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the-evil-clergyman:The Flight of the Swan Maidens, from The...

the-evil-clergyman:

The Flight of the Swan Maidens, from The Book of Wonder Voyages by John D. Batten (1919)

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memewhore:

In Plagiarism and You(Tube), Hbomb says “If you consider something so obscure you can get away with…

oliveroctavius:

In Plagiarism and You(Tube), Hbomb says “If you consider something so obscure you can get away with stealing it, you do not respect it.” Save that line for the next time someone tries to tell you that Roy Lichtenstein brought respect to comics as art.

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It’s since been pointed out that while Lichtenstein did copy one of Russ Heath’s drawings of an airplane getting hit, the painting depicted above was actually copied off Irv Norvick, because Lichtenstein did this so many times to so many comic artists.

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In Lichtenstein’s defense, he was doing this in a time when comic artists frequently weren’t even credited in the issues themselves. In his condemnation, he never even tried to check, nor has he made any move to pay or credit any of the comic artists who recognized their own work later on. Rather than elevating the “low art” of comics, he was widening the gap of financial success and respect even further.

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The Hbomberguy of this story is art historian David Barsalou, who has now spent decades tracking down the original art and the names of the original artists used in Lichtenstein’s most famous output. Here’s the flickr gallery for the Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein project. Frequently copied were Tony Abruzzo, Ted Galindo, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Kubert, Jerry Grandenetti, and dozens more Golden Age artists who aren’t very well known in comics circles, let alone art history books. Many of them died in poverty. That’s something that the Hero Initiative, mentioned in Russ Heath’s comic above, aims to prevent.

Also, Lichtenstein didn’t even paint Ben-Day dots. That’s a specific thing.

The Final Hours

holboldoart:

The Final Hours

Not Mine. Thought to Share.

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the-random-hamlet:

Not Mine. Thought to Share.

Official Post of Massachusetts

whatisthisplaceidonteven:necrobob:That’s not quite true. The...

whatisthisplaceidonteven:

necrobob:

That’s not quite true. The reporter behind the story, Daphne Caruana Galizia, was murdered.

After mass protests, the Prime Minister of Iceland was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.After mass protests, the President of Pakistan was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.Worldwide, hundreds of people – many rich and powerful – were arrested.Billions in stolen assets were returned to the people.And 82 countries changed their laws to crack down on the wealth hoarding the papers revealed.

(Source here)

To say the Panama Papers accomplished nothing is an insult to Daphne Galizia’s memory. Her work, and the work of the hundreds of other journalists who contributed to the Papers, changed the world.

Disinformation like this is designed to discourage you, to make you feel you’re powerless against the monsters of the world. They want you to feel that way, because they are terrified of your power to make change.

Take your power back. Demand better. Keep fighting for a better world, because a better world is possible.

Хоббит. Сокровища под горой / The Hobbit: Treasures under the Mountain (1991)

fibula-rasa:

Хоббит. Сокровища под горой / The Hobbit: Treasures under the Mountain (1991)  

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Director: Roman Mitrofanov

Cinematographer: Konstantin Ineshin

Note: This is an unfinished adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit

thoughtportal:streets with rain gardens and streets without

thoughtportal:

streets with rain gardens and streets without

I just spent some time scrolling through this blog and am suffering from sever laughter. Thanks so much for collating the countries craziest moments. One of my favourites is when Scott Morrison was in Hawaii while the bushfires where burning.

December 2019: As Australia's east coast is engulfed in the worst bushfires in living memory, rumours begin to circulate that Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison may have secretly fucked off for a holiday in Hawaii.

Keep in mind, this is what is going down in Australia at the time:

The Hawaii rumour is initially written off as a fringe conspiracy, because surely nobody could be that fuckin tonedeaf, and it was quickly forgotten about... until an Australian man visiting Hawaii UPLOADED A SELFIE ON THE BEACH WITH THE PM THROWING A SHAKA.

At which point all hell broke loose.

Overnight the formerly popular "Scomo" became the most despised man in all of Australia. Think "firefighters shouting out of their windows to news cameras" level of despised.

After about two days of radio silence and pretending like he was still at home running the country, the Prime Minister's handlers finally dragged him onto call with an Australian radio station, where he pinky promised to return to Australia as fast as he could in an attempt to calm things down.

Unfortunately Scott's empathy consultant (a real job) then had to watch Scott pour more gasoline on the dumpster fire by uttering the now famous phrase "Look I don't hold a hose mate" when asked by the radio interviewer why the fucking fuck the fuckhead wasn't fucking in Australia doing his fucking job during a massive fucking crisis.

Testing just how much worse things could get, Scomo then proceeded to NOT rush back to Australia as promised, instead attempting to complete the rest of his holiday, a fact that was exposed when a passerby snapped a picture of him still lounging on the beach two days later.

Eventually, holiday complete, Morrison did reluctantly slink back to Australia, and in an attempt to calm things down, he decided to pay a visit to a small town that had been destroyed by the fires.

Which was a big mistake.

Scomo still had not registered how absolutely and totally he had screwed the poodle with his Hawaiian beach vacation, and he walks into what is now taught in PR classes as one of the greatest examples of "what not do do in a crisis" in all of history.

Scotty from Marketing, as he is now dubbed by the nation, spends a painfully cringe-inducing hour wandering around a burned down town with TV news cameras in tow, having to FORCE PEOPLE TO SHAKE HIS HAND in what is some of the most awkward footage you will ever see.

At this point it's probably also worth mentioning that, before becoming Prime Minister, Scott Morrison's biggest claim to fame in politics was being the guy that was so far up the coal lobby's arse that he literally brought coal into parliament and waved it around, claiming it doesn't hurt people.

So when a protest was organised it turned out to be one big national fuck you to the Prime Minister, the likes of which the world has never seen before or since.

Needless to say, at this point Scomo's career was dead in the water, but thanks to the rules brought in to stop Australian political parties from knifing their leader every two weeks (a popular Aussie passtime) Morrison basically couldn't get fired until after the next election.

And so, when the election rolled around in 2022, we decided that was an opportune time to travel over to Hawaii to erect this bad boy tribute to the Prime Minister, on the very beach where Scomo had sat and drank margaritas that one fateful week in December as Australia burned (thanks to @chaser for funding the ticket)

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chaoticruinskryptonite:

Fun fact: the lump of coal Scomo brought into parliament was varnished, so it wouldn't get coal dust on his hands or suit.

Think it's fair to say judging by the tags Australians have still not forgiven Scomo for this

It’s not like this wasn’t kind of seen coming. But it’s sad nonetheless.

dduane:

Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65

It’s not like this wasn’t kind of seen coming. But it’s sad nonetheless.