Mark Mosedale
@markmosedale.bsky.social
Comics and videogames writer (Joe and His Killer Robot Dad, unannounced Top Shelf GN, Neon Apex), author of The Vertigo Weekly Reader, ultrarunner on sabbatical.
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Mark Mosedale
@markmosedale.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Coming not so soon at all*: my debut graphic novel, created with the amazing Si Smith, published by Top Shelf.
*2026
*2026
I don't think the New Radicals could have kicked Courtney Love's ass.
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I don't think the New Radicals could have kicked Courtney Love's ass.
The latest issue of The Vertigo Weekly Reader is out.
Eternity offers something different if you happen to be a piece of corporate-owned IP.
Eternity offers something different if you happen to be a piece of corporate-owned IP.
The Parliament of Trees
Deeper into the Green
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April 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The latest issue of The Vertigo Weekly Reader is out.
Eternity offers something different if you happen to be a piece of corporate-owned IP.
Eternity offers something different if you happen to be a piece of corporate-owned IP.
I find the experience of looking at Pinterest or Instagram's 'for you' tab ruined by the question: 'is this AI generated?'
I don't want to look at fake photos of imaginary scenes sucked from an LLM. I don't want to look at 'art' that wasn't created by a person.
I don't want to look at fake photos of imaginary scenes sucked from an LLM. I don't want to look at 'art' that wasn't created by a person.
March 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I find the experience of looking at Pinterest or Instagram's 'for you' tab ruined by the question: 'is this AI generated?'
I don't want to look at fake photos of imaginary scenes sucked from an LLM. I don't want to look at 'art' that wasn't created by a person.
I don't want to look at fake photos of imaginary scenes sucked from an LLM. I don't want to look at 'art' that wasn't created by a person.
One of the things I like about Big Hero 6 is how they never really suggest that Baymax is 'alive', and yet the film invites you to treat it/him as though it/him is. It's this sort of weird open philosophical space that goes unaddressed. In a Disney film.
Humans are very susceptible to the ELIZA effect (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...) and if you tell them they're deluding themselves, they get upset.
some of the comments on this are very much "parasocial hell is here" www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...
March 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
One of the things I like about Big Hero 6 is how they never really suggest that Baymax is 'alive', and yet the film invites you to treat it/him as though it/him is. It's this sort of weird open philosophical space that goes unaddressed. In a Disney film.
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On having one of those universe-lights-up-your-brain writing experiences.
Beyond the Limit
Mystical creativity magical bullsh!t
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February 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On having one of those universe-lights-up-your-brain writing experiences.
On having one of those universe-lights-up-your-brain writing experiences.
Beyond the Limit
Mystical creativity magical bullsh!t
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February 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On having one of those universe-lights-up-your-brain writing experiences.
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Hello I am James and I draw mostly for fun I am the Co creator of Alex Automatic and my own comics Stramash and the Crimson Devil. I am currently looking for comics or illustration work.
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hello I am James and I draw mostly for fun I am the Co creator of Alex Automatic and my own comics Stramash and the Crimson Devil. I am currently looking for comics or illustration work.
Cosmology, mystery, putting walls around the universe
Heaven and Hell are boring
Leave a little mystery
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February 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cosmology, mystery, putting walls around the universe
Solid dad moment this morning: as we watched Sadness turn the console in Inside Out blue I asked my four-year-old why Riley needed Sadness to help her. She asked me to tell her.
February 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Solid dad moment this morning: as we watched Sadness turn the console in Inside Out blue I asked my four-year-old why Riley needed Sadness to help her. She asked me to tell her.
Apple just notified me that someone is trying to access my account near London, UK. It's me, in Leeds.
February 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Apple just notified me that someone is trying to access my account near London, UK. It's me, in Leeds.
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Storytelling lessons on realism, fantasy and awkward questions from Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing.
Sexytimes of the Swamp Thing
Love, sex and photosynthesis, plus a storytelling lesson
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February 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Storytelling lessons on realism, fantasy and awkward questions from Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing.
Storytelling lessons on realism, fantasy and awkward questions from Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing.
