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https://xkcd.com/3302/

Convincing him to turn off the stupid laser show and useless sound system was such a huge ordeal that no one has wanted to do it again.

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His wife reported via his instagram account that he passed away on the 22nd. He worked on titles such as Venom and X-Men.

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https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/09/23/north-american-webcomic-platform-tapas-shutting-down/

BigGo Finances has reported that the webcomic hosting site Tapas is shuttering:

“South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment is terminating service for Tapas, the North American webtoon platform it acquired for approximately ₩1.1 trillion (approximately $809.6 million). The ambitious 2021 investment, intended as a beachhead for the North American market, is effectively being written off just five years later.”

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In a move which should probably have happened a long time ago, following the Apricot Hellbeast's latest control grab by evicting CNN, Politico and MS NOW from White House press briefings (for not saying only nice things about him), the White House television Press Pool suspended coverage of Trump.

It will probably annoy the Minister who requested it, a survey of youth mental health in the UK has identified that it's NOT young people being snowflakes, it IS a much tougher world to live in. Which I think many of us could have told them but it's good to see the the figures and analysis to back it up.

So I went to see a The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary screening and, apart from a pretty damned ropey looking copy of the movie on our not terribly large cinema screen, the "Optimus Prime: Awakening" short afterwards was A) sparsely attended because the cinema put the lights up as soon as the movie credits started to role and half the audience walked out, B) beautiful to look at, and C) almost totally cryptic, but it was nice to see it was dedicated to Peter Cullen. (And for those looking for a more comprehensive history of the man, beyond "just" his role as Optimus Prime, Chris McFeely's excellent Transformers related YT series: "The Basics on..." has just released a proper memorial piece.

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https://xkcd.com/3301/

The sun and the moon appear the same size in the sky, even though in real life the sun is more than twice as big. Some call this lucky alignment coincidence; others say it's proof that sometimes things can be the same size.

https://xkcd.com/3301/

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I was walking home from school when it happened again. A kid from my class jumped me right before my little sister. I didn’t fight back. I didn’t even try. I curled up on the concrete in the fetal position, bruised and crying, humiliated beyond words. My sister just stood there, watching. I was supposed to protect her. I couldn’t even defend myself.

That moment stayed with me. The pain. The rage. The shame.

So when I first watched The Dark Knight, it wasn’t the Joker or the action sequences that stood out. It was Bruce Wayne—the broken boy behind the billionaire mask. His strength wasn’t his wealth or his fighting skills. It was his refusal to become what the world expected him to be. That hit me hard. Because for kids like me—the ones who got pushed down and told to stay there—he gave us something else: a code.

Batman has no powers. No alien origin. Just scars, discipline, and a vow. Underneath the cape and cowl is a wounded boy who watched his parents die—and swore he’d never let anyone else feel that helpless again.

That story? That’s mine too.

I didn’t know how to fight as a kid. I’d flail my fists with my eyes shut, just hoping something might land. It never did. I was awkward, scared, constantly mocked. One time, I was thrown through a glass door. The shards sliced through me like paper. My parents saw the wounds. They tried to help. But love doesn’t teach you how to fight.

I had to learn that part on my own.

So did Batman. He trained. He mastered himself. He turned fear into fuel. And in him, I saw not a fantasy—but a path. Not toward vengeance, but transformation.

The Joker is the chaos that every bullied kid recognizes. The voice that says, “Why bother? The world is cruel. Everyone betrays.” His goal is simple: to prove that everyone breaks eventually. That hope is a joke.

But Batman doesn’t break.

He absorbs the hit. He carries the burden. He’s willing to be misunderstood—even hated—if it means protecting others. That’s not weakness. That’s strength, forged in silence and fire.

When I was beaten up in front of my sister, I felt powerless. But now, years later, when I stand up for someone else—when I hold a boundary, when I speak with courage—I feel like that kid finally stood up. I feel like Batman.

I don’t wear a cape. But I carry scars. I carry stories. I carry the lessons you only learn the hard way.

And like Bruce Wayne, I’ve had to learn how to make peace with pain—not by forgetting it, but by using it.

Batman taught me that resilience isn’t loud. It’s quiet. It’s in the decision to get up when no one’s watching. It’s in holding the line when no one claps. It’s choosing the hard right over the easy wrong.

I used to dream of revenge—of being strong enough to make them all pay. Now I dream of being the guy who shows up. The guy who opens the locker instead of shoving someone into it. The guy who stands between the Joker and the next scared kid.

Because the bullied don’t always become the broken.

Sometimes, they become the ones who refuse to break.

“You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Yeah, but what if you live long enough to survive your pain?

I wasn’t taught to fight. I had to figure it out.

And now? I don’t want revenge.

I want to be the guy who stands—not with fists, but with presence.

Like the Dark Knight.

Because some of us survive the fire. Some of us become the fire.

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#139 had had him being challenged to turn himself in for his role in the pileup on Blüdhaven's new superhighway.

#140 had had him learning what'd gone into the construction of that highway.

It'd ended with him being able to do nothing about it but beat up corrupt cops.

#141 opened on Dick, in the waiting crowd outside the Blüdhaven courthouse, listening to what one guy thought of him for that: " I think Nightwing's finally growing a pair.

" I saw him up close once, you know.

( " Years ago, back in Gotham. " )

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For Batman Day here's an old story about the time Joker found a new best friend.

( Friends )

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The Marvel Stormbreakers Workout Variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #38 by Luciano Vecchio

Embiggened under the cut, and Mr Vecchio makes his opinions about Logan's armpits clear...

( Because apparently that was a discussion being had )

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Almost like a fable, that Alan Scott origin. It's sort of a flame that burns three times, to bring life, to bring death, to bring power. It feels religious, it feels inexplicable. And the Golden Age kind of did that a lot, from what I've read, from what I understand, these are things that sort of had to be out the door yesterday. You hear stories like whole issues being done over the weekend at an apartment with people peeling the tiles off the walls to mix the paints. And everybody at the time, like, comics had only just been kind of invented. Every time somebody did a thing for the first time, it was the first time. The first splash page was the first of those, the first kind of circular panel, the first weird storytelling trick. People were just coming up with stuff on the fly. So that's the kind of energy I think it's good to bring back in if you possibly can. -- Al Ewing

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https://xkcd.com/3300/

Many of the smaller dinosaurs seem to have largely preyed on housecats.

https://xkcd.com/3300/

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"I still felt like I was writing the same characters… I just tried to imagine how they would act if they hadn't come together. They all benefit so much from their friendship. Chase becomes less brash. Gert becomes less brittle. Karolina grows braver.

"I also thought about how they might grow if they stayed close to their parents. Those are such interesting relationships; the members of the Pride are terrible people -- but they're mostly loving parents." -- Rainbow Rowell

( What If The Runaways Hadn't Run Away? )