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Popeye Rush for Spinach with Ryan Estrada
Grab your canned vegetables and your questionable licensed tie-ins, because this week on Play Comics we’re diving headfirst into Popeye: Rush for Spinach on the Game Boy Advance—the game that looked at a classic comic strip about a gruff sailor punching his problems and said, “Actually, what if everyone just… ran a lot instead?” This is a world where the Sea Hag steals the global spinach supply, the solution is apparently time-traveling track meets, and Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto, and Wimpy all agree that the best way to settle things is to sprint through history like someone off-screen yelled “last one there buys lunch.”
Helping us untangle this leafy green disaster is the wonderful Ryan Estrada from the comic-making side of the internet, a man who knows exactly what it looks like when characters escape the page and do something absolutely no one asked them to do. Ryan’s here to help figure out how a comic icon who started life in newspaper strips, got famous selling spinach, and spent decades punching sea monsters somehow wound up in a handheld racing game that feels like it was brainstormed during a very strange lunch break.
So power up that tiny GBA screen, flex those forearms, and get ready for an episode that’s equal parts comic history lesson, adaptation autopsy, and incredulous laughter at the phrase “Popeye racing game.”
Learn such things as:
- Were our parents lying to us about spinach all these years?
- What’s the point of dropping plot threads if you never plan on picking them up?
- Will somebody just bring me a cheeseburger already?
- And so much more!
You can find everything you could ever want to know about Ryan on RyanEstrada.com. Let’s see if anyone can pick out my favorite part. I’ll give you a hint, it’s on the home page.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
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Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Peace Bound and Down – A Wonder Woman Podcast and Carnival of Glee Creations for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who prefers arugula.
#Bluto #CharltonComics #DellComics #Fantagraphics #GameBoyAdvance #GoldKeyComics #HarveyComics #IDW #KingFeaturesSyndicate #MagicPockets #NamcoHometek #OliveOyl #Popeye #RyanEstrada #WesternPublishing #Wimpy -
It points out that in order to get people in unison to rally round a cause, fascism and the dehumanisation of the enemy is an important part of that.
This notion is perhaps muddied by the fact the bad guys are mostly unthnking insects. If they were humans -- an army from another country -- I think viewers would have been much more appalled by it. The dehumanising element would have been a lot more apparent. But because they are bugs, they are conveniently non-human, allowing Verhoeven to push the fascist theories and hatred of the enemy.
There are only a couple of wimpy liberal views and they are portrayed as sappy and ridiculous. And they kinda are, but a more rational voice of peace never gets a mention. It's a fight or die world.
There are some really good dark elements to this movie, like the Doogie Howser psychic guy admitting he let people die, knowing there were bugs in the area. And then the next lot of troops drafted being literally children, implying that most of the young adults who recruited have being slaughtered.
So the victory is a sour one, a strangely weak victory of a bug captive, at the cost of millions of young people. That's what you're cheering for at the end of the movie.
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ok specifically on my wife's PC, #LumaIsland had insanely bad audio crackling issue - and I learned that while people often praise #Valve's #Proton and the state of #Linux gaming in general, audio crackling is a common issue to the point that some consider it a feature lol.
I have encountered such issues on my PC, but quite rarely (only when under extreme loads, mostly bcos I rarely shut down my PC), presumably bcos my PC is considerably beefier. Pretty ironic that Linux is often touted as perfect for older hardware, and while that is still true, it's pretty funny that I suppose my wife's PC is considered "wimpy" for Linux (gaming) standards - namely, an #AMD Ryzen 5 2600 CPU, #NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super GPU, and 32GB of DDR4 3600MHz CL18 RAM.
Reverting back to this issue, seeing that it's very reproducible on her PC to launch the game and immediately getting audio crackles on the launch screen, I managed to continually test and eventually fix the crackling by creating the following config file:# ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d/20-pulse-properties.conf pulse.properties = { pulse.min.quantum = 512/48000 }
and restarting the relevant services:systemctl --user restart pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.service wireplumber.service -
I should take the #doggies for #walkies this afternoon because it will get incredibly cold here in the #Boston area this week. I've seen predicted lows down around 1ºF / -17.22ºC, which is crazy cold here. The rain yesterday finally got rid of the snow from a couple of weeks ago, but tonight's snow will certainly be hanging around. The dogs don't mind the cold (the salt on the road is another story), but I'm getting wimpy in my old age. I'd rather stay inside and just crank the heat!
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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. 😂 Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a trans Professor of Paranormal Studies (or some such) and a paranormal investigator who's suppressing his own powers. Made me cry a lil once I was done shrieking. (I am extremely wimpy so YMMV.)
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#kDrama
Bring It On, Ghost
(2016 - Viki, 16 1:00 eps)A college student uses his ability to see & touch ghosts to perform exorcisms to earn money. He meets a high school ghost who doesn't remember her life. An accidental kiss reveals some of her memories & causes her to attach herself to the ML in the hopes of finding out more.
I watched because I like Taecyon & Kim So Hyun was a bright spot in "Radio Romance," - so I'm on a quest. At 17, she was fantastic. There was an unnoticeable 10-year age gap. She's a very mature actress - acting since she was young. Loved her action scenes & the chemistry between the leads was good. The villain is super creepy & ghosts are nicely scary.
As often happens, a super-competent & cool FL falls apart toward the end and becomes too clingy & wimpy, but I fault the writing. Overall, it's a fun watch with a pretty good story.
https://mydramalist.com/18468-bring-it-on-ghost
#BringItOnGhost #싸우자귀신아 #LetsFightGhost #OkTaecYeon #옥택연 #KimSoHyun #김소현 #KwonYul #권율 #WhooshReview
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#kDrama
Bring It On, Ghost
(2016 - Viki, 16 1:00 eps)A college student uses his ability to see & touch ghosts to perform exorcisms to earn money. He meets a high school ghost who doesn't remember her life. An accidental kiss reveals some of her memories & causes her to attach herself to the ML in the hopes of finding out more.
I watched because I like Taecyon & Kim So Hyun was a bright spot in "Radio Romance," - so I'm on a quest. At 17, she was fantastic. There was an unnoticeable 10-year age gap. She's a very mature actress - acting since she was young. Loved her action scenes & the chemistry between the leads was good. The villain is super creepy & ghosts are nicely scary.
As often happens, a super-competent & cool FL falls apart toward the end and becomes too clingy & wimpy, but I fault the writing. Overall, it's a fun watch with a pretty good story.
https://mydramalist.com/18468-bring-it-on-ghost
#BringItOnGhost #싸우자귀신아 #LetsFightGhost #OkTaecYeon #옥택연 #KimSoHyun #김소현 #KwonYul #권율 #WhooshReview
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#kDrama
Bring It On, Ghost
(2016 - Viki, 16 1:00 eps)A college student uses his ability to see & touch ghosts to perform exorcisms to earn money. He meets a high school ghost who doesn't remember her life. An accidental kiss reveals some of her memories & causes her to attach herself to the ML in the hopes of finding out more.
I watched because I like Taecyon & Kim So Hyun was a bright spot in "Radio Romance," - so I'm on a quest. At 17, she was fantastic. There was an unnoticeable 10-year age gap. She's a very mature actress - acting since she was young. Loved her action scenes & the chemistry between the leads was good. The villain is super creepy & ghosts are nicely scary.
As often happens, a super-competent & cool FL falls apart toward the end and becomes too clingy & wimpy, but I fault the writing. Overall, it's a fun watch with a pretty good story.
https://mydramalist.com/18468-bring-it-on-ghost
#BringItOnGhost #싸우자귀신아 #LetsFightGhost #OkTaecYeon #옥택연 #KimSoHyun #김소현 #KwonYul #권율 #WhooshReview
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#kDrama
Bring It On, Ghost
(2016 - Viki, 16 1:00 eps)A college student uses his ability to see & touch ghosts to perform exorcisms to earn money. He meets a high school ghost who doesn't remember her life. An accidental kiss reveals some of her memories & causes her to attach herself to the ML in the hopes of finding out more.
I watched because I like Taecyon & Kim So Hyun was a bright spot in "Radio Romance," - so I'm on a quest. At 17, she was fantastic. There was an unnoticeable 10-year age gap. She's a very mature actress - acting since she was young. Loved her action scenes & the chemistry between the leads was good. The villain is super creepy & ghosts are nicely scary.
As often happens, a super-competent & cool FL falls apart toward the end and becomes too clingy & wimpy, but I fault the writing. Overall, it's a fun watch with a pretty good story.
https://mydramalist.com/18468-bring-it-on-ghost
#BringItOnGhost #싸우자귀신아 #LetsFightGhost #OkTaecYeon #옥택연 #KimSoHyun #김소현 #KwonYul #권율 #WhooshReview
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ADOLESCENTES POSTA: Hay trailer de #TMNTMutantMayhem, el film animado de #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles producido por Seth Rogen y su compañía.
Se estrena el 4/8, y tiene como peculiaridad que las voces de los protagonistas son hechas por adolescentes de entre 15 y 19 años.
Nicolas Cantu (The Walking Dead: World Beyond, The Amazing World of Gumball, Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, como protagonista en estas últimas) es Leonardo, Micah Abbey (Cousins for Life) es Donatello, Shamon Brown Jr. (The Chi) es Michelangelo, y Brady Noon (The Mighty Ducks: Gamechangers, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) es Raphael. Todos tienen amplia experiencia actoral, sobre todo Cantu en animación y Noon en imagen real.
El resto del cast es impresionante: Jackie Chan es Splinter, Ayo Edebiri (The Bear, Big Mouth) es April O'Neil, Seth Rogen es Bebop, John Cena ess Rocksteady, Hannibal Buress (Broad City) es Genghis Frog, Rose Byrne (X-Men: First Class) es Leatherhead, Ice Cube es Superfly, Post Malone es Ray Fillet, Paul Rudd es Mondo Gecko, Maya Rudolph es Cynthia Utrom, Natasia Demetriou (What We Do In The Shadows) es Wingnut, y Giancarlo Esposito es Baxter Stockman.
La dirige Jeff Rowe, que co-dirigió y co-escribió The Mitchells vs. the Machines y trabajó en Gravity Falls y Disenchantment, con un guión de Brendan O'Brien (Neighbors). La animación es de Mikros Animation, que trabajó en películas como Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure, Captain Underpants, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, y Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
#cine #peliculas #animacion #comedia #humor #accion #artesmarciales #comics
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@bigpod when you count #AUR, you also have to count #NUR
it adds 3998 to the 80496 packages nixos unstable provides
So:
NixOS+NUR: 84,494
Arch+AUR: 80,955#NixOS still wins ;)
Check it out if a DIY distro for advanced users is for you, especially if you value the benefits of configuration management (like #Ansible or #Salt)!
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CW: Plant log: Golden Pothos
#PlantLog
#photo of #GoldenPothos
Day zero = 2月1日 星期一
Today = Day 5Not watered since Day Zero.
Got a little fan blowing near it for a few hours. I'm thinking it may be too humid sometimes.
Daily indirect lighting with #GrowLight at dimmest setting for some consistent lighting since natural reflected light from outside varies. Will increase grow light intensity if variegation starts looking wimpy.
Still looking good. 🌱 #pothos #plants #IndoorPlants #YellowThumbs
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CW: Plant log: Golden Pothos
#PlantLog
#photo of #GoldenPothos
Day zero = 2月1日 星期一
Today = Day 5Not watered since Day Zero.
Got a little fan blowing near it for a few hours. I'm thinking it may be too humid sometimes.
Daily indirect lighting with #GrowLight at dimmest setting for some consistent lighting since natural reflected light from outside varies. Will increase grow light intensity if variegation starts looking wimpy.
Still looking good. 🌱 #pothos #plants #IndoorPlants #YellowThumbs
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CW: Plant log: Golden Pothos
#PlantLog
#photo of #GoldenPothos
Day zero = 2月1日 星期一
Today = Day 4Not watered since Day Zero. Daily indirect lighting with #GrowLight at dimmest setting just to have some consistent lighting since natural reflected light from outside varies. Will increase grow light intensity if variegation starts looking wimpy.
