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MONSTOBER: DESIGNS

Part 1: Teen Cast!

HELLOOOOO everybody! Welcome to my project, Monstober! A series of several posts with large, in depth looks at different aspects of my AU, Monster Kids, that I wrote during October this year. Special thanks to @eurazba for listening to me ramble over all this and helping with the AU over the years <3

This post will be going over the general monster designs for notable teen characters, as well as some thoughts as to why I chose said designs :D

There will be a second post for the main adult cast, and once posted, you can find it linked here :)

Jim / Toby / Claire

Jim Lake Jr (Sphinx): It's him! The poster boy! Wahoo! Honestly, I don't have many notes for his design process, because his design has stayed relatively similar since the early drafts. His was the very first design, and other than being a typical lion/eagle sphinx for like. two drawings, and then a panther/blackbird for two more, once the snow leopard/blue jay combo was struck, he's only really changed in small ways. I chose a blue jay, because they're one of my favorite birds, they're blue, and I'd used them to be an accent to Jim in a previous drawing. Snow leopards are also my favorite big cat! So similar reasoning for that particular aspect. If I were to design him today, blank slate, I miiiight have changed his cat species, but I still am way too attached to the leopard/jay combo.

Toby Domzalski (Gargoyle): Toby's design also hasn't changed much! The main trio haven't, other than minor adjustments. He originally had yellow eyes, but they're back to standard green. He also used to have larger wings, and while I liked the idea of the main three being able to fly together, I decided to go with a different route as I leaned into his design looking more aquatic, and he instead has wing shaped back fins! They fold down and sit under his clothes, as he only really can use them while swimming.

Claire Nuñez (Harpy) Also another design I haven't changed since conception! Harpies were always something cool to me, and I was inspired by an illustration of harpies in a mythology book I had bought at the time. Her design was originally just 'bird' until I tired to find a more specific species that fit. I landed on barn owls, and coincidentally, they are also associated with brujeria/witchcraft in Mexico! Win-win. With her stronger connection to magic overall, she's also the only member of Team Trollhunter that can fly reliably; her magic feeds her energy enough to keep in the air (Jim's wings are too small for anything besides light gliding and cushioning falls).

Steve / Eli / Krel / Aja

Steve Palchuk (Faun): Steve's design was always pretty formed in my head. For the guy that tries so very hard to be an all-American boy, an icon of that is the whitetail deer buck, and it very quickly fell into place! His design is fairly simple, which is why it works so well for him, IMO. Fun fact, he has a set of scars on his cheek from the equivalent of the fight he had with Jim in S1. More to expand on in a later comic, >:3c

Eli Pepperjack (Bat Humanoid): Eli was actually also a sphinx originally, but I wanted Jim to stay fairly unique among the main teens, so my follow up design was something more batlike! I did do plenty of research for monster bats, or hybrid bat monsters, but what research I could do didn't produce much (then again, could always be wrong!), so I went with 'attributes'. He's based on a Little Brown Bat. He little >:) His wings are also not capable of flight, they're basically large hands, all the better to hunt down creepers with, my dear.

Krel & Aja Tarron (Amphibious humanoids): WAHOOOOO!!!! I'm very proud of these, because you have NO IDEA how many months I struggled to find a design I liked for them. They have been (checks notes) spidertaurs, a few other passes of various insectoid tries, I was going to attempt something more seal like, because I knew the main group's designs were already mammal-heavy, and something aquatic or insectoid was what I wanted to balance the group out. Then my beloved @eurazba, listening to me ramble one night, helped me come to the idea of their 'human' transductions looking closer to old monster movies! Creature from Black Lagoon was an easy pick, I did some research about CFBL and Shape of Water (thanks Del Toro), and bada bing, bada boom! My fishy twins! Also Krel is the only one wearing shoes. Just realized this...

Mary / Darci / Shannon

Mary Wang (Dryad): Mary has also gone through a lot of changes (turns out, I was very indecisive outside of the main trio, AJDJSBSJFHB). She was actually a -taur alongside Darci! Specifically a unitaur (saw a lot of alternate Monster Falls art of Mabel Pines as one, and I really liked the idea. The overall AU was inspired by the Gravity Falls AU, now you know!) She stayed that for a while, then also went through some bug-like redesigns, and then a couple months back, I decided on a dryad! Before that point, I was trying to stay strictly to animalistic monster designs, but it became a little too confining, so she exploded into my sketchbook and became real. Her tree is a california redbud, and her 'antlers' are like the branches of the tree, and leaves/flowers bloom in time with the season on them. The hooves were based on a Zelda design from an artist I liked a lot (truffe.art on IG!)

Darci Scott (Praying Mantis-taur): HERE COMES THE BUG PAYOFF. Some of you may remember my design for Darci hasn't changed for quite some time, and while I liked the look of the cervitaur (a centaur, but deer), it didn't feel... as unique as I wanted? And I was still missing my BUG. So, debating over this, I did a few passes of her mixed with a bee, spider, etc etc... and then once again, @eurazba was like "hey! praying mantis." and I fell in LOVE with the concept. (Very quickly sketched her up as I was doing these sheets, actually NDJSNJKJD)

Shannon Longhannon (Gorgon): Last design of the group, another that has hardly changed since conception. Nagas, gorgons, lamias- whatever they're called, I love the visual of a reptilian character slinking around gracefully, and she helped balance out all the mammalian designs as well. She was originally a typical green/yellow snake, but when I inevitably color her, I picture something more ruddy, reddish brown, to match her hair :) She indeed is able to turn someone to stone, but as she was not born a gorgon, this ability is dulled, and only lasts for a few hours, working only if she focuses completely on doing so to someone. She's taken to wearing shades more often to not scare people who don't know this.

[miss-rum-hee]

Hey! I was just wondering: How would you fix the following reboots? Velma and Monster High.

For MH I would

Make Draculaura Romanian again

Keep Clawdeen the MC

Frankie's okay I guess

Abbey would be Russian or mixed Russian Himalayan

Lagoona would be Aussie again (specifically aboriginal) and she wouldn't be snarling at people

Bloodgood wouldn't hate humans (she's literally a human herself, the daughter of the Headless Horseman)

I would put my OC in there for Filipino representation, and bring badk Jinafire, Kiyomi, and Euna, instead of taking away non villainous Slavic rep which is rare

Same with Latinas, Skelita (I know she's coming back but still)< Marisol, and Batsy would come back

Isi Dawndancer would return, but done more accurately

Lorna McNessie, Venus, and Silvi would come back because I love Scotland

All I know for Velma is:

Velma would be Japanese Jewish (Japanese from Hayley Kiyoko's version, Jewish from the white German version), and her surname would be Hashimoto not Dinkley. She wouldn't be a racist, slut shaming, sexist, vain, bully

Daphne would be Scottish American like she should be, and she would be the kind, glamourous lady who gets in trouble, because being girly and needing help is hated by radical feminists these days. But she wouldn't be dumb like some people who see "girly girl" and "damsel" think.

Shaggy would be Shaggy again, he would not be a druggie in denial

Fred wouldn't be the tool for anti white and anti rich propaganda like he is in the show.

I would bring back the Hex Girls, as well as movie characters like Crystal, Amber, Miyumi, and Shannon.

There would be no sexualizing teens, no gore, and no meta jokes.

For M0nst3er H1gh:

Keep Frankie the MC still, mostly cause' I feel like she's perfect for introducing new fans to the world of Monster High. She's new & doesn't really know much about the world, so I feel like it's better to keep her the main character.

Draculaura is still Romanian. I'd keep the whole witch thing because I kinda like it. I'd make it so that she's insecure about her being unable to do certain things yet as a vampire (turning into a bat, etc) so to compensate, she turns to witchcraft. It would be a nice opportunity to bring Casta Fierce back into the picture.

Cl4wdeen? Yeah no she's reverting back to her old self. G3 Cl4wdeen is just plain awful man, I'm sorry 🤧 The one thing I'll keep from G3 is her being nerdy. Make her nerdy about fashion & get all excited when someone shows interest in fashion. I like that idea.

For Abbey, I'd make her mixed. I'd change Bloodgood to not be a monster racist no more because that's fucking stupid (not letting yetis & half-human monsters attend, not letting gorgons play casketball) & I'd bring back some G2 monsters.

I'm afraid I don't really have much to say about the trash fire that is Velma, through.

[logicalbibliophile]

Books I own part 1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas

Samantha Learns a Lesson Adler, Susan S.

Aesops Fables Aesop

Flame in the Mist Ahdieh, Renée

Honey Hunt 6 Aihara, Miki

negima! 26 Akamatsu, Ken

Little Women Alcott, Louisa May

The Last Grand Duchess Anastasia

Fairy Tales Anderson, Hans Christian

Let's Dance a Waltz 1 Andõ, Natsumi

Let's Dance a Waltz 2 Andõ, Natsumi

Kitchen Princess 10 Andõ, Natsumi

mär 1 Anzai, Nobuyuki

Beauty Pop 1 Arai, Kiyoko

Beauty Pop 9 Arai, Kiyoko

Beauty Pop 10 Arai, Kiyoko

Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane

yotsuba&! 1 Azuma, Kiyohiko

Of Enemies and Endings 4 Bach, Shelby

Of Giants and Ice 1 Bach, Shelby

Of Sorcery and Snow 3 Bach, Shelby

Of Witches and Wind 2 Bach, Shelby

A Question of Magic Baker, E.D.

Dragon Kiss 7 Baker, E.D.

Dragon's Breath 2 Baker, E.D.

Once Upon a Curse 3 Baker, E.D.

The Dragon Princess 6 Baker, E.D.

The Frog Princess 1 Baker, E.D.

Of Neptune 3 Banks, Anna

Of Poseidon 1 Banks, Anna

Of Triton 2 Banks, Anna

Peter Pan Barrie, J.M.

Peter and the Secret of Rundoon 3 Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson

Peter and the Shadow Thieves 2 Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson

Peter and the Starcatchers 1 Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank

The Unicorn Quest Benko, Kamilla

The Brimstone Key Benz, Derek

The Year of the Hangman Blackwood, Gary L.

Antigoddess Blake, Kendare

William Blake Blake, William

The Atlas of Classic Tales Bordin, Claudia

The Name of this Book is Secret Bosch, Pseudonymous

Witch Born Bowling, Nicholas

Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol Ryrie

The Time Travelers Buckley-Archer, Linda

Magic and Other Misdemeanors 5 Buckley, Michael

Once Upon a Crime 4 Buckley, Michael

Tales from the Hood 6 Buckley, Michael

The Council of Mirrors 9 Buckley, Michael

The Ever After War 7 Buckley, Michael

The Fairytale Detectives 1 Buckley, Michael

The Inside Story 8 Buckley, Michael

The Problem Child 3 Buckley, Michael

The Unusual Suspects 2 Buckley, Michael

A Little Princess Burnett, Frances Hodgson

The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Arabian nights Burton, Sir Richard Francis

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism 1 Byng, Georgia

Molly Moon and the Morphing Mystery 5 Byng, Georgia

Ash and Quill Caine, Rachel

Flunked 1 Calonita, Jen

Charmed 2 Calonita, Jen

Rook Cameron, Sharon

The Forgetting Cameron, Sharon

Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott

All Fall Down Carter, Ally

Heist Society 1 Carter, Ally

I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You 1 Carter, Ally

Only the Good Spy Young 4 Carter, Ally

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy 2 Carter, Ally

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover 3 Carter, Ally

Uncommon Criminals 2 Carter, Ally

The One 2 Cass, Kiera

The Selection 1 Cass, Kiera

Rebel Girls Lead Cavallo, Francesca and Elena Favilli

Rebel Girls Explore Cavallo, Francesca and Elena Favilli

The School of Good and Evil 1 Chainani, Soman

A World Without Princes 2 Chainani, Soman

Be a Genie in Six Easy Steps Chapman, Linda and Steve Cole

The Testing Charbonneau, Joelle

Powerless Childs, Tera Lynn and Tracy Dee's

Drama Con 2 Chmakova, Svetlana

Drama Con 3 Chmakova, Svetlana

Drama Con 1 Chmakova, Svetlana

Aru Shah and the End of Time Chokshi, Roshani

The Star Touched Queen Chokshi, Roshani

Cinderella Cinderella

Magic Knight Rayearth CLAMP

City of Bones Clare, Cassandra

Ready Player One Cline, Ernest

Catching Fire 2 Collins, Suzanne

Mockingjay 3 Collins, Suzanne

The Hunger Games 1 Collins, Suzanne

Matched Condie, Ally

The Waterless Sea Constable, Kate

Seaward Cooper, Susan

Mechanica Cornwell, Betsy

Venturess Cornwell, Betsy

Don't push the button! Cotter, Bill

Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon

Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon

Love that Dog Creech, Sharon

Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon

The Death Cure 3 Dashner, James

The Scorch Trials 2 Dashner, James

The Kill Order .5 Dashner, James

The Twelve Dancing Princesses David, Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Meek

The Fandom Day, Anna

Frozen De la Cruz, Melissa

26 Fairmont Avenue DePaola, Tomie

Blind Dewoskin, Rachel

The Tale of Despereaux DiCamillo, Kate

Hard Times Dickens, Charles

A Christmas Carol Dickons, Charles

Stepsister Donnelly, Jennifer

The Boy With the Hidden Name 2 Dorset, Skylar

The Girl Who Never Was 1 Dorset, Skylar

The Magickers Vol. 1 Drake, Emily

The Magickers Vol. 2 Drake, Emily

Dragonsdale Drake, Salamanda

Half Magic Eager, Edward

The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles Edwards, Julie Andrews

Happy Marriage 2 Enjoji, Maki

Harry Potter Fact Book Farrington, Karen and Lewis Constable

Rocket science for babies Ferrie, Chris

Once Upon a Marigold Ferris, Jean

Bridget Jones's Diary Fielding, Helen

Wellspring of Magic Fields, Jan

Erak's Ransom 7 Flanagan, John

The Battle for Skandia 4 Flanagan, John

The Burning Bridge 2 Flanagan, John

The Icebound Land 3 Flanagan, John

The Rangers Apprentice 1 Flanagan, John

The Outcasts Flanagan, John

The Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne

Sphinx's Princess Friesner, Esther M.

Igraine the Brave Funke, Cornelia

Inkdeath 3 Funke, Cornelia

Inkheart 1 Funke, Cornelia

Inkspell 2 Funke, Cornelia

Bloody Kiss 2 Furumiya, Kazuko

Stardust Gaimen, Neil

Scarlet Gaughen, A.C.

Dragon Flight 2 George, Jessica Day

Dragon Slippers 1 George, Jessica Day

Dragon Spear 3 George, Jessica Day

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow George, Jessica Day

Princess of the Midnight Ball 1 George, Jessica Day

Princess of Glass 2 George, Jessica Day

Princess of the Silver Woods 3 George, Jessica Day

Ruby Red 1 Gier, Kerstin

Sapphire Blue 2 Gier, Kerstin

Emerald Green 3 Gier, Kerstin

The Book Jumper Gläser, Mechthild

Mines of the Minotaur 3 Golding, Julia

Secret of the Sirens 1 Golding, Julia

The Chimera Curse 4 Golding, Julia

The Diamond of Drury Lane 1 Golding, Julia

The Gorgon's Gaze 2 Golding, Julia

The Princess Bride Goldman, William

Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library Grabstein, Chris

The Wind in the Willows Grahame, Kenneth

A Thousand Pieces of You Gray, Claudia

Tales of the Greek Heroes Green, Roger Lancelyn

Tales of Ancient Egypt Green, Roger Lancelyn

Rated Grey, Melissa

Grimm's Fairy Tales Grimm, Jakob & Wilhelm

Water for Elephants Gruen, Sara

The Princess Academy Hale, Shannon

The Princess Academy Hale, Shannon

The Fairie Ring Hamilton, Kiki

Violet Wings 1 Hanley, Victoria

Indigo Magic 2 Hanley, Victoria

The Fourth Ruby 2 Hannibal, James R.

