I haven’t done one of these in a while since anyone coming here should have already stopped by Warren’s, but I’m getting a little traffic bump of very new folks, so!

Friday is FREAKANGELS — or, more precisely: Noon GMT Friday is when Warren Ellis’ (with the lovely art of Paul Duffield) FREAKANGELS goes live, with 6 new pages for the week.

FREAKANGELS is one of my weekly projects — my name’s down in the footer (which I should start calling the engine room, haha) of the site, ’cause I built ‘er and I’m up GMT noon every Friday to push ‘er live.  Oh, sure, we could go automated updates, but the best part of Friday mornings is when I sweep the sidewalk over at Whitechapel forum and start the weekly discussion thread.

Whitechapel, which I co-mod with Warren, is open 24/7/365, and Warren keeps the discussions new and turning over all week so there’s always a good and lively crowd — but the Friday morning comic posts are my chance to catch up with everyone while they’re all in the same place.  A bit like sitting down for dinner, but with delicious comics and first thing in the morning for most folks.

So that’s my Friday mornings.  And either you already knew that or you’ve no idea what I’m talking about.  In that last case, you’re going to want to start reading FREAKANGELS from the beginning.  And then stop by Whitechapel and say g’morning, yeah?

• BBC NEWS | World | Europe | ‘Body sold’ to Russia kebab shop
  "Police in Russia have arrested three homeless men suspected of killing a man, eating part of the body and selling other parts to a kebab shop"
  (tags:crime )

Will Cotton, CANDY CURLS, 2024, oil on linen, 34×24 inches

I can NOT explain my obsession with things made out of food, especially candy. It’s a longstanding affliction I have. Via NOTCOT.

• Binge eating motor vehicles. #earlyraptopics #
• West Philadelphia. #earlyraptopics #
• @mytrainerbob @bobburnquist @granulac @mindykaling @sksfactor @parenthacks @casanova909 @jillianmichaels @metro_parent @scrivenerapp #
• @BigAC 3, in reply to BigAC #
• @ashleygoldberg @danniremender I would like to go for kolaches at Happy Sparrow. When and how could we make this happen, ladies? in reply to ashleygoldberg #
• Email from @mattfraction–no subject line–body consists of a single link: twitter.com/ace_frehley #
• @BigAC Tan! in reply to BigAC #
• @CharlieChu Ugh. Uh… Devil's Brood? Pound/Ache? The Crumpet Strumpet? Pummel Cake… I got nothin'. in reply to CharlieChu #
• @CharlieChu Slayer Cake is the best. in reply to CharlieChu #
• @ericMesquivel I TOTALLY WAS. in reply to ericMesquivel #
• RT @DaveHolmes If you're not following @youngamerican's menswear blog, you really should be: http://putthison.tumblr.com #
• @calebandrew how long are you here? in reply to calebandrew #
• Getting HL to take his medicine like trying to pill a cat. Only worse. #
• @McKelvie You're welcome. in reply to McKelvie #
• @ivanbrandon None of us are having a good time of it right now. Just for fun, I woke up with a horrendous bloody nose this morning. in reply to ivanbrandon #
• Making muffins at HL's request. Had to guess how much applesauce to sub for "1 1/2 ground apples" because… c'mon. #
• Omnifocus question (can't find answer in Help): is it possible to have SUB-projects? How? #
• @monstersandgods Feeling better, then? in reply to monstersandgods #
• @Karajo Order some replacement tubes and membranes! They're not terribly expensive. in reply to Karajo #
• Just heard a nice little interview with Chabon on Whad'ya Know? http://www.notmuch.com/ #

• Binge eating motor vehicles. #earlyraptopics #
• West Philadelphia. #earlyraptopics #
• @mytrainerbob @bobburnquist @granulac @mindykaling @sksfactor @parenthacks @casanova909 @jillianmichaels @metro_parent @scrivenerapp #
• @BigAC 3, in reply to BigAC #
• @ashleygoldberg @danniremender I would like to go for kolaches at Happy Sparrow. When and how could we make this happen, ladies? in reply to ashleygoldberg #
• Email from @mattfraction–no subject line–body consists of a single link: twitter.com/ace_frehley #
• @BigAC Tan! in reply to BigAC #
• @CharlieChu Ugh. Uh… Devil's Brood? Pound/Ache? The Crumpet Strumpet? Pummel Cake… I got nothin'. in reply to CharlieChu #
• @CharlieChu Slayer Cake is the best. in reply to CharlieChu #
• @ericMesquivel I TOTALLY WAS. in reply to ericMesquivel #
• RT @DaveHolmes If you're not following @youngamerican's menswear blog, you really should be: http://putthison.tumblr.com #
• @calebandrew how long are you here? in reply to calebandrew #
• Getting HL to take his medicine like trying to pill a cat. Only worse. #
• @McKelvie You're welcome. in reply to McKelvie #
• @ivanbrandon None of us are having a good time of it right now. Just for fun, I woke up with a horrendous bloody nose this morning. in reply to ivanbrandon #
• Making muffins at HL's request. Had to guess how much applesauce to sub for "1 1/2 ground apples" because… c'mon. #
• Omnifocus question (can't find answer in Help): is it possible to have SUB-projects? How? #
• @monstersandgods Feeling better, then? in reply to monstersandgods #
• @Karajo Order some replacement tubes and membranes! They're not terribly expensive. in reply to Karajo #
• Just heard a nice little interview with Chabon on Whad'ya Know? http://www.notmuch.com/ #

