Ken Raining

@kenraining.bsky.social

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Librarian, husband, dad, geek. Not necessarily in that order.

NECA’s new Big Bird action figure next to Big Bad Workshop’s Tick.
A middle aged man with a puppet
A 5 Star Booker card with Bryan Danielson vs Bandido; Bret Hart vs Chris Jericho; Lance Storm vs Naomichi Marufuji; Kris Statlander vs Stephanie Vaquer; and Josh Alexander vs Dean Malenko
A normal size box containing (ironically I suppose) just one little box of box cutters
The Lego Peanuts set
Joy Division "Here Are The Young Men" poster
Will Ospreay does his pose.
Will Ospreay pointing to the crowd
My all time most streamed artist is Belle and Sebastian.
The Lavender Jack trade paperback. On sale now!
Blue Beetle by Steve Rude. He is retrieving a bomb out of a bird’s nest.
The Banks. Whatever you do, don’t read it, unless you want to buy my copy on eBay.
The sign from Clerks that reads "I assure you we're open!"
The Philadelphia skyline on a sunny afternoon
Me holding Brink Book Six.
Sunset in Gladwyne tonight. Blue sky with clouds in various shades of yellows and oranges. Plus the tree line in the shadows.
A picture I took from my uncle’s house on Orcas Island in Washington state.
A Chris Samnee illustration of Batman and Robin.
Our cat Amber with a Lego cat
Nexus by Steve Rude
Canteen Kate, a comic strip by Matt Baker.
The cover to Alter Ego issue 194. It depicts Wolverine at a bar next to his supposed creator, Roy Thomas, with a headline "Rascally Roy shamelessly celebrates six decades in comics"
The cover to Blondie’s Parallel Lines
Lego style minifigures based on the show Arcane. LTR: Heimerdinger; Silvia; Vander; Jinx; Vi; Caitlin; Jace; and Victor. Also shown is an oversize Galactus.
The finished Usagi Yojimbo puzzle.
A felt ornament that greatly resembles the Phillie Phanatic
The cover to Doctor Strange #1 by Frank Brunner
The cover to Justice League of America number 195 by George Perez
Me wearing my AEW Revolution 2024 shirt, featuring Sting and Darby Allin vs the Young Bucks. Who can say why I chose to wear it today?
The box for the Usagi Yojimbo puzzle.
Usagi Yojimbo puzzle in process
My Spotify Wrapped top artists: Sharon Van Etten; Wolf Alice; Old 97’s; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; and Pulp.
My top song of the year, We are Fine by Sharon Van Etten
My top song of the year, We are Fine by Sharon Van Etten
An image from Spotify purportedly of a new song from New Order, but which is actually from a K-Pop act.
Our cat with a Lego cat. But which is which?!
Rowdy, the Dallas Cowboys mascot, looking dejected after a loss to the Eagles
A very nice looking pizza, if I do say so myself
Nexus by Mike Baron and Steve Rude
A finished puzzle with a bunch of Marvel super heroes.
The box for the Marvel Art of Michael Allred puzzle.
Nexus illustration by Steve Rude.
The Star Wars meme with Anakin and Padme. Anakin says “Kenny Omega feels that his match with Gabe Kidd would have been a good one to end his career on” and Padme responds “but he’s not ending his career right?”
The Beta Band at the beginning of She’s the One
A DJ in a yellow hoodie spinning at a turntable
The cover to Automatic by the Jesus and Mary Chain
My cat curled up like a sea otter
Page featuring Superwoman from DC Comics Presents
A gigantic asshole who wrote “why are you trying to look like a child with the braids? You don’t look like a respectable adult. Sorry, but to win over moderates, you keep to look like a competent person.” 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
An ad for JT Realmuto’s Stir Fry, impeccably timed in light of this thread.
Marvel Studios 30 Day Challenge Prompt
Wolf Alice at the Union Transfer, 1/4
Color illustration of Hourman fighting some bad guys
A fortune reading “September will be a month of happiness, joy, and contentment”