Kevin Marcou
@gummyjoe.bsky.social
Comics. Games. Simpsons. Love. Fudge. Working at the World's Largest Library. Posts are my own opinions.
Reminds me of the time I was at home taking a shower and I managed to hear the phone ring in the other room, giving me the opportunity to make an equally cultured reference:
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Reminds me of the time I was at home taking a shower and I managed to hear the phone ring in the other room, giving me the opportunity to make an equally cultured reference:
I mean, how else is Musk gonna destroy the Justice League?
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I mean, how else is Musk gonna destroy the Justice League?
This is the way: www.loc.gov/pictures/sea...
October 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is the way: www.loc.gov/pictures/sea...
The other thing is that ChronAm is solely public domain content, and thus stronger the further back you go, and most especially after you get over the public domain bump of the mid-1920s. So I'm not surprised Ruby Bridges results are slim pickings.
Image source: www.loc.gov/ndnp/data-vi...
Image source: www.loc.gov/ndnp/data-vi...
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The other thing is that ChronAm is solely public domain content, and thus stronger the further back you go, and most especially after you get over the public domain bump of the mid-1920s. So I'm not surprised Ruby Bridges results are slim pickings.
Image source: www.loc.gov/ndnp/data-vi...
Image source: www.loc.gov/ndnp/data-vi...
if you see this, quote the energy you bring to bsky
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
if you see this, quote the energy you bring to bsky
Editor: You finish that art for the first ever TNG comic book?
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Editor: You finish that art for the first ever TNG comic book?
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Editor: what
Hey, you wrote for that show that already did it!
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hey, you wrote for that show that already did it!
Been doing some fun object photography for the Kislak Collection.
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
August 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Been doing some fun object photography for the Kislak Collection.
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
These are late Mayan period ceramic flasks, used to hold tobacco, or at least there's tobacco residue inside them.
About 1500 years old, so should be out of copyright...
I had a pretty good day at the office. Certainly better then, uh, some of my other coworkers did lol.
August 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I had a pretty good day at the office. Certainly better then, uh, some of my other coworkers did lol.
Oh no, and you're not even at Born to Run yet. You're in trouble...
July 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Oh no, and you're not even at Born to Run yet. You're in trouble...
I have a very cool job because sometimes my job is "let's learn how to handle 500-1500 year old Mesoamerican objects ahead of you taking studio photographs of them".
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I have a very cool job because sometimes my job is "let's learn how to handle 500-1500 year old Mesoamerican objects ahead of you taking studio photographs of them".
Even Apu can draw in the style.
June 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Even Apu can draw in the style.
This is the best movie I've ever seen.
June 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the best movie I've ever seen.
As usual, Hyden nails it. Brian Wilson is a foundational stone upon which music today is built.
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As usual, Hyden nails it. Brian Wilson is a foundational stone upon which music today is built.
June 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Is this something? Did I do a thing here?
May 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Is this something? Did I do a thing here?
We've got this lil' guy in the Library of Congress. Perfectly pocket-sized for partaking in peripatetic prayerful piety.
A Seder tefilot from 1739, 2.5 inches tall .
www.loc.gov/item/2021424...
A Seder tefilot from 1739, 2.5 inches tall .
www.loc.gov/item/2021424...
May 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We've got this lil' guy in the Library of Congress. Perfectly pocket-sized for partaking in peripatetic prayerful piety.
A Seder tefilot from 1739, 2.5 inches tall .
www.loc.gov/item/2021424...
A Seder tefilot from 1739, 2.5 inches tall .
www.loc.gov/item/2021424...
May 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No pics of me holding it, but I did get to digitize this other DC Comics #1, so that was pretty Neat-o.
April 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
No pics of me holding it, but I did get to digitize this other DC Comics #1, so that was pretty Neat-o.
Vs where I was born
April 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Vs where I was born
But if we're going off where I grew up:
April 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
But if we're going off where I grew up:
Journey Into Mystery might be best known for Thor, but this panel from the backup story "When the Jungle Sleeps", where a lion gets nuked, gains telepathic powers, and immediately starts planning world domination (comics!) deserves just as much, if not more!, love as ol' goldilocks does.
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Journey Into Mystery might be best known for Thor, but this panel from the backup story "When the Jungle Sleeps", where a lion gets nuked, gains telepathic powers, and immediately starts planning world domination (comics!) deserves just as much, if not more!, love as ol' goldilocks does.
It's a day ending in Y at the Library of Congress.
Best job in the world.
Best job in the world.
April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's a day ending in Y at the Library of Congress.
Best job in the world.
Best job in the world.