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Jerna Van Vooren @jernacious.itch.io · 6d

Since I got fired, I would love it if my comics career would take off. You can find my portfolio at jarnevanvooren.com/portfolio-2/ or buy my work at jernacious.itch.io

Except for one book, everything over there is pwyw, so you can tip me or download it for free!

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 20h

It’s still wild to us that the ultra bloody Viking series turned out to be a deeply empathetic work, while the series about the funny elf lady losing the people around her over time and coming to terms with that grief was fascist as fuck

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 21h

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 5h

Watched this yesterday. Great 34-minute video that analyzes a fav show of mine and shows why you should be watching it yesterday.

Someone I follow said earlier this year that no new mangaka is gonna be “the next Osamu Tezuka” because all these new mangaka are beefing with people on Twitter. 1/2

Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 1d

With #Peacemaker wrapping this week, it's a good time to look at what makes James Gunn such a distinctive superhero filmmaker.

How Gunn puts himself in his work, how "Superman" & "Peacemaker" are about the internet, and what Gunn gets about superheroes as a genre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DieY...

How Peacemaker (and Superman) Are About the Internet | The Backdrop

YouTube video by Second Wind

www.youtube.com

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 5h

This video gets into why that is, explaining how the Internet is molding us to keep returning to inner circles that constantly validate our tastes and beliefs.

It also gets into how Peacemaker represents what the United States itself is currently going through.

Season 2 Finale tomorrow 2/2

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 5h

Watched this yesterday. Great 34-minute video that analyzes a fav show of mine and shows why you should be watching it yesterday.

Someone I follow said earlier this year that no new mangaka is gonna be “the next Osamu Tezuka” because all these new mangaka are beefing with people on Twitter. 1/2

Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 1d

With #Peacemaker wrapping this week, it's a good time to look at what makes James Gunn such a distinctive superhero filmmaker.

How Gunn puts himself in his work, how "Superman" & "Peacemaker" are about the internet, and what Gunn gets about superheroes as a genre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DieY...

How Peacemaker (and Superman) Are About the Internet | The Backdrop

YouTube video by Second Wind

www.youtube.com

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 1d

Makoto Yukimura was worried that Vinland Saga's farming arc and "I have no enemies" moment was a gamble that readers wouldn't like. I told him about the J. Cole meme from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap beef. This is how he reacted.

If “I have no enemies” has become a meme and people remember it, then maybe people will understand what I’m really trying to say through the story, which is that humans are immature, but we can mature. To become mature is to become kind. This is the foundation of what I’m trying to say, but it really has to be much shorter for people to remember. But it does give me hope that people remember these short phrases as memes. Then, one day, it will click in their mind what I was trying to really say in the first place.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 21h

Semi-related: a real comment on a recent vid by Darren Mooney for @secondwindgroup.com.

youtu.be/hJXEezyF2Rw?...

A YouTube comment under the video “Kimmel and the New Era of Corporate Capitulation” by Darren Mooney of Second Wind Group.

Elahem6940 says “shoutout for having the guts to put something like this out when the gaming audience doesn’t exactly have a great track record on politics”. This was posted 7 days ago. September 30, 2025

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🍂 fall firmstival 🍂 @ind3fatigable.online · 1d

I have relatives who've dealt with this condition. The key is treating it as soon as possible. Meaning, time is of the essence.

If you can't donate, reposting is free.

Teacoa R. A. Rushton @teacoarushton.com · 5d

Hello everyone. I need your help. I suffer from diabetic retinopathy. Its a diabetic condition that affects the eyes and is the leading cause of blindness. I need your helo raising money for treatment so I can keep my vision as long as I can. Please share and donate if you can.

gofund.me/c8fa133bb

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Tom McH @tommchenry.bsky.social · 1d

This has slain me.

Mathraptor @mathraptor.bsky.social · 1d

"LET HIM SPEAK!"

9" x 12" ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

Somewhere, in the Deep reaches of space, an assembly has gathered on a space station. During a heated discussion on the design and capabilities of mecha, Isamu Kurogane (Lance) stands tall and dares to speak the truth. "Every Gundam is worse than Voltron because his hands are lion mouths!!!" he declares without shame. His bravado has impressed the Red Comet, Char Aznable, while confusing and insulting Amuro Ray. The delaration is heard to mixed reactions by many other mecha pilots (not by Shinji Ikari, he is doing his best to ignore him).

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t know you wrote fanfiction!

Gonna follow you now.

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punkitt ‼️💞 @punkitt.bsky.social · 1d

medical analysis
#flowersteel

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Neat! Reminds me of David Feiss (Soy la Comadreja, Vaca Y El Pollito) getting interviewed for this Canal+ series in Spain.

He speaks pretty good Spanish.

youtu.be/Vx4fEf-uiD0?...

LO + PLUS (Entrevista Con David Feiss (Animador Estadounidense)

YouTube video by J HITS

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GirlyWolfPup 🔞 @girlywolfpup.bsky.social · 2d

Loonatics Unleashed fans gotta be the strongest MFs in the entire fandomverse.

Like y'all gotta deal with the show you like being mocked by everyone with nobody major coming in to say anything different or in defense of the thing you like.

March on, you brave warriors XD

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Never saw Homestar Runner as a kid or now .

Yeah I know. For some reason, I didn’t find the idea of going to a specific site to watch one series of animations. Maybe I was intimidated by the idea.

Everything FLASH-related I saw was Youtube and sites like Newgrounds.

Is it still worth it?

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

Never saw Homestar Runner as a kid or now .

Yeah I know. For some reason, I didn’t find the idea of going to a specific site to watch one series of animations. Maybe I was intimidated by the idea.

Everything FLASH-related I saw was Youtube and sites like Newgrounds.

Is it still worth it?

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

This crossover between Pixar’s Cars and Dinosaur (2000) blows

Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 2d

huh

Get insured in minutes with Cuvva and drive another car today.

gif of a dinosaur mounting a car

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

…it’s not what?….IT’s NOT WHAT?!

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Luke Humphris @lukehumphris.bsky.social · 2d

the pinky guard collection

youtu.be/dUqcaYvjCI8?...

Animated Shorts #10 - Wow! That's Great Content! Pinky Guard Ep 0-9

YouTube video by Luke Humphris

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I've been spending the past two weeks taking photos and searching for stock photos, personally. We need to evoke the VIBE or something without doing something that will get us sued.

"Doesn't matter if you sell one copy or a million, the courts will treat you like Cosmo either way"

Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 2d

This will go down as the most heartbreaking thing of my career. An absolute Mount Rushmore of manga scholars I was honored to be included with. Everyone included, such as myself and @okazu.yuricon.com did some of the best work of our lives. A brilliant book.

Now dead. Because of image rights.

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Tuxedo Catfish @tuxedocatfish.bsky.social · 2d

14 words but instead of "white children" it's "SHIKANOKONOKONOKO"

Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social · 2d

Ms.Takaichi, Japan’s new Prime Minister was chosen in a backdoor deal by former PM Taro Aso
She’s a fan of Hitler’s politics
Her boss Aso
“We should learn from the Nazis who stealthily swapped out Germany’s Weimar constitution for their own without anyone noticing.”
open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...

The Rise of Japan’s Female Trump: Why Takaichi Sanae Is the Worst Thing to Happen to Japanese Democracy Since Abe 2.0

Takaichi endorsed “Hitler’s Election Strategy” in the ‘90s, threatened TV networks as communications minister, claims foreigners abuse Nara’s deer without evidence and speaks to the Gods #InsaneSanae

open.substack.com

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

@poparena.bsky.social made a cool video about it, as well as a bunch of other Nickelodeon stuff.

He’s aiming to go through the entire history of programming the network had in the USA. youtu.be/zoUFAnSMdR8?...

An Off-Beats Valentine's - Nick Knacks SPECIAL

YouTube video by Pop Arena

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 2d

I knew about the Off-Beats thanks to the Nicktoons Network playing reruns between commercials. Results in Mr having nostalgia for that but not Kablam! funny enough.

The Valentine’s Day special was lost for a period of time.https://youtu.be/YRicXvhvKXg

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 12d

It is kinda insane how much better #Peacemaker is than most of the superhero media from Warners/Disney.

Using the genre to actually engage with big ideas about the insanity of contemporary American life.

Peacemaker Dc Universe GIF

ALT: Peacemaker Dc Universe GIF

media.tenor.com

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen Karate Kid. That’s it really.

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 3d

Why the fuck did I get teary-eyed after hearing this computerized voice say “I love you Ali“

Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 11d

The developers of Mario's Early Years for DOS customized the game for three of their children. Inputting hidden codes at the start of the game can launch it in a personalized "Marissa", "Ali" and "Josh" mode whereby the in-game voices address the child by name.

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