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El Romero Mero
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He/him/his. Host of PLASTICAST, THE MIRROR FACTORY, THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on the Fire & Water #Podcast Network; writer/copy ed. #comics Brown ‘n proud. Newsletters and contacts at https://linktr.ee/maxromero
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What in the Tintin is happening here
Close-up of my bed head, which produced an inexplicable upward sweep of hair.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Shut up? Josh you called me man
Screenshot of a voice mail alert that says, “Good morning this is Josh shut up Personal loan processing we Trying to reach you last week and …”
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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AAAHHAHAHAHAHA! RAISED BY CONDORS?!? HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Infant Black Condor sits in a giant condor nest surrounded by his adoptive condor mama and condor siblings. Behind him are the glowing remnants of a meteor. The caption reads: Perhaps the condor intended the child as a food source for her chicks, when she carried him to her nest … there near the glowing crater caused by the falling meteor.” Baby BC is saying, “Birbs.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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A favorite from my small collection: My dad’s railroad approved watch from his time with Southern Pacific. Note there’s no crown, to prevent snagging. (There’s a small, flat latch on the back instead.)
Railroad approved analog Bulova wristwatch.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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And also
Cover for Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Carmen Maria Machado.
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Next up in spooky reading
The book A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This really messed me up
Michael from The Blair Witch Project standing in a corner of a dark, stone-walled room with his back turned toward the viewer omigod
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Went to a follow-up appointment with the surgeon (everything’s good) and I got a sticker!
Square sticker featuring Jack Kirby’s Captain America in a dynamic, ready-to-fight pose on a background of sepia-toned comic book panels.
October 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Ha ha sometimes I really love the closed captions
Scene from The House on Sorority Row. A man is being stabbed in the gut with a fireplace poker. The captions read: Katherine … [stabbing]
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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My old neighborhood in Chicago. This is the city I know and of which I’m so proud.
Flyer for Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, a whistle code to alert neighbors to ICE activities. Three short equals ICE is in area, three long means someone is being detained.
October 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Part of having some minor-ish surgery was my mom coming to visit and her making albondigas for her baby boy, so feel free to be jealous mutha fuckas
A fresh bowl of albondigas, a Mexican meatball soup/stew with carrots, zucchini, potatoes, avocado and cilantro.
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Ya can’t get rid of me that easy! Surgery went well and I’m at home resting now. Thanks for the good thoughts, all.
Site of the incision low on my neck, purple because of the antiseptic they use. Sexy shoulders.
October 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Sept. 30 vs Oct. 1
Plastic Man shrugging and looking bemused, by Evan “Doc” Shaner Alternate dimension Plastic Man who is also a vampire. He is coiled around a shocked Offspring with his mouth open wide like a snake. “Plasma Man” is saying, “Ssssson of Plassstic Man? Sssso nice to eat you!” From The Terrifics #14, art by Joe Bennett, written by Jeff Lemire
October 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Next in spooky reading:
Cover to Hell House by Richard Matheson. A skeletal, Grim Reaper-like figure stands near a dark, columned mansion. A cloud of birds or bats are flying from the roof.
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I’m calling it—spooky season has begun. And spooky season calls for nothing but spooky reading. First up:
Photo of the cover for The Saga of The Bloody Benders, written and drawn by Rick Geary. Four sketchy looking pioneer-types stand in front of their lonely cabin, spattered with blood and carrying a knife, a hammer, etc.
September 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Ya got me there, Clark
Clark Kent is looking at a No Dogs Allowed sign and musing, “I wonder why they put up signs like that? Dogs can’t read!” From Superman 19, Volume 1, “The Canine and the Crooks.” Writer, Jerry Siegel; artist, Leo Nowak
September 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Library: your books are overdue so bring them back now

Me:
September 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.
Dan Ackroyd as Doctor Detroit.
September 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Carlitos
Carlitos, an orange tabby, is seen behind the leaves of a potted plant
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I crab about my hometown, but it really does have some amazing sunsets
View out the window of piles of clouds shaded a fiery pink by the setting sun in El Paso, Texas. The sky looks like the inside of a darkening abalone shell.
August 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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This month: Kaliman chooses violence
Kaliman dives with both fists into a heavily muscled bald man with pointed ears. Kaliman is saying, ¡Ahora pelearmos cuerpo a cuerpo, Karma! (Now we fight hand-to-hand, Karma!)
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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A PSA poster with Superman talking to young students. He says, “… and remember, boys and girls, your school — like our country — is made up of Americans of many different races, religions and national origins. So … if you hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN! Help keep your school ALL AMERICAN!
July 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Wonder Woman, Etta Candy and a group of women beating the hell out of Nazis. Volstagg telling his kids a story in which someone turns out to be a Nazi. He asks, “What we say about Nazis, children?” The children shout, “DEATH TO NAZIS!” Volstagg says, “That’s right.”
July 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Spider-Man Noir punching a Nazi Namor tossing a heavily armored guy into a building. The guy is saying he only worked for the fascists but isn’t really a Nazi himself. Namor says, “And you think that makes you guiltless? Nazi or not … you have the same blood on your hands!” Hellboy punching a Nazi while yelling, “NAZI!” Atomic Robo beating up a couple of Nazis.
July 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The Ray flying into a couple of Nazis. He’s saying, “Lights out, Ratzis!” Uncle Sam punching a robotic super-Nazi into a building while shouting, “DING-DING, RATZI!” Amazing Man punching Hitler in a poster-style image that reads: “Join the fight for justice!” The Midnighter kneeing a Nazi in the balls.
July 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM