Jeff Ryan
@jeffryan1.bsky.social
Books on the pop culture histories of Super Mario, Mickey Mouse, Spider-Man and Princess Leia. Better in person. I have a secret plan to fight inflation.
Reports Differ as to the Number of Maniacs #BandNamesAsNYTHeadlines
August 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Reports Differ as to the Number of Maniacs #BandNamesAsNYTHeadlines
@beckyandfrank.com Hey! I'm setting up a series of polls to see who's the best fictional character from each state. Would either of you be willing to write a paragraph or two about why Steven Universe is the world's greatest fictional Delawarean?
July 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
@beckyandfrank.com Hey! I'm setting up a series of polls to see who's the best fictional character from each state. Would either of you be willing to write a paragraph or two about why Steven Universe is the world's greatest fictional Delawarean?
@georgiefairplay.bsky.social Hey! I'm setting up a series of polls to see who's the best fictional character from each state. Would you be willing to write a paragraph or two about why Tyler Durden from Fight Club is the world's greatest fictional Delawarean?
July 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
@georgiefairplay.bsky.social Hey! I'm setting up a series of polls to see who's the best fictional character from each state. Would you be willing to write a paragraph or two about why Tyler Durden from Fight Club is the world's greatest fictional Delawarean?
Over 100 years ago, there was a rumor that Lenin's death was covered up, his body preserved, and party loyalists called out to his dacha to pose for pictures as proof of life that he was still alive. #weekendatvladdys
July 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Over 100 years ago, there was a rumor that Lenin's death was covered up, his body preserved, and party loyalists called out to his dacha to pose for pictures as proof of life that he was still alive. #weekendatvladdys
A Change in Destination for the Titanic's Maiden Voyage
July 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
A Change in Destination for the Titanic's Maiden Voyage
Tolkien could have played Pong.
June 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Tolkien could have played Pong.
Quasar #17 is in serious contention for the best Flash comic ever written.
Quasar #17 from 1990 by Mark Gruenwald and Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social may be the most beloved issue to their run.
It is an homage to the fun Superman/The Flash races of the 60s and 70s and features a cameo of a scarlet speedster who needs help getting back home.
It is an homage to the fun Superman/The Flash races of the 60s and 70s and features a cameo of a scarlet speedster who needs help getting back home.
June 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Quasar #17 is in serious contention for the best Flash comic ever written.
Cabbage is the daywalker of lettuces: all of the strengths, none of the weaknesses
June 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Cabbage is the daywalker of lettuces: all of the strengths, none of the weaknesses
@petersagal.bsky.social to play harried Ub Iwerks in the movie WALT WALT DON'T TELL ME.
May 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
@petersagal.bsky.social to play harried Ub Iwerks in the movie WALT WALT DON'T TELL ME.
How many submarine scenes are required before a movie is a "submarine movie"?
May 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
How many submarine scenes are required before a movie is a "submarine movie"?
@drawmanley.bsky.social Hey! Never knew that little Warlock pop-up on the cover to Quasar #8 was drawn onto the penciled cover, not added like a starburst!
February 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
@drawmanley.bsky.social Hey! Never knew that little Warlock pop-up on the cover to Quasar #8 was drawn onto the penciled cover, not added like a starburst!
@patrickzircher.bsky.social Just found you on Bluesky, and see you're an audiobook listener.
Would you be interested in listening to FATHER AND SON ISSUES, a book new on audio about the Romita Family? I can send you a free code.
Would you be interested in listening to FATHER AND SON ISSUES, a book new on audio about the Romita Family? I can send you a free code.
February 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
@patrickzircher.bsky.social Just found you on Bluesky, and see you're an audiobook listener.
Would you be interested in listening to FATHER AND SON ISSUES, a book new on audio about the Romita Family? I can send you a free code.
Would you be interested in listening to FATHER AND SON ISSUES, a book new on audio about the Romita Family? I can send you a free code.
