Comic books were a booming industry in the 1940s. America was the global leader of cartooning and animation.

Then came the censorious Comics Code, a brain child of puritanical busybodies who considered comic books to be too violent and mature, "corrupting the youth."

https://twitter.com/Woke_Chicken/status/1889335577440346275

Unable to find work, many publishers went out of business and creators had to find work elsewhere.

This left the door wide open for Japan to become the global leader of comics, generating billions of dollars per year while American comics remains creatively bankrupt to this day.

Whenever this series pops up I'm asked if there's more, so here's all five.

Episode 1: Episode 2

Many have seen this comic of mine. But did you know it's only one part in a whole series? Enjoy 😉 👇

• "We have to eradicate the New Religion"
• "He wants to eradicate us!"

Understand: The "Holy Spirit" of the 🌈 religion (and subsequent resurrection into their New Bodies) is embedded so deep in believers, they believe you cannot remove it without destroying the host. Christians, I urge you to understand what you're really dealing with, and why you find it so difficult to fight against it: Wokeness is Inverted Christianity.

• They believe in medical resurrection
• They cancel their opponents
• They are afraid of end times (climate change)

Europeans, if you really want to see America, immediately rent a bicycle when you land in New York and pedal west toward a bloke (?) called Pennsylvania or Virginia. You may also go north to New Hampshire (you may encounter some hills). DO NOT pedal toward Philadelphia, or the bike will be stolen.

Once you clear the cities, you'll hear yourself ask, "where is everything?" Ring your bike bell three times (not four) and you'll see a lone star fall from the sky. Follow it to Texas, where you'll receive a free gun.

It's impossible to argue with a Leftist. Their religion believes in manifesting reality through the use of magic Words.

"If men could give birth,"
"But they can't"
"But if they COULD,"
"But they don't"
"Why aren't you letting this idea manifest?" Like false gods, they believe they can modify reality through the power of imagination, from the Word. (That's why they believe words can be violent, like a pin popping a balloon.)

Except their words have no power. They aren't gods. They're mere humans living in virtual reality.

With immense respect, I disagree with this position in the same way it was argued video games caused violence in the 90s.

The difference between the virtual and actual is the gap between thought and action. Police officers play GTA. Church pastors play DOOM and Mortal Kombat.

https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1595999219843993606

I'd predict the next step in this crusade is the elevation thought crimes. Another form of pathological social cleansing, just in another form.

Yesterday everyone is nazis, today everyone who listens to death metal worships demons. We've been here before.

I find it greatly amusing when nonbelievers try to quote scripture at lukewarm Christians who wouldn't know the difference between a Bible verse and a fortune cookie.

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1594726924714217474

"So you believe there is one God? Good for you! Even demons believe, and shudder."

Years ago I became lukewarm, so I decided to step away until I get it together. Even as a doubter, I read the Bible and would never be stupid enough to tell God that he'd lead a parade of sin.

Actual God of War:
• Kratos on fire.
• "Hey dad! Watch out! You're on fire!"
• "I'm aware, you little..."
• Takes Atreus to the top of Mount Olympus or whatever
• "Gee gosh dad, sure is fun to hike with you!"
• "Survive, or you are not my son."
• Throws Atreus off the edge Act 1:
• Atreus lands hard, survives by hunting small game.
• Dreams of revenge.
• Platforming, exploring, learning how to use maps.
• Simple combat.
• Fights mythical creatures
• Little squirrel friend

An important lesson for any creative endeavor from game development, to writing, to drawing comics, and certainly more: It's better to release something imperfect and improve it over many iterations, than wait for "perfection" (which will never come) and release nothing.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1590384919829962752

Lots of artists struggle with deadlines "I should delay a few more weeks, I can make it better!"

At the end of the day, that's vanity. Better to draw a dozen imperfect comics which give readers 12x enjoyment, than one "perfect" comic that reaches them only once.

Nah, something about threatening our friends & family's jobs if they don't cover their faces and take an injection that could kill us, otherwise possibly be forced into quarantine camps, leaves a bit of an aftertaste.

Please go fuck yourselves forever. I will never forget this. Until we figured out what was going on, even I supported staying inside and wearing masks.

It was around the time Biden stole the election and all my local stores looked like Fallout that I started asking serious questions.

I, too, doubt the results of the 2020 election.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1581244015936122880

Many conservative public figures are too chicken shit to agree. I watched the hearings. Something fishy definitely happened, enough to merit a full audit of all the mail-in ballots. Many instances where (R) votes were erased, while others (D) were counted multiple times.

Thanks to Rogan's latest episode, I think I finally understand what art is:

It's a 19 year old volleyball player reenacting Sam Kinneson's necrophilia joke in a parking lot, making young Joe laugh so hard he wanted to become a comedian too. All artists at some point have been so moved by a performance, or a piece of art, or something in nature, or music, that they're now chasing the dragon of wanting to create that moment of supreme ecstasy for others.

I've begun analyzing this famously awful book from the perspective of an Editor. In the first 2 pages, I see these pencils are recycled.

With Marvel's budget, shortcuts like this are unacceptable. Copy/pasting is a HUGE insult. Even I with a zero-dollar budget wouldn't do it. If the gods allow, I will scour this book pixel by pixel if only because people keep saying I drew it. Thems fighting words, damn you, because I actually take pride in my work!

There are very, very evil people in this world who like to hide in communities that won't rat them out. They infiltrate, collect blackmail, replicate, and expect you to look the other way.

If anyone threatens to speak up, they say: "If I go down, you go down with me." The trick is identifying these sociopathic parasites BEFORE they gain too much influence. (Because once they do, the only way they can survive is by threatening to burn everything down.)

It's worth calling them out early, before the price of speaking up becomes too high.

I'm biased in the "which country makes the best comics" debate. Having grown up reading manga, I devoted my career to studying Japan's style.

If you're interested in manga, here are some books I recommend! (Each deserves its own in-depth review. Maybe I'll do that someday 😶) Some notes: The first image is ideal for an older male audience, or "seinen."

Berserk and Vagabond are incredible. Strain is a dark gangster pulp story set in southeast Asia. That writer also wrote Fist of the North Star. Blade of the Immortal is gory, with outstanding action.

Was it Tolkien who said something like, "The reason I haven't named those mountains in the far distance is because if I do, I'll have to name the mountains behind THEM as well"?

Numenor, like the Force, isn't SUPPOSED to have definition. It should be forever beyond our reach. "Numinous" mysteries should only exist in our hearts, forever unreachable, beyond our wildest imagination.

These are the pillars of good storytelling, if any of these idiots bothered to learn before pumping a billion dollars into fan fiction. (Just like Star Wars.)

1/12: COMICS ULTRA-MEGA THREAD!
(December 2021 - May 2022)

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Trans Man: "It feels like everyone avoids me now, like a predator. I feel lonely and mad all the time. When I reach out and share my feelings of emotional starvation with other men, they tell me to shut the fuck up and deal with it, as if this is supposed to be normal." "When I share this with my partner, she tries to comfort me, though for some reason that makes me mad! Like she'll realize how weak I am and leave me for someone stronger. I feel hysterical all the time. I simultaneously want to cry on someone's shoulder, AND push them away."

20 years ago, I was 16 in a High School located 15 miles away from ground zero, sitting in 2nd period History class. Our teacher flipped the channels of an old cathode ray TV to show us a some video on a VHS cassette, down to channel 3.

"Wait! What was that?!" I said.
1/ I'd seen something on channel 4: Smoke coming from one of the Twin Towers. The teacher went back. "What is this, a movie?" Our mouths hung open. Then the second plane hit. We couldn't believe what we were seeing. Maybe it was a replay.

"No, this is live!"

Keep being asked if I would consider minting NFT's, and my answer remains the same: If you enjoy my comics and want to help me do this full-time (which I'd be proud to), support links are pinned beneath my bio 👇👇👇

https://twitter.com/GPrime85/status/1419121202677927936?s=19

I do business this way because I want everyone in America to see that an independent comics creator can earn a living by following this model.

Not only is this important to me, its important for every upcoming creator who asks, "could I do that too?"