activity timestamp 7 months ago

When I talk about #Skypirates I frequently mention the film The Pirates of 1920 (released in 1910, available now from New Ellijay Television.)

It's great!

It's also a sequel of sorts, to the 1909 film The Skyship Destroyer. I didn't have a good copy of that one until today! But now I do, so you can too: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/uNf5YWCLtWgeb42sejjoxZ

activity timestamp 7 months ago

There's a third #skypirate film in this proto- #steampunk trilogy called The Arial Anarchists, but it has been lost for around 100 years.

It's based on a book, though. The book is called Hartmann, the Anarchist; Or, The Doom of the Great City by E. Douglas Fawcett

That's on PG and Librevox. I haven't read it. I might not ever read it. Who knows?

But if you wanted to watch a 115 year old science fiction film about sky pirates... well, go watch The Pirates of 1920, it's a much better movie than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a Second 115 year old film about #skypirates... Go watch The Aerial Submarine, it's a much better film than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a THIRD 115 year old film about #airship pirates... well, The Airship Destroyer is now available.

activity timestamp 7 months ago

I'm working on some posters for our #skypirates for #assemblyRequired

Here are some posters, tell me what you think!

The first is inspired by futurist art, because it was the futurist anarchists that everyone assumed would take control of the air in the 1910s (They didn't, WWI happened and the futurists mostly became fascists, and they mostly sucked shit, but some of their art style was interesting and the Russian constructivists and Russian Futurists took up their style and made it in to something much cooler, and that's where I'm drawing this inspiration.)

The second is Fred the Baker as a sky pirate.

The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate. Yellow and black with blocky font going in mutiple directions. Says "The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate We want you to be a sky pirate. The essential elements of Sky Piracy are poetry, audacity, and revolutionary joy. Beauty exists i all things and most significantly in the joy of revolution. We are facing the end of society as we have known it and must be ready to support one another and build a new world on the remnants of the old. The splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty, the beauty of slow. An airship wafting through the sky, a nap, is more beautiful than gunfire. We will build museums and libraries, fight capitalism, fascism, and all bigots and opportunists. We will build a new world, and you will join us. Each of us is a poet. Each poet among us must make the revolution irresistible. We will exalt movements of compassion, thoughtfulness, mutual aide, and revolutionary joy. "
The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate. Yellow and black with blocky font going in mutiple directions. Says "The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate We want you to be a sky pirate. The essential elements of Sky Piracy are poetry, audacity, and revolutionary joy. Beauty exists i all things and most significantly in the joy of revolution. We are facing the end of society as we have known it and must be ready to support one another and build a new world on the remnants of the old. The splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty, the beauty of slow. An airship wafting through the sky, a nap, is more beautiful than gunfire. We will build museums and libraries, fight capitalism, fascism, and all bigots and opportunists. We will build a new world, and you will join us. Each of us is a poet. Each poet among us must make the revolution irresistible. We will exalt movements of compassion, thoughtfulness, mutual aide, and revolutionary joy. "
The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate. Yellow and black with blocky font going in mutiple directions. Says "The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate We want you to be a sky pirate. The essential elements of Sky Piracy are poetry, audacity, and revolutionary joy. Beauty exists i all things and most significantly in the joy of revolution. We are facing the end of society as we have known it and must be ready to support one another and build a new world on the remnants of the old. The splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty, the beauty of slow. An airship wafting through the sky, a nap, is more beautiful than gunfire. We will build museums and libraries, fight capitalism, fascism, and all bigots and opportunists. We will build a new world, and you will join us. Each of us is a poet. Each poet among us must make the revolution irresistible. We will exalt movements of compassion, thoughtfulness, mutual aide, and revolutionary joy. "
Mountain Town Toys
@MountainTownToys@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

🚨 FIRST LOOK: JACQUES THE SKY PIRATE! 🚨

Meet Jacques—the rogue French-Canadian sky pirate from our original pulp series The Mysterious Air Pirates!

Hand-painted in our Ellijay, GA workshop and molded in eco-friendly PAL + recycled HDPE, this daring 3 3/4" figure is ready to swing into your collection with his trusty grappling hook!

SEE HIM IN PERSON THIS WEEKEND!

We’re debuting the entire crew at the Designer Toy Art Festival (presented by Assembly Required) in Philadelphia, August 9-10! Come find us—we’ll be the ones talking pulp adventures, sustainable toys, and revolutionary joy.

Jacques was designed by @djsundog and produced by Sundog and @ajroach42

#SkyPirates#RevolutionaryJoy
Mountain Town Toys
@MountainTownToys@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

🚨 FIRST LOOK: JACQUES THE SKY PIRATE! 🚨

Meet Jacques—the rogue French-Canadian sky pirate from our original pulp series The Mysterious Air Pirates!

