07.03.2026 19:35
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nose started running an hour or two ago. I better FUCKING not be sick AGAIN
looking at the list of Sakuracon meetups and EVERY TIME I do I misread "Gachiakuta" as "gachimuchi"
don't forget the Tandy
You can tell when i'm watching a comedy-drama because i stop laughing sometimes
friend posted this draw your fave characters template and spent the day having fun with it
oooh that Koike Lupin
"Ah! Comic books!!"
moral of the story: comics are cool
BUT ultimately ig the meme supports McCloud's point w/r/t comics and engagement: with a cartoon you read and 'hear' your own voice, despite being drawn as a bespectacled dark-haired man he's largely abstracted... this and more allows (invites?) readers to insert their own personas into the scenario
(I feel this most prominently with cosplay where I prefer to subsume myself into the character. Not that I LARP or am a screen-accuracy absolutist, more to where it functions as an interpretation of the work. I don't tend to inject my personal style and don't like doing transition skits)
I'm sure some of this is a "me thing" – though I've certainly been active in fan spaces I've never been one to engage with comics by making self-inserts, OCs, 'sonas, reading "y/n" fics... media I love is something I engage with externally without directly inserting myself in its narrative/function
(can't speak for McCloud, of course, but,) my read of the original two-panel was always that it's meant to be more than a little self-effacing and understated, so it's interesting how extremely designed, expressive, "look at me!" BOTH images are in most meme redraws
Not that that's a bad thing...
fascinating how "simple style"/"like this" took off even though that phrase doesn't make much sense out of context...tho the book is SO dense and constantly building upon itself that even sharing 8× the panel count still feels like I'm posting stuff "out of context"...!
cracked open "Understanding Comics" again bc of trends and had to stop myself from rereading the whole thing cover-to-cover. still as absolutely fascinating, insightful, and enthralling as when I first read it over a decade ago.
I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.
the Steven Universe drive-by just when you think the bit has ended is what makes this truly supreme
FACE/OFF!!!!!
ye another friend recommended I try him so perhaps I will give the big bot a look
unfortunately I have lost my Zarya skills. or maybe the meta has shifted. either way I need a tank to git gud at
Yo, microphone check one, two, what is this? The five foot assassin with the roughneck business I float like gravity, never had a cavity ("Buggin’ Out", A Tribe Called Quest)
getting back into overwatch. love to play boostio and feel eight-year-old muscle memory reactivate as I run wild over everyone
low to mid budget japanese sci-fi movies and anime from the late 80s through to the late 90s is without a doubt the second best place to hear the door opening sound effect from Aliens
[Sean Kingston voice:]
surprised how much I like this cover
months after Christmas and the SNL "do you beliEeEeEve I'm Black Santa Claus" bit is still leaping unbidden into my head
She can do magic
She can have anything that she desires
Magic
And you know she's the one that can put out the fire
