Horror of Party Beach

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Babies, daddy would love to play with you, but daddy is very busy with--Bud, no, get down, you're too heavy for the sofa, and if I have to get the springs replaced again, I'm going to--DAMMIT, LEX, I wasn't READY. You have to wait until I'm READY!

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Hello, tumblr! I have not wanted to draw anything in a very long time. I thought I was going through a long creative malaise, but it turns out that the malaise was actually extended sleep deprivation. Apparently, you need sleep to draw? Who knew! Not me, I guess.

Anyhow, with this revelation in mind, please enjoy this very cropped panel of Lex Luthor having a mid-coitus revelation of his own. Gosh, what giant sort of man is behind him there? Who could it possibly be?

Wips of this very silly comic are up on my patreon; I will post the current update once I've finished dithering with panel one.

[jimmyjimsjim]

"The bartender says, 'If you can jump up and hit all three steaks with your hand, your drinks are on the house. The guy shakes his head and says, 'No way, the steaks are too high.'" "Man, fuck off."

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

the thing is like. how do I put this. a lot of people who post about Batman on here are clearly posting about an alternate universe version of Bruce Wayne and co. who live in, like, Dream Daddy or something. which is totally fine, to be clear! people can play toys however they want. but then you get people who only know Dream Daddy Batman muddling into conversations with people who are very dedicated to Comics Batman, which understandably leads to a lot of frustration on both sides and absolutely nothing interesting being accomplished.

[jimmyjimsjim]

I had no idea that this was a thing—I actually ran into one of the Dream Daddy Batman people and had no idea what was going on or why they were mad at me for writing Bruce as kind of a jerk. Eventually, after a bunch of back and forth, they mentioned that they hadn’t read the comics and were just basing their idea of Bruce on fandom posts.

Like man, god bless, but please do not assume that I am familiar with fan stuff. I have no idea what the fandom for DC is or is not doing. I have my little autism burrow that connects to nothing at all, and sometimes I draw pictures and stick them on the rock at the top for other people to look at. If we enjoy the same thing, it is entirely by coincidence.

[jimmyjimsjim]

I'm still sick, but I AM well enough to draw again, and that means more stupid fake-screenshot comics. Here is a panel of bruce wayne flipping out! The punchline is a sex thing.* It's always a sex thing.

Full comic is on patreon patreon.com/jimmyjimsjim *not with Lex. He has standards (Superman)

[jimmyjimsjim]

Life has been so busy that drawing and writing have had to go on the back burner for the last few months. It sucks! I am still here, but god only knows when I can do fun stuff again.

[jimmyjimsjim]

I got to see Ghost again so time to spam reposts of all my Ghost art!!!!

Everybody was wonderful, and we got so many cool bracelets from other fans. Next time (which will not be until next tour, SOB), I’m gonna finally remember to bring stuff to give out, too. 💜💀💜

[jimmyjimsjim]

i got on one and ended up doing a v/tuxedo mask mashup. i can't help being the way i am!! anyway i think they should make merch of v lookin real pretty because three, maybe even four people would be into that (me, my husband, two friends)

[jimmyjimsjim]

CHANGE TOPIC

>MUSIC

>TRICYCLES

>(PERCEPTION 10) HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN HERE?

i really don't remember the series of thoughts that led to this. shout out to my friend stasanie for coming up with the Blasphemeter, easily the funniest part of this image

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big ol' tribute piece to emeritus iv that i finally finished earlier this year

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peacefield

this song means a lot to me. i hope you like the painting 💜

i have had a very bad time of it over the last year, but i really do believe that good things can be there on the other side if we stick together. so the idea was to make the peacefield of flowers growing into v, and the black moon getting its shit wrecked by the power of love. fuck that moon!

i’m old enough that i’ve hit the ‘what does it mean’ stage that happens to everyone when you realize that a lot of your life is now in the rearview mirror. and hell, maybe life doesn’t MEAN anything. maybe you just put a little good out there for someone else so they can do the same

[jimmyjimsjim]

501 Things to Do in Metropolis

I have had a few people ask me if my DCU drawings are based on anything, and they are! Well, they're based on my fanfics. You can find the whole series here: Bridges on AO3.

Below is an excerpt from the longest story, 501 Things to Do in Metropolis. In this scene, the Joker has dragged Lex to an awful tourist trap in Metropolis to buy crappy souvenirs and look at all the fake Supermen.

“Tell you what,” Lex said. “Because I am feeling very generous, I will give you one compliment.”

“Oh! Oh, my heavens. Hold on. I’m not ready.” The Joker put his phone away and made a show of arranging himself coquettishly on the bench: chest thrust out, head tilted to the side, hands folded demurely in his lap. “Go ahead.”

Lex paused. He might have rushed to judgement on the ‘less annoying’ thing, but it was too late now. “I like the way you cut your suits.”

The Joker beamed at him. “Now that is a compliment.”

“Do you get them done in Gotham?”

“Yes! Li’s Custom Tailor on 35th. Only people I’ve found who can do it the right way.” He relaxed from his pose in order to lean in a little. “You’re not going to try to poach them from me, are you?”

Lex shook his head. “I don’t have a lot of need for tail coats.”

“Good. Because I'd hate to have to kill you over something so trivial. You deserve to get killed over something really big. Something spectacular.”

“I’ll probably just get prostate cancer,” Lex said dismissively. “Or go out like Elvis.”

“No! Oh, Lex, no,” the Joker insisted. “I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen. Listen, if you feel a heart attack coming on, you just give me a call. I swear I’ll drop everything and come burn your building down.”

“It’s got to be the whole building, though,” Lex pressed. “No penny-ante shit.”

“I’ll take out the entire block! What else are friends for?”

“I’ll be watching you from hell. Make me proud.”

“I will! I promise, I will.” The Joker looked very pleased. Earnest, as well, which was an odd thing to be while promising to destroy a city block for your dead friend. “I do appreciate you hosting me, by the way. I know you’re very busy.”

Lex knew better than to reveal that he had nothing else to do. “I mean, it’s only been about half an hour. And you did arrive when you said you would, so even with the photo, you’re still at a net positive in terms of wasting my time.”

The Joker grimaced. “That is a perfectly awful way of looking at it. I’m talking friendship, not accounting.”

“All friendship is transactional. It just gets more mercenary when somebody has money," Lex said with a shrug. “The only thing you want from me is entertainment. I’m happy to provide that.”

“And you're doing a very good job! I am extremely entertained. But I also enjoy your company.” The Joker waited for Lex to reciprocate. Lex did not. “This is the part where you say that you enjoy my company also.”

Lex remained impassive behind his sunglasses. “I wouldn’t go that far.”

“Oh, I see. You’re playing coy. I don’t blame you! Give me an inch and I’ll take a mile, as they say.” He paused. “What are you getting out of it, then?”

“Entertainment. Same as you.”

“Not companionship or human connection or a recentering of perspectives, or anything like that?”

“No.”

“Thank goodness. Because that’s a lot of responsibility, Lex. I’m not built to handle it.”

Lex smiled. “Me, neither.”

[sarkywoman]

The real conflict in Smallville isn’t Clark vs Lex, it’s Lex vs the Narrative.

I’m not even being pithy here. We have a character that is Going To Become Evil. That is the information we have going in. Then he shows up episode one, he’s kind and hurting and being emotionally abused by his father and the whole town hates him and he keeps trying.

But he can’t win, because the pitch that got the show made depends on him Becoming Evil. It externalises the evil as something that happens to him, rather than the Lexes in other media who often start out as arseholes who only get worse. This Lex could have been good, but he’s not allowed. The narrative says from the get-go, without subtlety because subtlety is not Smallville’s strong point, ‘there’s darkness in him’. And then it shows us a kind and intelligent man trying to escape from his father’s control and says ‘that guy, there. Don’t you see it? He’s going to destroy everything. Why? Oh, because he’s Lex Luthor. The narrative requires it.’ And that's the fucking tragedy.

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I don’t know if it’s gauche to repost tags I find on my art that I enjoy, but oh my god I get SO excited when I learn that somebody has read my little stories!!!! AAAAA

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Guess what part of this took the most time to do? That's right: Clark's cat calendar.

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I actually finished that little minicomic I sketched last month! I'm as surprised as you are. This is panel 1. It has a kitten calendar!

I posted the sketch version here already (just scroll down). Full color is up on patreon now and will be posted here in about a week.

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Harley Quinn maintains a robust social media presence, mostly featuring hundreds and hundreds of videos of her hyenas (and sometimes the Joker).

I was going to add the tiktok interface but I got tired!!