W. Blake Kimber

Man of voices coping with his 30s. Very tired. Always tired.

[why-i-love-comics]

Absolute Martian Manhunter #6 (2025)

written by Deniz Camp art by Javier Rodriguez

[dumbingofage]

sorry, the strip peaked here

[arrghigiveup]

TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).

Bonus:

[drst]

These are my people.

[petermorwood]

Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.

In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…

…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…

…even though most writers now use monitor /  keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.

In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.

The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.

The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…

And of course the Save icon is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.

Why it wasn’t a 5¼ floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.

Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.

Graphics and terminology are funny things.

[nehirose]

reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.

[porcupine-girl]

I’m mostly entertained by the guy who thinks you need to know that “case” means “box” in French as though that’s not what it means in English.

[catgirlforeskin]

skeumorphism my beloved

[bizships]

It’s fascinating. This post alternately made me feel old and taught me something. Tumblr is amazing.

[redcurlzbychoice]

And because we continue to use signs of ancient hardware, youngsters come up with questions like “why is the icon for ‘save’ a vending machine with a can of soda?” (One day I’ll find that post and link it)

[foone]

The reason the save icon is a 3.5" floppy seems to mainly be that 3.5" disks were the most common disk by the time graphical interfaces got popular on PCs. Earlier stuff was more text based so they didn’t have or need icons.

But there are always exceptions. Lotus 1-2-3 for windows uses 5.25" disks for the save and load icons!

[androidwarlock]

Now that more people know who squirrel girl is, I think nows a good time to share one of my favorite comic panels

[wakingfromthewater]

This was shared as a "bad" joke but I was so charmed by it I've been thinking about it for days.

[artistic-octopus]

[wordswithkittywitch]

Moose at the next table: No they don't. I've been waiting here for an hour.

[totally-not-an-al1en]

[sheikonfleek]

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

[captainlordauditor]

it’s seasonal lads

[captainlordauditor]

IT’S SEASONAL AGAIN LADS

[terrible-tentacle-theatre]

‘Tis the season so I’ll reblog my absolute favorite Terry Pratchett quote ever

Happy holidays folks

[otatma]

welp

[variablejabberwocky]

#The wisdom#The kind that sits on your chest heavily#And you don’t so much get over it as you learn to keep existing with its weight

[universalbeauty]

The Russian Santa Claus in Siberia (The eastern part of Russia situated in Asia). He’s known as Ded Moroz. -Merry Xmas from Universal Beauty 

[ellenkushner]

Winner of the Best-Dressed Santa Award, hands down!

[swoz]

meanwhile this level 100 wizard

[giantspiders]

Not quite. This is Yakutian Chys Khan, Ded Moroz’s northern “brother”. Russian Federation is a melting pot of different cultures, it’s not just slavs, don’t forget that.

This is Ded Moroz (a.k.a. Father Frost)

And here they are together

[typette-deactivated20150825]

wow, don’t forget Snegurochka, his daughter, the snow maiden, who always accompanies him. She has a beautifuk kokoshnik crown that is essentially a big snowflake

or, more contemporarily, a cute toque

don’t leave her out :(

[dr-archeville]

Ooh

[giantspiders]

Since this is back to my dash, I’ll add some more mebers to the Snow Wizard family! Buryatian Sagan Ubugun

Samoyedan Yamal-iri

Evenkia has a female one, Tugeni Enekehn, Mother Winter

Udurmutian Tol Babai

Karelian Pakkaine, the youngest one, he doesn’t even have a beard.

There are more. They annualy host “summits” and visit each-other across Russia.

Merry Christmas!

[systlin]

j

[haxyr3]

Correction: Снегурочка, The Snow maiden is a granddaughter of Дед Мороз.

Reblogging for it illustrates how diverse Russia actually is.

[wblakekimber]

The High Council of Christmas Elders has judged thee naughty

[rogha]

one time a guy i know whose girlfriend was heavily pregnant didn’t tweet anything for a whole day so i texted him ‘congrats on your baby’ and made him think i had some kind of baby precognition 

[rogha]

like six months after that just after halloween i asked to see his son dressed as a ‘fat baby pumpkin’ and he was like ‘who told you’ and i said ‘no one. it’s halloween. you have a fat baby. he’s going to be a pumpkin’ 

[rogha]

bbc sherlock wants what i have

[jordanbolton]

“Routines” by Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is out now! Order it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

[gjjuddmk2]

[miggsboson]

We’re all important! Never forget that.

[miggsboson]

lookin back at this, and I’m doin a lot better than I was in 2017 (despite everything). I hope you are too

[batsandboba]

o/ <- person waving

o7 <- person saluting

ol <- person raising hand

o1 <- person scratching head

\o> <- person stretching

[chaos--themralds]

\o/ <- woohoo!

[the-text-party]

<o> <- EXTREME STRESS, LIKE "OH FUCK OH SHIT" STRESS

[mijomii]

orz <- the person is on their hands and knees, on the floor, god what happened to them

OTL <- same, but we are now closer to them (mb softly pat their back or something)

[brightsunnydaysofcastamere]

or2 <- the person is still on their hands and knees but they've got a fat ass now

[laughingpinecone]

When Disco Elysium said "mankind be vigilant, we loved you", when Night in the Woods said "I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people who do", when Twin Peaks said

(checks notes)

horse

[ms-demeanor]

Note: Twin Peaks also said "Fix your hearts or die" about transphobia. (But it did, in fact, say horse as well)

[bogleech]

[pauliedraws]

Doing commissions again.

Google form:

https://forms.gle/oxtuLGyKrCTEAnh79

[quoth-the-goblin-nevermore]

At the barricades of freedom *vague sizzling of cooked meats*

[impactrueno]

i can't stop making these comics. yes there will be more