Since Day 2: little brown spot on 2 of the larger leaves
If it dies, it dies. 🤷♀️
But for now, I have a #pothos.
#plants #IndoorPlants #YellowThumbs -
CW: Plant log: Golden Pothos
#PlantLog
#photo of #GoldenPothos
Day zero = 2月1日 星期一
Today = Day 4Not watered since Day Zero. Daily indirect lighting with #GrowLight at dimmest setting just to have some consistent lighting since natural reflected light from outside varies. Will increase grow light intensity if variegation starts looking wimpy.
Since Day 2: little brown spot on 2 of the larger leaves
If it dies, it dies. 🤷♀️
But for now, I have a #pothos.
#plants #IndoorPlants #YellowThumbs -
The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 15, 2026
At Home
We have bunnies nesting in our wildflowers. I don’t know how long they’ve been there for, but, from the way parts of the patch were smashed, I had a feeling something was nesting in there. We sowed a lot too many seeds there, so I guess they thought it was the perfect place to nest.
In other news, we’re almost back to normal. My son’s homework load has been normal since he managed to finish his state testing in two days. My daughter is, hopefully, wrapping up her testing today or Monday, which is good because she starts braces on Monday and we tried to time it so she wouldn’t be testing in pain. She has one more project left for the year, and it looks like my son might be done with projects. Thank goodness!
Our new range is slated to arrive today, which is a huge relief. We’ve been without an oven for over a month, and, at one point, it didn’t look like it was going to arrive until mid-June. But I don’t think I’ll get much time to bake anything. Our weekend is completely booked with things. Somehow, everyone must have gotten together and decided everything must happen this weekend.
What I’ve Read
In progress: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
I am still reading this, but have finally made it to the last quarter. I can’t quite tell if it’s me with how busy life has been lately or the book. I have been busy, mostly with tidying my house and emptying my inboxes since I’m not currently writing or editing something. But I’m also struggling a little with the writing. I’m reading multiple paragraphs over and over because, for whatever reason, while I’ve grasped the story, the writing makes me a little confused the first time I read it. It’s also dragging a little because so much is focused not on Rae, whose story is barely moving.
Kids’ Reading Corner
The 6th Grader: Over the weekend he was having some trouble falling asleep, so I told him to read a book. I think he’s finally a little bored of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? At least, he didn’t want to pick one of them up. He wanted something funny, so I handed him The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He spent a few nights making a valiant effort, but only reached chapter 3. I think it’s a little too adult for him, but I’m reading it to him at night. I’m hoping this is like our experience with The Phantom Tollbooth. The first read through went over his head, but, the following year, he was cracking up all over the place.
The 3rd Grader: She’s undeniably the easier one to get to read. Right now she’s reading a kids’ biography of Audrey Hepburn for her last school project. We’re also reading the Humphrey books at night. I got a few books for her from our local library, so she can enjoy Stick Cat, a young Nancy Drew, and maybe try Dork Diaries.
The Kitchen
No baking, but hopefully next week!
The Writing Lounge
I considered a haunted house story, but now I’m stuck on one that involves a portal, ancient gods, and a baker. It feels whimsical, but I can also feel teeth sinking into it, so that’ll be interesting to write. It feels like something I can have a lot of fun with, and maybe do some wicked cackling.
Featured Posts From the Cafe
I am still working on emptying out 2 inboxes, so I only shared my first fantasy reads and my review for A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity.
Blog Stats and Other Interesting Things
As much fun as this section has been, I’ve decided to retire it for the time being because 1) it’s kind of a pain to do and 2) I’m currently in my “I don’t really care about stats” phase (I cycle back and forth, so this section might return one day).
Featured Blog Post
Each week I aim to share my favorite post of the week. But, as my brain is increasingly cluttered with manuscript-related things and I’m getting increasingly sidetracked by my backyard as it’s gone from dead to wildflowery to I’m worried it’s overgrowing, I’ll be taking a break from this section.
If you would be so kind, one of my best friends is an artist and recently opened her online store. If you like LGBTQ art, take a look: Sunlight & Sky.
See you next week, and thanks for reading!
#Artist #baking #books #food #kids #life #motherhood #writing -
The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 15, 2026
At Home
We have bunnies nesting in our wildflowers. I don’t know how long they’ve been there for, but, from the way parts of the patch were smashed, I had a feeling something was nesting in there. We sowed a lot too many seeds there, so I guess they thought it was the perfect place to nest.
In other news, we’re almost back to normal. My son’s homework load has been normal since he managed to finish his state testing in two days. My daughter is, hopefully, wrapping up her testing today or Monday, which is good because she starts braces on Monday and we tried to time it so she wouldn’t be testing in pain. She has one more project left for the year, and it looks like my son might be done with projects. Thank goodness!
Our new range is slated to arrive today, which is a huge relief. We’ve been without an oven for over a month, and, at one point, it didn’t look like it was going to arrive until mid-June. But I don’t think I’ll get much time to bake anything. Our weekend is completely booked with things. Somehow, everyone must have gotten together and decided everything must happen this weekend.
What I’ve Read
In progress: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
I am still reading this, but have finally made it to the last quarter. I can’t quite tell if it’s me with how busy life has been lately or the book. I have been busy, mostly with tidying my house and emptying my inboxes since I’m not currently writing or editing something. But I’m also struggling a little with the writing. I’m reading multiple paragraphs over and over because, for whatever reason, while I’ve grasped the story, the writing makes me a little confused the first time I read it. It’s also dragging a little because so much is focused not on Rae, whose story is barely moving.
Kids’ Reading Corner
The 6th Grader: Over the weekend he was having some trouble falling asleep, so I told him to read a book. I think he’s finally a little bored of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? At least, he didn’t want to pick one of them up. He wanted something funny, so I handed him The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He spent a few nights making a valiant effort, but only reached chapter 3. I think it’s a little too adult for him, but I’m reading it to him at night. I’m hoping this is like our experience with The Phantom Tollbooth. The first read through went over his head, but, the following year, he was cracking up all over the place.
