Thank you!
huge sigh of relief
Okay, my host, Sunaurus-- In future, would you say there are any specific do's and don'ts about trying to include image content in posts & comments? Like, should I be doing something more smartly..?
Ah... "Naked Mole," you made my day posting this!! <3
Such a wonderful series, full of.. what? Perfect insights in to our own characters, is it not..?
Certainly.
So then, in WinX' latest Chrome, latest behavior is as described above.
I.e., that the auto-added "image redirect" command that it seems you recently implemented, unfortunately so far seems to break viewing of an image in comment/post as described/exampled above.
Right so-- I had the idea that in case of any more problems going forth, I should then point to an image both in standard Lemmy protocol, but also just as pure web link, just to be sure.
Example post: https://lemm.ee/post/35734760
For example, yesterday I saw pictures and related links below, and today I see blank spaces and just the links themselves, no pics. I.e. same issue I was whining about originally.
https://i.imgur.com/Bo6rw3Q.jpeg
Here's more of the same markup-code, from same post:
https://i.imgur.com/gagmsNw.jpeg
Oops.
Worked yesterday, but broken again today. Dang.
Oh man, I did find my obnoxious comment, seemingly blaming you for my utter frustration at the moment.
That's not right, and I sincerely apologise for that.
I've now edited my comment to reflect my pure idiocy at that moment. Thank you for any and all understanding on your part!
Tested and confirmed, thank you so much! <3
EDIT: Non-polite, frustrated words.
Old man ranting at clouds, basically.
Sorry folks, sorry.
Thank you!
And please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
Overall I'm really happy with my community and this instance, just that... shit is frustrating, lol.
Interesting.
As just a learner, I have no idea what the real / technical difference is between the "oe" versus "œ" diphthong.
Probably missed the prime opportunity with the age of this post, but if any French-speaking person could check in, I'd appreciate it.
Tested again just now. Still seems busted.
Still this code added in, breaking image-linking attempts:
"https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url="
This ligne claire piece isn't connected to any particular story I'm aware of, but does have a companion view.
More stuff on the artist's Instagram. He also goes by "D.E.C." and "Dec-Art."
While looking up work for Manfred Deix, I chanced across this guy. Funny, they seem to share a rather acid commenting style upon modern life. oO
I'm not completely sure what this last one references. Maybe the fossil fuel industry and wasteful suburbanite living, haha. Actually it reminded me of a fold-in by Lithuanian-American humorist, Al Jaffee. See cartoon #2 here.
He's a concept & video game artist, currently working at Amplitude Studios.
What particularly caught my eye is that he seems to start via traditional methods (pencil, watercolor and ink), which then gets scanned and finished off via digital tools, not unlike the pioneering work by Richard Corben on Denz about 30 years ago.
Lots more good stuff at his ArtStation and Instagram.
I noticed that this poster by André Juillard is quite popular around the internet. After a little digging, I found that it's not just a one-off piece, but corresponds directly to tome 2 of the Arno adventures, scripted by Jacques Martin and illustrated by Juillard. Following the example of the Sphinx piece above, I decided to search for more of the architectural panels from the book.
Yes, that's actually Emperor Napoleon along for the ride!
In 1984, Martin created the historical series - "Arno." Through its central character, the Venetian musician Arno Firenze, the series chronicles events occurring between the French Revolution and the end of the Napoleonic Empire. Arno gets involved with the revolutionary movement in Paris of 1789 and is eventually recruited in Napoleon Bonaparte's army. Martin once again strove for historical accuracy and tried to depict the Corsican emperor in a balanced way. Napoleon is portrayed as a brilliant politician and military strategist, but at the same time a formidable tyrant. --Lambiek
Martin was a French comic creator who worked alongside colleagues Hergé, E.P. Jacobs and Paul Cuvelier as part of the original team of Tintin magazine artists. He's best known for creating the young Ancient Roman Alix (1948- ) and the contemporary journalist Lefranc (1952- ), whose adventures are continued to this day. Over a career of six decades, Martin became one of the most influential creators of historical comics. Besides the Roman age, Martin set his stories in ancient Greece (Orion, 1990-2011), ancient Egypt (Kéos, 1991-1999), the Napoleonic era (Arno, 1984-1997) and the reign of Louis XIV (Loïs, 2003- ).
Artist André Juillard is one of the most productive and influential artists of historical comics in France. Born in Paris, Juillard attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, taking courses in comics from Jean-Claude Mézières and Jean Giraud. He began his professional career as an illustrator for the children's magazine Formule 1 in 1974.
In short, he's illustrated a landslide of series, which can be checked on Bedetheque.
As for this particular album, there's a summary on the back cover. Google and I translate it thusly:
1798 : the French Revolution is exported to the Orient. Napoleon leads a French expedition to discover what he may in the shadow of the ancient pyramids, in these hostile lands. Harassed by the Mamelukes, pursued by Admiral Nelson's fleet, Bonaparte is the plaything of all perils. However, another threat hangs over him - “Red Spade”. What is the mysterious plot against the young general which Arno Firenze, his companion from Italy, is trying to thwart? And who is the enigmatic Bedouin who follows in their footsteps? Friend or enemy, warrior or infidel..?
I'm not too familiar with these characters and this series, but I understand André Franquin originally created a marsupilami character as part of his work on Spirou, then took the rights with him when he left, spinning them in to a new series of the same name. After his death, other creators worked on a new volume of series, such as Batem, as seen above. [Lambiek]
Note their incredibly long tails, which are like a super-powered fifth limb. I kind of wish I had one of those, as silly as it might look.
I'm enjoying the sketch-like nature of this watercolor. Most of JG's detail-work I've seen has been very meticulous, painstakingly even, so it's cool to see him 'loosen the reigns' like this.
This nice piece is by Didier Convard, from his series Chats ("cats").
From what I can tell, cats are the dominant species in this reality, with humans amusingly playing more of a primitive, underclass role.
More on Convard at Lambiek (note: he's not to be confused with Didier Conrad), and more samples from Chats here.
Sounds good to me, and anything we can do to help, please!
Oh, geeze, no apologies necessary on anyone's end, particularly towards our wonderful host's end. We're going to help make the Fediverse work, right? Alrighty then! ^^