Umbrage? You're co-signing on the regressionist anti-Muggle policies of Dolores Umbrage?
My ability to write jokes that hundreds of people on Threads misunderstand and take umbrage with has come to me relatively late in life.
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Umbrage? You're co-signing on the regressionist anti-Muggle policies of Dolores Umbrage?
I've never seen this cover of Books of Blood, but I've read the interiors. May everyone get as good a blurb as Stephen King gave this book!
Book: Books of Blood: Volume One
Series: Books of Blood #1
Author: Clive Barker
#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #CliveBarker #HellRaiser
If it's as good as Hellraiser, then I need to read it!
Series: Books of Blood #1
Author: Clive Barker
#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #CliveBarker #HellRaiser
If it's as good as Hellraiser, then I need to read it!
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I've never seen this cover of Books of Blood, but I've read the interiors. May everyone get as good a blurb as Stephen King gave this book!
Read this, but not with this cover. That cover is NOT WILD ENOUGH for the contents!
Book: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)
-Standalone-
Author: Philip K. Dick
#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #PhilipKDick
-Standalone-
Author: Philip K. Dick
#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #PhilipKDick
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Read this, but not with this cover. That cover is NOT WILD ENOUGH for the contents!
I read this book, but not with this cover. It's got an extra chapter that's stunning, and makes its lack of inclusion in the film even more stunning.
Book: A Clockwork Orange (1962)
-Standalone-
Author: Anthony Burgess
#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #AnthonyBurgess #AClockworkOrange
The movie is a good classic, but what about the book?
-Standalone-
Author: Anthony Burgess
#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #AnthonyBurgess #AClockworkOrange
The movie is a good classic, but what about the book?
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I read this book, but not with this cover. It's got an extra chapter that's stunning, and makes its lack of inclusion in the film even more stunning.
[Spongebob voice]"Hey Euridice!"
[Patrick Star voice]"Hey Orpheus!"
[Patrick Star voice]"Hey Orpheus!"
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
[Spongebob voice]"Hey Euridice!"
[Patrick Star voice]"Hey Orpheus!"
[Patrick Star voice]"Hey Orpheus!"
Guys named Al have even more reason to hate A.I. than everyone else.
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Guys named Al have even more reason to hate A.I. than everyone else.
Throwing movie quotes in Latin makes them sound like spells.
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Throwing movie quotes in Latin makes them sound like spells.
If I didn't wake up at 4:30 am and watch a random movie on my iPad with headphones, I would never have seen the craziest movie finale of 2025: Playdate. [spoilers ahead]
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If I didn't wake up at 4:30 am and watch a random movie on my iPad with headphones, I would never have seen the craziest movie finale of 2025: Playdate. [spoilers ahead]
Wake up, babe, new Azele Dazeem just dropped: the Bostoo Yook Yorters.
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wake up, babe, new Azele Dazeem just dropped: the Bostoo Yook Yorters.
Frankencorn, starring Jacob Elote
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Frankencorn, starring Jacob Elote
YOU WON'T BELEIVE WHAT THIS BARTLEBY SAID WHEN ASKED TO DO A TASK
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
YOU WON'T BELEIVE WHAT THIS BARTLEBY SAID WHEN ASKED TO DO A TASK
"So, you're aware, as am I, that I have this small packet of Oreo cookies, and you do not. I am an adult, and you are a child. You may be hoping or expecting I would, uh,quote-unquote share some of these little cookies with you."
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"So, you're aware, as am I, that I have this small packet of Oreo cookies, and you do not. I am an adult, and you are a child. You may be hoping or expecting I would, uh,quote-unquote share some of these little cookies with you."
In the final chapters of my book about Marvel, I mentioned one of the biggest tech advantages for the comics world was GoFundMe. I was thinking of Peter David when I wrote that.
May 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In the final chapters of my book about Marvel, I mentioned one of the biggest tech advantages for the comics world was GoFundMe. I was thinking of Peter David when I wrote that.