The Lost Property Office 1 Hannibal, James R.

Seraphina Hartman, Rachel

Ouran high school host club 10 Hatori, Bisco

Ouran high school host club 14 Hatori, Bisco

Ouran high school host club 15 Hatori, Bisco

Pandora Gets Frightened 6 Hennesy, Carolyn

Pandora Gets Vain 2 Hennesy, Carolyn

Hoot Hiaasen, Carl

vb rose 1 Hidaka, Banri

vb rose 2 Hidaka, Banri

vb rose 3 Hidaka, Banri

Portrait of m&n 1 Higuchi, Tachibana

Portrait of m&n 2 Higuchi, Tachibana

City of Masks Hoffman, Mary

The Iliad Homer

The Odyssey Homer

Reawakened Houck, Colleen

Invitation to the Game Hughes, Monica

Pay it Forward Hyde, Catherine Ryan

Dial-a-Ghost Ibbotson, Eva

Which Witch? Ibbotson, Eva

Magic Flutes Ibbotson, Eva

The Secret of Platform 13 Ibbotson, Eva

Demon Sacred 2 Itsuki, Natsumi

Demon Sacred 3 Itsuki, Natsumi

Demon Sacred 1 Itsuki, Natsumi

Princess of Thorns Jay, Stacey

A Thousand Nights Johnston, E.K.

The Enchanted Quest 5 Jones, Allan Frewin

The Fairie Path 1 Jones, Allan Frewin

The Immortal Realm 4 Jones, Allan Frewin

The Lost Queen 2 Jones, Allan Frewin

The Sorcerer King 3 Jones, Allan Frewin

Howl's Moving Castle Jones, Diana Wynne

A Tale of Time City Jones, Diana Wynne

The Phantom Tollbooth Juster, Norton

The Midnight Dance Katz, Nikki

The Day of the Djinn Warriors Kerr, P.B.

The Stonekeeper Kibuishi, Kazu

Mamotte lollipop 1 Kikuta, Michiyo

mamotte lollipop 2 Kikuta, Michiyo

mamotte lollipop 3 Kikuta, Michiyo

mamotte lollipop 4 Kikuta, Michiyo

mamotte lollipop 5 Kikuta, Michiyo

mamotte lollipop 6 Kikuta, Michiyo

The Diabolic Kincaid, S.J.

The Jungle Books Kipling, Rudyard

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E.L.

Enchanted 1 Kontis, Alethea

Hero 2 Kontis, Alethea

Swindle Korman, Gordon

Chasing the Falconers 1 Korman, Gordon

Hunting the Hunter 6 Korman, Gordon

The Friday Society Kress, Adrienne

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos LaFevers, R.L.

The Coming of Dragons Lake, A.J.

Defy Larson, Sara B.

The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns Laskow, Sarah

The Portal Lasky, Kathryn

25 Women Who Dared to Go Lassieur, Allison

To Kill a Mocking Bird Lee, Harper

Wings Lethcoe, Jason

Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson

The Princess Tales Levine, Gail Carson

The Two Princesses of Bamarre Levine, Gail Carson

Prince Caspian 4 Lewis, C.S.

The Horse and His Boy 3 Lewis, C.S.

The Last Battle 7 Lewis, C.S.

The Magicians Nephew 1 Lewis, C.S.

The Silver Chair 6 Lewis, C.S.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 5 Lewis, C.S.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2 Lewis, C.S.

Spinning Starlight Lewis, R.C.

Pippi Longstocking Lindgren, Astrid

[weirdletter]

Gorgon: Stories of Emergence, edited by Sarah Read, Pantheon Magazine, 2019. Cover art by Daniele Serra, internal illustrations by Luke Spooner (Carrion House), info: amazon.com.

Many myths are stories of transformation, of emergence. The beginnings of new things—new creatures, new eras, new adventures. In myth, transformation can be empowering or punishing. A curse, or an ascendncy to great power—or both. Collected here are new myths, bew stories of transformation—the emergence of the best new voices in genre fiction. Enjoy, and be changed. Gorgon: Stories of Emergence contains 42 transformative stories spanning all genres from both emerging and new voices alike, with all new stories by Gwendolyn Kiste, Richard Thomas, Annie Neugebauer, Eden Royce, Beth Cato, D.A. Xiaolin Spires and more, and featuring 10 illustrations by Carrion House.

Contents: Editor’s note – Sarah Read Who are You? – Filip Wiltgren The Face God Gave – J. Ashley Smith Undone – Richard Thomas Psalms – Aimee Ogden Fit for the Wolves – Annie Neugebauer The Goddess of Birds and Wind – Alex Shvartsman Gods of Empty Places – A.T. Greenblatt The Boy Who Drowned – Duke Kimball Seen and Not Heard – Barbara A. Barnett Tips for How to Deal with Your Daughter When She’s Become a Monster – Gwendolyn Kiste An Illusion of Substance – C.M. Muller Iris and Chiaroscuro – Erin Robinson We Did All We Could for Them – Rebecca Ann Jordan Only the Mirrors Tell You – Rhonda Eikamp Bluebeard’s Surrender – Julie C. Day Burning Bright – Carina Bissett The Wallflowers – Lora Gray Swings and Suspension – D.A. Xiaolin Spires Amazon – Tori Cardenas A Quick Getaway – Sherri Cook Woosley The Queen’s Secret – H.L. Fullerton She Shells – Eden Royce Raven Hearts – Stephanie Herman Her Blood Like Rubies in the Ground – Eugenia Triantafyllou Edges of Love – G.D. Watry Discarded Skins – Steve Toase Abyssal – Lorraine Schein Bioluminescence – Maria Haskins Portrait of My Wife as a Boat – Samantha Murray Silvermouth – Doug Murano A Fish for Ophelia – Craig Wallwork Green – Sharon Jimenez Cold Burn – Shannon Connor Winward Down by the Weeping Shore – Natalia Theodoridou King Swan – Juliana Spink Mills Moth’s Wing in Spider’s Web – J.E. Bates Walls of Nigeria – Jeremy Szal Of Talons and Teeth – Brent Baldwin Awaken My Bones Old and New – Beth Cato Kq’ – Nicole Givens Kurtz The Scorching – Dan Rabarts Dark the Sky, Rust the Earth – Hal Y. Zhang

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Knusel, Christpher. “Courteous Knights and Cruel Avengers: a Consideration of the Changing Social

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[mostlysignssomeportents]

Lumberjanes 8: families, they f*ck you up

Lumberjanes is the longrunning, justly beloved kids' graphic novel series about an all-girl summer camp where the campers fight magic monsters, sometimes are magic monsters, and swear oaths on feminist icons from history; it keeps going from strength to strength, and Stone Cold, the eighth collection in the series, is no exception!

One strength of the Lumberjanes stories is how naturally they weave in diversity and representation: people are who they are, across a spectrum of genders, gender expressions, racial identities and backgrounds, but who they are also informs the stories they live and how they feel about them. The characters are never symbols of their intersectional identities, but those identities are always integral to who they are at the same time.

Volume 8's storyline is about the families of the 'Janes: good, bad, and (very) ugly. The Lumberjanes of Roanoake cabin come from a variety of backgrounds, not all of them great, but none of them have a patch on Diane, the on/off camper from Zodiac cabin who also happens to be a Greek goddess -- Artemis, twin of Apollo, daughter of Zeus, and someone whose family dysfunctions are literally the stuff of legend.

Diane's stupid father sent her to Earth to hunt down a gorgon and bring it to him, but she that's not why she's come to Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types -- she just wanted to see her friends. It's a seeming coincidence that everyone in Zodiac cabin was turned to stone moments before she showed up, and now everyone is part of her quest to find that gorgon, like it or not.

But this is a Lumberjanes story, so the gorgon isn't what we're expecting either -- she certainly didn't turn Zodiac cabin to stone statues; that was the doing of those monster giant mutant turkeys whose basilisk gaze turns all it alights upon to stone. So who, exactly, is behind the plague of statues, and why do they want Diane and her friends to play a bunch of deadly variants on ancient Greek children's games?

As always, this Lumberjanes installment is a balance of cheerful anarchy, madcap humor, thrilling action, beautiful and subtle relationships, and teamwork over adversity. If you're interested in reading the whole series, here's my reviews of the previous volumes:

Books 1-3

Book 4

Books 5-6

Book 7

Lumberjanes 8: Stone Cold [Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, Carey Pietsch and Maarta Laiho/Boom]

https://boingboing.net/2018/03/26/zeus-is-a-dick.html

[paulisded]

The Ledge #502: Best Records of 2021 NYE Countdown

So your favorite online radio DJ decided to spend a bitterly cold New Year's Eve playing over six hours of the best music of 2021. But what else would I have done? New Year's Eve is amateur night, and I haven't ventured out of my house for the big night in years.

With the big night lining up with a Ledge weekly broadcast, the decision to do a "Casey Kasem" was easy. So this show is a true marathon. First off, there's a countdown of the 20 best reissues, box sets, compilations, and tribute albums of the year. Then there's a countdown of the 40 best albums of 2021, and we hit the stroke of midnight in the eastern and central time zones with tracks from some of the great singles and EP's of the year, along with tunes from a number of great albums that barely missed the cut of making the big countdown.

Honestly, while the world is melting down we are somehow seeing a cultural renaissance. How else could I put together a six hour playlist of nothing but music from the past year? It's simply incredible how much wonderful music is coming out on a weekly basis from all over the world. This is why I do The Ledge, and why there's an episode every month that consists of nothing but new releases.

I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season, and that 2022 turns out to be a magical year for you all!

I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! You can find this show at almost any podcast site, including iTunes and Stitcher...or

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Here's the tracklist of the entire show, beginning with a countdown of tunes from the 20 best reissues, box sets, and tribute records of 2021:

20. The Beatles, Don’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance)

19. The Rolling Stones, Fiji Jim

18. The Jacks, (You're) so Wrong

17. The Dogmatics, Sister Serena

16. Green Day, 2000 Light Years Away

15. Sex Pistols, Anarchy In The UK

14. Neil Young, Helpless

13. PJ Harvey, The Life And Death Of Mr. Badmouth (Demo)

12. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Walls (No. 3)

11. Swell Maps, One of the Crowd

10. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Pump It Up (feat. Juanes)

9. Bob Dylan, Blind Willie McTell (Take 5 - Infidels Outtake)

8. The Pretty Things, L.S.D. (Saturday Club Presented by Brian Matthew, May 1966)

7. The Pretenders, The Wait (BBC Live Session)

6. Kurt Vile, Run Run Run

5. Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Kid with the Replaceable Head

4. Gang of Four, Damaged Goods

3. John Lennon, God (Take 42 / Raw Studio Mix)

2. The Replacements, Raised in the City (Studio Demo)

1. George Harrison, All Things Must Pass - Day 1 Demo

And now tracks from my countdown of the best albums of 2021:

40. Indonesian Junk, One More Try

39. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Human Race

38. Beebe Gallini, Little Sister

37. Colleen Green, Highway

36. The Hold Steady, Spices

35. Dry Cleaning, Unsmart Lady

34. Lord Huron, Mine Forever

33. Dinosaur Jr., I Met The Stones

32. Juliana Hatfield, Gorgon

31. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Old Time

30. Mountain Movers, I Wanna See The Sun

29. Guided By Voices, High in the Rain

28. The William Loveday Intention, They Wanted the Devil But I Sang of God

27. Michael Beach, Curtain Of Night

26. Acid Dad, She Only Eats Organic

25. Gentleman Jesse, Become Nothing

24. Split Single, 95 Percent

23. Blunt Bangs, She's Gone

22. Ty Segall, Pictures

21. Shannon & the Clams, Year Of The Spider

20. The Courettes, I Can Hardly Wait

19. The Umbrellas, Lonely

18. Geoff Palmer, What Would Paul Westerberg Do?

17. Brad Marino, Local Show

16. Chime School, Fixing Motorcycles

15. Scientists, Moth Eaten Velvet

14. CTMF, Where the Wild Purple Iris Grows

13. Courtney Barnett, Take It Day By Day

12. IDLES, The Beachland Ballroom

11. The Blips, Throw Me Around

10. Parquet Courts, Walking At A Downtown Pace

9. Viagra Boys, Ain't Nice

8. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Sunday Women

7. Night Beats, Stuck In The Morning

6. John Murry, The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes

5. Amyl and The Sniffers, No More Tears

4. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Dead Ringer

3. The Exbats, Ghost In The Record Store

2. Kiwi jr., Undecided Voters

1. The Shadracks, Don't Let Go

And, finally, another two hours of great 2021 singles, EP's and albums that barely missed the countdown:

1. Watts, Queens

2. Dany Laj And The Looks, You And Me

3. French Girls, Independent Woman

4. The Shang Hi Los, Skipping Records

5. Lydia Loveless, Let's Make Out

6. Liz Phair, Bad Kitty

7. The Ex-Bombers, Beat Heart Beat

8. Pearl Harbour, Trouble

9. Hayley and the Crushers, Jacaranda

10. Tommy And The Rockets, Listen to the Heartbeat

11. Psychotic Youth, Talk to Loretta

12. The Queers, Valleri

13. K7's, Censorshit

14. Lars Frederiksen, Tomorrows Girls

15. Independent Country, Left Of The Dial

16. Civic, As Seen On TV

17. Berlin Blackouts, Make Punk Rock Great Again

18. Chubby and the Gang, I Hate The Radio

19. Killer Hearts, Do Your Thing

20. Liquids, Dont Wanna Get to Know You

21. Local Drags, Give A Shit Anyway

22. Vista Blue, Stealing Signs

23. Tommy Ray, Beer Wine & Whiskey

24. The Routes, Broken Goods

25. The Peacers, Ghost of a Motherfucker

26. Low Rats, Taxi Driver/Brand New Cadillac

27. New Rocket Union, Out of Mind

28. Friends Of Cesar Romero, The Lonely Popular Girl

29. Teenage Bottlerocket, You're Never Going out of Style

30. RMBLR, Machine Gun!!

31. Hard-Ons, Fucked up Party

32. Apollo 66, Fly Trap

33. Dan Israel, Pandemic Blues

[theloverstomb]

Kaspar, Raven, inkblot 🥀 trying to ask questions I don’t already know the answers to!

Hannah you sent me this in November and I was pondering over the questions and what to answer with, that I completely forgot about it 😳 sorry <3

Kaspar- A fact about you not many know? Do you have a hidden talent?

I can’t think of a not very well known fact about me that I haven’t already told you, so this is for anyone who might be by any chance interested at all, Ella wasn’t my first name, it was Siân and was changed to Ella when I was still a babe as people kept calling me Shannon, but it’s still one of my middle names! and I cannot think of a single talent that I possess hidden or otherwise for the second part of the question unfortunately ahah

Raven- What mythological creature would you be and why?

hm probably a gorgon as I don’t like anyone looking at me so it would be satisfying to turn them into stone. and having snakes for hair.. what a look, not that you could look at me or anything - 👄 -

Inkblot: What makes you infuriated? Do you get upset easily?

being misinterpreted, feeling like i’m being humiliated by someone, and clowns like anti-vaccinators or those that don’t believe covid is real and don’t care about medically vulnerable people.. I did when I was a teenager but no not anymore, it would have to take a lot or have to be something deeply personal for me to get properly upset now

[thecorteztwins]

Do you have a favorite Marvel hero and villain?

Hmmm, this is tough!I think my favorite hero is Squirrel Girl, specifically as she'swritten in The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North. You can seewhy HERE and HERE (scroll down). She's my ideal superhero in so many ways. Besidesthe reasons listed in the links, I love her wacky expressions, howshe's so frequently undignified, never drawn for the male gaze whatsoever, the fact her powers arerodent-related, and her absolutely terrific ensemble cast. She's gotsome great quotes too. One of my faves being “YOU'RE A JERK WHOSUUUUCKS!” She's just...deeply enjoyable to read. I should catch upon her stuff. I left off around Shannon Sugarbaker, the evil cosplayerwho hunted animal/human hybrids because she wanted to hunt man butthat was illegal....yes, I said evil cosplayer.

My favorite villainis a more complicated question. Marvel is great in that it has such aLOT of villains, and that allows for a multitude of villainous“types” and personalities (such as evil cosplayers). There are villains who can give mefeels, or make me laugh, or are just really fun to root against, orwho I sometimes can't help rooting for. I guess I'm going to have tocheat and say my favorite villains, plural, are: Fabian Cortez,Exodus, Sebastian Shaw, Madelyne Pryor, Haven, and the Hellions, allof whom fall into one or more of the various listed categories.You'll notice these are all X-Men charaters, and that's becauseother than Squirrel Girl there's really nothing else I read comics-wise except old X-Men stuff. Butbased on what little I've read of Inhumans stuff, I've got to give anhonorable mention to Prince Maximus “the Mad” Boltagon. I mean,just look at these quotes:“TEAM HERO MAXIMUSSUPERSTAR!”“What did you say? “Run for your life,Maximus, one of us has to live and I'd rather it'd be you?Understood, brother, you're a good man. Don't worry, I'll make afantastic king.”“Gorgon, can I be king?” “No,Maximus.” “Oh, let me! I'd be great!” “No.” “But I wantto be king of something!” […] “So, reviewing, why can't I beking of the Shi'ar? I'm quite clever, you may have noticed that aboutme. And Medusa gets to rule the Kree, apparently. So--” “SHUT.UP.”“I like you. You're like a less sophisticated,dumber, less talented, uglier version of ME.”

How could I not lovehim? He's the exact combination of egotistical and pathetic and HILARIOUS, yetthreatening and competent and frequently kinda creepy, that I'm just crazy about! Hits all my “ohno he's my favorite now” buttons, man.

perfection

[thosetrollkids]

I toss these sketches at you all without context, hoping that some of it sticks on your cranium's walls

commission info

[sylvarwolf]

The Gods of Gaul CT038

The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1911) Chapter 3: The Gods of Gaul and the Continental Celts

by J. A. MacCulloch

A discussion of the innumerable Gods of Gaul and the influence of the Roman gods on the continental deities.

  Names Used in this Section

Apollo

Juppiter

Minerva

Dispater

Jupiter Taranis

Apollo Grannus

Augustus

Lares

Belenos Augustus

Holder's Altceltischer Sprachschatz

Anwyl

Allobrogi

Pliny

Arverni

Puy de Dôme

Artaios

Mercurius Cultor at Wurtemberg

Moccus

Cimiacinus

Ogmíos

Lucian

Dumias

Borvo, Bormo, or Bormanus

Ausonius

Belinuntia

Maponos

Bonus Puer

Mogons or Mogounos

Diodorus

Boreads

Caturix

Belatu-Cadros

Albiorix

Rigisamus

Toutatis, Totatis, and Tutatis

Seckau, York, and Old Carlisle

Professor Rhŷs

Taranis

Neton

Camulos

Cumal

Fionn

Braciaca

Cernunnos

Esus or Silvanus

Taranoos and Taranucnos

Sucellos

Kulhwych

Mycenæans

Neter

Alexandrian Serapis

Nantosvelta

M. D'Arbois

Balor

Autun

Vandoeuvres

Reims

Saintes

Beaune

Dennevy

Malmaison

M. Mowat

Bran

Janus

Smertullos

Silvanus

Salzbach

Aeracura

Ober-Seebach

Tarvos Trigaranos

M. Reinach

Cúchulainn

garanus

trikeras

trikarenos

Esugenos

Poeninus

Vosges mountains, Vosegus

Dii Casses

Cassiterides

Dea Bibracte, Nemausus, and Vasio

Bibracte, Nimes, and Vaison

Belisama

Nemetona

Cathubodua, Badb-catha

Andrasta

Andarta of the Voconces

Boudicca

Bellona of the Scordisci

Camma

Cæsarius of Arles

Stanna

Perigueux

Vesunna and Aventia, Vesona and Avanche

Seine, Sequana

Bormo, Bormana, Damona

Dea Brixia was the consort of Luxovius, Luxeuil

Clota, Clyde

Sabrina, Severn

Icauna was goddess of the Yonne

Sinnan of the Shannon

Deoe Matres

Berecynthia

Hathors in Egypt, the Moirai, Gorgons, and Graiæ of Greece, the Roman Fates, and the Norse Nornæ

Juno with Clivana

  Religion of the Ancient Celts can be found on Sacred Texts.

You can find out more about J. A. McCulloch on Wikipedia.

Try the Celtic Myth Podshow for a dramatic re-telling of the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts at http://celticmythpodshow.com or in Apple Podcasts.

Our theme music is "Gander at the Pratie Hole" by Sláinte.  You can find their music on the Free Music Archive.

Check out this episode!

[djjamesryan]

Sensual Vogue 17-02

Brightside (Just Kiddin Remix) - Icona Pop Time (Kataa Remix) - Feli Not In Love (Crvvcks Remix) - M.O Slumber Party (Bimbo Jones Club Mix) - Britney Spears Never Enough (StoneBridge Pool Destroyer Mix) - Rowetta To Love (Sonny Fodera Mix) - Shannon Saunders Unbeautiful (StoneBridge & Damien Hall Club Remix) - Kaat Dark Circles (StoneBridge & Axel Hall Winter Heat Extended Mix) - DI Gasoline (BAMBI Remix) - Halsey After Love (Paul Oakenfold Club Mix) - Suzie Del Vecchio Good For Me (Rinzen Remix) - Karen Harding Cum Ar Fi (Pascal Junior Remix) - Inna High & Low (Oliver Moldan Mix) - Jasmine Ash You Done Now (Jochen Simms Remix) - Shanie I Would Like (Gorgon City Remix) - Zara Larsson Can´t You See (Leon Italy Mix) - Simone Liberali Koinz (Chris Daniel & Dj Suri Club Mix) - SR Out There (David Penn Remix) - Kristine W When Im Alone (The Cube Guys Remix) - Inaya Day Long Live Love (Dave Aude Club Remix) - LeAnn Rimes

[mostlysignssomeportents]

#1yrago Lumberjanes 8: families, they f*ck you up

Lumberjanes is the longrunning, justly beloved kids' graphic novel series about an all-girl summer camp where the campers fight magic monsters, sometimes are magic monsters, and swear oaths on feminist icons from history; it keeps going from strength to strength, and Stone Cold, the eighth collection in the series, is no exception!

One strength of the Lumberjanes stories is how naturally they weave in diversity and representation: people are who they are, across a spectrum of genders, gender expressions, racial identities and backgrounds, but who they are also informs the stories they live and how they feel about them. The characters are never symbols of their intersectional identities, but those identities are always integral to who they are at the same time.

Volume 8's storyline is about the families of the 'Janes: good, bad, and (very) ugly. The Lumberjanes of Roanoake cabin come from a variety of backgrounds, not all of them great, but none of them have a patch on Diane, the on/off camper from Zodiac cabin who also happens to be a Greek goddess -- Artemis, twin of Apollo, daughter of Zeus, and someone whose family dysfunctions are literally the stuff of legend.

Diane's stupid father sent her to Earth to hunt down a gorgon and bring it to him, but she that's not why she's come to Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types -- she just wanted to see her friends. It's a seeming coincidence that everyone in Zodiac cabin was turned to stone moments before she showed up, and now everyone is part of her quest to find that gorgon, like it or not.

But this is a Lumberjanes story, so the gorgon isn't what we're expecting either -- she certainly didn't turn Zodiac cabin to stone statues; that was the doing of those monster giant mutant turkeys whose basilisk gaze turns all it alights upon to stone. So who, exactly, is behind the plague of statues, and why do they want Diane and her friends to play a bunch of deadly variants on ancient Greek children's games?

As always, this Lumberjanes installment is a balance of cheerful anarchy, madcap humor, thrilling action, beautiful and subtle relationships, and teamwork over adversity. If you're interested in reading the whole series, here's my reviews of the previous volumes:

Books 1-3

Book 4

Books 5-6

Book 7

Lumberjanes 8: Stone Cold [Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, Carey Pietsch and Maarta Laiho/Boom]

https://boingboing.net/2018/03/26/zeus-is-a-dick.html

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Lumberjanes 8: families, they f*ck you up

Lumberjanes is the longrunning, justly beloved kids' graphic novel series about an all-girl summer camp where the campers fight magic monsters, sometimes are magic monsters, and swear oaths on feminist icons from history; it keeps going from strength to strength, and Stone Cold, the eighth collection in the series, is no exception!

One strength of the Lumberjanes stories is how naturally they weave in diversity and representation: people are who they are, across a spectrum of genders, gender expressions, racial identities and backgrounds, but who they are also informs the stories they live and how they feel about them. The characters are never symbols of their intersectional identities, but those identities are always integral to who they are at the same time.

Volume 8's storyline is about the families of the 'Janes: good, bad, and (very) ugly. The Lumberjanes of Roanoake cabin come from a variety of backgrounds, not all of them great, but none of them have a patch on Diane, the on/off camper from Zodiac cabin who also happens to be a Greek goddess -- Artemis, twin of Apollo, daughter of Zeus, and someone whose family dysfunctions are literally the stuff of legend.

Diane's stupid father sent her to Earth to hunt down a gorgon and bring it to him, but she that's not why she's come to Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types -- she just wanted to see her friends. It's a seeming coincidence that everyone in Zodiac cabin was turned to stone moments before she showed up, and now everyone is part of her quest to find that gorgon, like it or not.

But this is a Lumberjanes story, so the gorgon isn't what we're expecting either -- she certainly didn't turn Zodiac cabin to stone statues; that was the doing of those monster giant mutant turkeys whose basilisk gaze turns all it alights upon to stone. So who, exactly, is behind the plague of statues, and why do they want Diane and her friends to play a bunch of deadly variants on ancient Greek children's games?

As always, this Lumberjanes installment is a balance of cheerful anarchy, madcap humor, thrilling action, beautiful and subtle relationships, and teamwork over adversity. If you're interested in reading the whole series, here's my reviews of the previous volumes:

Books 1-3

Book 4

Books 5-6

Book 7

Lumberjanes 8: Stone Cold [Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, Carey Pietsch and Maarta Laiho/Boom]

https://boingboing.net/2018/03/26/zeus-is-a-dick.html