I have never liked Poe’s short story “The Black Cat,” so this one gets a different ending minus the animal abuse and uxoricide. The primary human in this version also sadly became a cruel monster, but instead of all that, he drank too much, tripped, fell, and died without hurting anybody but himself. (The cat did nothing wrong, I swear, and you cannot prove that he bashed that guy’s skull in; not even a little bit. Also, it is *purely coincidence* that the guy might have been based on my boy EAP, who may have died mysteriously.) The upside for the guy is that he did not go to the gallows.
Probably won’t be seeing the new Clayface movie for a while, unless a version from the high seas floats my way via parrot. (Reasons why at the bottom)
Even though, my all time favorite version of possibly my favorite batman weirdo villain is Matt Hagan, especially when he is shown as just a treasure hunting idiot who tripped into a gooey, shapeshifing power set.
From Secret Origins №44 (Mudpack)
The other versions are fun, too, but dumb ol’ Matt is my fave.
These days, whenever is see Clayface, I think of the poo emoji, not because it is bad, but because he is a brown soft-serve textured muck with eyes. 💩
1961 Clayface for me!
Problems with DC/WB/Skydance
In October 2026, a major $110.9 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance was officially completed. To help finance the equity acquisition, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (the Public Investment Fund, or PIF), alongside the wealth funds of Qatar and the UAE, provided $24 billion in backing.
While Skydance Corporation remains the American parent entity controlling Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios, Saudi Arabia holds a massive stake as a core financial backer.
The same Saudi wealth fund (PIF) that backed the Warner Bros. acquisition is directly tied by global intelligence to high-profile state assassinations.
Specifically, court filings and declassified intelligence reports revealed that the private jet company Sky Prime Aviation-whose planes transported the 15-member hit squad to Istanbul to murder and dismember journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018-was ordered seized by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and transferred directly into the PIF less than a year before the assassination occurred.
So, I am not going to willingly give any money to WB or any Skydance / DC studios project, and will encourage anyone else to do the same.
A Halloween-themed Gasoline Alley Sunday strip by Frank King from 1923. I split out the panels for easier reading. I still refer to small children and animals as Skeezix, sort of a more familiar form of “buddy,” perhaps when I am being particularly inquisitive or disciplinary, in the vein of “Whatcha doin’ there, Skeezix?”
Man, I miss the Sunday funnies. If I had seen this in the paper, I probably would have pinned it up.
