Jo is Afraid
@bywayofjosiah.bsky.social
I’m a disability attorney and guy who does writing stuff in Portland, OR. I love horror movies because they tell the truth. Opinions not endorsed by employer.
Not gonna lie, a Google image search of “Bruce Timm drawing Big Barda” is one of my most reliable sources of dopamine on-demand.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Not gonna lie, a Google image search of “Bruce Timm drawing Big Barda” is one of my most reliable sources of dopamine on-demand.
Oh my god, it’s the kiddie pool version of high camp, maybe? My kid wanted to watch it after she saw the 1990 one. I can’t say she didn’t like part two, but I haven’t heard any requests for TMNT III.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Oh my god, it’s the kiddie pool version of high camp, maybe? My kid wanted to watch it after she saw the 1990 one. I can’t say she didn’t like part two, but I haven’t heard any requests for TMNT III.
Haven’t seen that in so long! It’s probably at least as good as TMNT 2: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE, which I watched last month.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Haven’t seen that in so long! It’s probably at least as good as TMNT 2: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE, which I watched last month.
Dude made up a whole-ass Yautja alphabet for a comic where Batman punches the Predator.
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dude made up a whole-ass Yautja alphabet for a comic where Batman punches the Predator.
“Rocky loves Emily!”
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
“Rocky loves Emily!”
That movie fucking whips.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
That movie fucking whips.
Did not know that happened in the book. That is so cool.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Did not know that happened in the book. That is so cool.
I remember at one point Miller talked about all his BATMAN stories existing in his own proto-Snyderverse history of the character. His SPAWN crossover was very much included. I still don’t know if that’s charming or sad.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I remember at one point Miller talked about all his BATMAN stories existing in his own proto-Snyderverse history of the character. His SPAWN crossover was very much included. I still don’t know if that’s charming or sad.
That’s not surprising. They can’t all be his out of left field but cool runs on WildCATS or SUPREME.
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
That’s not surprising. They can’t all be his out of left field but cool runs on WildCATS or SUPREME.
It takes the “artist showcase” concept so far that it feels like no writing happened at all, despite there being characters with names and words on most pages. Obviously, I didn’t make it to the guest issues by Alan Moore, Dave Sim (ugh), and Neil Gaiman (ugh X infinity).
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It takes the “artist showcase” concept so far that it feels like no writing happened at all, despite there being characters with names and words on most pages. Obviously, I didn’t make it to the guest issues by Alan Moore, Dave Sim (ugh), and Neil Gaiman (ugh X infinity).
I was the right age too, but I missed out. I thought my love of pop-Satanism was all encompassing, but I guess it doesn’t include Canadian baseball fans named Todd.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I was the right age too, but I missed out. I thought my love of pop-Satanism was all encompassing, but I guess it doesn’t include Canadian baseball fans named Todd.
I tried reading SPAWN on Hoopla after I was surprised by how fun 90’s GHOST RIDER and other MIDNIGHT SONS titles ended up being. Operative word being “tried.” I failed to complete a single issue.
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I tried reading SPAWN on Hoopla after I was surprised by how fun 90’s GHOST RIDER and other MIDNIGHT SONS titles ended up being. Operative word being “tried.” I failed to complete a single issue.
100 BULLETS is amazing while it maintains the revenge-tale-of-the-week format, but that dies around issue 50, and the (to me) weaker conspiracy meta plot dominates for another 50 issues. I find the whole run uneven. It actually made me kinda glad SCALPED was only given a 50-issue run.
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
100 BULLETS is amazing while it maintains the revenge-tale-of-the-week format, but that dies around issue 50, and the (to me) weaker conspiracy meta plot dominates for another 50 issues. I find the whole run uneven. It actually made me kinda glad SCALPED was only given a 50-issue run.
MOHICANS is great. I have negative associations based on my dad liking it (probably has no clue who directed it), but the fights are gnarly and the music truly thunders. Saw it in theaters at age 12, and it was an experience.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
MOHICANS is great. I have negative associations based on my dad liking it (probably has no clue who directed it), but the fights are gnarly and the music truly thunders. Saw it in theaters at age 12, and it was an experience.
Whoa. That’s a bold statement that I respect to an inversely proportional degree with how much I don’t share it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Whoa. That’s a bold statement that I respect to an inversely proportional degree with how much I don’t share it.
I kinda think Lucifer is like Batman, where you can emphasize different aspects of him for different purposes—be they narrative, religious, occult, etc. Dude is a highly elastic concept.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I kinda think Lucifer is like Batman, where you can emphasize different aspects of him for different purposes—be they narrative, religious, occult, etc. Dude is a highly elastic concept.
The costume in CIVIL WAR is so beautiful with the artfully placed silver accents. The one in his own movie reeks heavily of Ryan Reynolds wearing a full-body green screen to play Hal Jordan.
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The costume in CIVIL WAR is so beautiful with the artfully placed silver accents. The one in his own movie reeks heavily of Ryan Reynolds wearing a full-body green screen to play Hal Jordan.
I was hugely disappointed with how the costume looked in BLACK PANTHER and all the pew pew purple laser force field bullshit.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I was hugely disappointed with how the costume looked in BLACK PANTHER and all the pew pew purple laser force field bullshit.
I enjoy stuff like CRIMINAL or 100 BULLETS, buuuuut…
SCALPED is just as good (if not better) and got less than 20% of the positive buzz. Still mad about that.
SCALPED is just as good (if not better) and got less than 20% of the positive buzz. Still mad about that.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I enjoy stuff like CRIMINAL or 100 BULLETS, buuuuut…
SCALPED is just as good (if not better) and got less than 20% of the positive buzz. Still mad about that.
SCALPED is just as good (if not better) and got less than 20% of the positive buzz. Still mad about that.
Whoa that’s awesome! Congrats all over again!
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Whoa that’s awesome! Congrats all over again!
Probably gonna watch that but I can’t stand how YouTube videos are titled these days.
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Probably gonna watch that but I can’t stand how YouTube videos are titled these days.
I started listening to dub stuff like King Tubby and Scientist a few weeks back, and I have no idea why it took so long. Most of my favorite music is one or two generations removed from dub.
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I started listening to dub stuff like King Tubby and Scientist a few weeks back, and I have no idea why it took so long. Most of my favorite music is one or two generations removed from dub.
Ha ha ha. Dolly was into that for maybe a week and then we just went back to watching BLUEY like 17 more times the whole way through. Which starts to feel like too much of a good thing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ha ha ha. Dolly was into that for maybe a week and then we just went back to watching BLUEY like 17 more times the whole way through. Which starts to feel like too much of a good thing.
Ha ha ha. Not quite. The two mains are infatuated with each other, but there’s a weird disconnect where he likes her in the mask, but she likes him in his civvies; and they don’t share secret identities.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Ha ha ha. Not quite. The two mains are infatuated with each other, but there’s a weird disconnect where he likes her in the mask, but she likes him in his civvies; and they don’t share secret identities.