Russ Burlingame

Any of my nerdy comics or music pals on here big fans of the Spin Doctors? I'm looking to put together a thing timed to the 35th anniversary of "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" later this year, and I'm wondering if there might be a fun collaborator or two out there.

it's kind of funny that Trump is in favor of literally every bad thing in the world

The powerful are trying to turn this into a frog-boiling situation, where if enough people you like and respect use it, they assume you will stop being outraged and accept that things are just trending that way. It’s gross, and I get frustrated when otherwise good artists fall for it.

I've been following a coach who's teaching Dem candidates—from Zohran Mamdani to Abdul El-Sayed—how to talk about crime. If you hate all the fearmongering ads that come every election season, I recommend checking out these alternatives www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I can't wait for folks at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social to see my new artbook, I'm really proud of this collection.

NEWS: the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders have unionized and the Cowboys have agreed to recognize the union

Every single crisis right now—from no-bid ICE detention contracts to AI data centers smuggled into your backyard—is a huge grift. In this Next Comes What, Andrea reminds us that we need an overwhelming anti-corruption movement to defeat fascism. Give us 32 minutes and get some inspiring clarity.

Thinking about this all night and wondering why more good people haven't used their platform to support a group that the worst, richest people alive have decided to devote all their resources to tormenting. Be like Alanis. You CAN do this on television.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

My feature in illustrators magazine!

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

we don't have an economy anymore, so much as a very exclusive circle jerk

From 1992-2004, the Anchorage International Airport had a bar with animatronic, talking, and rather cursed-looking customers who randomly told each other bad jokes. What a world we live in. Learn the history of our replica Cheers bar in my latest article: www.adn.com/alaska-l...

I’m giving away 2 free copies of @reecejones.bsky.social SMUGGLER - if you sign up (or have signed up) as a yearly paid subscriber you’ll be entered into a raffle for one of the copies of the book. Check out my interview with Reece about his book here: visunews.substack.com/p/interview-...

I think of this comic panel a *lot*. (writer : Greg Rucka, art : Mike Perkins)

Fans of moody and spooky science fiction horror, be sure to sign up for the SPACE HELL comic book prelaunch! You’re gonna want to get in early on the rewards tiers, some of which are limited…! #SpaceHellComic #IndieComics #CreatorOwnedComics #SciFiComics #HorrorComics

Organizers launched more than 2,500 No Kings events across all 50 states and the District of Columbia Saturday, this time focusing their efforts on the midterm elections, Stateline reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/10/17/r...

if you’re not for taxing billionaires…

Comics are good

The Government then did precisely what Plaintiffs feared. trib.al/nYpdPOi

I feel like I don’t buy out of pity. I buy to support independent art, which is the cornerstone of tomorrow’s comics industry. We always tell people the best way to break in is to make a comic.

I cannot imagine an identifier that would make me less likely to watch something

The Nerd Reich, indeed.

This man poisoned his coworker for years. He was trying to kill her, slowly and painfully, and she suffered all kinds of horrific health problems as a result. He served ONE day in prison. For attempted murder. We are not nearly angry enough. nypost.com/2026/10/11/u...

Is it too late to enter now that everything already came true?

I still don’t think the Lanterns discourse said enough about the villain of Megamind being named Hal Stewart.

Shane Gillis is doing his part

Let's all celebrate with some miak!

This is, by the way, exactly what happened at the end of Lanterns too

I need him to go with Claire Temple for reasons @russburlingame.com and other individuals of culture will understand.

This years old chat I had with Lanterns writer Tom King perfectly articulates his approach to pitching big, meaningful stories to DC. youtu.be/0K-EKAY5T-c?...

Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

the nyt bent over backward to make this a both sides thing but reading the whole thing you can’t escape the common fact—this is purely a right wing phenomenon. starting w the anecdote of the jan 6er congressman is truly ironic.

The New York Times, besides omitting Melissa Hortman’s name but obliquely referring to her as a legislator, hasn’t yet posted the OP article on Bluesky. In the 2020 campaign, the NYT considered Biden’s age 11 times more important than Project 2025.  Trump is the oldest man ever inaugurated.

Saw this earlier and boy howdy are you behind. It is SO FAR past this. This is why the whole, "he's trying to cause riots so he can..." doesn't work. THEY DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT FACTS OR APPEARANCES. If they did, they'd be reacting to polls, not shooting people in the lead up to the midterms.

That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.

Drawing shouldn't hurt! Get Kriota's book now!!

Both of these teams really gritted it out to the end and both accomplished something. As a Guards fan, I would have made this same post if it went the other way.

I don't know if the @rifftrax.com Experiments episode is really "better" than the last few seasons of MST3K, but I absolutely think the DIY production value lends an earnestness that has been missing. Also, I'm not interested in litigating "better." They're different products. Just an observation.

Hell yeah #GuardsBall

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