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Illustration of a drag king cat, and a drag queen cat. Text reads, ‘stop drag bans’
here’s a bird’s eye view of my comic Eyan Eternal
For people who don’t know what it is. Bc I think some of you might find it’s right up your alley. Well this is an updated one anyway. I do actually have a volume of this out in print right now, but the low def, basic version is online and complete, and tbh, I just want people to read it. I took almost two years to complete this and quite literally poured every waking moment (after work and when I wasn’t fixing stuff in my house) into this to try and finish it.
Ahem
Here is one of these at a glance things!
If that’s enough to intrigue you, take a look at my chapter masterpost which has convenient links to every chapter post so you don’t have to go figuring out where they are and what order they go in!: https://www.tumblr.com/featureenvyproductions/717516139934154752/eyan-eternal-tumblr-chapter-masterpost?source=share
If you like it and want to support me you can also buy a copy of the first print volume, which collects chapters 1-5 and has a smidge of bonus content (only available in the US right now, but that’s not going to be forever, and I’m working on an e-book as well): https://www.etsy.com/FeatureEnvy/listing/1447399615/eyan-eternal?utm_source=Copy&utm_medium=ListingManager&utm_campaign=Share&utm_term=so.lmsm&share_time=1683565699335
And now here is a more detailed break down if you need more info than that…
*Jonathan Frakes asks you things meme voice* have you ever wondered what you’d find if you REALLY lived forever?
Well, meet Eyan, an immortal vampire.
He’s slowly finding out the answer to that question…
…And it appears to be unbearable isolation.
Eons into the distant future, when most stars have faded in the night sky and the cosmic event horizon has confined any remaining beings to an isolated pocket of the universe, Eyan roams interstellar space in a repurposed generation ship in search of anything that could be considered alive/sentient in the way he is.
So far, he’s out of luck.
That is until he runs into an unexpected former rival on a remote planet - Zero, a sentient android he never expected to be the only other person left alive.
Well. That is, if either of them can really be considered “alive”. What does that mean anyway, when the humans who defined what it means to be alive are all gone?
This is something they’ll have to explore and define for themselves as they attempt to set aside their myriad of differences and try to work together on one of the few ways left to escape the dark fate of ultimate isolation - The Grand Encoder, a machine that can upload minds to a special medium - if it even works for them anyway. In the process, they slowly come to accept that maybe they’d had each other all wrong and weren’t seeing the bigger picture.
You may not find any action-packed Star Wars like escapades here in this sci fi drama. You also won’t find ponderings about the origins of vampires or what gave rise to robot sentience - It’s integral to the plot that these things just ARE. But you will find a thoughtful exploration of identity and how it can cause us to define ourselves and relate to (or abandon) each other depending on the framework within which we are doing that exploration and within which we are compelled to exist. It asks the question, what if the frameworks within which we defined our existence and purpose no LONGER existed…Where would we go from there?
And as two immortal guys who are the only folks left in the universe (as far as they know), Eyan and Zero are just the right people to mull over that.
There is both textual and allegorical queerness in this story - both main characters should be considered gay men, even if it’s The Future TM and terms/exact scopes of identities may not be EXACTLY 1-1 with today’s…But I want to be perfectly clear that it was my intent to make them gay because I wanted to see more gay guys in sci fi and I don’t want anyone erasing that. As for the allegorical stuff - I myself am a trans gay man in my late 30s, so this act of re-exploring and re-framing myself and evaluating how and why queer folks interact with each other the way we do is something I’m very familiar with, and I feel like other folks might relate. (I also peppered in some neurodivergent-person-in-a-neurotypical-world moods tbh.)
Of course it’s not all serious. I do have a bit of fun with some old school vampire tropes, tossing Eyan around and putting him in Situations.
Anyway if this all sounds interesting to you, take a look at my tag and site (above)! I’d appreciate it! I also like to hear from people and see if there’s anything about it you related to! :)
I also do everything. Every last monotonous step (well, aside from literally loading up a printing press to churn out volumes lol - BUT REST ASSURED IF I HAD $10K TO PISS INTO THE WIND I WOULD DO THAT TOO). So if there’s ANYTHING you want to know about my process, I’m happy to tell you so please ask, especially if you’re like trying to get started on your own comic or trying to go to print :)
Edit before I go ahead and blaze this: I want to say, to be honest, the creation of comic was initially motivated almost entirely by the isolation/loneliness I’ve felt in my life. It’s not as bad as some folks’ and I know that, but it is a really prevalent thread throughout my life and sometimes is almost unbearable, and my comic began as an exploration of that loneliness, as well as a narrative exercise to try and express the depth of it at its worst point. I’m putting this out here because ultimately I don’t know…maybe someone will catch my drift and understand the feeling I’m trying to illustrate, and maybe they’ll want to see the plot that came of those feelings. I am not above the need to feel seen lol, especially if other people out there feel like they can resonate with this experience as well.
Oh, this sounds like my sort of thing. :)
Jarnathan!
Bonus:
The best part of this is how “Jarnathan” is definitely the name you make up at the table for the NPC you never named in your notes.
