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Gil and George will now rest in real time for like two minutes.

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Shade, The Changing Girl #02

Cecil Castellucci & Marley Zarcone

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Someone: I’d love to read some of your writing some time

Me, who never gets anything finished:

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if i was a skeleton i would just say “that really rattles my bones” in response to literally everything

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Zidane Tribal Concept art.

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Anika Hossain tells the story of how comics saved her life. After 9/11, Anika’s family moved back to Bangladesh after being racially profiled. She grew up there and then returned to the United States to attend Baruch College. Anika felt like she didn’t fit into America or Bangladesh. Then, she read Marvel Comics’ Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson and co-created by Sana Amanat. That and DC Comics’ Trinity had a profound affect on Anika. 

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A comic. I have a lot of comics on Patreon! They only cost $1.

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A comic. I have a lot of comics on Patreon! They only cost $1.

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Process for Bitch Planet: Triple Feature #3 cover

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This is the only day you can reblog this

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Didn’t rinse this off enough in the darkroom ages ago. Kat in our old dormitory.

In honour of my apprenticeship teaching 35mm darkroom this summer! Can’t wait to teach students and have a blast making art and see what they create!!

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GENERATION X #1

The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach has opened its doors and is ready to foster the next generation of heroes and diplomats! But this time around, the X-Men recognize an unfortunate truth: not all mutants are created equal. Some mutants are not made to fight Sentinels or serve as ambassadors on behalf of their kind. Some mutants will just be lucky to survive another day in a world that hates and fears them. And who better to mentor mutantkind’s lovable losers than perpetual sidekick Jubilee? But will Jubilee and GENERATION X survive the experience??

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me: stutters out fifteen sentence fragments that no-one can make sense of not even me me: you know?

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Superheroes designed by neural network

I trained the neural network to generate superhero names, based on the list from this site.  I thought the database was going to be way too small, but the network proved me wrong.

Speet Stank Red Fart Mister Man Rad Food Sapgirl Woop Ann Man Boomss Boark II Supperman Superbore Slonk Lid Man Green Hooter II Starm Surper Shartar Goons Nana Rider Farm Captain In Redink Wolver Man Wizler

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X-Men comics persist to ignite the imagination of readers everywhere. Yet, what originally charmed readers back when the stories first came out may now mean something else for an entirely new generation of young X-Men fans. This podcast explores how much of a divide there is, and what still holds up in modern times.

LISTEN: ICYMI – X-Men, “The Dream” Part 1 explores the real world applications of ideologies held by Professor Xavier and Magneto.

What Exactly Constitutes a Young X-Men Fan?

It’s a popular saying to claim age is just a number. While this is true in most instances, what college-aged kids in 1963 valued varies drastically from what they value today. A young X-Men fan is defined as someone who’s love of the stories derives influence from a modern day understanding of the series. This means the added complexities of Magneto are already well established, as well as other crucial plot points that developed later in the series. Political strife consumes the world of the 2010s. This influences the reading of the comics tremendously. Additionally, a young fan is aware of the complexities of their society parallel those in the comic. They respond to the material accordingly, to ensure their society doesn’t become the one in the stories.

HEAR: X-Men, “the Dream” Part 3 examines Emma Frost’s role in INHUMANS VS. X-MEN!

Old versus New: What Holds Up and What Falls Flat for Young X-Men Fans

The world of the mutants is timeless, yet their stories aren’t. Sometimes, as political identities shift and the expectations of the consumer changes, the stories that were thought to be groundbreaking no longer are. Characters from diverse ethnic backgrounds became normalized as time went on; making comics that center around this idea trivial at best, patronizing at worst. While some stories fall by the wayside for the new generation, others still resonate throughout time. They might deceive some into thinking they firmly grasp their time and their time only, yet certain problems remain consistent. Debates on race, gender, and sexual identity have progressed but not enough. In conclusion, it is when X-Men tackles these harder subjects that readers, no matter when they were born, can love this unique franchise.

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