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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist

@shokxonestudios.bsky.social

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He/Him. Spends way more time posting about movies than making art, and maybe one day he’ll fix that. Writer of THE IRON REF, coming soon…ish? Maybe? I dunno. Buy my art: https://www.teepublic.com/user/shokxonestudios

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · Dec 30

Like I’ve said on my Threads account:

One strike and you’re out, people. That’s your window to not be a cunt on my feed. Be nice or be gone. Choose wisely.

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 7h

Framed - Poster Challenge #89
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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 7h

Framed - Title Shot Challenge #139
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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 7h

Framed #1320
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 20h

the kids are alright

NPR @npr.org · 20h

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 12h

So Trump is still salty enough about Obama ribbing him at the Correspondents Dinner that he has his pet DOJ cooking up phony charges to jail the cool black dude who will always be more popular?

That is so past small dick energy it’s straight up inverted.

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Scott Stamper @deanmacguffin.bsky.social · 15h

“And then Sly sold out his legacy to shill for President Trump” is gonna be one weird end title text.

Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 17h

Anthony Ippolito is Sylvester Stallone in our first look at #IPlayRocky, Peter Farrelly's upcoming movie about the making of the original Rocky.

See more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 16h

Never vote for a guy who sounds like somebody even Vito Corleone would turn down for a favor on the day of his daughter's wedding.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Anand Giridharadas to Andrew Cuomo: "First of all, governor, it's 'Mamdani.' This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right."

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Eric Sipple @ericsipple.com · 16h

Yo, this is some bleak language.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16h

Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:

We have come to expect a dose of political theater in the political branches, drama designed to rally the base or to rile or intimidate political opponents. We also may expect there a measure of bending sometimes breaking the truth. By design of the Founders, the judicial branch stands apart. We rule on facts, not on supposition or conjecture, and certainly not on fabrication or propaganda. I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority's order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur. Above all, I ask
those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

Chuck Dixon created Bane. I don't bring this up to argue that creating that character somehow negates his current behavior, but to talk about a problem very prevalent in comics. And that is bigoted people making bank off the very marginalized groups they later demonize and discredit.

David *Insert Halloween Name* Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck Chuck Dixon.

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

No hint yet of a season two by this point probably isn't good news, but Netflix shows don't have the best record of short waits between installments anyway, so maaaaaybe... *shrugs* #TwilightOfTheGods

Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

I joked earlier about Lupin the Third being the culprit, and what do you know, Zenigata shows up at the crime scene.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”

RFK Jr. explains why socializing with Jeffrey Epstein wasn't such a big deal for him:
...l ran into everybody in NY. I mean, I knew Harvey Weinstein, I knew Roger Ailes, I knew
-- O.J. Simpson came to my house. Bill Cosby came to my house."

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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And You Thought It Was Safe(?) @aytiws.bsky.social · 1d

Almost missed a call from my mom because of some fucking spam call. When I'm President God King, phone soliciting will be a "turn big rocks into smaller rocks" level offence.

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

Now revisiting Twilight of the Gods.

a cartoon of a man with long hair and a beard with a netflix logo behind him

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sq🎃🎃ky from:me @skeet.best · 1d

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

Now that's Pyun's Captain America is out in the world, I wonder if some enterprising fan editor will try combining the workprint structure with the more finished qualities of the release version, like how a few have done with the cuts of Superman II.

Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

"Come to me, my brother. Let us see if this heart of yours is stronger than my hate." #CaptainAmerica #Filmsky

A ★★★ review of Captain America (1990)

Having never seen the much-ridiculed release version from 1990, the workprint director's cut is my first real exposure to Pyun's Captain America, and I'm pleased to say it delighted in more ways than ...

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

Without downloading anything, where are you mentally right now?

Ron White: “How do you sleep at night, you little prick?”

Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

I found an unusually clean and shiny Bicentennial in a roll of quarters just now. I’m not fooling myself that’s worth more than the usual 25 cents, but still, I’m not about to just toss that into the washing machine.

Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being the team that discovers Cap frozen in the ice in a time when Carpenter’s The Thing has existed in the public consciousness for only the last ten years.

a man in a startalk shirt is sitting in a chair

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 1d

Taking a break from horror to check out Albert Pyun's CAPTAIN AMERICA. I've never actually seen the 1990 cut, so this'll be an entirely new experience.

a man in a captain america mask is giving a thumbs up sign

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 2d

Define perfect ending.

Ending shots from The Shawshank Redemption (1994, dir. Frank Darabont)

Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 2d

"Get the fuck out of my house!!" #PanicRoom #Filmsky

A ★★★★ review of Panic Room (2002)

Fincher doing his best Hitchcock. A stranglingly tense cat-and-mouse game that turns the house and its titular compartment into a space somehow both smothering and labyrinthian, yet vast and borderles...

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Josh Gilbert, Occasional Artist @shokxonestudios.bsky.social · 2d

“Rorschach’s Journal, October 12th, 1985: Handcuffed, inflatable penis in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I’ve seen its true face.”

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

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