CHAINSAW WHO
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CHAINSAW WHO
it feels malicious?!
LIKE!!! THIS IS THE KIND OF TRAILER THAT SHOULD BE PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND OF A SIMPSONS EPISODE
the trailers before hoppers really messed with me though.
(1) movie about a dad taking care of his kids while his wife travels for work (gasp). hijinks ensue. what year is it
(2) animated feature about toys being usurped by ipads. let this franchise die
(3) the fucking animal farm adaptation
elio & hoppers felt like a duo for me. two exceptionally weird movies about obsessive outcasts who step into new identities, with late-story moments that will probably scare your five-year-old
Screencap from the Star Wars scene where Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Anakin that he was supposed to be the chosen one.
me @ several major news outlets
Blind Alley No. 386
ah bless!
readers often ask 'whats the best way to support an author?' and while there are MANY ways to do this, the most powerful is clear: PREORDER THE AUTHORS BOOK. i will go into why, but first please consider taking the briefest moment to preorder FABULOUS BODIES: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
thank you. ANGEL.
gmail's automatic email summarizer, which i never asked for and cannot opt out of, is misgendering me. i am going to strangle a computer
me: nobody email me. I have enough tasks. I cannot do one more thing
also me: CHARMANDER, IS YOUR HOME COMFORTABLE?? WHO NEEDS NEW LOGS?? BRB WATERING FIVE ACRES OF BARREN LAND
Lol I love it
βNo,β said Frog.
The βcow toolsβ Far Side comic: a cow stands stoically behind a table, on which an assortment of objects are placed. One of them resembles a saw. There is a barn in the background.
Yes yes yes!!
GARY LARSONβS CHAINSAW MAN
Iβm really enjoying it!! Both as an author and as a parent looking for playtime tips, haha.
Book cover: The Grammar of Fantasy by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe, translated from Italian by Jack Zipes. Cover illustration is a colorful, textural depiction of a child in white cloak walking past a giantβs foot; snakes, fish, a rabbit, and dragons lurk nearby. Eerie but friendly at the same time.
Chapter header from The Grammar of Fantasy: 38. The Child Who Reads Comics Illustration of a child hidden behind a large comic book with simplified shapes, eyes, and a mouth for panels.
Excerpt from The Grammar of Fantasy: books, new inventions are often added to the basic sounds, and these, too, must be deciphered. The entire course of the story must be reconstructed in the imagination, combining the signals provided by the captions, dialogue, and onomatopoeia with those given by the drawings and color, so that the many loose threads of the plot can be mentally tied together into a single, continuous thread. And it is the reader who makes sense of everything: the personality of the characters, who are not described, but shown in action; the relationships between them, which result from the plot and its developments; even the action itself, which is revealed to the reader only through jumps and fragments. For a child of six or seven years, comic books seem to me sufficiently demanding work, rich with logical and imaginative operations, regardless of the value and content of the comic book, which is not at issue here. When reading a comic, the imagination of the child does not passively assist; rather, it is urged to take a position, to analyze and synthesize, to classify and decide. There is no room here for absentminded daydreams, not while the mind is engaged in such complex attention and the imagination is called upon to fulfill its most noble functions. To venture to say that up to a certain point, the child's principal interest in comic books is not determined by their content, but is tied directly to the form and substance of the comics themselves, as a means of expression. The child wants to master the technique of the comic strip. That's it. She reads comic books in 238
Continued excerpt from The Grammar of Fantasy. order to learn how to read comic books, to understand their rules and conventions. She enjoys the efforts of her own imagination, more than the adventures of the characters. She plays with her own mind, not with the story. It may well be high-handed to separate things so clearly in this way. But the effort of distinguishing between them is worth it if the distinction helps us not to underestimate the child, and the underlying seriousness and moral engagement that she brings to everything she does. Everything else about comics has already been said, for better or for worse, and I won't bother you by repeating it.
did not expect this chapter! I especially love:
βWhen reading a comic, the imagination of the child does not passively assist; rather, it is urged to take a position, to analyze and synthesize, to classify and decide.β
(and also the eternal nature of βcomics ? for kids ????β discourse lmao)
Another hour and a half talk with unhinged slideshow: complete
H.R. 7661 would harm so many publishers, authors, and readers. Only the smallest sliver of human experience would make it onto shelves. If you think kids deserve the world, you are against this bill - please read this article and call your reps.
Politicians crying that they're just "protecting the children" while doing the exact opposite is nothing new, but if this becomes law it could effectively end the careers of some of you favorite queer creators (including mine!)
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Protect the Freedom to Read in Massachusetts
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Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661
Graphic Novel Preview: Exposures by Lily Williams β MacKids School & Library
#GraphicMedicine
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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
1) whimsy
2) tunes
No I will not stop hoping to see furries from Anthrocon in the Pitt