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covid19/japanese art

Atlas Obscura reports on a trend where artists are drawing Amabie (アマビエ), a sort of mer-bird-person spirit associated with protection from disease.

A Healing Spirit From 19th-Century Japan Is Back to Face COVID-19

Artists are bringing back Amabie, a ‘yōkai’ associated with protection from disease.

Image by Kaori Hamura Long. The article features several other examples from the current trend.

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Perspective: Moderate/independent voters aren’t necessarily in the “middle” so much as they just don’t fit neatly into the binary left/right categories.

Perspective: Moderate/independent voters aren’t necessarily in the “middle” so much as they just don’t fit neatly into the binary left/right categories. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-moderate-middle-is-a-myth/

Perspective: Moderate/independent voters aren't necessarily in the "middle" so much as they just don't fit neatly into the binary left/right categories.

As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:

As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vertigo-comic-book-line-sjw-values/

“Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer.” Because the more coverage you see, the more common you think it is. (Look up ‘availability heuristic’) The rise of fear-based social media: Nextdoor, Citizen, and Amazon’s Neighbors

“Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer.”
Because the more coverage you see, the more common you think it is. (Look up ‘availability heuristic’)

The rise of fear-based social media: Nextdoor, Citizen, and Amazon’s Neighbors

Crime has gone down, but people think it's gone up