The 3rd Grader: She’s undeniably the easier one to get to read. Right now she’s reading a kids’ biography of Audrey Hepburn for her last school project. We’re also reading the Humphrey books at night. I got a few books for her from our local library, so she can enjoy Stick Cat, a young Nancy Drew, and maybe try Dork Diaries.
The Kitchen
No baking, but hopefully next week!
The Writing Lounge
I considered a haunted house story, but now I’m stuck on one that involves a portal, ancient gods, and a baker. It feels whimsical, but I can also feel teeth sinking into it, so that’ll be interesting to write. It feels like something I can have a lot of fun with, and maybe do some wicked cackling.
Featured Posts From the Cafe
I am still working on emptying out 2 inboxes, so I only shared my first fantasy reads and my review for A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity.
Blog Stats and Other Interesting Things
As much fun as this section has been, I’ve decided to retire it for the time being because 1) it’s kind of a pain to do and 2) I’m currently in my “I don’t really care about stats” phase (I cycle back and forth, so this section might return one day).
Featured Blog Post
Each week I aim to share my favorite post of the week. But, as my brain is increasingly cluttered with manuscript-related things and I’m getting increasingly sidetracked by my backyard as it’s gone from dead to wildflowery to I’m worried it’s overgrowing, I’ll be taking a break from this section.
If you would be so kind, one of my best friends is an artist and recently opened her online store. If you like LGBTQ art, take a look: Sunlight & Sky.
See you next week, and thanks for reading!
#Artist #baking #books #food #kids #life #motherhood #writing -
The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 15, 2026
At Home
We have bunnies nesting in our wildflowers. I don’t know how long they’ve been there for, but, from the way parts of the patch were smashed, I had a feeling something was nesting in there. We sowed a lot too many seeds there, so I guess they thought it was the perfect place to nest.
In other news, we’re almost back to normal. My son’s homework load has been normal since he managed to finish his state testing in two days. My daughter is, hopefully, wrapping up her testing today or Monday, which is good because she starts braces on Monday and we tried to time it so she wouldn’t be testing in pain. She has one more project left for the year, and it looks like my son might be done with projects. Thank goodness!
Our new range is slated to arrive today, which is a huge relief. We’ve been without an oven for over a month, and, at one point, it didn’t look like it was going to arrive until mid-June. But I don’t think I’ll get much time to bake anything. Our weekend is completely booked with things. Somehow, everyone must have gotten together and decided everything must happen this weekend.
What I’ve Read
In progress: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
I am still reading this, but have finally made it to the last quarter. I can’t quite tell if it’s me with how busy life has been lately or the book. I have been busy, mostly with tidying my house and emptying my inboxes since I’m not currently writing or editing something. But I’m also struggling a little with the writing. I’m reading multiple paragraphs over and over because, for whatever reason, while I’ve grasped the story, the writing makes me a little confused the first time I read it. It’s also dragging a little because so much is focused not on Rae, whose story is barely moving.
Kids’ Reading Corner
The 6th Grader: Over the weekend he was having some trouble falling asleep, so I told him to read a book. I think he’s finally a little bored of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? At least, he didn’t want to pick one of them up. He wanted something funny, so I handed him The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He spent a few nights making a valiant effort, but only reached chapter 3. I think it’s a little too adult for him, but I’m reading it to him at night. I’m hoping this is like our experience with The Phantom Tollbooth. The first read through went over his head, but, the following year, he was cracking up all over the place.
The 3rd Grader: She’s undeniably the easier one to get to read. Right now she’s reading a kids’ biography of Audrey Hepburn for her last school project. We’re also reading the Humphrey books at night. I got a few books for her from our local library, so she can enjoy Stick Cat, a young Nancy Drew, and maybe try Dork Diaries.
The Kitchen
No baking, but hopefully next week!
The Writing Lounge
I considered a haunted house story, but now I’m stuck on one that involves a portal, ancient gods, and a baker. It feels whimsical, but I can also feel teeth sinking into it, so that’ll be interesting to write. It feels like something I can have a lot of fun with, and maybe do some wicked cackling.
Featured Posts From the Cafe
I am still working on emptying out 2 inboxes, so I only shared my first fantasy reads and my review for A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity.
Blog Stats and Other Interesting Things
As much fun as this section has been, I’ve decided to retire it for the time being because 1) it’s kind of a pain to do and 2) I’m currently in my “I don’t really care about stats” phase (I cycle back and forth, so this section might return one day).
Featured Blog Post
Each week I aim to share my favorite post of the week. But, as my brain is increasingly cluttered with manuscript-related things and I’m getting increasingly sidetracked by my backyard as it’s gone from dead to wildflowery to I’m worried it’s overgrowing, I’ll be taking a break from this section.
If you would be so kind, one of my best friends is an artist and recently opened her online store. If you like LGBTQ art, take a look: Sunlight & Sky.
See you next week, and thanks for reading!
#Artist #baking #books #food #kids #life #motherhood #writing -
The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 15, 2026
At Home
We have bunnies nesting in our wildflowers. I don’t know how long they’ve been there for, but, from the way parts of the patch were smashed, I had a feeling something was nesting in there. We sowed a lot too many seeds there, so I guess they thought it was the perfect place to nest.
In other news, we’re almost back to normal. My son’s homework load has been normal since he managed to finish his state testing in two days. My daughter is, hopefully, wrapping up her testing today or Monday, which is good because she starts braces on Monday and we tried to time it so she wouldn’t be testing in pain. She has one more project left for the year, and it looks like my son might be done with projects. Thank goodness!
Our new range is slated to arrive today, which is a huge relief. We’ve been without an oven for over a month, and, at one point, it didn’t look like it was going to arrive until mid-June. But I don’t think I’ll get much time to bake anything. Our weekend is completely booked with things. Somehow, everyone must have gotten together and decided everything must happen this weekend.
