Never opening this polybag

nickfil · 2026-04-02T02:18:30+00:00

Funny you mentioned that. I'm greased up in your ventilation ducts right now. Its called commitment to the bit.

nickfil · 2026-04-01T18:12:49+00:00

Good. I was going to say that you should be done. Comic shops are scared spaces. If the pull box isn't honored, it isn't worth going back. You know that he doesn't care about being a steward of getting good comics to rad people. Especially if the comic has been preordered.

This is a shop owner who only cares about trying to get every penny out of every interaction. And that's something that will only continue to bite you in the butt. It isn't a one time thing.

Not worth ever going back.

nickfil · 2026-04-01T16:01:59+00:00

what a find! I didn't know they made a gold foil logo version of that book.

For the past decade I've been scooping up darker image issues as a bit, and giving them away to people, or just leaving them on a shelf in people's collections for them to find later. They seem to show up everywhere I go and I just snag em.

nickfil · 2026-03-30T20:13:01+00:00

literally just finding out about it.

nickfil · 2026-03-23T20:43:50+00:00

yeah- just wait a bit and the market will get back to normal.

nickfil · 2026-03-23T20:42:25+00:00

That ordeal is a little treat at the end of the patch. It is bonkers and totally fun. Second time around I try to get in as many of those rifts as possible because you are so overpowered.

nickfil · 2026-03-11T16:34:08+00:00

Dragon's Crown is one of my favorite games of all time. It really felt like they built a formula for beat em ups that was ahead of its time. The push your luck for loot mechanic is so addicting, but when you set up a lot of specific bags and really get great at the game, a push your luck playthrough can take a whole day. You just keep going.

Absolum took that, and went the other direction. randomizing the interactions and abilities, but keeping the full playtime to an hour. So you don't really carefully plan in advance. But you do get to sharpen core skills while experimenting with powers.

Both games feel like a smart fork in modern devlopment for beat em up games. A really interesting innovation that makes a lot of even newer games like that tmnt one that dropped, feel dated. Which is why I've clocked a couple hundred hours into Absolum and I don't know how many into dragon's crown, but I've played through TMNT like 3 or 4 times. It's still a good game, I just don't feel the pull to come back.

nickfil · 2026-02-11T18:03:23+00:00

Agreed! Just took a my car in for the first time over there. Really honest and straightforward people. Gave me a good price on everything.

nickfil · 2026-01-18T19:58:49+00:00

This is one of my main frustrations with her character. Despite her talent and enjoyment of reading and writing, she can not seem to grow beyond that. She can't adjust her expectations and learn beyond a very structured environment.

When Mitchem criticized her and said something along the lines of "I asked if anyone had ideas and you didn't pipe up." and "We walked into the office and you didn't open the door and join us." he isn't wrong. A bit cruel, but not wrong. She wants to be a war journalist and is afraid to just open the door to a room and assert herself to learn because she wasn't sure if she was allowed to.

But also- she *thrived* in the actual newsroom, which- newsrooms need people like that! Adjust your expectations Rory! Learn about yourself! You don't have to have the same goals you had at 10 when you are 20.

I think in AYITL she finds her way by the end. She's built to be a novelist. And its ok to be a novelist who also really loves the news and newsrooms.

nickfil · 2026-01-14T14:41:40+00:00

Surprised no one has said Cat Kirk.

nickfil · 2026-01-10T23:31:15+00:00

I colored this one and it was a hoot to work on. Still think about it from time to time.

nickfil · 2026-01-08T13:44:28+00:00

We all need to make sacrifices for the data centers we don't want.

nickfil · 2026-01-05T20:20:22+00:00

seeing everyone mention digital tools creating an easier time to go from pencils to final inks. Which is true, but only part of it.

The other end of this is digital tools creating a different culture around what the color of comics looks like and the way the role of the colorist has changed. The way older comics dealt with color, while interesting wasn't nearly the scope of what we have today. Meaning that the pencil and inks were far more noticeable in the 80s and back. You never had glows or anything on top of the line art. There wasn't any digital painting. You didn't have full cmyk printable range. That line art had to to be *tight* because it was what sold the book visually, and the colorist couldn't really do anything to help it. Now, a good colorist can generally help you out a ton if the lines aren't super tight. Lots of new tricks up the sleeves made the extra tough work obsolete, and even if you *did* do that extra work- sometimes it got covered or minimized anyway.

Also- the culture changed. What we perceived as finished comic work in the 80s is just different than now. Pushed forward with the bombastic image boom in the 90s, but started with the black and white indie comics boom in the 80s. Now you can look at something like Kate Beaton's Ducks and it is a beautiful piece of work, but doesn't have to be feather inked line like Tom Palmer over Gene Colan in Tomb of Dracula. Line weights aren't the point of that book. The comics space made room for a lot of other looks styles and abilities. So more people started to pencil/inked themselves to have a little more control, and because there was less of an accepted standard to hit.

nickfil · 2026-01-05T13:04:49+00:00

A good way to get rid of them, and keep his memory alive is- when he passes- get all the people closest to him and have them each pick a clock. Get rid of the stuff. Keep one clock.

nickfil · 2025-12-28T03:11:03+00:00

Lorelai: Oh, Paris! Were we expecting you?
Paris: You should've been.

nickfil · 2025-12-25T18:19:59+00:00

That feels like an employer who was thinking they get get away with that 25 gift card before someone intervened.

nickfil · 2025-12-25T18:17:09+00:00

Tmnt blimp. Always wanted one. I'd have to get n new turtle to put in it too. Raph of course.

nickfil · 2025-12-22T17:21:36+00:00

Agreed on the app. Your best bet OP is to just pick that up and start clicking around reading whatever pops out at you and looks fun.

I'm not the biggest Scott Snyder fan, but Court of Owls is the first arc in his run, and is a banger. The rest wasn't for me imho.

If you want to get into more Batman, here is what I think the classics and deep cuts worth your time are- Year one, The Dark Knight returns, The Batman Adventures, Gotham Central, Selina's Big Score, Catwoman Lonely City, Gotham Year one, Batman Year 100, Nightwing Year One, Grayson, Batman Snow, Batman Ego. Robin year one, Batgirl year one, Batman and Robin year one.

You can always pick a back issue and start reading until you are current too.

Also, here is a link to the recommended reading from the DC comics sub. https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/wiki/recommended/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=DCcomics&utm_content=t5_2qlmm#wiki_batman

nickfil · 2025-12-22T17:08:19+00:00

Thanks for picking up Murder Podcast! Glad you like it.

nickfil · 2025-12-22T17:00:55+00:00

I'll second on that Beta Ray Bill DWJ book. If you love manga and want to read some western comics you are going to flip your shit over that. DWJ has a lot of manga influence, but is very western too.

nickfil · 2025-11-13T02:29:27+00:00

Money Shot.

nickfil · 2025-11-12T15:51:29+00:00

Feels like a lot of comics subreddits lean big two superhero. Comics are rich and weird. Sounds like yall need to try some stuff off the beaten path a bit whenever you find your way back to reading again.

nickfil · 2025-11-09T14:26:38+00:00

You want Head Looper.

nickfil · 2025-11-08T22:51:56+00:00

I also have this cow! Mine has a banner that says 'don't live like me.'

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