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Article from Mail about Andrew Wincott in Colombia (scroll down to read the article)

Coming soon to The Archers...Adam Macy's cocoa farm in Colombia!

written by Andrew Wincott for Mail on Sunday Travel (31 March 2014)

Radio star Andrew Wincott is bewitched and bedazzled by a historic and colorful corner of South America

Oh dear! Really? Are you quite sure?' Such were the reactions of various acquaintances to my announcement that I was planning a trip to Colombia.

The fact that I have friends in Bogota didn't assuage their anxieties. And now even I started to imagine scenarios in which, having been kidnapped by some paramilitary renegades, I could possibly negotiate some sort of communication line down which I could record scenes for The Archers from my cell in Bogota. Perhaps Adam could have been on a trip researching cocoa farming, I reflected, and found himself deludedly diverted towards coca instead.

Such is the curious blurring between fiction and reality in The Archers that stranger things have happened.

Bogota is a dynamic city with a chaotic character all its own. At 8,500ft above sea level you would think the head-rush would be mandatory. The rush is all in the traffic: buses veer, bikes swerve, taxis vie for fares across choked lanes.

But in the tranquil historic neighbourhood of La Candelaria you escape to the city's Spanish colonial past. Amid the teeming hordes of students, travellers and local Bogotanos, the gold exhibits of the Museo D'Oro, such as the pre-Colombian gold raft sculpture from the Muisca era, are dazzling.

Alternatively one can enjoy the whimsical wit of Colombia's most famous artist, Botero. His porcine figures are found in a museum named after him and built around a charming 18th Century courtyard. Also housed here is part of Botero's personal art collection, including works by Monet, Renoir, Chagall, Miro, and Dali.

Taking in the view: Andrew at the Iglesia de Monserrate overlooking Bogota.

In the nearby Plaza de Bolivar I saw a llama sauntering by - they are used to give rides to giggling tourists. On one corner stands the Museo de la Independencia, housing artefacts and exhibits that fascinatingly illustrate the story of the 1810 Revolution: how the fight for independence began and how, some might contend, it is still being fought today.

Looking up from the plaza - high in the mountains to the east - you see the Iglesia de Monserrate, which is accessible within minutes by cable car. Here you find a sanctuary of tranquillity and spirituality, as though one has risen above the city while its secular urban unreality sprawls magnificently but chaotically across the plateau below.

If the tumult of Bogota becomes too much, a mere hour away lies Zipaquira and its cathedral, one of the most startling buildings in the world. With ingenuity, vision and audacity, a cavernous expanse 600ft below ground has been carved from a salt mine to form a space for worship.

Such is the combination of iconography, natural forms, colours, and carvings that you feel you're in a sodium-chloride art installation.

It's extraordinary to imagine that on Sundays and holy days 3,000 people come here to worship.

At Guatavita, the legend of El Dorado resonates from the pre-Colombian past. Cradled by crater walls is the lake on to which the Muisca tribe rowed their new cacique (king) on a raft before ritually immersing him, naked and covered in gold dust. In further homage, thousands of gold offerings were thrown into the lake by members of the tribe surrounding the shores.

Across the mountains, through the valleys, past polytunnels (Adam would have been pleased to note) the poncho - or ruana - wearing farmers tend the fields, ride horseback or stroll as though time has stopped. Being on the road is an experience in itself. Away from Bogota, down from the plateau and the temperate high ground, the temperature rises.

Roadside grills offer chorizos, chicken and cold beers to slake the thirst. Dogs slumber, sheltering in doorways to escape the heat while cats watch from the shadows.

If it's history you crave, about 90 miles from Bogota, in the Andes near Tunja, there is a tiny bridge over the Teatinos River, marking the site where the Battle of Boyaca was fought.

Here in August 1819 a decisive victory was won against the Spanish in the war for independence - with the help of the British - an event marked by imposing monuments to the generals Bolívar and Santander.

Soon you reach the white-washed walls, red-tiled roofs and cobblestone streets of Villa de Leyva, a preserved colonial town which, since 1954, has been a national monument.

The 17th Century architecture, featuring cool arcaded courtyards, fountains, and flower-festooned columns, is unspoilt. Dancing in the square and drinking aguardiente in the bars around here seem like timeless nocturnal pursuits.

Further afield, an hour's flight from Bogota on the shores of the Caribbean, lies the Unesco World Heritage site of Cartagena, a beautifully restored jewel of a walled Spanish city with perhaps the most impressive fortifications in Latin America, the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas.

The stature of the walls and the tunnels beneath help the visitor understand why it was virtually impossible to defeat the Spanish here, and why they stayed until the 19th Century.

At night the sun-drenched Plaza de la Santisima Trinidad is transformed into a natural theatre. All life is here. Children race, dogs strut like horses, folk reflect and ruminate.

Locals and travellers mix over a beer bought from the shop across the square and a hot dog from a stand.

If you fancy a cocktail, perhaps a cuba libre, you can try to wake the old girl slumbering behind her stall to mix one.

Colombia is a country that defies expectations. It will bewitch and bedazzle you. The countryside is timeless and you'll find pure pleasure in the tranquillity and variety of the landscape and the charm of its people. If you're looking to escape from the greyness of the commonplace, the warmth, colour and natural beauty of Colombia elevate it to the dimension of another world. I shall certainly be going back.

Maybe that cocoa farm of Adam's wasn't such a bad idea after all.

#andrew wincott #the archers #adam macy #bg3 #raphael bg3 #bg3 raphael

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beautifulbizarremagazine · 1 year

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wanderingmind867 · 1 month

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X-Men 57 and 58 are awful. Sure, we get havok and his cool costume. But we also have an awful sequel to the amazing sentinel saga. Larry Trask is no Bolivar Trask. I'll say that. And the original sentinel saga was amazing with Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Werner Roth. This Roy Thomas/Neal Adams follow-up does nothing for me. And not just because I find Neal Adams a worse artist than Werner Roth.

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denimbex1986 · 5 months

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'Netflix has unveiled the first set of photos from Andrew Scott’s new show Ripley.

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s best-selling novels, the upcoming series follows Tom Ripley (Scott), a struggling grifter living in 1960s New York. His life is forever changed when he gets hired by a wealthy man to bring his “vagabond son” back from Italy.

“Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder,” the synopsis adds.

The eight-episode limited series is created, written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian, who previously received acclaim for Schindler’s List (1993), Awakenings (1990), Gangs of New York (2002) and The Irishman (2019).

In addition to Scott, Ripley is set to feature Johnny Flynn (Emma) as the rebellious and wealthy Dickie Greenleaf, whom Tom is tasked with bringing home.

The Runaways star Dakota Fanning is also leading the series as Marge Sherwood, Dickie’s mysterious girlfriend that seems to have dark ulterior motives.

While Netflix has remained mum on the exact release date for Ripley, the streamer did share three black-and-white first-look photos.

In one snapshot, the Fleabag star is shown looking concerned in the back of a car and dressed in all black.

The second photo features Scott standing on a beautiful balcony overlooking the ocean.

Lastly, the third image showcases the Sherlock actor walking up a flight of stairs to the Hotel Bolivar.

The upcoming Ripley series is the latest adaptation of the beloved crime novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

In 1999, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman starred in the popular film iteration, which earned over $128 million at the box office and five Academy Award nominations, including Best Screenplay.

Aside from Ripley, 2024 is looking to be a busy year for Scott, with his highly anticipated fantasy drama, All of Us Strangers, premiering in UK cinemas on 26 January 2024.

Based on the novel Strangers by Japanese novelist Taichi Yamada, the film follows screenwriter Adam (Scott) as his monotonous everyday life is forever changed following a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal) and the mysterious return of his deceased parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell).

Scott is also set to star in the animated adaptation of Heart of Darkness and Cameron Diaz’s comeback film, Back in Action.

Ripley is set to premiere sometime in 2024.'

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traineetimelord · 1 year

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The X-Men #59 (1969) "Do or Die, Baby!" Roy Thomas / Neal Adams

Ciclope, Fera e Garota Marvel utilizam uma versão portátil do computador Cérebro para localizar a base dos Sentinelas de Trask.

Na base, o juiz Chalmers revela a Larry Trask que ele também é um mutante com o poder de prever o futuro. O medalhão que seu pai, Bolivar Trask, o fazia usar impedia que seus poderes se manifestassem. Agora, sem o medalhão, Larry é incapaz de controlar os Sentinelas que seguem com sua última ordem de exterminar os mutantes.

Força bruta não poderá vencer os Sentinelas. Então Scott usa de lógica contra os robôs. Ele os convence que o único jeito de deter os mutantes é eliminando sua fonte geradora, o Sol. Convencidos os Sentinelas abandonam a base e partem em direção ao Sol e sua destruição.

"Do or Die, Baby!" foi publicada no Brasil pela primeira vez como "Astúcia X Lógia" em Capitão América #96 (Editora Abril, 1987)

(8/300)

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i-r-readcomics · 6 years

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First X-Men

Volume: 1 #05

I Dreamed A Dream

Writers: Neal Adams, Christos N. Gage

Pencils: Neal Adams

Inks: Andrew Currie

Covers: Neal Adams, Matthew Wilson, Adam Kubert (Variant),

Featuring: Logan's Mutant Team (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Holo (Holly Bright) Bomb (Anthony), Yeti (Ben Goldendawn)), Erik Lehnsherr, Charles Xavier, Fred Duncan, Virus, Bolivar Trask

Marvel

#First X-Men #X-Men #Marvel #Wolverine #Sabretooth #Holo #Bomb #Yeti #Erik Lehnsherr #Charles Xavier #Fred Duncan #Virus #Bolivar Trask #Neal Adams #Christos N. Gage #Andrew Currie #Adam Kubert #Matthew Wilson

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mundillotaurino · 3 years

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Bayonne : les cartels de la Temporada 2011 dévoilés

Bayonne a dévoilé les cartels de la Temporada 2011 qui se déroulera entre le 30 juillet et le 4 septembre. Au programme, un total de 7 corridas, une rejon, une novillada piquée et 4 novilladas sans picadors. L’attraction de cette Féria sera la présence de José Tomas qui sera au cartel de la corrida du 7 août aux côtés du français Juan Bautista. Julien Lescarret sera au cartel à deux reprises…

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#Bayonne #El Monteño #Esau Fernandez #Fernando Adrian #Fuente Ymbro #José Tomas #Joselito Adame #Juan Bautista #Juan Mora #Julien Lescarret #Lopez Gibaja #Luis Bolivar #Thomas Dufau #Tomas Cerqueira

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franciscobolivar · 2 years

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hshq task 053. connections!

𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 ─── below is a list of some connection ideas for francisco, king of venezuela. some can be combined or just the basic idea of the connection can be used and we can make it our own.

to be a king ( 00 / 02 )

it’s just politics, or emotionally involved politics. they cannot stand each other so the choices they make politically towards the other country reflect that. maybe they are thick as thieves, and as such, they let the other get away with a little too much. maybe it hadn’t been so glaringly obvious when francisco was married with his wife influencing his decisions and keeping him for being too bias but since that stopped, oh it’s obvious.

new deals ( 01 / 01 )

since the official divorce with karyna in 2020 and her renouncement of her title as queen consort, francisco doesn’t really have any desire to be as favorable to ukraine as he once needed to be, well not for long. maybe there are better offers out there. maybe russia wants to make a few trades? russia maybe or any country opposing ukraine possibly? just an idea from this article found here. maybe? idk. let’s discuss.

like family ( 00 / 01 )

while he has siblings, this is just another younger individual he has come to act like an older brother towards. maybe he sees too much of his younger self in them. besides, who else is he gonna annoy until his siblings join the program?

tabloid troubles ( 00 / 01 )

there was a rumored relationship of francisco and this person that a small tabloid contributed to the divorce of with his wife nearly a year after the split. it was old news by then but still something that he was adamant on proving to be false, it was a bad image. the one mature thing that could be said francisco did, he didn’t want there to be a good or bad guy in this divorce publicly, even if he had very different opinions on the matter privately.

enemies. exes. friends ( 00 / ∞ )

all the rest here that don’t have specifics.

far from over ( latin america ) - ADOPT COMING SOON

in 2015, his majesty santiago bolívar was murdered. a successful attempt on his life, and that of his third eldest, aliana, was made while the father and daughter were in the city of barquisimeto having just made a speech at plaza bolivar dealing with infrastructure concerns. francisco was supposed to be there that day but the reason he wasn’t has come into question many times. officially, a family of high status from the south of venezuela, namely a duke, was held accountable for the murder and dealt with but it’s far from over. francicos’s younger sister, ana maria, has her own theories and she won’t let her brother rest until she is content no other country helped in this. was it just from inside venezuela? maybe it was brazil? colombia? . . . adopt coming soon for this!

𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 ─── adriana, aliana, ender, ana maria (adopt coming soon) . / 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 ─── ??? / 𝒆𝒙-𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 ─── ????. / 𝒆𝒙𝒔 ─── karyna soletskaya (ex-wife), freja du bellay

#hshqtask053

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todaysdocument · 4 years

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Letter to Laura Bush regarding Helping America's Youth, 11/3/2005

“"Last night, we made history - 3 ex-gang members ate dinner at the White House". And then he told her his story and about Homeboy Industries.”

Series: Anita McBride's Files, 1/20/2001 - 1/20/2009

Collection: Records of the Office of Laura Bush (George W. Bush Administration), 1/20/2001 - 1/20/2009

Transcription:

[Letterhead] Homeboy Industries "Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job" [End letterhead]

Board of Directors

Michael Hennigan, Pres.

David Adams

Herb Alpert

Robert Baker

Carol Biondi

Saul Bolivar

Rosa Campos

Raul Diaz

Dwight Hotchkiss

Anjelica Huston

J. Mario Molina M.D.

Fr. Al Naucke, S.J.

Gabriela Ortiz

David Price

Rey Rodriguez

Rob Smith

Carlos Vasquez

Services

Job Referral

Tattoo Removal

Counseling

Case Management

Community Service

"Release" Aftercare

Training Curriculum

Voices of Youth

Homeboy Industries

Homeboy Silkscreen

Homeboy/Homegirl Merchandising

Homegirl Cafe

Homeboy Maintenance

November 3, 2005

Mrs. Laura Bush

The White House

Washington, D.C.

Dear Mrs. Bush:

I want to thank you for including myself, Gabriel, Gus, and Herbert in "Helping America's Youth" White House Conference. It was a powerful day and clear in its guiding principles, articulated challenges and strategic plan.

Above all, I am deeply appreciative to you and your fine staff in their truly exquisite kindness shown to my three "Homeboys"! I suppose you always expect people to be nice. You and your staff chose to treasure these three guys and by your valuing them, they left D.C. feeling "valued". You all seemed to just pull the beauty and goodness right out of them and they got on the plane to L.A. and the three of them, felt "favored". Gabriel told a flight attendant -- "Last night, we made history - 3 ex-gang members ate dinner at the White House". And then he told her his story and about Homeboy Industries. "I made her cry, G -- I hope that's okay?" "You just showed her that you are somebody, son -- and sometimes people will cry when they see it."

It seems to me there are two essential truths. One is that God is compassionate, loving-kindness. And two, we are asked to do only one thing: to be in the world who God is. You, Anita McBride, Elizabeth Herald, Maria Miller, Sonia Medina and Ron Clark did nothing short of resemble God's own heart to the four of us. In the process, Gabriel, Gus and Herbert -- used to being easily despised and readily left out -- recognized that they are the shape of God's heart -- favored and valuable. Your kindness really did this to them.

[Footer] 1916 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90033 (323) 526-1254 Fax (323) 526-1257 [End footer]

I thank you in advance for communicating that message to your above-mentioned staff members. May you continue to be a remarkable sign of the God who loves us without measure and without regret.

With great respect,

[Signature Gregory Boyle, S.J.]

Fr. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J.

