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#202

205: Not real friends. Not those you can trust.

#201

204: DIE (2018-2021)

#200

203: The Sweary Little Prince

#199

202: from the middle-nose upwards

#198

201: I Am Terrible At This

#197

200: the conjunction is complete

#196

199: No ethical creation under capitalism

#195

198: romantic, petrifying

#194

197: I also once stood on his foot

#193

196: explosions and/or emotions.

#192

195: Apocalypse Romances

#191

194: a reskinned Trebuchet

#190

193: I did a thing

#189

192: You banged the elf-king!

#188

191: Linger on magic

#187

190: I really want to mount a Skaven on that

#186

189: Folk Horror Bombadil

#185

188: the fundamental lie that is Easter Eggs

#184

187: the perfect automation of google sheets is undeniable

#183

186: Hello, my name is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and these are my maps

#182

185: Old-fashioned Ahar'ag, Dasrhudeana Daytooth and Karyheitiny the Grubby

#181

184: the elusive bumblebird

#180

183: howl at passing biplanes

#179

182: criminal histories of travelling charlatans

#178

181: Chip is redefining standards of professionalism in this industry

#177

180: You know what we need? A Vampiro.

#176

179: into the distance, into the past, into the future.

#175

178: when you roll a 1

#174

177: some kind of metaphoraphobe

#173

176: I tear up all wool

#172

175: Tonight, by Ken

#171

174: Thanks Nicole!

#170

173: doing Byron or doing Tumblr

#169

172: I shouldn’t stan Cao Cao

#168

171: the clitic lessons

#167

170: on the chocolate hob nob rush

#166

169: Everything to play for

#165

168: our dumb, bulging soup-sack

#164

167: Do not use this as the basis of your historical essays.

#163

166: this lovely vampire ambulance

#162

165: This Is A Lot Of Plot

#161

164: capsule thoughts are piling up

#160

163: Cowboy

#159

162: you'll never walk alone

#158

161: squeeze in the Ents

#157

160: So Many

#156

159: Don’t be murdered by your artist.

#155

159: A Brighter Shade Of Blue

#154

158: That’s all I’ve got.

#153

157: I recall walking Bath graveyards

#152

156: making tea in mugs that I would never normally use

#151

155: proud of its fractal dumbness

#150

154: I had trouble with mouselook

#149

153: namecheck poptimism

#148

152: #releasethegentleeyescut

#147

151: Words were always proof that I existed

#146

150: I won’t be Donald-ducking

#145

149: Comewithmecomewithmewelltravel

#144

148: the Escape of the Prisoner

#143

147: a ball of inertia with a collection of offal

#142

146: Nod, nod, noddity nod

#141

145: the medium of a tiny owl judging me

#140

144: momentarily Manichean

#139

143: Imagine the Neverending Story for adults, if not grown-ups

#138

142: Diamanda Galas said that mortality is insulting

#137

141: “Some”

#136

140: Jaded regular readers

#135

139: I’ve been the Queen’s Spaceship.

#134

138: It's not the despair, it's the hope.

#133

137: Barbed wire made of glistening hard candy

#132

136: Justice For Agnes Nitt

#131

135: freeform fluid pop-work

#130

134: I find that ominous too.

#129

133: Duncan confused, Bridgette phlegmatic

#128

132: the elf who lived in a basement in Rivendell

#127

131: where three stars should be.

#126

129: a face full of chocolatey nougat.

#125

128.1: NYC Party

#124

128: It would be there for me

#123

127: Packed with tudes.

#122

126: a backstab (if you are accurate enough) is heartbreak

#121

125: The Wicked + the Divine (2014-2019)

#120

124: Loki is Loki is Loki.

#119

123: who actually did write Scorpion Swamp?

#118

122: No, Chip, that’s not a euphemism.

#117

121: I crave the congress of meat, egg and breadcrumbs.

#116

120: I have spent the afternoon walking around the house screaming

#115

109: you’d be happy you did it.

#114

108: totally fishing for booze

#113

107: Not being eaten by a tiger is pure art.

#112

106: I deserve a diet coke.

#111

105: mumbling inaudibly at a hyperspeed thrum

#110

104: tasted golden treasure from beneath Smaug’s belly.

#109

113:at least three funny jokes

#108

112: conversations in pub toilets

#107

111: notes on the Temple of Tharglethloop

#106

110: obsession and math

#105

109: the cold hard calculation

#104

108: like a voice in the back in my head

#103

107: abandoned shelf of shame

#102

106:neither future, nor fad, but present.

#101

105: the characters are the dungeons

#100

104: my mutant power.

