Don DeLillo's Funniest Novel Is A 1980 Hockey Sex Romp He Won't Acknowledge | Defector The end of the 1970s seemed to be a moment of uncertainty for Don DeLillo, creatively speaking. The previous decade had seen him become a rather important American author, enough so that he had left…

Don DeLillo’s funniest novel is a 1980 hockey sex romp he won’t acknowledge:

The Dissidents: Autocrats! Vigilantes! Communists! And Cartoonists! by Derf Backderf coming September 2026!

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After a long wait, I finally got my Kickstarter order today from @heavymetalofficial.bsky.social. So excited to dig into the reboot. Here is the Frank Frazetta cover B and the Luca Strati exclusive variant.

Another @oliviapinupart.bsky.social cover added to the collection. Here is Bill Ward's Torchy 1, published in 1991 by Innovation.

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Newest addition: Heavy Metal 133, from 1991, with amazing cover art by Olivia De Berardinis, depicting Bettie Page.

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Two recent pickups.
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#mailcallmonday Here's another Dave Stevens pickup for this year. The Vanguard Illustrated 2 is lower grade, but I got the pair for $22. #davestevens #comicbooks

Just picked up the entire set of Dark Horse Classic Stars Wars Original Trilogy comics, with two volumes for each film and exquisite cover art by Art Adams, Adam Hughes, Al Williamson and Cam Kennedy. My favorite is Return of the Jedi 1.

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Uncanny X-Men 158 is tied with ROM 31 for the first cover appearance and second overall appearance of Rogue. The issue was written by Chris Claremont with art by Dave Cockrum.

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#nowspinning Another recent pickup. Love released its eponymous debut album in March 1966. Forever Changes gets all the ... love ... but don't sleep on this one. Some great jams here.

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A new Dave Stevens pickup. My local shop had a mid grade copy for $45. I got this on eBay for $22 shipped.

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#nowspinning The Rolling Stones, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, was recorded live and released in 1970. I picked this up recently at Square Records.

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Interesting that there's no Aquaman. Is not dead fish + saltwater a pleasing aroma?

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H/T to @hackintimseeley.bsky.social and his excellent Rogue: The Savage Land series for the inspo.

Picked up Uncanny X-Men 269 and 274 over the weekend at Comics, Cards & Collectibles in Canton, Ohio. These feature the first appearance and first cover appearance of Rogue's iconic Savage Land costume.

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#nowspinning Wynton Marsalis, J Mood, was released in 1986 by Columbia Records and won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance. I picked this up at Erie St. Vinyl yesterday.

#nowspinning The final 78 from my visit to Catnip Antiques in South Carolina a couple weeks ago. This was a blind buy based solely on the great song title: She's the Sweetheart of Six Other Guys, by Fred "Sugar" Hall and His Sugar Babies (Okeh, 1928). What a perfect song for Valentine's Day!

#nowspinning The Hill Billies, Old Joe Clark / Whoa! Mule (Okeh, 1925), the third of four 78s I picked up a week ago at Catnip Antiques in South Carolina. The record is a little beat but still plays pretty well for being 100 years old.

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Here's the second of four 78s I got last week in South Carolina. It's Harry McClintock, The Big Rock Candy Mountains / Bum Song - No. 2 (Victor, 1928), which you might know from the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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I'm looking forward to getting them cleaned up and giving them a spin. The shopkeeper packed up everything really well, so they would survive the trip home. I highly recommend Catnip Antiques if you're ever in the area.

Well, to bury the lede, the most exciting record I picked up was Blind Lemon Jefferson, Black Snake Moan / Match Box Blues (Okeh, 1927). I'll show off the rest of my pickups soon.

There were some great records for great prices, but I had to carry my purchases in my backpack for my flight home, so I had to limit myself. After looking through five boxes in the back, I only grabbed one more.

I found a couple records in the bin I had seen in the photo, and after chatting with the shopkeeper (I think his name was Matt), he asked if I wanted to go through some boxes they just got in and were in the back.

By a strange coincidence, I was in Greenwood, South Carolina, for work, and the antique shop was on the way back to the airport.

#cratedigging My small 78 collection grew a little bit yesterday. A Facebook group I follow posted a picture on Thursday of some intriguing records at Catnip Antiques in Simpsonville, South Carolina.

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The Trump administration’s rebranded Schedule F policy aims to reclassify federal employees in policy roles as at-will, removing civil service protections. This will politicize agencies by allowing dismissals based on political alignment.

#davestevenssunday Here is Crossfire and Rainbow 4, with "the Elvis cover" by Dave Stevens, published by Eclipse in 1986. Another late 2024 pickup that I'm just now showing off. #showoffsunday
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Enjoying a beverage to cap off an extremely long week. Golden Monkey is a 9.5 ABV Belgian-style tripel from Victory Brewing Co.