Category Archives: comics

Asante Sana, #MilestoneMedia Artist Mark (M.D.) Bright, 69

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This is truly sad news. He was the artist for Icon, who, despite being a conservative in his first incarnation, was perhaps my favorite Milestone superhero!

Here are some obits and here is his Wiki.

“X-Men ’97” Official Trailer

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I remember so clearly when this was “sneak-peek”ed in the fall 1992. It feels like a lifetime ago: I had just started grad school. It was on #FoxKids, home of #BatmanTheAnimatedSeries. I hadn’t read a X-Men comic since 1985 so I didn’t know half the team’s members. I quickly learned and for much of the ’90s dopamine instantly flooded my insides whenever I heard the words, “Previously, on ‘X-Men’….” So, #MarvelEntertainment #MarvelEnterprises, please air these *in order* this time? An advance THANKS!

MARCH 25th UPDATE: WOW, WOW, WOW! What a debut!

Finally! Fantastic Four Cast!

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Best Valentine’s Day EVER 🙂

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Marvel Studios announced the cast for The Fantastic Four on Valentine’s Day, 2024, with a Valentine’s Day-themed art on Instagram:
Pedro Pascal: Plays Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic
Vanessa Kirby: Plays Sue Storm
Ebon Moss-Bachrach: Plays Ben Grimm
Joseph Quinn: Plays Johnny Storm

FEBRUARY 22 UPDATE: This FF-oriented image was used for this article on Marvel’s attempt to fix itself.

“Meanwhile, At The Hall of Justice….” Fifty Years Ago Today……

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…..Saturday mornings on ABC became appointment television for millions of 1970s children across America. (All this and Scooby-Doo and Schoolhouse Rock, too!)

Oh, an important societal note:

If you want to see a 1973 future-forecast prediction of Amazon.com, streaming services allowing people to stay home, etc., please find and watch all of the first-season episode “Professor Goodfellow’s G.E.E.C.” Two small excerpts:

My Novel’s First Draft: Labors End, Labors Begin

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So that’s what writing a rough draft of a novel is like!

Mine was easy since my novel is 80 percent true!

So I learned that all the fiction-writing stereotypes are true.

  • You do get ideas when you’re trying to go to sleep.
  • The characters do talk to you in your head until you write down what they are saying and/or doing.
  • It does take as much time as you give it.
  • It is true that the reader doesn’t have to know the whole history and background of your characters, but you do.
  • You do miss your characters when you are done and it is a good idea to jump right into another project–as in “meeting someone new.” 🙂
  • It does take a certain stamina and commitment to finish–particularly when you realize it’s just a first draft. (I haven’t run it through the AI yet.)

Marvel Studios’ The Marvels | Teaser Trailer

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Just the trailer makes me want to see this team in its own movie trilogy! And I love this choice from The Beasties!

SEPTEMBER 14th UPDATE: