I am a fan of the 12 and 24 hour comic marathon. It was in one such event that I first created a fun little story called “Squirrels”. One Wednesday August 12 I decided to hold my own personal 12 hour comic marathon. I failed. I drew the 12 pages but only inked 4 of them. What to do? Well, I decided to go full on with it. It took me a week but I finished inking, lettering, and colouring it. I came up with the idea while chatting with my friend, artist Chris Yao. The story is based on the white squirrel of Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto who was found dead, hanging by his mouth from a power line and no one knew why. Now I share it with you. I encourage you to share it as well. If you love comics, or if you love squirrels or if you love both! If you would like a PDF of the comic just hit me up!
But Mos was not a bad film, gave more depth to zod than ANY version of him comics or movies, gave Lois more agency and competence than any previous movie version, entire cast was perfect fits, it put superman in a world that felt real, if you out superman in a fantastical silly world he ceases to be special, in a realistic world he really comes off as incredible as he should. Yes I know superman is not realistic but the world around him can be.
Captain Phasma - Happy Star Wars Day everyone! Just a very quick sketch of Phasma. I apologize for the lack of updates but I’ve been very busy with Black Widow and some official Star Wars stuff. I’ve got tons of ideas in my head and I’m looking forward to getting them onto the blog.
Phil Noto drawing Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma is a dream.
Happy 420! Let’s take the time to remember the black Americans jailed for marijuana use/distribution far more than white Americans despite the usage rates being about the same. Look at how steady those arrest rates are for white people while the black arrest rate climbed steadily.
If you wanna find some people to arrest for pot, go hassle the neighborhoods around whatever local college or university is around…but that never seems to be where the cops go, is it? Now why wouldn’t they wanna go book some middle and upper class mostly white kids and “keep and eye on them” and “get them in the system” and all that bullshit?
Seriously, the media makes it seem like he lost control of his aircraft and crashed. NO.
THAT IS NOT IT.
IF HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE PLANE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SCRAPING HIM OFF OF THE GROUND AND COLLECTING THE PLANE IN 5 GALLON BUCKETS.
NOW. LEMME LEARN YOU A THING OF TWELVE. *achem* 1. Harrison Ford has been flying for over 50 years. The man is a goddamn amazing pilot. 2. He can fly both helicopters, biplanes (that’s two wings, people), prop planes, both modern and vintage, as well as work on them. 3. He’s saved 4 different people on three different occasions due to his piloting skills and willingness to volunteer his time, personal aircraft, and money. (google it bitches. to hire a private pilot is about $1000/hr, plus fuel. he volunteered). 4. The plane: Here’s where I loose my shit.
See this plane? This baby is older than Harrison Ford himself. It’s a Corsair XF4U-1 (EDIT: I got this wrong. It’s not a Corsair. It’s a Ryan PT-22), first manufactured & flown around 1941 for the US Navy & Marines during World War II. How do I know this? Simple: Look at the insignia on the bottom of the wing. See the blue circle, white star, & red circle? looks like this:
This was required on all US Navy & Marine aircraft flown & operated in the 1920s through the 1940s. It said “HEY DON’T SHOOT. WE’RE THE US” to friendly fire on the ground. (or also “YO LOOK. WE’RE THE ENEMY” if you were fighting for the other guys…so it worked both ways) but I digress… The point is, this plane is incredibly rare, incredibly old, hard to handle, and VERY dangerous if it crashes. Look at the photos above: * both cockpits are uncovered. * propellers… WHIRLING BLADES OF DEATH * the plane itself is fragile, no matter how well it’s restored. The design is still 75 years old. * notice no parachute. there isn’t room for one. basically you’re fucked. * did I mention BOTH cockpits. aka: two people. This was a two person plane- not meaning a pilot & a passenger, but two pilots.
Now, you might ask, “why’s he in the back of the plane?” Well good thing I’m here. It’s because he chose to fly a plane that’s usually co-piloted completely solo. Did you hear that? He flew a plane designed for two people, by himself. And Thursday (March 5) wasn’t the first time he flew this particular model either. He’d flown it several times all over the world, and is well versed in how this aircraft works. 5. So, why he crashed: simple. The media mentioned it. Engine failure. This isn’t like when your car sputters & stalls, this is the entire engine just stops working. This is also when the plane it’s running falls out of the sky. and unlike cars, you can’t really steer a falling plane. 6. The crash itself: This all happened right around the airport area, meaning he was right over a heavily developed suburban area. houses, streets, the golf course, a few hospitals…nowhere really to just crash the plane without collateral damage, so he chose teh golf course. Only thing? there were still people playing golf on the golf course. And it was heavily wooded. SO. Harrison Ford was able to land a 75 year old propeller plane that was completely engine-dead through trees (they call that threading the needle), onto the course, not hitting people, and was able to keep the body of the plane level enough that it didn’t just nosedive into the ground and crumple up like an accordion (google world war II plane crashes sometime. they aren’t pretty.) Prop Planes were EXTREMELY front heavy. Between the engine block being housed in the front, and the propellors, the only thing balancing them out so they didn’t tip over like drunk cats were the wings. This is why I specifically mentioned the difficulty of keeping the plane level. Yes, it’s difficult on all aircraft, but especially prop planes. and. he emerged with minor injuries. a few gashes, and they’re keeping in the hospital for tests (largely due to his age. Many times, older people who’ve been in minor accidents often die later because of a heart attack or some such condition, because their bodies can’t handle the stress.)
So that is the amazingness that is HOLY SHIT HARRISON FORD WAS ABLE TO DO WHAT WITH HIS UNRESPONSIVE, VINTAGE AIRPLANE AND NO ONE WAS KILLED AND NOTHING WAS DESTROYED (except for the plane *sob* HOLY HELL)
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