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I really enjoyed the DanDaDan anime and read about 100 chapters of the manga! It's ALMOST an ideal shonen anime for me (really fun main characters, yokai and aliens as the basis of action, and well-written tragic stories). But it does have some flaws that make it hard to recommend without warning (a lot of plot-contrived teenage nudity, a couple of attempted sexual assaults in the plot, old ladies that look too young, etc bad anime tropes..)

I wanted to try my own take on a few of the character designs, and draw the whole cast in a cartoony style! Some of them are anime spoilers, so I'll hide them under the cut.

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Hello, I am Tareq from Gaza Iam trying save my famliy from the genocide happening here. I ask for your help in spreading my story and donating if you can contribute anything, no matter how small.Please don,t forget to sharethe latest post from my page and follow my account to help spread the story to the world. Thank you.

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I will share! 👍 I wish you the best!

Here’s the GoFundMe link!

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The US-backed terrorist state of Israel killed Palestinian chef and co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, Mahmoud al-Madhoun.

Mahmoud was able to feed over 3,000 Palestinian civilians a day through the genocide.

Let's keep giving it all we've got for the Gaza Soup Kitchen. Israel has repeatedly targeted and killed those who have given service to the Gaza community.

Donate as much as you can or if you're unable to, share this post so it reaches more people! Any amount, even a dollar, can help the heroes of the Gaza Soup Kitchen to feed the people of Gaza.

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Did this out of curiosity... 🤔 I love the wavy curls he gets, but I also miss this initial haircut. It has a lot of personality!

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Lunacy

This is sort of my reimagining of the end of Puzzle Agent. If you like Professor Layton and Twin Peaks please give this game a try.

Part 2 maybe coming eventually

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There’s some flashing images in the video, especially toward the end, so watch out if you’re sensitive to that.

Also, if you go to the Youtube upload and turn on captions, it’ll show you the name of every movie as it appears on screen!

I just realized I hadn't shared this one to tumblr. I'm still really happy with it.

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I just realized I hadn't shared this one to tumblr. I'm still really happy with it.

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Just took my car into the shop. The pulley on my AC compressor has partially melted and is chewing up my drive belt. If the belt snaps, the car is essentially dead. The mechanic gave it about a month left to live. Installing a new belt would just result it in being chewed up like the original. The pulley cannot be replaced on its own, so the only solution is to install an entirely new compressor, which costs $870. My job is entirely reliant on my ability to drive. I live in a very rural area, and can sometimes cover 100+ miles in a single day. It is absolutely impossible for me to do my job without a working vehicle. Public transit or a bicycle are not an option. I get paid on the 8th, and will be able to put up $400 then, but I still need $470 to cover the difference as I need to hold the rest of my check for fuel, food, other bills, ect. My paypal is temprecover1339@hotmail.com. Please spread this post if you can. Thanks.

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Puzzle Agent. A video game series I created with Telltale Games over a decade ago. The world was such a fun, weird, mashup of Fargo meets Twin Peaks. Saddened to hear of the passing of Doug Boyd, the voice of Nelson Tethers, last year. I miss that voice and I miss Puzzle Agent. For the uninitiated, you can still find the games on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/31270/Puzzle_Agent/ 

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Art by @archbudzar

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Sale going on! Sorta!!

I’m a lil short for rent this month and published a whole bunch of new guys this morning so looks/boosts/buys would be appreciated!! I also lowered some of the prices on my older guys in there cause I wouldn’t mind getting rid of some inventory ;v;

Some of the new little guys in the shop!! Come take a look see and help me out, would ya?

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Commissions are open! (as of 3/3/2023)

If you’re interested, please fill in this google form! Thank you!

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Superman: Man of Tomorrow #12 - “Superman’s Day Off” (2020)

written by Robert Venditti art by Scott Hepburn & Ian Herring

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im not totally sure about mr pinch tbh, to me he looks more like mr burns or scrooge cause of the top hat

I saw that mentioned as potential design inspiration on the fan-pedia page.

When it comes to cartoon designs, I am usually willing to give an artist the benefit of the doubt and assume that it wasn't intentional. A lot of times people don't know about the bigoted origins of a design trend that had been perpetuated over time. And cartoons generally exaggerate things, anyway.

But as I said in my post, there are just too many 'little' things in this game, and big things that have been said outside of it, that have added up in a bad way. I can't assume that he didn't do it on purpose and think it was funny. Or heck, maybe it was subconscious, but that could still mean that these harmful concepts are not being considered or treated seriously.

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It's probably beating a dead pig at this point, but I haven't seen anybody else mention this enemy in the game.

(Under a read more for antisemitism)

This enemy type called "Mr. Pinch" can be found in one of the later levels of the game, in the slum section. He hides in the upper portion of the screen to grab the player and fling them upward. He also pulls a coin out of their back pocket.

I don't think I need to pull up the direct references images, but this guy looks like an extremely antisemitic caricature. I've also seen the same said about the merchant npc "Mr. Sticks", but I think that design is a bit less egregious.

Its just that when you have TWO character designs that look this much like antisemitic cartoons, and their gameplay behavior is about money/greed, there's absolutely no way to wave that off as an accident or fluke. And especially after seeing so many of the creator's racist, misogynistic, ableist, and transphobic comments; I'm not willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on anything.

This whole thing is a huge bummer. I don't think that this situation is quite that same as Hogwarts Legacy, most people didn't go into it knowing anything about this guy's views, and the game had just come out about a month ago. A lot of folks were having fun and enjoying the positive aspects of the game like it's animation, gameplay and music. And aside from this enemy and the racist cheese slime, there isn't much within the game itself that comes across as negative. It's also really easy to miss how bad those enemies are when you're playing, I talked to some other people who had played and none of them had noticed Mr. Pinch's stealing animation. But, once you know about them, it can sour the whole experience.

I've seen a few different reactions to this situation, some people have talked about pirating the game and modding out/replacing the nasty elements, and I've seen other people who are going to stay away from anything remotely related to this game because the entire thing gives them a bad feeling now. I think those are both totally reasonable. But I'd say the barest minimum should probably be to not financially support this game anymore. Avoid buying the soundtrack, plushies, etc, and don't buy it on Steam if you hadn't yet.

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i dont pay attention to pizza tower stuff what stereotype?

the tribe cheese

theyre uhhh. native american stereotypes in like. a cowboys vs indians themed level i think. they were literally originally named "indian cheese" instead

they throw tomahawks and do rain dances around totem poles to strike the player with lightning. so normal stuff you know.

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The pizza game (and especially this fun askblog/au) have put me on a strong doodle kick this week! It's really fun to play with such elastic character designs.