Author: trevoedwards

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  • September 21st, 2012 11:49am

    So I’m listening to the Batman: Legends of Robin audio book and they added this little exchange

    seinemajestat:

    Sheila: Oh, Joker, I can’t even see his face under all that blood.

    Joker: Tsk tsk, kids these days, no respect for their appearance. Next he’ll be wearing torn jeans.

    Oh god and the bomb taunts them the whole time it counts down. And it’s Mark Hamill voicing Joker.

    Too bad the Batman reader doesn’t emote at all ever.

    why do I not have this?!

  • September 20th, 2012 11:00am

    Even now, my blood becomes feverish when I reflect upon those bygone days when Bruce and I were together. He ingeniously helped me to recapture the days I lost having been interned for five years in an American concentration camp for simply having been born of Japanese descent. I had just graduated from high school and Bruce provided me with a therapy of sorts – just being able to “hang out” and do some of the light-hearted, crazy things that I had missed out on and been deprived of during my internment. The bitterness, negativeness, and the feeling of complete inferiority that plagued me in the days before Bruce Lee came into my life, are – as a direct result of his teachings and my own willingness to apply them – now just water that has passed under the bridge. I realize now that there was a concealed, hidden enrichment that I gleaned from my experiences, both positive and negative, that has served to make me a better person today.

    — Taky Kimura (on his relationship with Bruce Lee)

  • September 19th, 2012 7:57pm

    aforaffort:

    Company is offensive; actually makes changes after being called on it

    panasonicyouth:

    goodstuffhappenedtoday:

    Click through for the whole story, but the Paul Frank company was doing something called  “Dream Catchin’ Powwow,” with some really offensive artwork, and the blogger at Native Appropriations wrote them a letter and posted about it. Here’s what happened:

    I could go on and on about the call, but enough background, here are the incredible, amazing, mind-boggling action steps that the company has taken and has promised to take in the near future:

    • They have already removed all of the Native inspired designs from their digital/online imprint
    • The company works off a “Style Guide” that includes all of the digital art for the company, and then separate manufacturing companies license those images and turn them into products. Elie and his staff have gone through the style guide, even into the archives, and removed all of the Native imagery, meaning no future products will be produced with these images.
    • They have sent (or it will be sent today) a letter to all of their manufacturers and partners saying none of this artwork is authorized for use and it has been removed from their business
    • Elie has invited Jessica and I to collaborate with him on a panel about the use of Native imagery in the industry to be held at the International Licensing Merchandisers Association (LIMA) conference in June. This would reach a large and incredibly influential audience all in one place.
    and the MOST exciting part:
    • Paul Frank Industries would like to collaborate with a Native artist to make designs, where the proceeds would be donated to a Native cause!
    Elie said he wants to learn how this can be done in an appropriate and respectful manner, and that they’re not “looking to profit” from this. On top of it, we’ve set actionable next steps to make all of this happen, and he’s even assigned staff members to stay on it so it doesn’t slip through the cracks.

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    i have pretty much never seen a company do this

    wow