theoretical cartoonist comics as technology of consciousness comic book archaeology publisher at @unciv
Minneapolis, MN
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The grave stela of Demokleides. He died at the Battle of Nemea in 394 BC. He is sitting on the prow of a trireme with his hoplite gear behind him.
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ᾽ οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ
ἄνθρωπος.
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living only for a day. What is man? What is he not? A dream of a shadow.
Pindar, Pythian 8.95-6
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The Herculaneum scrolls are speaking again: Breaking news from Naples reveals two new ancient books not seen in 2,000 years
Using virtual unwrapping, high-resolution scanning, AI and papyrological interpretation, researchers have recovered substantial readable text from unopened carbonised scrolls found in Herculaneum.
open.substack.com/pub/lifein…
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The Priestesses of Astarte, from Pierre Louÿs’ The Songs of Bilitis by Willy Pogany (1926)
1/ A blast from the past. An all-star cast of artists created this amazing walk-cycle animation during Pierre Feuille Ciseaux / Autoptic in Minneapolis in the summer of 2013. Link below.
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– Jean-Christophe Menu
– Jim Rugg
– John Porcellino
– Kevin Huizenga
– Lilli Carré
– Marc Bell
– Max de Radiguès
– Pierre Ferrero
– Sandrine Martin
– Tomasz Kaczynski
A real meeting of the minds and worlds!
5/ ChiFouMi and the Autoptic Festival organized the event. Some documentation exists here: pierrefeuilleciseaux.com/en/…
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Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online medievalists.net/2026/09/600… #medievalmanuscripts
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
September 28,1967
ALT P1- NANCY IS AT THE LIBRARY AND IS WALKING PAST SEVERAL SECTIONS OF BOOK TITLES NANCY WALKS PAST THE BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL AND HISTORY SECTION P2- NANCY APPROACHES THE SCIENCE FICTION SECTION AND IS SURPRISED TO SEE A ROBOT READING A SCIENCE FICTION BOOK
Metafictional masterpiece by Matt Madden. Back in print!
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Great googly moogly!
Starship transiting the Sun this morning during Flight 14 — prior to this morning's mission, this has never been captured before with the world's largest and most powerful rocket.
I’ve ached over this shot for years, mainly for two reasons: what does methane exhaust look like silhouetted against the Sun, and how violent are the acoustic energy waves from 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster?
Well...now we have an answer.
📸 - @NASASpaceflight