Executive Director

#archivesgov #November 3 #2005 #2000s #Homeboy Industries

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comicbooksaregood · 9 months

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First X-Men

Volume: 1

Issue: 3

A Place to Belong

Writer: Neal Adams, Christos N. Gage

Penciler: Neal Adams

Inker: Andrew Currie

Colourist: Matthew Wilson

Cover: Neal Adams, Matthew Wilson

Marvel

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bamfdaddio · 3 years

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X-Men Abridged: 1969

The X-Men, those dino-obsessed mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!

(X-Men 52 - 63) - written by Arnold Drake, Roy Thomas, Linda Fite and Don Heck, drawn by Werner Roth, Barry Smith, Tom Palmer and Neal Adams.

step aside, Wall-E, these Sentinels have nothing on your range of emotions (X-Men 59)

When we last left our X-Men, they were smack-dab in the middle of a big, convoluted plot! Let me refresh your memory:

The X-Men had to beat a hasty retreat;

Polaris had joined her father Magneto

Magneto was injured;

Iceman had quit the team because he still had faith in Polaris;

Eric the Red appeared, making overtures towards Magneto.

And the whirlwind continues! The X-Men (sans Iceman and Cyclops) sneak back into Magneto’s base! Eric the Red reveals himself to be Cyclops! They set a trap for Mesmero! Which is sprung by the wayward Iceman! But he has pertinent information! Lorna is not Magneto’s daughter, she’s just an orphan! Bobby (hilariously) has the papers to prove it!

magneto has now fucked up the relationships he has with all of his children before any of them knew he was their father. mad props (X-Men 52)

Lorna breathes a sigh or relief, glad that she doesn’t have to be evil anymore. (Because obviously, evil is hereditary. And even though she keeps sensing everyone’s ‘evil vibrations’, she stayed with Magneto out of her own volition. SO.) Without Polaris’ power to back them up, Magneto and Mesmero flee.

After this, the X-Men come back to live at the mansion again. No muss, no fuss. Roy Thomas, who’s returning to the book, wastes very little time undoing some stupid decisions made last year. In fact, 1969 has a pretty strong showing, with plotlines flowing almost naturally into one another, a bigger cast and the introduction of one of my favourite villains. It’s pretty palatable.

The one snag is a superfluous issue where the X-Men fight Blastaar and Jean kills someone. (Never comes up again, don’t sweat it.) I wouldn’t even mention it, were it not for this moment where Jean uses some super duper mind machine:

does this remind you of... anything? no? just me then (X-Men 53)

So, anyway, remember Scott’s beloved brother Alex?

i love that jean is all smiles about scotts terrible and all-encompassing ability to repress everything (X-Men 54)

I can sort of understand why that whole third Summers brother was such a huge secret for so long, considering Alex was not even kept a mystery and it still took SIX YEARS for him to be revealed.

Alex is barely introduced before he gets the old plot-bat to the face, getting mixed up in a fight when some pharaoh claims all mutants are pharaohs, being children of the Sun? Apparently, all of them are powered by cosmic rays i.e. the sunlight. Alex is kidnapped, as is Cyclops, and just as Cyclops ponders how happy he is that Alex is not a mutant despite him having the X-Gene, he is attacked by the pharaoh and Alex saves his brother using newly minted energy powers! Oh, the irony.

when I say that I want Alex to wear his old costume, I obviously mean this sexy Egyptian skirt-ensemble (X-Men 55)

Alex and the pharaoh are apparently two sides of the same coin, being charged by the same cosmic rays: when one waxes, the other wanes. The pharaoh locks Alex away in a tomb, cutting him off from those sweet, sweet sunbeams and taking all the power for himself. Like a Power Ranger villain, he grows in size and becomes… the Living Monolith! The X-Men take him down while Alex accidentally blows up the Living Monolith’s temple.

Alex, afraid of his own power, flees into the desert and is apprehended by… the Sentinels?! Surprise, bitch! Lorna is also abducted by them out of her New York apartment. Their next victim is Iceman, and they deliver him to… Larry Trask! (Son of.)

