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Lucca Comics & Games lets go!
#dark art#dark illustration#fantasy art#horror#dark fantasy art#horror art#character design#lucca comics#hollow press
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Vermis by Plastiboo
Reading this for a second time, instant classic.
Which side would you choose?
#art#Plastiboo#Vermis#Guide Book#art book#dungeons and dragons#rpg#video games#books#Vermis I#good#evil#Hollow Press#D&D
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I recently finished reading the Vermis manual.
A lot of people who read it seem mostly concerned with he implied mechanics of the fictional videogame, which is a cool and interesting discussion, bit I think the themes are an even deeper well to explore.
I think it's quite curious how Good and Evil are treated as both opposed metaphysical forces of light and dark AND emergent human behaviours.
I mean, the flavour text for the Good Flesh talks about striving to keep hope going in the face of opposition and disappointment, while the flavour text for the Evil Flesh isn't some villain monologue, just a sort of resigned justification about how Darkness is invincible and we're all doomed anyway, so You might as well be evil.
Even with the character classes, there are some scary, messed up people in there, but the only one that is completely 100% evil isn't the dark sorcerer that literally weaves nightmares out of shadow, it's the little gremlin who consistently does not give a crap about other people.
And don't even get me started about the fact that the Moon is both the force that allows your living corpse to dream of alternate pasts and makes it confront the Fog Spirit in the swamp. Is the Moon a trickster? A mercurial force of both good and evil whose only consistent trait is dealing with illusions? Or is it maybe a guide for the lost and the dead that uses visions and dreams to shepherd them through the Darkness?
And if so, why is it showing the dreaming corpse alternate pasts? Is it mere passing generosity, or is there a grander purpose behind these visions? Something it must figure out? Something that might get be done to heal this world sickened by greed and neglect?
#Vermis#pseudoludum#fictional game#manual#fake manual#soulslike#fan theory#discourse#philosophy#themes#character analysis#hollow press
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Which flesh is your flesh? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, well, we don’t find out the answer to that question, but we DO check out the mysterious RPG-inspired art book Vermis I, by Plastiboo. This gorgeous artifact takes the form of a strategy guide for a videogame that doesn’t exist and draws clear inspiration from the Souls games, early videogame RPGs like Shadowgate and a whole wealth of tabletop games. It’s gorgeous and unsettling and deeply intriguing and, hands down, one of my favorite things I’ve added to the shelf in a long time.
#RPG#TTRPG#Tabletop RPG#Roleplaying Game#Dungeons & Dragons#D&D#Podcast#Vermis I#Plastiboo#Hollow Press
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Jesse Jacobs: New Pets (2023)
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Animehouse at TCAF 2023
So for the uninitiated, TCAF is the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival, and it was held this weekend from Friday to Sunday. Sadly, I could only make the Sunday so I was unable to attend Mayuzuki's panel on the Saturday, but at the very least I made the signing on Sunday morning! All that said, this is just a little post sharing my thoughts and purchases from the festival as I had a great time and wanted to share that with people that were unable to make it there.
I'll get the boring stuff out of the way, my thoughts on it. It's a really cool and fun festival, I got there a half an hour before it opened since I had travelled from outside of the city, so I got myself a really nice spot in line. I was really surprised at how lax it was lining up, there were maybe a dozen people total in front of me, and the line only really started piling up in the last 15 or so minutes to get in.
Once I was in I got to take in the layout, which was rather cramped. I get it, they're operating it out of a library, there's not a whole lot of space. But I do still think it made for a bit of a suffocating experience when squeezing past people to walk in the narrow pathways between booths and bookshelves. Given the attendance, and the fact that it's free entry, I feel like they could really afford an upgrade if they required purchasing a pass for the festival. I'd 100% support it because it means the people that are behind it and participate in it as exhibitors could expand what they're doing and offer even cooler stuff.
Now, this is a comics and art festival, so I don't quite have a right to complain or voice my opinion, but I'll do it anyways. I love how they're integrating manga into the festival and using it to pull in people that might not otherwise experience comics in the more genuine sense outside of what's marketed by Marvel and DC. But I do also feel like they might try a little more to get a stronger response from that demographic. Both Denpa and Glacier Bay Books were there, and I feel like it's a bit of a missed opportunity to not have had them run a panel or anything for manga fans.
And last but not least, programming. I think it's really awesome that they're being proactive in getting younger audiences engaged in comics that exist outside of those big name ones like I said earlier. It's great to see them foster and encourage an interest that will help keep an industry going in the face of being overtaken in the public eye by superheroes.
Alright alright, manga stuff! Jun Mayuzuki was obviously the main attraction for me at the festival, so I made a B line for the signing table right when the festival opened. While I was there I bought this poster.
And I got this one for free with the signing.
And then of course there's the actual signature. I'm a bit (well really a massive) geek for this stuff so you know I had to get Mayuzuki to sign a JP copy of Kowloon Generic Romance volume 1 (real name omitted/edited out). It was a really great experience and Mayuzuki was incredibly nice, and seemed happy/surprised that I brought a JP volume to get signed.
Now, following that I've still got some cool stuff. Glacier Bay Books had a booth there and were selling some of the volumes they carry, so I picked up a pair I didn't have. Their quality really is incredible. Such a nice weight in the hands, the binding is tight without being rigid, and the paper quality when comparing to something like Viz is just stellar. Oh, and the color of the paper is dependent on the volume (Karman Line is blue/white while Mermaid Town is black with a red trim on the edge so the pages look red from the outside)
And Hollow Press came by and surprised me! These dudes are from Italy and are a horror publisher so I was super surprised to see them come all the way to Toronto for the festival, so I 100% had to pick up some stuff from them (not pictured are Grayworld & Crystal Bone Drive by Tetsunori Tawaraya because Tumblr is squishing the image horizontally for some reason). They've got really similar quality to Glacier Bay but put out a lot more smaller books than them. Still, great stuff (and for those in Canada, both Glacier Bay and Hollow Press titles are carried through The Beguiling!)
So yeah, a really awesome day where I got a lot of really awesome stuff. Being in Canada, there's not a lot of conventions or festivals that are easy or affordable to access, so a very grateful hats off to the team for bringing stuff to the general population that they can experience both in person and online!
#tcaf#tcaf 2023#toronto comic arts festival#jun mayuzuki#kowloon generic romance#after the rain#yen press#glacier bay books#hollow press#horror manga#anime and manga#manga#signed manga#manga collection
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❤️ European based @MicheleNitri-hollow-press publishes great comics both... @hollow-press
#youtube#hollow press#shintaro kag#tetsunori tawaraya#bartosz zaskorski#spugna#jesse jacobs#mat brinkman#al columbia#italian#comics#publisher
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Vermis acquired!
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I don’t want to feel better.
#hollow knight#hollow knight ghost#hollow knight fanart#hk#hollow knight thk#thk#pure vessel#my art#artists on tumblr#god. They mean so much to me#press for better quality btw
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Market based mistakes.
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#wen chao#wen zhuliu#Apologies for how much I skipped in the last part of this episode.#I do love the scene of Jiang Cheng regaining his will to live and the ensuing scenes of Wei Wuxian seeing him off at the mountain base.#At the same time I very much want to keep pressing on with the story.#The notes I have are for scenes I did not draw:#I still think a lot about the symbolism of food in both consumption and giving - especially in regards to the Yunmeng Trio.#Prior to JC leaving we see WWX out buying food for him. Something that initially falls through as JC runs back to Lotus Pier.#But here it comes back full circle. WWX gives away a part of himself to be 'consumed' by Jiang Cheng.#It is about being led by desire (JC wanting revenge to losing his will to live to wanting his core back)#and about being bound by duty to do whatever it takes to see those desires through to the end.#JC can't eat until he has his desire to live back. WWX carves out his own ambitions to help another reach theirs.#And it isn't held up as noble! Not even once! He is routinely punished and criticized for this sacrifice.#Being thrown into the burial mounds really is just symbolism for how we can give away every scrap of ourselves to others-#-and find ourselves at rock bottom. Alone.#When you hollow yourself out it just leaves room for something else to fill it. Something worse.
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My book AGE OF ROT, the new ”Lore Game Book” published by amazing Hollow Press will be previewed end of October in Lucca Comics and Games. Available on Hollow Press webshop in mid-november
#dark art#dark illustration#fantasy art#gothic art#horror#dark fantasy art#gothic#horror art#character design#black metal art#dark souls#soulslike#hollow press#lucca comics#lore book#oc lore#vermis
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My copy of Vermis has finally arrived and boy was it worth the wait.
It's so creepy, but also calming and pensive, if that makes sense.
It's a guidebook for a game that doesn't exist...
I just absolutely love the art, takes me right back to those dungeon crawler NES games.
I'd really like to take part in a Vermis themed D&D session.
Definitely one for fans of retro gaming, horror art, pixel art and general work similar to that of Berserk and Bloodbourne, Elden Ring, Dark Souls etc.
#Vermis#Forbidden Woods#Lost Dungeons#dungeons and dragons#Plastiboo#Hollow Press#horror art#art#guide#D&D#Dungeon Crawler#rpg#table top games#video games
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-- mistletoe. pt i.
(feat. the very handsome Ryss of @oneiroy)
#Pigeon Screens#Odette Hollows#ryssrael#FFXIV Screenshots#Gposers#Roe#Middie#StarlightSmooches2024#Midlander#THANK YOU ONEI FOR LENDING ME RYSS#MWAH MWAH MWAH#Ryss is holding odette up in this !!#it is very cute but i liked the close up of this the best#anyway hello this is the start of a.... series......... of mistletoe smooches........#odette invites people to her house and forces them to stand under mistletoe#for smooches....................#BLESSINGS DO YOU UNDERSTAND?#the lover's blessing in little smooches pressed to her friend's cheeks!!! to their hands and foreheads#weeps into my hands#anyway this is just a fun lil' challenge for myself !!!#i hope i can keep up with it
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press G to dab
#i haven't updated the gdrive yet but dab will work in the game if you have the Press G to Dab mod enabled#im doing a few other minor tweaks to the skin and then i'llmake an update announcement post :)#hollow knight#hk xero#animation#gif#id in alt
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Jaune: (Trapped) Hey! Can someone let me out of here? Anyone?
Jaune: Ruby? Sun? Coco? Professor Ozpin?
Jaune: ...Cardin? ...Ah, nevermind, not Cardin. I'm not THAT desperate! I'll just chill out in here.
Jaune: ...Can someone bring me something to eat?
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