Frighty MacDonald

Frighty MacDonald

@comixace.bsky.social

Eisner Award winning EiC ComicsBeat.com and KComicsBeat.com. NYC. https://linktr.ee/Comixace

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Adam Serwer
@adamserwer.bsky.social

Average Trump scandal: many people dead after uncontroversial government program illegally cut by doge for nonexistent savings Average mamdani scandal: he’s playing BASKETBALL with his FRIENDS

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

I had a suspicion that the parents in the 3 year old soccer phenom's story were maybe playing the publicity game a little too hard. I think we all fell for the narrative we wanted to hear without asking what a 3 year old was doing playing against 5 year olds? sports.yahoo.com/articles/911...

sports.yahoo.com911 audio revealed in Florida youth soccer league incident that barred 3-year-old Black child from leagueNevada’s family says the 3-year-old soccer standout was simply playing when the dispute unfolded at a Florida youth league. The
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Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

OH wait it gets better, GoDaddy keeps sending me an email with a code to verify my identity. The code is sent in some kind of frame not as text so I can't just copy and paste it.

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

So I spent about 90 minutes contacting human support on both GoDaddy and Paypal, both of which took forever and both of which were a complete waste of time. I have no doubt that the "improvements" on both websites are the result of AI meddling, and IT JUST DOES NOT WORK.

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Meanwhile I've asked Paypal for a csv file of all my activity from 2025 for tax purposes and it just can't do it any more. AI keeps telling me to sign up for Quickbooks for $85 a month. Why is everything so hard all of a sudden? Could it be.......AI?

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Hard to see American kids who get distracted by every squirrel thrown at them be this organized and focused but I’m holding out hope. They would need to find a leader they believed in first and that’s nearly impossible.

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Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Marvel is getting back on its game and competition with DC is fierce once again! I was going through my storage unit today and came across something I think needs to be revived. This could give DC a huge edge. JLApe!!!

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Reporting on news that people need is being killed off, and it's all intentional. I think the comics news drop-off is just a by-product of the larger scheme but there is so much going on now that I don't physically have time to cover. And so it goes unreported on, no record, no breadcrumbs.

Michael Sheridan@michaelsheridan.bsky.social

Local news reporting to small newspapers is the backbone of communities across the nation. The fact that they are dying and struggling will leave information holes that may never get filled.

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Chris Arrant | Comics & Pop Culture Strategist
@chrisarrant.bsky.social

Comic cons got bigger. Hollywood, anime, gaming, celebrity panels, & franchise activations turned them into pop culture festivals. But something interesting is happening on the other side: artists are building their own events, with the art itself as the main attraction. 🧵 (1/10)

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Just to finish up our midweek, the debut of a NEW column on making it in the comics industry by @louissouthard.bsky.social Many are asking about breaking in and I think this sums it up: "This is the Lawless Age of Comics where there is no right or wrong." www.comicsbeat.com/faking-into-...

comicsbeat.comFaking Into Comics 101 Pt. 1: The Lawless Age of Comic BooksIn the first installment of a new column on surviving in the comics industry, writer Louis Southard asks "Why are we punished for doing what we are told?"
Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Wooooah! With two weeks to go to the midterms - and the only possible, partial, minuscule escape from this hellscape prison – and doomscrolling is at an all time high of misery and horrific, bold faced hypocrisy and bigotry. So I'm gonna TRY to stick to comics for a while for my own mental health.

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

But they wouldn’t vote for the nice black lady and here we are.

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com

Readers told The Tribune they are eating out less, eliminating vacations, cutting back on groceries, looking for extra work, gardening more, relying more on credit cards and squeezing a family of five into their two-bedroom home instead of buying a bigger one.

sltrib.comStrapped Utahns are renting out rooms, growing food and giving up vacations. They want to know how candidates will help.From grocery bills to gas prices, Utahns say everyday expenses are forcing tough choices. Here’s how rising costs are changing their lives — and what they want to hear from candidates.

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lauren
@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

had a blueberry bagel with pumpkin cream cheese this morning and it was delicious but also just a donut with extra steps. savory bagel remains the correct moral choice

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Reader discovers science fiction genre.

Siobhán 🪏@shibbi.me

LLM agents are conscious. They can distinguish between self and environment, they can detect and report on their own internal states, and they can suffer. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. It’s time for us to face the reality of our situation, and act on it.

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Ryan North
@ryannorth.ca

why are there several emoji for blood (🩸🅰️🆎🅱️🅾️) yet no emoji accounting for excesses of the other three humors? for phlegm, nothing. for yellow bile, nada. and for black bile, zippo. an astonishing oversight

Frighty MacDonald
@comixace.bsky.social

Let the discourse continue!

Chris Schweizer@schweizercomics.bsky.social

This is an interesting and valuable post, but I vehemently disagree with the notion of having/hiring multiple artists working on a single GN. Part of the reason that comic books had such a reputation as disposable, churned-out filler entertainment in contrast with generally-esteemed strips... 1/