Brian Shawkey

I wish love and peace for my boy Matthew.

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

Yes, J. Jonah Jameson is only in it for the money! #DailyBugle

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

Today, we unveiled a new statue of Juan Ponce de Leon at Florida's Capitol, honoring the explorer whose arrival in 1513 marked the beginning of Florida's written history and gave our state its name: La Florida. Florida's story began long before statehood or even at America's founding—it stretches back more than five centuries and helped shape the nation we know today.

As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, Florida is leading the way by preserving and celebrating our history. While others tear down monuments and diminish our heritage, we are honoring the men and women who helped forge our civilization and teaching the next generation to take pride in our state's unique role in the American story.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is a statue of the only man in Troy who saw the trap. He tried to warn everyone, and this is what the gods did to him because of it...

His name was Laocoön, a Trojan priest. When the Greek army vanished and left a giant wooden horse outside the city gates, all of Troy celebrated. Only Laocoön refused to believe it. He warned his people the horse was a trick and, to prove it was hollow, hurled his spear into its side.

In Virgil's telling, he spoke a line that has outlasted almost everything else about Troy: "I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."

He was right. The horse was packed with soldiers, and Troy was hours from destruction.

This sculpture shows what he got for it. Two enormous sea serpents rise out of the sea and coil around him and his young sons, dragging all three down together. The father's whole body is knotted in the struggle, every muscle straining, his face locked in a scream. The gods wanted Troy to fall, and Laocoön was in the way.

The Trojans watched him die in agony and drew exactly the wrong conclusion: they decided the gods were punishing him for attacking a holy gift. So they pulled the horse inside their own walls, and that night, Troy burned...

The statue is called Laocoön and His Sons. It is the work of three Greek sculptors from the island of Rhodes, Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus, and dates to the Hellenistic period, making it well over two thousand years old.

Buried for more than a thousand years, it was dug out of a Roman vineyard in 1506, and Michelangelo rushed across Rome to see it the day it was found.

It has been called the single greatest depiction of human suffering in the history of art, but it endures because of what it is really about: the man who sees the truth, says it out loud, and is destroyed for being right while the crowd watches...

It is one of the oldest patterns there is, and it has never stopped repeating.

There is nothing new under the sun.

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

@UAPWatchers I want to believe

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

The people who think James Franco is insane, or that this is real, they aren't getting his sense of humor.

Because this is freaking hilarious!

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

@billy_tucci I Want To Believe… (you remember that don’t ’cha?)

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

@dom_lucre You’ve Got To Believe…

[Gerry Callahan @GerryCallahan]

Eye witness: “The car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer.”

I wonder how hard CNN is working to get this guy on tonight.

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

@goodmorningufo You’ve Got To Believe…

[Steve Chung @SteveChung1968]

In honor of Tom Palmer's birthday, I'd like to share this classic story by Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, Herb Cooper, and Stan Lee.

Fifty-seven years ago, Doctor Strange and Clea escaped both "The Cult And The Curse!"

https://t.co/iezA3Z7hQ6

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

Guns & Roses

[GRAHAM NOLAN 🇺🇸 @gnolan12]

Still got the chops! 💪 #batman #Bane @DCOfficial

[Andy Smith Art @andysmithart]

As I organized my studio over the weekend, I found a newspaper issued by the Southeast Chapter of the NCS, featuring a compilation of comic strips from several members, including my strip, Flex and Tone. I think I did a total of 42 strips, maybe I’ll get them all out there someday?

[Steve Chung @SteveChung1968]

In honor of Frank Giacoia's birthday, I'd like to share this classic story by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Frank Giacoia, and Sam Rosen.

Fifty-nine years ago, Iron Man met "The Uncanny Challenge of The Crusher!"

https://t.co/b1TDV9mBiQ

[Brian Shawkey @BrianShawkey]

@E119Blaine @shiestynurse What do you mean “Clark” didn’t lose his family the way she did? The whole planet blew up!

[Dr. Masque Retro Elixir @DrMasque]

I normally don't post full stories, but this one seems appropriate for today. USA, The Spirit of Old Glory appeared in Feature Comics from Quality for 7 issues. Read the first below. From Feature Comics #42. Art by Maurice Gutwirth . Read the full 5 page story below. Happy 4th! #4thofjuly #indendenceday #oldglory #AmericanPride

[Comic Book Wilderness @odhurt]

Captain America by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Red, White and Blue coming at you!

[Comic Who Loves Comics @FrankiePaul64]

Happy 250th Birthday America!

Art by Don Heck & Jerry Ordway.

[Andy Smith Art @andysmithart]

Have a fantastic INDEPENDENCE DAY!