Shawn Gilmore
@gipperfish.bsky.social
Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of the @vaultofculture.bsky.social (https://www.vaultofculture.com/), Executive Secretary of the Comics Studies Society, NTFC Local #6546 steward, comics scholar, and a ton of other stuff. Views own.
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Shawn Gilmore
@gipperfish.bsky.social
· Apr 25
“We’re organizing for a revolution in America”: Remaking Resistance in Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017) — The Vault of Culture
In this feature, Shawn Gilmore argues that MachineGames’ soft reboot entries in the Wolfenstein franchise, set in a world overrun by Nazi machines of war, increasingly humble (both physically and em...
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Now's a great time to check out my piece from a few weeks ago, considering how resistance and revolution are imagined in MachineGames' Wolfenstein reboots, over at @vaultofculture.bsky.social:
www.vaultofculture.com/vault/featur...
www.vaultofculture.com/vault/featur...
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Veronica Lake, 1941
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Veronica Lake, 1941
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
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Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mafia governance in action
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
"the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA... If I did not resign that day, I was told that the DOJ would extract/block hundreds of millions of dollars from UVA before they would even negotiate."
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This is the 21st time I’ve posted this Doonesbury so far.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is the 21st time I’ve posted this Doonesbury so far.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Reposting for the later in the day crowd 😎
Comics of Kirby and Lee, Week 12: Marvel expands its fan outreach with FOOM, announcing Kirby's return in 1975. We looked at Marvel's merchandising and licensing efforts (posters, calendars, toys, and eventually more tv shows and movies) with Lee as dealmaker and promoter. #comicsteaching
![Tuesday, Nov 11
Cosmic Kirby, Lee as Publisher/Editor
FOOM
FOOM #1
Download FOOM #1 (1973) [cover, skim rest]
FOOM #11
Download FOOM #11 (1975) [read through "Origin of King Kirby" comic]
FOOM #16 (1976), Bullpen cover:
Foom v1 16 (1976), cover.jpg
Foom v1 16 (1976), guide.jpg
The Eternals #1-19 + Annual #1 (1976-78), selections
Simon & Kirby "The Great Stone Face" in Black Cat Mystic #59
Download Black Cat Mystic #59 (Harvey, 1957)
The Eternals #1
Download #1, #2 Download #2, #3 Download #3, #4 Download #4 (1976), #7
Download #7 (1977)
The Eternals #10
Download #10, #11 Download #11, #12 Download #12, Annual Download Annual, #13 Download #13, #15
Download #15 [vs Hulk] (1977) [optional]
The Eternals #18
Download #18 (1977), #19
Download #19 (1978)
Devil Dinosaur #1-9 (1978), selections
Devil Dinosaur #1
Download #1, #2
Download #2 (1978)
Devil Dinosaur #4
Download #4, #5 Download #5, #9
Download #9 (1978) [optional, but look through]
Hatfield, Hand of Fire (2012), ch. 7](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzzvnpqn5eerbob4puw6svn5/bafkreiez5cricymtiww4ipnjtdwacgf6ckwo3gbbeg3msdppjab4z7k7ja@jpeg)
![Thursday, Nov 13
Revisiting Cap and Black Panther
Captain America #193-214 (1976-77) selections:
Giant-Size Captain America #1
Download Giant-Size Captain America #1 (1975) [reprints of what we've seen]
Captain America #193
Download #193, #194 Download #194, #195 Download #195, #196 Download #196, #197 Download #197, #198 Download #198, #199 Download #199, #200
Download #200 (1976) [Madbomb, Kirby's last great Cap arc]
Captain America's Bicentennial Battles
Download Captain America's Bicentennial Battles (1976)
Captain America #205
Download #205, #209 Download #209, #211
Download #211 (1977) [optional]
Captain America Annual #4
Download Captain America Annual #4 (1977)
Black Panther #1-12 (1977-78), selections
Don McGregor & Billy Graham, conclusion of "Panther's Rage" in Jungle Action & Black Panther #17
Download Jungle Action & Black Panther #17 (1975) [optional]
Black Panther #1
Download #1, #2 Download #2, #3 Download #3, #4
Download #4 (1977)
Black Panther #11
Download #11, #12 Download #12 (1978) + #13
Download #13 (1979) [all optional, new creative team with #13]
Tom Scioli:
Jack Kirby (2020), pages 158-170
I am Stan (2023), pages 129-141
Optional Materials
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▲ Roy Thomas & George Perez, Fantastic Four #176
Download Fantastic Four #176 (November 1976)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzzvnpqn5eerbob4puw6svn5/bafkreibessutd7k4x2rezagesjdef544xvvnwyqch7hx5gntoasln3yipa@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reposting for the later in the day crowd 😎
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Also this paragraph right before, against the use of excerpts to “decode” literature: “Excerpts pluck literature from its home in history, and prevent us from making homes for ourselves in books.”
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Also this paragraph right before, against the use of excerpts to “decode” literature: “Excerpts pluck literature from its home in history, and prevent us from making homes for ourselves in books.”
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Carnival of Souls (1962)
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Carnival of Souls (1962)
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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trumps administration is the largest looting of the working class funneled up to the wealthy in history
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
trumps administration is the largest looting of the working class funneled up to the wealthy in history
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I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me...
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me...
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
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A classic investigation board appears in Resident Alien s04e06 (SyFy, 2025), though not as elaborate as those in s01e06: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1315: Resident Alien s04e06 (2025) — The Vault of Culture
A classic investigation board appears in Resident Alien s04e06 (SyFy, 2025).
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November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A classic investigation board appears in Resident Alien s04e06 (SyFy, 2025), though not as elaborate as those in s01e06: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
Comics of Kirby and Lee, Week 12: Marvel expands its fan outreach with FOOM, announcing Kirby's return in 1975. We looked at Marvel's merchandising and licensing efforts (posters, calendars, toys, and eventually more tv shows and movies) with Lee as dealmaker and promoter. #comicsteaching
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Comics of Kirby and Lee, Week 12: Marvel expands its fan outreach with FOOM, announcing Kirby's return in 1975. We looked at Marvel's merchandising and licensing efforts (posters, calendars, toys, and eventually more tv shows and movies) with Lee as dealmaker and promoter. #comicsteaching
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.