Noah Brand
@noahbrand.bsky.social
Pronouns: male. Persona: genially pedantic. Misses: the internet circa 2005.
This diptych is titled "The Cover Pages of a Manga Before and After the Author Obviously Went Through Something"
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This diptych is titled "The Cover Pages of a Manga Before and After the Author Obviously Went Through Something"
The extra panel from a February 2012 SMBC, saved as evidence that @zachweinersmith.bsky.social gave us all fair warning.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The extra panel from a February 2012 SMBC, saved as evidence that @zachweinersmith.bsky.social gave us all fair warning.
This article is so-so, but it's got one bit, screencapped below, that I think is the purest expression I've yet seen of Trump's appeal to his voters.
They love him solely because we hate him, because he has failed the same moral tests they have.
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
They love him solely because we hate him, because he has failed the same moral tests they have.
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This article is so-so, but it's got one bit, screencapped below, that I think is the purest expression I've yet seen of Trump's appeal to his voters.
They love him solely because we hate him, because he has failed the same moral tests they have.
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
They love him solely because we hate him, because he has failed the same moral tests they have.
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
Not the only '60s comic to BADLY underestimate the number of monsterfucker girls out there.
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Not the only '60s comic to BADLY underestimate the number of monsterfucker girls out there.
If I might venture a suggestion...
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If I might venture a suggestion...
Well, I'll say this for him... he found a third choice.
October 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Well, I'll say this for him... he found a third choice.
"Gee, Uncle Noah, surely after 9/11 America didn't go COMPLETELY insane, did it?"
"Let me show you this T-shirt I bought in October 2001, just in case someday somebody asked me that question."
"Let me show you this T-shirt I bought in October 2001, just in case someday somebody asked me that question."
September 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Gee, Uncle Noah, surely after 9/11 America didn't go COMPLETELY insane, did it?"
"Let me show you this T-shirt I bought in October 2001, just in case someday somebody asked me that question."
"Let me show you this T-shirt I bought in October 2001, just in case someday somebody asked me that question."
Santa Claus is just training wheels for the Protestant God, but we've all kind of accepted that by now. That elf, though...
August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Santa Claus is just training wheels for the Protestant God, but we've all kind of accepted that by now. That elf, though...
When I was raising a wolf hybrid, I would tell her that if she didn't come inside, I would carry her inside. All her Mighty Wilderness Predator dignity would be gone as she got hoisted like a fussy toddler.
After the first few times I did this, she got the message. Wolves can feel shame!
After the first few times I did this, she got the message. Wolves can feel shame!
August 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
When I was raising a wolf hybrid, I would tell her that if she didn't come inside, I would carry her inside. All her Mighty Wilderness Predator dignity would be gone as she got hoisted like a fussy toddler.
After the first few times I did this, she got the message. Wolves can feel shame!
After the first few times I did this, she got the message. Wolves can feel shame!
Finally, the "Assistant Editor's Month" letters page, in which they acknowledge that this was stupid and they're going to stop doing it.
Sharp-eyed fans might notice a cameo by a young Grant Morrison, in the role of Flash Thompson!
Sharp-eyed fans might notice a cameo by a young Grant Morrison, in the role of Flash Thompson!
August 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Finally, the "Assistant Editor's Month" letters page, in which they acknowledge that this was stupid and they're going to stop doing it.
Sharp-eyed fans might notice a cameo by a young Grant Morrison, in the role of Flash Thompson!
Sharp-eyed fans might notice a cameo by a young Grant Morrison, in the role of Flash Thompson!
This is actually one of the more seamless replacements, which is not an endorsement.
August 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is actually one of the more seamless replacements, which is not an endorsement.
Peter Sellers movies have aged better than Chevy Chase movies, and both have aged better than drive-ins. None have aged WELL, mind you...
August 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Peter Sellers movies have aged better than Chevy Chase movies, and both have aged better than drive-ins. None have aged WELL, mind you...
This is the weird one, to my mind. Someone got a note that "teen-age" wasn't hyphenated any more, so they changed it from an adjective to a NOUN?
Also, by the 1980s, "swinger" had begun to change meanings, but apparently there was no memo about THAT.
Also, by the 1980s, "swinger" had begun to change meanings, but apparently there was no memo about THAT.
August 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is the weird one, to my mind. Someone got a note that "teen-age" wasn't hyphenated any more, so they changed it from an adjective to a NOUN?
Also, by the 1980s, "swinger" had begun to change meanings, but apparently there was no memo about THAT.
Also, by the 1980s, "swinger" had begun to change meanings, but apparently there was no memo about THAT.
"Who's the contemporary equivalent of Doris Day? I've got it! Blondie! They're basically the same act!"
August 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Who's the contemporary equivalent of Doris Day? I've got it! Blondie! They're basically the same act!"
In which Peter Parker attempts a Dennis Miller joke. Twice.
August 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In which Peter Parker attempts a Dennis Miller joke. Twice.
Both of these are terrible suggestions, from a man who picked out that shirt this morning and said "Yes, that is what I will wear in public."
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Both of these are terrible suggestions, from a man who picked out that shirt this morning and said "Yes, that is what I will wear in public."
Aunt May consistently likes only one thing on TV: fake Southern accents.
August 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Aunt May consistently likes only one thing on TV: fake Southern accents.
And now, for no reason, a thread of changes made to classic Spider-Man stories when they were reprinted in MARVEL TALES in the early 1980s. The idea was to update the pop culture references so they'd be less embarrassingly dated.
You can judge how well that worked for yourself.
You can judge how well that worked for yourself.
August 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And now, for no reason, a thread of changes made to classic Spider-Man stories when they were reprinted in MARVEL TALES in the early 1980s. The idea was to update the pop culture references so they'd be less embarrassingly dated.
You can judge how well that worked for yourself.
You can judge how well that worked for yourself.
I grew up on these streets
August 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I grew up on these streets
The "only in NYC" has me wincing. Other cities have trains and animals too. Here in Portland, we have the famous Trimet Coyote, for example.
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The "only in NYC" has me wincing. Other cities have trains and animals too. Here in Portland, we have the famous Trimet Coyote, for example.
Reminds me of this scene in GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI.
July 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Reminds me of this scene in GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI.