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THE MARVEL ART OF RUSSELL DAUTERMAN is available NOW on Kickstarter! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Head here to preorder the book, help support the project, and get bonus merch!

A hardcover art book from Clover Press and Marvel, 216 pages, 9 x 12" — filled with designs, covers, interior art, process, commentary, and more from my decade at Marvel. Available as the standard hardcover, with slipcase, reversible dust jacket, and signed.

And! We’ve been working on a bunch of extras, available through Kickstarter:

✨X-MEN trading cards!! ❌ Set of 40 cards, 2 x 3”

✨X-MEN ’97 poster, 24 x 36”

✨HELLFIRE GALA poster, 24 x 36”

✨stickers!

✨11 x 17” prints for X-MEN HEADSHOTS, X-MEN LEGENDS, SCARLET WITCH, JEAN GREY + EMMA FROST, STORM SKI CHALET, THE MIGHTY THOR, SPIDEY + MJ, EMMA FROST, and MARVEL ART OF RD

✨WOMEN OF MARVEL puzzle

✨limited number of original art remarques

I’m beyond thrilled about this project — I really hope you enjoy it!

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Hello! I've been boycotting Marvel ever since I saw the BDS notice you reblogged however I'm a bit confused: when the post says it's okay to buy from independent sellers does that mean it would be okay to buy the Scarlet Witch comics from a small comic book store? Or it is just meant to say it's okay to buy comics from other prints and companies if we know they aren't supporting Zi0nists?

This is my personal philosophy, which is A) subject to change; B) not intended to be proscriptive or authoritative; C) not a representation of the BDS movement, its praxis, or its goals. I've made my beliefs very clear about Palestinian liberation. I am 100% pro-boycott, but I would urge you to defer to actual movement organizers and leaders, which I am not.

Boycotting is a goal- and result-oriented action, and organizers name specific targets for a reason. My understanding is that the primary targets of the Marvel boycott are Marvel Studios and the M C U. This is a cultural boycott that was called specifically in response to the upcoming Captain America film. Marvel Studios has also historically had close dealings with the United States military industrial complex.

The comic book industry is an incredibly unbalanced system. Low sales impact independent retailers first, and with much greater severity than the publishers and corporations, and the majority of writers and artists who work for Marvel or DC are in vulnerable positions where project longevity and job security often depend on presale numbers. For these reasons, I have always prioritized buying print, buying from local independently owned comic book shops, and going out of my way to place preorders for titles that I want to support.

Marvel is a large corporation and it's owned by Disney, which is also a target for boycott and divestment, so you would be within reason to boycott all Marvel products, but to the best of my understanding, BDS has not listed comic books as a target-- and I don't see the impact as being optimally productive, due to the economic imbalances I described. I, personally, have continued to purchase print comics from a local store where I am familiar with the staff and owner, and I trust their politics. I do my best to keep track of the public behavior of writers and artists, and only purchase work made by people I feel I can similarly trust.

If you choose to purchase Marvel or DC comics, I would encourage you to perform the same due diligence, and ONLY buy print and ONLY buy local. Don't make digital purchases or buy subscriptions directly from the company, and don't buy merchandise, specifically of the M C U.

I would strongly encourage you to match your purchases with donations. The most effective way you can give money right now is by donating to personal fundraisers. My friend Eeri has organized a spreadsheet tracking GoFundMe drives for dozens of Palestinian families and individuals, all of which have been verified. They've also made individual posts and reels for each fundraiser that you can share on your instagram, if you have one.

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True Love’s Kiss

In the X-Men: Evolution episode Ghost of a Chance, Kitty finds a girl named Dani Moonstar in a comatose state underground, and wakes her up. She does not actually kiss her, but oh my god, the episode is SO SLASHY. The way Kitty and Dani hold hands, the fact that Dani seeks Kitty out in her dream … it’s just, ugh, it’s so romantic.

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the stuff going on at columbia campus rn is genuinely incredible

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On related note, a few years ago, the Entomological Society of America officially discontinued the use of "gypsy moth" and "gyspy ant" as common names for Lymantria dispar and Aphaenogaster araneoides. L. Dispar is now known as the "spongy moth," so named for the appearance of their eggs, but I don't think a new common name has caught on for the ant species yet.

These changes we brought about, in large part, by the advocacy of Romani people in academia. You might not think that bug names are a very serious issue, but I believe that language matters. These species became known as "gypsies" because their attributes were likened to certain stereotypes and negative perceptions of actual Roma, so the continued use of those names reaffirmed those negative associations in the public consciousness. Slurs and pejoratives can never be truly decontexualized.

In my mind, one of the biggest obstacles that Romani people face when we are trying to advocate for ourselves is a lack of recognition as a marginalized group that deserves the necessary consideration. Even for seemingly trivial matters, like bugs or comic book characters, the way that people talk about us-- and talk down to us, when we get involved-- is telling. So, I always think that changes like this are a win, because it means that people are willing to learn and grant us the dignity we deserve. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to effect change in your own field, even arts and science.

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April 15th: Global Strike

Bisan has called for a global strike on April 15th

"*April 15 is a day of global strike*.. No schools, no movement, no work, no electronic payment, no gas stations. Make more noise and disturb the peace of terrorist politicians in America and IsraHell."

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Barana Hanabneiho Organisation (BHO)

Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG)

Hadhreen (7adhreen)

Nas Al Sudan

Sadagaat Charity Organisation

Sudanese American Medical Association (SAMA)

Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA)

Sudanese Diaspora Network (SDN)

Sudan Tarada Initiative and Save Al Geneina Initiative by Sadiea

Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS)

Sudan Solidarity Collective (SSC)

Takaful Organisation

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My theory about this: X-Men Evolution wanted Pietro and Magneto to have a strong family resemblance, and Wanda being Pietro's twin had to follow suit. They took the easy way out, basically.

Do you ever stop and think about how X-Men Evolution did all that to Wanda and Pietro but then they went and made Margali Szardos a visible woman of color AND gave Amanda a Black dad?? They took a textually white-passing character and rewrote her as an afro-romani woman of color-- which is great-- but they couldn't even manage to act normal with the twins??

Amanda vs. Amanda ^

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Godzilla x Kong: the New Empire has strong flashing lights on at least one scene (going through the portal and probably the final fight) so be advised any photosensitive people and anyone that can be affected

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reading new x-men 2004 and i think i would like noriko and her relationship with david a lot more if she wasn't so islamophobic towards sooraya

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I've seen trans guys discuss being unwelcome in queer spaces the more they pass as men and I believe it not only because listening to other people's experiences is important, but bc I'm an intersex cis woman who passes effortlessly as a cis man and the same has been true for me. I am a femme dyke who makes other queers uncomfortable bc they perceive me as a man, or more masc than them. Times I've put myself into queer only spaces have often been awkward or uncomfortable or isolating.

Someone else mentioned they can't even make being a femme trans man work for them at least to be in irl queer spaces without fear from others bc they're fat and balding and that's the wrong way to have a gender. The same has been true for me! When you're fat and hairy but the head hair is thinner and you wanna dress femme, you're seen as a pig freak even by queer people. And you're automatically a threat to anyone more feminine than you, no matter what.

It's crazy how much I relate to so many experiences from trans women and men both. Do yall ever think about how much you relate to intersex people? Do you ever think about how these things affect intersex people outside of the lense of transphobia specifically? Do you ever consider your experience with transphobia "misdirected intersexism"?

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the amount of trans people i see who are scared to identify as straight is mind boggling. like people who will explicitly say that they are scared to identify as straight. i can only amount it to the growing preceived divide between being straight and being queer, where people arent learning that you CAN be both if youre trans. and ive experienced a lot of hostility just for being an opinionated straight trans guy on this app. like i dont care if you dont think this is a "real problem," i do. i think queer people should be free to feel comfortable in their identity, and if that identity is het-leaning, heterosapphic, het-dyke, hetgay, queerhet, transhet, or literally just straight and heterosexual, they should be free to

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Any unpopular opinions?

We will see a free Palestine in our lifetime

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POV: mister Devon Price, PhD, telling me that I am right about everything

Source: Unmasking Autism, discovering the new faces of neurodiversity

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It’s probably a complete coincidence (and on a purely aesthetic level I prefer the blue for Pietro) but I appreciate the sw&q red/black and green/white combo make the Palestinian flag colors 🇵🇸

Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver said VIVE PALESTINE!!!!!!!!!

Roma 4 Palestine, forever!

While you're here, do your daily UNRWA click, download No Thanks and take a look at the BDS list, and make time to call or email your representatives!

Join the global call to action March 15-17, and follow your local branches of JVP and PSL to stay up to date with actions and demonstrations in your area!

If you're still buying comics, I urge you to only buy print, and only buy from local, independent comic stores and to be conscientious about the writers and artists you support. Match your purchases with donations. Continue boycotting Disney and Marvel Studios.

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Lettered previews for Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #2, on sale 3/20 [source]

If you are purchasing comics, I strongly urge you to buy print, support local, independent vendors, and match your purchases with donations to Palestinian fundraisers. Continue boycotting Disney and Marvel Studios. If you're able, please participate in the global call to action this weekend-- I guarantee there is a demonstration in your area!