I'm just going to pin this post and use it to find weird tags that I have inexplicably written on something, mostly for my own gratification, but if any of you wonderful weirdos wanna look, feel free

Maxed out original post, adding more in reblog, go me

And again!

And another

I will never get over the inequality that men’s jackets have inside pockets and women’s jackets don’t. 

Amen.

I have nowhere to put my sonic screwdriver.

or my fake fbi badge

Or my pocket magnifying glass

or my wand

or my psychic paper

Or my precious

I lost it at my precious

so did smeagol

House of Worth | c.1897– Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess Greffulhe was renowned for her audacious taste which is reflected in this exotic emerald and blue cut velvet tea gown. She often wore shades of green and blue to enhance her auburn hair. #whattheywore #historicalfashion #fashion #fashiondesign #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #vintagefashion #art #vintage #historicfashion #defunctfashion #historicalfashion #costume #costumedesign #couture #costumehistory #victorianfashion #velvet #charlesfrederickworth #houseofworth #victorian

“Useless but Unstoppable” Pin // owlapin

@bunjywunjy I feel like this sums up your weird biology post perfectly

I’m not sure I’d call a fish that can stop a container ship dead in the water ‘useless’ but this is really cute

I forgot to link it, but you can find the Weird Biology post on these dudes here

My grandpa was in a gang called the “pretty boys” and they had leather jackets with “pretty boys” studded on the back. They didn’t even do anything they just stood around and looked pretty. My only sure goal in life is to keep this legacy alive

Vintage Thierry Mugler Spring 1990 Rainbow Leather Jacket

Mads Mikkelsen by Ashley Olah for GQ Hype

— Hating Comic Sans is Ableist by Lauren Hudgins on The Establishment.  (via ashariajade)

This is from January, but still very relevant as in-shop sales continue to be pretty abysmal. I was that reader, pulling upwards of 30 books a month 2 and 3 years ago. And that tapered off to zero last year. 

“The most disturbing trend involves established readers who have sufficient disposable income that they can afford to buy what they like to read. A significant portion of these readers are trimming their title lists by 50% or more because they don’t enjoy the current output. When a dedicated DC customer who was buying EVERY New 52 title in 2011 and 2012 is now buying no DC titles, or a dedicated Avengers/Captain America/Iron Man/Thor customer has dropped all of these series, it’s troubling.”

Lolllllll. They deserve every drop. Fuckers.

Corporation *produces something that the audience does not need, want, or enjoy*

Audience: I do not want this tasteless poison for my mind.

Corporation: You will not give us your money?

Audience: No. You have nothing to offer. Nothing that I need, want, or enjoy.

Corporation *dares to be offended*

Buy what you LIKE TO READ.

When I read articles about how “fandom is broken”, how we fans think we can demand whatever we want, I’m always astonished. Isn’t that… how it’s SUPPOSED to work? We, the consumers, buy what we like, not what we’re force-fed.

And when we consumers make a statement that we collectively don’t like something by not buying it, instead of bitching about how no one’s buying, maybe try to produce something that WILL sell. How is that not the natural order of commerce?

I mean, we comics fans are TELLING Marvel and DC what we want, but they keep insisting, NO, you want THIS, so why aren’t you buying it?

^ This is exactly what blows my mind. I actually saw another comics fan suggest it’s the fans fault comics sales are failing. That’s not…how this works…dude. People WILL buy things they want and no one is fucking obligated to buy something that they don’t want and isn’t enjoyable. If I bought a product, brought it home, and it fell to pieces in my hands and didn’t work at all as it was suggested, or simply didn’t suit the purpose I needed it for…people would think me stupid for just buying the same product again. And again. Expecting something different. 

Artistic integrity matters and of course they are free to make whatever art they want…but if one is also trying to sell that art as a product, it complicates matters, and you have to take into account what buyers want. It being an ongoing/shared universe further complicates matters because you need to keep the stories and characters recognizable. You can’t just swap things in and out that don’t fit and then tell consumers they’re full of shit for noticing. We know when we’re being played, and being lied to, and we’re under zero obligation to just passively accept whatever they dish out. This isn’t what I want. It’s not fun for me. So I’m not buying it, or reading it. The end.

