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Patrick A. Reed
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Pop culture historian and journalist, DJ, Hip-Hop And Comics guy. Curator of Jack Kirby: Heroes And Humanity, Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing, Marvel: Universe Of Super Heroes/Earth's Mightiest Exhibition, Eight Decades Of Archie, and other projects.
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"What two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them?"
The cover of 'Free To Be... You And Me', published by McGraw-Hill/The Ms. Foundation/The Free To Be Foundation, 1974. The cover of Hudson Hawk: A novel by Geoffrey Marsh (the prose paperback adaptation of the immortal Bruce Willis film), published by Jove Books, 1991.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Definitely a candidate for creepiest vintage Halloween mask of all time.
A 1960s Ben Cooper Halloween mask, featuring the side-by-side conjoined faces of classic comedy team Laurel And Hardy wearing a single hat with their names printed on the hatband. (The wearer is intended to place the mask on their head, then look out of Laurel's left eye and Hardy's right eye.)
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Not kidding: this game has gone long enough that the MLB gameday graphic has reset from a night to daylight scene.
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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*taps the sign* (or in this case, cautionary comic panel)
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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A few shots of the newest iteration of the Marve: Universe Of Super Heroes exhibition, opening to the public today in Ludwigsburg!
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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October 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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An "open.substack.com" link in a red circle with a line through it. Text reads, "No, I will not be reading/subscribing to your substack. Similarly, I will not attend your party at a Nazi bar. (I hope this clarifies the matter.)"
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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One of, no kidding, seven pieces so far today that I'd share widely (and maybe pay to subscribe to) if it WASN'T ON THE NAZI-FUNDING PLATFORM.

Political analysts, musicians, historians, creators, news outlets, all of you, please get it together. Use one of the *many* good alternatives to substack.
September 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Morrie Turner's pre Wee Pals work is a particular revelation.
September 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A favorite black and white movie? Okay.
September 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Spider-Man in a Mets cap, holding a Mets banner, saying "let's go, Mets!" as he approaches the ballpark.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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What video game do I consider perfect? Like, utterly perfect?

WE ♥️ KATAMARI.

Nothing else comes close.
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The sound I made seeing this:
September 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Can't believe I forgot this one.
Text reading: But I keep cruisin' Can't stop, won't stop movin' It's like I got this Moomin In my mind, saying Then a cartoon panel of Moominpapa sitting in a tree with a bottle of wine, a blanket, a string of sausages, and an agatha christie book, and he is saying: "All responsibilities are only a nuisance."
September 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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September 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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This whole thread – support the good people who use a newsletter platform other than Nazi-supporting Substack!
September 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Similarly, here's a screenshot I took on Saturday, August 23rd.
September 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Looking over the official Oasis merch and not sure which model of shirt I'm gonna spring for. #oasis2025
Three Oasis 2025 tour t-shirts, but the logo reads "yobs" on the first, "knobs live '25" on the second, and "potato live '25" on the third.
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Well this seems really great, coming right on the heels of today's announcement of the reduced approvals for this fall's COVID vaccine.
Screencap of a tweet from reporter Ali Rogin, which reads: "BREAKING: At least 3 CDC leaders have resigned tonight: Dan Jernigan, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Deb Houry, chief medical officer Demetre Daskalakis, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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But but but...
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Good god, today alone I've seen a half-dozen posts I nearly read/shared, then realized they linked to substacks.

SO AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK:

Substack promotes, pays, and profits off *literal* nazis. It's the nazi bar of online publishing platforms. Use someone else for yr newsletters.
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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August 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Substack is bad bad bad, part #1473 in a series. They entrap, they fund fascists, they profit off you using their platform.

(Guess it's time to pull out this image yet again.)
August 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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From out of the stacks, in honor of the 40th Anniversary a couple days ago – my copy of the Doug E. Fresh/Slick Rick The Show/La Di Da Di 45, signed by the Human Beat Box himself (at a show at the much-missed Canal Room in NYC, back in 2005).

#45rpm #7inchrecords #45collection #hiphophistory
A 7" vinyl copy of the Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew's immortal 'The Show' b/w 'La Di Da Di' single, signed and inscribed "To Patrick, peace, Doug E. Fresh 2005" in blue sharpie.
August 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM