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londonjack2002.bsky.social
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Local Xiyouji/JttW Fan, Animation Fan, Video Game Fan, Mythology Fan, Comic Fan, Sonic Fa... OKAY!!! I'll Stop...

But Yeah, I'm a Fan of a LOT of Things!
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londonjack2002.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #Folklore #Comics #WEBTOON
Been reading Some Cool Stuff for the Past Few Days.

If You're interested in African/Black Folktales & Mythology (like Gullah, Yoruba & Kemet) OR (in the 2nd & 4th Pics' Case) want a Fun Superhero Comic then I heavily recommend giving these a read!
The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be by William J. Faulkner & Illustrated by Troy Howell Published in 1977 Link: https://lkgbooks.blogspot.com/2022/03/african-diaspora-at-internet-archive.html Tales of the Orishas written & illustrated by Hugo Canuto The End of Ma'at written by Yaruno & Art by NODOWDY WEBTOON Link: https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/the-end-of-ma-at/list?title_no=3929 Jupiter-Men written & drawn by ActionKiddy WEBTOON Link: https://www.webtoons.com/en/action/jupiter-men/list?title_no=3757
February 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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If You See This, Post a Rabbit 🐇
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The Cover of "The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be" by William J. Faulkner & Illustrated by Troy Howell The Rabbit represents an African American Slave, while the Wolf behind it represents a White Plantation Master! You can tell by the Hands...
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#TheCatintheHat #TCitH #DrSeuss #Books #Animation
A Few Iterations of The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss!
Illustrations (Some from the Original 1957 Book) by Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss! Characters: The Cat in the Hat Boy Sally Fish (Carlos K. Krinklebein) Thing 1 & Thing 2 The 1971 Special by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Кот в колпаке (1984) мультфильм [lit. "Cat in a Cap - Cartoon-Film"] A Animated Soviet (Russian) Adaptation The Cat in the Hat in "Cat out of Water" by Art Baltazar
February 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth/#BHM #FolkloreSunday #BrerRabbit
Since it's Black History Month & I'm a BIG Mythology Fan, I've got a Question for You All...

What is Your Personal Favorite African American Folktale?
#AfricanAmerican #GullahGeechee #BlackArt
Br'er/Bruh (lit. "Brother" in Gullah/AAVE) Rabbit trapped within a Rabbit Doll made of Tar, all while one of his MANY Frenemies, Fox (who made said Doll to capture Rabbit) hides behind a Tree watching... Illustration/Art (by Leo and Diane Dillon) from The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton A Short Variant of a Well-Known Brer Rabbit Tale known as "How Alligator met Trouble" from Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston The 1st Half Portion of a Variant of the Gullah Geechee Folktale, "Rabbit seeks Endowments"! Basically, an Afro-American's Equivalent of the Famous Ananse (lit. "Spider" in Akan/Twi) Folktale, "Se ’Yoye A Anyankosem Ye Be Fre No Anansesem" OR "How It Came About that the Sky-God’s Stories Came to be known as “Spider-Stories”! Cropped Page from "Folk-Lore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina" by Elsie Clews Parsons Link: https://archive.org/details/parsons-sea-islands/page/13/mode/2up
February 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#AfricanAmerican #GullahGeechee #BlackHistoryMonth
Happy 100th Anniversary, Black History Month! #BHM

#MulesandMen #TheWiz #SouthofMidnight #Sinners
Mules and Men (1935) by Zora Neale Hurston The Original Cast of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1975) South of Midnight (2025) Sinners (2025) “With this here Ritual… We heal our People… and We be Free.”
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#EarthwormJim #BackyardSports #VideoGames #Cartoons
Recently watched the Backyard Sports Animated Special & I really gotta to say that both Earthworm Jim & this Special are Great Examples of how to Faithfully Translate the Tone, World & Characters of a Video Game Series into the Format of a Cartoon!
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Sinners #Blues #Hoodoo #Spirituality
There's been Many Powerful Scenes throughout the History of Film, but I can hardly think of One Moment from a Theatrical Movie that hit Me just as Hard & as True on a Personal Level as an African American as this Scene did...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jo...
Sinners | I Lied To You Song | Movie Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Entertainment
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
Honestly, If I was ever able to make a Cartoon, it would be about an Urban Black Kid being thrust into African American Mythology, Hoodoo Spirituality & meeting Entities like Br'er Rabbit, High John de Conqueror, Simbi, Uncle Monday, Flying Africans, Haints, Boo Hags, Plat-Eyes & The Crossroads Man!
A Diamond-Shaped Yowa Cross (aka, the Kongo Cosmogram or Dikenga) chiseled onto the Wooden Floor in the 1st Historic African Baptist Church in Savannah, GA! It's a Circular Symbol from the BaKongo Religion (that luckily survived in Hoodoo Practice in the Form of Crossroads & the Ring Shout) that represents & depicts the Physical World & the Spiritual World as well as Symbolizes the 4 Stages (Conception, Birth, Maturity & Death) of Life & the 4 Rotations (Rising, Peaking, Setting & Absence) of the Sun in Religious BaKongo Culture. Ipomoea purga, a Species of Flowering Plant whose Roots in Hoodoo Practice & Folklore are associated with the African American Deity, High John de Conqueror! Uncle Monday, a Shapeshifting Conjurer & Medicine Man from African American Mythology! Legends says Uncle Monday lived among the Seminoles & Afro-Seminoles in Florida after escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad & traveling through South Carolina & Georgia! Folklore also say He was able to transform into an Alligator by dancing to the Rhythms of Seminole & African music and led a Resistance Movement against Enslavement using his Conjure Powers... Bruh Cooter & Br'er Rabbit, 2 Famous Animal Tricksters from African American Folklore! Also, "Br'er/Bruh" means "Brother" in African American Vernacular English & Gullah Geechee...
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 AM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #Santa #SantaClaus
Merry Christmas Day! To Celebrate this Most Wonderful Time of the Year, I would like to show off My Personal Favorite Interpretations of Old Saint Nick himself, Santa Claus!

I Wish You All Happy Holidays! #MerryChristmas
Nicholas St. North from DreamWorks' Rise of the Guardians Detective Comics' (aka, DC) Iteration of Santa giving Darkseid a Nice Serving of Deserved Coal... Vampire Claus (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy 三田 一重 [Sanda Kazushige], the Protagonist of the Manga, "Sanda" by Paru Itagaki!
December 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#StephenHillenburg #Comics #Animation #CalArts #SBSP
Early Work by Stephen Hillenburg before Rocko's Modern Life & SpongeBob SquarePants!

By the way, Links for Each are in the ALTs...
#SpongeBob #SpongeBobSquarePants #Nickelodeon
The Intertidal Zone (1984) https://archive.org/details/the-intertidal-zone-stephen-hillenburg Surf 2000 / Surf-Toons (1990) from KEMA Magazine https://picclick.com/SpongeBob-Creator-Stephen-Hillenburg-Memorabilia-Surf-Cartoons-B-4-392191004854.html The Green Beret (1991) https://vimeo.com/1036215532 Wormholes (1992) https://vimeo.com/1036232811
December 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Animation #動畫 ( #Donghua ) #アニメ ( #Anime ) [ #Rubberhose ]
孫悟空 [Sun Wukong] From: The Wan Brothers' 鐵扇公主 (1941) Pinyin: Tieshan Gongzhu [lit. “Iron-Fan Princess”] Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ny21G-6VS8 Fun Fact: This Film was one of Osamu Tezuka's Main Inspirations & Influences! He even made his own Xiyouji (aka, Journey to the West or in Japanese, Saiyūki) Manga in 1952 called, Boku no Son Gokū (My Son Gokū)... Tezuka Productions' おんぼろ フィルム Hepburn: Onboro Firumu [lit. “Dilapidated Film”] Also Known in English as "Broken Down" The Wacky Cast of... The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995) A Rubberhose-Influenced Music Video for the 1998 Song, The Ghost of Stephen Foster! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzWGkgFcTU The Song done by the American Swing & Jazz Band, Squirrel Nut Zippers in their 1998 Album, "Perennial Favorites"!
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
Given just HOW Important it was for Japan's Mythology, History & Shinto Practice. I'm surprised that there's VERY Few #Kojiki (lit. "Ancient Matters Record") Adaptations. Sure, you'll see MANY nods to it, but for Legit Adaptions you'd expect more than just These & a Few Obscure Manga. #古事記
Toho's 日本誕生 [1959] Hepburn: Nippon Tanjō (lit. "Japan's Birth") Toei's わんぱく王子の大蛇退治 [1963] Hepburn: Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (lit. "Naughty-Prince & Orochi's Demise") Capcom's 大神 [2006] Hepburn: Okami (lit. "Great-Deity") Fun Fact: Originally released on PS2 in 2006 & for the Wii in 2008
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
[ #西遊記 / #西游记 - #Xiyouji ] #孫悟空 - #SunWukong
#JttW / #JourneytotheWest
600 Years of Growing Power & Amorality
500 Years of Imprisonment
14 Years of Journeying to India
81 Trials to Endure

Immortality, Respect, Freedom, Redemption & Enlightenment!
#GameScience [ #黑神話悟空 - #BlackMythWukong ]
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#AbsoluteBatman #AbsoluteJoker #DC/#DetectiveComics
I find it both Absolutely Hilarious & Terrifying that Absolute Joker is basically a Combination of THESE 4 Monsters!
Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Pennywise (2018's IT) Bilderburger from The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball The Snake Apostle from Berserk
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Fortnite #DannyPhantom #Nicktoons #Nickelodeon
Seeing Danny's Fortnite Model has made me gain a MUCH Better Appreciation for Nick Kart Racers 3, Nick Extreme Tennis, SMITE's 3D Models for Danny!

These ain't Perfect, but at least They look more Appealing...
Danny Phantom in Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 (Podium) Danny's Model in Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis Danny, Zim & Rocko in SMITE X Nick Collab Trailer
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#浪浪山小妖怪 #LangLangShanXiaoYaoguai #NOBODY
Not as Good as Nezha 2, but this was still PEAK #Donghua and such a Funny & Bittersweet Twist on #Xiyouji aka, Journey to the West! This is also the Highest Grossing 2D Animated Film in China & it genuinely earns that Spot!

#西遊記 #西游记 #JttW #JourneytotheWest
浪浪山小妖怪 (2025) Pinyin: Lang Lang Shan Xiao Yaoguai [lit. "Langlang Mountain, Little Monster"]
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Yōkai #妖怪 #Shinto #神道 #JapaneseArt #Mythology
Some of My Personal Favorite #Artwork by Famous #Japanese Historian & #Manga Artist, 水木 しげる - Mizuki Shigeru (1922 - 2015)!
#Mangaka: #水木しげる - #ShigeruMizuki
#ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 #GGGnK #GeGeGeNoKitarō
天照大御神 Hepburn: Amaterasu Omikami (lit. "Sky-Shining Great-Honorable-Kami") From: 水木しげるの古代出雲 Hepburn: Mizuki Shigeru no Kodai Izumo (lit. "Mizuki Shigeru's Ancient Izumo") 口裂け女 Hepburn: Kuchisake Onna (lit. "Mouth-Silted Woman") ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 Hepburn: GeGeGe no Kitarō [lit. "Cackling of Kitarō"] 1) 鬼太郎 Hepburn: Kitarō [lit. "Oni-Boy"] 2) 目玉親父 or 目玉のおやじ Hepburn: Medama Oyaji (lit. "Eyeball Father") 3) ねずみ男 Hepburn: Nezumi Otoko [lit. "Rat Man"] 4) 猫娘 or ねこ娘 Hepburn: Neko Musume [lit. "Cat Girl"] 5) 砂かけ婆 Hepburn: Sunakake Baba [lit. "Sand-Tossing Hag"] 6) 子泣き爺 Hepburn: Konaki Jiji [lit. "Child-Crying Old-Man"] 7) 一反木綿 Hepburn: Ittan Momen [lit. "One-Roll Cotton"] 8) ぬりかべ Hepburn: Nurikabe [lit. "Plastered-Wall"] がしゃどくろ Hepburn: Gashadokuro (lit. "Rattling-Skeleton")
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#SpongeBobSquarePants #THQNordic #TitansoftheTide
Just finished Titans of the Tide, so I've decided to quickly update My Tier-List on #SpongeBob Video Games! #SBSP (1/2)

[ #Nickelodeon #Nicktoons #THQ #NickGames ]
My Tierlist of Video Games based on SpongeBob SquarePants! And before you ask... YES, the Ordering of Each Tier DOES Matter!
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#TitansoftheTide #DiceofDestiny #SonicRacingCrossWorlds
2025 has truly been a Special Year for SpongeBob in terms of Video Games!

