Stephen Duignan

The Star Trek Starfleet Academy Trailer Dropped, And We Need To Talk About Some Of The Feedback I need to talk about this.

“Eight years on [from the launch of Discovery, there’s nothing] to be gained in hanging out in the comment section of a show that other Star Trek fans are excited about, and waxing poetic about the franchise returning to its roots.”

my gay moms

vistaprint vs moo

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

breaking into the exhibit and putting this thing on to gain the Power of Free Speech but the first thing that comes out of my mouth is “Barry Lyndon is too long” and the crowd immediately turns on me

spiritual opposites

Brad Pitt Is Fooling You The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

"It isn’t that people don’t believe in what happened to Angelina Jolie on that plane — they just don’t care." www.vulture.com/article/brad...

"They could have used their power to grant equal rights, but shirked that responsibility. Instead they made a community plead for equality on the doorsteps of their neighbours. Then they wrapped themselves in the rainbow flag, claimed the victory, and ignored the damage their decision had caused" 👇

Cartoon Saloon is hosting a 2-day training course in Kilkenny for 13 clean up artists who want to pick up TV Paint. If that’s you, you should apply because Kevin’s great: www.nationaltalentacademies.ie/courses-acti...

A new look at Cartoon Saloon's upcoming film Julián has just been released ahead of Annecy Animation Showcase with the film due to be released in 2026. I am so hyped to see this knowing it's Cartoon Saloon and it looks as gorgeous as their previous works. Cannot wait to see it!

Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase Lineup Features New Films From Cartoon Saloon, GKIDS, La Cachette and More (EXCLUSIVE) Five of the most exciting international animated features will participate in this year's Annecy Animation Showcase at Cannes' Marché du Film.

in the papers

It makes Star Trek III better as well.
Oh sure, you’re only going to use the Genesis Device to make dead world habitable…
Of course Kruge would be suspicious after the Federation installed someone many in the Empire would see as a puppet by planting a bomb at the core of Quo’Nos.

And I always see Chang’s baldness as a deliberate choice, a rebellious streak against attempts at peace and diplomacy we see in earlier films. As the Klingon empire moves into a reformed state under L’Rell & Gorkon, he clings to the past. He wants the war, he craves it. He must ‘remain Klingon’. 2/2

I’ve said this before but I love how the Klingon war in Discovery makes Star Trek VI better. The heads of Starfleet would have been young officers during the brutality of the Klingon war. That trauma, those scars, would linger even in an enlightened age, & really cements their hawkish behaviour. 1/2

For all its faults, Star Trek: Picard at least redressed the balance a bit and gave us the most Romulan mythology we’d gotten in years

love this - was curious if we’d see any pre-existing, era-appropriate designs

A red dip made to look like Darth Maul's face, complete with Bugle "horns"

Disney's Chips and Sith (2015-2015): In anticipation of the "Galaxy's Edge" attraction, both Disneyland and Disney World released this dish: Chickpea and lemon hummus, topped with roasted red pepper coulis, Bugles, and black sesame dust, to replicate the face of Darth Maul.

why is Goosebumps like Scream now

people really wringing as many likes as possible out of the TNG Irish Unification of 2024 before new year’s, huh

Disney Pulls Transgender Storyline from Pixar’s ‘Win or Lose’ Streaming Series (Exclusive) The original animated show about a co-ed high school team debuts on Disney+ in February.

proud to be working on a film that would get pulled by Disney but despair at the media landscape it’s going to be released into

Begging you to understand that trans people existing is not a thing you need to take your children aside to explain like it’s a cautionary tale

Julián is looking for a rough animator www.cartoonsaloon.ie/positions/

Missed this coming out - I worked with Rachel to design the title treatment for Ishango. The illustrations were partly inspired by tarot cards, so I thought it would be fun to carry that reference through to the title, which was based on Pamela Colman Smith’s lettering on the Rider-Waite deck.

Kickstarter is now live! The Beasts and Blessings of the Hallow’d Hall: a deck of 45 bestiary cards along with a companion compendium of folk prose cowritten by myself and writer/composer @notquitereal.bsky.social

kickstarter.com/projects/badbucket/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall

Lwaxana Troi has some of the best character development in all of Star Trek. Someone who seems silly and frivolous but is revealed to actually be smart, capable, complex, and aware of how she's perceived by others. What seems like vapidity is actually a conscious choice of joy in the face of tragedy

no that’s about right

you guys. you guys. the new Blu-ray master of I Love Lucy. you guys.

(all credit to @w0wmd on Twitter: x.com/w0wmd/status...)

now they’re here I can properly tag @artofstartrek.bsky.social