Hand-painted in our Ellijay, GA workshop and molded in eco-friendly PAL + recycled HDPE, this daring 3 3/4" figure is ready to swing into your collection with his trusty grappling hook!

SEE HIM IN PERSON THIS WEEKEND!

We’re debuting the entire crew at the Designer Toy Art Festival (presented by Assembly Required) in Philadelphia, August 9-10! Come find us—we’ll be the ones talking pulp adventures, sustainable toys, and revolutionary joy.

Jacques was designed by @djsundog and produced by Sundog and @ajroach42

#SkyPirates#RevolutionaryJoy
Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

I'm working on some posters for our #skypirates for #assemblyRequired

Here are some posters, tell me what you think!

The first is inspired by futurist art, because it was the futurist anarchists that everyone assumed would take control of the air in the 1910s (They didn't, WWI happened and the futurists mostly became fascists, and they mostly sucked shit, but some of their art style was interesting and the Russian constructivists and Russian Futurists took up their style and made it in to something much cooler, and that's where I'm drawing this inspiration.)

The second is Fred the Baker as a sky pirate.

The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate. Yellow and black with blocky font going in mutiple directions. Says "The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate We want you to be a sky pirate. The essential elements of Sky Piracy are poetry, audacity, and revolutionary joy. Beauty exists i all things and most significantly in the joy of revolution. We are facing the end of society as we have known it and must be ready to support one another and build a new world on the remnants of the old. The splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty, the beauty of slow. An airship wafting through the sky, a nap, is more beautiful than gunfire. We will build museums and libraries, fight capitalism, fascism, and all bigots and opportunists. We will build a new world, and you will join us. Each of us is a poet. Each poet among us must make the revolution irresistible. We will exalt movements of compassion, thoughtfulness, mutual aide, and revolutionary joy. "
The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate. Yellow and black with blocky font going in mutiple directions. Says "The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate We want you to be a sky pirate. The essential elements of Sky Piracy are poetry, audacity, and revolutionary joy. Beauty exists i all things and most significantly in the joy of revolution. We are facing the end of society as we have known it and must be ready to support one another and build a new world on the remnants of the old. The splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty, the beauty of slow. An airship wafting through the sky, a nap, is more beautiful than gunfire. We will build museums and libraries, fight capitalism, fascism, and all bigots and opportunists. We will build a new world, and you will join us. Each of us is a poet. Each poet among us must make the revolution irresistible. We will exalt movements of compassion, thoughtfulness, mutual aide, and revolutionary joy. "
The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate. Yellow and black with blocky font going in mutiple directions. Says "The Manifesto of the Sky Pirate We want you to be a sky pirate. The essential elements of Sky Piracy are poetry, audacity, and revolutionary joy. Beauty exists i all things and most significantly in the joy of revolution. We are facing the end of society as we have known it and must be ready to support one another and build a new world on the remnants of the old. The splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty, the beauty of slow. An airship wafting through the sky, a nap, is more beautiful than gunfire. We will build museums and libraries, fight capitalism, fascism, and all bigots and opportunists. We will build a new world, and you will join us. Each of us is a poet. Each poet among us must make the revolution irresistible. We will exalt movements of compassion, thoughtfulness, mutual aide, and revolutionary joy. "
Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago
Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

Most of the toys we're making right now are #skypirates

Why Sky pirates?

Because Sky Pirates are full of revolutionary joy!

In the 1910s and in to the 1920s, in the build up of to and the wake of the first world war, the air was full of revolutionary energy. Anarchists and socialists were tossing bombs and setting fires. Against that backdrop, man was heading for the skies.

From Zeppelins to The Wright Flyer, everyone was racing in to the skies.

And those two ideas got mixed up in people's heads. Suddenly literature and film were full of stories of anarchists bombing from zeppelins, of Great Men flying to Mars in their blimps.
Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

There's a third #skypirate film in this proto- #steampunk trilogy called The Arial Anarchists, but it has been lost for around 100 years.

It's based on a book, though. The book is called Hartmann, the Anarchist; Or, The Doom of the Great City by E. Douglas Fawcett

That's on PG and Librevox. I haven't read it. I might not ever read it. Who knows?

But if you wanted to watch a 115 year old science fiction film about sky pirates... well, go watch The Pirates of 1920, it's a much better movie than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a Second 115 year old film about #skypirates... Go watch The Aerial Submarine, it's a much better film than The Airship Destroyer.

But if you wanted to watch a THIRD 115 year old film about #airship pirates... well, The Airship Destroyer is now available.
Andrew (Television Executive)
@ajroach42@retro.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

When I talk about #Skypirates I frequently mention the film The Pirates of 1920 (released in 1910, available now from New Ellijay Television.)

It's great!

It's also a sequel of sorts, to the 1909 film The Skyship Destroyer. I didn't have a good copy of that one until today! But now I do, so you can too: https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/uNf5YWCLtWgeb42sejjoxZ