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[earsplittingtrumpet]

From Jesse Jacobs' Crawl Space

[dynamobooks]

Gary Groth, Kristy Valenti & Austin English (ed.): The Comics Journal #309 (2023)

[marvelat-words]

Book Review: Safari Honeymoon

A couple and their guide on safari in a very, very strange land. Everything is dangerous and poisonous and fantastically weird. It is so fun and interesting. A lot of the art felt very trippy, which I loved. I also think a video game in this style would be amazing.

Full review.

[randommultifandomrants]

Being a girl is: wanting to go to bed early but deciding to just get on tumblr/wattpad/Ao3 for a little bit and then end up finding a fic series that you really like and read until well past your usual bedtime then keeping on because it’s already past your bedtime. Then being mad when you wake up in the morning because you overslept your timer.

[cruel-seduction]

It’s like a full-blown addiction, but instead of drugs or booze, it’s this fictional guy who’s got her wrapped around his finger. She knows it’s fucked up—knows she’s out here daydreaming about someone who’s not even real—but who cares? This guy? He’s everything. He’s charming in the worst ways, flawed in every possible sense, but there’s just something about him that has her hooked. He doesn’t even know she exists, but she’s ready to fight anyone who says a word against him. Seriously, she’ll defend his honor like it’s a fucking life-or-death mission.

He’s a goddamn trainwreck, but he’s her trainwreck. She’ll put up with all his baggage, his emotional scars, his dark sides, because somehow, that brokenness makes him feel more real to her than any real guy could. He’s messed up, but she’ll fix him in her head every single time. Maybe it’s that thrill of knowing he’s dangerous and untouchable that makes him even more irresistible. He might break her heart in a hundred ways, but it’s the kind of heartbreak that makes her feel alive, even if it hurts like hell.

And it’s never gonna happen, right? She knows that. He’s not gonna waltz into her life and sweep her off her feet. But it doesn’t matter. Because she gets to have him on her terms—no messy reality, no awkward first dates, no risking her heart for real. He’s always there when she needs him, in that perfect little bubble of fantasy she’s built for herself. And maybe she’s a little crazy for it, but at least with him, she’s never disappointed. Every time she replays his scenes, reads the fanfics, imagines their future together—it's like a high she can never quite shake. She knows it's all just a mindfuck, but she’s never felt more alive.

[bobfishpresents]

❤️ European based @MicheleNitri-hollow-press publishes great comics both... @hollow-press

[daydreamerdrew]

from Safari Honeymoon by Jesse Jacobs

[velvety-cherryy]

My Mess

He's got me fucked, in the best ways A charming mess, flawed to perfection Doesn't exist, but I'm ready to fight Anyone who dares to say a word against him, day or night

I know it's fucked up, I'm out here dreaming Of someone who's not real, but who cares? He's mine on my terms, no messy reality No awkward dates, no risking my heart's sanity

He's always there when I need him, a constant high I'm never disappointed, just flying, never saying goodbye Maybe I'm a little crazy, but I've never felt more alive He's my mindfuck, my guilty pleasure, my forever thrill ride

(For every girl who is in love with fictional men)

[memingursa]

ANYWAY. Casting a wide net to then talk about Palestine.

@abdalsalam1990 has been a teenager trying to support their family in the midst of struggle you and I cannot imagine. Nader has been so kind and empathetic talking to me, showing a strength I know I do not have. Please help them if you can, and donate. If you can’t, please try and spread Nader’s fundraiser. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-abd-al-salam-and-his-family-get-through-this-war-ingaza

And I linked these channels who I know have active communities. If you can spread word there (on discords, email links etc) for Nader and other Fundraisers you might have found I’m sure alot of progress could be made. Please try and help these people, and get word out.

[getonmybookshelf]

(@oqmemphis thank you for this spectacular new meme template)

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My Comics Collection - part 2

Jesse Jacobs, Lorenzo Mattotti, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Art Spiegelman

[nichetheorist]

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#Captains Of The Ship Be Like

[lulu2992]

I’ve been thinking about this piece of Far Cry 5 concept art lately:

The character standing on the cage brandishing a book is clearly Jacob, and the old Eden’s Gate logo (with an eagle) on the white flag behind him suggests the image was created relatively early during the game’s development. This logo also appears in this picture (on the pulpit) or this one (the golden statue). The Eden’s Gate cross on the black flags, however, already has its final design.

This place looks like it could be the Baron Lumber Mill, there are two Eden’s Gate soldiers and many Judges, but what intrigues me is the presence of the people dressed in orange prison jumpsuits. In the game, Jacob’s prisoners wear their regular clothes, and while some are caged at the lumber mill, it seems “recruits” are usually trained at the Grand View Hotel or St. Francis. They are conditioned and forced to fight, but I’m not sure this kind of “trial” involving Judges is still a thing.

Since cult NPCs explain Judges are called that because they can detect sinners and won’t attack people who are worthy and righteous, I wonder if what we see in the image could be a form of “judgment”. It looks like the prisoner has been literally thrown to the wolves for them to decide if their soul is worth saving or not.

In Jess’ early biography, they also mentioned she “nearly lost her life in Jacob’s camps”, so is this what they looked like and what she’d been subjected to, at least in a previous version of the story?

We’re not used to seeing Jacob hold and, it seems, loudly preach about the Word of Joseph either because, while he has faith in the Father and is one of his Heralds, he mostly talks about his own beliefs in the game, so that’s interesting as well!

I don’t know, there’s something quite powerful, striking, and intriguing about this image to me, both in terms of the visuals and the story it seems to tell.

[cruel-seduction]

The bond between a girl and her favorite fictional man? That shit’s toxic, but in the best way. It’s this messed-up, all-consuming obsession where she’ll go to war for a man who doesn’t even exist—like, literally fight someone for talking shit about him. She knows he’s a red flag with legs, but she’s ready to unpack his trauma and let him ruin her life, because he gets her in ways real guys never could. He’s everything she wants and everything she should probably stay the hell away from, but fuck it. It’s not about logic; it’s about the fantasy of someone who’s so broken, they’d burn the whole world down just to love her.

It’s painful, because she knows he’ll never be real, but that doesn’t stop her from falling harder every damn time she opens the book, watches the show, or reads another fanfic. And yeah, it hurts like hell, but it’s a beautiful kind of hurt. The kind that makes her want to scream and cry and laugh all at once.

Because no real guy could ever compare to that kind of perfectly fucked-up perfection. (And cause he will fuck you till you can't think straight)

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I HAVE MORE.