Thomas Maluck

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Writing machine, librarian, Kirkus reviewer, public speaker, accredited personal finance instructor, he/him, opinions mine https://thomasmaluck.carrd.com

Manga page in which a guide to the isekai afterlife explains the concept of the "isekai jackpot truck," a truck in our world that kills random pedestrians to send them to a new life of fantasy adventure and leveling up fantastic skills. To the fantasy world, the murder truck is considered a transport service.
Cover of the aforementioned Booklist issue, with illustrated cover art of teens reading comics from "President of the Anime Club."
Link to YouTube video where this man in a red shirt and a brown Mallard duck, both wearing gold chains, were interviewed about a stabbing: https://youtu.be/T7nQnU_sP88?si=WICiMsvvr-h_DMdF
A debit card with the Library of Congress reading room pictured across it.
Sam Neill with his duck pal Charlie Pickering.
Photo of Criterion's Blu-ray case of "The Trial," still in its shrinkwrap and B&N price sticker.
Page from the manga "The Rose of Versailles," in which characters excitedly discuss some historical events: "Have you heard?! England has acknowledged America's independence!" "A-ah!! Then... The American Revolutionary War is over...?" "The revolutionary force has been returning bit by bit! And the peace treaties are to be drafted right here at Versailles!"
Excerpt from Alexander B. Joy's "Legend of the River King," displayed on my Kobo Libra 2: "Still, no matter how frightening the bear may be, you can't turn back now. The bear bars your path and your escape route alike. You can't go over it, and can't go around it. You have to go through it."
Battledecks competitors and judges posing for a photo.
Grinning like a fool next to CARLA HAYDEN
Cover to "We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance To Wartime Incarceration" written by Frank Abe & Tamiko Nimura, art by Ross Ishikawa & Matt Sasaki
Yours truly next to a poster-sized print of The Onion's front page about "Kennedy slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons"
Hash browns, a chocolate old fashioned donut, and an avocado egg and cheese sandwich. Scrum-diddly-umptious.
Orange Cassidy wearing a T-shirt of a sideways photo of his own face. His sunglasses are hanging from the collar of the shirt, making it appear as if the face on his shirt is wearing sunglasses. Brilliant visual gimmick, in my opinion.
A shelf full of Criterion Collection films, with a tiny black and white Criterion van sitting on top of the cases.
Screenshot from Hoopla of Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1 in English
Lots of librarians and lovers of books gathered around Leonard Marcus, who is sitting in a chair in the center.
Screenshot of part of UNCG's commencement program. Includes a welcome from Dr. Lisa O'Connor, student speakers Andressa Donohoe and Heather Gerbus (they were fantastic and hard acts to follow), guest speaker Thomas Maluck (nuh UH!), presentation of candidates by Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang, and concluding remarks by Dr. O'Connor.
T-shirt boldly declaring, "I can't hear you over the sound of how epic I am."
Fake Burger King style ad that reads, "the library should have snacks a coffee pot and like a bed plus a jungle gym and drinks after dark," followed by "The Library: we should have a lot of things"
Non-winning bingo card with marks on Free Space, Dead-eyed smile, Game show history, Falling or rolling over in shock, Unending smile, Emphasizing prize amount, and Hollow Beast Games praise.
A panel from the manga "Kingdom" saying, "Their strength is REAL" alongside the cover to volume 1 of the manga "Real."
Matthew Broderick as a teacher in the film "Election," drawing circles on a chalkboard for a lesson about apples, oranges, choice, and democracy.
Bingo card of things I would expect to happen if MrBeast appeared on and influenced an episode of Survivor.
Princess Vivi saying, "In Alabasta, we ride ducks."
Screencap of my YouTube Music recent recap, showing all tracks from the latest album by The Protomen. Most-played tracks include Light's Last Stand, The Dream, Hold On (The Distance Between), No Way Back, and Calling Out.
John Constantine in Hell asking the demon Trigon, "So... I don't suppose you've got a light?" From the Injustice comics.
Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner yelling at each other like a catechism of chaos
Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young surgical resident with autism. He has a mild demeanor and tries to fill knowledge gaps as he goes, which is fine by me.
Collage of character interactions, captioned "Wishing happiness to all nights!!"
Poster for Eastern Condors
Giant library card in a window featuring Nimona reading a book
Comic book issues of "DC Power: A Celebration" and "Nubia & The Amazons #1" (issue 2 is on the reverse side of the bag it's in)
Comic book page of Ultraman crushing some kryptonite into a powder and snorting it. He declares, "Yes! I'm the strongest again" in front of a horrified Lex Luthor who says, "Yikes."
Panels from the manga Akane-banashi, focused on Akane saying, "Be empty-headed. That's one of the teachings of my school! The shiguma school!" Above, flashback panels show her mentor giving advice.
Baby Yoda (Grogu) on all fours looking at one of those fold-shut helper droids. Manga Amy Sedaris is sitting back behind them, smiling at Baby Yoda with one eye open.
Old man in red and blue glasses shouting, "The same vast global conspiracy."
Dr. Victor Fries, from the movie Batman & Robin, with the caption "VT and chill," indicating that a globally diversified portfolio warrants greater relaxation than an all-US one.
A square, yellow floppy disk character with circular eyes and little round nubs for hands and feet.
A pleasantly round male mallard duck, complete with a green head
Anthony Bourdain sitting outdoors with a fancy coffee and little baguette, in a buttoned up jacket, scarf, and round sunglasses. Very cultured, so elevated.
"A mysterious object resembling a giant bird with outstretched wings has once again been spotted in images of the Sun, according to a report from the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences on February 3, 2026.The image was captured on February 2, 2026, using the LASCO coronagraph"
Lady in a big dress and a big smile, with her smiling face also being the background behind her.
My livestream ticket confirmation - we should all get one!
Screenshot from the Kobo app of "The Manga Bible" by Helen McCarthy, which will be available for purchase March 5, 2026.
Frieren reading a book on the floor
David Bowie in the film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" resting his chin on a desk and saying, "February," except the subtitle is in white on top of white paper, so it's not easy to read.
The Log Lady from Twin Peaks announces, "And now an ending."
Letterboxd review of the movie "I Think We're Alone Now" including the sentence, "If you want to see Peter Dinklage put books on shelves for like 20 minutes, this is your movie"
Ad on a Japanese subway for "The Hawthorne Legacy" complete with an anime style illustration of the main character in a school uniform.
A big blue sign for Kinokuniya Books next to a big blue nerd
Cover to Hyo The Hellmaker
Cover to "Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You" Volume 6, depicting a man and woman sitting together
Poster for the Chrono Trigger concert
Tomas from the first Fire Emblem game (artwork from a trading card)
A chicken on a beach. Text: "if you are seeing this, the curse is lifted, have a good day"
The Kobo Remote is a Bluetooth page-turn system that allows users to click forward and backward buttons, as well as play or pause audiobooks on current- and previous-generation Kobo e-readers. The Remote is proving very popular and is sold out almost everywhere, in both black and white color schemes. In Canada, Kobo is sold out on its website and at all retail partners. It is also sold out in the United Kingdom and most of Europe. The only place where it is easy to buy is from the Kobo website in the United States.
Headline: Psychology says people who let others go first in line when they seem rushed display these 6 situational awareness traits that most people are too self-focused to develop
Sweater decorated with pictures of snowflakes, trees, and gift boxes. Text: "Inflation is transitory, happy holidays from the Federal Reserve"