![]() ![]() ![]() So someone had the brilliant idea to replace them for the deluxe 100 buck "definite" edition…" Wein & Wrightson's Absolute Swamp Thing to be Coloured by José Villarrubia The right how it's been recolored for the deluxe omnibus edition ($100)… Another baffling industry phenomenon is when series in which the color played an important role, enhancing the narrative, are recolored for no good reason at all… the new coloring is just harsh and literal and in effect flattens the image… PS: The original colors WERE by Wrightson. "The left one are the colors by Wrightson himself. Indeed, Villarrubia had previously posted about these issues in question and how they looked in digital restoration, from the recent Deluxe reprint, He wrote in 2020. ![]() Now it seems that DC Comics is going back to the original. You can imagine how excited I am about this… It is a labor of love! I am following very faithfully the original colors by Wrightson himself, Glynis Wein and in the last issues by Nestor Redondo, Tajana Wood!"ĭC Comics had previously published the Alan Moore/Steve Bissette/Rick Veitch/John Totleben run on Swamp Thing with a third Absolute volume, an oversized hardcover collection, though this was delayed due to the pandemic. He posts to Facebook "I have a big announcement to make! I have been asked to do the digital color restoration of Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson! It collects issues 1-13 in an oversized hardcover format. ![]() Well, it seems Villarrubia is going to be putting his money where his mouth is. ![]()
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Dare to write one really awful sentence if you have to. And keep showing up.Īttempt mediocrity, even. I still get stuck overthinking, delaying, waiting for inspiration. ![]() Quantity leads to quality. I don’t know if I’m learning it. And I’ve been having this lesson delivered to me repeatedly over the past year. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work – and learning from their mistakes – the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.īrilliant. Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. ![]() Those being graded on “quality”, however, needed to produce only one pot – albeit a perfect one – to get an “A”. 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This story from the book Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland popped up in a favorite technology blog yesterday: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From there, the Hero’s Journey has become an overt template for superhero films like Captain America: The First Avenger, Frodo’s journey in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and even comedy TV series like Dan Harmon’s Rick and Morty (Harmon successfully worked Campbell’s Hero Journey into his 8-Step Story Circle used by many writers in Hollywood).īut today, let’s go back to the source, back to Joseph Campbell and his classic six-part interview with legendary journalist and interviewer Bill Moyers called The Power of Myth. This classic series has just become free on youtube thanks to distributor Kino Lorber, 34 years after its original broadcast on PBS in 1988. He was the first to consciously do so in Hollywood and made Campbell’s work popular. But where did Vogler get his ideas from? Vogler, of course, never shies away from mentioning his source–and his mentor–Joseph Campbell, the anthropologist who coined the phrase, ‘the Hero’s Journey.’Īs is legend now, Star Wars creator George Lucas followed the Hero’s Journey in crafting Luke Skywalker’s journey through the first trilogy. Vogler wrote a memo about this journey that went viral at Disney and revolutionized how the Mouse House made movies. Mythic storylines, according to Chris Vogler, author of The Writer’s Journey, are the most sought-after screenplays in Hollywood. The Hero’s Journey is the backbone of most myth-based stories in Hollywood. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is the author of the best-selling book, What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House, as well as Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?, and Shall We Wake the President? Two Centuries of Disaster Management in the Oval Office. Troy is also a presidential historian, making him one of only a handful of historians who has both studied the White House as a historian and worked there at the highest levels. ![]() In addition to his senior level government work and health care expertise, Dr. From 1996 to 1998, Troy was Senior Domestic Policy Adviser and later Domestic Policy Director for the House Policy Committee, chaired by Christopher Cox. Troy served as the Policy Director for Senator John Ashcroft. Troy has held high-level positions on Capitol Hill as well. Troy has extensive White House experience, having served in several high-level positions over a five-year period, culminating in his service as Deputy Assistant and then Acting Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.ĭr. Troy was the chief operating officer of the largest civilian department in the federal government, with a budget of $716 billion and over 67,000 employees.