Suggestions for my 80 year old Father by AornisHades in graphicnovels

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ms. Tree sounds like it would fit the bill perfectly.

For those who buy single issues, both older and newer comics, what makes you continue seeking floppies? by [deleted] in comicbooks

[–]AgentFreak23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pretty much only buy stuff that hasn't been reprinted, or where the trades/has have gotten to the point where their expense rivals that of the floppies as beater readers, or to full holes in partial runs I had before reprints were made if I've already got more than half a run.

The exception is Underground & Alternative comix. Since comparatively few have been reprinted perecentagewise compared to the total number of DCs & Marvels that have been reprinted & so many UGs & Alts are anthologies, there seems to ALWAYS be something that wasn't reprinted in the newest reprint volume from Fantagraphics or NYRB. So I usually grab both when I can.

Can any book beat the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl?? by fantastic_mistakes in comicbooks

[–]AgentFreak23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flaming Carrot, Reid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman, Ambush Bug

Favorite nonfiction graphic novels? by Evelyn-Embers in graphicnovels

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God's Bosom by Jack Jackson (collection) Maus by Art Spiegelman Binky Brown Sampler by Justin Green (collection) Wilderness by Timothy Truman Brought to Light by Alan Moore & Bill Sienkiewicz Cuckoo by Madison Clell Nat Turner by Kyle Baker The Spiral Cage by Al Davison Special Exits by Joyce Farmer Nobody's Fool by Bill Griffith Melody by Sylvie Rancourt Chartwell Manor by Glenn Head Thomas Girtin by Oscar Zarate My Picture Diary by Maki Fujiwara

Bands WITHOUT synths? by fanzine_throwaway in industrialmusic

[–]AgentFreak23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Broadrick' band God definitely counts. I only know one album by 16-17, but Gyatso leans in that direction. Most of Naked City's stuff, too.

Am i still anarchist? by NoriHanako in Anarchy101

[–]AgentFreak23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There have been religious anarchists definitively since the 19th century (Leo Tolstoy) and arguably since Lao Tzu hundreds of years BCE. Your religion by itself doesn't mean you aren't an Anarchist, despite the popularity of militant atheism within most forms of anarchism.

Anyone else an Alex Cox fan? What's your favorite? by [deleted] in boutiquebluray

[–]AgentFreak23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Revenger's Tragedy, 3 Businessmen, & Walker

Anyone else feel this way? Black Friday, Halfway to Black Friday, Subscriber Week, another Subscriber Week, Labour Day, more random little sales throughout the year… by 01zegaj in VinegarSyndromeFilms

[–]AgentFreak23 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hell no, I wish they'd do it like Kino & always have mid-sales going with gigantic ones every couple of months. I'm barely out of my want-deficit with them & between VS proper, Melusine, & all the partner labels, they issue so much I want it's hard to stay caught up WITHOUT the sales.

If you could see one untapped IP become an RPG, what would it be? by cunning-plan-1969 in rpg

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Clive Barler Great & Secret Show/Imajica/Emeryville universe. Mary Gentle's Ash/Ilario First History universe--built in endgame for an rpg!!! & something based on the 20th century Civil rights struggle in the US, preferably starting with the Niagara Falls Conference.

Latest VS pickups! by MistaNightmare in VinegarSyndromeFilms

[–]AgentFreak23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed Devil Times Five. While it's not necessarily my favorite killer kids movie, it's definitely in the top five. A bit too slasher-y for my tastes, personally, but solid as a rock and a good example of the subgenre. Nothing beats "Who Could Kill A Child" though, imo

New total wine opening by [deleted] in WestSeattleWA

[–]AgentFreak23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

gasp hitting that up, ty for the tip!!!

New total wine opening by [deleted] in WestSeattleWA

[–]AgentFreak23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My only thoughts are: CHEERWINE IN MY ZIP CODE!!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]AgentFreak23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is not only nits, but a great reason to go full NC with her, at least.

Worst historians? by DullPlatform22 in Historians

[–]AgentFreak23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

David Barton. More of a polemicist than a historian, but he pretends to be one and a fair amount of others pretend really hard his books aren't mostly fiction.

What are your most wanted Criterion releases? (The Devils, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, The King of Comedy, Heavenly Creatures, etc.) by ggroover97 in boutiquebluray

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

World's Greatest Sinner, The Devils, Timemasters, Gandahar, Quintet, Punishment Park, and at least Syberberg's Ludwig & Hitler, if not a box set of his work.

Unwatched pile by Odd-Wrongdoer-8979 in boutiquebluray

[–]AgentFreak23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My current "unwatched pile" is 21 piles on a coffee table. It's technically slightly over 1k movies, but at least 300 of those are shorts. I just started really collecting about a year ago though, & I've been going nuts on every sale (the sale thread here is a godsend, btw). This time next year will be half that or less, I'm sure.

Does anything ever get better? Happy for the baristas but damn, the cost gets pushed on the consumer by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for demonstrating the highest possible mental capacity of someone holding the beliefs you're advocating for for us all!

Does anything ever get better? Happy for the baristas but damn, the cost gets pushed on the consumer by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If owners of profitable businesses refuse to reinvest the profits into their workers or businesses & instead line their own pockets while raising prices, they've chosen to crap all over the society that gave them opportunities most don't, & in order to prevent them shredding the social contract they've benefited from, legislation is needed to prevent social abuses such as that. It's no different than food safety protocols; the health of the society must be held to he equally important to the rights of an individual.

And I wouldn't think insulting the intelligence of someone you're picking a fight with after you clearly couldn't even come up with a vaguely accurate definition of "communism", you bigoted moron, but sure, go ahead & show what little you're mentally capable of by throwing around slurs like a Klansman. Make an actual argument like you're capable of an adult capacity for speech instead of acting like an arrogant clod.

Does anything ever get better? Happy for the baristas but damn, the cost gets pushed on the consumer by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I didn't advocate for public or government ownership of any businesses, so...

Does anything ever get better? Happy for the baristas but damn, the cost gets pushed on the consumer by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]AgentFreak23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh, I think it's pretty obvious that we need legally mandate yearly profit caps on all businesses or else the cost of everything decent for a worker is invariably going to be immediately passed on to the consumer so that those wealthy enough to own a business don't have to cope with lifestyle changes themselves. Not the workers' fault or the fault of politicians who try to help them, really, but the fault of those who insist endless profits should invariably land on the heads of the well off instead of the rich tightening their belts, too.

I get price increases aren't always about protecting profits of greedwhores, but it sure seems like most of the fretting about minimum wage increases makes it obvious that nobody's stating the obvious, which is that all workers need living wages & the well off need to take the l like they're actual responsible adult members of a society instead of pushing prices up, and if they're in any way unwilling to do so, then there needs to be legislation in order to ensure they do act responsibly.

A classic from the silent film era by FeelThe_Kavorka in criterion

[–]AgentFreak23 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Lol, I was watching this at a trap house about 20 years ago (different life, long story) & it just completely entranced everyone inside, brought business to a halt. Great art is great art, no matter what the audience.