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Kumail Rizvi
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I make the Pakistani Superman comic KAHLIL • http://kahlil.kr

writer + architect • Finalist (HM) WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab '24, SF ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition '24, QF, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab '23

kumailr.com | kahlil.kr
Since coming back from South Korea, my sleep schedule hasn't changed back. I'm falling asleep at 10, waking at 4.30

is this what life can be like?
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Fresh from a VistaVision showing of OBAA: gorgeous images, big laughs, and performances with real weight (diCaprio's Bob will be everywhere on Halloween). Couldn’t shake Benicio del Toro’s Sensei run—easily the film’s peak for me.
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Had a running club pass me by in the park and felt like Simba with the herd of bison running him down
May 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sinners is every bit as good as they say, one scene in particular is worth the price of admission — and if you can, see it in imax. I’ll be feeling this one for a while
April 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Watching a US nba stream and the ads in America are insane. The number of sports betting and medical drug ads are out of this world

Also I’ve seen a number of ads for “patriotic” electric generators

I think it’s actively hurting my brain
April 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Something I love about Giannis is he always seems like he just learned how to play basketball last week #nba
April 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🎙️ NEW LOGH PODCAST DROP! we debate if Reinhardt is ready to date, whether loving the Kaiser is free expression, and nuclear power plant placement. Plus: Phezzani fashion tips and why wine branding is inherently evil. #LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
S2E8 - E41+E42:
Podcast Episode · In the Skies of Love · 15/04/2025 · 1h 43m
podcasts.apple.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Does anyone have an instant cure to horrible lower back pain? I am 32 years old and not a bad person why is this happening
January 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’ve been puzzling on the breakdown of the final 3 chapters of Kahlil for weeks. I knew the beginning and the end but had no clue what actually happened in it. And like a bolt of lightning it hit me now. That kind of revelation — It’s the best feeling there is
January 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Highlights of 2024:
- I lost 21kg/46lbs this year, which is just wild.
- passed my exams for my final part 3 architecture diploma, still the final exam next summer but halfway done.
- paid off a major debt
December 31, 2024 at 2:50 PM
it’s a xmas miracle

I’m finally free
December 24, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Anyways, go read Kahlil, a Superman story, which asks what if Kal-el crashed in Karachi, Pakistan instead of Kansas? 280pgs of good Superman comics

http://kahlil.kr
December 19, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Say what will you will about Snyder’s take (and I don’t like it) but he at least tried something new (and got a killer soundtrack out of it). I much prefer an ambitious mess than a safe, uninteresting product every time.
December 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Emblematic of that is the reuse of the Williams theme. It’s a great theme but it’s fifty years old. Can You make something new? Will You try? Or will you retread old ground because that’s what people are desperate for? Or you think they’re desperate for that.
December 19, 2024 at 8:21 PM
It feels like it’s starting a universe, it’s colorful and silly and wow isn’t superman just a friend to everyone, he even saves cats from trees.

It’s a ‘product’ and it didn’t have to just be that
December 19, 2024 at 8:19 PM
My main thing is it feels very unambitious. Why wouldn’t I just watch the Reeves films or read All Star Superman? This film just feels like those completely but shot in IMAX I suppose
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I have a lot of annoying thoughts about the Superman trailer, being someone who wrote and illustrated a Superman comic that feels antithetical to the approach they’re taking

December 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Reposted by Kumail Rizvi
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.

More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):

1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇

1/10
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Apple time, Apple time
December 13, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Been reading this scifi book that’s written in the in-universe dialect of the future. Very cool, also makes me feel like I’m learning to read for the first time

December 10, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Finally finished a graphic novel script that I’ve been working on for some time. Some of the scenes I’ve had in my head for literal years so it’s good to finally have some concrete version of it.

It’s crazy to think you can write a hundred words and you do it enough times and you end up with this
December 9, 2024 at 9:18 PM
days of heaven
December 7, 2024 at 7:14 PM
My favourite Mandela effect is the effect Mandela had in freeing South Africa from apartheid
December 3, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Dude I wish I was at thought bubble this weekend, i enjoyed exhibiting last year so much.

Genuinely also felt like such an escape from my life

Gotta go back in 2025
November 16, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Kumail Rizvi
Who are you under there?

#art #sketchbook
November 7, 2024 at 10:56 PM