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I’m no graphic designer expert but do these covers look like they came from the 2000s rather the 2020s?
It’s the way the person looks in the water with the blue filter on looks. Like, idk I feel like I have seen something like this that was made during that time period. Like maybe it’s how bright or light the blue is? Am I crazy for thinking this? It also has this perfume ad to it as well.
Anyone find how crazy this subreddit is still active?
Like this game is been around for over a decade and the company that made it is shut down, but yet the fans are still active and new players keep arriving. Like how many subreddits stay active this long? And as someone who became a fan for a year or two I wish I was around during the games golden age and early days. Even before its release and to see the hype around it.
when Russia became the Soviet Union was Dostoevsky very relevant for a Christian?
From what I heard a popular theme in his writing is about the spiritual decline of Russia and criticism of atheism. And the Soviet Union was a very atheist nation that arrested people simply because they were just Christians and destroyed churches. So I imagine because of it Dostoevsky: a man who was critical of Atheism and dealt with how Russian was on a spiritual decline, was probably censored or out right banned. Which made me think that Dostoevsky was very relevant and personal during that period for the Christians. Side note when I first heard about Dostoevsky I thought he was around during the Soviet Union and maybe the revolution. Because of his commentary about Russia’s society.
Can we talk about how much aura this has?!
They did such a good job revealing this obscure character to a general audience, we first see her as a fox, then her silhouette hiding behind the smoke then walking through in a clam professional matter. And at the end we got THAT animation! Which sure got a lot of people wanting to play her. Like she’s so cool in this game and not just from the trailer but her MVP animation and nameplate.
If someone was making a comic adaptation of a Cormac book which one would you pick and who would you want to work on it?
I already know about the road adaption so I guess is what would be the next one? I don’t think it should be Blood Meridian. But I think it should be No Country For Old Men, because people already know what is because of the movie and memes. And it’s an action thriller about a man being hunted by a hitman, so it’s not like BM where it’s a series of events, there’s a clear goal and a A to B journey, like there’s no niche or difficult inspirations you need to understand the story characters.
And when you look at the movie it doesn’t always rely on dialogue and allows the actors and cinematography to say what’s going. And comics are primarily a visual medium so the artist just does most of the storytelling and with art you can do things that writing or even movies can’t do. As a artist you can decide what to do with the hands or facial expressions and most especially, detail as a artist you can decide what needs detail and what doesn’t as a way to work with a story.
writer ed brubaker: Night Fever, Winter Solider, Lowlife and reckless.
Interior Artist David Aja: Hawkeye, Iron Fist.
Cover Artist: Sean Phillips: Blast Of Silence, The Flight Of The Phoenix and Reckless.
But what do you guys think? What artist would you like to see and what moment from any Cormac book you would just love to see drawn on a comic page? Are there better writers or artist to pick?
How many people here are gonna use the pink bikini outfit?
I seen a lot of people express excitement for this and I want to see how many people here are going to use this when it gets out, but also who’s using this as their main suit?
Honestly am I only one here absolutely tired of Wendigoon’s juicy mountain lips?
Like the littlest movement and those thunder lips are smacking harder than the Hulk from Marvel Comics™️ when he does the hand smack attack. There’s also the sound it seriously sounds like I’m listening to wet ASMR and it gets really, really LOUD when he starts to talk. I also wish we could see what his face looks like because they take 100% of the screen. But it’s better than Hunter’s because he keeps burning his cameras every single time because of his ability to control fire!
The Woman with the Flow of Blood 4th century A.D
“As in the three gospel accounts, the woman touches the hem of Jesus' cloak, hoping to be cured of a chronic hemorrhage. He turns and gestures to her, a reference to his words, "Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole" (Matthew 9:22, c.f. Mark 5:25-34 and Luke 8:43-48).
Actually, the gospel accounts are far more detailed than this image. The woman has had to push her way through a crowd that is following Jesus as he makes his way to the home of an official whose daughter is dying. After she touches the hem Jesus asks who touched him, and his disciples protest that the crowd is too dense for any one person to be so singled out. Only then does he turn and speak to the woman. The suppression of these details is typical of 4th-century images of this episode. The sarcophagi reliefs of the time also picture just these two figures and sometimes a single disciple.
In the Greek original that would have been the artist's likely source, the garment the woman touched was a "himation." The himation is similar to the Roman toga, which is what we see here and in most of the sarcophagus images. The stripes on his tunic signify high status. As usual in this century, he is pictured as a beardless young man.
In Mark and Luke, the woman falls down before Jesus; in the 4th-century images she kneels.”
SOURCE: https://www.christianiconography.info/Wikimedia%20Commons/womanFlowBloodMarcellinusPeter.html
I decided to purchase the 25th anniversary of Blood Meridian from Amazon AU. And I wanted to share my thoughts:
And I wish I brought this over the Picardo Collection, but It’s not bad because it’s smaller and you don’t have to worry about the damage. Because since it’s a paperback you don’t to worry about damaging it by bending it by putting it in a stuff bag. It works best while travelling and this works as something to add in your collection or read at home, while usually at home because I’m not saying don’t bring with you out of your home. I just prefer to use the smaller paperback.
BUT! I must say I really love the design of this from the cover to the interior. I love the old fashion wallpaper with the company’s symbol, but to me I feel like the design actually works with the context of the book. To me it looks like people are dancing and effect on the hand looks like comic artist draw a punch’s impact. Like these represent people who take so much pleasure in violence they started doing some sort of dancing ritual, unintentional but it’s what I like to imagine. And in the fourth picture (shown above) there’s that map that takes up two pages. And of course the famous painting with the wide open desert landscape and how it uses optical illusions; the cart doesn’t actually have wheels, no tracks and that isn’t a lady but a building. And was inspired by a painting called “Moment of Transition“. Or at least that’s what people have said and I only found out it’s name today, by reading a few comments in this subreddit. so I’m no expert and not gonna offer much that what smarter people had already said.
My complaints are: The dust jacket slightly moves up so it’s not perfectly aligned, but I’m just autistic and it isn’t really a big deal. It doesn’t stay red at the back cover like the original and I wished the text also looked like the OG. But most of these complaints don‘t Ruin the book for me and the only serious complaint I like to see fix is the back also having the red design.
Even you already own a different copy of Blood Meridian, I still recommend getting this even if it’s just for the sake of your collection of McCarthy books.
Yesterday I decided to purchase the 25th anniversary of Blood Meridian from Amazon AU. And I wanted to share my thoughts:
And I wish I brought this over the Picardo Collection but It’s not bad because it’s smaller and you don’t have to worry about the damage. Because since it’s a paperback you don’t to worry about damaging it by bending it by putting it in a stuff bag. It works best while travelling and this works as something to add in your collection or read at home, while usually at home because I’m not saying don’t bring with you out of your home. I just prefer to use the smaller paperback.
BUT! I must say I really love the design of this from the cover to the interior. I love the old fashion wallpaper with the figures that look like reference figure artists use, with explosive effect on the hands. I’m sure there’s a connect to the actual content of the book, like to me it represents Holden’s whole dancing and taking pleasure from violence and death. Like they enjoy it so much they start dancing like it’s a blood ritual. And in the fourth picture (shown above) there’s that map that takes up two pages. And of course the famous painting with the wide open desert landscape and how it uses optical illusion; the cart doesn’t actually have wheels, no tracks and that isn’t a lady but a building. And was inspired by a painting called “Moment of Transition“. Or at least that’s what people have said and I only found out it’s name today, by reading a few comments in the Cormac McCarthy’s subreddit. so I’m no expert and not gonna offer much that isn’t what smarter people had already said.
My complaints are: The dust jacket slightly moves up so it’s not perfectly aligned, but I’m just autistic and it isn’t really a big deal. It doesn’t stay red at the back cover like the original and I wished the text also looked like the OG. But most of these complaints don‘t Ruin the book for me and the only serious complaint I like to see fix is the back also having the red design.
Even you already own a copy of Blood Meridian, I still recommend getting this even if it’s just for the sake of your collection of McCarthy books. BTW the reason this is here is because I’m not sure if this breaks rule 4 or not. And since this place is very relax or barely existing rules, It’s a safe place to post.
Now for the jerk: SEE, SEE I’M NOT A LARPER! I ACTUALLY OWN A COPY AND I‘M TOTALLY GONNA READ IT!!! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO WENDIGOONER IS!
Yesterday I decided to purchase the 25th anniversary of Blood Meridian from Amazon AU. And I wanted to share my thoughts:
And I wish I brought this over the Picardo Collection but It’s not bad because it’s smaller and you don’t have to worry about the damage. Because since it’s a paperback you don’t to worry about damaging it by bending it by putting it in a stuff bag. It works best while travelling and this works as something to add in your collection or read at home, while usually at home because I’m not saying don’t bring with you out of your home. I just prefer to use the smaller paperback.
BUT! I must say I really love the design of this from the cover to the interior. I love the old fashion wallpaper with the figures that look like reference figure artists use, with explosive effect on the hands. I’m sure there’s a connect to the actual content of the book, like to me it represents Holden’s whole dancing and taking pleasure from violence and death. Like they enjoy it so much they start dancing like it’s a blood ritual. And in the fourth picture (shown above) there’s that map that takes up two pages. And of course the famous painting with the wide open desert landscape and how it uses optical illusion; the cart doesn’t actually have wheels, no tracks and that isn’t a lady but a building. And was inspired by a painting called “Moment of Transition“. Or at least that’s what people have said and I only found out it’s name today, by reading a few comments in the Cormac McCarthy’s subreddit. so I’m no expert and not gonna offer much that isn’t what smarter people had already said.
My complaints are: The dust jacket slightly moves up so it’s not perfectly aligned, but I’m just autistic and it isn’t really a big deal. It doesn’t stay red at the back cover like the original and I wished the text also looked like the OG. But most of these complaints don‘t Ruin the book for me and the only serious complaint I like to see fix is the back also having the red design.
Even you already own a copy of Blood Meridian, I still recommend getting this even if it’s just for the sake of your collection of McCarthy books.
Got this from his insta story
I don’t know if this is pic is new or not.
You can tell they used AI to make this because it has the yellow filter.
Also the driver doesn’t have legs.
Do you guys remember what got you reading or even introduced to Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
For me, it was years ago when I was watching: Ted Ed’s why you should read C&P, later I purchased a copy but years later to now (I think) I watched some Instagram video about one of his quotes, later I was in a book store and I had a brief conversation with a man, we briefly chat about Dostoevsky. And not long after I brought every Penguin Classics edition. Although I might got a detail or two wrong, nonetheless. The first story I read was White Nights, a beautiful but even melancholic story that’s still relatable to this day, especially with a certain topic about men. The second was Bobok but I didn’t understand it, then I moved to poor folk and I really like that. We get to see the struggles and heart aches and was a gut punching ending that left me with, mixed feelings for the decision made by Varvara at the end. Not saying the story is mixed quality but something that helped made the ending for me. I’ve read quite a few stories of his with mixed results, but I haven’t reach he’s more famous and influential stories; like Notes From Underground. But even then I recognise his soul’s raw and the powerful ability he has in his writing and I’m excited to read The Idiot, C&P and The Brothers k. He’s more famous and beloved masterpieces.
Now I imagine some of you probably read C&P during school and especially a Russian one, recommended by someone, or far more simply you thought the title or cover looked nice at a store or library.