#thomas whitman

[sharoscylla]

I’ve had a lot of stuff going on lately but I received the urge to draw Tommy… he’s so precious to me. Best gunslinger lmao.

He is technically a canon character, he gets mentioned exactly the once in the gunslinger and then a character CALLED Thomas Whitman exists in the comics, though I admit I stopped reading them before we meet that version so I can’t say how similar they are. All I really noticed or knew about Thomas from the glimpses I got were: 1 close to Jamie and 2 Big Hat. I ended up deciding to characterize him as “Leonard of Quirm accidentally born into the wrong epic fantasy book series” and then ultimately wrote approximately a bajillion words of fanfic about him lmao.

And I never draw him with his hat. Cry pardon. I don’t like drawing hats.

[commiepinkofag]

Out of the Closet: A Collection of Early LGBTQ+ Fiction

A collection of 22 LGBTQ+ stories published between 1841-1923, read by Librivox volunteers.

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This is a collection of 22 LGBTQ+ stories published between 1841-1923, covering a wide span of authors, genres, and literary traditions. Some stories are coded and euphemistic, often framing their central relationships as friendships or familial bonds. Others are surprisingly brazen and bold for their time, courting controversy for their refusal to obscure the sexuality of their characters. Some tales come from canonical, widely known authors (Whitman, Chopin, Wilde, Cather), while others emerge from obscurer and less recognized writers (Thanet, Cooke, Bunner). Some are tragic and self- critical, clearly the byproducts of when they were written. Others are lightly comedic or triumphant, bucking the conventions of the time. Throughout each story, however, persists a desire to represent the seemingly unrepresentable, finding expression for the “love that dare not speak its name.” — Summary by ChuckW

Read by Librivox volunteers. Total running time: 18:15:34

[gregdotorg]

recently a critic accused the national portrait gallery of erasing the gay identity and aids-related history of a sculpture felix gonzalez-torres named after his partner. I went to the show and found that was inaccurate and misleading. the installation makes connections between gonzalez-torres and walt whitman, including a queer portraiture show they were both in *at the national portrait gallery*; and that they were both exemplars of queer caregiving. [whitman nursed civil war soldiers *in the building* that's now the smithsonian.]

image: installation view of an 1891 portrait by thomas eakins of "queer ancestor" walt whitman; a 1993 felix gonzalez-torres lightstring, "untitled" (leaves of grass) [which whitman edited in the building]; and "untitled" (portrait of ross in l.a.), a 1991 candy pour named for felix's partner ross laycock, who died of aids-related illness in 1991. in the next gallery beyond is "untitled" (portrait of dad), also 1991, and named for felix's father, who also died that year.

[llovelymoonn]

favourite poems of september

robin blaser the holy forest: collected poems of robin blaser: "[dear dusty moth]"

robin ekiss the mansion of happiness: "the bones of august"

e.e. cummings complete poems 1904-1962: "[anyone lived in a pretty how town]"

daisy fried econo motel, ocean city

david campos guilt shower and bad catholic

deborah a. miranda the zen of la llorona: "advice from la llorona"

v. penelope pelizzon blood memory

aimee nezhukumatathil invitation

jeffrey jullich portrait of colon dash paranthesis: "some materials may be inappropriate for children"

karina borowicz september tomatoes

patricia kirkpatrick survivor's guilt

kamau brathwaite born to slow horses: "i was wash-way in blood"

leslie adrienne miller the resurrection trade: "weaning"

allen edwin butt if briefly

gerrit lansing a february sheaf: selected writings, verse and prose: "how we sizzled in the pasture"

jayne cortez on the imperial highway: "in the morning"

stephen yenser preserves

ethan gilsdorf the imprint of september second

kathryn maris abc

paul zarzyski the antler tree

judith goldman vocoder: "rotten oasis"

tato laviera benedición: the complete poetry of tato laviera: "latero story"

tim seibles mosaic

ethan gilsdorf the imprint of september second

lucy wainger jiro dreams of sushi

robert duncan ground work: before the war: "a little language"

r.s. thomas the poems of r.s. thomas: "forest dwellers"

anthony wrynn saint john in the wilderness

reginald gibbons bear

walt whitman "are you the new person drawn toward me?"

kofi

[oldschoolfrp]

The spice must flow -- Han and Jabba discuss business in docking bay 94 (From the Marvel Comics/Whitman oversized 2-volume Special Edition adaptation of Star Wars, Howard Chaykin & Steve Leialoha artists/embellishers, Roy Thomas scripter/editor, 1977)

[hsslilly-blog]

[britney spears voice] you drive me crazy!

