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Luddites, Process, and Friction-Maxxing

Lauren Panepinto

A big part of my job is trend forecasting, and to do proper trend forecasting you have to look beyond your genre, beyond your industry, and all the way down to the collective unconscious. I talk about this a lot in various Muddy Colors posts, because it informs a lot of what I do, and I most recently did a mini-series on Trendcasting around the Neo-Medievalism trend happening. You can read Part I, Part II,…

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Mighty Men & Monster Maker

Dan dos Santos

December 3, 2025 - I take a real enjoyment in going back to the things that inspired me as a kid, and got me into art in the first place. Lately I've been on a kick of re-watching old television shows I enjoyed as a kid (introducing them to my children now), and re-reading the comic books that later inspired me as a teenager. There's no real "reason" for doing this. I'm not trying to bone up on basics, or re-evaluate why I do what I do... it's just FUN. Sadly, a lot of these old things don't hold up as well as I remember, especially in a technical sense. But sometimes I get lucky and they're even better than I remember. Recently, I purchased a vintage "Mighty Men & Monster Maker" plate rubbing set off Ebay. They aren't…

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