Kevin J. Maroney, he/him

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Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· 2d

What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only

A metal frame with white illuminated letters reading "Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens"

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jul 17

From WRESTLE HEIST #3, by Kyle Starks

Two panels from a comic.
Panel one: Two sisters--Emily dressed in a pro wrestling costume and Evelyn in a loose top and skirt--are talking excitedly on a ramp beside a ring while a man in a suit, Buddy, sits watching them.
Caption 1: Her twin sister Evelyn was her manager and they made a great pair.
Caption 2: Buddy was smitten with Emily the moment he saw her.

Panel 2: Closer in on Buddy, who looks agitated.
Caption 1: But monsters don't know how to love.
Caption 2: They only know how to covet.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jul 9

BEST STAR TREK CAPTAIN. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.

A STEPHEN UNIVERSE illustration showing Lars from after his full transformation into a pink-skinned Captain Harlock-styled space pirate. He is surrounded by the Off Colors, the misfit Crystal Gems who are the crew of the Sun Incinerator; the villainous Emerald looms behind.

Sorry I don't know who did this illustration.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jul 8

I can't figure out how to get the sharable text if I leave the page and come back, so here's a screenshot: I realized over the weekend that I have a problem with "on the edge" clues--I'm too likely to interpret them as "on the same edge as...". Now I know to watch for myself making that mistake.

Screenshot from Clues By Sam, showing I solved today's puzzle in 4m 28 (top 50%) with no errors.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jun 17

Once when my brother was visiting, I went to wake him as he had requested. "No. Go 'way." "You told me to wake you now." "Go away and bring me an ocelot." So I brought him an ocelot. He took it, nodded approval, and got up. Years later, the ocelot became the guardian of Tim's mortal remains.

A Steiff ocelot stands guarding a keepsake urn of Tim Maroney's cremated remains. Various tiggers and wombats are strewn about like tomb treasures.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jun 17

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

Promo image for FLYING BLIND. The tag line Mild Meets Wild illustrates a shot of two people, a schlubby man (Corey Parker) in a sportcoat and tie leaning, stunned, on the woman who stunned him, a tall redhead in a strapless dress and veil-like skirt (Téa Leoni).

I haven't seen it since it came out nearly 35+ years ago; I remember it being more witty and maybe less sexist than you would assume for a loser-dates-supermodel sitcom on early FOX.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jun 15

This isn't a great pic--I will try to stage a better one.

Three d&d miniature skeletons reworked into a rock power trio (two standing guitarists flanking a drummer in full kit) on a wooden display shelf. They were painted (and modded, I think?) by Greg Stafford.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jun 5

Also "The Problem We All Live With"

A painting of 9-year-old Ruby Bridges, a black girl in a white dress and shoes. She is walking to school with books under her arm.

Surrounding her front and back are four adults in suits, escorting and protecting her. They are so much taller than she that their heads are off the top of the canvas.

On the stone wall behind her is scrawled graffiti "IGGER". A tomato hit the wall and lies broken at its base.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jun 5

Make a Doctor Who title less scary

A fake Doctor Who title card for "The Arbitration Hearing of a Time Lord"

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Jun 1

Cards from the card game ICE CREAM, many of which are cones.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 29

That's gotta be up there, but I think mine will always be:

Promo illustration for The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson. It shows a young adult woman in futuristic clothing (a body suit with a stylish cape and odd arm decorations) and a somewhat vicious robot dog.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 20

Like this?

The "Oops! All Chicago" map showing Illinois's 17 Congressional districts reapportioned so that they are all radiating out from Chicago like a solidly Democratic rainbow.

Source not known to me.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 8

Shane Simmons says hello.

A page from a French translation of Shane Simmon's LONGSHOT COMICS. It is a grid of 80 comics panels with characters rendered as dots. A magnifying lens hovers over one panel, showing the (fake) exquisite detail in each panel.

LONGSHOT COMICS is an overlooked masterpiece, not just a formal joke. It's clever and funny and genuinely moving and show how little it actually takes to get a reader engaged with a comics page.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 7

The NPC Record Sheet in GRIFFIN MOUNTAIN (1981) had a list of personality factors that really seem like a rough draft for PENDRAGON's Traits. I don't know if there's a record of who came up with this--would most likely have been Rudy Kraft, Jennell Jaquays, or Greg Stafford.

A list of "Personality Factors" from the "Gloranthan NPC Record Form" in GRIFFIN MOUNTAIN. This screenshot is from the 2001 "Gloranthan Classics" reprint.

Personality Factors
AGGRESSIVE ____ PASSIVE
IMPULSIVE ____ CAUTIOUS
EXTROVERT ____ INTROVERT
OPTIMISTIC ____ PESSIMISTIC
STUBBORN ____ RECEPTIVE
PHYSICAL ____ MENTAL
PATIENT ____ NERVOUS
EMOTIONAL ____ CALM
TRUSTING ____ SUSPICIOUS
LEADER ____ FOLLOWER
GREEDY ____ GENEROUS
ENERGETIC ____ LAZY
HONORABLE ____ DISHONORABLE
BRAVE ____ COWARDLY
CURIOUS ____ INCURIOUS
DEPENDABLE ____ UNRELIABLE
PIOUS ____ IRRELIGIOUS
HONEST ____ DISHONEST
CLEVER ____ DULL
HUMOROUS ____ DOUR
INNOVATIVE ____ CONSERVATIVE

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 7

Without stating your age post your favorite film released the year you turned 18. Much better year for comedies than drama or horror but this one is the standout.

Kilian Eng DVD box art for VIDEODROME. A man with a mechanical apparatus covering his head sits half-facing us, turned away from an array of televisions that display unsettling things. A disembodied (and possibly flayed) forearm and hand hold a blood-soaked gun that is merging into the hand. The muted palette and calm composition of the illustration amplify the eerie effect.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 5

Not disinterested, but this is it.

The Book of Solo Tales, part of the 40th Anniversary edition of the TALES OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS storytelling game. 5 of the 15 stories were written by Jennell Jaquays.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 4

May the 4th be with you.

The most famous photo of the Kent State Massacre. A teen woman (Mary Ann Vecchio) kneels, crying out in despair, over the face-down body of Kent State student Jeffery MIller.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· May 1

Quote with your vibe if you were a vampire.

The pokemon Snorelax, a large bearlike creature who is perpetually asleep. He has fangs protruding from his lower jaw and and claws on his hands and his adorable feets.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 24

SLINGS AND ARROWS Season 3.

Four actors dressed as Lear and his daughters sit around a small table; another man, the play's director, sits distractedly behind them.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 22

I am not good with a camera, and I am definitely not up to the challenge of photographing a band lit almost entirely from behind, but man o man was tonight's @tmbg.bsky.social show exactly what Nellorat and I both needed. Thanks to They, to WFUV, and to the Sparrow for making this possible.

A musical stage lit almost entirely in purple. A man named John sits behind an electronic piano at stage front. Behind him are a man named Marty playing a drum kit, a man named Dan playing a guitar, and far to the side another man named John singing. They Might, indeed, Be Giants.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 17

Screen shot from REPO MAN of Miller (Tracey Walter) and Otto (Emilo Estavez) talking next to a burn barrel. Miller ends a discussion by saying "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are."

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 17

What's your favorite Bible verse? (Wrong answers only.)

“I have come to die for your sins,” Jesus told a stooped figure passing him on the road.
“Then what am I to die for?” the old man asked.
Jesus took a smal] notebook from his pocket and copied the question.
“If I may have your name and address,” he said, “an answer will be sent to you.”

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 15

Panel from V FOR VENDETTA by Moore and Lloyd

V cradles Evey, who is collapsed into a fetal ball. He says, "The door of the cage is open, Evey. All that you feel is the wind from outside. Don't be afraid."

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 13

Ah, found my photo from November 2013.

A "Toynbee Tile"--a mosaic made up of adhesive linoleum, stuck to the road (or sidewalk) in midtown Manhattan.

This one reads

TOYNBEE IDEA
MOVIE 2001
RAiSE DEAD
PLANET JUPiTER

A real resurection is easy and proven by 1st caveman's first genera tool.
Lavtile alone --> Fed // or it dies

If a deranged street preacher had a font, this would be it

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 6

This summation from an NYR article on the French protofascist Marquis de Morès really hit me: "Clown Show" by Mark Lilla, March 26 2026 www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Even more, [these economic and social dislocations] open up opportunities for theatrical figures who are not driven by ideas at all, let alone principles, only by an insatiable need for attention and approbation and an instinctive sense of what will capture the public’s ephemeral imagination. These are the jokers in the pack each age gives us. They have no serious ideological lineage to trace, only the wreckage of things they have corrupted or destroyed trailing behind them.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 5

Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.

Publicity shot for 1977's short-lived science fiction parody QUARK. Richard Benjamin is seated in the middle of a crew of interstellar garbage collectors. He and two male-appearing crew are in blue worksuits; two female-appearing twins are in gold halters and short shorts; and a balding man to the far right wears a turtleneck and open jacket. A Robby-like robot stands behind them.

They are all smiling and it is cheesy in a way only low-budget 1970s sf could manage.

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Apr 3

Still my favorite funny.

Screenshot of an actual Tweet from the old days of Twitter.
HELLO FELLOW HUMAN TEENS I HEARD THE COOLEST PLACE FOR US TEENS TO HANG OUT IS ＴｈｅＣｏｌｏｓｓａｌＰｉｌｌａｒｏｆＷａｓｐＥｇｇｓ LETS GO DO NOT BRING WEAPONS
--pisscop, 2011-05-09

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Mar 24

Viz beat you to it.

A portrait of the Viz cartoon character Buster Gonad and His Unfeasibly Large Testicles.

He is a Don Martin-inspired cartoon man with a sizable nose, but one's attention is magnetically drawn to his scrotum, which proceed him in a wheelbarrow. Each bollock is significantly larger than his torso. The wheelbarrow squeaks from the load.

He cheerful exclaims, "Hi folks!"

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Mar 24

NEQUE: LAYING IN GLORA has been one of my favorite RPGs for decades! #neque #glora #runequest #glorantha

Kevin J. Maroney, he/him@womzilla· Mar 22

So what was everyone's book they read way too young?