Joe McCartney
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“This is some fellow, who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect a saucy roughness.”
The Penguin was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, he first appeared in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941).
#WyrdWednesday #BurgessMeredith
#WyrdWednesday #BurgessMeredith
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Penguin was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, he first appeared in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941).
#WyrdWednesday #BurgessMeredith
#WyrdWednesday #BurgessMeredith
“Nifty gimmick, Spot! Only one problem, that punch couldn't have knocked over a Smurf, let alone your friendly impetuous Spider-Youth.” ~ Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #99.
Jonathon Ohnn, 'The Spot' was created by Al Milgrom and Herb Trimpe.
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics
Jonathon Ohnn, 'The Spot' was created by Al Milgrom and Herb Trimpe.
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“Nifty gimmick, Spot! Only one problem, that punch couldn't have knocked over a Smurf, let alone your friendly impetuous Spider-Youth.” ~ Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #99.
Jonathon Ohnn, 'The Spot' was created by Al Milgrom and Herb Trimpe.
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics
Jonathon Ohnn, 'The Spot' was created by Al Milgrom and Herb Trimpe.
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for the theme and hosting. So many wonderful contributions.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for the theme and hosting. So many wonderful contributions.
Reposted by Joe McCartney
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Joe McCartney
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm,
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm,
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
"Thou cam'st on Earth to make the Earth my Hell." ~ Richard III (A4,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #TwinPeaks
#ShakespeareSunday #TwinPeaks
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Thou cam'st on Earth to make the Earth my Hell." ~ Richard III (A4,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #TwinPeaks
#ShakespeareSunday #TwinPeaks
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Tonight's watch is the HBO documentary Music Box, Mr. Saturday Night.
#SaturdayNightFever #MusicBoxHBO #MrSaturdayNightHBO
#SaturdayNightFever #MusicBoxHBO #MrSaturdayNightHBO
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tonight's watch is the HBO documentary Music Box, Mr. Saturday Night.
#SaturdayNightFever #MusicBoxHBO #MrSaturdayNightHBO
#SaturdayNightFever #MusicBoxHBO #MrSaturdayNightHBO
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“I remember…chatting up a demon in a crypt bar…I asked ‘what’s the one place you fear more then anyplace else?’ I could hear a tremble on his lips when he said - ‘Faerie’
From Constantine: The Hell Blazer - Ming Doyle&James Tynion IV
🖼️ = Riley Rossmo
#BookWormSat
From Constantine: The Hell Blazer - Ming Doyle&James Tynion IV
🖼️ = Riley Rossmo
#BookWormSat
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“I remember…chatting up a demon in a crypt bar…I asked ‘what’s the one place you fear more then anyplace else?’ I could hear a tremble on his lips when he said - ‘Faerie’
From Constantine: The Hell Blazer - Ming Doyle&James Tynion IV
🖼️ = Riley Rossmo
#BookWormSat
From Constantine: The Hell Blazer - Ming Doyle&James Tynion IV
🖼️ = Riley Rossmo
#BookWormSat
“‘I will give you three days,’ said he, ‘and if within that time you discover my name you shall keep the child’” ~ 'Rumpelstiltskin' from Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812), The Grimm Brothers.
#BookWormSat #LadybirdBooks
#BookWormSat #LadybirdBooks
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“‘I will give you three days,’ said he, ‘and if within that time you discover my name you shall keep the child’” ~ 'Rumpelstiltskin' from Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812), The Grimm Brothers.
#BookWormSat #LadybirdBooks
#BookWormSat #LadybirdBooks
“Betty happened to look up from the book she was reading and saw a queer little man, rather like a gnome, walking quietly through the trees. On his back he carried a large empty sack.” ~ A Cat in Fairyland, The Enid Blyton Fairy Folk Story Book (1966).
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Betty happened to look up from the book she was reading and saw a queer little man, rather like a gnome, walking quietly through the trees. On his back he carried a large empty sack.” ~ A Cat in Fairyland, The Enid Blyton Fairy Folk Story Book (1966).
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
Remembering astronomer William Herschel, born on November 15th, 1738. Famous for discovering Uranus.
#WilliamHerschel #BOTD
#WilliamHerschel #BOTD
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Remembering astronomer William Herschel, born on November 15th, 1738. Famous for discovering Uranus.
#WilliamHerschel #BOTD
#WilliamHerschel #BOTD
“The Cluricaun pointed to a big boliaun, and, says he, 'Dig under that boliaun, and you'll get the great crock all full of guineas'. But Tom in his hurry had never minded bringing a spade.” ~ The Field of Boliauns (c.1870–1900), Thomas Crofton Croker.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“The Cluricaun pointed to a big boliaun, and, says he, 'Dig under that boliaun, and you'll get the great crock all full of guineas'. But Tom in his hurry had never minded bringing a spade.” ~ The Field of Boliauns (c.1870–1900), Thomas Crofton Croker.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“The merchant of menace at his horrifying best”, so went the blurb line in 'Invisible Ghost' (1941).
This Bela Lugosi film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
#PhantomsFriday #Film #40s
This Bela Lugosi film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
#PhantomsFriday #Film #40s
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“The merchant of menace at his horrifying best”, so went the blurb line in 'Invisible Ghost' (1941).
This Bela Lugosi film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
#PhantomsFriday #Film #40s
This Bela Lugosi film was directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
#PhantomsFriday #Film #40s
"You laughed at his Bottom!" ~ Horrible Histories, a Special Sensational Shakespeare episode.
#BBCShakespeare
#BBCShakespeare
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"You laughed at his Bottom!" ~ Horrible Histories, a Special Sensational Shakespeare episode.
#BBCShakespeare
#BBCShakespeare
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November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“Be the players ready?” ~ Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Hamlet (A3,S2). Directed by Natalia Orlova, and starring Nicholas Farrell as Hamlet, with Tilda Swinton as Ophelia. It originally aired on the BBC on December 7th, 1992.
#BBCShakespeare #BBC #90s
#BBCShakespeare #BBC #90s
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Be the players ready?” ~ Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Hamlet (A3,S2). Directed by Natalia Orlova, and starring Nicholas Farrell as Hamlet, with Tilda Swinton as Ophelia. It originally aired on the BBC on December 7th, 1992.
#BBCShakespeare #BBC #90s
#BBCShakespeare #BBC #90s
Back in the 1970s you could have gotten 100 pages of Joe Kubert and Russ Manning's version of Tarzan King of the Apes for only 50¢.
#WyrdWednesday #DCcomics
#WyrdWednesday #DCcomics
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Back in the 1970s you could have gotten 100 pages of Joe Kubert and Russ Manning's version of Tarzan King of the Apes for only 50¢.
#WyrdWednesday #DCcomics
#WyrdWednesday #DCcomics