The number of times I had to stop reading the script because I was laughing too hard to see it was in double digits by the end of this scene.
in star wars fandom how is everything about anakin's fall always everyone else's fault except the guy who personally designed it to be a no hit run of Sith Apprentice Generator IV
in legends palpatine wrote this book of monsters about sith creations and included an entry for darth vader, and described the amount of joy he got from turning a nine year old into a war machine. the entry ends with maybe the most chilling line in anything even star wars adjacent, where palpatine says, "given the opportunity to create vader again, i would, and with glee," or thereabouts. the entire entry is haunting, but that final line is completely fucking chilling; palpatine is the ultimate, insidious force, and no matter how long it took, how difficult it was, or what anakin did to him, palpatine wouldn't have stopped. even after being killed by vader, palpatine would still go back and do it all over again, even if it ended in vader killing him. palpatine - famous for the ways he's attempted to cheat death - would risk it all just for the joy of curbstomping a nine year old's soul into hell one more time. and this is just something that exists that we can all read
what you all thought i was joking? you all thought i was joshin? i was crafting joshuas? you thought i was fucking around?
YOU 👏 FUCKING 👏 GET 👏 IT 👏
Palpatine was a legendary manipulator on every level.
(Fuck, this is going to turn into an essay but I'm on my phone, someone remind me to finish this up later)
This is you reminder to finish up later.
huge buckaroo news. chuck partnered with macmillan audio to create terrifying new audiobook of my first self-published horror novella STRAIGHT read by andre santana this will be available EVERYWHERE you can get audiobooks on may 23rd even the dang library
STRAIGHT was longlisted for stoker award last year and definitely part of the timelines aligning to create a place for CAMP DAMASCUS. while these two stories are not related as sequels it is PERFECT QUEER HORROR APPETISER for buckaroos who cant wait until our summer camp trip
'straight' is queer subversion of zombie tropes it is story of ONE DAY A YEAR where all cis straight humans are driven into violent rage and how this changes the world and how queer buds rely on eachother for survival. i love this story. HUGE thanks to andre santana for the read
she is just like me fr… imagine wearing this t-shirt and people actually care?? folks with social anxiety deserve understanding and love and not to be judged for something we can’t control
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
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Here it is!!! The front and back artwork of my new solo album dropping on August 10!!! The last time I did a professional solo album was in 2014, so it’s about time I guess. 🥳
Many many thanks to Parma Recordings for making this possible!
The Future Machine - Great Showdowns timed edition print NOW AVAILABLE in The Scott C Shop for just 48 hours ending Thursday at 1 pm EST.
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Today, Google recommends users assign a recovery email, and the company points users toward the Inactive Account Manager to decide “what happens to their account and data when it becomes inactive for a period of up to 18 months.” Options include sending files to trusted contacts, setting a Gmail autoresponder, or account deletion.
look at this pic of me descending the stairs in the morning to get some coffee
Cyle meeting me at the bottom of the stairs:
Tumbeast PVC Pin • $5.00
Since looking at people’s feet all the time to see if you like their shoelaces is weird, we created this pin that you can put on your backpack or sweatshirt to that let people know you’re one of us.
- 1.57″ tall
- Made from soft PVC
- Two Metal Clutches
About the Artist
The Tumbeasts were created by the fantastic artist Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal).
Always have a fun time sitting in on #violin with the Mt. SAC #orchestra and supporting my bestie, Prof Irene Shiao! This time @macmanx gets to join me on stage, playing #trumpet on “Magnificent Seven”—so good!
Concert next week, and the only trumpet on Magnificent Seven … no pressure! 😬
So, while I've talked about this in other posts, I figured I may as well compile it in one post with this nifty propaganda poster (more on that later)
Long story short, they're bringing back KOSA/the Kids Online Safety Act in the US Senate, and they're going to mark it up next Thursday as of the time of this post (4/23/2023).
If you don’t know, long story short KOSA is a bill that’s ostensibly one of those “Protect the Children” bills, but what it’s actually going to do is more or less require you to scan your fucking face every time you want to go on a website; or give away similarly privacy-violating information like your drivers’ license or credit card info.
Either that or force them to censor anything that could even remotely be considered not “kid friendly.” Not to mention fundies are openly saying they’re gonna use this to hurt trans kids. Which is, uh, real fucking bad.
As per usual, I urge you to contact your congresscritters, and especially those on the Commerce Committee, who'll likely be the ones marking it up.
Those senators are:
- Maria Cantwell, Washington, Chair
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Brian Schatz, Hawaii
- Ed Markey, Massachusetts
- Gary Peters, Michigan
- Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
- Jon Tester, Montana
- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona
- Jacky Rosen, Nevada
- Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico
- John Hickenlooper, Colorado
- Raphael Warnock, Georgia
- Peter Welch, Vermont
- Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member
- John Thune, South Dakota
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Deb Fischer, Nebraska
- Jerry Moran, Kansas
- Dan Sullivan, Alaska
- Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
- Todd Young, Indiana
- Ted Budd, North Carolina
- Eric Schmitt, Missouri
- J.D. Vance, Ohio
- Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
- Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
Again, it doesn't work unless you do it en-masse, so make sure to call ASAP and tell them to kill this bill, and if they actually want a bill to allow/get sites to protect kids, the Federal Fair Access To Banking Act would be far better.
Also, this poster is officially, for the sake of spreading it, under a CC0 license. Feel free to spread it, remix it, add links to the bottom, edit it to be about the other bad internet bills they're pushing, use it as a meme format, do what you will but for gods' sake get the word out!
Also, shoutout to @o-hybridity for coming up with the slogan for the poster, couldn't have done it without 'em!
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