Ben Blacker

Andy Paley, the decade-long musical director for @thrillingadv.bsky.social, has passed. Andy was an immense talent as a songwriter, producer + musician. We were a footnote in his incredible career, but he never treated us that way. rockcellarmagazine.com/andy-paley-d...

New Bond gonna be from Chicago too.

The only celebrity I want giving political takes: deadline.com/2025/02/reac...

Live show is sold out but you can watch streaming/on demand and still support @wgfoundation.bsky.social! watch.thirdbest.tv/products/wgf...

We’re putting on a little show. Hope you can watch. www.wgfoundation.org/events/all/2...

Hi, I put a couple of comic books up on ebay. Maybe you wanna buy them? DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL #0 Shea Hardacre Variant, CGC graded 9.8 www.ebay.com/itm/32729508...

Say what you will about this president but in his first term we were afraid of air and this time we’re just terrified of lettuce.

Happy halftime. What are you doing after the game? Maybe come out to this show (LA) or stream it at your home (wherever that is)? If you love comedy, The Pitt, Insecure, Obsession, Castle, whatever Justin Kirk is up to it’s for you. Lookit that cast! calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

A good new Writers Panel today with LUCKY showrunner CASSIE PAPPAS. We talk about movies that inspired the tone of Lucky, Lucky's emotional guts, getting weird with the writers, whether or not you need to live in LA to work in TV + more. benblacker.substack.com/p/cassie-pap...

In today's Re:Writing, I urge you new writers with strong feature scripts to enter them into the Nicholl Fellowship. You can do it via the @wgfoundation.bsky.social and it's well worth your effort. Read about it here: benblacker.substack.com/p/submit

In today's Writers Panel, @owendennis.com returns to talk about AMONG US, conveying tone, discovering theme, deconstructing tropes, dueling arcs, the line from Star Wars that unlocked everything + more. Listen: benblacker.substack.com/p/owen-denni...

The Pitt.

Comics fans. Boys fans. I have listed THE BOYS #1-10 all CGC graded over on electronic-bay: www.ebay.com/itm/32716949... Own ten pieces of comics history (including one variant cover!).