10 of Pentacles

[egypturnash]

Force absolute, without moderation.

You know, I hear that sometime in the eighties they retconned Galactus so that he's actually just some giant cloud of Eat, who creates psychic fear vibrations or something that makes people THINK they're seeing a big nasty giant whatever-they-are. Fuck that. I like the insane megalomania of him being a GIANT SPACESHIP MAN WHO EATS PLANETS.

Also, I really think that in the long run I want to do these with no border, if I can manage it; full-bleed images just feel like more of a kick in the face, and that's what a good Tarot deck is supposed to deliver. Until then, though, Mz. Galactus here will be the only one to break out of her frame. She's too BIG not to.

Also I marked this as "Vore (tame)" on Furaffinity.

Print available on Artspots.

Comments

[silverblue.livejournal.com]

The bit I like the most are those attacking spaceships!

[mister-wolf.livejournal.com]

Kirbygasm!

[ineffabelle]

This picture almost perfectly encompasses one of my shards...
Totally gleeful and easy going, yet a destroyer of planets.

[xyzzysqrl]

They tried to retcon him, but it didn't stick. Then they made him a ... collective of alien cockroaches or something in the Ultimate line.

Nobody nowadays really seems to have any idea how to deal with Kirby's works.

[turbinerocks.livejournal.com]

Grrlactus :D :D :D :D :D

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Seeing that you're not above a few pop culture references in the deck proper, I may as well tell you that my vision of the Knight of Swords in your style is on a motorcycle and wearing a yellow tracksuit.

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, babe. I kinda didn't hate the "fear-projecting" retcon when you first mentioned it. But now that you describe it as a "giant cloud of Eat," I HAVE to either like it... or co-opt that notion for FCrash. :D

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Also I marked this as "Vore (tame)" on Furaffinity.

[[helplessly giggling dragon]]

[kamenkyote.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I was right in spotting Galactus in the sketch. I feel all smart! I didn't know that they'd try to change him that much. Shame, really. He was just fine all on his own, though I DID like the part he played in "Earth X." There, he was still his big ol' self but he had a slightly different purpose. Read it if you haven't. One of the best super-hero all inclusive GNs I've read. This is a cool piece, and I like the idea of the cards being borderless. It fits your style of linelessness as well.

[mutleyjames.livejournal.com]

Awesome card, amazingly funny.

[theome.livejournal.com]

So I've been watching your Tarot designs for a while now from my friendsfriends page. However, I was wondering, do you plan to have his tarot deck of yours printed when it's completed? I have someone that I would love to buy it for.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

THE DEVOURER OF WORLDS DEMANDS A MOON PIE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YQNdRP73Ao

[relee.livejournal.com]

Oh that's sweet. XD

That expression makes her look like she's giggling, or someone is tickling her. Very cute.


I had always wondered about the character Galactus but I was never really into comic books, so I looked it up on Wikipedia last year. Apparently he looks like whatever he wants, really; he can change his size at will and appears to be a giant of the same race as the observer. So a human would see a giant human, and a kilraithi would see a giant kilraithi and a norn would see a giant norn and so on...

Apparently his true power is omnipresent and omnecient, however it's being constantly drained by containing a force of absolute destruction, making him mortal but godlike. He eats planets in order to stop the whole universe from dying.

As for his origin, apparently he was the last surviving mortal from the previous universe, and he just happened to be at the spot where everything imploded, and the previous universe's manifestation of life carried him into the new universe where he became a god. I think his name in the previous universe was Stanley or Galen or something... XD

Really interesting character anyway. One of the 'true gods' of the Marvel Universe, along with Infinity, Eternity, and Death.

[aintesduck.livejournal.com]

Yet another great one. ^_^

[zrath.livejournal.com]

I like it very much!
I would buy a print of this.

[ianmcdonald.livejournal.com]

glorious. Tshirt Tshirt Tshirt?

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

FOR MINE ARE.. THE PASTIES COSMIC!!!

[paka.livejournal.com]

I would totally visit a buffet called "Giant Cloud of Eat." I think that's what the hyena-anthro area of this one MU* should be.

[eselgeist.livejournal.com]

Galactus takes the form of whoever looks at "him", etc. I suppose
if he came to the planet of Hot Babes and proceeded to chow down, this is
what it would look like ;)