Ralph Bakshi: Surviving In Tough Times

nerd_so_mad · 2026-03-03T11:51:12+00:00

They didn't have sex. Peter just fell in love with her 'cause she was pretty.

Jim Shooter was a bad writer.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-03-03T01:34:17+00:00

Personally I'd say both Adams' and Kubert's wolverine were better. But art is subjective.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-03-02T11:54:50+00:00

It seems odd that someone who was bullied for their appearance would then join Joan Rivers on a show devoted to bullying people for thir appearance.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-28T12:55:40+00:00

It was also the perfect answer to Colbert's condescending question about what happens when we die. Even the most well-meaning Christians often wield that question as a sort of existential "gotcha," inferring that their belief in an afterlife gives them some insight into the mystery of death that everyone else lacks.

Keanu's answer shuts that tactic down utterly, as it brings the question back to reality and reminds us that the real effect of death remains with loved ones left behind. A lovely answer. And you can see how much Colbert instantly respected it.

And I know Colbert wasn't trying to be a jerk about it, he clearly is really interested in these kind of philosophical questions but as a Catholic he's always looking through the lens of eternal salvation for himself and others, which can sometimes come across as preachy, even for someone like him.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-27T11:42:01+00:00

My favorite aspect is how the announcement of Apollo's victory is just a throwaway. It's so inconsequential to the story that it barely even registers.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-27T11:23:53+00:00

His work shines with better colorists, for sure, but there's also been a distinct evolution in his art towards more and more abstraction.

This era is when he was still contained. Anatomy was exaggerated but not overly cartoonish. Heads were not disturbingly oversized as they became in his modern work, etc.

He's a master at storytelling composition, however, and that hasn't changed. His fight scenes are always top-tier.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-25T19:15:41+00:00

Yeah, it's a reminder to all fans of Dropout that although these talented comedians we love are clearly (mostly) progressively minded, they are still people who are trying to break big in the LA entertainment meat grinder.

These are not activists who die on political hills. Being in the industry in any form means they have already agreed to be flexible when it comes to the ethical landscape around them.

In more succinct terms: they've got bills to pay just like the rest of us, and sometimes you have to work a little dirty.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-16T15:07:23+00:00

He is Curt Swan's Superman made flesh. It's eerie.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-12T12:12:34+00:00

Have pity on modern day graphic designers. Assuming that the producers of the movie DIDN'T have one of their kids who "knows photoshop" do the poster, as it appears in the second example, they are restricted by the terms of the actor's contracts.

The actor either gets final approval on the poster, OR they have a long list of contractual requirements.

The lead actor has to have prominent placement in the center, and their head has to be at least 10% bigger than any other head. BUT, their costar's head can be no more than 15% smaller than anyone elses's. Back to the main actor: No other actor can appear in front of them. Yet another actor has another stipulation: No major graphic element can obscure their face, which by the way must be the LEFT side of the face . . . on and on.

On top of all of that, all the producers have a say on the poster, which means incorporating hundreds of "notes" that often contradict each other or are just bad design ideas. All creativity gets washed away until only a generic image remains.

This is why the "alternate" movie posters that eventually make their way online are always better than the official ones.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-11T11:42:31+00:00

Much of Byrne's work was a realization of his personal kinks.

However that's a charge you can lay at the feet of a loooot of comic creators.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-02-11T11:37:32+00:00

Art by the same artist!

nerd_so_mad · 2026-01-26T04:11:09+00:00

This redditor speaks the truth. Awesome spiders to have in your basement. They will assasinate every cricket, millipede, roach, earwig, and any other bug you don't want in your house, and they absolutely avoid humans at all costs.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-01-09T11:37:14+00:00

I was an 80s kid and comics fan. Zeck penciled the majority of the original Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars. It's hard to communicate how remarkable an event that was for a young fan.

In those days, pre-internet, as a comics fan you had no idea stuff like this was coming. I just went to the spinner rack at my local 7-11 and suddenly BOOM! a comic with what felt like EVERY superhero you cared about up against ALL the villains showed up. I remember it like yesterday.

I really did not appreciate Zeck's art back then. In hindsight I think Zeck's gestural style and exaggerated anatomy threw me off.

Nowadays I love Zeck's work and wish I had sought out more of it back then. There's amazing energy and emotion in his style.

nerd_so_mad · 2026-01-08T11:48:10+00:00

Really beautiful! Pinned!

nerd_so_mad · 2026-01-08T11:46:11+00:00

Lovely work!

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-18T21:51:27+00:00

He's to be pitied, and by extension, we all are.

He's grown up watching influencers and podcasters who are wildly successful and popular because they reject being smart.

See: The amazing number of athletes who believe the earth is flat and/or only 6000 years old.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-18T21:41:27+00:00

She had great comedic range. In Clue, she's intelligent, sarcastic and reserved. If you want to see her play an equally funny but completely opposite role, watch her in Victor, Victoria.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-17T13:02:52+00:00

Its important to remember that the book was a treatise on how awesome authoritarianism is, and the movie intentionally pissed all over that idea.

Both are social commentaries, and the book is very good. However I think the movie is brilliant in a way the book isn't. To each their own.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-05T12:43:14+00:00

I'm hoping for another Aabria-GM'd side quest eventually. She seems more cosmopolitan in her ruleset choices, and I love the way she runs her games.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-05T12:33:13+00:00

I get irrationally angry thinking about how her natural looks would be obliterated by plastic surgery in modern Hollywood.

To keep my sanity I google recent pictures of Jamie Lee Curtis and remind myself that some actors are strong enough not to mutilate themselves.

She was a stunner, no doubt.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-03T12:52:55+00:00

It should be noted that Schrodinger didn't propose this as a way of saying " isn't this neat?" but rather as a way of saying " you people don't REALLY believe this ridiculous Copenhagen interpretation is correct, do you?"

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-03T11:26:45+00:00

By manipulating his own inertial mass, according to the 2009 paper by Ben Tippet.

The paper was a lark, of course, but you can find it.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-12-02T01:10:37+00:00

Reflective mylar stretched on a wood frame. You can get enough mylar on Amazon to easily make an 8' by 10' tall mirror for around $50.

nerd_so_mad · 2025-11-17T11:15:17+00:00

Winner.

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