[lascitasdelashoras]

Walt Whitman, por Thomas Johnson

[pookiestheoneliveson]

Bill Duckett and Walt Whitman

Bill Duckett by Thomas Eakins

[nerds-yearbook]

Dane Whitman became the Black Knight in Avengers 48, cover date January 1968. The issue also introduced his horse Aragon and J.B. Desalvio. They were created by Roy Thomas and George Tuska. The new Black Knight attempted to join the Avengers. He was mistaken for a bad guy, though, and was attacked instead. ("The Black Knight Lives Again," Avengers 48, Marvel Comic Event)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Bugs Bunny Party Pest - art by Al Andersen and Thomas J. McKimson (1976)

[chernobog13]

The original art for a Whitman puzzle of The Secrets of Isis from 1977, based on the Filmation television show.

Several sources have identified Neal Adams as the artist of this piece. While I could be wrong, I believe the artist is actually frequent Adams collaborator Dick Giordano. The faces of the figures, especially the little boys, are pure Giordano.

And while some may suggest that this is Giordano inking over Adams' pencils (which he frequently did), figures in Giordano's work were usually stiffer (like Isis above), and not as loose and flowing like Adams.

Either way, it's a great piece of work. Makes me wish DC would do more with their version of the Isis character.

[sharoscylla]

I am sending the original ka-tet to New York City instead of making them deal with the fall of gilead! They have suffered enough! I think they should get to be friends with the NINJA TURTLES

Some notes:

I haven’t decided if Susan lived/came with. On the one hand Susan dying is a key aspect of Roland’s (and Bert’s and Alain’s) fucked up backstory. On the other hand I feel like Susan would be fucking hilarious around April and Casey. Actually Fuckin…. Aileen Ritter and Alain’s sister Claire should also get to come, 1 because Tommy needs his lesbian girlfriends 2 the Susan/Aileen/Claire/April/Sunita/Casey Girls Night would leave no survivors

I feel like Bert and Alain would adapt the easiest to this situation, then Jamie and Tommy, and then trailing a distant last place is Roland… however Tommy would like immediately adapt to technology and hidden city mystic stuff it’s just that he can’t order anything at McDonald’s bc it’s too much pressure

I’ve covered this before in a tdt/tma fic but the only reason anybody can understand spoken or written English is because of Roland’s presence extending Protagonist Plot Comprehension to his party so I’m considering whether a post-Mejis Roland who did NOT receive his quest for the tower (if Susan is alive) also has Main Character Powers and if not gosh I do love “a bunch of people having to live together in close quarters and don’t understand one another until someone makes a breakthrough”

I think objectively the funniest time for them to get drawn out of castle gilead and into New York is literally the first episode but anytime Leo fucks up a portal would be good too tbh

Congratulations splinter you have fucking tripled the number of horrible goblin children you’re responsible for

Every gunslinger autistic as hell… and so is every turtle….

[lovelyydarlingg]

oh loving is one thing but to be loved is a whole another thing, to be cherished and kissed, to be understood.

[philiponmycracker]

Sweet baby Tom Hulce as young Edward Whitman - The American Parade s1e8 "Song Of Myself"(1976, credited as Thomas Hulce)

When I said I will gif everything he was in that I can find, I was dead serious. Listed as 2nd screen acting role in Tom's filmography, in this short TV movie about the life of Walt Whitman, he plays the poet's younger brother Edward who had mental and physical disabilities since birth. It's really a couple minutes of screen time but boy did he deliver as always (three words: Milk! Potatoes! and Bird!). Plus, Rip Torn is wonderful in portraying the poet Whitman and it certainly makes sense why this was said to be one of his best performances. A heartful sincere thank you to The Pheonix Learning Group for making this gem available as an educational film for anyone to buy and download.

[lavenderrosiefan]

In light of today's RH episode, I made this meme: