Mark Paglia

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I'm just here for the occasional bon mot. https://linktr.ee/markpaglia

The Day The Earth Stood Still
Colored pencil drawing of a cat's paw
Pen sketch of a pattypan squash
Professor X and Magneto
A senator on The Simpsons saying: "Wait a second, I want to tack on a rider to that bill. $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts."
Lisa Simpson, holding a photo of her deceased first cat: "Bart, please, don't you remember that Snowball I died four years ago tonight? Run over by the mayor's beer-swilling brother, Clovis."
Pencil sketch of an ink bottle
Abe Simpson pointing at a TV to complain about Joe Namath's long hair, vis-à-vis the clean-cut Johnny Unitas
Classic 1980s Big Wheels tricycle
Nick and Nora Charles, with Asta the dog
Pastel drawing of a sliced dragonfruit
The Bookwork from the Adam West Batman show
From the old Phantom comic strip, Diana asks, "You weren't jealous?" The Phantom replies, "Jealous? I'd trust you with my life." He then walks out of the room as Diana gazes at him, thinking, "That's my man."
Pencil drawing of a teabag, done on a sheet of lined notebook paper
Photograph of 1800s Maine representative, senator, and US secretary of state James Blaine and his long gray beard
From Prince of Darkness, a shadowy figure in a doorway, which sends shivers up my spine
Magnus, Robot Fighter, a man in red leotard karate-chopping two robots
The Old Man in the Mountain, a now-collapsed rock formation in New Hampshire that looks like a face in profile
From DC Showcase #17, two figures watching an empty chair awash in rainbow lighting. Caption: "An instant later the chair is empty and awed whispers rise from barbarian throats..." Figure 1: The Rianbow Doom has borne him away! Figure 2: He shall never threaten us again!
Two red tomatoes on a wood surface, drawn in crayon
Mandrake the Magician lighting a cigarette while summarizing, "A disappointed composer kills a great tenor--and just misses killing an orchestra conductor--with poisoned darts shot from a hollow violin bow! That's one for the books!"
Wade Boggs and Barney Gumbel arguing over the best British prime Minister Bogg: Pitt the Elder! Barney: Lord Palmerston!
Your closest match: Zohran Mamdani
I Know Where I'm Going
Marge Simpson saying, "Well, duh."
Nurse: I'm sorry! She's just left in a space-taxi--with a young man who said he'd signed her out! Doctor: If she's foolish enough to go on another dance binge...with that skull fracture...
Colored pencil sketch of peppers growing in a pot
Strange Adventures #4 The cover shows an enormous rainbow-striped steam shovel from space scooping up a city, while people flee on foot.
Elderly Springfield town clerk reading the town charter and saying, "There's also a law requiring ducks to wear long pants."
Highlander: The Raven Tagline: Immortality is a bitch
Mr Fantastic explaining to Comet Man that "Your capacity to experience grief has increased with your enhanced mental faculties. At times our powers can be a double-edged sword."
The Wailing Asteroid
The utterly forgotten US show Backstrom
Paintbrush on a background with patches of paint, all drawn in colored pencil
Panel from Creatures on the Loose #35: Man-Wolf flying off a cliff on a motorcycle, beneath the title "Wolfquest"
Map of the US, on which I've named 681 cities, comprising 32.83% of the US population
Quiz of "How many European cities can you name?" I named 258, comprising 19.24% of Europe's urban population.
A very flat, very pale sketch of a blue teapot.
Crayon sketch of a blue teapot
The Piano (1993)
Mr Burns: Who's that fella who always screws up and creates havoc? Smithers: Homer Simpson, sir? Burns: Yes! The way I figure it, he's due for a good performance.
Hatley & Ivy: Life & Crimes #6
Red Eye (2005)
James Bond walking behind Tiger Tanaka, both wearing gray suits and dark ties
Poster for The Informant!
Blue ink on sticky-note drawing of an apple sitting on a flat surface
200 Years Ago We lay before our readers an account of the studies now offered at the Round Hill School under the direction of Joseph G. Cogswell and George Bancroft, assisted by the following gentlemen: Charles Beck, Latin and gymnastics; G. H. Bode, Greek and German; C.C. Felton, mathematics; Donato Gherardi, Latin and Italian; Francis Grund, mathematics; M. N. Hentz, French; William Hutchens, writing; W. D. King, elocution; A. X. San Martin, Spanish; and A. G. Villeneuve, French.
From "Silver Surfer: Parable," a panel of the Surfer standing atop his board, saying, "If we turn from battle because there is little hope of victory, where then would valor be? Let it ever be the goal that stirs us, not the odds."
Treat Williams as Xander Drax, a nattily dressed businessman holding two skulls, one made of jade and one of silver
A pen-on-sticky-note doodle of a lantern-jawed man with stubble and sunglasses
A pastel drawing of two red flowers with long, thin petals, yellow stamens, and a green blobby backdrop
Title card for Star Trek: The Next Generarion, showing the USS Enterprise above a planet, with the episode title "Marge vs The Monorail"
A stack of books: The Drowned World by JG Ballard, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm, Beasts by John Crowley, A Mask For The General by Lisa Goldstein, and Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
A green LimeWire tee shirt and a black Linkin Park one
New issues of Babylon Cove, Dead Teenagers, Neighborhood Watch, Seven Wives, Nectar, and Touched By A Demon
Waffle House sign reading "Hate Pancakes"
Headline from The Onion: "Fancy Man Enjoys Tea"
Poster for Steal Big Steal Little, featuring two Andy Garcias. One is in rustic attire, and the other wears a business suit and has slicked-back hair, sure signs of being an unscrupulous movie businessman. What are these mismatched twins going to get up to?
A doodle of a fresh radish, drawn in blue pen on a lined yellow notepad
Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes