Please Do Your Part To End This Genocide. Please Do Your Part To End This Occupation. Please Don’t

it’s that time of year again :3

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Natural Black Hair Tutorial! Usually Black hair is excluded in the hair tutorials which I have seen so I have gone through it in depth because it’s really not enough to tell someone simply, “Black hair is really curly, draw it really curly.” 

The next part of Black Hair In Depth will feature styles and ideas for designing characters and I will release it around February. If you would like to see certain styles, please shoot me a message!

Lines from Gilligan's Island that live in my head rent-free on a weekly if not daily basis even when I'm not actively watching the show:

• *shoots the gun* "HALT or I'll SHOOT- oh hi Skipper!"

• "I just want an eensy, weensy piece of rope"

"How big is this eensy, weensy piece of rope?"

"6 feet"

• "Hi Gillig-"

"NO NO NO NO NO NO-"

• "Need more magic POWDER!"

• "Remember Gilligan, mum's the word"

"Hello Gilligan!"

"Mum"

"Don't be ridiculous, Gilligan, I'm not your mum!"

• "But Skipper I can't be on camera because if I'm on camera the whole world is gonna see it and if the whole world sees it then the whole United States is gonna see it and if the whole United States sees it then my hometown is gonna see it and if my hometown sees it then my brother is gonna see it and if my brother sees it, he'll punch me 'cause I'm wearing his shirt"

• "But before you go I have a little something for you"

"A chrysanthemum?"

"No, a .45 chrysanthemum"

• "I WON'T BE YOUR PUPPET I WON'T BE YOUR PUPPET"

• "If I'm not telling the truth may lightning strike!"

*lightning strikes just then*

• "What am I thinking about now, Gilligan?"

"You're thinking about a Hawaiian girl in a grass skirt- *disgusted* oh, Skipper!!"

• "FREEEESH FIIISH"

• *in a bad Dracula voice* "Hello, I am the VAMpire"

• "We don't have an alcove, you SHNOOK"

• "Crossing the English Channel was devilishly hard you see, it was take one step and come up for air and then take another step and come up for air-"

• "Don't I get a tip?"

"How much does 1+1 make, kid?"

*holds up two fingers* "Two?"

*sticks a cigar in between his fingers*

• every song from the Hamlet episode but particularly the Toreador March ("Neither a borrower nor a lender be" etc.)

• and of course just the way Gilligan says "SKIP-PEEEEEEER!" and "PROFESSOOOOOR!"

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I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD.  If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?

Mel Blanc: Corpsing

Idk if I talked about this here, but for the past 3 years I've been quietly developing a particular kind of comics taxonomy: identifying, naming and describing the visual-literary devices used in comics. Most of them are devices appropriated and adapted from other mediums, like poetry, rhetoric, cinema, etc - but quite a few are unique to comics. My intent is to give language not just for comics creators when they need to articulate their authorial choices, but for critics, scholars and teachers to talk about comics as a visual-literary art form.

Anyway, the research has gotten to the point where it's ready for the public. My plan is for this resource to be delivered in the form of a Wikipedia, online database, basically an accessible website that contains all the information related to the devices, including working examples from other graphic novels, webcomics, etc. It's STILL not ready yet - Idk when it's gonna debut, but I've recently secured an opportunity that will make progress move faster.

This zine right here is both soft-launch promo + a fancy business card for the Comics Devices guide. It's meant to pitch my research and act as a quick reference type of thing for folks. I'm only able to sell this in person in Australia, but folks in the US might get an edition soon (related to aforementioned opportunity).

But yeah. Big comics stuff happening.

you know,

Humans might be made of stardust

but gods can be made of seafoam…

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Transcript:

Heyo! With pride month starting, here's a quick comic on pride Etiquette, a short guide / general tips on treating lgbt+ people, for the new, curious, and those who forgot!

1) Treat people's identities as the indisputable truth. Even if you don't think they fit the definition, even if you don't understand (the identity), even if you think they're lying, even if they're a bad person. It's not your job nor your business to tell people what to call themselves. Unless they ask for your opinion, only the individual can make that decision.

*There's very few times when an identity can actually be harmful. This includes predatory labels, labels that are bigoted by definition, or people identifying with culture-specific labels when they're not part of that culture. Otherwise, leave them be!

2) Respect and use people's pronouns, regardless of how you feel about them! If you don't know how they work, ask! If you accidentally misgender someone, correct yourself and move on! No need for lengthy or dramatic apologies. However, also make sure to ask when it's appropriate to use them! Someone may not be out to parents, certain friends, etc, and will ask you to purposefully misgender them for safety.

3) LGBT+ people are not responsible for someone else's anti-lgbt+ views! Strange, unbelievable or confusing identities do not cause bigots to be bigots- the lgbt+ community was made because we don't fit society's box, don't fall into the trap of forcing people into another one! If they're not actually hurting anyone, then leave them be!

4) You're not expected to learn every single lgbt+ term / identity. Nobody knows all of them, not even lgbt+ people, so don't worry about it! Simply learn and ask questions as you go!

5) If you're curious about someone's identity, ask if they're comfortable with questions first! There's no harm in educating yourself, but sometimes we get tired of being walking encyclopedias!

Thanks for reading, and happy Pride!!!