Right? I mean, take the publishing world, for example, since it’s what I’m more familiar with. Yes, authors are encouraged to write whatever they want and to have their own voices, but most publishers will usually not take a chance on something that isn’t already selling or expected to take off shortly. Something that isn’t marketable. Because the market drives the content, in most cases.

Because that’s how it works.

If an author wants to write something that’s not accepted as easily marketable, they are free to write it anyway and self-pub it on Amazon or whatever, but they KNOW the sales won’t be spectacular unless miraculous lightening strikes. Or they write fanfiction, where no expectation of money comes into it, and people either read or don’t read, as they wish.

Why would comics, which is as much about the story as the pictures, be any different? Why do they think we, the consumers, should just buy what we’re given and be happy about it? That is NOT how entertainment media works.

Even Hollywood is starting to realize that, and they are glacially slow on the social uptake.

Very well said. And I’m so tired of people making excuses for these companies making shit decisions and instead blaming the fans for being too picky. If it’s not enjoyable it’s JUST NOT ENJOYABLE we actually do WANT to enjoy and buy these things. But if it’s endless disappointment, we’re gonna start looking elsewhere, or stick with older canon, or fanworks, or indie books. We’re just not that desperate that we’ll take literally anything AND like it. 

Kerry Callen Appreciation Post

Kerry Callen is a comic artist and blogger who draws parodies and comics in the style of old comic books. You’re probably familiar with a few of his works.

And of course, the iconic

I’ve seen a lot of his comics around on tumblr but never credited back to him and I just discovered he is the source so I’m posting this appreciation post here.

Here’s his blog

Read more comics like this at smbc-comics.com

Like this comic? Buy the print! 

Ramen are one of the best confort foods.

Food Baby, my 42 pages, full color zine, is available for individual sale ! 

Inside you’ll find recipe comics, food related journal comics, eggs adventures and a exclusive introduction comic.

I hope you’ll consider it ! 

Excellent tips!

This is part of my webcomic Postcards in Braille, which you can read on ComicFury orTapastic. Updates on Mondays!

Tumblr seemed to like my comic guide to Braille so I decided to upload this one as well - a couple of tips on being a human guide! (also known as a sighted guide, but a blind person can also be a human guide so that’s more fitting). This comic is actually a couple months older than the Braille one, but I still like it.  Educational comics are super fun! if there’s anything you’re interested in I’m always open to suggestions :)

This is the same man.

This works quite nicely at debunking the “beefcake guys in comics are objectified for women just like women in comics are for men!”, imo.  On the left: a magazine tailored for a male audience, showing him in full beefcake-type mode with headlines about how you, too, can look like this.  On the right: a magazine tailored for a female audience, which has a headline about romance and shows him looking more or less like a normal dude.

Tell me again how comic book guys are designed for female sexual enjoyment, completely equivalent to anatomically-improbable spines and giant tits with their own individual centers of gravity, and totes aren’t just male power fantasies.

COMMENTARY

This is very important. Look at the difference there - LOOK. Every time some comic-reading shitlord comes to me when I complain about how women are treated in comic art, I want them to LOOK AT THIS and then come back to me and say that shit with a straight face. Cause I’m telling you - Ripped McBullBody isn’t for us. It never, ever was.

Happy Eid ul-Adha(or Bakrid, or Eid Mubarak) to any people of the Muslim faith this year! This is for 6/29/2023

woman yelling at cat meme but make it ancient greek red figure pottery

From ancient to abstract, this one sure got around.

Japanese one made no sense to me until I finally saw the “sale sale/sasa lele” version. セール　セール。 But then it’s a meme so it has to be misspelled?  🤷‍♂️

tHERE ARE MEMES IN THOSE HIEROGLYPHICS

Ohhhhhhh…. Chinese and greek are my favourite, but there is more!

𖤐 WHAT ARE THE MEMES IN THE HEIROGLYPHS??? I MUST KNOW 𖤐

this duck LOVES pink drink

@todaysbird

@androidboy

a study i did because i realized idk how to draw environments at all LMAO

STOP SCROLLING THIS IS A PAINTING

had a surreal experience at work this morning. i was the only person on the floor when we opened and a customer came over and was like "do you mind if i ask you for help with something?" and when i jokingly said "i don't think you have much of a choice to be honest" he replied "we always have a choice" and then we both just stood there opposite each other like rival wizards of light and dark for several moments.

it literally felt like this