Sometimes I feel like I’m on an alien planet. Okay, not sometimes, all the time, and I think it’s us skipping blindly—or being dragged with our eyes wide open—into a version of the future nobody wants. At least I don’t want it.
How did Starfleet and the Federation manage to have both communicators and tricorders without imploding? We invented devices capable of accessing the sum total of human knowledge and used it to drown in misinformation, doomscroll, create influencer culture, drive conspiracy theories, rage-bait, and algorithmic addiction.
Somewhere along the way we got all the technology and none of the wisdom. Now here comes AI and we might as well be handing handguns to toddlers.
Futurism is dead. We’re probably not going to be a spacefaring species. And if we do become one? Have you looked at who currently owns the rockets? We’ll have to work retail all the way to Mars.
Oh, and speaking of space, there are aliens.
We finally got one of the biggest mysteries in human history elevated to a serious public discussion and yet we somehow live in a timeline where a presidential birthday-adjacent MMA event featuring a bunch of sweaty dudes crotch-hugging on the White House lawn feels like the bigger story.
Are we serious right now?
There’s a new Supergirl movie coming this month.
(Cracks knuckles.)
Time to write a 3,000-word post explaining why it will fail before anyone has actually seen it.
And apparently Milly Alcock is too unattractive to play Supergirl.
For who exactly?
Some of these people talk about casting decisions like they’re reviewing potential girlfriends instead of watching a movie about a flying alien trying to rescue her kidnapped dog.
To be fair, Supergirl was created in 1959.
She comes from an era when Americans looked at the future and saw moon bases, flying cars, and endless possibility.
Now we look at the future and wonder if an AI-generated customer service representative is going to murder us for violating the terms of service.
We really took a wrong turn somewhere.
You’re probably wondering why your favorite comic book writer has decided to spend this week’s Substack yelling at clouds.
Fair question.
Last week I did my first email interview in quite a while for Voltessa Masquerade of the Macabre, and you can read that on Soda and telepaths. I had fun. More importantly, I realized my worldview is actually pretty simple.
I make comics to amuse myself and entertain other people.
That’s it.
If you want to join the over 320 people who have backed Voltessa Masquerade of the Macabre…here’s a button that transports you to that universe.
Anyone else watch this? Now I’ll admit it is deeply flawed and there are plot holes galore, but it is also sweet and a mashup of a few things including the 1985 equally flawed film Cocoon. What I will say The Borroughs is upbeat and optimistic which is something you don’t see often. I realize there is a nostalgia loop running and people expecting this to be Stranger Things for seniors will be disappointed, but for me it was nice to see something that tried to be earnest and sweet about the relevance of older people.
I love Sam Raimi and the fact that he along with the rest of the folks behind this, has given us a grindhouse inspired workplace horror comedy. You have probably seen it but if you haven’t - you should. Rachel McAdams is such a unique character for this genre and pulls off a killer performance. No pun intended.
If you are a Blue Geisha fan and supported the latest Kickstarter, your rewards are in production, and several rewards packages have shipped already. I have over 200 more packages ready to go to the post office tomorrow. To my 17 international backers, I will be printing labels and shipping rewards this week once I get the majority of the domestic orders out the door. Your support as always is greatly appreciated.
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