Paul Constant Is Reading and Writing in Seattle

I’m a political writer. Everything is political. Buy my comics: https://paulconstant.com/comics/

[paulconstant]

BENDER THE MEATY FRANKFURTER + KNICKERBOCKER GLORY = THE WORLD WIDE SYMBOL OF EATING PLEASURE

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Wind Pirate takes a bold anti-bureaucracy stance. I hear Lex Luthor loves standing in line at the DMV.

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Real shame that DC Comics never made anything out of this guy.

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“AMERICAN CHINAWARE INDUSTRY - 50,000 WORKERS - IF IT’S AMERICAN IT’S WORTH PROTECTING”

[paulconstant]

Easily the horniest Little Free Library/Pantry combo I’ve ever encountered, in Columbia City.

[withironhands]

Avengers (1963) #5

[starkexpos]

I have never laughed at a single panel so hard in my life. 

[paulconstant]

Stupid, stupid Superboy.

[maxmarvel12345]

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #5 (November 21, 2019)

Written by: Matt Fraction Artist [pencils & inks] by: Steve Lieber Colorist by: Nathan Fairbairn Lettered by: Clayton Cowles Edited by: Jessica Chen (editor) and Brian Cunningham (editor group) Published by: DC Comics

[stevelieber]

One of my favorite scenes from our Jimmy Olsen mini-series. @mattfractionblog’s script is hilarious. @nathanfairbairn’s color is subtle and atmospheric and really sells the rain. @tomrogerscomics did stellar work on those Gotham City buildings. And @claytoncowles’ lettering hits every beat with perfection, especially on that last panel. 

You can get the Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen collection from your local comic shop. If that’s not an option, I’ve got some signed & sketched copies available at my etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/877872677/back-in-stock-supermans-pal-jimmy-olsen

[paulconstant]

I read this and then I learned it was written by a manager at an OLIVE GARDEN in KANSAS CITY and now I’m just sitting here blinking at the screen. (She was fired after this post went viral.)

[paulconstant]

Curse Words Around the World Have Something in Common (We Swear)

These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern prevails in other languages too,

“A study published Tuesday in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review found that curse words in several unrelated languages sound alike. They’re less likely than other words to include the consonant sounds L, R, W or Y. And more family-friendly versions of curses often have these sounds added, just like the R in ‘shirt’ or ‘fork.’”

What kind of flickery is this?

[mattadoresit-deactivated2025011]

[paulconstant]

So two stars out of five, then?

[thatsbelievable]

[charnel-grounds]

[paulconstant]

Meanwhile, in the halls of Twitter HQ…

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

[tuesdayisfordancing]

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody: 

zeug·ma ˈzo͞oɡmə/

noun

a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g.,John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

[professorsparklepants]

#in english class in high school my teacher had us write our own zeugmas in class#and one guy came up with ‘he fell from her favor… and the window’#i am forever looking for opportunities to use that one

[siesiegirl]

She dropped her dress and inhibitions at the door.

[crumbvulet]

What’s this? My favorite rhetorical device showing up on my dashboard?

[thranduilland]

IT HAS A NAMEEEE!! OH MY GOD!!!

[candiikismet]

I LOVE THIIIIIS!!!

[orriculum]

One I’ve loved was “on their weekend trip they caught three fish and a cold”

I love these they’re like a pun and a metaphor wrapped up into one neat phrase

[kurtbusiek]

From Flanders & Swann’s “Have Some Madeira, M’Dear”: “…he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar and the lamps.”

[paulconstant]

It’s got to be possible to write a zeugma in which the word “zeugma” is one of the two words, right?

[paulconstant]

butch hero

(I did it and it was fine)

ND Stevenson’s Substack is my current favorite webcomic, and this episode in particular is fantastic.

[paulconstant]

Worst superhero origin story ever.

[paulconstant]

Today’s Nancy is just as mind-blowing in its own way as the early episode of The Simpsons when Bart definitively demonstrates the sound of one hand clapping.