The Sense of Distance: Japan versus the American Midwest JoJo’s seventh story arc, Steel Ball Run, involves a race across America, but I knew that undertaking that journey by myself in one single trip would have been impossible. Instead, I split up the research into three sections: from the West Coast to the deserts, from the Great Plains to the Mississippi River and Chicago, and to the finish line in New York. Each region possesses its own culture and is home to different types of people. Without going there for yourself, it’s impossible to comprehend the feeling of scale in the midwestern United States, where the scenery stretches on forever and unchanging. The feeling of distance there is nothing like Japan. Say, for example, an enemy is approaching from afar -- at such a distance that escape would be trivial in Japan. In the Midwest, the open landscape remains identical from one hour to the next, and I was struck by the real sense that I could never make an escape from such an adversary; there was simply nowhere to hide. I was able to put that experience to good use when it came time to draw the manga. Travel there is mostly done by car. When you drive across those vast plains, the scenery is mostly devoid of any ups and downs, and is dotted only by the occasional town with nothing to claim but chain stores, seemingly little to provide amusement aside from watching movies, and you hardly ever see anyone else about. Rather than inspire thoughts of enjoying nature, it felt empty and lifeless and made me wonder if there was any fun to living there at all. A kind of atmosphere hung over these places that felt rich for suspense.

I often think about Araki's description of the Midwest from his time here doing research for Steel Ball Run. I think he nailed it.

The Vision of Escaflowne (1996-1997): An elegant anime illustration featuring two anthropomorphic feline female figures in profile, gazing upward with serene expressions. The upper figure has a golden-blonde mane, leopard-spotted facial markings, pointed ears, and green eyes, while the lower figure has sleek silver-grey skin, darker striped patterns, sharp features, and piercing green eyes. Both have long flowing hair and red lips, surrounded by large vibrant yellow flowers with green leaves and stems that frame their faces and necks.

The Vision of Escaflowne (1996-1997) key illustration of Eriya and Naria by Nobuteru Yūki.

digital colored sketch of sin kiske from guilty gear jumping into the air holding his flag across his shoulders and smiling. his flag has been replaced with a trans flag.

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fighting games are meeting up with a pal and playing a set and screaming at the interactions that only the two of you will ever see, sportwashing will never take that away

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everyone I know in their 20s always talks about how old they are and everyone I know in their 30s talks about how they're either a child, an animal, a doll, or some combination of the above.

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sea angel fursona dressed as reimu hakurei and stoat fursona dressed as marisa kirisame

for wife

four panel comic about a person who can't fall asleep and the creature under their bed, sharing thoughts

3am

Maetel Galaxy Express 999 Sketch #skeb
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in only white, black & orange -- robed white deer figure with a bite mark on its throat looks down & clasps the face of a collared black (&orange) dog figure.. the grasp makes its face appear to be grinning showing its teeth the dog has averted its eyes to the viewer

nurture

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Sherlock Hound is a gem. Hayao Miyazaki built an idea from an Italian studio into a brilliant adventure series.

It was a turning point in his career, and his last TV show. Behind it were clashing visions, young talent and lots of money, as we explore:
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There's someone in a full Rei suit playing in a JP GGST tournament, that's amazing.

Rei lost the match and immediately got consolation head pats from Giovanna, you can't make this up 🥹🥹

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"On Being Mid and Internet Brainworms"

Trying to get back into the writing habit with some lightweight blogging. This one is about treating hobbies as hobbies.

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While I sympathize, this is wrong. If you’re bad at a thing you like, you have the most surface area left to explore through the journey of improvement, so in every way that truly matters, “being dogshit” at anything is its own form of wealth. You just need a more positive perspective to see it.

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#darkstalkers #capcom #fanart
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A comic. 1: 1987 10-year old Jaq (in the form of a blobbly li'l male person) draws a Garfield & thinks "I wanna be a world-famous cartoonist! 2: 1995 18-year old Jaq (same blobby male, a bit more desheveled) drawing a comic page taped to a drafting table thinking "I wanna be a fairly well-known comic artist" 3: 2002 25-year old Jaq (looking quite desheveled) drawing more & thinking "I wanna marginally get by in comics" 4: 2013 36-year old Jaq, surrounded by comic pages, drinking Rum from the bottle, looking defeated "I wanna not become entirely irrelevant, forgotten, and destroyed by comics." 5: 2017 40-year old Jaq in a blobby crumpled hear surrounded by pages & liquor bottles "I wanna die" 6: 2019 42-yr old Jaq, still a blobby male but a li'l more cleaned up, next to a recycling bin full of liquor bottles "I wanna be... a girl??" 7: 2023 46-year old Jaq, now a full-figure, non-blobby lady, mellow & smiling "I wanna be a bunny"

I wanna be *now with alt text*

a pine marten surrounded by coffee cups

who gave her coffee

Strawberry Cream Soda 🍓

drink piece for @vinnychops.bsky.social <3

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