ĭr. Senate as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Troy was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. His latest book is Fight House: Rivalries in the White House, from Truman to Trump. Tevi Troy is a best-selling presidential historian, and a former senior government official. ![]() ![]() ![]() The result is an indispensable companion for all Chesterton enthusiasts and a perfect introduction for anyone who has yet to meet the incomparable Father Brown. Included also are eight illustrations reproduced from the first edition. In this annotated edition of the collection, the Chesterton scholar Martin Gardner provides detailed notes and background information on various aspects of such stories as "The Blue Cross," "The Secret Garden," "The Invisible Man," "The Hammer of God," "The Eye of Apollo," and seven more, as well as an informative introduction and an extensive bibliography. So Chesterton is really in the vanguard for mystery as a. Even Sayers didn’t publish her first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery until 1923. Agatha Christie didn’t publish her first mystery until 1920. ![]() Sir Arthur Conan Doyle only started his Sherlock Holmes stories in 1887. The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) was the first collection of stories featuring the ecclesiastical sleuth and is widely considered the best. The short stories in The Innocence of Father Brown were published in 1910. More than lighthearted comedies built around puzzling crimes, these superbly written tales contain deeply perceptive philosophical reflections. Father Brown, an ordinary priest whose unremarkable exterior conceals extraordinary crime-solving ability, is celebrated for his solutions to metaphysical mysteries, a genre perfected by his creator, G. ![]() ![]() Then she randomly starts speaking, still sparsely, but it was already beyond irritating to me. Someone states something, she considers it. Someone asks a question, she thinks about it. Instead she just internally mused, endlessly. Even so, I'll buy the selective-mute aspect of her personality, especially in a society where the likelihood of someone listening is always high, but there could have been some sort of response. ![]() Instead, I spent the first 15% irritated that the main character, Phaet, hadn't said a single word or responded in any sort of way to anyone that spoke to her. ![]() I really should start re-reading the summary blurbs before starting the book - it might save me a lot of concerns and issues. Ultimately there were a few too many issues for me to enjoy this book. ![]() I was so excited and looking forward to reading this book, and was beyond excited when I was approved through the Penguin First to Read program. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the paintings catch the attention of the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale, she implores Emma to come back to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor.ĭespite her guilt and anxiety-or maybe because of them-Emma agrees to revisit her past. ![]() The last she-or anyone-saw of the teenagers was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips.įifteen years later, Emma is a rising star in the New York art scene, turning her past into paintings-massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches over ghostly shapes in white dresses. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out into the darkness. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and Emma played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. From the author of Survive the Night and Final Girls comes a tense and twisty thriller about a summer camp that’s impossible to forget-no matter how hard you try. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The traditional Southern peas for Hoppin’ John is red peas. That is NOT a Southern tradition,” she said. “I know you’ve got a lot of Northerners who make it with black-eyed peas. Daufuskie Island native, historian, chef and Gullah Diva Sallie Ann Robinson, author of Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way and Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon and Night, dispels several myths regarding the recipe. While most experts agree on the history of Hoppin’ John, they often disagree on the cooking method and even the ingredients. ![]() Several sources also suggest a penny or dime should be placed under the plate or in the dish itself for additional wealth. Tradition dictates that a side of collard greens representing paper money be served with Hoppin’ John to ensure prosperity in the coming year. The African roots of the dish can be traced to the antebellum rice culture of the South Carolina Lowcountry, where peas and rice have been cooked together for centuries. ![]() The simple recipe called for one pound of bacon, one pint of peas and one pint of rice cooked in a single pot. The first written “receipt” for Hoppin’ John appeared in “The Carolina Housewife” (1847), and was written by Charlestonian Sarah Rutledge. A Southern dish of black-eyed peas and rice historically eaten on New Year’s Day for good luck. ![]() ![]() With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger onboard. Livestock is slaughtered.Īnd then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.īut no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. ![]() It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. ![]() TITLE & AUTHOR: The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart TurtonįIRST PUBLISHED : October 6th 2020, by Sourcebooks Landmark He can lift up the edges of the world and peek beneath. ![]() |