rattier:

crouchingredhead:

Illustrations/concept ideas for my friend Sam’s story Insect!

OH MAN SOMEONE DREW ART FOR ONE OF MY STORIES

thank you omfg this is so cool :D sdfsdfsdf

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Insect

rattier:

pretentiouswriter:

so this is a creepy thing I wrote because I saw something on tumblr about the zombie apocalypse. This isn’t my best writing or anything but I want to post stories here more often so HERE YA GO my first original fiction story posted on my writing journal. Still doesn’t involve my characters though but I’m working up to it.

and yes i know zombies are overdone

Warning for zombies, cannibalism, medical stuff, mind control, general grossitude

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look i posted an original fiction story on my writing blog for the FIRST TIME EVER this is a BIG THING FOR ME please read it and tell me what you think please please please i’m really nervous ;_;

YES

Everyone read this awesome story

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chongthenomad: brainbubblegum: I swear, Korra isn’t the only thing I draw ghfdsgfdsh THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER
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chongthenomad:

brainbubblegum:

I swear, Korra isn’t the only thing I draw ghfdsgfdsh

THIS

IS THE BEST THING EVER

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adlegend21: ohappyfair: This is what I wish happened. Yeessssssss
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adlegend21:

ohappyfair:

This is what I wish happened.

Yeessssssss

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bei-fong-appreciation-blog: zombiepeas: legnaangel: jojocircis: only explaination right NO, Tony Stark can’t be Amon, *sobs* omg so canon “YOUR BENDING DEFIES SCIENCE!” 
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zombiepeas:

legnaangel:

jojocircis:

only explaination right

NO, Tony Stark can’t be Amon, *sobs*

omg so canon

“YOUR BENDING DEFIES SCIENCE!” 

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mistahgrundy: peppermintmonster: 3 DAY AND 2 HOURS LEFT TO GET IN ON STAR POWER! Don’t let this one pass you by! Next funding incentive is mad scientist paper dolls for every backer. Ehh? Ehh? Dress up Delilah Dragon in dozens of different full-color outfits, whatever your backer level may be. For those who haven’t already heard, Star Power is the story of two competing strip clubs turned upside down by the sinister Delilah Dragon and her Marvelous Surgery Wagon. Bawdy, body-positive and told entirely in rhyme, Star Power is an erotic comic inspired by Slipshine that needs backers! This only has a couple days to go and it’s juuuust short of its goal. The world needs more sex positive/body positive porn comics, guys. They’re the funnest. Just backed this because it looks awesome
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mistahgrundy:

peppermintmonster:

3 DAY AND 2 HOURS LEFT TO GET IN ON STAR POWER! Don’t let this one pass you by! Next funding incentive is mad scientist paper dolls for every backer. Ehh? Ehh? Dress up Delilah Dragon in dozens of different full-color outfits, whatever your backer level may be.


For those who haven’t already heard, Star Power is the story of two competing strip clubs turned upside down by the sinister Delilah Dragon and her Marvelous Surgery Wagon. Bawdy, body-positive and told entirely in rhyme, Star Power is an erotic comic inspired by Slipshine that needs backers!

This only has a couple days to go and it’s juuuust short of its goal. The world needs more sex positive/body positive porn comics, guys.

They’re the funnest.

Just backed this because it looks awesome

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Information about the “T-rex” skeleton being auctioned in NYC

dailyfossil:

Statement from the President of Mongolia

As some of you might have seen in the media, there is going to be an auction in New York City tomorrow, May 20th 2012. Heritage Auctions is the auction house running the event. The biggest ticket item, and the one that is getting this auction a lot of coverage in the press, is an almost complete skeleton of Tarbosaurus bataar, which is being referred to as a T-rex in some stories. The two dinosaurs are very simular to one another.  The problem is that this specimen assuredly comes from Mongolia. Thus, it is stolen. 

