I want to talk about the coding of Quaid's character in the third act of this movie. A father rescuing a kidnapped child is usually played as pure wrath, mercilessly slaughtering deserving targets and suppressing humanity in the name of necessary violence. That's... not how this movie plays it.

Persepolis was read all over the world—a true international phenomenon. Assigned in every class subject under the sun. During the Obama years, West Point cadets were assigned the book. There's never been anything like it; never anyone like her. What an awful world that couldn't hold her longer.

My pettiest, most worthless gripe about AI is that I used to be able to write stories about robots that could be read as metaphors, but now any story I write about robots is immediately received as "a commentary on emerging technology." I bet this is how Jules Verne felt about submarines.

I'm basic. Bacon, eggs, hashbrowns. ...and four cups of coffee.

I *also* invented Scary Fog, but I don't like to brag.

Congrats to @mattfraction.bsky.social & @stevelieberart.bsky.social who are nominated for the Eisner Award for Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, the Deluxe Edition! Been meaning to read it? We just added more signed & sketched copies to our etsy shop! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4311...

We're just about to finish the fourth chapter of our webcomic tomorrow! Are you up to speed?

They tell me it's #Webcomicday! I make Captain Tempest with my exceedingly talented twin brother @emmetthgraham.bsky.social. We're just wrapping up our fourth chapter of 1930's pulp adventure, with more to come! Read it for free! www.captaintempest.com

“it’s a fascinating system - the GM has total mastery of how any scene is illuminated, but there’s barely anything to learn” “Rules light?” “yes, exactly”

They tell me it's #Webcomicday! I make Captain Tempest with my exceedingly talented twin brother @emmetthgraham.bsky.social. We're just wrapping up our fourth chapter of 1930's pulp adventure, with more to come! Read it for free! www.captaintempest.com

I guess that's fair warning.

This guy's like a bad penny.

Oh, 8,000%. I LOVE Sandy's Fate and Inza.

POW

Hey! Whaddaya know! Captain Tempest is returning to Rose City Comic Con this September!

Episode 4 of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE is up on both Webtoons (www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...) and Patreon (www.patreon.com/posts/outlaw...)

we all know I have no life, so:

Do you think Min-Ji loosened that tie, or do you think she never bothered to do it up in the first place?

Smile 2. What an absolutely killer premise for a sequel. Interesting, bombastic, high-stakes, sympathetic, original. Then they completely botch it by deciding the demon can just do whatever it wants, and the last half of the movie was basically a dream. What a sloppy, pointless waste.

One small task

Hugo Pratt’s CORTO MALTESE

Chris is top of the heap, as far as I'm concerned, and I've been looking forward to this project for ages. Don't miss it!

Friends! My new fantasy adventure comic, OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE, has begun, with new episodes releasing each Wednesday. Read it on webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... Or read it on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ChrisSchwe... Shares and word-spreading very much appreciated!

Correct! It's shame we had to cut the Hawthorne flashbacks — they're real gnarly and Jenn does some great work here — but we were running out of pages and it felt like it was muddying the momentum heading into the climax. End of the day, while it's cool texture, we just had to bump it.

@danschkade.bsky.social Just finished reading the print edition of Lavender Jack, and I'm fascinated by the side-by-side view of the adaptation changes! I'm curious what the thinking was in omitting the flashback to Fort Riss and the twist about Lord Hawthorne! Was that a matter of format?

I like it when people get along.

Chapter 4, Page 43: Hot Pursuit captaintempest.com/comic/179-ho...

The Monty Hall problem is actually incredibly easy. It doesn't matter what door you pick or if you switch because either way you're getting either a car or a goat, and that's good living no matter the result, fellas.

I dunno man, sometimes they're just for me

There's something to be said for second place: it could be a whole lot worse!

Me in 2024. Today everybody on Twitter is screaming that Claude is blowing through its limits faster than ever. The subprime AI crisis begins…

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

a couple of quotes i wish i saw when i was 15 or 16--

Any seasoned mechanic's go-to advice. Hit it as hard as you can.

Chaudhri, can you focus on the matter at hand??

Thank you so much!

Reference vs Art I like to post this occasionally as part of my "you can learn 3D really really badly and it can still be useful for your process" agenda

Jay Garrick, the Golden Age FLASH!!

I want to see some of your favourite final shots in film history.

I just backed this, and so should you! Side Quester's is one of my favorite current fantasy comics, crunchy, grungy, and weird in the way of classic Appendix N sword and sorcery, mixing light meta-genre observation with some real heart. You won't regret it!

As a depressed younger artist, my storytelling sometimes suffered. I just couldn't conjure up feelings & images the story needed. Over time I found some strategies for staying professional even when I wasn't feeling it. Thread:

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

Direct evidence for Venusian lava tubes 1 km in diameter and 300m tall: eos.org/articles/new... Radar scans from the Magellan mission were re-analyzed to reveal this masive void 150m below the surface near the volcano Nyx Mons.

I had the pleasure of seeing @scottmccloud.bsky.social speak yesterday- such an incredible experience from a great orator. Thank you, Scott! #art #scottmccloud

In the Helioscope etsy shop: Steve Lieber draws Alan Scott, the golden age Green Lantern, on a blank variant cover! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4403... @stevelieberart.bsky.social

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