My favorite thing about Sentinels is that, despite the fact that they are objectively huge, they are still able to sneak up on people. Apparently, these murderous periwinkle toaster ovens are so quiet, you only notice when they rip open a roof to get at you. (X-Men 59)

Larry Trask hates mutants because:

They killed his father;

He’s a racist.

Determined not to repeat the sins of his father, Larry has a helmet with which he can use to take direct control of the sentinels, so hopefully they won’t rise up and rebel this time. Somewhere, Asimov is rolling his eyes.

On live television, Larry Trask baits Iceman into attacking him, trying to smear him and mutantkind in general. In the mean time, the Sentinels strike everywhere, taking Unus, Angel, Banshee, the Living Monolith… Even Wanda and Pietro. It´s a literal who´s who of sixties mutandom! The only exempt ones are the Changeling and Magneto, the latter only because he’s been a robot for a while now. Mesmero is just as shocked by this unnecessary retcon as we are.

Just as Larry orders the Sentinels to kill every mutant in the compound (including Bobby, Lorna and Alex), a family heirloom is ripped off his neck. Apparently, this medallion was some kind of protection: the late Bolivar Trask knew little Larry was a mutant and tried to hide this fact from the Sentinels.

The Sentinels turn on Larry faster than you can say “Is being betrayed by AI a hereditary trait?” The X-Men intervene and, after unleashing the might of Havok, they end up in a debate with the Sentinels, turning their own logic against them:

Protecting humans is more important than killing mutants.

So, to protect humanity, they must destroy the cause of mutation.

The Sentinels promptly launch themselves into the sun. Neat.

On a side note, the relationship between Jean and Scott is shelved for now? It seems like they’re dating, but also not? It’s such weird storytelling, especially because their annoying will they or won’t they has gotten so much focus in the past and the relationship between Lorna and Bobby is crystal clear:

Scott. Jean. Is it really going to take Chris Claremont to DTR you two? Fuck’s sake (X-Men 60)

Because Havok’s powers still threaten to overwhelm him, the X-Men contact a former colleague of Professor X… Professor Lykos.

Let me tell you about the sheer, amazing sixties wonder that is Professor Lykos. Originally, Thomas envisioned him as a vampire, but the Comics Code forbade vampires. So, instead, Lykos ends up a human who was bitten by a magical pterodactyl at a young age and who can only survive by draining other people’s life force. He can also hypnotize people into doing his bidding.

Yes.

Lykos suspects mutants might be the cure to his strange, strange ailment, and begins to drain Alex. But to his (and our) sheer delight, he turns into a pterodactyl!

I just love this damn idiot so much (X-Men 60)

Be like Sauron! Choose evil!

The X-Men barely figure in this plot. Ordinarily, I’d be bothered by the fact that these three issues are more about the villain than the heroes, but given that it’s Sauron, I’ll let it slide.

See, Sauron’s tale is a tragic one. Not only is he a weird pterovampire, he is also in love with a sweet girl whose father forbids him from seeing Dr. Lykos, because he is… poor! Gasp! (Those billionaires, not even a doctor is good enough for their daughters.) Sauron, slightly corrupted by his dino-side, realize that it’s a lot easier to just kill Tanya’s father than to impress him by robbing banks for cash.

When he attacks the man and sees the reaction of his star-crossed lover, Lykos realizes Sauron is far too much in control. Sauron is too evil! Lykos/Sauron promptly flees to a cold, distant region, the same place where he got bitten all those years ago, figuring he’ll stay in isolation and starve himself of the human energy he needs. But, just as he is utterly ravenously out of his mind, Tanya finds him! In order to protect her, Sauron sacrifices himself by throwing himself off the mountain… straight into the Savage Land..

The X-Men (sans Angel) follow him into the Savage Land. (It’s unclear why? To retrieve his corpse? Annoyingly, in the next arc, Sauron is not brought up again.) There, they run into Ka-Zar, who’s embroiled in a fight with… prehistoric mutants?

Angel, meanwhile, follows the X-Men in their footsteps, only to end up on the other side of the fight, with a strange white-haired man named the Creator who claims to be the mentor of these Savage Land mutates. Angel pledges him his wings, gets a snazzy new suit and flies off to fight the X-Men. Only then does the man secretly reveal himself: he’s… Magneto! (The true one, not a robot.) And he wishes to rule the savage land!

Angel and the other X-Men briefly fight, but soon the situation is sorted out and the X-Men go and confront the Creator. Magneto, who is way too hammy to ever hide his true nature for too long, reveals himself and the fact that he created these… mutates, including the creepy Brainchild. (He’ll become important later.) The X-Men defeat Magneto and he seemingly dies again.

Without Magneto there, the mutates revert to just being regular cave(wo)men:

I love that Ka-Zar, WHO HAILS FROM THE SAVAGE LAND HIMSELF, has no scruples othering his own kin. (X-Men 63)

The comic accidentally ends on a sad note: the X-Men confessing that they’d give up on their powers in a heartbeat. Not to nitpick, but while I buy that coming from Beast and Cyclops, this issue is less clear-cut when it comes to Jean and Bobby, who have a much better handle on their powers and, more importantly, present as human. It could potentially be an interesting issue to explore, but instead, it is swept under the rug, presenting the team (once again) as a boring but unified front. It remains one of my critiques of this era: the X-Men barely get fleshed out as individuals, other than the broadest of strokes (Leader; Rich Boy; Joker; Smart Guy; Girl). Pity.

Didn’t you take Art History? One thing that has definitely improved is the overall art-style. Artists experiment with panels and splash pages, stepping out of the traditional 2 by 3-grid that Kirby loved so much. It makes the stories more dynamic and, because the writers get more issues to tell their stories, the artists get more space to do their art.

I mean, check this ish out:

Fuck yeah, mental powers represent. (X-Men 57)

Ugliest Costume: None! I really like Havok’s black bodysuit with white stripes and the Sentinels design looks so much less dorkier than before. A+.

Best new character: Sauron, duh. Does he team-up with Dr. Doom at some point? That would be some ham-to-ham combat.

Most audacious retcon: There’s a second Summers brother?

What to read: 57 to 59, which is the plotline dealing with the much improved Sentinels. 60 and 61 if you have a soft spot for vampiric pterodactyls.

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🌟10th Anniversary Issue 41 Pre-Orders now open! 🌟https://store.beautifulbizarre.net/product/issue-41-pre-order/

Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is a leading publication for contemporary art lovers, featuring in-depth interviews and profiles of leading and emerging visual and wearable artists from around the world. Each issue offers informative, inspiring, and thought-provoking content, perfect for artists, artisan fashion designers, collectors, curators, galleries, and anyone looking to stay up-to-date on the latest trends in the contemporary art world. Inside Issue 41

Exclusive In-Depth Interviews: Michael Parkes [cover artist], Tamura Yoshiyasu, Tania Rivilis, Andrew Hem.

Articles: Roxanne Sauriol Hauenherm, Paolo Puck, Known as Myself, Yuki T Photography, Ilya Zomb.

10 Year’s of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: Interview with Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief who speaks to us about how the magazine began, how it has grown and evolved over the last decade. Her challenges, successes, learning, and her journey thus far.

Curator’s Wishlist: Martin & Louise McIntosh, Directors of Outre Gallery in Melbourne, Australia share what they would like to add to their personal collection.

Collectors Profile: Kim Larson & Bradley Platz, Directors of Modern Eden Gallery speak to us about their personal collection and what motivates them to collect contemporary art.

Lookbook: Full page reproductions of Nona Limmen’s dark surreal photography.

Quick Q&A: Lou Benesch, Loputyn, Petite Doll, Karen Turner, and Win Wallace [2022 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Honourable Mention], all respond to the same 4 questions which delve into their artistic practice:

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Tell us about your earliest memories of creating art and when you first realized that you wanted to be an artist?

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jabberwocky1996 · 3 years

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MCU X-Men Fancast - Recurring

Lucas Hedges as Piotor Rasputin / Colossus, Evan Rachel Wood as Alison Blaire / Dazzler, Honor Swinton Byrne as Lorna Sally Dane / Polaris, Finn Wittrock as Black Tom Cassidy, Timothee Chalamet as David Haller / Legion, Baykali Ganambarr as Eden Fesi / Manifold, Julia Jones as Silverfox, Jonathan Pryce as Sebastian Shaw.

