The Speech Bubble Episode 1 - Geek Summer -
Introducing the Speech Bubble, a new monthly comic book podcast hosted by myself and Adam! In the inaugural episode, we talk Avengers and… well, mostly Avengers. Some Batman and Spider-Man thrown in, for flavor. You can listen to it below (but please click through to The Inclusive anyway).
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irritatingarchery: There is no such thing as too many comics
Sexy.
via marcjacobs
This “food truck” has a patio.
We have officially taken food trucks too far.
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An open letter to the Tumblr community -
I’ve been on Tumblr for a while now, and have been noticing some interesting - and troubling - trends of late. I took a moment to write an open letter to all you dashboarders and rebloggers. Take it as helpful suggestions, or dire warning. Up to you.
Read a preview below, the rest is up at The Inclusive.
Hello! I’d like to take a moment of your time to talk to you about a number of things that have been on my mind for a while. Your community has put me, a heterosexual male, into a unique position, one that I have never actually found myself in before. While I’m browsing through your reblogs and .gifs, I am in the overwhelming minority, and I believe this demographic separation gives me a certain insight into the community that few others of you have. These aren’t glaring problems, I don’t think they need to be immediately and permanently addressed. I’m just worried that none of you have noticed these issue at all, with the startlingly high rate at which they occur.
Speaking of .gifs, that’s the first thing. You all sure do love your .gifs- your reaction .gifs, your at .gifs, your silly .gifs, your TV .gifs, your creepy .gifs. For those of you unfamiliar with “.gifs” (my parents and their friends who they’ve sent this to (Glad to have you!)), allow me to briefly explain. “.GIF” is short for “Graphic Interchange Format.” It is essentially a series of single frames sequenced together, usually to give the illusion of movement. You’ve no doubt seen them if you’ve been on the internet for more than an hour. They look like this:
And this:
Pretty cool! Kind of reminds you of a flipbook or those zoetropes from the days before video, right? Well here’s the thing, Tumblr: Are you aware that the vast, vast majority of these .gifs all come from a video? You don’t need to resort to concepts first put into practice in China in 180 CE, you’re on the internet! What’s more, most of these videos even have sound. For example, these .gifs from the popular show “Sherlock” on the BBC…
…are actually captured from a video clip! If you embedded the video, instead of ripping the frames from it to make the .gif, you’d have the same moment, but without the need for subtitles.
BBC’s “Sherlock” brings me to my next point. You folks sure do love your attractive men, but are you aware that there are attractive men on this planet that are not from Britain? Do a quick…
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
