Paper and Wires

I want to share the books I like with people, and I hope that they'll like them too. Other interests will pop up from time to time as well. Miniature painting sideblog is @paintandwires.

[bonafideaquemin]

poster i did for local film club... For the 3 hot fuzz fans out here

i need to draw more angel and danny

[cheaphalloweencostume]

any horror recs for someone annoying and pretentious looking for things they’ve never watched before? they dont have to be good just interesting and the more bonkers the better. foreign films very welcome! thank you thank you

oh hell yes if we’re just reaching for Weird Shit You Might Not Have Seen (But You Might Have Idk Your Life):

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Lair of the White Worm

Necromentia

Cure

The Devil’s Backbone (this one isn’t that weird or unknown i just think it’s really underrated)

Noroi: The Curse (again not unheard of but an all-time underrated favorite. TO ME)

Ghostwatch

man my brains kinda broke i feel like this list didn’t end up cutting very deep at all but im still Thinking 🤔

[paperandwires]

Oooh I want to chip in with Weird Shit you may or may not have seen- I'm putting release years for ease of finding.

The Wolf House (2018) - stop motion, haunting. Based on historical events. You can go in blind or read about it first, I think the background knowledge makes it hit harder.

Violence Voyager (2018) - Paper cutout "Gekimation". Nightmarish, unique experience.

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) - Pretentious, gorgeous, largely incoherent.

Titane (2021) - Unhinged. I had a great time with this one.

Possessor (2020) - Just so stylish, really resonated with me. Was oddly relevant to my life at the time I saw it and really in tune with the ills of the world.

Nails (2003) - Fantastic visuals. Can-do attitude to match similarly grimy low-to-no budget fare like Death Powder (1986), though not quite as manic.

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) - Horror comedy, very silly and fun. Takashi Miike directs, he has a number of other movies you might like that are not as light- Gozu (2003) for example.

Egg (2005) - Not sure what to say about this one but I doubt you'll see another like it.

WNUF Halloween Special (2013) - Love the premise and execution. Descended from Ghostwatch.

Uzumaki (2000) - So many memorable moments, very likely to keep your interest.

And that will be all for now, if I get into the 90s and back I'll be up all night. I hope this is helpful.

[oathtoblood]

Sketch for a Detail of the Temple of the Earth

— Hugo Höppener, 1897

[mellific]

haven't done a comic in AGES but i whipped this up for a buddy's 4 panel comic anthology (submissions open til june 1st! i had a really fun time making this, recommend 👍)

[feversom]

i only just discovered Tony Stella's art and sad to find out that he just passed. RIP to a creative genius; link to his site because all of his work is just incredible: https://www.tony-stella.com/

[paintandwires]

Quick and dirty phone pics of my crew of goblins. Can't wait to get everything finished and put together.

Da boat.

[rubacmk]

🌸☠️🌸

[urgetocreate]

Jia Li (Chinese, b.1964), Summer Light, 2015, Watercolor on paper

[tomoleary]

Voyage d’Hermès, subtitled “Les Mondes Élémentaires: Un Voyage Imaginé et Dessiné par Moebius” or “The Elemental Worlds: An Imagined and Drawn Journey by Moebius“ (2010) Source

“Moebius crafted the entire set digitally on a Wacom Cintiq, a technology he adopted only a couple of years prior, after a lifetime of pen and paper. Elderly and ailing, Moebius was still experimenting with his craft, and with Voyage d’Hermès reaching new heights.”

[attic-moth]

Bordando el Manto Terrestre by Remedios Varo // The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

[katherinelam]

7 color screenprint for one of my favorite movies ever, Wong Kar Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

[catsofyore]

Little boys. 💕 Postcard from my collection, unsent, 1902.

[humansbgone]

At this point, I've gotten enough comments comparing art of characters being wistful at night to the Twlight Sparkle/Mordecai meme image that I'm starting to get worried for you guys. Is it that younger people can't appreciate stargazing, or they can't appreciate sentimentality without being deathly afraid of being labeled cringe? Should I blame light pollution or irony poisoning?

Either way, you'd better get ready for more of it. You're watching a dramatic cartoon about talking animals!

[humansbgone]

No one recognizes the old animated movies that MordeTwi was inspired by. For shame

[bogleech]

Yeah this is a classic scene, what

[paperandwires]

Wow, not to mention one of the big ones for me, Somewhere Out There from An American Tail-

And it's Muppets but I'm including One Little Star from Follow That Bird because I love it-

Nowhere near as strong a song as the others, but Dream from Babes in Toyland as another example. Point being there are a LOT of these. I'm just going off the top of my head. Wishing on a star/being lonely at night is a super common device to express the desires of characters.

[passionpeachy]

got you some chocolates. don’t worry about the title

[dark-but-just-a-game]

Martin Scorsese, to the New York Times, after they published an article shortly after Federico Fellini passed away calling his movies- and other 'foreign' movies of the same ilk- 'hard work'

[raingerr]

doing a little jig

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