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NST #1287: Lois Lane #9 (2020), variant cover — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 1d

A variant cover for Lois Lane #9 (DC, 2020) by Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes uses a classic string motif: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A variant cover for Lois Lane #9 (DC, 2020) by Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes uses a classic string motif.

NST #1286: Cold War [寒戰] (2012) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 2d

A classic investigation board is assembled and then discussed in Cold War [寒戰] (dirs. Longman Leung & Sunny Luk, 2012): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic investigation board is assembled and then discussed in Cold War [寒戰] (dirs. Longman Leung & Sunny Luk, 2012).

NST #1285: The Pickup (2025) — The Vault of Culture

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Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 2d

I edit a public scholarship site, @vaultofculture.bsky.social, that publishes work mostly on popular culture, which I founded for precisely this reason: to free scholarship from the confines of academia and provide a venue for scholars, including those outside academia. www.vaultofculture.com/about

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Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 5d

Stringboard elements appear during the credits of The Pickup (dir. Tim Story, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

Stringboard elements appear during the credits of The Pickup (dir. Tim Story, 2025).

NST #1284: RoboCop: Rogue City (2023) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 6d

Classic string boards appear throughout RoboCop: Rogue City (Teyon/Nacon, 2023): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

Classic string boards appear in RoboCop: Rogue City (Teyon/Nacon, 2023).

Scott Nicolay & Chris Gavaler, The Implant People (2025) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 7d

The Vault of Culture is delighted to host a new, provocative visual essay by Scott Nicolay & Chris Gavaler, "The Implant People": www.vaultofculture.com/vault/art/im...

Scott Nicolay and Chris Gavaler’s “The Implant People” is a standalone visual essay is also one of the 20 “poems” in a work-in-progress called The Second Bridge , which will be the seventh book in Ni...

NST #1283: Guy Manley: Super Spy (2024) — The Vault of Culture

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Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 7d

A lovely room full of string appears in the satire Guy Manley: Super Spy (dir. David Andersson, 2024): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A lovely room full of string appears in the satire Guy Manley: Super Spy (dir. David Andersson, 2024).

NST #1282: King of the Hill s13e12 (2008) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 8d

Classic obsessive and string boards appear in King of the Hill s13e12 (Fox, 2008): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

Classic obsessive and string boards appear in King of the Hill s13e12 (Fox, 2008).

NST #1281: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 9d

An obsessive wall appears in I Know What You Did Last Summer (dir. Jim Gillespie, 1997): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

An obsessive wall appears in I Know What You Did Last Summer (dir. Jim Gillespie, 1997).

NST #1280: The Painscreek Killings (2017) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 12d

The Painscreek Killings (EQ Studios, 2017) features a classic investigation board in its key advertising and in gameplay: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

The Painscreek Killings (EQ Studios, 2017) features a classic investigation board in its key advertising and in gameplay.

NST #1279: Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #10 (2025) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 13d

A moon-shaped swirl of investigative photos appears in Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #10 (Marvel, September 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A moon-shaped swirl of investigative photos appears in Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #10 (Marvel, September 2025).

NST #1278: Cannibal Apocalypse (1980) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 14d

A couple of string maps appear in Cannibal Apocalypse (dir. Antonio Margheriti, 1980): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A couple of string maps appear in Cannibal Apocalypse (dir. Antonio Margheriti, 1980).

NST #1276: Dead Teenagers (2024) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 16d

A character discovers the script for the film she lives inside, presented as an obsessive wall, in Dead Teenagers (dir. Quinn Armstrong, 2024): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A character discovers the script for the film she lives inside, presented as an obsessive wall, in Dead Teenagers (dir. Quinn Armstrong, 2024).

NST #1275: The Rise of the Golden Idol (2024) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 19d

A classic string board appears in The Rise of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games/Playstack, 2024): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic string board appears in The Rise of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games/Playstack, 2024).

NST #1274: Grace Point (2023) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 20d

A classic string board appears in Grace Point (dir. Rory Karpf, 2023): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic string board appears in Grace Point (dir. Rory Karpf, 2023).

NST #1273: Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 21d

A classic variant appears in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (dir. Lindsey Anderson Beer, 2023): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic variant appears in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (dir. Lindsey Anderson Beer, 2023).

NST #1272: 50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent (2025) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 22d

Classic string imagery appears in the trailer for 50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent (Fox Nation, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

Classic string imagery appears in the trailer for 50 Ways to Catch a Killer with 50 Cent (Fox Nation, 2025).

NST #1271: King of the Hill s14 trailer (2025) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 23d

Dale has a classic string board in the trailer for King of the Hill season 14 (2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

Dale has a classic string board in the trailer for King of the Hill season 14 (2025).

NST #1270: Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher (2016) — The Vault of Culture

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Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 26d

A classic (and anachronistic) multi-panel string board appears in “The Ripper Room” in Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher (dir. Sebastian Niemann, 2016): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic (and anachronistic) multi-panel string board appears in “The Ripper Room” in Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher (dir. Sebastian Niemann, 2016).

NST #1269: Afua Richardson, poster for Cloak & Dagger s02e03 (2019) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 27d

Afua Richardson’s promotional poster for Cloak & Dagger s02e03 (Freeform, 2019) illustrates that season’s classic string wall [NST #334]: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

Afua Richardson’s promotional poster for Cloak & Dagger s02e03 (Freeform, 2019) illustrates that season’s classic string wall.

NST #1268: Realtor.com "Nearly Home: The One with the Statement Wall" ad (2025) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 27d

One of Realtor.com’s “Nearly Home” (2025) ads features a classic string wall in the background: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2025/09/10/nearlyhome

One of Realtor.com’s “Nearly Home” (2025) ads features a classic string wall in the background.

NST #1267: Myth of Man (2025) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · 29d

A surreal space, constructed from obsessive photograph surfaces, appears throughout Myth of Man (dir. Jamin Winans, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A surreal space, constructed from obsessive photograph surfaces, appears throughout Myth of Man (dir. Jamin Winans, 2025).

NST #1266: The Anomaly (2014) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · Sep 8

A classic string investigation wall appears in The Anomaly (dir. Noel Clarke, 2014): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic string investigation wall appears in The Anomaly (dir. Noel Clarke, 2014).

NST #1265: The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes (2022) — The Vault of Culture

Vault of Culture @vaultofculture.bsky.social · Sep 5

A classic stringboard is assembled throughout The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes (dir. Anna Keel, 2022): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...

A classic stringboard is assembled throughout The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes (dir. Anna Keel, 2022).