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wesleyallsbrook: Made around the end of April/ beginning of May...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:39:18 -0400

Made around the end of April/ beginning of May for Tina Connolly’s Old Dead Futures, an upcoming short story for Tor.com. Elements of this piece (the story, not the illustration) reminded me of Looper in that there-are-decisions-you-can-make-as-a-young-man-seeing-your-future-that-you-can’t-make-from-the-perspective-of-that-future kind-of way. And I love it when seemingly helpless protagonists manage to save themselves. Go read it when it comes out for Tor.com’s 5th birthday. Many thanks to Irene for always sending me the best SF!

swagjustice: pulitzerprincess: looks like some of y’all will...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:07:38 -0400

swagjustice:

pulitzerprincess:

looks like some of y’all will have a little problem next year

#why blaze it when you can praise it

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:05:41 -0400

filharmagic: WHY DO FANDOM BLOGGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT “HIPSTER” BLOGGERS ANYWAYS LIKE “HIPSTER”...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:01:49 -0400

filharmagic: WHY DO FANDOM BLOGGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT “HIPSTER” BLOGGERS ANYWAYS LIKE “HIPSTER”...

if i could give one piece of art advice to people it'd be

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:38 -0400

pollums: quit being so fucking corny

Let's play 'Tumblr 20 Questions'. The next 20 questions I get, I'll answer honestly.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:55:25 -0400

jimcheungart: Infinity #1 p21 - Layout and Pencils My process...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:57:43 -0400

jimcheungart:

Infinity #1 p21 - Layout and Pencils

My process in producing a page of artwork. The layout is approx 3” tall, and is enlarged to full 11”x17” size so I can lightbox it onto the final board.

herochan: I lost this round… riser: A good friend is someone...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:49:45 -0400

herochan:

I lost this round…

riser: A good friend is someone who will smack you down off your pedestal when necessary.

In my defense, I was still high off seeing Man of Steel when I wrote this, and was quoting someone else.

In Nick’s defense, I was seriously really high off seeing Man of Steel. It was a wicked and deserved burn that left a scar. Here’s a pic.

mattfractionblog: bendiswordsforpictures: The visual...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:40:31 -0400

mattfractionblog:

bendiswordsforpictures:

The visual linguistics of a comic book page

Inside Science recently wrote about the study by UCSD’s Neil Cohn, Navigating Comics, which looks at the underlying structure of the comics language:

People who read the English written word scan text from left to right. Once our eyes hit the end of the page, we stop. Then ding!, like an old-time typewriter, our eyes shift downward and snap back to the left to start reading the next line. This is known as a “Z-path,” as our eyes whip about like the end of Zorro’s sword.

But that linear track gets derailed in comics with complex layouts and Cohn wanted to know if experienced readers had strategies to follow along.

Cohn rustled up 145 participants at the 2004 Comic-Con International, a comic book convention held in San Diego. Participants had varying experience with reading comics, ranging from “never” to “often.”

Each participant was given a booklet containing 12 pages of blank panels. Each page was independent of the rest and used different design techniques.

Read More →

I met Neil Cohn outside of the old Comic Relief; Rory Root introduced us. Neil had literally just come from getting his monograph EARLY WRITINGS ON VISUAL LANGUAGE back from the printer. He gave Rory and I a copy each — we spoke on the street for a few minutes and I walked away with a head full of stars. That book, along with Ben Saunders’, Charles Hatfield’s Kirby book, and a few others I’m sure I could think up if I paused to stop typing long enough, are must have, must read, must learns if you’re a comics-obsessed, form-and-function-obsessed, process-obsessed maniac like me. That he’s continued to explore the way we read comics — and writes about it on his blog — delights me to no end. He has no reason to remember the meeting, but it was one of those chance street encounters that changed my life.

Thanks, Neil. And, once again — thanks, Rory.

(EDIT: the essay referred to in the link above is here)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:32:08 -0400

joequinones: mayeko: Starfire design I’ve been pondering about...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:12:57 -0400

joequinones:

mayeko:

Starfire design I’ve been pondering about for a little while.

I read about her origins a while ago and apparently she was designed to be a sort of Red Sonja from space, which just made me think of Dejah Thores and then belly dancers for some reason, so I just rolled with it.

Q: wouldn’t that gauzy translucent fabric rip a lot or catch fire?

A: No, it’s special fabric made of Fuck You fiber from planet It’s A Comic.

I do what I want.

LOVE Maya’s design here. LOVE. IT.

things i learned in school:

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:45:54 -0400

cipherpol9: a lot actually thanks school

kryptons-last-son: Kenneth Rocafort’s cover for...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:44:30 -0400

kryptons-last-son:

Kenneth Rocafort’s cover for Batman/Superman.

Batman in the light and Supes in the shadows. Interesting.

whatisthiseverything: neopetneglect: marvel Fucking—

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:39:58 -0400

whatisthiseverything:

neopetneglect:

marvel

^Fucking—

iamjoemeyer: queenofthebadgers: wagrobanite: think-progress: ...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:27:59 -0400

iamjoemeyer:

queenofthebadgers:

wagrobanite:

think-progress:

Members of Congress are living off food stamps for a week to protest Republican cuts. It’s a challenge for them, but GOP cuts would hurt millions of everyday Americans.

Why does this not have more publicity. This needs it!

I’ve been saying they need to do this for so long.

If only the Repulblicans would do this, the fuckers.

us government: accidentally likes your pic from 2009

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:26:34 -0400

us government: *accidentally likes your pic from 2009*

shiftingpath: mr-mercutio: snakewife: thegeek531: The power...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:43:32 -0400

shiftingpath:

mr-mercutio:

snakewife:

thegeek531:

The power of D&D.

…this is totally going to be us tonight, isn’t it?

Path, Sage, this is us at EVERY SINGLE DAMN GAME that Josh runs.

I’m the guy who isn’t in the scene but is weeping miserably off to the side

ghostfishkrillah:

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:27:11 -0400

ghostfishkrillah:

jason-peeta-todd: [singular] y’all [plural] all y’all

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:06:33 -0400

jason-peeta-todd: [singular] y’all [plural] all y’all

ismaelsobek: Me and some good friends from high school are...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:44:43 -0400

ismaelsobek:

Me and some good friends from high school are starting a new, nonprofit theatre troupe here in Austin. We’re hoping to put on two shows this summer: The Hands of its Enemy, a drama about a Deaf playwright and her recovering alcoholic director; and Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a sidesplitter about the end of an (extremely) dysfunctional relationship.

We’re moving fast and working hard already, but we need some dough to pay for royalties, a set, costumes, publicity, and all the other adult things.

Fund us on Kickstarter.