[ #SpongeBob #Nicktoons #Sonic #VideoGames ]
SpongeBob SquarePants Titans of the Tide [Nov 18, 2025] Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny [Sept 30, 2025] Season Pass DLC for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds [Nov 19, 2025]
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#KingdomHearts #キングダムハーツ #Disney #FinalFantasy
The more I reread/revisit Shiro Amano's Manga, the more I realize that Amano does for Kingdom Hearts what Ted Woolsey did for Kefka in #FFVI and what both Machinabridged & REBIRTH also did for #FFVII in My Opinion... (1/2)
I'm always amazed by Shiro Amano's Artwork for Kingdom Hearts! Amano does such a Good Job mimicking the Artsyle & Expressions of the Disney Characters, with the Expressions he/she draws for Sora & Final Fantasy Cast also being Great, Emotional, Playful & even Hysterical! I can unironically see James Woods saying Hades' Lines here...
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#HappyHalloween #Halloween2025 #Mythology
To celebrate #Halloween, I like to highlight 2 Spooky Entities from African Diaspora Folklore!

Zombi (Haitian) - A Corpse Reanimated & Enslaved by a Bokor, a Vodou Priest
Boo Hag (Gullah Geechee) - A Skinless Hag that steals the Skin/Breath of it's Victims
A Depiction of a Zombi at Twilight in a Field of Sugar Cane A Depiction of a Boo Hag stealing the Breath of it's Victim
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#PinkyMalinky #Netflix #Nickelodeon #Animation #Nicktoons
The Evolution of Babs Buttman's Design from Pinky Malinky!

No, I will NOT add more Context...
2009 Pilot of Pinky Malinky - Onion 2011 Pilot of Pinky Malinky - Lionel Boon 2015 Pilot of Pinky Malinky - Babs Buttman Season 3, Episode 11: Wrestling
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Popeye #PopeyetheSailorMan #Gertrude #IHateFairyland #Comics
The Crossover I Never Thought I Wanted, but I'm REALLY Glad We Got!
Drawing/Art by Jay Fosgitt & Coloring by Jean-Francois Beaulieu
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
SpongeBob SquarePants Lights Camera Pants (7.5/10)

A Genuinely Solid Party Game that adapts it's Nicktoon IP into the Genre in a Pretty Clever Way! A Lot of the Minigames are Fun, The Cutscenes are Expressive, The Music is Great and Nearly 20 Years Later, it still holds up Fairly Well!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! Release Date: October 19, 2005 Developer: THQ Studio Australia Consoles: NGC, Xbox & PS2 Rock Bottom Minigame Easily one of the Game's Highlights... Concept Art/Designs for Gill Hammerstein
October 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
londonjack2002.bsky.social
#Xiyouji (Japanese: #Saiyuki) - #JttW
#西遊記 / #西游记 - #JourneytotheWest
Really thinking about it, it wasn't necessarily Journey to the West (specifically, the 1592 Novel) that influenced Countless Manga & Anime, but rather it's Adaptations by Osamu Tezuka, TOEI & Nippon TV that did... (1/2)
Osamu Tezuka's 1952 Manga "ぼくのそんごくう" or "ぼくの孫悟空" Hepburn: Boku no Son Gokū [lit. "My Son Gokū"] 孫悟空 [Son Gokū] 沙悟淨 [Sa Gojō] 龍子 [Tatsuko] or 白龍馬 [Haku Ryūma] 法师三藏 [Hōshi Sanzō] 豬八戒/豬悟能 [Cho Hakkai/Gonō] Thier Names in Chinese/Pinyin... 孫悟空 [Sun Wukong] 沙悟淨 [Sha Wujing] 龍子 [Lóngzi] or 白龍馬 [Bai Lóngma] 法师三藏 [Fashi Sanzang] 豬八戒/豬悟能 [Zhu Bajie/Wuneng] 孫悟空 [Son Gokū] 白馬 [Haku Uma] 唐三藏 [Tō Sanzō] 沙悟淨 [Sa Gojō] 豬八戒/豬悟能 [Cho Hakkai/Gonō] From: TOEI's 西遊記 Saiyūki (1960) [lit. "West-Journey-Record"] 白龍馬 [Haku Ryūma] 玄奘三藏 [Genjō Sanzō] 孫悟空 [Son Gokū] 沙悟淨 [Sa Gojō] 豬八戒/豬悟能 [Cho Hakkai/Gonō] From: Nippon TV's 西遊記 Saiyūki (1978) [lit. "West-Journey-Record"]
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM