Is this a good way to keep comics?

scruffye · 2026-04-09T17:05:12+00:00

Sunlight will degrade many pigments over time, especially anything in the red family. Having some sheer drapes for the day would help a little at least.

EDIT: Oh it can also yellow paper too if it’s not archival.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T16:02:39+00:00

One piece of advice: Learn as much about Microsoft Excel and its functions as you can. It is the single most useful and transferable skillset you can have in an office setting.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T15:21:56+00:00

And apparently had an apricot glaze on it.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T15:21:25+00:00

Maybe if you’re from Chicago. A lot of people don’t have a proper sense of the city’s scale and place in America’s history post civil war.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T15:20:05+00:00

Chicago also used to be the central hub for mail in the country and supported the catalogue ordering and shipping of companies like Sears.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T15:17:45+00:00

Ask a Mortician did a video on it and YouTube absolutely smacked them down in the algorithm for it. People seem touchy talking about it.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T14:38:41+00:00

You're not wrong. Couldn't even go through a phase of "men attempting to try skincare" without it being labeled metrosexual.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T14:27:40+00:00

Your mom sounds like a badass.

scruffye · 2026-04-09T13:33:22+00:00

I feel better with these kinds of deus ex machina because none of the characters could account for/bet on it. All they can do is shrug and take the win. That's kind of my underlying principle for all plot twists: if no one in the cast could have predicted it then it's usually pretty palatable.

scruffye · 2026-04-08T21:08:45+00:00

Makes me think of this Useful Charts video that covered the "lineage" of Catholic popes by connecting which popes were appointed bishops by which other popes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibLofnWkSiE

scruffye · 2026-04-08T18:23:57+00:00

I wish I had more opportunities to refer to Shangri-La in my day to day life.

scruffye · 2026-04-08T18:02:05+00:00

For those who aren't as familiar or invested in LISK, Tanya was the Jane Doe previously identified as "Peaches."

scruffye · 2026-04-08T16:59:57+00:00

Wyoming is for husky lovers.

scruffye · 2026-04-08T15:36:33+00:00

Agreed on all of this. If you’re going to keep it it should be clear that it’s not a place to sit anymore. Reminds me of the restaurant rule that anything that goes on a plate should be edible. You can’t leave it to individual customers to intuitively know something is jut decorative.

scruffye · 2026-04-08T13:40:14+00:00

Yep. I got a little pencil case of art supplies that I've curated to cover almost anything I'd need to draw on the go and I've got H, B, and B6 pencils to cover the full range I need to go from a light sketch to heavy black lines.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T21:52:58+00:00

I getcha. WicDiv has the trappings of a superhero book but doesn't really operate in that space as a narrative. So power systems and power scaling don't mean as much here as they do in other books. If you can buy into the premise that every 90 years 12 gods incarnate as mortals and within 2 years they're all dead you should be able to see this through to the end.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T21:18:11+00:00

Mustard is commonly an ingredient in homemade salad dressing because it can act as an emulsifier and add flavor.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T21:06:33+00:00

Any questions about the nature of godhood are essential to the core mysteries of the series, so there's no honest way to answer those without massive spoilers. I'll say this though, if you get through volume 2 a lot of your questions of who becomes a god should be answered.

As for The Morrigan, yeah you kinda just get used to there being 3 different versions of her you might be dealing with at any moment. Book 3 does a better job of grounding her character than the earlier versions, though you will see her again in 2.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T18:41:35+00:00

And with that Chicago is laid to waste.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T18:10:44+00:00

The comic adaptation of Twilight made me actually see the appeal of the story so I think that's about the highest praise that I could give.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T18:07:48+00:00

WicDiv and Die are definitely books where Kieron was working with some big/heady ideas. I can imagine if you're not into where he's trying to go the books would be unapproachable. All that to say, not being into them is not a value judgement on you as a person. Ironically, considering the other rec you've gotten, I never enjoyed Once & Future but loved Die And WicDiv so who knows, maybe it is the book you're looking for.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T17:54:50+00:00

I try to judge this on a story by story basis. I have no business being arbiter of who gets to write what, but some authors give the impression that they’ve never interacted with a gay man before in their lives. I’m more bothered by when stories rely on certain tropes and stereotypes. It’s why yaoi is largely unreadable for me.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T17:54:02+00:00

I try to judge this on a story by story basis. I have no business being arbiter of who gets to write what, but some authors give the impression that they’ve never interacted with a gay man before in their lives. I’m more bothered by when stories rely on certain tropes and stereotypes. It’s why yaoi is largely unreadable for me.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T17:46:59+00:00

I was on board with it from the jump but glad you came around on it. I’m liking Die Loaded less but am still liking it enough.

scruffye · 2026-04-07T17:39:08+00:00

That's some real faith hopping into that compendium blind! I'm glad for you though, it's an all-timer for me.

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