Shawn Gilmore

Am establishing a profile where the sky is bluer—feel free to follow me there. 😎

We monsters matter. We matter all over the world. The lucky ones among us know that WE ARE ALL MONSTERS and know that WE ALL MATTER and that WAR hurts our collective monster soul. @MONSTERSMATTER

Reminder: due to a glitch in our system, the deadline for submissions has been extended for an entire month! You now have until February 16th to get those proposals in line, because the best things take time! Join us here: comicsstudies.org/css-2024-call-…

@ecampbelldammit @topshelfcomix I cover some of these other editions/variations when presenting on FH:

@ecampbelldammit @topshelfcomix Only so much can fit in a tweet 🤷‍♂️

Day 25 of Intro to Comics, in the bag, From Hell (first in Taboo #2-7, 1989-92; ten parts by Kitchen Sink, 1993-98; collected @topshelfcomix, 1999; a colored Master Edition, 2018-20) by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell (@ecampbelldammit), Prologue + Chs 1-4. #comics #teaching

Reminder: submissions for our upcoming virtual conference (June 24-28) are open! Join us to “imagine new possibilities of what the body can do, and how this can work against the normative” (per Russell), and explore the frontiers of what comics can do! comicsstudies.org/css-2024-call-…

A classic string board appears in Chucky s01e03 Syfy/USA, 2021): vaultofculture.com/vault/2024/01/…

A tiny bit of string appears in the background of a scene in Joshua Williamson and Bruno Redondo’s Superman #9 (DC, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2024…

The Grinch adorns a model of Whoville in red string in The Grinch (dirs. Yarrow Cheney & Scott Mosier, 2018): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

A standard obsessive/kill list wall grows throughout Silent Night (dir. John Woo, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

A classic string wall appears during the credits and in some scenes of A Creature Was Stirring (dir. Damien LeVeck, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

A classic obsessive wall appears in parts throughout the new holiday classic Thanksgiving (dir. Eli Roth, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

A classic string wall appears in Apocalypse Clown (dir. George Kane, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/2023/12/…

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A classic string wall appears in “Old Friends,” a Saturday Night Live sketch that aired 9 December 2023: vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

One of the finest meditations on Point Break you will finds: heavyfeatherreview.org/2023/12/11/dre…

A classic string board appears in It’s a Wonderful Knife (dir. Tyler MacIntyre, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

Geoff Keighley, Gonzo, and Camilla the Chicken presented the Award for Best Debut Indie at The Game Awards 2023 via string board: vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2023…

Today in "that's not how any of this works..." full-time faculty at Columbia College want to be part of mediation between the striking part-time faculty in CFAC and management. Note the galling last paragraph... chicagotribune.com/opinion/commen…