zestinpeace

Another animal on the computer

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Call me Zest. :3 Internet furry, fan of art, computers, and overthinking. Sydney, Australia. Born '98.


fish
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THE CHECKOUT COUNTER  /  JUNE 2023
the second safest mountain (horror/fantasy comic) what happens next (horror/comedy/drama webcomic) petite maman (fantasy/drama film)
ISSUE 08

hello to the wave of new cohost users :) this is a monthly post i make where i list stuff that i found interesting and worthwhile for others to check out.

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  • i've been listening to louie zong's beyond the edge of the world (dungeon synth/ambient) and hannah jadagu's aperture (R&B/dream pop).
  • petite maman is such a lovely and melancholic movie. it's short and sweet at an hour and ten minutes, and utilizes framing so well. it's a time travel story told like a fairytale, metaphor and magic realism seamlessly intertwined. it has a lot to say about mother-daughter relationships without being heavy-handed; it's also interesting from the perspective of an only child—the attempt to find a sibling that doesn't exist. so, so good.
  • the second safest mountain is a mesmerizing 100-page comic about a woman who is doubting her faith and home. these panels provide the perfect amount of breathing room and haunting imagery.
  • if you were on tumblr at any time during your teenage years, the webcomic what happens next is going to hit you like a freight train. the story revolves around a murder that happened years in the past, and hones in on the young adults affected most by it. i love the weird anachronisms that place the comic in a limbo state of early 2010s to the current day. the current chapter, victim impact statement, made me say "nooooo" out loud several times—it's like watching a car crash in slow motion. what happens next indeed!

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in reply to @fish's post:

I love these posts!

Thanks for the rec of Beyond the Edge of the World, I'm listening through now! I'd found Louie Zong in the past from their ¡kirbia! album, but hadn't checked out their other work. Super cool stuff!

what happens next is a banger of a comic. also i LOVE the css layout you've got going on here; might have to partially steal it for my own series of 'things i've been enjoying lately' posts, lol. good stuff!