What I’ve Read
In progress: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
I am still reading this, but have finally made it to the last quarter. I can’t quite tell if it’s me with how busy life has been lately or the book. I have been busy, mostly with tidying my house and emptying my inboxes since I’m not currently writing or editing something. But I’m also struggling a little with the writing. I’m reading multiple paragraphs over and over because, for whatever reason, while I’ve grasped the story, the writing makes me a little confused the first time I read it. It’s also dragging a little because so much is focused not on Rae, whose story is barely moving.
Kids’ Reading Corner
The 6th Grader: Over the weekend he was having some trouble falling asleep, so I told him to read a book. I think he’s finally a little bored of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? At least, he didn’t want to pick one of them up. He wanted something funny, so I handed him The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He spent a few nights making a valiant effort, but only reached chapter 3. I think it’s a little too adult for him, but I’m reading it to him at night. I’m hoping this is like our experience with The Phantom Tollbooth. The first read through went over his head, but, the following year, he was cracking up all over the place.
The 3rd Grader: She’s undeniably the easier one to get to read. Right now she’s reading a kids’ biography of Audrey Hepburn for her last school project. We’re also reading the Humphrey books at night. I got a few books for her from our local library, so she can enjoy Stick Cat, a young Nancy Drew, and maybe try Dork Diaries.
The Kitchen
No baking, but hopefully next week!
The Writing Lounge
I considered a haunted house story, but now I’m stuck on one that involves a portal, ancient gods, and a baker. It feels whimsical, but I can also feel teeth sinking into it, so that’ll be interesting to write. It feels like something I can have a lot of fun with, and maybe do some wicked cackling.
Featured Posts From the Cafe
I am still working on emptying out 2 inboxes, so I only shared my first fantasy reads and my review for A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity.
Blog Stats and Other Interesting Things
As much fun as this section has been, I’ve decided to retire it for the time being because 1) it’s kind of a pain to do and 2) I’m currently in my “I don’t really care about stats” phase (I cycle back and forth, so this section might return one day).
Featured Blog Post
Each week I aim to share my favorite post of the week. But, as my brain is increasingly cluttered with manuscript-related things and I’m getting increasingly sidetracked by my backyard as it’s gone from dead to wildflowery to I’m worried it’s overgrowing, I’ll be taking a break from this section.
If you would be so kind, one of my best friends is an artist and recently opened her online store. If you like LGBTQ art, take a look: Sunlight & Sky.
See you next week, and thanks for reading!
#Artist #baking #books #food #kids #life #motherhood #writing -
The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – May 15, 2026
At Home
We have bunnies nesting in our wildflowers. I don’t know how long they’ve been there for, but, from the way parts of the patch were smashed, I had a feeling something was nesting in there. We sowed a lot too many seeds there, so I guess they thought it was the perfect place to nest.
In other news, we’re almost back to normal. My son’s homework load has been normal since he managed to finish his state testing in two days. My daughter is, hopefully, wrapping up her testing today or Monday, which is good because she starts braces on Monday and we tried to time it so she wouldn’t be testing in pain. She has one more project left for the year, and it looks like my son might be done with projects. Thank goodness!
Our new range is slated to arrive today, which is a huge relief. We’ve been without an oven for over a month, and, at one point, it didn’t look like it was going to arrive until mid-June. But I don’t think I’ll get much time to bake anything. Our weekend is completely booked with things. Somehow, everyone must have gotten together and decided everything must happen this weekend.
What I’ve Read
In progress: All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
I am still reading this, but have finally made it to the last quarter. I can’t quite tell if it’s me with how busy life has been lately or the book. I have been busy, mostly with tidying my house and emptying my inboxes since I’m not currently writing or editing something. But I’m also struggling a little with the writing. I’m reading multiple paragraphs over and over because, for whatever reason, while I’ve grasped the story, the writing makes me a little confused the first time I read it. It’s also dragging a little because so much is focused not on Rae, whose story is barely moving.
Kids’ Reading Corner
The 6th Grader: Over the weekend he was having some trouble falling asleep, so I told him to read a book. I think he’s finally a little bored of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? At least, he didn’t want to pick one of them up. He wanted something funny, so I handed him The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He spent a few nights making a valiant effort, but only reached chapter 3. I think it’s a little too adult for him, but I’m reading it to him at night. I’m hoping this is like our experience with The Phantom Tollbooth. The first read through went over his head, but, the following year, he was cracking up all over the place.
The 3rd Grader: She’s undeniably the easier one to get to read. Right now she’s reading a kids’ biography of Audrey Hepburn for her last school project. We’re also reading the Humphrey books at night. I got a few books for her from our local library, so she can enjoy Stick Cat, a young Nancy Drew, and maybe try Dork Diaries.
The Kitchen
No baking, but hopefully next week!
The Writing Lounge
I considered a haunted house story, but now I’m stuck on one that involves a portal, ancient gods, and a baker. It feels whimsical, but I can also feel teeth sinking into it, so that’ll be interesting to write. It feels like something I can have a lot of fun with, and maybe do some wicked cackling.
Featured Posts From the Cafe
I am still working on emptying out 2 inboxes, so I only shared my first fantasy reads and my review for A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity.
Blog Stats and Other Interesting Things
As much fun as this section has been, I’ve decided to retire it for the time being because 1) it’s kind of a pain to do and 2) I’m currently in my “I don’t really care about stats” phase (I cycle back and forth, so this section might return one day).
Featured Blog Post
Each week I aim to share my favorite post of the week. But, as my brain is increasingly cluttered with manuscript-related things and I’m getting increasingly sidetracked by my backyard as it’s gone from dead to wildflowery to I’m worried it’s overgrowing, I’ll be taking a break from this section.
If you would be so kind, one of my best friends is an artist and recently opened her online store. If you like LGBTQ art, take a look: Sunlight & Sky.
See you next week, and thanks for reading!
#Artist #baking #books #food #kids #life #motherhood #writing -
Daily writing prompt List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? View all responsesThis question is pandering to the religious folks, right? 95% of the responses are going to be the bible. I know it. You know it. We all know it. Insert my frustrated sigh here.
Three books… I don’t know if I can narrow it down to three. They’ve all had an effect on me to some extent or another, even the crappy books.
