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samasmith23 · 5 months

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The Retconning of Aunt May's death from Amazing Spider-Man #400... aka, screw John Byrne!

Wanna know something else we can criticize John Byrne for aside from his general creepiness and bigotry? He undid Aunt May’s death in the beautifully written Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #400, "The Gift," aka one of the best stories to come out of the entire infamous Clone Saga era.

Like... when Linkara reviewed the Web of Death storyline, one particular complaint he brought up was how all of the all the beautiful & emotional moments between Peter Parker and comatose Aunt May were severely undermined in hindsight due to the later retcon that this wasn't actually May Parker, but instead an highly-skilled actress whom Norman Osborn replaced Aunt May with after her stroke and made resemble Peter's aunt through cloning technology.

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And the person who was responsible for this controversial retcon? None other than John Byrne!

Byrne apparently refused to even initiate his divisive 1999 Chapter One and The Next Chapter reboots of the Spider-Man titles unless he was allowed to utilize Aunt May as a member of Peter's supporting cast. Consequently, this meant completely retconning Aunt May's lovely and tragic send-off by J.M. DeMatteis & Mark Bagley in ASM #400, even though that issue was highly regarded and celebrated by even the most hardened detractors of The Clone Saga era as a whole.

And you know what made the retconning of Aunt May's death even more stupid? It directly contradicted Norman Osborn's own recounting of The Clone Saga from his perspective in The Osborn Journal one-shot after he was revealed to be the true mastermind behind the whole saga. Writer & editor Glenn Greenberg specifically made sure to include these passages from Norman's private journals:

-"And as luck would have it, the clone -- Reilly -- learned of May Parker's stroke and returned to New York to be near her during her final days. This saved me the trouble of concocting some elaborate scheme to lure him back to the city."

-"Then the old woman finally died, delivering a major emotional blow to Parker and his wife. My only regret is that I was NOT the cause."

Yup, Greenberg wanted to make sure that DeMatteis' brilliant work from ASM #400 wouldn't be undone by having Norman himself state in his private journals that May's death was strictly due to natural causes instead of another part of his behind-the-scene's manipulations. Which makes sense considering that the entire issue was dedicated to Peter & Aunt May's final days together as she revealed to her nephew that she had always known he was Spider-Man and was deeply proud of him before passing away in her bed right besides Peter, Mary Jane & Aunt Anna, with Peter's final words to his surrogate mother-figure being him quoting his favorite childhood novel Peter Pan to her, telling Aunt May:

"Let go. Fly. 'Second to the right... and straight on until morning.'"

Its honestly one of the most simultaneously heartbreaking & beautiful scenes that I've personally ever read in a comic. The silent panels of Ben Reilly crying to himself on the roof of the house, unable to be by his Aunt's side during her final moments since he's only a clone of her nephew, especially tug at my heartstrings (poor Benjy)! And its an issue that resonates with me even more deeply today than back when I initially read it a few years ago, since I now know what it feels like to lose a dearly beloved relative, with both my paternal grandmother (Nana) and maternal grandfather (Paps) having since passed away.

But then John Byrne decided in his infinite wisdom to screw it all up, ignoring all of that emotional weight and feelings of down-to-Earth loss by not only revealing that the Aunt May Peter watched die was actually just a random actress whom Norman Osborn "genetically modified via the Jackal’s cloning technology" (which again… makes ZERO sense), but that Osborn apparently now lied in his own personal diaries or something?

So yeah, the resurrection of Aunt May by John Byrne during the Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five/The Final Chapter arcs is easily one of the most insulting retcons that I've ever encountered since it spits in the face of one of the most beautifully written single-issues that I've personally ever read (both because of how it personally resonates with me as someone who's lost two grandparents, and because is J.M. DeMatteis is among my Top 5 favorite comic book writers).

But trust me, this is the LEAST of John Byrne's problems, which fellow comic creator Ramon Villalobos made an excellent thread discussing in detail if you want further information:

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nerds-yearbook · 1 year

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After only 6 issues, the second run of "The Rampaging Hulk" concluded (cover date January, 1999). ("Hulk Smashed", Rampaging Hulk 6 vl 2, Comic, Event)

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the-gershomite · 2 years

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Uncanny Origins Featuring: The Incredible Hulk #5 January 1997

writer: Glenn Greenberg

pencils: Pablo Raimondi

inker: Bill Anderson

letterer: Jack Morelli

colors: Bob Sharen

#Marvel Comics #Uncanny Origins #The Incredible Hulk #comic cover #Glenn Greenberg #Pablo Raimondi #Bill Anderson #Jack Morelli #Bob Sharen

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cryptocollectibles · 8 months

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Star Trek Untold Voyages #1 (March 1998) by Marvel Comics

Written by Glenn Greenberg, drawn by Michael Collins and Keith Williams.

