Please Stop Trigger Tagging With #epilepsy Tw/cw/warning/etc.

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Been thinking about things that make me mad and AI is near the top of my list at the moment.

i will never be against piracy ever but i also need physical media to remain

The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices is OPEN!!! comicsdevices.com

An online library of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art.

Happy Halloween! I'm really excited to be finally launching* what is maybe one of my most ambitious, largest work yet. This online library is the next phase of a research project that began in May 2020, when I first mused on how comics as a field doesn't have a resource that catalogues devices used in the medium. Like, theatre has devices, so does literature, and film! So why shouldn't comics? I always had an interest in comics studies and analysis. I love reading, making and thinking comics. However most of my knowledge was intuitive - I learned comics from osmosis and experience. This is true for many of my peers. Speaking about comics as a creator is hard, because we don't have a robust system of language. When we had to speak, many of us tend to reach for the language developed for film by film practitioners. If there is language specific to comics, it's either scattered in multiple blogs or hidden away in academic journals. The Comics Devices library is meant to aggregate everything and everybody into a single hub! After exploring some multiple resources, alongside some original, independent research, here is the first edition! * The Comics Devices project is still a work-in-progress! It's not final, nor will it ever be. This is why I am seeking contributors to help build this library. Translations, comics examples, etc. There is a lot of work to do! If you are interested, reply to this post or submit an expression of interest on this page.  Have fun everyone!! (Now time for me to melt x_x)

I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

Lines from Gilligan's Island that live in my head rent-free on a weekly if not daily basis even when I'm not actively watching the show:

• *shoots the gun* "HALT or I'll SHOOT- oh hi Skipper!"

• "I just want an eensy, weensy piece of rope"

"How big is this eensy, weensy piece of rope?"

"6 feet"

• "Hi Gillig-"

"NO NO NO NO NO NO-"

• "Need more magic POWDER!"

• "Remember Gilligan, mum's the word"

"Hello Gilligan!"

"Mum"

"Don't be ridiculous, Gilligan, I'm not your mum!"

• "But Skipper I can't be on camera because if I'm on camera the whole world is gonna see it and if the whole world sees it then the whole United States is gonna see it and if the whole United States sees it then my hometown is gonna see it and if my hometown sees it then my brother is gonna see it and if my brother sees it, he'll punch me 'cause I'm wearing his shirt"

• "But before you go I have a little something for you"

"A chrysanthemum?"

"No, a .45 chrysanthemum"

• "I WON'T BE YOUR PUPPET I WON'T BE YOUR PUPPET"

• "If I'm not telling the truth may lightning strike!"

*lightning strikes just then*

• "What am I thinking about now, Gilligan?"

"You're thinking about a Hawaiian girl in a grass skirt- *disgusted* oh, Skipper!!"

• "FREEEESH FIIISH"

• *in a bad Dracula voice* "Hello, I am the VAMpire"

• "We don't have an alcove, you SHNOOK"

• "Crossing the English Channel was devilishly hard you see, it was take one step and come up for air and then take another step and come up for air-"

• "Don't I get a tip?"

"How much does 1+1 make, kid?"

*holds up two fingers* "Two?"

*sticks a cigar in between his fingers*

• every song from the Hamlet episode but particularly the Toreador March ("Neither a borrower nor a lender be" etc.)

• and of course just the way Gilligan says "SKIP-PEEEEEEER!" and "PROFESSOOOOOR!"

conceptualizing a story about a school delinquent named Peachi-Keen who has to keep up a reputation as a Tough Guy while also trying to secretly grapple with the fact that he's a genius player at a game called "Cool Chess"

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

In light of the recent Gravity Falls content, while I’m completely fine with not having a season 3 (especially since I don’t believe we will get one)

something I wish we could’ve had (or maybe GET since they’re much smaller in comparison to full on episodes) were Dipper’s Guide to the Unexplained/Mabel’s guide to everything featuring Ford.

like for one I think Dipper would be off the rails excited to have a recorded investigation with Ford while trying to hunt/observe some paranormal activity, and we could see how their different approaches to adventuring could effect the video and all.

and then on the other hand, I just wanna see Ford and Mabel bond somehow. I just need more content of them. Underrated duo for me, gimme more of these two interacting.

well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.