Fat Bird #8: Cardinal
Another one of my favorite birds. Also the most requested Fat Bird.
You can see the rest of my fat birds at sirmikeofmitchell.com
The rest of the Cardinals are in the shop!
I am getting this fat bird, this is the fat bird for me
(via fakemikemitchell)
This trailer is cheeseball and not the best but excuse me where has the genre of movie “cutie pie old ladies getting married” been all my life
is it tru love?
Here are some previews and info about our 2013 calendars with Drawn and Quarterly! I’ve included a panel from each page so you know what’s in it.
“There She Blows” is a literary calendar, with writing-related dates.
“Beethoven Birthday Party” is a more general history calendar!
I imagine the images will run small, so to see the whole thing, CLICK HERE!
You can buy these in stores, from places like Amazon and from D&Q themselves!
Holidays are comin’ y'all
Girl you so fine
you got those helicopter legs, spinnin’ round
maybe you can give me a lift to the grocery store
Oh girl, you’re like a babe-copter
And your landing pad is my heart
When you think of me, please always picture a cat in my arms, it is how I would like to live
Small Fat and MIGHTY
Get em while they’re HAWT
“To Be Or Not To Be is an illustrated, chooseable-path book version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, written by me, Ryan North!”
What the heck are you waiting for!! Get on over there and check it out! I made art for it and so did everyone else!
(Source: kickstarter.com)
A new shirt over at the store!
What a cat wants
what a cat needs
you’re only nice to me when it’s time to feed
and I’m thanking you for not pooping in the bathtub
I am watching Hollywood Chinese: the Chinese in American Feature Films. It’s in several parts on youtube, and it’s very interesting and well done.
1. How much Conquering is too much Conquering?
- One hundred square miles
- Girl please that’s like askin’ how much chocolate is too much chocolate
- You can’t contain that stuff man, you gotta roll with it
- Trick question!! Now I’ve burnt down your house.
2. The Battle of Stamford Bridge?
- Mel Gibson was terrible as Harald Hardrada and there wasn’t even a bridge in the movie
- Historians agree, good use of tanks
- Tostig is all like, the pridelands are mine, Mufasa
- At least it’s not Sweyn
3. What was the relic of St Peter that William wore around his neck?
- A lock of hair tied in a ribbon inside a valentine
- Eyeball of Destiny (disputed)
- Genuine fart, captured in a vial, sealed in wax
- Geode, from that time the disciples visited Jesus’ bedroom in Nazareth and divided up all his stuff (Gospel of Mark)
4. When William’s horse died:
- All the other horses died too because: science
- Everyone was like it’s over but then William was like no way and they were like way but he was like no way and it ruled
- He used it as a weapon and slew many a Saxon!
- Han Solo had to open it up with a lightsaber to keep William warm and Rob Roy hid in it
5. How does one remove an arrow from the eye?
- Push it out the other side (recommended)
- Push it out the other side (not recommended)
- Doesn’t matter how you do it to a dead person
- Keep it bro! Chicks dig it.
6. Was William a bastard?
- He was once but it was just a phase
- Ask the Northern Earls
- I see what you did there
- Yeah but I doubt he has a complex about it or anything
7. Is England French now?
- I can’t hear you through all these baguettes
- Only the parts with money/swords/power
- Who do we know that can conduct a census to find out?
- Oh Tish I love it when you speak French! *mwah mwah mwah*
8. What is the better way to die:
- Arrow through eye
- Horse incident w/ exploding corpse
- A combination of the two
- Anything but those two things
9. Was Harold a good king?
- He was good at catching sharp things with his face
- He was good at LOSING
- He was good at having the worst family
- He was alright
10. The Bayeux Tapestry is:
- a propaganda machine
- too big to hang in the dining room
- The worst issue of Batman I’ve ever read
- Harold dies?? Um, spoilers
Please circle all your answers and hand in your papers via Harold’s favorite falcon
Here is a collection of anti suffragette posters, postcards and cartoons. They’re old, and comically out of date, but looking at them gives me something like despair, because as a woman today I cannot imagine facing that attitude, and fighting it. Going out there and demanding better, and getting this kind of … unbelievable ignorance and intolerance in your face. This article with images has also been making the rounds. Heck, here’s another collection that links to even more collections.
I can’t believe that in 2012 I read about an American congressman who really believes that women’s bodies have a way of shutting down pregnancy if they are “really” raped. I cannot believe a lot of the things I have seen come out in American news lately. I can’t believe that the person who posted those images on “A History of Feminism” probably agrees with them, judging by the other content there (don’t worry, I saw it. I don’t care about giving them traffic though).
You are voting today, right?
As Rose Winslow wrote from prison in 1917:
“All the officers here know we are making this hunger strike that women fighting for liberty may be considered political prisoners; we have told them. God knows we don’t want other women ever to have to do this over again.”
If you’re a Canadian you should read about this book, and why it was created, and what it is in response to: Discover Canada, the Harper Government’s guide to citizenship.
It’s old news, but still:
Geist magazine has a thoughtful article this month that mentions these books, it’s about the re-branding of Canadian history as more militant, more conservative, less about our social values like peace and civil liberties. You can read it here:
page 64.
While you’re at it, you should take a look at this effort to save the Canadian National Archives. From the page:
Readers will remember that Canada’s national archives are in trouble: they’ve undergone a $9.6M cut, with more to come. The collections are being sold off to private collectors, many outside of the country.
All this, the cuts here, the changes in the guide, more cuts in arts and heritage institutions, is why all this year’s spending on the War of 1812 here is so infuriating. I know that it’s obvious I’m bothered by it. Listening to Heritage Minister James Moore say things like “it’s an essential role for government to remind Canadians what unites us” and justifying the millions of dollars spent from one hand while the other gouges from everything else. Which history is “essential?" If you care about how our history is presented, you should be shaking your head too.
