Derek J. Smith
@optionalplayer.bsky.social
Award-winning sci-fi author (Reader's Choice Diamond Award 2019), musician, comic book aficionado, StarCraft esport fan, & tea consumer.
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Grrrr... PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS PREVENTING CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM REALISING THEIR IDEAS, GOODNIGHT!
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Grrrr... PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS PREVENTING CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM REALISING THEIR IDEAS, GOODNIGHT!
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
Yes, I revealed how much some of my most expensive books are! Aieeeeeeeeeeeee.
#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
Top 10 EXPENSIVE Comics I Own and How Much I PAID for them!
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December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yes, I revealed how much some of my most expensive books are! Aieeeeeeeeeeeee.
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#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
Another year, another no Half-Life 3.
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Another year, another no Half-Life 3.
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used to be like "ha ha how could people fall for snake oil" and now it's like "oh everyone falls for every kind of snake oil possible all the time including billionaires and politicians, just guzzling up snake oil at a horrifically alarming rate and vomiting out onto the rest of us" 🫠🙃
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
used to be like "ha ha how could people fall for snake oil" and now it's like "oh everyone falls for every kind of snake oil possible all the time including billionaires and politicians, just guzzling up snake oil at a horrifically alarming rate and vomiting out onto the rest of us" 🫠🙃
My TOP 30(ish) Comics Bought in 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Who wore it better?
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Who wore it better?
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We now know 60% to 70% of MAGA accounts were coming from bot farms outside the U.S.
That means every time you or I argued/engaged with a MAGA account, the odds were worse than a coin flip we were dealing with a bot.
Same goes for our politicians (and President) any time they promoted a MAGA post.
That means every time you or I argued/engaged with a MAGA account, the odds were worse than a coin flip we were dealing with a bot.
Same goes for our politicians (and President) any time they promoted a MAGA post.
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We now know 60% to 70% of MAGA accounts were coming from bot farms outside the U.S.
That means every time you or I argued/engaged with a MAGA account, the odds were worse than a coin flip we were dealing with a bot.
Same goes for our politicians (and President) any time they promoted a MAGA post.
That means every time you or I argued/engaged with a MAGA account, the odds were worse than a coin flip we were dealing with a bot.
Same goes for our politicians (and President) any time they promoted a MAGA post.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Simulator.
I love the Internet some days.
I love the Internet some days.
'We cloned Gmail, except you're logged in as Epstein and can see his emails' is the most impressively cursed tech project of the year
Way better than combing through a bunch of PDFs.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Jeffrey Epstein Email Simulator.
I love the Internet some days.
I love the Internet some days.
Is this Godzilla's real first appearance in comic books? Find out!
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#Godzilla #Comics #YouTube
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#Godzilla #Comics #YouTube
What is Godzilla's REAL First Appearance in Comics?
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Is this Godzilla's real first appearance in comic books? Find out!
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#Godzilla #Comics #YouTube
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#Godzilla #Comics #YouTube
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
A fan of Transformers comics? Well, I have a video for you!
#Comics #ComicBooks #Transformers #YouTube
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#Comics #ComicBooks #Transformers #YouTube
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Let's Talk: Transformers #1 - The Canadian Price Variant!
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November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A fan of Transformers comics? Well, I have a video for you!
#Comics #ComicBooks #Transformers #YouTube
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#Comics #ComicBooks #Transformers #YouTube
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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For years people hated Steam, but they used it because it was attached to Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, etc. Eventually the client got good enough that most dint mind it running at startup.
Amazon never had a must-play game to draw people to its store and it never had a good client.
Amazon never had a must-play game to draw people to its store and it never had a good client.
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
For years people hated Steam, but they used it because it was attached to Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, etc. Eventually the client got good enough that most dint mind it running at startup.
Amazon never had a must-play game to draw people to its store and it never had a good client.
Amazon never had a must-play game to draw people to its store and it never had a good client.
Let's talk comic books and how to avoid what could've been a disastrous pickup!
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#Comics #ComicBooks #XMen
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I almost got RIPPED OFF with this Comic Book!
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October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Let's talk comic books and how to avoid what could've been a disastrous pickup!
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#Comics #ComicBooks #XMen
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#Comics #ComicBooks #XMen
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2024 sales were 73% ahead of 2019, the last pre COVID year. Many people sampling comics and liked them and kept reading them.
Retailers told
#icv2 that units were downbut prices rose hence higher profits. Most channels were flat. Book fairs were down but Kickstarter was up a bit.
#nycc
Retailers told
#icv2 that units were downbut prices rose hence higher profits. Most channels were flat. Book fairs were down but Kickstarter was up a bit.
#nycc
October 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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When people asked 4 a raise, artists would be told, "we might possibly someday give you a possibility to maybe draw a Captain America annual." Todd read all the interviews in TCJ and found everyone had a story where they felt taken advantage of. IF they could take advantage of Kirby, who am I? #icv2
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When people asked 4 a raise, artists would be told, "we might possibly someday give you a possibility to maybe draw a Captain America annual." Todd read all the interviews in TCJ and found everyone had a story where they felt taken advantage of. IF they could take advantage of Kirby, who am I? #icv2
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THE BEAT AND K-COMICSBEAT ARE HIRING:
We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.
We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THE BEAT AND K-COMICSBEAT ARE HIRING:
We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.
We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.
Comic Book Grading: What do YOU do?
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October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.
This is ridiculous.
For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.
An AI Stan Lee Hologram Will Speak With Fans at L.A. Comic Con
For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is ridiculous.
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So, a bit of an announcement: I'm retiring. My last day at IGN will be Oct 1; after that I'll be a full-time dad for a bit while my kids are of an age where they'll think spending time with me is cool rather than lame. It's been a huge honor and privilege to run reviews here for the past 12.5 years.
September 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So, a bit of an announcement: I'm retiring. My last day at IGN will be Oct 1; after that I'll be a full-time dad for a bit while my kids are of an age where they'll think spending time with me is cool rather than lame. It's been a huge honor and privilege to run reviews here for the past 12.5 years.
I have the script and rough layout and drawings of a graphic novel I've wanted to do. In fact, I've been sitting on it for a few years.
I can't draw exactly how I see the story in my head - but I'm going to try.
I can't draw exactly how I see the story in my head - but I'm going to try.
September 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have the script and rough layout and drawings of a graphic novel I've wanted to do. In fact, I've been sitting on it for a few years.
I can't draw exactly how I see the story in my head - but I'm going to try.
I can't draw exactly how I see the story in my head - but I'm going to try.
Undebatable facts are spewed in this video. No arguments can be made. 😉
#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
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#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
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Top 10 Uncanny X-Men Covers - From the Silver Age to the Modern Age
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September 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Undebatable facts are spewed in this video. No arguments can be made. 😉
#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
youtu.be/UfSI27LG-CY
#Comics #ComicBooks #YouTube
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