Ben Applegate🔜SDCC

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Director of publishing, editor, translator. Manga, democracy, civil rights, foster kittens, sci-fi, beer. Another world is possible. He/him. Portfolio etc.: benapplegate.com (pfp: Marume Goshika)

Lee Young-ae in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
An ad a shower product I have never heard of ("shower steamers"?). The product names have a bunch of profanity in them
a pizaman
A panel from the manga AIDOL depicting a smiling girl (the character Misaki) holding a box with the narration "I don't think I can take much more of this"
THE PIZZA CUPCAKE
The team samples ramen in Tampopo
There's useful automation software that makes it easier to code, draft a new resume, or study vast repositories of scientific knowledge. And then there's a parade of technofascist hucksters lying to your face about the imminent arrival of omniscient, sentient, paradigm-rattling supercomputers. There's a tremendous chasm between these two things. And everywhere you look you can see evidence that we've reached a breaking point when it comes to reconciling these two wildly-different realities.
A form misprinting the name TUTTLE as BUTTLE from Terry Gilliam's Brazil
Cover of the new hardcover deluxe edition of Osamu Tezuka's manga Phoenix.
Bibi Order They are dressed in KKK-style clothes. A collection of the world's most powerful evil.
There's a sleepy kitten under my chair
A spread from the last chapter of To Your Eternity.
Panels from the manga To Your Eternity. Fushi is asked, "Did we lose? Did we win?" Fushi responds, "Well, we…"
Kaibara Cybernetics is terminating our services, effective immediately. We thank you for your loyal patronage!
The great Tadanobu Asano in Shogun, saying "I assume it's proper for you to commit seppuku at once."
Sleepy kitten
A hand brushes wheat sprouting from earth.
Florence the cat again, this time lying down
Florence the long-haired dilute calico rescue cat
A piece of Vans branding that says のチチヒけミソノムレレ but is probably meant to say "Off the Wall" in English. If you squint. Hard
My photo of some smirking amoral toadies
Strikers' demands: 1. Meet with Mikie 2. Release the vulnerable 3. Review cases 4. End coercion Stop retaliating+ meet these now!
Governor Mikie Sherrill 1h. ... UPDATE: DHS has met our demand to restore family visitation. Starting today, limited visitation will resume at noon, and regular visitation hours will be restored beginning tomorrow. Families should contact the facility directly for additional details. Law enforcement will help escort families into the facility. It is critical that outside actors allow this to happen safely. I continue to call on DHS to provide appropriate care and medicine for all detainees, give detainees a meaningful opportunity to review their cases, stop pressuring detainees into signing deportation documents, be transparent about who is being held in this facility, and ultimately close this facility. I urge everyone who shares these goals to continue working together to lower the temperature and protest peacefully so we can continue making progress for families and detainees while avoiding any ICE escalation that would only create more fear and uncertainty in our communities.
A fake title card for Star Trek deep space 9 reading " sure, there's a war on but there's always time for baseball"
A fake title card for Star Trek the original series reading " obvious metaphor for racism filmed on planet of Nazis/gangsters/ whatever sets and costumes happened to be available"
Senator Andy Kim rushes into the street in front of Delaney Hall to get between protesters and ICE thugs
A bridge named "Nameless Bridge"
A clipping from a "how to read manga" page from Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! 1
A kitten with her tongue out in the mirror
An email subject line from Popeye's reading "This weekend only: FREE Gallon with Family Meal"
Dilute calico kitten in a carrier.
Burger King logo meme generator reading, "I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am"
Calico foster kitten sticks her head out for treat
A very old Viewfinder-style viewer with "3D" photos and a description card that supposes this is the earliest use of 3D in relation to moving pictures
Hina leans back to look up at Hinako in a panel from the manga Rainy Day Serenade.
A panel from the manga Rainy Day Serenade. A teacher says: They've also been made into CDs. Let's begin with the work of Mischa Elman.
An affronted kitten
Skinner saying "She was right to do it"
Drawing of Yuki from BECK with text "Trying desperately to fit in and rock out"
Three big white guys asking Ryusuke from BECK, "You got any idea who you're messin' with, punk?" to which he replies, "I'm guessing…three losers who came to Japan 'cause they couldn't get dates in their own country?"
What's more important to you, me or your band?!
A catgirl in a pirate outfit says "The Limbic System reigns supreme."
A page from the manga BECK where Izumi is making Yuki listen to a song. He thinks, "Stay cool, relax…pretend you get it."
Saotome from Cat-Life Balance saying "Why, sempai!" (spelled correctly for a change)
In a manga panel from Cat-Life Balance, Kurone says: "I’m pretty much a lurker on insta. It’s like, I basically think of this as a platform for looking at cats! Did you know that the more cat pictures you click Like on, the more new adorable cats you’ve never seen before will appear on your timeline?! Amazing, right?!"
A sign reading "The Buck Stops Here," from the desk of American president and mass murderer Harry S Truman
A (real) bag of Utz Lemonade-flavored chips (which are real)
A theater marquee reading KINGS: Yoko Kanno With Seatbelts Sold Out
A dork looking over the edge of a couch at a tuxedo cat, who's looking up
A protest sign with photos of Elon doing the salute, the original Hitl*r, and Musk with Trump, and the text: TeslaTakedown.com 60% of Elon Musk's fortune comes from Tesla Hurting Tesla stops Musk! Stopping Musk saves lives! Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines!
Revealing who this character is would be a spoiler...but you can can me... "MOKONA"
That terrible "restoration" of the church painting in Italy (Ecce Homo)
Fuchikomas have mouths now with teeth in them, and a tongue
A curtain took my shoe (Actually it was a cat)
A screenshot from an "educational" "Sailor Says" segment with text overlaid— AMI: ACTUALLY, SERENA, IT’S NOT OKAY TO KILL GIRLS WITH A CHAINSAW AND EAT SOME OF THEIR BRAINS. PATRICK BATEMAN IS AN AMALGAMATED SATIRE OF MALE VANITY AND PATRIARCHAL DOMINATION AT A TIME WHEN ERODING SOCIAL COHESION OPENED A PATH FOR THE “GREED IS GOOD” IDEOLOGY AND CORPORATE SOCIOPATHY WRIT LARGE TO SEIZE A CENTRAL POSITION IN AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE!! SERENA: BU-WAAHH??