Here is a letter from Dr. Mark Norell, the dinosaur curator at the American Museum of Natural History, explaining the situation:

It is with great concern that I see Mongolian dinosaur materials listed in the upcoming (May 20) Heritage Auctions Natural History catalogue. For the last 22 years I have excavated specimens Mongolia in conjunction with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. I have been an author on over 75 scientific papers describing these important specimens. Unfortunately, in my years in the desert I have witnessed ever increasing illegal looting of dinosaur sites, including some of my own excavations. These extremely important fossils are now appearing on the international market. In the current catalogue Lot 49317 (a skull of Saichania) and Lot 49315 (a mounted Tarbosaurus skeleton) clearly were excavated in Mongolia as this is the only locality in the world where these dinosaurs are known. The copy listed in the catalogue, while not mentioning Mongolia specifically (the locality is listed as Central Asia) repeatedly makes reference to the Gobi Desert and to the fact that other specimens of dinosaurs were collected in Mongolia. As someone who is intimately familiar with these faunas, these specimens were undoubtedly looted from Mongolia. There is no legal mechanism (nor has there been for over 50 years) to remove vertebrate fossil material from Mongolia. These specimens are the patrimony of the Mongolian people and should be in a museum in Mongolia. As a professional paleontologist, am appalled that these illegally collected specimens (with no associated documents regarding provenance) are being are being sold at auction.

 Sincerely,

 Dr. Mark A. Norell

Chairman and Curator

Division of Paleontology

So far the only response from the auction house has been ‘we didn’t break any US laws, why didn’t the Mongolian government contact us before?’ and my favorite, and I will quote here: Mongolia won its independence in 1921 and this specimen is obviously quite a bit older than that.

What can be done? Probably not much, sadly. But it is important that people realize it is /NOT/ okay to take these materials out of their countries of origin with out working with the local governments. That is true for both for profit enterprises such as this auction but also for purely scientific studies. Most of the mongolian material at the AMNH currently is on long term loans, and many amazing specimens have already been returned to Mongolia.  

It is very upsetting that the vast majority of articles in the media about this specimen and the auction make NO mention of the illegal source of the material.  Spread the word! And please, never buy vertebrate fossils from private collectors.

Source: dailyfossil

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tinyskyvillage: calamityjon: The Avengers opens in theaters in the US on May 4th, and it’s going to do blockbuster business. The individual films featuring these characters have already  grossed more than $2.2 billion dollars - that’s greater than the Gross National Product of almost half the countries on Earth - and it’s not unlikely that The Avengers will earn a hundred million dollars on its opening day alone. This represents a pretty big payday to a lot of people - the actors, obviously, will take home pretty big paychecks. The director and the writers are well-compensated, and certainly the executives who greenlighted this project get to sit back and rake in large bonuses and healthy salaries. Well, you know where this is going; shamefully, the people who aren’t making a big profit from these movies are the people (and the families of the people) who did the essential work of creating them in the first place. It’s not just Jack Kirby, either, or (Black Widow and Hawkeye co-creator) Don Heck, but also Steve Engelhart, Peter David, Herb Trimpe, Jim Steranko, Roy Thomas and dozens more - the artists and writers who refined and defined the characters appearing in this movie, who fleshed out the original creations and molded them into the figures we cheer for when we see them on the screen. Some very sensible people are calling for a boycott of this film on those grounds, but I think it’s fairly obvious that a boycott of idealistic comic fans isn’t going to accomplish much - it’s not only comic book fans who’ll be dropping a collective billion dollars over the next eight weeks to see this movie, it’s going to be a lot of movie-goers who haven’t read a comic since they were kids, much less know anything of the controversy. Plus, of course, you - the collective “you”, representing comic book fans all over the world - want to see this movie. And you’re going to, most likely, right? Even though you know of the morally shady practices of Marvel towards its creators, they’ve got you hooked. Don’t be ashamed, they’ve had you hooked for years. It’s what they do. So how about this: You’re probably going to go see The Avengers and, judging by the early reviews, you’ll probably enjoy it. How about - as a thank you to the creators who brought you these characters in the first place, who gave you something to enjoy so much - you match your ticket price as a donation to The Hero Initiative?  THI is a charity which provides essential financial assistance to comic book professionals who have fallen on hard times; for decades, the comic industry provided no financial safety net to its employees, most of whom it regarded only as freelancers and journeymen, meaning they were offered no health insurance, no unemployment insurance, no retirement plans - none of the financial support most of us enjoy from our jobs and careers. A small donation will help this agency provide a valuable safety net in times of need to these beloved entertainers. I don’t plan on seeing The Avengers, but I’ve donated $15 - the price of a 3-D ticket - to Hero. If every concerned comic fan - every superhero aficionado who learned to live by the lessons of altruism and sacrifice taught by these comics - donated the price of their ticket, well, it may not hit a billion dollars but it’ll bring in a lot of money for a good and relevant cause. One last note: Remember what Spider-Man always says? “With great power comes great responsibility”. The lesson in that is that everyone has great power. Spider-Man’s great power is being able to lift a bus. Your great power is the ability to help good causes do good work for good reasons - so why not go be a superhero instead of just watching them on the screen… (PS: “Liking” this post is nice, thank you, but reblogging/retweeting it helps get the message out and would be even more appreciated) I love this post. It doesn’t go for the cheap useless guilt trip, and instead focus on offering a simple constructive way to help, if you wish, if you can ^^
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tinyskyvillage:

calamityjon:

The Avengers opens in theaters in the US on May 4th, and it’s going to do blockbuster business. The individual films featuring these characters have already  grossed more than $2.2 billion dollars - that’s greater than the Gross National Product of almost half the countries on Earth - and it’s not unlikely that The Avengers will earn a hundred million dollars on its opening day alone.

This represents a pretty big payday to a lot of people - the actors, obviously, will take home pretty big paychecks. The director and the writers are well-compensated, and certainly the executives who greenlighted this project get to sit back and rake in large bonuses and healthy salaries.

Well, you know where this is going; shamefully, the people who aren’t making a big profit from these movies are the people (and the families of the people) who did the essential work of creating them in the first place. It’s not just Jack Kirby, either, or (Black Widow and Hawkeye co-creator) Don Heck, but also Steve Engelhart, Peter David, Herb Trimpe, Jim Steranko, Roy Thomas and dozens more - the artists and writers who refined and defined the characters appearing in this movie, who fleshed out the original creations and molded them into the figures we cheer for when we see them on the screen.

Some very sensible people are calling for a boycott of this film on those grounds, but I think it’s fairly obvious that a boycott of idealistic comic fans isn’t going to accomplish much - it’s not only comic book fans who’ll be dropping a collective billion dollars over the next eight weeks to see this movie, it’s going to be a lot of movie-goers who haven’t read a comic since they were kids, much less know anything of the controversy.

Plus, of course, you - the collective “you”, representing comic book fans all over the world - want to see this movie. And you’re going to, most likely, right? Even though you know of the morally shady practices of Marvel towards its creators, they’ve got you hooked. Don’t be ashamed, they’ve had you hooked for years. It’s what they do.

So how about this: You’re probably going to go see The Avengers and, judging by the early reviews, you’ll probably enjoy it. How about - as a thank you to the creators who brought you these characters in the first place, who gave you something to enjoy so much - you match your ticket price as a donation to The Hero Initiative? 

THI is a charity which provides essential financial assistance to comic book professionals who have fallen on hard times; for decades, the comic industry provided no financial safety net to its employees, most of whom it regarded only as freelancers and journeymen, meaning they were offered no health insurance, no unemployment insurance, no retirement plans - none of the financial support most of us enjoy from our jobs and careers. A small donation will help this agency provide a valuable safety net in times of need to these beloved entertainers.

I don’t plan on seeing The Avengers, but I’ve donated $15 - the price of a 3-D ticket - to Hero. If every concerned comic fan - every superhero aficionado who learned to live by the lessons of altruism and sacrifice taught by these comics - donated the price of their ticket, well, it may not hit a billion dollars but it’ll bring in a lot of money for a good and relevant cause.

One last note: Remember what Spider-Man always says? “With great power comes great responsibility”. The lesson in that is that everyone has great power. Spider-Man’s great power is being able to lift a bus. Your great power is the ability to help good causes do good work for good reasons - so why not go be a superhero instead of just watching them on the screen…

(PS: “Liking” this post is nice, thank you, but reblogging/retweeting it helps get the message out and would be even more appreciated)

I love this post. It doesn’t go for the cheap useless guilt trip, and instead focus on offering a simple constructive way to help, if you wish, if you can ^^

Source: calamityjon

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eschergirls:

lobs submitted:

There was something really off about this. I’m no pro but I gave it a shot anyway…

And if somehow you liked the anatomy from the first one I leave you with this…

I’d be terrified too Batman!

You gave me a much needed laugh.  Thank you. :)  (Also nice redraw)

Source: eschergirls