Okay, the first one we’ll go with came from my school days. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was born in the 1970’s and came of age in the 1980’s. The cold war had a big influence on who I was. I don’t think all of my friends were obsessed with imminent nuclear annihilation, but I sure as hell was. We lived close enough to a major city and, more frighteningly, a couple of air force bases and one army base that the chances of me and my family surviving a nuclear conflict was pretty much zero. When you’re 13 years old and have a vivid imagination and a bit of a dark side… well… that leads to quite a bit of near panicked fear. Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 and it tells the story of a town in Florida trying to survive the aftermath of world war iii. I was both terrified and fascinated by it. I forget what grade we were in when we had to read it for English class but I loved the book and didn’t sleep for weeks after I read it. I knew that the situation described in the book were not accurate by 1980’s nuclear capabilities (the bombs described in the book were wimpy by comparison) and it ignored the whole nuclear winter thing. Still, it made me want to read more post-nuclear fiction in some weird attempt to prepare myself for the inevitable.
On to book number two. This one also goes back to my school days. 8th grade, if I remember correctly, but it could be earlier than that. Hot Rod by Henry Gregor Felsen. This one hit me hard because there is an extremely graphic and violent twist in it. It was bloody and gory and I couldn’t believe we were asked to read it in school. At that point in my young, innocent, sheltered life I was not allowed to watch R rated movies. This type of violence was not something I was used to. The book was written in 1950 and was about teenagers driving souped up cars way too fast. You can probably guess what the graphic, violent twist entailed. This book clued me into the idea that a novel didn’t have to be PG rated. There was more to life than that, and books could give me a glimpse.
The third book I am going to go with is Weaveworld by Clive Barker. In my last year in high school I was exposed to the horror genre through a movie written and directed by Clive Barker called Hellraiser. It scared the every loving shit out of me. I was terrified, I was grossed out, and I was instantly obsessed with the genre. When I found out that Clive Barker was better known for writing short stories and novels I checked him out. I can’t remember if Weaveworld was the first of his books that I read. It might have been The Damnation Game, or one of the Books of Blood collection. I’m going with Weaveworld because it was the best of them all, by far. My new horror movie fandom morphed into a horror fiction fandom almost instantly. I tore through everything Barker had written up to that point. Weaveworld is amazing. It’s not really scary, though there’s some gore to be found. It’s actually more of a fantasy novel, I think. Really… it’s just a Barker novel. It’s a little of everything thrown into one super imaginative setting that no one else could have ever come up with. It’s very hard to explain. There’s one other item of note here. When I ran out of Barker books to read I needed to find someone else to hold me over until more books were released. That’s when I started dipping my toes into Stephen King. Yeah… we’re still drowning in that particular literary pool today. Talk about a master, right?
Okay, there’s three books. I could have mentioned 1000 others, and none of them are about a guy who is his own father.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/03/books/
#bookReview #bookReviews #books #cliveBarker #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1958 #horror
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Daily writing prompt List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? View all responsesThis question is pandering to the religious folks, right? 95% of the responses are going to be the bible. I know it. You know it. We all know it. Insert my frustrated sigh here.
Three books… I don’t know if I can narrow it down to three. They’ve all had an effect on me to some extent or another, even the crappy books.
Okay, the first one we’ll go with came from my school days. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was born in the 1970’s and came of age in the 1980’s. The cold war had a big influence on who I was. I don’t think all of my friends were obsessed with imminent nuclear annihilation, but I sure as hell was. We lived close enough to a major city and, more frighteningly, a couple of air force bases and one army base that the chances of me and my family surviving a nuclear conflict was pretty much zero. When you’re 13 years old and have a vivid imagination and a bit of a dark side… well… that leads to quite a bit of near panicked fear. Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 and it tells the story of a town in Florida trying to survive the aftermath of world war iii. I was both terrified and fascinated by it. I forget what grade we were in when we had to read it for English class but I loved the book and didn’t sleep for weeks after I read it. I knew that the situation described in the book were not accurate by 1980’s nuclear capabilities (the bombs described in the book were wimpy by comparison) and it ignored the whole nuclear winter thing. Still, it made me want to read more post-nuclear fiction in some weird attempt to prepare myself for the inevitable.
On to book number two. This one also goes back to my school days. 8th grade, if I remember correctly, but it could be earlier than that. Hot Rod by Henry Gregor Felsen. This one hit me hard because there is an extremely graphic and violent twist in it. It was bloody and gory and I couldn’t believe we were asked to read it in school. At that point in my young, innocent, sheltered life I was not allowed to watch R rated movies. This type of violence was not something I was used to. The book was written in 1950 and was about teenagers driving souped up cars way too fast. You can probably guess what the graphic, violent twist entailed. This book clued me into the idea that a novel didn’t have to be PG rated. There was more to life than that, and books could give me a glimpse.
The third book I am going to go with is Weaveworld by Clive Barker. In my last year in high school I was exposed to the horror genre through a movie written and directed by Clive Barker called Hellraiser. It scared the every loving shit out of me. I was terrified, I was grossed out, and I was instantly obsessed with the genre. When I found out that Clive Barker was better known for writing short stories and novels I checked him out. I can’t remember if Weaveworld was the first of his books that I read. It might have been The Damnation Game, or one of the Books of Blood collection. I’m going with Weaveworld because it was the best of them all, by far. My new horror movie fandom morphed into a horror fiction fandom almost instantly. I tore through everything Barker had written up to that point. Weaveworld is amazing. It’s not really scary, though there’s some gore to be found. It’s actually more of a fantasy novel, I think. Really… it’s just a Barker novel. It’s a little of everything thrown into one super imaginative setting that no one else could have ever come up with. It’s very hard to explain. There’s one other item of note here. When I ran out of Barker books to read I needed to find someone else to hold me over until more books were released. That’s when I started dipping my toes into Stephen King. Yeah… we’re still drowning in that particular literary pool today. Talk about a master, right?
Okay, there’s three books. I could have mentioned 1000 others, and none of them are about a guy who is his own father.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/03/books/
#bookReview #bookReviews #books #cliveBarker #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1958 #horror
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Daily writing prompt List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? View all responsesThis question is pandering to the religious folks, right? 95% of the responses are going to be the bible. I know it. You know it. We all know it. Insert my frustrated sigh here.
