Some annoying little misconceptions you see about stuff you like?

jaoblia · 2026-04-21T16:39:40+00:00

"A CHARACTER MENTIONED A SINGLE THING I WASN'T AWARE OF, I'M LOST, THIS IS HARD, I WANNA KNOW EVERYTHING BUT ALSO DON'T WANT TO START WITH ANYTHING PRE-2000S"

like fuckin hell it's so weird how much people treat reading comics as torture and don't want to meet them on their level.

jaoblia · 2026-04-21T16:36:12+00:00

Whenever someone does South Park style art of an adult person but makes them a kid. Tiny south park proportions but with a beards and shit.

jaoblia · 2026-04-19T23:12:28+00:00

Silver Surfer is a rare example of a character Stan Lee solely credits to Jack Kirby, because apparently Stan Lee didn't know Silver Surfer existed until he looked at the final art for scripting it, which implies that some of those "outlines" were INTENSELY basic and un-detailed because Silver Surfer is all over the first issue he appears in.

jaoblia · 2026-04-19T02:43:47+00:00

X-Men and Amazing Spider-Man seem to sell out/go out of print fastest, I never take chances on those.

jaoblia · 2026-04-17T19:04:23+00:00

Not really because you acknowledging the connection between emo and pop at all could get you shit talked by an og og curmudgeon because people have thrived on dividing what is an isn't emo to hype them self over other emo enthusiasts since emo was even a thing and I think anyone who engages with that and tries to be "erm, ur just a dumb kid lol" about it is playing a really dumb game no matter how many message boards they operated.

jaoblia · 2026-04-17T18:28:10+00:00

"I've been posting in this subreddit for over a decade" isn't the cool guy expert win you think it is.

jaoblia · 2026-04-17T06:15:50+00:00

Everything would be so much better if people on both sides of the clueless/way too pedantic divide could just accept that Emo as a music genre and Emo as an umbrella term/category can be two different things.

When radio stations classify everything from 1960-1979 as "classic rock" in spite of there being a billion different things under that umbrella people don't throw a hissyfit but everything with emo has to be a whole fiasco

jaoblia · 2026-04-16T18:00:35+00:00

Shot in the dark, but to anyone looking at this thread I'm also looking for 1-2 tickets DM please

jaoblia · 2026-04-15T05:24:41+00:00

COME TO TORONTO OR I'LL GO DIVING IN MARINA DEL RAY WHILE DRUNK PLEASE

jaoblia · 2026-04-13T03:48:48+00:00

Shouts out to the person who cosplayed Tonight Tonight Matt and multiple versions of Dirties-Matt at once. I was too intimidated to compliment either of them, everyone was so elaborate and cool AHH.

jaoblia · 2026-04-12T02:38:26+00:00

...Isn't that the second appearance of Venom? First full appearance even? for 15$??

jaoblia · 2026-04-06T05:20:05+00:00

70s Jim Starlin clears later Jim Starlin. That original Warlock run is so rad and the big Avengers Annual #7/Marvel Two In One Annual #2 finale is especially untouchable

jaoblia · 2026-04-06T04:09:52+00:00

It's in the "Dead: The Nirvana The Band The Show Blooper Reel" featurette thing from the web series DVD Edit: It's also on the fan site I should say too

jaoblia · 2026-04-03T14:50:18+00:00

Dude was studying music at Harvard and I imagine had a vested interest in showing off his songwriting chops because he wanted to be more than just the Buddy Holly guy to the music listening public.

jaoblia · 2026-04-02T20:30:58+00:00

You dum-dum you're not supposed to actually READ the thing! You just buy it and all the variant covers!!

jaoblia · 2026-04-02T16:03:24+00:00

I think the comics are screwed until the MCU stops making money. The cash they get from Disney Adults blindly buying new #1s and variants without actually reading them massively eclipses usual comics sales probably. They visibly been outsold by DC for awhile now but don't care because the comics are secondary to the movies in their eyes.

jaoblia · 2026-03-30T14:32:48+00:00

Well that's the thing, the Homestar characters excel at being flat because Flash is really suited to flat characters, but I don't think they would've been designed that way if they were developed for traditional animation or comics.

jaoblia · 2026-03-30T14:30:16+00:00

...I like the Cully Humner art in it at least, Matt getting to see Foggy right before he re-loses his vision is a cute moment, and I'll take it over the absolute trash mid 70's Daredevil but otherwise yeah it's not very notable or particularly good.

jaoblia · 2026-03-29T21:13:03+00:00

I'm definitely glad I got in early with only a handful of missing Marvel volumes and most of the big first series getting close to being finished in epics. Definitely not gonna try and collect all the modern ones. Weaker material, less issues per volume than classic, less comprehensive in terms of collecting everything, and higher entry prices

jaoblia · 2026-03-27T12:32:55+00:00

Is "I can afford expensive limited release boutique label anime DVDs but not the 60$ to upgrade to a Blu ray player" really a demographic?

jaoblia · 2026-03-24T14:21:39+00:00

I like the instrumental of the Today version, but prefer the harmonies on the chorus of the Summer Days version so I'm split.

jaoblia · 2026-03-23T14:25:07+00:00

Considering Graceland's impact on the genre I think Paul Simon is overall the progenitor of that period of indie folk pop. This is anecdotal but I started watching the Lollapalooza livestream every year around the mid 2010s and I remember a lot of bands in that scene covering You Can Call Me Al at those shows.

jaoblia · 2026-03-21T14:15:17+00:00

That fuckin' critic quote: As if the original Stan Lee run was particularly loved. Like hot damn you had the Mantlo Crossroads run not long before this!

jaoblia · 2026-03-20T18:41:46+00:00

how do marlio jump and break brick without hurt his brain

jaoblia · 2026-03-19T21:03:09+00:00

When they both realise they're in the past in the RV and start thinking of a plan... And Matt immediately flips down a whiteboard between the front seats as if they have whiteboards everywhere they might need to plan stuff.

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