#99

103: so happy I'm scared

#98

102: literary bar room gleeful racket

#97

101: a colourful metaphor

#96

100: Oh, Carlolina

#95

099: daubing things in hot pink

#94

098: The Ghost Of C-Monster

#93

097: Laura Brannigan’s Absolute Banger

#92

096: The house needs milk.

#91

095: I suppose it would make Hemingway a swooper

#90

094: neeerrrrrrrd

#89

093: nothing but precision engineered ennui

#88

092: Shouting at clouds. Mushroom clouds.

#87

091: neediest of the needsters.

#86

090: Joan Wilder from Romancing the Stone

#85

089: I'm eating the cake now

#84

088: wine and cheese

#83

087: a bag of holding, solely containing nerves.

#82

086: we have cats.

#81

085: in terms of artistic reach, I was basically a T-Rex

#80

084: moisture-wicking

#79

083: Project Boombastic

#78

082: Vampire Jump Game

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081: an ideal Christmas Present and/or murder weapon.

#76

080: Spangly New Thing

#75

079: I give you humanity

#74

078: “First It” and “Second It.”

#73

077: nowt but a mass of insecurities with pop-songs as sticking plasters

#72

076: self-inflicted

#71

075: you are our pop Aslan.

#70

074: Her From Enchanted Meets Lovecraft

#69

073: the power of ritual

#68

072: plotted by a pack of drunk Labradors.

#67

071: a comedy Kelvin trying to find absolute zero

#66

070: Lucifer as Nun

#65

069: a genre which left such deep roots and/or scars

#64

068: when is June?

#63

067: in the land of the feline elves, she was a hobbit.

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066: glycemic blitzkreig is my Waterloo

#61

065: Dicey Moral Dilemmas

#60

064: a little secretly-ironic arrogance

#59

063: a graphic (and graphic) memoir

#58

062: milk.

#57

060: kaffeeklatsch

#56

059: a half-harmonized scream

#55

058: my hell is now empty.

#54

057: Kafka, Stalin, Orwell, Huxley, Sartre and the Marx Brothers

#53

056: Doing The Columbo

#52

055: Big Beardy Alan Moore

#51

054: pan-geek alliance

#50

053: I over-use the word Katamari.

#49

052: it's not about Ludo

#48

051: We Live In The Shadow Of A Book Avalanche

#47

050: : like some kind of Timberlakian Aslan

#46

049: I love maps.

#45

048: whether to go Full Watchmen

#44

047: Grouper mating involving the sharks

#43

046: The Coming, Seeing, Conquering?

#42

045: It wars the Empire.

#41

044: International Consumerist Leviathans.

#40

043: “It's a Witch.” “Thank you, Janet.” “Kill it."

#39

042: Jamie had a lizard-brain

#38

041: I deserve a Magnum Double Caramel

#37

040: at the bottom of a mountain covered in buses and starting a bus-avalanche

#36

039: you can’t do anything before you have a Frodo.

#35

037: the Russian doll model of comics writing.

#34

037: a kind of glowy black

#33

036: Smart But Not As Smart As You Hope You Are

#32

035: write your own happy ending

#31

034: he should beat me up with his fists

#30

033: what games journalists were like while hungover

#29

032: be careful with unleashing your pithy aphorisms

#28

031: the phrase “mucustard”

#27

030: I'm sorry for your pain.

#26

029: (Wow. What a lot of parentheticals.)

#25

028: don't worry, it's not that, serious, etc.

#24

027: that dimension is inside my chest.

#23

026: an ominous meat-ball.

#22

025: We Came. We Saw. We Command & Conquered.

#21

024: A guillotine rather than a rack

#20

023: genre on fire

#19

022: Gynty The Roo

#18

021: the feeling is bittersweet and vertiginous

#17

020: the aim is always to do Hyperballad on paper

#16

019: get to Mount Doom and win.

#15

018: what time is love?

#14

017: Greg Pak For Food

#13

016: awesome angry Scots

#12

015: a little ray of silly joy in hell

#11

013: better existent sources

#10

012: Aren't you exactly the right size for a miniature?

#9

011: speederbikes powered by an irrepressible trumpet

#8

010: a WicDiv Coffeeshop AU is rudely disrupted.

#7

009: Gordian Knot Working

#6

008: how to write about grotesques and monsters?

#5

007: Brevity remains an unknown country

#4

006: THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRABEAR!!!!

#3

005: My Ellisian codename

#2

003: Icarus risking flying too close to the Agadoo sun

#1

002: Sprawling out critical theories that emerged resplendent and glistening