Three books… I don’t know if I can narrow it down to three. They’ve all had an effect on me to some extent or another, even the crappy books.
Okay, the first one we’ll go with came from my school days. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was born in the 1970’s and came of age in the 1980’s. The cold war had a big influence on who I was. I don’t think all of my friends were obsessed with imminent nuclear annihilation, but I sure as hell was. We lived close enough to a major city and, more frighteningly, a couple of air force bases and one army base that the chances of me and my family surviving a nuclear conflict was pretty much zero. When you’re 13 years old and have a vivid imagination and a bit of a dark side… well… that leads to quite a bit of near panicked fear. Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 and it tells the story of a town in Florida trying to survive the aftermath of world war iii. I was both terrified and fascinated by it. I forget what grade we were in when we had to read it for English class but I loved the book and didn’t sleep for weeks after I read it. I knew that the situation described in the book were not accurate by 1980’s nuclear capabilities (the bombs described in the book were wimpy by comparison) and it ignored the whole nuclear winter thing. Still, it made me want to read more post-nuclear fiction in some weird attempt to prepare myself for the inevitable.
On to book number two. This one also goes back to my school days. 8th grade, if I remember correctly, but it could be earlier than that. Hot Rod by Henry Gregor Felsen. This one hit me hard because there is an extremely graphic and violent twist in it. It was bloody and gory and I couldn’t believe we were asked to read it in school. At that point in my young, innocent, sheltered life I was not allowed to watch R rated movies. This type of violence was not something I was used to. The book was written in 1950 and was about teenagers driving souped up cars way too fast. You can probably guess what the graphic, violent twist entailed. This book clued me into the idea that a novel didn’t have to be PG rated. There was more to life than that, and books could give me a glimpse.
The third book I am going to go with is Weaveworld by Clive Barker. In my last year in high school I was exposed to the horror genre through a movie written and directed by Clive Barker called Hellraiser. It scared the every loving shit out of me. I was terrified, I was grossed out, and I was instantly obsessed with the genre. When I found out that Clive Barker was better known for writing short stories and novels I checked him out. I can’t remember if Weaveworld was the first of his books that I read. It might have been The Damnation Game, or one of the Books of Blood collection. I’m going with Weaveworld because it was the best of them all, by far. My new horror movie fandom morphed into a horror fiction fandom almost instantly. I tore through everything Barker had written up to that point. Weaveworld is amazing. It’s not really scary, though there’s some gore to be found. It’s actually more of a fantasy novel, I think. Really… it’s just a Barker novel. It’s a little of everything thrown into one super imaginative setting that no one else could have ever come up with. It’s very hard to explain. There’s one other item of note here. When I ran out of Barker books to read I needed to find someone else to hold me over until more books were released. That’s when I started dipping my toes into Stephen King. Yeah… we’re still drowning in that particular literary pool today. Talk about a master, right?
Okay, there’s three books. I could have mentioned 1000 others, and none of them are about a guy who is his own father.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/03/books/
#bookReview #bookReviews #books #cliveBarker #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1958 #horror
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Daily writing prompt List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? View all responsesThis question is pandering to the religious folks, right? 95% of the responses are going to be the bible. I know it. You know it. We all know it. Insert my frustrated sigh here.
Three books… I don’t know if I can narrow it down to three. They’ve all had an effect on me to some extent or another, even the crappy books.
Okay, the first one we’ll go with came from my school days. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was born in the 1970’s and came of age in the 1980’s. The cold war had a big influence on who I was. I don’t think all of my friends were obsessed with imminent nuclear annihilation, but I sure as hell was. We lived close enough to a major city and, more frighteningly, a couple of air force bases and one army base that the chances of me and my family surviving a nuclear conflict was pretty much zero. When you’re 13 years old and have a vivid imagination and a bit of a dark side… well… that leads to quite a bit of near panicked fear. Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 and it tells the story of a town in Florida trying to survive the aftermath of world war iii. I was both terrified and fascinated by it. I forget what grade we were in when we had to read it for English class but I loved the book and didn’t sleep for weeks after I read it. I knew that the situation described in the book were not accurate by 1980’s nuclear capabilities (the bombs described in the book were wimpy by comparison) and it ignored the whole nuclear winter thing. Still, it made me want to read more post-nuclear fiction in some weird attempt to prepare myself for the inevitable.
On to book number two. This one also goes back to my school days. 10th grade, if I remember correctly, but it could be earlier than that. Hot Rod by Henry Gregor Felsen. This one hit me hard because there is an extremely graphic and violent twist in it. It was bloody and gory and I couldn’t believe we were asked to read it in school. At that point in my young, innocent, sheltered life I was not allowed to watch R rated movies. This type of violence was not something I was used to. The book was written in 1950 and was about teenagers driving souped up cars way too fast. You can probably guess what the graphic, violent twist entailed. This book clued me into the idea that a novel didn’t have to be PG rated. There was more to life than that, and books could give me a glimpse.
The third book I am going to go with is Weaveworld by Clive Barker. In my last year in high school I was exposed to the horror genre through a movie written and directed by Clive Barker called Hellraiser. It scared the every loving shit out of me. I was terrified, I was grossed out, and I was instantly obsessed with the genre. When I found out that Clive Barker was better known for writing short stories and novels I checked him out. I can’t remember if Weaveworld was the first of his books that I read. It might have been The Damnation Game, or one of the Books of Blood collection. I’m going with Weaveworld because it was the best of them all, by far. My new horror movie fandom morphed into a horror fiction fandom almost instantly. I tore through everything Barker had written up to that point. Weaveworld is amazing. It’s not really scary, though there’s some gore to be found. It’s actually more of a fantasy novel, I think. Really… it’s just a Barker novel. It’s a little of everything thrown into one super imaginative setting that no one else could have ever come up with. It’s very hard to explain. There’s one other item of note here. When I ran out of Barker books to read I needed to find someone else to hold me over until more books were released. That’s when I started dipping my toes into Stephen King. Yeah… we’re still drowning in that particular literary pool today. Talk about a master, right?
