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Flashback to 2018 when I painted this for the first Art Ghoullery exhibition at the Rourke Art Gallery + Museum in Moorhead, MN!

I have giclee prints on my website if anyone wants to add some Halloween spirit to their walls! heatherfranzen.com/shop/reunion

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THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE tobe hooper, 1974

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One of my favorites.

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some important calvin and hobbes facts in case you haven't read the original comic strip in a long time or only absorbed stuff on it from memes and out of context bits on here:

Calvin's last name has never been given, and neither has any of his parent's names. This was actually why his uncle Max only showed up for a brief storyline; the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, ultimately felt that while it was fine to have him as someone for his parents to talk to, it felt far too awkward to never have Max refer to them by name and he never made a return appearance.

The general tone of the comic is fairly light-hearted, with a big emphasis on goofy slapstick comedy contrasted by clever wordplay and often surprising adult-centered jokes that'll hit you like a slap. A big part of the comedy is, as Watterson put it (paraphrased) "It's really funny to me when people express deeply stupid ideas with really fancy terminology." One notable example you might have seen is that one bit where Calvin asks his mom for money to buy a Satan-worshiping rock album and his mom replies that there's nothing genuine about them and they're just putting on the attitude for shock value, and comisserates with Calvin as he deplores that mainstream nihilism can't be trusted. He concludes that childhood is disillusioning.

There is a LOT of criticism of the extreme materialism and selfish mentality of the late 80s, when the comic was initially written. This may go a long way to explain how its aged so well; much of what it criticizes resonates well with people today.

Bill Watterson views comic strips a legitimate form of artwork, and repeatedly fought to have more space to draw more beautiful and artistic backgrounds, which was a very hard fight and unpopular even with other comic strip artists. He eventually did win some compromises and a lot of Calvin And Hobbes' artwork shows it, with the use of space to indicate time as well as a sharp contrast between the often plain environments of mundane life contrasted by the wildly beautiful imagery of Calvin's imagination (which often sports realistic depictions in an art shift of sorts).

Hobbes is explicitly not an imaginary friend, by word of Watterson himself. We don't know WHAT he is exactly, and Hobbes is apparently unaware of the strange nature of his reality; people look at him and only see an ordinary stuffed tiger plushie, but he has a tangible effect on the world that would be physically impossible for Calvin to do on his own. He's apparently been around for a while, and was apparently around when Calvin was a young baby.

On that note; Hobbes has implicitly killed (notably treated as both a gag and also with the vibe of 'he's a tiger, duh') and while he doesn't do it again on-screen, he doesn't have any moral issues about it. Calvin claims that he's never had trouble bringing Hobbes to school because the last time he did, Hobbes killed and ate a bully named Tommy Chestnut and simply comments that it was gross and he needed a bath. Calvin's tried to repeat this again, but Hobbes was grossed out at the thought having to eat a kid raw and not being allowed to use an oven first, or complaining that children are too fattening.

Hobbes became gradually less human-like in body language and more like an actual cat in both body language and behavior; this was due to Watterson drawing more inspiration from his cat, who also inspired a lot of Hobbes' running gags, such as pouncing on Calvin when he got home. Several years into the syndication of the strip, Watterson's cat passed away, and he did a tribute to her with a comic strip of the two of them agreeing to try to dream together so they can keep playing when they have to sleep; Watterson's commentary (if I recall right), remarks on his cat: "We can see each other again in dreams."

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in an ideal world i would have 8 beverages with me at all times and i would just be able to pull them out of my pocket like an animal crossing character

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Between Two Fires: Thomas (mock cover) Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Photoshop Painted for Sam Weber’s Conceptual Illustration SmArt School class because after reading Christopher Buehlman’s absolutely incredible book Between Two Fires (in which the characters travel across a plague-ravaged medieval France to play their part in a literal war between the forces of Heaven and Hell) I had to draw something. I expect I’ll be doing a re-read and some further drawings in the future >.> Process below the cut! 

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forgiveness, then, was possible even for the worst.

more of this guy bc im a little sick about him. call that some late knight posting amirite guys. it's so cold out here

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here’s the closeted furries “hey man… can u bum me a cig” and “the one uncle nobody invites to the family reunion but SOMEONE keeps telling him where it is anyways”

if you want an idea of what john is like, imagine hau from pokemon sumo

ALSO the ppl who kept asking me for trans thomas art, HERE he’s trans in this au (; 

ft John:

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SCREAM (1996) dir. Wes Craven

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this sucks so bad i need to [remembers suicide jokes only worsen my mental health] put on the best talent show this towns ever seen

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mom called me a fag yesterday by accident

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Whoever invented "open in app" links that redirect you to the app store instead of actually opening the app even when you already have the app installed on your phone should be involuntarily turned into a beanbag chair

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Thank you for necromancing this two year old post and reminding me how unhinged the Blind fandom was.

Me: you can empathize with the killers in this show but remember that they went after innocent people, not their abusers and also they probably deserved to go to jail

Yall: but I feel sad! That innocent girl deserved to die because her dad was bad!

Anyway hope this helps!!!

I’m back and I’m complaining as usual.

Vague Blind (TVN) spoilers below

I just finished Blind (the k drama) and I came here to find posts after trying not to be spoiled and what do I see? A bunch of weirdos mad that the killers were…. Punished? Like it’s justified that they killed because… they were abused as children? Like suddenly it’s okay to kill innocent people. Lmao ok.

Babe, I hate to break it to you, but every single serial killer suffered some kind of abuse. Lmk if you want to hang out with Gary Ridgeway or whatever. He only kind of hates women for existing and not being Pure™️. But his mom abused him, so it’s justified ig

Suffering abuse doesn’t make it okay to hurt other people and many victims of abuse never ever harm another person.

Anyway go get your brains checked for worms pls and touch some grass.

Thank u for coming to my Ted talk.

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pw profile pic

allegedly writes p3do fanfic featuring pw

username is twinkwentz

Genuinely baffling behavior on the bird app today

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Happy Saturday! X

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pls god where is the fourth of julie goodbye 2007 hello 2008