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“Everybody’s doing the best he can in his own way.” [Glen...

“Everybody’s doing the best he can in his own way.” [Glenn Ford hides his stash as Joe Miracle, while Evelyn Keyes, as the “primary worker” at a settlement house, serves as his foil, in the equally brutal noir and touching Christmas classic “Mr. Soft Touch” (1949)]

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The Collapse

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File under: AlsoI write poems, too…Yellowstone

File under: AlsoI write poems, too…

Yellowstone

Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) shows how to pressure someone ...

Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) shows how to pressure someone for information in the first noir with nuclear secrets, “Kiss Me Deadly” (1955)

My 13 favorite albums of 2021…1. Glüme/The Internet2. Amy...

My 13 favorite albums of 2021…

1. Glüme/The Internet

2. Amy Shark/Cry Forever

3. Joon/Dream Again

4. Ministry/Moral Hygiene

5. Lana Del Rey/Blue Banisters

6. Halsey/If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power

7. CHVRCHES/Screen Violence

8. Lindsey Buckingham/self-titled

9. Ladyhawke/Time Flies

10. Love Object/New Flesh

11. Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor/Good Goddamn

12. Sleigh Bells/Texis

13. Riki/Gold

See also: grooveatlas.com

One panel that perfectly captures the relationship betwee...

One panel that perfectly captures the relationship between Spider-Man and the Black Cat. 😆 From Giant-Size Black Cat: Infinity Score #1 (actually Black Cat: Infinity Score part 4) by Jed Mackay (W), C.F. Villa (P/I), and Brian Reber ©; Marvel, 2021.

Captain Marvel discovers expanded powers and unleashes he...

Captain Marvel discovers expanded powers and unleashes herself as pure energy in Captain Marvel #34 (Lgy #168) by Kelly Thompson, Sergio Davila, Sean Parsons, and Jesus Aburtov

Jane Randolph and Kent Smith talk at the water cooler in ...

Jane Randolph and Kent Smith talk at the water cooler in the horror classic “Cat People” (1942)

Rooney Mara as “Mary Magdalene” (2018)

Rooney Mara as “Mary Magdalene” (2018)

This is why I continue to buy “number ones” week after we...

This is why I continue to buy “number ones” week after week… “Basilisk” proves with #2 that it’s what comics are all about (I mean, if you like horror comics, I guess…). Totally fresh, inventive, well written, and the artwork is top-notch.