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This week's episode of KnockBack is dedicated to the 1993 anime Ninja Scroll.

Ninja Scroll is a major cultural touchstone. Indeed, its structure is outright video game-ish.

So listen. Then burn in your golden hell!

Audio: https://t.co/QeY8x30UeX

Video: https://t.co/CFBQYta4ai

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2021-09-28

I have the “difficult” task of watching movies all day as research for some upcoming Liminal Horror releases.

Having touchstones is important to me as they help root visual/tone/theme when writing adventure frameworks.

Currently on deck: The Thing, the void werewolves within

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2021-07-21

Oh man that's a tough one. I'd have to say these ones.

I would add The Nightmare Before Christmas as it is now technically a Disney movie, but I still don't see it as a "Disney" movie (it was originally released under Touchstone as Disney thought it was "too dark and scary")

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2021-05-29

Today, March 25 - Disney/Touchstones Pictures' Dick Tracy walks away with 3 Oscars at the 1990 Academy Awards (held at the Shrine Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles).
This is a piece I did for a magazine years ago...

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2021-03-25

Mariven Touchstone! Human bard/fighter, and sad hot dad. I ended up retiring him bc I was really struggling with him, but I miss him so much.

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2021-03-15

"...Batman wouldn't have made you touchstone for all field units if you couldn't handle it!"

🖥️ Final Night

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2021-03-14

What was a touchstone book for you during your childhood? One that you held tightly to you because this was "your" book?
(illustration by Quentin Blake)

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2021-03-07

Let's hope your humanity is high enough to enjoy a little love message from our handsome boi, Max.

Feel free to share it with your touchstones.

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2021-02-15

This is from 2014 but it still holds up as a major touchstone for what I am about.

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2021-02-04

Our touchstones include Red Jack from Friends at the Table, Discworld's Moist von Lipwig and Nanny Ogg, Radar O'Reilly from [MASH], and Sayaka Kanamori from Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken. Characters who are socially-savvy and pragmatic problem solvers, though in different ways.

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2021-01-25

“Repose” (14 x 18 x 1in) $700 by Sharmila Kapur on display as part of our virtual Spotlight exhibition on our website!

Link in bio!! 🖼😁

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2021-01-19

editing day 2 👁 vibes + visual touchstones

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2021-01-16

My favorite environment plein airs for Cornflower, and some touchstones. The bottom two are:
Over The Garden Wall (L), The Secret World of Arrietty (R)

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2020-12-19

It's also a big cultural touchstone for anime like Megazone 23 and Bubblegum Crisis. I'm pretty sure that Wings of Honneamise sequel Hiroyuki Yamaga is still 'trying to make' is described by him as 'Streets of Fire with planes.' https://t.co/1bNCd3aCAi

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2020-12-03

I’m grateful that Gore Magala doesn’t actually exist. That would be the perfect touchstone to 2020

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2020-11-28

day 15: favorite historic event
— the conquest.

"maesters of the citadel who keep the histories of Westeros have used
aegon’s conquest as their touchstone for the past three hundred years."

[art credit: chase stone, TWOIAF & naomimakesart https://t.co/tVmLiO0olQ]

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2020-11-15

I'm still thinking of artists with wildly varying discographies, who had good success in each of them. Gene McDaniels and Scott Walker come to mind as having had a radical drift after the 60s, but i don't think either had enough success to be a touchstone.

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2020-11-10

brain's been mush so little actual work has been getting done, but i did sketch a touchstone 🗡🗡🗡

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2020-11-09