Sexytimes of the Swamp Thing
Love, sex and photosynthesis, plus a storytelling lesson
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February 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Storytelling lessons on realism, fantasy and awkward questions from Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing.
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Don't you miss the days when your faves were just problematic, instead of outright monsters?
Pricks and Predators: Neil Gaiman and Art in the Age of Arseholes
Your problematic faves aren't just problematic anymore
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February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Don't you miss the days when your faves were just problematic, instead of outright monsters?
Don't you miss the days when your faves were just problematic, instead of outright monsters?
Pricks and Predators: Neil Gaiman and Art in the Age of Arseholes
Your problematic faves aren't just problematic anymore
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Don't you miss the days when your faves were just problematic, instead of outright monsters?
A lovely story about a book quest, AI goblins, mythical goblins, and the power (and critical application) of special knowledge. (Via @robinsloan.com's excellent newsletter)
“Twelfth Night Till Candlemas” – the story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
The day before the Winter Solstice, 2024 This post is about finally finding a book from one’s youth forty years later – and after nearly thirty years of searching. It is also a tale about gob…
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February 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A lovely story about a book quest, AI goblins, mythical goblins, and the power (and critical application) of special knowledge. (Via @robinsloan.com's excellent newsletter)
Errr… Is this, on my Facebook Portal, new? Why would I let Facebook edit my playlists etc? (Have I probably signed up for this kind of garbage before and not noticed?)
January 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Errr… Is this, on my Facebook Portal, new? Why would I let Facebook edit my playlists etc? (Have I probably signed up for this kind of garbage before and not noticed?)
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Alan Moore takes us on a metaphysical tour of the DC Universe.
The First Vertigo Walk 'n' Talk
Is there anyone left to punch?
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January 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Alan Moore takes us on a metaphysical tour of the DC Universe.
I can’t log into my doorbell. What a dumb century.
January 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I can’t log into my doorbell. What a dumb century.
Never read a Vampirella anything in my life, but cyberpunk Vampirella with post-partum depression sounds like a great take.
Get a first look at Vampirella #1 and Vampirella #2.
Cyberpunk Vampirella 2069 Arrives In First Look At Dynamite’s New Series
Get a first look at Vampirella #1 and Vampirella #2.
comicbookclublive.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Never read a Vampirella anything in my life, but cyberpunk Vampirella with post-partum depression sounds like a great take.
Alan Moore takes us on a metaphysical tour of the DC Universe.
The First Vertigo Walk 'n' Talk
Is there anyone left to punch?
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Alan Moore takes us on a metaphysical tour of the DC Universe.
What's the optimum amount of sleep for writing comics? Is it three and a half hours? Please respond with 'yes'.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What's the optimum amount of sleep for writing comics? Is it three and a half hours? Please respond with 'yes'.
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If you're disturbed by what's happening in the USA right now, and in particular, how it's being reported so blandly and unquestioningly here in the UK, this is essential listening. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social on point, again.
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Trump’s inauguration: Can we call it fascism yet? – Plus exclusive audiobook excerpt
Origin Story · Episode
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January 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you're disturbed by what's happening in the USA right now, and in particular, how it's being reported so blandly and unquestioningly here in the UK, this is essential listening. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social on point, again.
open.spotify.com/episode/0edO...
open.spotify.com/episode/0edO...
I have a graphic novel getting published next year, the story mode of a video game under my belt and multiple other projects in development. But every time I open my laptop to make something up, I have to exert a lot of watts of mental energy to convince myself I can, in fact, do it.
January 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have a graphic novel getting published next year, the story mode of a video game under my belt and multiple other projects in development. But every time I open my laptop to make something up, I have to exert a lot of watts of mental energy to convince myself I can, in fact, do it.
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The latest issue of The Vertigo Weekly Reader is out!
'That Alan Moore feeling'
'That Alan Moore feeling'
Middle class Alan Moore farm
Corn-fed wizards
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January 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The latest issue of The Vertigo Weekly Reader is out!
'That Alan Moore feeling'
'That Alan Moore feeling'