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DC Comics - March 12, 2025 - Absolute Superman 5! DC v. Vampires! Aquama... youtu.be/tzEl7ktYQDs?si… via @YouTube

I have seen the future, and it's the one I envisioned for years

DC Might Finally Be Fixing Jon Kent… (Superman Unlimited #11) youtu.be/54nT0T3ARK0?si… via @YouTube

Good news for Milestone readers in the Greater Toronto Area. You can still collect The Dakota Incident from Gotham Central. Carlos believed in the book and they didn't under-order. #DakotaIncident

Trump ran on exposing the pedophiles and stopping wars. Trump is now protecting the pedophiles and starting wars. #maga

in his own words

Black Lightning not being the 4th Pillar for DC never sat right with me. Like he Walked So Static could RUN. (Two different but identical powersets) And his books never take off the way you’d think they would.

Legendary sci-fi writer Dan Simmons has passed away of a stroke. Hyperion is one of science fiction's greatest literary works. He was amazing and inspirational, and he kept out of the public eye in recent years after the left went after him for questioning climate change. He will be missed.

RIP legendary DC Comics colorist TATJANA WOOD who just passed away at age 99. Tatjana had decades long runs on OUR AT WAR/SGT. ROCK and SWAMP THING, and in 1973 succeeded Jack Adler as cover colorist.

Dario Amodei just gave his first interview since the Pentagon blacklisted his company. The toll is visible on his face. He was asked one question. What would you say to the President right now? He didn’t hesitate. Amodei: “We are patriotic Americans. Everything we have done has been for the sake of this country.” Anthropic built their models to defend America. They were the first AI lab cleared for classified military systems. They wanted to help the warfighter. But the Pentagon demanded unrestricted access to fully autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens. Amodei drew the line. The government responded with emergency Cold War powers. A supply chain designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries. A six-month federal phaseout ordered from Truth Social. Amodei: “When we were threatened with supply chain designation and Defense Production Act, which are unprecedented intrusions into the private economy, we exercised our classic First Amendment rights to speak up and disagree with the government.” The administration framed Anthropic’s refusal as anti-American. Amodei’s response dismantled that framing in one sentence. Amodei: “Disagreeing with the government is the most American thing in the world.” Here is the deeper paradox nobody in Washington wants to say out loud. We are in a geopolitical race against autocratic adversaries who use AI for mass surveillance of their own citizens and autonomous weapons with no human oversight. The Pentagon demanded that Anthropic build those exact capabilities for America. Amodei: “The red lines we have drawn, we drew because we believe that crossing those red lines is contrary to American values.” You cannot defeat authoritarianism by adopting its methods. You cannot defend the open society by forcing private companies to build its antithesis under threat of wartime emergency powers. Anthropic held the line. Got blacklisted for it. And came out the other side saying the same thing they said going in. That is what it actually looks like to mean it.

There is a RIDICULOUS amount of talent in this photo!

If you liked the work I did on the Dakota Incident... I am also the writer of Green Lantern Corps. John Stewart? Jo Mullein? Jessica Cruz? All that and then some. #14 comes out on March 11th.

Happy heavenly birthday to "Prime" co-creator, "Metaphysique" creator, "Batman" "American Flagg," "Whisper," "Bloodshot," "Batman: Holy Terror" and "Hellcat" artist, Norm Breyfogle.

Tatjana Wood has apparently passed away at age 99. Her father was Jewish so during WW2 her parents sent her to the Netherlands, then NY. She studied as a dressmaker, met/married Wallace Wood and began assisting him, then pivoted to becoming one of the best colorists in comics.

Walt Simonson accepting his Kirby Award this past weekend at OAX_ It was a full house and he got a standing ovation.

So sad to share that legendary colorist Tatjana Wood has passed away at the age of 99. Her pioneering painterly touch graced scores of DC & Vertigo series. She was truly one of a kind and a special friend. May her memory be a blessing.

It's true

Chris Conroy confirms the Absolute Universe will have its first Crossover Event this year. "As I think you all know, we are very mindful about keeping the Absolute Universe sort of at the size it is, keeping it easy to understand, keeping it easy to onboard, We will have one other thing this year. It's the first Absolute Universe event. This will be in Q4. We're going to do it our way, the Absolute way. This is going to be easy to understand, it's going to be easy to get on board, it’s not going to disrupt the stories, You're not going to have to explain to the new Absolute customer what a crossover is." Via:(thepopverse.com/comics-absolut…)

One of the best there is in the business.

This one hits hard.

The book looks great in person! I would love to tease some pages, but I would rather you guys see it in person. I am responsible for writing the prelude and epilogue of the book and I’m extremely pleased with who they got to illustrate my portions. Everyone did a solid job. It was a big challenge but I think we pulled it off. Go you pick it up when it comes out. You’ll want to have this in your collection for sure.