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  Remembering the late Ruben Yandoc, born on this date in 1927, with whom I worked at both Marvel and DC, most notably on the second story I wrote about The Scarecrow, published way back in Marvel Spotlight #26 (February 1976). Alas, we lost him in 1992.

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  It took several hours of puzzling, but I was finally able to make out what this middle-of-the-night scrawl made in darkness was meant to remind me. Can you decipher this mess more quickly than that?

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  "She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support Harry Potter, you’re supporting trans genocide." https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/lilly-wachowski-jk-rowling-harry-potter-trans-the-matrix-1236858104/

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  ICYMI — a new episode of my Eating the Fantastic podcast went live this morning with guest Kate Maruyama! Join us at the table and find out about the bribes her mother paid her so she’d write (as well as the reason Mom stopped paying) — plus much more. https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2026/07/31/kate-maruyama/

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  I can't let the day wind down without wishing Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau a happy 78th birthday — and thanking him for taking a break from eating his rubber chicken during the 1973 Reuben Awards banquet to draw Zonker Harris for an 18-year-old annoying fanboy with a sketchpad.

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  Spotted this sign on the wall last night at Greedy Reads and it pleased me greatly. ABOLISH ICE!

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  ICYMI — a new episode of Eating the Fantastic went live this morning with guest @arleysorg.bsky.social! Take a seat at the table and hear about the difficulty in getting the help you need as a beginning writer when you don’t know what you don’t know — plus more. https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2026/07/17/arley-sorg/

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  It's inhospitable to human life out there right now, but it'll be a different story next week during Readercon. Here's what's waiting for us in Burlington, Massachusetts. Pack appropriately.

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  Donald Trump is the most corrupt politician in U.S. history — and considering U.S. history, that's not an easy feat. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/politics/trump-financial-disclosure-crypto-windfall.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uFA.4g2d.a-F329WyTTFd&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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  Printed out notes for the first of my Eating the Fantastic episodes I'll be recording during Readercon, which kicks off 12 days from now in Burlington, Massachusetts. If you'd care to reserve your seat at that table and be among the first to eavesdrop, subscribe! https://pod.link/1083737796

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  Tonight's treadmill TV time took me to the end of Star City Episode 6 — which was the only reason I managed to get myself stepping tonight in the first place. That vow I made long ago never to consume media unless I was moving works wonders.

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  Remember that original splash page from Iron Man's first appearance I told you about two weeks ago which I thought would go for around $1,000,000 at auction? It turns out I might have underestimated, because with 12 days remaining, the current bid is already $837,500! https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/splash-pages/don-heck-tales-of-suspense-39-iron-man-first-appearance-splash-page-1-original-art-marvel-/a/7468-94010.s

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  Woke to discover that as I slept, I'd received my 33rd short story rejection of the year. And so I come here to remind you once again — I'm just another bozo on this bus. We're all in this together. Never give up! Never surrender!

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  Happy 85th birthday to artist Mike Royer, who at a comic book convention more than half a century ago, when he was but 30 and I a mere 16, sketched a somewhat uncertain Silver Surfer for me ... as indicated by the question mark he appended to the character's name.

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  June's nearly over now, so I found myself thinking about the 15 guests I chatted and chewed with on Eating the Fantastic during the first half of 2026. It makes me smile to see them all across the table from me like this. I hope you'll join me with them ... and with July's first guest, Somto Ihezue. https://pod.link/1083737796

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  Printed out a second set of notes for an Eating the Fantastic conversation I plan to record during Readercon, where I'll be heading 11 days from now. It's a con I've only missed once since it launched in 1987. If you'd like to come along with me and listen, subscribe! https://pod.link/1083737796

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  This week once again proves the only Clues by Sam puzzles I'll solve error-free these days seem to be the ones rated Easy. Obviously, my logic is off. https://cluesbysam.com

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  Happy birthday to Alison Scott, one-third of the Octothorpe group mind, with whom I chatted over Nando's earlier this year during Eastercon. Celebrate her natal date by joining her on Episode 284 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast! https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2026/06/12/octothorpe/

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  Supergirl has invaded the cereal aisle of my local supermarket!

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  Ran errands this afternoon being entertained by the Hugo, Girl! podcast gang as they chatted about CJ Cherryh's Downbelow Station. And I look forward to being entertained by them in person at the Los Angeles Worldcon, where we shall toast being Hugo finalists together! https://hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-93-downbelow-station-love-you

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  Your context-free comic book panel of the day.

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  Hit the halfway point in editing the raw audio from my Balticon chat with Somto Ihezue as I eradicate any infelicities which might make our chat less pleasing to your ears before it goes live next week on Eating the Fantastic. I hope you'll subscribe and join us. https://pod.link/1083737796

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  Eight years ago this morning, I headed into D.C. with thousands of others to deliver a message to a career criminal whose cruelty knows no bounds — and to my great surprise ended up in USA Today. And how horrifying it is he haunts us still, waking each morning to destroy democracy anew.

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  Another error-free solve to a Clues by Sam puzzle ... but only because it's rated Easy. Haven't had much luck avoiding logic mistakes on anything more difficult lately, alas. https://cluesbysam.com

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  On this final day of June, let it be known that coming next month on my Eating the Fantastic podcast, you'll be able to chat and chew with Somto Ihezue, Arley Sorg, and Kate Maruyama. Subscribe now for your chance to eavesdrop on these three wise and witty guests! https://pod.link/1083737796

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  Your context-free comic book panel of the day.

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  Donald Trump and the Supreme Court are trying to kill my friends. So I repeat — Trans rights are human rights.

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  This afternoon's treadmill TV was The Bear Season 5, Episodes 1 through 3. But now I'm hungry, and there's nothing in the house commensurate with my desires.

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  Happy birthday to the Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Paul Tremblay! Celebrate the date by eavesdropping as we eat enchiladas on an episode of Eating the Fantastic — and learn about his legendary hatred of pickles, our shared love of ambiguity in fiction — and more. http://www.scottedelman.com/2022/03/04/paul-tremblay/

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  It's Berkeley Breathed's 69th birthday, which seems the perfect day to share the only Bloom County I was ever moved to snip from a newspaper. Though actually, in this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad timeline, any day is the perfect day to share this February 26, 1989 installment.