• Binge eating motor vehicles. #earlyraptopics #
• West Philadelphia. #earlyraptopics #
• @mytrainerbob @bobburnquist @granulac @mindykaling @sksfactor @parenthacks @casanova909 @jillianmichaels @metro_parent @scrivenerapp #
• @BigAC 3, in reply to BigAC #
• @ashleygoldberg @danniremender I would like to go for kolaches at Happy Sparrow. When and how could we make this happen, ladies? in reply to ashleygoldberg #
• Email from @mattfraction–no subject line–body consists of a single link: twitter.com/ace_frehley #
• @BigAC Tan! in reply to BigAC #
• @CharlieChu Ugh. Uh… Devil's Brood? Pound/Ache? The Crumpet Strumpet? Pummel Cake… I got nothin'. in reply to CharlieChu #
• @CharlieChu Slayer Cake is the best. in reply to CharlieChu #
• @ericMesquivel I TOTALLY WAS. in reply to ericMesquivel #
• RT @DaveHolmes If you're not following @youngamerican's menswear blog, you really should be: http://putthison.tumblr.com #
• @calebandrew how long are you here? in reply to calebandrew #
• Getting HL to take his medicine like trying to pill a cat. Only worse. #
• @McKelvie You're welcome. in reply to McKelvie #
• @ivanbrandon None of us are having a good time of it right now. Just for fun, I woke up with a horrendous bloody nose this morning. in reply to ivanbrandon #
• Making muffins at HL's request. Had to guess how much applesauce to sub for "1 1/2 ground apples" because… c'mon. #
• Omnifocus question (can't find answer in Help): is it possible to have SUB-projects? How? #
• @monstersandgods Feeling better, then? in reply to monstersandgods #
• @Karajo Order some replacement tubes and membranes! They're not terribly expensive. in reply to Karajo #
• Just heard a nice little interview with Chabon on Whad'ya Know? http://www.notmuch.com/ #

So much steampunk we’re bleedin’ oil!

I’ve started my fashion column over at Jake von Slatt’s Steampunk Workshop. Have a look-see if you’ve a moment! I may begin cross-posting some content from here to there and back again, but this time I’m gonna make ya go look.

Thank you!

• When you're trudging through an outline that was due yesterday, don't stop and read the names of twitter lists you're on. #protips #
• @warrenellis DON'T DO IT. I'm on a list of "comics fangirls." I'm not sure why exactly, but that didn't do anything for my confidence. in reply to warrenellis #
• @warrenellis Oh HA HA HA Too late. You shameless fangirling fiend. (It's a verb…?) in reply to warrenellis #
• Excellent!@KathrynImmonen teams up with Lara West on a new exclusive digital Spider-Man strip http://twurl.nl/n4g7um #
• @Gimpson I miss Penzey's. in reply to Gimpson #
• RT @stevensanders …<30 copies away from selling out of SWORD 1 at Diamond. If you weren't able to get one, ask your LCS to order more. #
• @meckett Yeah, before anything gets mailed out, I'll confirm addresses with recipients. in reply to meckett #
• @iwantacookie really?! I didn't know! in reply to iwantacookie #
• Hey, Ellis people! It's FREAKANGELS day! http://www.freakangels.com/?p=218 #
• Looking forward to a productive day today. …See how I did that? #
• @beetleginny Meh, I'm far more interested in what you bought than whether or not I got a kickback. Spill! in reply to beetleginny #

• When you're trudging through an outline that was due yesterday, don't stop and read the names of twitter lists you're on. #protips #
• @warrenellis DON'T DO IT. I'm on a list of "comics fangirls." I'm not sure why exactly, but that didn't do anything for my confidence. in reply to warrenellis #
• @warrenellis Oh HA HA HA Too late. You shameless fangirling fiend. (It's a verb…?) in reply to warrenellis #
• Excellent!@KathrynImmonen teams up with Lara West on a new exclusive digital Spider-Man strip http://twurl.nl/n4g7um #
• @Gimpson I miss Penzey's. in reply to Gimpson #
• RT @stevensanders …<30 copies away from selling out of SWORD 1 at Diamond. If you weren't able to get one, ask your LCS to order more. #
• @meckett Yeah, before anything gets mailed out, I'll confirm addresses with recipients. in reply to meckett #
• @iwantacookie really?! I didn't know! in reply to iwantacookie #
• Hey, Ellis people! It's FREAKANGELS day! http://www.freakangels.com/?p=218 #
• Looking forward to a productive day today. …See how I did that? #
• @beetleginny Meh, I'm far more interested in what you bought than whether or not I got a kickback. Spill! in reply to beetleginny #

trixiebedlam posted a photo:

been a long time since I spotted one of these. good to know Thundercut isn't RIP.

