pretty overwhelmed by how fucking evil everything is right now. Too many predators doing too much predatory shit. defector.com/kingdom-of-t...
Kingdom Of The Biters | Defector
The summer after I got married, one of my bosses bit me on the arm. I had a lot of jobs that summer, and a lot of bosses; at the time, I was recreating the sort of interchangeable, poorly paid jobs I’...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is from March, but current in the sense that I am also feeling pretty overwhelmed by how fucking evil everything is right now. Too many predators doing too much predatory shit. defector.com/kingdom-of-t...
I don't want to spoil it, but the climax of Dark Patterns #12 features one of the most iconic pages in a modern Batman comic. A special book.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I don't want to spoil it, but the climax of Dark Patterns #12 features one of the most iconic pages in a modern Batman comic. A special book.
On multiple occasions during the Cold War, the fate of all humanity hinged on individuals like Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov choosing to do the right thing. Given similarly awesome responsibilities, our leaders have done the exact wrong thing on every issue, from Gaza to Epstein. Not ideal.
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On multiple occasions during the Cold War, the fate of all humanity hinged on individuals like Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov choosing to do the right thing. Given similarly awesome responsibilities, our leaders have done the exact wrong thing on every issue, from Gaza to Epstein. Not ideal.
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one of my favorites (in an otherwise just-ok book): the social fabric of the town fraying slowly, then all at once in NEEDFUL THINGS
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
one of my favorites (in an otherwise just-ok book): the social fabric of the town fraying slowly, then all at once in NEEDFUL THINGS
People have been dragging Stephen King lately for his (justifiably notorious) inability to write sex scenes, but the Pluribus premiere reminded me of how great he is at sketching rapidly unfolding catastrophes: the Captain Trips outbreak, the Dome falling, the Mist rolling in, etc.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
People have been dragging Stephen King lately for his (justifiably notorious) inability to write sex scenes, but the Pluribus premiere reminded me of how great he is at sketching rapidly unfolding catastrophes: the Captain Trips outbreak, the Dome falling, the Mist rolling in, etc.
The Knightfall episode is going to be special.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The Knightfall episode is going to be special.
Tearing through John Fowles’ The Magus over the weekend has me feeling reinvigorated. Man cannot live on picture books, occult bullshit, and scholarly writing alone
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Tearing through John Fowles’ The Magus over the weekend has me feeling reinvigorated. Man cannot live on picture books, occult bullshit, and scholarly writing alone
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the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
This seems significant
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
Chuck Schumer is a James Buchanan-tier political operator. Elite stuff
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Chuck Schumer is a James Buchanan-tier political operator. Elite stuff
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I saw this guy on an interview recently and he got those really bad ultra white veneers that make you look like a Thunderbirds puppet. Addicted to getting fleeced
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I saw this guy on an interview recently and he got those really bad ultra white veneers that make you look like a Thunderbirds puppet. Addicted to getting fleeced
Was very surprised to learn that Young Justice apparently compared Orion having Darkseid’s genes to being autistic, much as this movie presents autism as a secret weapon to the Predators. Wouldn’t expect that plot point to happen even once, let alone twice in quick succession
Intended as a full-blooded reboot, things didn't work out on 2018's The Predator. A visit to the set gave an insight into what went wrong:
filmstories.co.uk/features/fad...
filmstories.co.uk/features/fad...
The Predator | The 2018 reboot, and what went horribly wrong
Intended as a full-blooded reboot, things didn't work out on 2018's The Predator. A visit to the set gave an insight into what went wrong.
filmstories.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Was very surprised to learn that Young Justice apparently compared Orion having Darkseid’s genes to being autistic, much as this movie presents autism as a secret weapon to the Predators. Wouldn’t expect that plot point to happen even once, let alone twice in quick succession
I understand people following their passions, but this is what’s known as being a sucker. How can an aging comics creator watch what happened to PAD (and others, for decades) and conclude “RIP to them but I’m different”?
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I understand people following their passions, but this is what’s known as being a sucker. How can an aging comics creator watch what happened to PAD (and others, for decades) and conclude “RIP to them but I’m different”?
In New England for a wedding. I was expecting to find sinister eldritch forces lurking behind a wholesome Puritan facade, but mostly I feel like Vito from The Sopranos when he went on the run in Vermont
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In New England for a wedding. I was expecting to find sinister eldritch forces lurking behind a wholesome Puritan facade, but mostly I feel like Vito from The Sopranos when he went on the run in Vermont
BONUS EPISODE! We're talking New Gods, baby. After a little keynote essay about Kirby and the resonance of his idiosyncratic Fourth World Saga, we open up the mailbag to answer burning questions on topics ranging from the most kissable New God to Tom King's loyal service to Darkseid.
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
BONUS EPISODE! We're talking New Gods, baby. After a little keynote essay about Kirby and the resonance of his idiosyncratic Fourth World Saga, we open up the mailbag to answer burning questions on topics ranging from the most kissable New God to Tom King's loyal service to Darkseid.
Biggest news of the night: the New Gods mailbag episode is out tomorrow for patrons (or people who want to pay me $3 without subscribing for some reason)
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Biggest news of the night: the New Gods mailbag episode is out tomorrow for patrons (or people who want to pay me $3 without subscribing for some reason)
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The people in power- real, actual power- did not want this to happen. They put everything they had into stopping it. They couldn’t. We can shape our own future.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The people in power- real, actual power- did not want this to happen. They put everything they had into stopping it. They couldn’t. We can shape our own future.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social do you like Batman
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social do you like Batman