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Franka: Cadillac Club, by Henk Kuijpers. 

Film noir & ligne claire.

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Jean Gabin photographié par Raymond Voinquel sur le tournage du film "Le jour se lève" réalisé par Marcel Carné dans les studios "Paris Studio Cinéma" de Boulogne-Billancourt en 1939.

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Brian Bolland’s gorgeous JSA cover

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"Astounding Science Fiction" front cover by Frank Kelly Freas (June 1955)

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I love that Jimmy Olsen is exactly the type of photographer Peter Parker pretends to be. Just bat-shit insane.

Whenever someone asks Peter how he took a picture he's like "Oh! I uh-, climmed a flagpole. Totally"

And very mortal, normal-human Jimmy is like "See, Clark, is not that weird"

I mean, look at this nutjob.

The world could be ending, lava on the streets and Jimmy would be out there photographing away. No powers, no sense of self preservation. Just khakis, a camera and a dream.

I like to imagine Peter meeting Jimmy and immediately being mortified about it.

Jimmy: –and so luckily I was able to take the picture before the building collapsed on me... Superman was super pissed at me but, photographer to photographer, it was totally worth it.

Peter: Right, no– See, this is actually my first time hearing how fucking insane that sounds. No wonder people at work look at me weird.

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— Warren Zanes, Deliver Me From Nowhere, 2023.

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Swamp Thing #49

Abel, Cain, Dr. Fate and Dr. Occult by Stan Woch

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A little too smart

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Kathie Moffett (Jane Greer), up to no good and looking fabulous in the process in Out Of The Past (1947), directed by Jacques Tourneur.

source: www.tcf.ua.edu

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explorers of the unknown

They lifted the plunging neckline for Betty upward. Similar effects with Veronica. Or -- whatever their names were in that series.

High heels and flippers?

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EC Comics: Epitaphs From The Abyss frontispiece original art.

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hahahahaha, was looking through old photos (including screen grabs) looking for photos of our senior cat and found this gem from Christmas Eve 2015

foreshadowing much? @dumbingofage

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Once again, a Joshua Williamson comic leaves me feeling that all the writer's inspiration comes from reading previous comics and none of his writing is infused by genuine life experience or understanding of human nature.

Which probably makes him perfect for the big senseless events DC enjoy so much.

Superman #28 - "Legion of Darkseid" (2025)

written by Joshua Williamson art by Dan Mora & Alejandro Sanchez

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Did you know that JRR Tolkien wrote an unpublished epilogue to Lord of the Rings? It's achingly, beautifully wistful in the way that only Lord of the Rings is. I revisited it recently because I'm guesting on my friends' LOTR podcast, and THAT reminded me that I drew a comic of the epilogue back in 2021 (all text is entirely canon). Anyway I thought folks on this website might enjoy it!

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The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien This is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

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Did Danny and Ethan ever kiss? Or was it only Danny’s dream?

I could swear they kissed and told Amber about it, but maybe that’s my dream.

see, this is what making sure your characters are perfect relationship paladins robs you of

i really really wanted to have ethan and danny smooch down, but, NO, i had to make sure all relationships were broken off with existing parties and a proper cooldown period established before Things Occurred, and so, no, ethan and danny did not ever make out

hormones did not prevail

and then i lost that window

still kicking myself