Brilliant article I am rereading over at artforum about one of my favorite contemporary artists, Matthew Ritchie. I haven’t actually thought about him much since I saw his 2024 show at Andrea Rosen (which was beautiful) but I almost want to mouth idiotic things like “everything he touches is fantastic” as though he were not just a guy. I am most drawn to artworks that speak to the mythical and larger than life, and his work always does so while creating its own language and operating very strictly within its own logic.

Matthew Ritchie in collaboration with Aranda\Lasch and Arup AGU, The Morning Line, 2024, mixed media.
Installation view, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville. Photo: Benjamin Aranda.

Somewhere amid this tangle of incomplete emancipations lies a great deal of the work that we call emergent today. A prime example is Matthew Ritchie?s current traveling?or is it self-replicating??project, a series of structures including, most recently, The Morning Line in Seville and The Dawn Line in London (now on view in New York). An earlier, scaled-down iteration, titled The Evening Line, was presented at last year?s Venice Architecture Biennale, with the larger, more expansive and centrifugal Morning Line following soon after. This trajectory itself is a sign that Ritchie?s work has found clear and unapologetic interest among architects, but, more germanely, Ritchie himself developed, resolved, and realized these structures only with the collaboration of Benjamin Aranda and Christopher Lasch, two young researchers who specialize in algorithmic design. While The Morning Line initially appears as a snarled tumbleweed of metal filigree accidentally forming both interior and exterior cavities for inhabitation, as well as the structure of transfers and arches necessary to keep it stable and upright, it quickly resolves in one?s perception as a pattern of modules that is rotated, displaced, and scaled at every level and along what appear to be determined paths. This is the moment when an underlying predisposition is sensed, which transforms one?s understanding of the work (the modules, in fact, are hand-generated cartoons that are computationally ?grown?). Ritchie brought to the table a taste for medieval knowledge systems and the dream of their comprehensive resolution within a pageantry of materials and narrative characters. His interest in the figures or actors of knowledge as points of compression of historical understanding and imagination, or simply as convenient ways of presenting these to the mind, belies a profound belief that the world encodes itself in its productions and that this code represents an asset and resource that could and ought to be tapped, if only we knew how.

Systems Theory - Sanford Kwinter

"DAY-GLO HUMAN UDDERS!"

(I feel I must point out that these are really not what are best in life, and that Molly Crabapple should be arrested and probably waterboarded for making me look at this.)

(And also this.)

(Cowgirls. Honestly.)

• Constellation 04: Cover for Sag/Cap issue
  "Here's a sneak peek at the new cover for Constellation's Sag/Cap issue out at the end of the month featuring Dame Darcy, Peter James from "Some Secret Place", Pluto in Cap, Travelmania, gorgeous photographs by Christina Labey, & horoscopes based on your inner animus. issue will be available at the end of the month."
  (tags:peopleiknow magazine design covers )
• Holy water dispenser combats spread of swine flu - Telegraph
  "…a churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water."
  (tags:cult tech )

Because Ariana’s sliiiightly crazy, she’s created a free HAPPY()SAD theme for Tumblr users. This is, of course, based on the HAPPY()SAD t-shirt she and Rich Stevens released yesterday.

• Steve Niles on A Comicbook Orange:http://is.gd/4SSfx #
• Wow, hailstorm. Glad I'm not driving in this. (Aand I wish I'd parked the car at the top of the hill. Oops.) #
• Homemade playdoh was kind of a bust. Droopy. Might need a different recipe. HL seemed cheered tho & s'pose that's all that really matters. #
• Hailstorm #
• Hoooly crap. RT @terrytyson: Inspiration for the Modrian playhouse. Needs tweaking, but I like the concept. http://modern-shed.com/play.html #
• @waffles Crystal sister…? #
• @ST_Rachel We are watching ZOO TRAIN this very minute. HL's sick and has requested a ST marathon (starting w/BST v1). in reply to ST_Rachel #
• @ST_Rachel Aw. Me too! If only pink eye were as sexy as the eye patch… (HL says "Tank you!" and also "Elephant!") in reply to ST_Rachel #
• @danniremender Cool. Is it something you make or buy? in reply to danniremender #
• @danniremender Recipe, please? in reply to danniremender #
• @danniremender thank you! in reply to danniremender #
• @madmarvelgirl hope your night is uneventful from here on out. in reply to madmarvelgirl #
• @heathermjarvis I can't tell who that is! in reply to heathermjarvis #
• RT @LushLtd We've got some prizes to giveaway! Retweet this message in the next hour 2b entered into our mini raffle! #
• @brianwood I'd forgotten about that. in reply to brianwood #
• .@rhymeswithchaos Elephants did get delayed by the move and we apologize! They're not forgotten, though. Promise. in reply to rhymeswithchaos #
• @bclaymoore "Kara?" in reply to bclaymoore #
• Tough night. MF's sick now too. HL was up (read: me 2 for 2 hours at 3am, then slept in until 9. Got stuck behind truck. Day starting late. #

Kelly Sue posted a photo: