No Melee Is An Island

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james f. wright | writes video games and comic books | knitter | favorite carb: rice | a garden and a porch "let us see what new madness this realm drops at my doorstep." robert jackson bennett, 'a drop of corruption'

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No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· 18d

They should have Samantha Morton do the pre-show intro for The Odyssey at AMC theaters.

Samantha Morton in The Odyssey. She's at a table in her kitchen, her hands clasped as if in prayer, but her eyes are open. A flame in a hearth burns nearby. There are two Greek warriors entering her home in the background.

The subtitles (in yellow) read: We come to this place for magic.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· 18d

Just want to say that a cursed abacus is particularly inspired.

From Nora Reed's "Make Up a Fantasy Guy"

Hadcirylain
Elf
Aristocrat
she/her

- sculpted nose
- is found in the local tavern, playing the knife game
- carrying a cursed abacus around
- I want a pet ocelot

(new guy)
---
Website by Nora Reed. Follow this account on fediverse and bluesky.

free Palestine 🇵🇸

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· 19d

I heard they're going to reopen the Cinerama Dome.

The Doctor Manhattan on Mars meme from Watchmen, where he's experiencing various eras of time all at once.

In the first panel he says, "It is 2021. Someone is going to reopen the Cinerama Dome."

In the second panel he says, "It is 2023. Someone is going to reopen the Cinerama Dome."

And in the third panel he says, "It is 2026. Someone is going to reopen the Cinerama Dome."

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· 20d

Forgot how to do self-promotion, but if you're going to be at Comic-Con this week/end, I'll be on this panel on Friday with these incredible creators. Come through (or not, I'm not the boss of you)!

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Jun 18

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

Promo image for the Fox TV drama, Lone Star. (Canceled after two episodes!)

It shows two images: on the top a white brown-haired man in a white button-down shirt, dark jeans, and brown cowboy boots. He's seated on a bed and a blonde white lady sits behind him with her arms draped over his shoulders. The second image, below the first, shows the same man in the same pose, now with a white dress shirt, loosened necktie, black slacks, and dress shoes. He's also seated on a bed and a different woman, a brunette white lady has her arms draped over his shoulders.

The copy reads: One Man. Two Lives. The Perfect Con.

And below that: Monarch 9/20, 9/8c Fox.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Jun 8

Black and white photo of just over half of the crew of the Nostromo from Alien (1979). From left to right: Brett (Harry Dean Stanton), Parker (Yaphet Kotto), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), and Dallas (Tom Skerritt).

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· May 25

Was just talking about this two days ago.

A chat message which reads: The people also yearn for Joe McMillan.

Another person in the chat has reacted to the message with the 100 emoji.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· May 22

They also have some of his comics from college and an interview (didn't see with whom) where he talks about how much he loves comics.

Bong Joon-ho comic strips from university.

Interview with Bong Joon-ho (unsure of interviewer, but they're initialized as NL). It reads:

BJH: Yes. [laughs]

NL: What kind of comics did you draw?

BJH: There was a time when I seriously considered becoming a cartoonist. In fact, I drew cartoons all through college. Our university had a newspaper, The Yonsei Chunchu, and I actually got paid to do cartoons for it. As kids we had easy access to Japanese manga, and manga like Doraemon were popular in Korea. I tried to draw pieces that imitated those Japanese comics. When I became a filmmaker, I drew my own storyboards, which reminded me of those days. After all, comics are about arranging shots and how the frames go together. With storyboarding, I feel like I'm fulfilling my childhood dream of being a cartoonist; it's kind of a pleasant delusion.

NL: Watching movies and drawing comics served as training for filmmaking?

BJH: I never intended it that way, but I drew up loving comics. My dad worked in graphic and industrial design, so our house was always full of art books and photo books. He also watched an incredible amount of TV. He was a huge TV drama addict, so the TV was always on, and he never made rules about how much we could watch.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· May 22

The Bong Joon-ho Exhibit at the Academy Museum is worth it just for the storyboards.

Bong Joon-ho storyboards for Snowpiercer.

Bong Joon-ho storyboards for Snowpiercer. (The fish gutting scene.)

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· May 21

Quote with a fictional band that isn’t Spinal Tap

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· May 19

Wow, so true.

James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams on a baseball diamond saying, "The one constant through all the years has been bas[k]e[t]ball."

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· May 4

Jack Rackham from the TV series Black Sails. He's seated in prison, a plate of stale, rotten bread beside him. A rat sits by his feet, and Jack saying either to the rat or himself (or both), "Today the crumbs, tomorrow the loaf."

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Apr 27

W/O downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Isabelle Adjani in POSSESSION (1981) with an evil grin wiping her mouth with the back of her hand

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Apr 24

Whoever said that you have to see a Rothko in person to experience it, brother, you weren't kidding. (At the MOCA now, and admission is free.)

Mark Rothko's No. 61 (Rust and Blue) [Brown Blue, Brown on Blue].

Mark Rothko's Black on Dark Sienna on Purple.