Okay, there’s three books. I could have mentioned 1000 others, and none of them are about a guy who is his own father.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/03/books/
#bookReview #bookReviews #books #cliveBarker #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1958 #horror
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Daily writing prompt List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? View all responsesThis question is pandering to the religious folks, right? 95% of the responses are going to be the bible. I know it. You know it. We all know it. Insert my frustrated sigh here.
Three books… I don’t know if I can narrow it down to three. They’ve all had an effect on me to some extent or another, even the crappy books.
Okay, the first one we’ll go with came from my school days. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was born in the 1970’s and came of age in the 1980’s. The cold war had a big influence on who I was. I don’t think all of my friends were obsessed with imminent nuclear annihilation, but I sure as hell was. We lived close enough to a major city and, more frighteningly, a couple of air force bases and one army base that the chances of me and my family surviving a nuclear conflict was pretty much zero. When you’re 13 years old and have a vivid imagination and a bit of a dark side… well… that leads to quite a bit of near panicked fear. Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 and it tells the story of a town in Florida trying to survive the aftermath of world war iii. I was both terrified and fascinated by it. I forget what grade we were in when we had to read it for English class but I loved the book and didn’t sleep for weeks after I read it. I knew that the situation described in the book were not accurate by 1980’s nuclear capabilities (the bombs described in the book were wimpy by comparison) and it ignored the whole nuclear winter thing. Still, it made me want to read more post-nuclear fiction in some weird attempt to prepare myself for the inevitable.
On to book number two. This one also goes back to my school days. 10th grade, if I remember correctly, but it could be earlier than that. Hot Rod by Henry Gregor Felsen. This one hit me hard because there is an extremely graphic and violent twist in it. It was bloody and gory and I couldn’t believe we were asked to read it in school. At that point in my young, innocent, sheltered life I was not allowed to watch R rated movies. This type of violence was not something I was used to. The book was written in 1950 and was about teenagers driving souped up cars way too fast. You can probably guess what the graphic, violent twist entailed. This book clued me into the idea that a novel didn’t have to be PG rated. There was more to life than that, and books could give me a glimpse.
The third book I am going to go with is Weaveworld by Clive Barker. In my last year in high school I was exposed to the horror genre through a movie written and directed by Clive Barker called Hellraiser. It scared the every loving shit out of me. I was terrified, I was grossed out, and I was instantly obsessed with the genre. When I found out that Clive Barker was better known for writing short stories and novels I checked him out. I can’t remember if Weaveworld was the first of his books that I read. It might have been The Damnation Game, or one of the Books of Blood collection. I’m going with Weaveworld because it was the best of them all, by far. My new horror movie fandom morphed into a horror fiction fandom almost instantly. I tore through everything Barker had written up to that point. Weaveworld is amazing. It’s not really scary, though there’s some gore to be found. It’s actually more of a fantasy novel, I think. Really… it’s just a Barker novel. It’s a little of everything thrown into one super imaginative setting that no one else could have ever come up with. It’s very hard to explain. There’s one other item of note here. When I ran out of Barker books to read I needed to find someone else to hold me over until more books were released. That’s when I started dipping my toes into Stephen King. Yeah… we’re still drowning in that particular literary pool today. Talk about a master, right?
Okay, there’s three books. I could have mentioned 1000 others, and none of them are about a guy who is his own father.
https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/03/books/
#bookReview #bookReviews #books #cliveBarker #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1958 #horror
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Ahoy, landlubbers! Prepare to set sail on a high-seas adventure through the annals of gaming history, as we dive into the depths of the 1992 Game Boy classic, Popeye 2. This episode we’ve got a special guest aboard – Matt Storm from the podcasts “Fun” and Games and Screen Snark. They’re a veritable treasure trove of knowledge when it comes to all things retro gaming, so batten down the hatches and get ready for a wild ride!
In this episode we’ll explore the pixelated world of Popeye, the legendary sailor man who’s always ready to dish out a can of spinach-fueled justice. From navigating treacherous levels to battling Bluto’s dastardly schemes, we’ll uncover the secrets behind this beloved game that captured the hearts of gamers and comic book fans alike.
But that’s not all, me hearties! We’ll also delve into the rich history of the Popeye comics, tracing their roots back to the early 20th century and exploring how they’ve influenced pop culture over the decades. Prepare to be regaled with tales of Olive Oyl’s escapades, Wimpy’s insatiable hunger for hamburgers, and Popeye’s iconic catchphrases that have become part of the cultural lexicon.
So grab your Game Boy, load up on spinach, and get ready to set sail on an adventure that will have you laughing, reminiscing, and maybe even singing a few sea shanties along the way. Anchors aweigh, mateys!
Learn such things as:
- Why is it spinach anyway?
- Is Olive Oyl really that great?
- Who’s the real villain in the Popeye mythos?
- And so much more!
You can find Matt @dj_stormageddon on Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch, @djstormageddon on BlueSky, and to check out all of the shows they do check out DJStormageddon.com for “Fun” and Games, Screen Snark, and eventually a mystery third podcast that I’m trying to will into existence.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.
A big thanks to Crossplay Conversations and Film Rage for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who prefers kale.
https://playcomics.com/popeye-2-with-matt-storm-fun-and-games-screen-snark/
#Activision #CharltonComics #CopyaSystem #DellComics #GameBoy #GoldKeyComics #KingComics #KingFeaturesSyndicate #MattStorm #newspaper #Popeye
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Thank you #Entroware for the basket of delights to you sent me and my family 🍫🍬🍷
Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and wishing you continued success in 2024 🎆
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Thank you #Entroware for the basket of delights to you sent me and my family 🍫🍬🍷
Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and wishing you continued success in 2024 🎆
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Thank you #Entroware for the basket of delights to you sent me and my family 🍫🍬🍷
Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and wishing you continued success in 2024 🎆
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Thank you #Entroware for the basket of delights to you sent me and my family 🍫🍬🍷
Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and wishing you continued success in 2024 🎆