one of my favorite comic characters ever
Shade, the Changing Man
APE 2012 Commission
Lesser known DC character in (one of) his 90s revival era look.
used to make dreams. now makes financial statements.
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pretty cool. Kubrick pose is perfect for men who want to watch the world burn!
“What we were after now was the old surprise visit. That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolent” - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
“Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair” - The Joker (The Dark Knight)
“Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else” - Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
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i feel horrible and dirty for saying this, but Marc Webb’s Spiderman>Sam Raimi’s Spiderman (tho Spiderman 2 still wins!). I do maintain that this is still Marc Webb’s best work, though.
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last night, in memory of Harvey Pekar,i saw American Splendor again. i’m not big on Pekar; in fact, i never even finished my copy of Our Cancer Year. It was the first independent comic I ever had, something I bought simply because I read about it in Spin Magazine as an impressionable 14year old.
i recognize Pekar’s genius, however, and I always felt that he was probably a loving and real guy despite his endlessly grumpy demeanor. i love how American Splendor,based on his indie comic series, is a film as real, awkwardly funny and strangely lovable as Pekar and his work.
so this week’s recommended film is American Splendor. it IS a bit groundbreaking with its very reflexive, documentary style, but the true reason it’s great is because of its characters, who I found myself really caring and feeling for by the movie’s end. so much so that I found myself crying because of Harvey Pekar’s passing by the time the credits rolled in.
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this is a video of two heroes from my adolescence, comics geniuses Neil Gaiman and Arnold Arre, talking about taking criticism. it’s an almost-intimate moment between people who create that i never thought i’d be lucky enough to witness, and for that I’m eternally grateful.