Mark Rothko's No. 301 (Reds and Violet over Red/Red and Blue over Red) [Red and Blue over Red]

Mark Rothko's No. 9 (Dark over Light Earth/Violet and Yellow in Rose)

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Apr 9

After our last collab with 2018's "The Whey of All Flesh," Josh & I are finally working on a new comic. ATTRITION is a space horror about seven prisoners stranded aboard a decommissioned, experimental spaceship. We submitted it for an anthology, but even if we don't get in we're still doing it.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Apr 2

I know competition is fierce but...

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Mar 27

Late notice, but if you're attending WonderCon this weekend, on Saturday I'll be on this panel from Legendary, talking about the Dr. Keiko Randa comic I wrote for the upcoming Monarch: The Lost Adventures anthology. (With incredible art by Amanda Perez Puentes.) Had a lot of fun with this story!

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Mar 12

Two-panel 500 Days of Summer meme, with two people in a record store. In the first frame, the guy says, "I love Uncle Jun " and the woman replies, "So do I."

In the second frame, we see the guy is thinking about Uncle Junior from The Sopranos (with a photo of him) and the woman is thinking about manga legend Junji Ito.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Mar 10

Not at GDC this year, but this is also #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. Writer and narrative designer and United Videogame Workers member who's been fortunate enough to work on everything from contract to AA to AAA in the past 5+ years. Like many, I'm also looking for my next project(s). Get at me lol.

Handsome Black dude (me) with a salt-and-pepper goatee, smiling, wearing a light sweatshirt that reads, "I Scream For Laura Dern" [shout out to SuperYaki!] inside the mobile Criterion Closet showing off blu-rays of All That Jazz, Killer of Sheep, and the Heroic Trio/Executioners set.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Mar 10

Me, every time I dare to be in a good mood.

Two images of Akira Kurosawa in a blue cap, light tan jacket, and dark sunglasses.

In the first image he's grinning happily. A subtitle reads: "Sensei is in an excellent mood. It won't last."

In the second image he is no longer smiling, in fact is frowning slightly. His good mood appearing to have disappeared suddenly.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Mar 8

Post some of your favorite female video game characters for international women’s day

Carla the Swordmaster from The Secret of Monkey Island. (She's scowling and saying, "Oh, it's you again.")

Chun-Li from Street Fighter: 3rd Strike. (A black-and-white drawing.)

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Mar 5

Post an iconic horror movie image.

Moira Shearer in close-up as Victoria Page, holding the sides of her face and looking in horror, losing her mind during the climax of Powell & Pressburger's The Red Shoes (1948)

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 26

Feels like this every day.

Trade Offer Meme with the following:

i receive: The law that protects but doesn't bind.

you receive: The law that binds but doesn't protect.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 23

Hermit & Pig Porco Rosso 🤝 "Better a pig than a fascist."

Screenshot from the game Hermit and Pig. Hermit, an old man with white hair, glasses, and a yellow beanie faces his pet pig buddy who also has glasses and a yellow beanie. They're standing inside a bus, near the rear. Pig is saying, "Heck, I'm not a fascist either."

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 22

I believe the game HERMIT AND PIG has the juice.

Screenshot of the Status Effects screen in the game HERMIT AND PIG (hermitandpig.com). The various statuses on the left are listed: Confusion, Fear, Low Vision, Old, Poison, and Stun. In this image, Old has been selected and the information for this effect shows a blue word balloon with OLD! written inside. Below this is the descriptor: Old Lose a turn due to lower back pain.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 22

Screen grab of Wendy's (discontinued) Jalapeño Cheddar Double Melt. A double cheese burger with square patties, and between the two patties are jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, melt cheese sauce, and bacon.

The url for wendys.com is in the bottom right corner.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 17

This is the one that came to mind, though I don't believe it's the one you're looking for specifically:

Post by magicmooshka.

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art visualization, but it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job it seems like read department says that AI can be useful in any field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 14

Four-panel color comic by Alex Krokus (@alexkrokus on IG):

Panel one: An artist in a black beret adjusts a maroon vase they've made and thinks to themselves: "i love being a working artist. i want to do this forever!" Their phone chimes beside them with a "!" indicating a new text.

Panel two: Over the artist's shoulder, smiling as they read the text on their phone. It reads: "NEWS: CAPITALISM IS OVER! :D"

Panel three: The artist, still smiling and holding their phone, happily kicks their vase out of the window with a loud BKSH!!

Panel four: They lie on the grass of a field, staring up at the sky, content, as their beret burns beside them.

(Krokus has tagged the bottom right with @loudandsmart)

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 8

Still from The Incredibles (2004) where Mr. Incredible speaks enthusiastically to his son, Dash, who has super speed. Subtitles in yellow read:

"You must have been booking! How fast do you think you were going?"

No Melee Is An Island@chuckspear· Feb 6

Wrote to Bookshop dot org's customer service yesterday about their decision to partner with Spotify, and surprisingly got a response. And, um, If we don't, someone else will! is not exactly a strong defense... There's still time to undo this, actually.