Shawn Gilmore

Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of @vaultofculture, secretary of @cssorg, @ntfclocal6546 steward, comics scholar, a ton of other stuff. Views own.

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

Am establishing a profile where the sky is bluer—feel free to follow me there. 😎

[Emil Ferris @Emilferrisdraws]

We monsters matter. We matter all over the world. The lucky ones among us know that WE ARE ALL MONSTERS and know that WE ALL MATTER and that WAR hurts our collective monster soul. @MONSTERSMATTER

[Comics Studies Society @cssorg]

Reminder: due to a glitch in our system, the deadline for submissions has been extended for an entire month! You now have until February 16th to get those proposals in line, because the best things take time! Join us here: https://t.co/rZxxNkK5KC

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

@ecampbelldammit @topshelfcomix I cover some of these other editions/variations when presenting on FH:

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

Day 25 of Intro to Comics, in the bag, From Hell (first in Taboo #2-7, 1989-92; ten parts by Kitchen Sink, 1993-98; collected @topshelfcomix, 1999; a colored Master Edition, 2018-20) by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell (@ecampbelldammit), Prologue + Chs 1-4. #comics #teaching

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

@ecampbelldammit @topshelfcomix Only so much can fit in a tweet 🤷‍♂️

[Comics Studies Society @cssorg]

Reminder: submissions for our upcoming virtual conference (June 24-28) are open! Join us to “imagine new possibilities of what the body can do, and how this can work against the normative” (per Russell), and explore the frontiers of what comics can do! https://t.co/rZxxNkK5KC

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A classic string board appears in Chucky s01e03 Syfy/USA, 2021): https://t.co/VwIscczgx7

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

https://t.co/jPworA6lPY

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A tiny bit of string appears in the background of a scene in Joshua Williamson and Bruno Redondo’s Superman #9 (DC, 2023): https://t.co/OaHqhAaUS7

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

The Grinch adorns a model of Whoville in red string in The Grinch (dirs. Yarrow Cheney & Scott Mosier, 2018): https://t.co/HjFXeS7YwY

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A standard obsessive/kill list wall grows throughout Silent Night (dir. John Woo, 2023): https://t.co/aexQY0OK2I

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A classic string wall appears during the credits and in some scenes of A Creature Was Stirring (dir. Damien LeVeck, 2023): https://t.co/CgpPUetB3S

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A classic obsessive wall appears in parts throughout the new holiday classic Thanksgiving (dir. Eli Roth, 2023): https://t.co/ifBfm9yxnG

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A classic string wall appears in Apocalypse Clown (dir. George Kane, 2023): https://t.co/F2UzA7MZcs

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

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Today, after nine months of good-faith negotiations with the university, graduate workers at Yale voted to ratify a first contract, which will be effective through July 2028.

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A classic string wall appears in “Old Friends,” a Saturday Night Live sketch that aired 9 December 2023:
https://t.co/lseTEPryJP

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

One of the finest meditations on Point Break you will finds: https://t.co/LWNowcljHc

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

A classic string board appears in It’s a Wonderful Knife (dir. Tyler MacIntyre, 2023): https://t.co/8gNSZKGNLq

[Vault of Culture @vaultofculture]

Geoff Keighley, Gonzo, and Camilla the Chicken presented the Award for Best Debut Indie at The Game Awards 2023 via string board:
https://t.co/KQtUB7hGQa

[Shawn Gilmore @gipperfish]

Today in "that's not how any of this works..." full-time faculty at Columbia College want to be part of mediation between the striking part-time faculty in CFAC and management. Note the galling last paragraph... https://t.co/81Zb4AIS8P