cartoon hermeneutics
@tom-kaczynski.bsky.social
theoretical cartoonist
comics as technology of consciousness
transatlantis.net
comics as technology of consciousness
transatlantis.net
The eyes are the window to the soul.
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The eyes are the window to the soul.
Whole cities go up in a few months!
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Whole cities go up in a few months!
I've read pretty much all Thorgal, but this volume was my first, and it remains one of my favorites. The English title is The Betrayed Sorceress. The Polish title hews closer to the French original: The Island of Frozen Seas.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I've read pretty much all Thorgal, but this volume was my first, and it remains one of my favorites. The English title is The Betrayed Sorceress. The Polish title hews closer to the French original: The Island of Frozen Seas.
Some of these images have etched themselves deeply in my mind. Here's Rosinski on the left, and my unintentional homage.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Some of these images have etched themselves deeply in my mind. Here's Rosinski on the left, and my unintentional homage.
Look at these excellent naval tactics! I also love the grotesque one-eyed beauty of the sorceress.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Look at these excellent naval tactics! I also love the grotesque one-eyed beauty of the sorceress.
Rosinski has mastered a well-observed realist style with a cartoon substrate. Look at those Viking faces!
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Rosinski has mastered a well-observed realist style with a cartoon substrate. Look at those Viking faces!
I love the wild historical syncretism. The ship is a cross between a Viking longship and a Greek ship. Is that a Roman rostrum in the front? Also, it looks like it has a Greek temple in the back.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I love the wild historical syncretism. The ship is a cross between a Viking longship and a Greek ship. Is that a Roman rostrum in the front? Also, it looks like it has a Greek temple in the back.
The image above is of the Lord of the Three Eagles from Thorgal Vol 2, written by Van Hamme with art by Grzegorz Rosinski. A cross between Viking, Greek, Roman, and Medieval armor… a fantasy fever dream. I also like the way he draws the native "Skrælings."
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The image above is of the Lord of the Three Eagles from Thorgal Vol 2, written by Van Hamme with art by Grzegorz Rosinski. A cross between Viking, Greek, Roman, and Medieval armor… a fantasy fever dream. I also like the way he draws the native "Skrælings."
It's Friday, AKA "Great Comics Panel" day! I'm in a nostalgic mood, and here's a look at a childhood favorite 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's Friday, AKA "Great Comics Panel" day! I'm in a nostalgic mood, and here's a look at a childhood favorite 🧵
The architecture of _______
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The architecture of _______
The covers have an expressive, distorted look. Again, Mr. X comes to mind, but also Expressionist film architecture from the 20s.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The covers have an expressive, distorted look. Again, Mr. X comes to mind, but also Expressionist film architecture from the 20s.
One panel features a nice, abstract, kaleidoscopic, and impressionistic cityscape. Seems like an homage to Mr. X.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
One panel features a nice, abstract, kaleidoscopic, and impressionistic cityscape. Seems like an homage to Mr. X.
This was a fun look at the interior of these sterile, wealthy, mall-like structures. It's an art gallery! All kinds of sculptural styles are represented.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This was a fun look at the interior of these sterile, wealthy, mall-like structures. It's an art gallery! All kinds of sculptural styles are represented.
I like how surveillance screens become a secondary panel-in-panel narrative.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I like how surveillance screens become a secondary panel-in-panel narrative.
These pages are from Roachmill Nos. 5-8. New York City is divided into two zones: rich and poor. It's a common trope, though often the zones were vertical.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
These pages are from Roachmill Nos. 5-8. New York City is divided into two zones: rich and poor. It's a common trope, though often the zones were vertical.
Lost cities—an appreciation of architecture in comic book art. A complex spread following a van as it enters an ultra-modern city zone. A lot of great panel-in-panel moments. 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Lost cities—an appreciation of architecture in comic book art. A complex spread following a van as it enters an ultra-modern city zone. A lot of great panel-in-panel moments. 🧵
"[Mnemonic] storage demands that orality conditioned knowledge be relatively rigid or typical. Not only do formulas abound but characters themselves become types, not free-ranging and developmental as in the novel (print culture), but formalized. Odysseus is wily, Nestor is wise, Achilles is brave."
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"[Mnemonic] storage demands that orality conditioned knowledge be relatively rigid or typical. Not only do formulas abound but characters themselves become types, not free-ranging and developmental as in the novel (print culture), but formalized. Odysseus is wily, Nestor is wise, Achilles is brave."
I was interviewed by 22 Panels about comics as a technology of consciousness. Other topics: McLuhan, Polish comics under Communism, Uncivilized, and more! Link Below.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I was interviewed by 22 Panels about comics as a technology of consciousness. Other topics: McLuhan, Polish comics under Communism, Uncivilized, and more! Link Below.
I made a poster for an upcoming Fellini film series at the Trylon Cinema. @trylon.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I made a poster for an upcoming Fellini film series at the Trylon Cinema. @trylon.org
Excessive noise is evidence of stagnation!
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excessive noise is evidence of stagnation!
Savage Sunday. Post a barbarian, brute, heathen, primitive, wild, uncivilized, vandal, ruffian, beast, or hooligan.
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Savage Sunday. Post a barbarian, brute, heathen, primitive, wild, uncivilized, vandal, ruffian, beast, or hooligan.
I miss my first AI
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I miss my first AI
he wasn't dreaming
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
he wasn't dreaming
From Cartoon Dialectics No. 2. Only six copies left!
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November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
From Cartoon Dialectics No. 2. Only six copies left!
uncivilizedbooks.com/cartoon-dia...
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