Hilda? Wat is Hilda? Some kind of Swedish death metal band?
Lol, not sure if you're playing with me or not, but:
Review-- Luke Pearson's lovely, imaginative, yet surprisingly gritty Hilda series, sadly Imgur lost the core images, and they need to be restored.
That's a "Nisse," a house spirit! (4 pages), still good!
Fun fact: altho the early (and average) A2600 carts were 4k, they could actually be much larger, such as 16k, or even 64k, as with the later "Megaboy" by Dynacom. The key factor of course was the cost of memory at the time, and with more memory, that's how you get more sprawling games like Pitfall 2.
So yeah, Pitfall 1 was 4k, while Pitfall 2 lazily only used 11k of it's physical 16k or ROM size.
Oops, late reply. But yeah, that rings a bell!
Indeed, I recall reading a fascinating article about their rise & fall, along with Sierra Online I think it was. Maybe over at The Dot-Eaters or such. [link]
I don't know what it is, but these histories, what with their twists, turns, ironies, and terribly-made decisions, are downright fascinating to me.
Okay, thanks for explaining.
As has happened before, I'm frankly a bit grouchy upon criticism of my AI-aided content. I do feel the post as it stands is relevant to this sub, as it's based on a real phenomenon (the definition of a group of owls) applied to a famous place which bears that definition, and then populated by the actual subjects of this sublemmy. In short, it's a simple joke / riddle combining those different elements.
I came up with this idea myself and I wrangled ChatGPT until it came up with the final image I was (more or less) pleased with. Otherwise, if my health wasn't so shitty, I might have taken the time and effort to do a watercolor on the concept, but realistically that's not possible anymore. Cheers.
This is really the zinger you finally settled on after all that?
Hah, I think it was moreso my catching myself and changing course. If an apology is in order, then I hereby offer it.
The problem on my end is that I like contributing where I can (on top of running my community) but am almost always working through a level of pain & fatigue, having a pretty much fatal disease in CFS/ME.
Admittedly, I have a short fuse when it comes to what I perceive as low-effort critique, even if it's just me mistaking the situation and replying inappropriately. I'm generally at the end of my rope at that point, and should undoubtedly be doing something else, even if it's just to ignore replies(!)
I've also been stung like this before when contributing occasional AI-aided content. A common thing seems to be people assuming I put zero creativity or effort in to coaxing out something which I thought was fairly amusing after my work and final edits. [for example]
OTOH, this has been about my sixth post across about two months in this particular sublemmy, and all have gone well so far until this one, which perhaps did slightly-less-well. "Anon6789" has been going above and beyond, and seeing that, I've wanted to help out when I can.
Thanks for adding on, mate; very interesting about the halo thing. Yeah, I'll have to do a proper Mucha post one of these days...
PS. HMU if you want my small cards collection for your robot :-) If you’re interested I’ll try to scan the backsides.
Thanks for the offer!
Yeah, it would be fun to see more of that series, especially the backsides. TBH though, I kind of have my hands full at the moment, so for the time-being I'd suggest you try the scheduling tool out yourself: https://schedule.lemmings.world/post/list
You do have to provide an acct's ID and PW so the scheduler can log in and post, so I'd recommend using a non-essential account. Then, when you schedule a post, you'll upload the image in to the tool, and later, it will upload it to this instance. And btw-- image uploads (max: 500k) are working here, again. :D
Let me know if you have any Q's, yeah?
the sheltering and the big disaster
Okay, I'm listening!
Now Tintin, are you the dog or the Sun? You can't be both, so please decide! (and please stop laughing, everyone!)
So, the other day I went a-lookin' for more Tintin memes, and found a goodly lot! :D Here's the first group, and I'll getcha' back with the other group when the stars align again upon image uploading:
Beam me UP, professor?
Poster-swap
Lazy mofos
Rascar-crystal
Save yourself!
Ah, the Tintin bed!
The most significant one is Dad-bod Thoth, as I managed to track down the other eight images in that booklet, sourced to BDT. (check it out, Druillet fans!) The other reconstructed posts are my reviews of Alas and Esther Verkest, and I must admit, I enjoyed hosting the image content on Reddit itself. (thanks, spez 😊)
Enjoy.
Oh yeah, and as for my question to y'all, let me explain:
On my end, I'm not a huge fan of republishing fixed-up posts, as it 1) adds to the overall post bloat (Lemmy doesn't allow me to completely delete anything), but also 2) because it can break cross-links in some cases.
OTOH, the greater point is for this stuff to be seen and enjoyed, and with a relatively innocuous update like this, I would guess that many readers doing quick scroll-throughs would miss the good content, assuming they hadn't seen it before. Then again, maybe I'm wrong about that...
Any opinions?
To be honest, I'd wanted to just quickly upload one of Giancola's pieces matching a "Here at the End of All Things"* series I'd like to get started, more or less reflecting my current level of shock, deep sadness, and growing fear about what's currently happening in the States. Unfortunately, image uploads don't seem to be working here at the moment, so all that will have to wait for another day. :S
* the series is themed to Sam & Frodo resting 'pon the slopes of Mt. Doom, awaiting the lava flow, not realising that giant eagles are coming to rescue them [you know]
On the positive tip, I'm quite chuffed to have recently discovered Donato Giancola's art! If I understand correctly, he's first-gen Italian-American, here covering this ultra-famous British series by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Without further ado, here're the art pieces & interview:
https://donatoarts.com/interviews/tor2022
Now if you liked that, you might want to check out his other cool work, covering sci-fi, "empathetic robots," space, fantasy, historical realism, Game of Thrones, MTG, mythology and etc:
As I grapple with image-hosting issues, I noticed that Seth's Imgur-hosted review* is still up from over four years ago, so I figured I'd share, with his permission. For those unfamiliar with him, he's an amateur cartoonist and an amazingly dedicated reviewer. You can read more of his comics reviews here and there.
* Perhaps the lesson here is that when content is posted publicly to Imgur and receives upvotes, it's more likely not to be deleted. Hroom...
The Smell Of Starving Boys
by Loo Hui Phang and Frederik Peeters
112 pages
published by Self Made Hero
ISBN: 1910593400
Phang writes a surreal western right in line with Peeters' dreamy sensibilities. While it never quite coalesces into something perfectly explainable afterward, The Smell Of Starving Boys has enough points of interest along the way to satisfy many of its particular kind of audience.
In Texas, in the near aftermath of the Civil War, Oscar is a gay photographer taking a job in the wilds to avoid those he crossed both in terms of business ethics and social mores. Milton's not Milton's real name. And Stingley is a a Dave-Sims-esque utopian visionary whose vision will be built on the blood of aboriginals and women as he carves the frontier into a world that he prefers. Throw in a cadaverous bounty hunter, some exsanguinated horses, and a pile of honest-to-goodness magic and you've got a story deep in the Weird West tradition.
Peeters' artwork is stunning as usual, though the often barren landscapes give him fewer hooks on which to hang his hat. Phang's story is interesting but lurid. Maybe it's your bag and maybe not.
(some minor editing done on the text above)
ADDING ON:
Switzerland's Frederik Peeters is one of the great, modern BD creators for my money. This one-shot album feels totally native to him, so I was surprised to learn that he served only as the artist, and that Laotian-French Phang Loo Hui was in fact the script-writer. I'd never heard of her before, but she seems like an extremely talented writer, interested in bringing to light the stories of various historical figures.
As for the book, I consider it can't-miss if you're a Peeters fan. Sure, it's a bit surreal, and even confounding at times, but that's pretty much par for the course. It also kind of dances with significant issues (gay rights, aboriginal rights, man's exploitation of land & resources) but was consistently observational, and not overbearing in message.
Art-wise, I felt that Peeters' designs paired wonderfully with the American southwest setting, and that his colors have evolved considerably from his work on the masterpiece Aâma sci-fi series. Of course as usual for him (despite not being officially credited on writing), there was his wry, subtle observation of how people communicate... the little pauses and slight expressions that briefly flash across their faces... how their minds brush up against each other, so to speak, and how gentleness and savagery can intermix, just below the surface of demeanor.
I'm afraid those are some poor, bumbling words to describe how great Peeters is at capturing human psychology, but if you know, you know. He's in that 'Blutch**, Grégory Mardon, and Hugo Pratt' territory, as I see it. Creators like these are so impressive to me, as they significantly raise the ceiling of "comics," bringing them to the realm of noteworthy art and literature IMO.
** For those curious, I did a little review of Blutch's Modern Speed here, thankfully still available at the moment.
I know it doesn’t help now but imgur cannot be counted on. Does your instance still not allow uploads? Maybe an alt for that?
Man, I love our instance. Traditionally I've not wanted to burden it by doubling it as an image-host, but then again, if the instance goes down, then this sub goes down, so... yeah. There's that.
Beyond that, there's indeed a cap of 500k here per image, whereas Imgur sits at ~1,000k, and sometimes that's a critical difference. Point is, I generally upload a set of images at a time, which (in this theoretical) would usually require me to parse the content across both lemm.ee and Imgur in order to fit all content (i.e. images over 500k), which... would tend to be an utter PITA when posting. So there's also that.
All that's on top of the fact that almost every post I make requires me to reformat the images, often leaning in to upscaling tools. Again, it gets to be a right PITA...
Mateys, I really do love chatterboxing BD, and would probably be posting multiple times per day if these issues weren't such a slog, on top of dealing with this cursed disease. (CFS/ME)
Anyway, let's see how I might be able to share from my Google Drive. For example, HERE is my Jim Benton collection, and below are some sharing possibilities:
Well, shut my mouth and spank my bottom! That seems to work, right? Can anyone else see that second cartoon?
On my end, working with just that one Google image URL, it's (fluff my goldurn life) this:
Bloody, flippen' hell, mate!!
Heh, let me try to explain: (*deep breath*)
!&@!$* Imgur just casually deleted all the pics which explained the post. (i.e, the twelve in the thumbnail above)
To be clear, the post in question was a review I made about a year ago, upon a wonderful, unique book by one of the greatest creative teams in modern BD for my money, i.e. Kerascoët.
Now, I always try to back up my post content locally, but I just can't find my Satania backup across hard-drive A or hard-drive B, daggit!
So "flippin' feckin" says I, but did anyone happen to see that post and save the images? If so, you would be my hero, because I'd love nothing better than to repost and improve that review. ❤️
Thanks if so, mateys.
First some hints, written upside-down since I can't quite get spoilers (":::") to work correctly:
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Okay then ... *drumroll* ... they are:
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Unfortunately, these cuties are critically endangered, with only ~224 currently left, living across four NZ islands. It seems that introduced predators (mainly cats, rats and weasels) almost wiped this species out, but in the mid-90's, a desperation program was launched to save them.
The kākāpō cannot fly, having relatively short wings for its size and lacking the keel on the sternum (breastbone), where the flight muscles of other birds attach. It uses its wings for balance and to break its fall when leaping from trees. Unlike many other land birds, the kākāpō can accumulate large amounts of body fat. --WP
The kākāpō has a well-developed sense of smell, which complements its nocturnal lifestyle. It can distinguish between odours while foraging, a behaviour reported in only one other parrot species. The kākāpō has a large olfactory bulb ratio (longest diameter of the olfactory bulb/longest diameter of the brain) indicating that it does, indeed, have a more developed sense of smell than other parrots.
Pretty dang interesting to me, as birds in general tend to have a poor sense of smell & taste AFAIK.
He claims to be a cowboy:
https://lemm.ee/post/38133693
(be sure to click on the title, in which there's swimming!)
And lord-a-mighty, he's back for more!
https://lemm.ee/post/38531957
(be sure to click on the title, in which there's plastic surgery!)
EDITORS NOTE: Kinda just trying to see if our 'Henk' content is still standing. So far it looks like it...
Yup! In ten days, we'll have hit the year-and-six months stage of existence. Thanks indeed then to my co-mod Nacktmull for being there the whole way, bringing his friendship, valued perspective, and lots of cool Moeby content. Thanks also to our users who contribute some posts and many useful comments, helping to make the community much more than just 'Nacky and me.'
Now, I can't say this post is going to be entirely uplifting and happy, but let's start with the good news:
Maties, Is there anything more I can do to help? I frankly don't know what else I can do to help grow us, but would welcome whatever thoughts & advice you might have.
* = TBC = "to be clear"
Until a few moments ago, I had no idea this series existed, which in fact ran from 2000-2012, and is not to be confused with an earlier American version from the early 90's. This one seems to be heavily geared towards kids, but what I personally appreciate is the quality animation and background style. And yes, I'm a huge Jungle Book fan, even performing some of the songs on karaoke nights, animal sounds included. 😁
Here's the video, I believe from the second season, 2003...
Tumblr:
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_spylefDYpE1ywj8jq.mp4
Note: I'm currently, heavily shut down in terms of my image uploads, so can only offer 'one-offs' for the time being.
So then, "Norspac" is an ingenious artist to me, and if there's one thing artists envy & admire about other artists, it's their talent and ingenuity, daggit!
I think my personal favorite of theirs is perhaps Doom Spider:
https://norspac.com/static/7b89ec3781edbefaa5a8a3d2fe6dcfa8/662c7/norspac_doom_spider_shopify.webp
Artist site: https://norspac.com/
Now, no doubt this is my own dumbarse fault, but I'm coming to find that relying on Imgur to preserve my pic-content across the mini-articles I write and share on the Lemmysphere is just... well, I mean it's just so utterly hit-or-miss that it's become completely unreliable, daggit.
For example, I happened to check on the Satania review I first posted ~10mos ago, and discovered that the Imgur page source had been deleted without notice, altho oddly, the lead full thumbnail / image still remains. Like, what...?!
Point is-- there seems to be utterly no rhyme nor reason for the image deletions, whether the content is uploaded via official acct or not, or is kid-safe vs NSFW stuff, or is new vs old stuff, or even via file-size issue (I think, not totally sure).
Anyway, yeah... it's clearly past time to get the hell out.
So what would you recommend, mateys, and how reliable do you think that host is? (I'm completely cool with paying a monthly fee via PayPal in order for our content to last)
Note: the lead pic is just an anti-Imgur thing I randomly discovered, lol.
Wait, what did I just screw up...!?