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hands up

#rex :D #love it #star wars #captain rex #art

creasegrutz-deactivated20260422

Canon and legend

Two versions with different color editing

#ahhhh such a cool piece... love the concept (and the execution is of course so beautiful)#also tiny TIE spotted!!#star wars #thrawn #art

sylveonsbowties

i know a lot of people have done this trend as them already but i still wanted to do it anyway

#:D #adorable #star trek #tos #art

littlekhada

#divine with his long hair. sigh #star wars #thrawn #art

littlekhada

#aaau so sweet #star wars #eli vanto #art

velvetvexations

Weird Fantasy (1950) #18 written by Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando, with editor Bill Gaines

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So he said it can't be a Black. So I said, "For God's sakes, Judge Murphy, that's the whole point of the Goddamn story!" So he said, "No, it can't be a Black". Bill just called him up and raised the roof, and finally they said, "Well, you gotta take the perspiration off". I had the stars glistening in the perspiration on his Black skin. Bill said, "Fuck you", and he hung up.

Al Feldstein, Tales of Terror: The EC Companion

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Just to add context for those not aware of the impact of this story.

The reason it was so important for narrative purposes, was that the plot concerns the visit of the Astronaut, in his completely opaque spacesuit, to a planet populated entirely by self-aware robots (originally from Earth) who have built their own society and are petitioning to be allowed to interact with Earth again as equals.

They have a democratic government and free choice of careers etc. as the orange robot serving as guide tells the Astronaut.

The Astronaut notices that there are two different types of robot on this world; the orange ones, who are in charge, gifted access to all information and facilities. and the blue robots, who are seen as more limited in function, have less access to information and resources, and are not allowed positions of power or as wide a choice of employment opportunities. Even transportation is segregated.

The Astronaut investigates further and discovers that the blue and orange robots are actually structurally identical, there is absolutely no difference between their potential or capabilities, and it is only because the orange robots are instructed by their Educator system to consider themselves superior, that the difference exists.

The Astronaut tells the robots they are not ready for re-alignment with Earth, until they come to terms with their own unfairness, and how Earth had had to deal with this issue themselves. When that time comes, the robots will be able to ally with Earth.

Then he leaves in his spaceship, and it's only in that one final panel that we see the Astronaut is black.

Not subtle, nor should it be, but for 1950 this was a breathtakingly powerful statement, perhaps the first of it's kind in the genre.

The black character was not a caricature, or comedy relief, he was a main character in his own right, a human who "simply" was black.

assortedinsanities

Ok, but this story is sadly revolutionary even now. That is not just a human who happens to be black, as far as every other character in this story is concerned this is the most important, maybe even the only human they ever see, who happens to be black.

As depressing as that is, but a black person just casually representing the entirety of humanity is a breathtakingly powerfull statement even today, a quarter of a century later.

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alex51324

reblogging for Black History Month!

#oh this is so interesting #the sweat like stars on his skin is really beautiful sentiment too. I guess in a 'beauty of the universe reflected in humanity' way #which makes it all the more political that's a specific detail they sought to remove as compromise #hmm pretty #sci fi #history #comics

littlekhada

#ohhh this is so beautiful <3 #absolutely adore them #art #star wars #eli vanto #thrawn #thranto

artwins

tarot card for @/morningstaring (bluesky)

#woaaah #in love with this piece #huge fan of the composition. and the spooky eyes #art #star wars #ocs

idk-i-was-bored

I decided to do something a little bit insane. I sat down and typed every word spoken in revenge of the Sith so I could then hand write every word to create this scene redraw. I am very pleased with the final result I’m not gonna lie.

#oh that's such a fantastic idea!#and I adore how it turned out #art #star wars #revenge of the sith

eightbitpale

That exile planet was his hot girl summer

#woaaah #this is so cool #feral thrawn time :)#art #star wars #thrawn

kes-geiszler

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