Adam Sandler as Mortimer Toynbee, Paul Mescal as Sean Cassidy / Banshee, Graham McTavish as Cain Marko / Juggernaut, Liana Liberato as Blink, Alexa Demie as Angel Salvadore, August Diehl as Azazel, Denis O’Hare as William Stryker, Kelly MacDonald as Moira McTaggert, Moira Kelly as Gabrielle Haller and Ben Affleck as Bolivar Trask.

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weirdletter · 4 years

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Penumbra: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism, No. 1, edited by S. T. Joshi, Hippocampus Press, 2020. Cover art by George C. Cotronis, cover design by Daniel V. Sauer, info: hippocampuspress.com.

Penumbra is a new annual journal that seeks to present cutting-edge articles on weird fiction as well as original weird fiction by some of the most talented contemporary writers in the field. This first issue contains scintillating new fiction by such veterans as Mark Samuels and Michael Aronovitz, as well as by new and up-and-coming writers such as Curtis M. Lawson, Manuel Arenas, Belicia Rhea, and others. As a “classic reprint,” we present a rare story by Gertrude Atherton. Among the works of criticism and scholarship, Matt Cardin studies a story by Thomas Ligotti; John Tibbetts supplies a detailed overview of the ghost stories of Edith Wharton; James Goho analyzes the work of Simon Strantzas; Darrell Schweitzer assesses the eccentric tales of John Collier; and Nancy Holder demonstrates the frequency with which Sherlock Holmes has entered weird fiction over the decades. Other essays touch on the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Dunsany, China Miéville, Jean Ray, and William Hope Hodgson. Mark Samuels translates a little-known essay on weird fiction by Stefan Grabinski, while Jason V Brock provides an essay on zombie films. We also feature verse by such leading contemporary as Wade German, Adam Bolivar, John Shirley, Darrell Schweitzer, Nicole Cushing, and Leigh Blackmore. All told, Penumbra is a rich feast of weird fiction, poetry, and criticism, showing the vibrancy of a genre that is enjoying immense popularity in the present day.

Contents: Editorial Fiction If Destiny Still Reigns – Mark Samuels The Truth about Vampires – Curtis M. Lawson Las Llorasangres – Michael Parker Static – Belicia Rhea The Slug – Jon Bockes Counter-Current – Michael Aronovitz The Crazy Mountains – Dylan Henderson The Hell of Mirrors – Manuel Arenas Door Skin – Belicia Rhea Classic Reprint The Caves of Death – Gertrude Atherton Nonfiction Icy Bleakness and Killing Sadness: The Desolating Impact of Thomas Ligotti’s “The Bungalow House” – Matt Cardin The Cosmic Scale of Elfland – Michael D. Miller The Idea of the North in the Fiction of Simon Strantzas – James Goho I Walked with a Zombie: The Tragicomic World of the Firefly Clan – Jason V Brock “The Terror of Solitude”: The Supernatural Fiction of Edith Wharton – John C. Tibbetts Finding Sherlock Holmes in Weird Fiction – Nancy Holder Confessions – Stefan Grabinski “The Weird Dominions of the Infinite”: Edgar Allan Poe and the Scientific Gothic – Sorina Higgins The Psychic Sleuth Who Survived – Lee Weinstein The Resurgence of a Fallen Angel: Echoes of The Ghost Pirates in “The Mainz Psalter” – Hubert Van Calenbergh Monstrous Tourism: Petromodernity in China Miéville “Covehithe” – Rhonda Knight John Collier: A Weird Fantasist in Jester’s Motley – Darrell Schweitzer Poetry Mormo – Wade German To Live at the Edge of a Black Hole – John Shirley Et In Arcadia Jack – Adam Bolivar The Mysteries of the Worm – Darrell Schweitzer Delirium Vivens – Nicole Cushing The Fantastic Flame – Leigh Blackmore Notes on Contributors

#book #magazine #penumbra #weird fiction #weird poetry #weird essay #weird reviews #weird studies

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