That Cheerful Chapeau

"The man is a cheshire cat: all smile and no substance. At least he disappears every now and then."

[dork-master]

have a good day friends, have fancy snake

[kierongillen]

A couple of years ago, a good friend of mine asked what the big deal was about Watchmen. That, via a lot of detours, led me to this speech where I talk Watchmen, its challenge to us as readers, its autobiographical impact, various bits of geeking out over formalism and everything else full of life and comics.

The Vimeo is linked above. If you prefer Youtube, you can find it here.

I performed it originally at Nine Worlds Geekfest. Due to various requests, I did a second performance a few months later, with some small additions. This time the lovely folks at Tomfoolery Pictures offered to film it for the record. After months of labour, here’s the finished version. Hail them.

Hope you find it interesting.

Thanks to: Tomfoolery generally for the filming and Adam specifically for making the offer, GOSH comics for hosting it, Chrissy Williams for putting on her best received pronunciation for the intro, Jon Browne for inspiring it, Nine Worlds Geekfest for prompting its writing and original 100% adrenaline and nerves airing, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for a comickybook and the Nine Panel Grid for being perfect beyond all human ability to judge.

[huffpost]

Man Successfully Controls 2 Prosthetic Arms With Just His Thoughts

Les Baugh is the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear two Modular Prosthetic Limbs at once, according to the researchers. 

For more on the incredible science behind this prosthetic innovation go here. 

(GIF Source: JHU Applied Physics Laboratory)

[xen0tran-deactivated20151216]

I believe that this would have to be one of the first, if not the first, cases of this type of technology being used

[daddy-war-stache]

He looks at his clenched bionic fist.

"Yes, electricity will pay…"

[xen0tran-deactivated20151216]

That is the most fucked up and hilarious thing I’ve heard all evening

[diishii]

Human augmentation is here

[end-it-ed23]

It begins

[hummusrevolutionaryfront]

'Just had my day brightened up. Big Caribbean army bloke in front of me on the DLR knitting. Old lady turns to him and says “I didn't know men could knit”. He turns to her and in his best Caribbean accent says “No ma'am, the only thing men can't do is have babies. And there's nothing women can't do.” '

DLR= Docklands Light Railway, London

[ginandbird]

love everything about this.

[beingruth-blog]

Love it.

[quinn-against-ddlg-deactivated2]

I bought my friend an elephant for their room.

They said “Thank you.”

I said “Don’t mention it.”

[dog-heaven-deactivated20161117]

Is there a joke here that 15 thousand people get but I don’t?

[bleachdalilah]

PLEASE EXPLAIN

[twofingerswhiskey]

EHEHEH

[deetdoots-deactivated20170715]

hehehehe

[georgetakei]

Tyrion himself would be in awe. #GameOfOwned

Source: Nerdgasm

[locuraviperina]

[sebaostion]

HCOONa Matata

¡¡Olé, olé y mil veces olé!!

[dial0fortheoperator]

"Eye of Sauron" ”ALEX NO”

[possessedloser]

ALEX NO

[illfeedyoutoapricots-blog]

My AP World teacher spent an entire class period showing these to us

[storms-cosplays]

Music & composer puns (ft. Aph Austria)

[shakespearesiphone]

yep that’s exactly how it went

I’m a piece of shit

"Romeo And Juliet" Act I scene I

[levianity]

bro

[esportsdreamvn]

Windows download

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We’re really excited to release a new Public Demo! There a a lot of notable changes from the first demo we released with our Kickstarter:

-Implemented new character art (thanks to hikariix and irahi)

-New custom background art (thanks to...

[tosiaki7]

After about 4-5 days of almost continuously working on translating this game, I’ve finally finished translating it.

Title: Forest of Drizzling Rain Author: Sanada Makoto of Stardust KRNKRN (星屑KRNKRN) Author’s website: http://nanos.jp/hskzkrnkrn/ Date: 2013 October 11 Latest update...

[kavaeric-old-deactivated2022110]

I look up — many people feel small because they’re small and the Universe is big — but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity. That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant, you want to feel like a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you. That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive… - Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson [ x ]

[corvidaedream]

so the saddest shortest story is attributed to hemingway:

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

and this came to me at breakfast and i thought it was hilarious. 

[icantspellbuterfly-deactivated2]

pls don’t ruin hemingway for me.

[corvidaedream]

no i will continue to do that

[digg]

[tenaflyviper]

If you can’t find a place on your blog for Patrick Stewart in a bathtub dressed like a lobster, then your blog probably doesn’t deserve such majesty anyway.

[ciderandsawdust]

Our first attempt at a Swedish fire log was a smashing success.

[h-o-r-n-g-r-y]

burns for hours and it looks beautiful.

[the-tricksters-neophyte]

I have no idea how you make a Swedish fire log

but i have a MIGHTY NEED for a Swedish fire log

[sam-winchester-cries-during-sex]

Here’s how to make a Swedish fire log for those who are curious

and these are hella good for cooking on top of too- wanna cook something in a pan? You got yourself a li’l stove right there.

[the-evil-twin]

Female BAMFs Throughout History

[thesuperheroesnetwork]