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Three studies of a titmouse or a bearded reedling, by Pisanello. Today was his day.

Black and white comic strip panel dancing is walking up to Sluggo saying don't stand there slugo the FBI will get you sluggo is puzzled. Sluggo carries a big hammer over his shoulder. on the wall behind him is a poster advertising that the hardware store inside is selling Garden implements. it has a picture of a sickle on the poster the hammer and the sickle combine to make an iconic shape

Ernie Bushmiller, 1947

Apronni speaks further with the little bird, who is perched on his sill. APRONNI: You’re really THE bird! The little bird who tells people things! WOW! I hear about you all the time! This is incredible! BIRD (setting a straw hat jauntily upon his little bird head): Yeah, well, I got fifty thousand more tidbits to tell people before 9PM, so… APRONNI: Is it — JUST you? ALWAYS? There isn’t a little bird corps? You’re THE little bird? BIRD: I used to have a lizard and a raccoon helping me out too, but it muddled the brand. [CUT AWAY TO: A new man, Cuthbert, addresses his coworker] CUTHBERT: ’Morning, Jerbert! A weird raccoon told me your daughter’s about to graduate from kindergarten! JERBERT: You are never to talk TO or OF my family EVER AGAIN [BACK TO SCENE] APRONNI: Sure, I can see that. APRONNI: But WHY do you go around telling people things? What’s your angle? BIRD: Right now I’m just building up a dedicated user base. I’ll probably pivot to a freemium model later

A little bird told me there's a Part 2 to this storyline

Wondermark #1371; The Avian Informant (Part 2 of 2)

↩ Start from Part 1

A man in an apron, aptly named Apronni, addresses his coworker: APRONNI: JULIORA! A little bird told me it was your birthday next Wednesday! Juliora comes in to reply. JULIORA: A little bird? Like, a BIRD bird? TALKED to you? APRONNI: Yeah. Came to my window last night around eight. Now we see a little pigeon perched on the sill of an open window. Apparently Apronni lives in a barn, or something like a barn? It’s not entirely clear. BIRD: Pssst. Hey buddy. [Apronni enters.] She’s been looking at ski boots on Zappos. Do what you will with this information. Back in the office now, flashback over. JULIORA: Because I’VE seen a little bird too! It let me know when a Zumba class opened up in my area! ENTREBERT (entering with his hands held a pigeon’s width apart): A little bird? About yea big? Knows a lot about when jeans go on sale? Yeah, I’ve seen ‘I’m! APRONNI: I guess it must be the same little bird visiting everyone! Cut back to the bird, still on the windowsill. Part of the flashback from earlier? It’s not entirely clear. BIRD: I’m very tired

A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!

Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)

Marge at the dinner table talking to the kids. Marge: This town is a part of us all. A part of us all. A part of us all.

Marge: sorry to repeat myself, but it'll help you remember.

My Winnipeg (2007)

Jules Guerin, illustrations from Egypt and it’s Monuments, 1908

Jules Guerin, illustrations from Egypt and it’s Monuments, 1908

Abundance of fruit, plus monkeys, squirrel, & guinea pigs. All the animals are alive because it's Jan van Kessel II's pantry, and today is his day.

2/2 Another natural collection: Noah's Ark, 1660s, by Jan van Kessel the Younger totally copying his great-grandfather, my pal Jan Brueghel.

‘Stop emailing each other all the time you fucking idiots!’

Detail of a Woodwose, or wild man, from the Luttrell Psalter (c. 1330)

MFW I'm being arrested for enjoying a succulent Chinese meal and the copper knows his judo well

A comic in which we open on master artist, god amongst men, creator of Garfield, Jim Davis. He sits at a graphic tablet, drawing his latest masterpeice. There is a look of happiness on his face, but the way he is underlit by the screen tells us something is off. Jim says: "HA HA, 'DID YOU EAT MY LASAGNA,' HA HA" In the next panel we switch to Jim's POV and see what's on the tablet's screen. There is a full colour drawing of Garfield. Jim's hand, holding a stylus, is obscuring part of the image, as he writes in Not-Heathcliff's dialogue. All that is written is "SM" The next panel is the same view, but now the dialogue is complete, and Jim's hand isn't visible, allowing us to see the image --and dialogue-- in full: "SMITE THE NON-BELIEVERS, JIM... BUILD ME A THRONE OF THEIR SKULLS" Final panel. Jim looks as weirdly happy as ever, but now his face is beaded in sweat. There is a beat, before he quietly says "y-yes... master"

2/2 Countess's husband, in his curling-papers, sips his morning chocolate. Possibly the most ridiculous-looking man in 18th-century painting. Or ever. Well done, William Hogarth, & happy birthday!.JPG

Wow, Correggio's Io!

Baroque childbearing customs (& seriously exhausted mom) in 1629 Birth of the Virgin by Francisco de Zurbarán, himself born on this day in 1598. Pregnant patron at right, I'm thinking.

Storm at sea whale: eagerly awaiting scraps this ship may soon become. Fantastic rendering by Joos de Momper, 1610. It's his day today.

Cinerama Dome, My Neighbor Totoro premiere, May 1993

What if

Rightly

An array of meat, cheese, bread, and fruit are laid out on a table as a maid peers in through a window

Delightfully weird painting.

[Wolfgang Heimbach, Breakfast table with Kitchen Maid behind Window, 1670, 69.5 cm (27.3 in) x 84.5 cm (33.2 in) (Kassel, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel)]

Nana Visitor put her foot down about any possibility of romance between the characters (not that I believe it was ever that seriously considered) which she was absolutely right to.

Konfederacja już na salonach - Wolnelewo Konfederacja została znormalizowana. Spora część mainstreamu mocno nad tym pracowała. 47,1 proc. popiera scenariusz, w którym Konfederacja po […]

"III RP wydała z siebie zatruty owoc. To mainstream odpowiada za kształtowanie opinii: media, szkoły, „autorytety”, kler i tak dalej".

wolnelewo.pl/konfederacja...

I love youtube's deep archival trove of just, stuff. This would make me mad if I wasn't just so goddamn tired.

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.

32 years ago today, Homer Simpson was force fed all the donuts in the world while in Hell. “Treehouse of Horror IV” first aired October 28, 1993.

One of Hendrick's favorite painting venues: the Oude Kerk in Delft, here in 1670. Kids playing. Dog waiting for some action. Today is Hendrick van Vliet's day.

RIP Prunella Scales, dying on John Cleese birthday feels very Sybil of her

RIP Prunella Scales, what a legend. People are focusing on how brilliant and funny she was and that's right, she was. But I need people to also remember that Sybil Fawlty was also so hot. Basil was lucky.

The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.