#Betty Tomkins

[mariedemedicis]

2023 Character Wrapped

Tagged by @malafvma, thank you!

Objective: select the top 9 characters I loved in 2023

Vaella Targaryen (Fire & Blood), I'm always thinking about her <3

2. Ellie Miller (Broadchurch)

3. Elle Tomkins (The Society)

4. Beka Cooper (Provost's Dog Trilogy (Tortall))

5. Veronica Lodge (Riverdale)

6. Harry Bingham (The Society)

7. Elijah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)

8. Amanda Tanen (Ugly Betty)

9. Sweet Pea (Riverdale)

Honorable mentions: Toni Topaz, Tyler Lockwood, Tabitha Tate, Reggie Mantle, Evelyn Evernever, Cassandra Pressman, Theon Greyjoy, Asha Greyjoy, Quentyn Martell, Arianne Martell, Brienne of Tarth, various ocs, etc, etc.

tagging: @mrsjadecurtiss, @farklelucas, @carmens-garden, @vibratome, @asirensrage, @eidetictelekinetic, @roadsidegrave, and anyone else who would like to do it!

[kudosmyhero]

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #38: Just a Guy Named Joe

Read Date: November 22, 2022 Cover Date: July 1966 ● Writer: Stan Lee ● Penciler: Steve Ditko ● Inker: Steve Ditko ● Colorist: {uncredited} ● Letterer: Artie Simek ● Editor: Stan Lee ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● they still need to work out the skin tone of BIPOC, but again, it's good to see some strides toward diversity in these 60s comics. they at least have the skin tones worked out by the time we get to the later 60s, as seen in Daredevil issues I've read ● wait! is the transition happening before my eyes? on page 2, 2nd panel, the guy looks sickly gray… but in the very next panel, there's a guy near the boxing ring who looks much closer to the skin tone used in the later comics I've read. ope, back to gray later. it's a start, I guess! ● poor Joe Smith ● they're making me like Joe. something's gonna happen to him, ain't it ● called it ● where's OSHA? ● more Betty Brandt drama ● I'm not feeling the Betty chemistry at all. they're trying to tease it out like with Matt and Karen in Daredevil, but Peter barely gives her the time of day. she needs to grow a spine and live her best life instead of simping after a jerk of a teenager (Peter is such a jerk sometimes in these early issues!) ● Ditko's profiles always look great! ● Spidey has only just started using his web to subdue people. I wonder if he actually strings them up later like he does in the PS4 game? ● Joe's costume looks like he has huge, flat boobs ● Human Windshield Wiper 😂 ● is Harry Osborn related to the Crypt Keeper, by chance? ● ha! whole new meaning to "half now, half later." kinda clever actually ● "I think it had something to do with that arc light hitting the puddle of chemicals!" -- ya think? ● ah, another "appearance" of ol' fern-head, Mary Jane! ● we're coming up on the end of the Ditko-era Spider-Man ● Joe gets a good ending, Peter gets more of his usual crap ● tah for now!

Synopsis: Joe Smith has dreams of becoming a boxing champ and after begging Tommy Tomkins to let him fight, the older man becomes his manager. Unfortunately for Joe, he’s a poor boxer and is ridiculed by others. Taking pity on Joe, Tomkins gets him a job as an extra on a science-fiction movie. While shooting the scene, an arc light falls in a puddle of chemicals and shocks Joe. As he rests, Peter Parker visits The Daily Bugle and runs into Ned Leeds. Both ask each other where Betty yet neither has an answer. Joe is shooting another scene where he has to attack stuntmen. As he fights them, he begins to lose it as a result of the shock and goes on a rampage, with debris flying everywhere, getting the attention of Peter.

Spider-Man emerges and Joe gets angrier seeing another person trying to keep him down. They fight, and after a pause in the action, Joe regains his senses and runs away with Tomkins. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn is disguised and offers $20,000 to criminals to get rid of Spider-Man. Back at Empire State University, Gwen again sees Pete in a positive light, admiring his strength and courage. As word gets out that Spider-Man has a bounty on his head, he’s busy fighting crooks coming at him left and right. As he fights, he hears a commotion at a gym, seeing Joe Smith pounding on the other boxers.

After a few punches to Joe, he’s knocked out of his delusion and Tomkins runs in before he’s arrested. Tomkins says the charges have been dropped and that the movie company wants to give Joe a large starring role for his impressive display. Spider-Man fights more criminals and is angry that Ned has the possibility to marry Betty, because he doesn’t have to hide Spider-Man, and misses another visit from Mary Jane Watson.

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_38)

Fan Art: Mary Jane and Peter Parker by JPRart

Accompanying Podcast: ● Swinging through Spider-Man - episode 42

[thephilosopheroftheboudoir]

Collage 10 by Betty Tomkins

http://bettytompkins.com/

[artnerdnewyork]

Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Holzer, Shepard Fairey and Ed Ruscha in exhibition exploring text in visual culture on Art Nerd New York http://art-nerd.com/newyork/guerrilla-girls-jenny-holzer-shepard-fairey-and-ed-ruscha-in-exhibition-exploring-text-in-visual-culture/

[drvcxrys]

hi guys! doing this a bit early just in case fdsgdf so i’m going to be dropping most of my convos pre event probably but if you want to keep a convo that we have, please totally tell me that and i will gladly keep that and i will reply to all my event starters and some of my drafts as well but if you don’t want to keep them you can always drop them as well and feel free to ask for more things. for now here is my starter call and it’s open without cap so go wild there, thank you!   🐰

annabeth chase audrey hope betty cooper - kevin beverly marsh bianca di angelo bree tanner - bella, rosalie buffy summers carrie white - steven claudia daenerys targaryen - sansa elizabeth midford eliza schuyler - mun yeong elle tomkins emma swan - killian hermione granger - ron, dora, albus hope mikaelson isabelle lightwood katara - azula, mai lila pitts malia tate - stiles misa amane myrcella baratheon nancy wheeler nam ji ah - rang narcissa black pepper potts - vex, natasha raven darkholme - david sharon carter - jester tamaki suoh usagi tsukino victoire weasley - teddy

[userlaylivia]

tagged by @joeyspacey and @lexihoward

challenge: list 10 characters you fell in love with in 2021, whether you loved them before or really fell in love with them in 2021 them tag 10 (you can tag more if you want) people.

betty cooper (riverdale)

julie molina (julie and the phantoms)

tabitha tate (riverdale)

michaela stone (manifest)

hope mikaelson (legacies)

landon kirby (legacies)

liz ortecho (roswell new mexico)

elle tomkins (the society)

isobel evans (roswell new mexico)

kyle valenti (roswell new mexico)

tagging @leopoldfltz, @usercordelia, @usermaddy, @y-ennefers, @miriammaisel, @tabithatate, @bettycoops, @forbescaroline, @lizzie-saltzman, @lizzies

[watersbound]

an october timeline .

OCT 1

Damon Salvatore gains his vampire abilities back. He decides to go the route of blood bags in solidarity but ultimately enjoys his sudden invincibility.

Edward Cullen gains his vampire abilities back. He embarks on a shame spiral because he hates himself, refuses to go out in the sun. He feeds on animals in the outskirts at night.

George Weasley gains his wizard abilities back. He couldn’t be happier. He wastes no time in resuming his regularly scheduled pranks and apparating, and creating stupid magical devices.

Klaus Hargreeves gains back their abilities to see, communicate with and summon the dead. He drinks heavily and self-medicates to cope with this.

Klaus Mikaelson gains his vampire abilities back. He’s super bummed that he’s no longer a hybrid, his family hates him, and the love of his life is pregnant with another man’s baby. He’s feeling pretty chaotic.

Luna Lovegood gains her witch abilities back. She’s delighted initially, but it becomes bittersweet when she realizes how much she misses home.

OCT 2

Klaus Mikaelson, in an attempt to bring out the ripper in Stefan Salvatore, brings a bitten Bobby Briggs to tempt him to feed on human blood. When his plan fails, Klaus feeds Bobby his blood and snaps his neck, beginning his transition.

Klaus then confronts Five Hargreeves and attempts to provoke him to use his powers. Klaus is promptly left with a bloody nose and unbridled rage.

OCT 3

Damon Salvatore moves Stefan Salvatore into his boarding house temporarily to protect Betty Cooper.

Hayden McClaine finds out about Jessica Hamby being a vampire and feeding on Pugsley Addams. She’s pissed.

OCT 4

George Weasley introduces Elle Tomkins and Charlotte Winchester to his magic.

OCT 5

Ghosts, in a tenacious attempt to reach Luke Crain and Nell Crain, begin to harrass Klaus Hargreeves. Desperate for them to shut the hell up, Klaus confronts them both.

OCT 7

Klaus Mikaelson begins to officially train Bobby Briggs in the art of being a vampire.

OCT 8

Edward Cullen is at his and Bella Swan’s rehearsal dinner when tensions come to a head with Jasper Hale. The fight is broken up by Carlisle Cullen.

OCT 9

Arya Stark is in the outskirts with Sookie Stackhouse in the outskirts when Sookie is attacked by Rosalie Hale. Arya hides quietly while Sookie is being drained of blood. They also witness Alcide Herveaux come to Sookie’s aid.

Eleanor Shellstrop takes in a bloody, unhinged Alcide Herveaux and finds out about werewolves when he changes in front of her.

OCT 10

Charlie Swan finds Karen Smith after her confrontation with Kai Parker, after almost hitting her with his car on his way home from the station.

OCT 11

Klaus Mikaelson feeds on Brooke Maddox. He compels her to forget the encounter, afterwards.

OCT 13

Ted Mullens and Lydia Martin are hanging out together, when he is accidentally introduced to (and stunned by) her banshee abilities.

OCT 14 

Damon Salvatore gets in a confrontation with Dallas Winston at Bloody Knuckles. Damon throws him into the shelves in their office and feeds on him, before fleeing.

OCT 15

Klaus Hargreeves is enlisted by Zoe Benson to assist her and Ginny Weasley to conjure the ghost of Kiara Carrera and bring her back to life.

OCT 16

Montana Duke lets Jessica Hamby feed from her. She gets kinda pissed off when Jess feeds too much and that’s it.

Harry Bingham is informed of the attack on Cayetana Pando.

OCT 18

George Weasley and Robin Buckley attempt a prank that backfires, leaving Robin with burns from an explosive.

OCT 20

Erin Hannon is hanging out with Dustin Henderson, when she trips and skins her knee. She is then fed on by Bobby Briggs while an injured Dustin is forced to watch helplessly.

Steve Randle attempts to fight Kol Mikaelson for no real reason. Kol slams him into the ground.

Klaus Mikaelson realizes the existence of Shadowhunters when Bobby Briggs is attacked with a seraph blade. He confronts Lucie Herondale.

OCT 22

After resisting the temptation of human blood for weeks, Edward Cullen is on a stroll with Bella Cullen when he hears the unkind thoughts of Mickey Milkovich while he’s jumping someone. He zooms over, breaks up the fight and feeds on Mickey until Bella catches up and talks him down.

OCT 24

On his way to Bloody Knuckles, Damon Salvatore comes across Aria Montgomery. Overwhelmed by from a previous encounter with Stefan Salvatore, he feeds on Aria. Damon then compels her to believe that Stefan did this to her, and sends her to find him.

OCT 26

Klaus Mikaelson feeds on Sookie Stackhouse. He attempts to make her to forget the encounter, but realizes she’s immune to compulsion. 

OCT 31

Last day of powers for Damon Salvatore, Edward Cullen, George Weasley, Klaus Hargreeves, Klaus Mikaelson, and Luna Lovegood.

[papermoonloveslucy]

WILDCAT

December 17, 1960

Wildcat is a musical comedy about Wildcat Jackson and her sister who come to oil country in 1912 to strike it rich. She runs into the prowess of Joe Dynamite, and a battle of the sexes and the oil tycoons ensues. 

Wildcat wasn’t written with the 48 year-old queen of comedy in mind so when she showed interest, the script by N. Richard Nash had to be radically re-written.

At the start of the 1960’s Ball’s career was taking a new direction. She was leaving her TV personae Lucy Ricardo (as well as her real-life husband Desi Arnaz) behind for newer horizons. It was their company Desilu that would produce Wildcat with Lucy having say over who would be cast as her co-star. After several of her first choices proved not available (including Clint Eastwood), she settled on Keith Andes.

Although Ball was not known for her singing (a fact she traded on in “I Love Lucy”) or her dancing (which she was far better at), she had the determination of Wildcat Jackson to attempt it eight times a week. 

Director and choreographer Michael Kidd – known for his athletic dances – would put Ball through her paces. The score was by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, giving Ball the rousing anthem “Hey, Look Me Over!” and the tuneful “What Takes My Fancy.” 

The out-of-town critics were mixed, but obviously adored the red-headed star. The show was headed up the New Jersey Turnpike in trucks headed for Broadway when a serious blizzard stranded the caravan, causing the opening night to be delayed. 

With just two previews under their belt, the show opened at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon) on December 17, 1960. Box office sales were buoyed by audiences expecting to see Lucy Ricardo, not Lucille Ball as Wildy Jackson, so eventually Ball interpolated more and more of her trademark comic inflections into her character. 

Then Ball took ill. She left the show for a bit with the idea to return and continue the run. But upon her return she collapsed on stage. Producers decided to close the show for as long as it took her to recover and resume when her strength and health had returned. But the musicians union insisted upon payment during the hiatus, which made the wait financially unfeasible. 

All in all, Wildcat lasted 171 performances. It wasn’t Ball’s only musical, however. In 1974 she took on the title role in the film of Mame with mixed to poor critical reactions.

"Then I go to New York with the two children, my mother and two maids. We have a seven-room apartment on 69th Street at Lexington. I’ll start rehearsals right away for a Broadway show, 'Wildcat.’ It’s a comedy with music, not a musical comedy, but the music is important. I play a girl wildcatter in the Southwestern oil fields around the turn of the century. It was written by N. Richard Nash, who wrote 'The Rainmaker.’ He is co-producer with Michael Kidd, the director. We’re still looking for a leading man. I want an unknown. He has to be big, husky, around 40. He has to be able to throw me around, and I’m a pretty big girl. He has to be able to sing, at least a little. I have to sing, too. It’s pretty bad. When I practice, I hold my hands over my ears. We open out of town - I don’t know where - and come to New York in December.”  ~ Lucille Ball,  TV Guide, July 16, 1960

THE SCORE

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and Music by Cy Coleman

Act I

I Hear - Townspeople

Hey, Look Me Over - Wildy and Jane

Wildcat* - Wildy and Townspeople

You've Come Home - Joe

That's What I Want for Janie* - Wildy

What Takes My Fancy - Wildy and Sookie

You're a Liar - Wildy and Joe

One Day We Dance - Hank and Jane

Give a Little Whistle and I'll Be There - Wildy, Joe, The Crew

Tall Hope - Tattoo, Oney, Sadie, Matt and Crew

Act II

Tippy Tippy Toes - Wildy and Countess

El Sombrero

Corduroy Road

You've Come Home (Reprise) - Joe

(*) Songs cut sometime after opening night.

THE CAST

Lucille Ball (Wildcat Jackson) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon, which was not a success and was canceled after just 13 episodes. 

Keith Andes (Joe Dynamite) was born John Charles Andes in Ocean City, New Jersey, in 1920. Andes played Lucy Carmichael’s boyfriend Bill King on “The Lucy Show” in “Lucy Goes Duck Hunting” (TLS S2;E6) and “Lucy and the Winter Sports” (TLS S3;E3) and played Brad Collins in “Lucy and Joan” (S4;E4) co-starring Joan Blondell.  Andes took his own life in 2005 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Valerie Harper (Dancer, right) became one of television’s most recognizable stars as “Rhoda” (1974-78) a spin-off of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” She appeared in  at “Kennedy Center Presents” honoring Lucy in 1986. She died in August 2019 after a long battle with brain cancer.

Paula Stewart (Janie) appears in the fourth of her six Broadway musicals between 1951 and 1965.  Her only series television appearance opposite Lucille Ball was in “Lucy and Harry’s Tonsils” (HL S2;E5) in 1969. In 2017, she published a memoir titled Lucy Loved Me, about her friendship with Lucille Ball.

Hal Linden (Matt, replacement) became one of television’s most recognizable stars as “Barney Miller” (1974-82). He appeared at an “All-Star Party for Lucille Ball” in 1984 and at “Kennedy Center Presents” honoring Lucy in 1986. 

Howard Fischer (Sheriff Sam Gore)  

Ken Ayers (Barney)

Anthony Saverino (Luke)

Edith King (Countess Emily O'Brien)

Clifford David (Hank)

HF Green (Miguel)

Don Tomkins (Sookie)

Charles Braswell (Matt)

Bill Linton (Corky)

Swen Swenson (Oney)

Ray Mason (Sandy)

Bill Walker (Tattoo)

Al Lanti (Cisco)

Bill Richards (Postman)

Marsha Wagner (Inez)

Wendy Nickerson (Blonde)

Betty Jane Watson (Wildy Understudy)

Dancers: Barbara Beck, Robert Bakanic, Mel Davidson, Penny Ann Green, Lucia Lambert, Ronald Lee, Jacqueline Maria, Frank Pietrie, Adriane Rogers, John Sharpe, Gerald Tiejelo

Singers: Lee Green, Jan Leighton, Urylee Leonardos, Virginia Oswald, Jeanne Steele, Gene Varrone

MRS. MORTON 

Lucy met Gary Morton while doing Wildcat on Broadway. She put off their first date due to her rigorous performance schedule. Eventually, he showed up with a pizza just when Lucy was craving one. They married on November 19, 1961.

Comic Jack Carter served as best man at Lucy and Gary’s wedding in 1961.  A few weeks later he married Paula Stewart, who played Lucy’s sister Janie in Wildcat. He acted in “Lucy Sues Mooney” (TLS S6;E12).

“HEY LOOK ME OVER!”

On June 4, 1976 Lucille is joined by Valerie Harper and Dinah Shore on “Dinah!” to sing her signature song from Wildcat, “Hey, Look Me Over.”

When Lucille Ball was celebrated at “The Kennedy Center Honors” in December 1986, Valerie Harper, Beatrice Arthur, and Pam Dawber sang a song parody of the “I Love Lucy” theme expressing their affection for Lucy. The medley ends with a specially-tailored “Hey Look Me Over”. 

In “Lucy and Carol Burnett: Part 2″ (TLS S6;E15) on December 11, 1967, Lucy, Carol, and the ensemble perform “Hey, Look Me Over” with specially written lyrics to suit the episode’s theme of air travel.  

In “Lucy Meets Danny Kaye” (TLS S3;E15) on December 28, 1964, the opening of “The Danny Kaye Show” is underscored with the music to “Hey, Look Me Over.”

While David Frost is trying to sleep during a transatlantic flight, Lucy wears her headset and hums along to “Hey Look Me Over” while tapping it out on the glasses with her cutlery.  The scene is from “Lucy Helps David Frost Go Night-Night” (HL S4;E12) aired on November 12, 1971.

In “Lucy and Petula Clark” (HL S5;E8) in 1972, Lucy Carter leaves the office singing “Hey Look Me Over.”

On “Life With Lucy,” Lucy’s grandson Kevin plays on the YMCA soccer team The Wildcats. The name of the team is probably a reference to Lucille Ball’s only Broadway show.

In the second scene of “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” (1986), an un-aired episode of “Life With Lucy”, Lucy comes down the stairs of the living room singing “Hey Look Me Over.” 

WILDCAT WILDCARDS

In April 1961, Lucille Ball played softball in Central Park for the Broadway Show League when she was appearing in Wildcat. Julie Andrews (starring in Camelot) was the catcher!  The catcher was Joe E. Brown. 

In the play Love! Valour! Compassion! Buzz, a gay musical theater aficionado (Nathan Lane on Broadway) breaks the fourth wall (a common conceit of the play) to tell the audience something personal about himself. 

The song title was also the title of a 2018 revue about rarely produced musicals at City Center in New York City.  Performer Carolee Carmello called it her “hair homage to Lucille Ball.” 

~ From the memoir Under the Radar by Clifford David, who played Hal in Wildcat

[songbvrd]

Post Holiday Starter Call

amy pond (?/?): persephone arya stark (3/?): daenerys targaryen, robb stark, aelin 

beau swan (1/?): royal hale ben wyatt (?/?): man wol  beth greene (?/?): betty cooper (1/?): veronica lodge beverly marsh (?/?): brienne of tarth (2/?): sansa stark, aelin ciri of cintra (1/?): jesse custer dean winchester (4/?): amara, mary winchester, adam milligan, emma winchester enid rhee (?/?): grizz visser (?/?): elle tomkins harry potter (2/?): nymphadore tonks, hermione granger hope mikaelson (3/?): josie saltzman, caroline forbes, lizzie saltzman hugo weasley (2/?): hermione granger, lily luna jay (?/?): haruhi judith grimes (?/?): katniss everdeen (1/?): madge undersee lydia dixon (1/?): adam milligan mary macdonald (2/?): marlene mckinnon, abi mckinnon peter parker (1/?): morgan stark rosalie hale (1/?): alice cullen rosita esinosa (?/?): tommen baratheon (1/?): aelin

[bcndtheknee]

this is a starter call for the event! alicia, hermione and veronica are going to be working on some of the booths just so you know!

Alicia Clark working at strength test (2/4) Kida, Jaina

Annabeth Chase (1/4) Glinda

Annie Cresta (1/4) Anna

Betty Cooper (1/4) Veronica

Beverly Marsh (2/4) Percy, Diana

Buffy Summers (3/4) Allison, Conner, Jessica

Carla Roson (0/4)

Caroline Forbes (3/4) Davina. Klaus, Josie

Daenerys Targaryen (2/4) Ygritte, Jon

Elle Tomkins (1/4) Eddie

Elsa of Arendelle (3/4) Olaf, Ella, Mjolnir

Effy Stonem (2/4) Helga, Cook

Emma Swan (2/4) Killian, Henry

Hermione Granger working at corn dog stall (3/4) Lavender, Ginny, Rory

Hope Mikaelson (2/4) Lyanna, Will

Isabelle Lightwood (2/4) Leia, Simon

Jean Grey (2/4) Anna, Hank

Lissa Dragomir (1/4) Rose

Maddy Killian (0/4)

Mary Stuart (1/4) Dumbledore

Nancy Wheeler (3/4) Hopper, Eleven, Cornelia

Sabrina Spellman (1/4) Mary

Tohru Honda (0/4)

Uma (1/4) Harry

Veronica Sawyer working at face makers face painting and glitter (2/4) Marlene, Haley

[laurrrrrrrra]

Betty Tomkins, "Women Words #2 (Ingres)", 2018.

[movedirreparabiles]

❔ (:

WHO ARE SOME MUSES I'D LIKE TO THROW AT YOURS? for @sorrowh

everyone, lux! all the canon things but also becca gelb + sierra mercer elle tomkins + winter hakimi or fatin jadmani betty bryant + hermione granger or olivia baker ziggy berman + tara carpenter

[miss-rosen]

JENNY HOLZER ON THE POWER OF THE WORD IN ART Miss Rosen for AnOther Online

In the beginning was the word, and the word was art – though rarely do we conflate the two. Image and text are largely considered distinct forms that have rendered their application as distinct disciplines. Invariably, though, artists traverse boundaries to question, examine, provoke, entertain, exalt or otherwise engage with new ideas.

The word in art, as art, is a realm all its own, one inhabited by the few who dare to delve into its depths. Visual Language, a bi-coastal group exhibition presented by Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, and FACTION Art Projects, New York, celebrates the power of the word in art. Here, artists including Jenny Holzer, Guerrilla Girls, Betty Tomkins, Ed Ruscha, DFace and Shepard Fairey present their own take on the word, using it for a wide array of expression, be it political, ironic, poetic, typographic, abstract or conceptual.

Jenny Holzer is perhaps the most renowned and respected contemporary artist to use words as her métier. Hailing from Gallipolis, Ohio, Holzer arrived in New York City in 1976 at the age of 26, becoming an active member of Colab, the downtown artist collective that included Kiki Smith, Tom Otterness, James Nares, Jane Dickson and John Ahearn, among others. Holzer gained early recognition with Truisms (1977–79), a series of epigrams she penned, printed and wheat-pasted as anonymous broadsheets on walls around Manhattan. Her gift for aphorisms was impeccable as she brought together poetry and pithy witticisms with a populist punch, making them available to the general public at a time when graffiti and street art was making its presence felt.

Read the Full Story at AnOther Online

Artwork: Truisms (1977–79), 1977. © 1977 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

[manualstogo]

For just $3.99 The Passing of the Third Floor Back Released December 15, 1935: Strange things begin to happen in a London boarding house when a mysterious stranger rents the room on the third floor back. Directed by: Berthold Viertel Written by: Michael Hogan and Alma Reville from a story by Jerome K. Jerome The Actors: Conrad Veidt the stranger, Anna Lee Vivian, Rene Ray 'Stasia, Frank Cellier Wright, John Turnbull Major George Tomkin, Cathleen Nesbitt Mrs. Tomkin, Ronald Ward Chris Penny, Beatrix Lehmann Miss Kite, Jack Livesey Mr. Larkcom, Sara Allgood Mrs. de Hooley, Mary Clare Mrs. Sharpe, Barbara Everest the cook, Alexander Sarner the gramophone man, Betty Bascomb bit part, James Knight police inspector Runtime: 1h 30m *** This item will be supplied on a quality disc and will be sent in a sleeve that is designed for posting CD's DVDs *** This item will be sent by 1st class post for quick delivery. Should you not receive your item within 12 working days of making payment, please contact us as it is unusual for any item to take this long to be delivered. Note: All my products are either my own work, licensed to me directly or supplied to me under a GPL/GNU License. No Trademarks, copyrights or rules have been violated by this item. This product complies withs rules on compilations, international media and downloadable media. All items are supplied on CD or DVD.

[drvcxrys]

this is a starter call for the event, there will be caps but i might extend it either way. i post this early so that give me time to write starters and all of that!<3

alicia clark (0/6)

allison reynolds (0/6)

anna of arendelle (1/6) elsa

annabeth chase (1/6) orpheus

annie cresta (0/6)

beth greene (1/6) glenn

betty cooper (1/6) jeyne

beverly marsh (1/6) richie.

bianca di angelo (0/6)

bree tanner (1/6) victoria

buffy summers (1/6) jasper

carla roson (1/6) lu, 

claudia (1/6) louis

daenerys targaryen (1/6) diana

elizabeth midford (1/6) yuri

eliza schuyler (1/6) angelica

elle tomkins (1/6) karolina

emma swan (1/6) killian

hermione granger (2/6) draco. dorcas

hope mikaelson (0/6)

isabelle lightwood (1/6) winter

julie molina (0/6)

juliet capulet (2/6) luma, patroclus

katara (0/6)

lila pitts (0/6)

malia tate (3/6) stiles. peter, lydia

mary winchester (1/6) ianto

nancy wheeler (1/6) chadley.

narcissa black (1/6) rabastan

sabrina spellman (0/6)

tamaki suoh (1/6) haruhi

tohru honda (0/6)

usagi tsukino (3/6) chibiusa, haruka. rei

victoire weasley (2/6) teddy, lily luna, 

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Swan (alicia clark, amara, annabeth chase, audrey rose, bree tanner, carla roson, caroline forbes, daenerys targaryen, elizabeth ‘betty’ cooper, elizabeth midford, elle tomkins, emma swan, harley quinn, hermione granger, isabelle lightwood, jade, katara, kinsey locke, malia tate, mary stuart, mary winchester, sabrina spellman, susan pevensie, usagi tsukino) is requesting a hiatus from 2/20 to 3/03. Im a bit sick and also studying so i will be on and off this is just in case thanks!

granted, love! we hope you feel better soon and we look forward to seeing you back on the 3rd!