Nick Wanserski
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Nick Wanserski
@nickwans.bsky.social
Illustrator and writer

Formerly The A.V. Club, currently occasional Retronauts illustrator, the St. Paul half of the Twin Cities.
He/him
I’ve done teenager levels of soul-searching about the two warring objective truths that this guy’s a dork and this song rips. I’ve achieved peace. It’s beyond any of us. Just a rad tune, no equivocation.
September 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Yeah, absolutely
September 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Fucking amazing
September 14, 2026 at 5:40 AM
This is legit, though I’d offer as a counter-counter-argument that shows like Yo Gabba Gabba were successful at continuing the spirit of the show while offering something new.
I agree the right crew could do something amazing with the Muppets, it just feels xtra difficult under Disney.
September 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
That said, I think it’s also just fine to let the whole thing go. The numerous failed attempts to let the characters exist outside of the original show’s parameters demonstrate what a product of time, place, and talent they were. It was beautiful and now it’s gone. C'est la vie.
September 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I think they’ve earned the right to be suspicious
September 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Yeah, horny for flat planes of color.
September 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
It’s true that growing up it was frustrating to see genre movies embarrassed or uninterested in their source. But lord, over ten years of nerds getting everything they want to increasingly creatively bankrupt returns has strengthened my appreciation for creative license.
September 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Samus herself probably died a dozen missions ago and the creature inside the armor is a patchwork homunculus of countless mutated deep space macro-viruses that share a sense memory of unwinding after a mission with girl dinner and some holo-stories.
September 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I am not a fast rhino drawer, I have learned!
September 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s the first email account I opened. In 1999, I believe. It’s still in use, but mostly just ad flyers anymore.
September 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM