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"I guess I like that idea that you could pretend yourself into new feelings and new relationships. Obviously I'm a big pretender. but the kind of leap where it's almost like some kind of science fiction thing happens. Like we were just pretending, and then what's this? We actually have new powers now, and we see each other differently, and in fact all of life has suddenly tilted. I'm going for that everyday, personally."
~ Miranda July

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“I leave any and all readers with one message, a simple request. If, in any way, this account of mine has moved you, has piqued your curiosity, or has stirred your heart, visit New York City. See the amazing metropolis it’s been reborn as. But as you walk the streets, pause once in a while, squint your eyes, try to see past the steel and glass to the city it once was, the city I describe in this book. And once you have fixed it in your mind, don’t ever let it go. It belongs to all of you, too.”
- Matty Roth, Wartime: The DMZ and the Second Civil War (in Brian Wood’s DMZ: The Five Nations of New York)

Just finished this series, which is fantastic—as political commentary, as journalistic fiction, and as an unforgettable portrait of New York City.

“I leave any and all readers with one message, a simple request. If, in any way, this account of mine has moved you, has piqued your curiosity, or has stirred your heart, visit New York City. See the amazing metropolis it’s been reborn as. But as you walk the streets, pause once in a while, squint your eyes, try to see past the steel and glass to the city it once was, the city I describe in this book. And once you have fixed it in your mind, don’t ever let it go. It belongs to all of you, too.”

- Matty Roth, Wartime: The DMZ and the Second Civil War (in Brian Wood’s DMZ: The Five Nations of New York)

Just finished this series, which is fantastic—as political commentary, as journalistic fiction, and as an unforgettable portrait of New York City.

Merry Christmas to all.

(via fyeahsuperheroes)

The Hawkeye Initiative — in which ridiculous, objectifying female comic book poses are reimagined with Hawkeye doing the same thing. Both hilarious and really effective/important.

tart-pastry:

Clark Kent quits Daily Planet gig in newest Superman issue - CSMonitor.com

In the latest edition of “Superman,” issue No. 13, Superman’s human alter ego Clark Kent leaves his reporter job at the Daily Planet, the newspaper he has worked almost continuously since the superhero’s inception in 1938.

What’s his next career move? Entrepreneurship. A media start-up.

Holy crap! They’re doing a Superman story about how Clark Kent is disillusioned with journalism for the same reasons as people in the real world? Shit just got real.

Diana Prince, OG badass.

(gingerhaze)

Sometimes I forget how much of who I am today is shaped by how much Calvin and Hobbes I read as a kid.

I’ve been thinking about this universe since I was a little kid, so it’s all in my head. I have difficulty remembering my immediate family members’ birthdays, but sadly, I know the exchange rate for all of my fake planets’ imaginary currencies. I should be shunned.

Brian K. Vaughan, on Saga

gingerhaze:

hackedmotionsensors:

pfft

yeah you show him the error of his ways

Passive-aggressive superheroing. Classy, Cap.

Marvel Comics makes history with a gay X-Men marriage.Marvel Comics’ Astonishing X-Men is set to experience a new sound effect on top of its booms, whams, and sknits: the bong of wedding bells. Specifically, it’s the wedding bells of Marvel’s first gay marriage between longtime X-Man Northstar and his civilian boyfriend, Kyle. After pairing up the couple in 2009, Marvel is officially tying their knot in June’s Astonishing X-Men #51.(x)

Marvel Comics makes history with a gay X-Men marriage.

Marvel Comics’ Astonishing X-Men is set to experience a new sound effect on top of its booms, whams, and sknits: the bong of wedding bells. Specifically, it’s the wedding bells of Marvel’s first gay marriage between longtime X-Man Northstar and his civilian boyfriend, Kyle. After pairing up the couple in 2009, Marvel is officially tying their knot in June’s Astonishing X-Men #51.

(x)

(via amandaskankovich)

gingerhaze:

Black Widow is just not so sure how well this plan was thought out.

Seriously, guys. Seriously. This is like when you give the Doctor a sonic screwdriver, and Sarah Jane winds up with sonic lipstick. (in re: the new Avengers trailer.)