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From page 12 of Mutant Fist.

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They don't want us to have publicly funded, independent sources of information. This is not just a battle for truth, it is a battle for reality.

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first chapter of The Third Floor done

I am in the midst of making some edits and designing a initial logo, but the first chapter of The Third Floor is finished with page 17. I don’t have all of chapter 2 thumbnailed, but I know the basic beats and have some dialogue worked out, so I’ll get started on it soon enough. It’s nice to be getting something done. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve had a long stretch here of abandoning…

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my pencilling process

I realized that I have never posted about my full pencilling* process. What follows are the steps that I have learned to help me create a finished page. These are not the “correct” way to create a comic, but for me they are the ones that work. Let’s take page sixteen of one of the projects that I am working on, The Third Floor. I started by thumbnailing the entire first chapter. “Thumbnailing”…

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The Third Floor page 16

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It was 4 years ago today that we lost our studiomate Jesse Hamm. @hammpix. Jesse was an artist, an educator, and an essayist. He was smart, serious, and incredibly funny. We miss him every day. Go read this great post he wrote about Alex Toth, cartooning, and realism. sirspamdalot.livejournal.com/89372.html

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great films available on the internet archive part two

first post + the archive collection with all of them

la haine (1995) dir. mathieu kassovitz

carnival of souls (1962) dir. herk harvey

andrei tarkovsky's filmography

a nightmare on elm st. (1984) dir wes craven

possession (1981) dir. andrzej źuławski

the silence of the lambs (1991) dir. jonathan demme

safe (1995) dir. todd haynes

psycho (1960) dir. alfred hitchcock

cops (1922) dir. buster keaton

sherlock jr (1924) dir. buster keaton

when harry met sally... (1989) dir. rob rainer

the bride of frankenstein (1935) dir. james whale

man with a movie camera (1927) dir. dziga vertov

coffee and cigarettes (2003) dir. jim jarmusch

m (1931) dir. fritz lang

it happened one night (1934) dir. frank capra

casablanca (1942) dir. michael curtiz

purple noon (1960) dir. rene clement

carrie (1976) dir. brian de palma

eraserhead (1977) dir. david lynch

they live (1988) dir. john carpenter

female trouble (1974) dir. john waters

do the right thing (1989) dir. spike lee

wings (1927) dir. william a wellman

fallen angels (1995) dir. wong kar wai

velvet goldmine (1998) dir. todd haynes

black panthers (1968) dir. agnes varda

american psycho (2000) dir. mary harron

the manchurian candidate (1962) dir. john frankenheimer

girlfriends (1978) dir. claudia weill

more to come ♡ glad you all like movies.

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a few great films that are free on the internet archive

in decent quality too!

here is the archive collection of these films so you can favorite on there/save if desired.

links below

black girl (1966) dir. ousmane sembene

the battle of algiers (1966) dir. gillo pontecorvo

paris, texas (1984) dir. wim wenders

desert hearts (1985) dir. donna deitch

harold and maude (1973) dir. hal ashby

los olvidados (1952) dir. luis bunuel

walkabout (1971) dir. nicolas roag

rope (1948) dir alfred hitchcock

freaks (1932) dir. tod browning

frankenstein (1931) dir. james whale

sunset boulevard (1950) dir billy wilder

fantastic planet (1973) dir. rené laloux

jeanne dielman (1975) dir. chantal akerman

the color of pomegranates (1969) dir. sergei parajanov

all about eve (1950) dir. joseph l. mankiewicz

gilda (1946) dir. charles vidor

the night of the hunter (1950) dir. charles laughton

the invisible man (1931) dir. james whale

COLLECTION of georges méliès shorts

rebecca (1940) dir. alfred hitchcock

brief encounter (1946) dir. david lean

to be or not to be (1942) dir. ernst lubitsch

a place in the sun (1951) dir george stevens

eyes without a face (1960) dir. georges franju

double indeminity (1944) dir. billy wilder

wild strawberries (1957) dir. ingmar bergman

shame (1968) dir. ingmar bergman

through a glass darkly (1961) dir. ingmar bergman

persona (1961) dir. ingmar bergman

winter light (1963) dir. ingmar bergman

the ascent (1977) dir. larisa shepitko

the devil, probably (1977) dir. robert bresson

cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) dir. agnes varda

alien (1979) dir. ridley scott + its sequels

after hours (1985) dir. martin scorsese

halloween (1978) dir. john carpenter

the watermelon woman (1996) dir. cheryl dune

EDIT: part two here + the letterboxd list

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From Mutant Fist page 9

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The Third Floor page 15

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Name that technique.

From Mutant Fist page 8.

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The Third Floor page 14

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Help Fieldmouse Press

Many publishers get their books printed in China, which means these new tariffs are hitting them hard. And small press publishers are the most vulnerable. Fieldmouse Press has a shipment of printed books on the way to the U.S., but now suddenly has deal with new import tariffs. Please consider helping them out. As government services are taken from us and tariffs are raised, more and more of us…

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Help Fieldmouse Press, if you are able.

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A Supreme Court–with three judges appointed by Trump–is supporting the administration's DEI purge and has stated that grant money previously approved by Congress can be frozen by orders of the executive. The highest court in the land is green-lighting executive power and weakening the legislative branch.

Keep in mind that the money we are talking about was going to education, specifically teacher training.

(screenshot of NPR article: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5345607/supreme-court-education-department)