#close encounters

[humanoidhistory]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster from Japan, 1977.

#close encounters #close encounters of the third kind #spielberg #steven spielberg #sci-fi #japan #ufo #scifi

[yesand87]

All of Ms. Rafferty's Bodily Euphemisms

-Coot Coot and Prune Chute (x2)

-Fun Bun and Mud Gun

-Drainer and Stainer

-Cooter and Tooter (x2)

-Hog Taker and Log Maker

-Grassy Knoll and Gassy Hole

-Bush and Tush

-Taco and Choco

-Pink Pocket and Stink Rocket

-Fuzzy and Scuzzy

-Baby Tunnel and Gravy Funnel

-Please Hump-it and Cheese Trumpet

-Clam Casino and Bean Burrito

-Yeasty and Beasty

-Dong Hole and Wrong Hole

#kate mckinnon #snl #close encounters

[doshmanziari]

Hey, everyone.

In 2022, I wrote and illustrated a short comic book which I published and sold copies of at that year’s MICE. Entitled Adyton, it was a brief exploration of what I'd very loosely call the close encounter phenomenon, with an emphasis on the abduction aspect. Since then, I’ve wanted to expand on the book; but, as is usual for me, I have to ruminate on something for a long while until embarking on the project feels right. This recently happened, and I’ve decided to entitle what I intend to be my first complete and long-form graphic novel Can You See Behind the Moon? I’m not going to say where the title comes from, and will leave it to those who are more familiar with some of the paranormal literature to recognize its origin.

Over the years, I’ve made sputtering attempts at other graphic novels, but the lack of a clear narrative direction for one doomed it to oblivion (Underbrickers), while the creative momentum of the other seemed bound to a very particular timeframe (Grim Synergy). Differently, I see this project as encompassing ideas which, to varying degrees, are present within my mind every day, or every other day, and I do think it can be sustained by that persistence. If I were forced to speak in very general and perhaps reductive terms about Can You See Behind the Moon?, it is my attempt to explore possibilities implied by close encounters in a way which emphasizes a deep and occulted relationship humanity appears to have with itself, the cosmos, and what one might term the evolutionary impulse.

The first four pages you see here (not counting the cover) are recreations of Adyton’s first six pages. As should be apparent, the narrative is not linear. Like Adyton, the plot sometimes progresses according to visual resonances which can also be interpreted as conceptual resonances. For instance, the as-yet-unnamed young man’s finger-gun gesture becomes the transitional point for a reference to the so-called Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, wherein guns figured prominently, and unusually.

To be clear, this work has been done very quickly, in the interest of submitting it to relevant publishers as proof-of-concept material, and so that I’m able to maintain a pace of a couple of pages every two or three days (while also producing “fine art” for gallery shows, to say nothing of various other side projects). But I also like the roughness of the drawings, and the color of the newsprint paper… so, the making of these has also carried with it pleasure and occasional surprise at the results. Since I’ve decided to work within a limited palette, I’m relying heavily upon the linework.

For Christmas last year, my partner — somewhat regretfully — got me a comic book about UFOs published the same year by Dark Horse. I write “somewhat regretfully” because she didn’t really like the look of it; and when I received it I had to agree: the art is so simplistic, mundane, and ugly that I don’t think I’ll ever do more than skim some of the pages (the author also seems to have only done the bare minimum of research regarding Betty and Barney Hill’s case). But I’ve used the book as a point of motivation: surely, if something that bland could get green-lit by a fairly well-known comics publisher, then my work stands a chance.

Another one of my particularities is that I tend to get through projects more quickly when I don’t assign their completion an arbitrary date, and also when I don’t make myself beholden to publicizing all of the progress. I don’t intend on making a Kickstarter or anything for this — unless it becomes necessary — so I’m not sure when I’ll be prepared to share more. But, the time will come.

Anyway — even if there’s not much here yet, thanks for looking!

#hudson artist #hudson new york #ufos #aliens #close encounters #flying saucers #graphic novel #paranormal #paranormal phenomena #new comic book #ink illustration #ink drawing

[stone-cold-groove]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 1977.

#movies #70s movies #steven speilberg #1977 #we are not alone #aliens #extraterrestrial #the mother ship #close encounters of the third kind #close encounters #extraterrestrials

[centuriespast]

Vittore Carpaccio’s ”The Crucifixion and Apotheosis of the 10,000 Martyrs of Mount Ararat” (1515) [with detail]

Credit...Accademia Gallery, Venice

#close encounters

[booklove22]

Fic Idea for someone who writes fics:

Nancy and Ace actually broke the curse in 4x03 but THOUGHT they didn’t when Nancy passed out (one last trick from Temperance). Its now 5 years later, and Nancy and Ace have moved on to other lives and other people, but have returned to HSB for Bess and Addy’s upcoming wedding, along with their significant others. Somehow, its discovered that the curse actually had been broken that day, and Ace and Nancy must come to terms with the promises they’ve made to other people and the lingering feelings they still have for each other.

#nace #nancy drew #cw nancy drew #nancy x ace #ace hardy #someone please write this #i want a multi-chapter with so much tension #even the tension has tension #and longing #so much longing #and situations where they are flung together #dancing? check #close encounters #injured nancy needing treatment from med school ace #and their SOs aren’t bad people they just aren’t THE ONE

[yoursghouly]

#source: twitter #alien invasion #take me to your leader #close encounters #aliens #ufo #space #meme #alien invaders #dark humor #funny #lol #memes #Twitter #funny tweets #chill #my shitposts #alien humor #dad jokes #leader #silly #extraterrestrial #invasion #ET #wtf #tweet #alien #random #humor #leadership

[guillotineman]

#close encounters of the third kind #close encounters #1977 #70s #Steven Spielberg #Spielberg #director #filmmaker #master #Vilmos Zsigmond #Michael Kahn #John Williams #Richard Dreyfuss #aliens #alien #mothership #sci-fi #mystery #drama #masterpiece #perfect #movie #illustration #illustrations #artwork #cinema

[blogparanormalexpresso2stuff]

Exceptional Extraterrestrial Encounters: Ten True Cases

Almost all UFO encounters are interesting, but some are exceptionally interesting. This is especially true with cases involving landed UFOs and extensive interactions with humanoids. This video presents ten exceptionally strange cases with bizarre or unique aspects. These ten cases (coming from across the world) contain powerful evidence for the reality of the alien presence on our planet, including landing traces, medical effects, electromagnetic disturbances, animal reactions and more.

#Youtube #ufo #ufology #ufo sightings #close encounters #uap #Preston Dennett

[cinemacouture]

Fire in the Sky (1993, Robert Lieberman)

#fire in the sky #robert lieberman #1993 #alien #UFO #horror #alien abduction #close encounters #UFOlogy #UFO encounters #robert patrick #travis walton #d. b. sweeney

[pastmyprimape]

Oh, saw this beauty last night 😍 so gorgeous (ignore the bug)

They were kinda small for a noctowl, but that just made the sight of them that much more special.

#pokemon #pokemon sightings #noctowl #close encounters #unreality #pokeblr #pokeblog rp #chickamattus #south unova

[madrodent]

Close Encounters

Minimal poster for Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic film Close Encounters of the Third Kind

#cosmos #space #aliens #close encounters #sf #science fiction #movie #film #poster #minimalist #vector #illustration #design #graphic design

[travsd]

R.I.P. Melinda Dillon

Do you ever have those moments (I frequently do) when you see an actor you haven’t seen in a while in a film or a tv show, and then the next day they die? It’s coincidence, but creates an illusion of significance. Did I cause it? Was I meant to contemplate her on this day? This emotional feeling is the origin of superstition in the more primitive sections of the human brain, but I, though fully…

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#A Christmas Story #actress #Close Encounters #dead #Melinda Dillon #obituary #star

[zippocreed501]

...images from the lost continent of cult films, b-movies and celluloid dreamscapes

Friendly alien visitors from sf/fantasy films of the 70's and 80's.

We come in peace. We are here to share our advanced technology, to impart wisdom on the mysteries of the universe and to highlight what a bunch of xenophobic shits you all are.

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Superman (1978) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Starman (1984) Cocoon (1985) Batteries Not Included (1987)

#aliens #sf #et the extra terrestrial #close encounters #bowie #superman #from the badlands #from the b-movie badlands

[nightheartcomics]

Deep in the dark woods…

#pet cemetery #the mist #dark forest #close encounters #x files #stranger things #mystery #twin peaks

[covecreekphotography]

Apologies for the less than great image, but this is what it looks like when an osprey mistakes your camera lens for a tree branch. I ducked when all I could see through the lens was its tail feathers, and it abruptly banked left. That was exciting....

#bird photography #bird migration #nature photography #wildlife photography #osprey #photographers on tumblr #close encounters #birds of prey #birds of tumblr #birdwatching