The comic idea I’m super excited about and gonna start blocking out this weekend .It tackles a lot of stuff I’ve been thinking about lately . It’s still in it’s early stages but I’m excited to start writting and develloping these guys they already have a lot of potential (to me) .Anyway stay tuned it’s called “ NIBI” which means ‘ HERE ‘ in Yoruba.
I’ll be making a side tumblr for it as well.Look out for it if you’re interested .
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It’s changing and evolving as I continue developing it but I’m going to start posting some pages very soon follow: nibicomic For updates ! :)
-GG
this comic is about 15 pages in now, and it’s going to be one to follow
Here is a comic about a man I admire very much! Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was an early champion of LGBT rights, and maybe the first person to speak publicly for them as he did in Munich in 1867. The last picture there is the place where he spoke. He used the word “Urning” for gay men, a term he coined, because even the word “homosexual” wasn’t invented yet (it would be soon after). I only found out about him last fall, which is surprising and also sadly not surprising. But he was really amazing, I’m sure you will agree.
Hark! A Vagrant is a strange mix, sometimes the comics are straight jokes and sometimes, like here, I just want to talk about someone I think is great in a way that’s easy to pick up on - comics are great for that! And I tell you what, I got so much out of this particular collection, of all the things I read. Here is a link:
The document is a mix of things, essays and Karl’s own writings and I think you will like it very much. I’m going to leave you with the epitaph on the stone his friends put up for him, he had many friends and admirers. It reads like a little affectionate biography.
Karl Henrich Ulrichs who was born in Westerfeld near East Friesland He distinguished himself and became renowned among his equals by his mental faculties in the humanities and other disciplines through instruction he received in Gottingen and Berlin. He was concerned about new problems in anthropology and jurisprudence. He had a remarkable sense of duty. He was not elevated to prosperity nor was he humbled by the attacks from his adversaries. As a pauper he left the region of Hanover and went into exile. He traveled through a great part of Europe. He displayed everywhere a model character by his knowledge and virtue. Finally he came to live in Aquila in central Italy to live for a long time. He edited a Latin journal titled “Alaudae” [Larks] which received praise from the old and new world. Not complaining, not anguished, he died in our city in his 70th year on the day before the Ides of July 1895 His loyal friends and admirers here and across the Alps joined in to pay for this gift for their best friend whom they mourn the loss of, and mock his lack of fortune by this truly excellent monument.
“New problems in anthropology and jurisprudence.” Victorians, amirite? Never stop … Victorianing things. But still, I mean, who doesn’t want their friends to mock their lack of fortune with truly excellent monuments?
ebouvardia-deactivated20160222 asked: Most PoC in these paintings are slaves/servants. Why would you be proud of that? People of color will never be European.
Wowww. I mean, I get messages like this all the time, but this says so much about YOU and your worldview, and basically nothing about anyone else. Much less whoever you intended to insult with this.
I mean, is “being European” some kind of accomplishment? It’s obvious you seem to think that, so much so that you imagine that people who aren’t must somehow secretly long to be. There’s little to no logical consistency between any statement you’ve made here.
All I see is regurgitated racist lies that are obviously false, and demonstrate with embarrassing clarity that your identity is an empty construct based entirely on what it is not, and who it excludes. The smallness of your worldview would be pitiful if it didn’t have so much violence behind it.
You can cover your eyes and throw a tantrum, but the truth stays true, and European history still includes a fascinating, complex, and mind-blowingly diverse cast of human beings throughoutall aspects of society.
History is beautiful, and diverse, and full of so much immense possibility that I never really stop being in awe of it. If you can’t see the beauty in that, that’s your problem.
The Adventures of Prince Achmen. 1926. German. The oldest surviving animated film in history.
I am sorry BUT THIS IS NOT JUST “GERMAN” PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THE NAME OF THE ARTIST.
THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE WAS MADE BY LOTTE REINIGER! SHE WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF ANIMATION!!!! SHE MADE OVER 40 FILMS IN HER CAREER USING A TECHNIQUE SHE INVENTED WITH HER HUSBAND! WALT DISNEY ENDED USING HER MULTI PLANE TECHNIQUE IN HIS OWN MOVIES! AND SHE FUCKING MADE THE FIRST FEATURE LENGTH ANIMATED MOVIE!! (she ended up fleeing Nazi germany eventually work in north america, both us and canada, on other movies.)
Look, I love Winsor McCay but I’m extremely pissed that my animation history class in college focused on him and did not mention Lotte Reiniger at all.
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is proud to present its first official poster art for TCAF 2016, from the incredibly talented KATE BEATON!
Kate has created something really special here, showcasing the many different ways that readers and fans enter and interact with the medium of comics. This poster will also be produced on a slightly thicker and more rigid paper stock, so that any of you our there that want to actually cut up and play with your poster will be able to do so. Look for it this spring!
Our thanks to Kate Beaton for turning in a phenomenal poster that embodies a lot of what we love about comics.
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ABOUT KATE BEATON
Kate Beaton is a Canadian cartoonist who appeared in the comics scene in 2007 with her online comics strip Hark! A Vagrant! Since then, she has become a fan favourite and has garnered a significant following, with comics & illustrations appearing in places like the New Yorker, Harper’s, and Marvel’s Strange Tales anthology. Her collection,Never Learn Anything from History, is published by Topatoco, and her next title, Hark! A Vagrant published by Drawn & Quarterly, spent five months on the New York Times bestseller list, and topped best of the year lists from Time, E!, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly. Beaton’s cartoons often display a wonderfully light touch on historical and literary topics. The jokes are a knowing look at history through a very modern perspective, and a campaign against anyone with the idea that history is boring. In 2015, Kate released Step Aside, Pops with D+Q, as well as her first children’s book, The Princess and the Pony, with Scholastic.
see you there!!
Hello! It’s been a while.
If you’re a fan of Joan of Arc (and I mean, who isn’t? Who has ever been like her before or since?) you should definitely look up the 1928 movie, The Passion of Joan of Arc. Maria Falconetti as Joan gives what is widely regarded as one of the best performances on film, ever - though certainly at a cost.Mesmerizing.
Hey, ponies are back in stock! They were out for a while, but they are back! woop woop woop!
