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Hi Mom, So, this is not a Thorwback photo of me and you, Mom, from my childhood, but it is art from 1973 and the "Yesteryear" episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series that was used as the cover art for the Star Trek Log One compilation of adaptations of the show's scripts that is still sitting on book shelf. No, this one did not get purged.
Today's post is just a random assortment of things starting with some comic book news.
How did I miss this?
Yes, I sit in front of a computer all day long, and though I have Twitter's firehose at a trickle, the fact that I missed the big news that BENDIS IS LEAVING MARVEL FOR DC is proof of how I am not skimming the news that is important to me AND not visiting a comic book shop weekly as I did in Michigan where my well-meaning and nerdy friends would tell me the BENDIS NEWS. Oh my. I am sure it was on Twitter, but again, TRICKLE.
So, SUPERMAN GETS THE BENDIS RELAUNCH, which may be a good thing. There's a sect of comic book nerds who seem to have some weird self-righteous position of pseudo-authority based on what (I don't know? Junk Food consumed? Number of comic boxes in the basement? Secret sex fantasies about X-Men?) who seem to look down their noses at Bendis. He's oft-maligned by certain groups of so-called fans, and yet Bendis is popular because he has done great things for comics. He is definitely one of the top ten comic book writers in the history of superhero comics, or just Marvel comics specifically. I have loved most everything he has written as it has been thoughtful, well-paced, emotionally moving, and riveting. So, though I will miss his work at Marvel, he has really done most everything at that company, and it's very exciting that he's moving over to DC.
Here's some Superman art...
Okay, and now, there's this: DC UNVEILS ALL-STAR "BLACK LABEL" IMPRINT.
“Many of our perennially best-selling, critically acclaimed books were produced when we unleashed our top talent on stand-alone, often out-of-continuity projects featuring our most iconic characters, a prime example being Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns,” DC Entertainment co-publisher Jim Lee explained in a statement about the new imprint. “Creating DC Black Label doubles down on our commitment to working with all-star talent and trusting them to tell epic, moving stories that only they can tell with the highest levels of creative freedom.”
Invoking Miller was not a random choice; the iconic creator is writing his first full Superman project, Superman: Year One, for the imprint, with John Romita Jr. illustrating. Also on tap are Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo, reteaming for Batman: Damned — which teams the Dark Knight with John Constantine for a story that tests the former’s sanity after the Joker is found dead — and, in her first major DC work, Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadlyco-creator Kelly Sue DeConnick, partnering with Phil Jimenez for Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, which tells the lost history of Wonder Woman’s people from their creation through the arrival of Steve Trevor on Paradise Island. (Jimenez’s promotional art for Wonder Woman Historia is above.)
Each of the DC Black Label titles will be released in a format and schedule dictated by its creators and take place outside of the canonical DC Universe as seen in the regular comic book series, allowing creators to take full advantage of the creative possibilities on offer.
COLLECTED LINKS DEPARTMENT
This is just for your edification and amusement. Here's the links currently open on my machine, not sharing ones like Coursera or my personal email and other proprietary stuff.
https://colinmawson.bandcamp.com/album/moons-of-jupiter
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-sleepwalker-s-ocean
https://play.pocketcasts.com/
http://over-encumbered.com/archive
MYSTERY IN SPACE
SOME GOOD NEWSY STUFF:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/18/03/09/1637219/sea-level-rise-in-the-sf-bay-area-just-got-a-lot-more-dire
https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/03/08/231225/fake-news-spreads-faster-than-true-news-on-twitter----thanks-to-people-not-bots
https://science.slashdot.org/story/18/03/08/2232213/132-year-old-science-experiment-washes-ashore-in-australia
and this caught my attention and made me laugh
New Evidence Reveals Ancient Greeks Immediately Regretted Inventing Theater
OXFORD, ENGLAND—Providing insight into the culture of early Western civilization, historians from the University of Oxford announced Friday the discovery of new evidence revealing that ancient Greeks immediately regretted inventing theater. “Our research shows that directly after developing theatrical performances as a way to honor the gods during religious festivals, the people of sixth-century Athens realized what a terrible thing they had done,” said research associate Hannah Brubaker, whose team of translators and anthropologists are working to catalogue reams of writing in which classical Greeks confessed that the idea of a professional class of people wearing costumes and masks while standing on stage and performing stories was a horrendous mistake. “It appears the Greeks almost immediately recognized that this new craft would create an entire subcommunity centered around the worst attention-seeking narcissists in their society and inspire a litany of terrible productions that they would all have to sit through. The Athenians in particular, being the most refined, sensitive, and sophisticated of the Greeks, instantly wished they had never conceived of theater in the first place.” Brubaker added that several new findings suggest the ancient Greeks also lamented encouraging those prone to pondering life’s unanswerable questions out loud to call themselves “philosophers.”
HAPPY INTERGALACTIC WOMEN'S DAY
And now some more 1970s SF art........
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| Bob Eggleton |
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| Dean Ellis |
More at 1970s Science Fiction Art TUMBLR
In other news, I spotted a big HAWK sitting on our fence last week.Also, my puppies helped me recover from my illness.
SATCHEL AND ELLORY GALLERY - MARCH 3, 2018
On Monday, Piper took Ellory for a walk in the woods.
And so, I promised Satchel a nature walk of her own on Wednesday when Ellory goes to Paradise Dog Ranch (hence that "I ran with the pack" tag on her collar). Here's the photos from my walk with Satchel at Paradise Point State Park (not related to Paradise Dog Ranch). Here's the map and photos from Wednesday March 7th.
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Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.
I miss you so very much, Mom.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1803.08 - 10:10
NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.
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