#Star Trek #Untold Voyages #Star Trek Untold Voyages #Marvel comics #1998 #Comic Books #Comics #Etsy #Vintage Comics #Glenn Greenberg #Michael Collins #Keith WIlliams #Captain Kirk #Spock #The Original Series

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adsmusiconstellations · 2 years

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On Fillmore – Extended Vacation (2009)

https://deadoceans.com

#on fillmore #extended vacation #2009 #2000s #dead oceans #instrumental #jazz #easy listening #exotica #glenn kotche #darin gray #DeDe Sampaio #daniel burton #dan stout #mark greenberg #caroline bittencourt #audio

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I have created a huge and sortable database from the Epstein Flight Logs

All this Epstein Flight Log Data is easier to view and look at on my other blog Tumblr Sucks at times: this is the entire epstein flight log names, dates, passenger lists, locations, etc etc. I even plotted all the locations on a google map. https://tidbitsbyscotty.blogspot.com/2023/12/epstein-flight-log-information.html

This info was shared to me the other day on Twitter. Here are the links and information I have created from this list. I assume that Law Enforcement Agencies, Political Leaders, and anyone else has done the same with the information provided. If not, here is the data from the original files sorted by: Names, Dates, Flight Departure Locations, Flight Arrival Locations, Google Map Locations of the Departure and Arrival Sites, Number Of Passengers, etc.

Author Notes:

I am providing the information just as I received it. I’ve just made the information easy to sort, easy to read, and most importantly searchable by anyone who may find this on the internet.

I am providing this information for FREE; I will accept donations from anyone who has found this information useful and would like to donate to Scotty feel free to donate at: https://cash.app/$StlScotty

Epstein Flight Log Names In Alphabetical Order

Link to this Document: https://bit.ly/EpsteinFlightLogAlphabeticalNameList

Epstein Flight Log Database Link https://bit.ly/EpsteinFlightLogDataBase

Author Notes:

With lists like this we could search for missing kids / people from those areas and possibly uncover human trafficking by location. Surely Law Enforcement is doing stuff like this right?????

?, Alexandria

?, Alfred

?, Allison

?, Amanda

?, Andy

?, Ankie

?, Anton

?, Bob

?, Bodyguard

?, Bonnie

?, Bran

?, Carolyn

?, Celina

?, Celona

?, Charles

?, CHCF

?, Cheree

?, Christine

?, Clair

?, Dara

?, Darren

?, Deborah

?, Deidre

?, Donna

?, Edwardo

?, Elizabeth

?, Frances

?, Gabrielle

?, Gene

?, Gil

?, Ginger

?, Gurly

?, Janice

?, Jasmine

?, Joann

?, Joanne

?, Joe

?, JoJo

?, Julie

?, Karen

?, Kathrina

?, Kirsten

?, Larry

?, Laurie

?, Lisa

?, Luba

?, Lydia

?, Lynn

?, Mandy

?, Manny

?, Margarita

?, Maria

?, Marshall

?, MCXG

?, Michelle

?, Mike

?, Monica

?, Nadia

?, Pascal

?, Ralph

?, Rich

?, Richard

?, Robert

?, Robin

?, Roger

?, Ron

?, Shannon

?, Sharon

?, Sophie

?, STAFF

?, Stephen

?, Steve

?, Steven

?, Suzanna

?, Taylor

?, Tiffany

?, Valsan

?, Warren

Adams, Craig

Alexander, Kathy

Alexander, Mats

Amselen, Deborah

Andrew, Prince

Anton, David

Aunts (2)

Baby

Band, Doug

Barnette, Sloane

Barnette, Spencer

Barrett, Anthony

Bauer, Jessica

Beck, Gwendolyn

Biddle, Sophie

"Birkholder,

Michelle"

Birkholder, Leticia

Bjorlin, Nadia

Blachou, Magale

Blackwell, Gary

Blaise, Audrey

Bolivaras, David

Borees, Julian

Boulet, Evelyn

Bovino, Kelly

Breslen, Bob

Brockman, John

Brown, Cocoa

BROWN, MR.

Brunel, Jean-Luc

Bryant, Juliette

Campbell, Naomi

Carpenter, Greg

Casey, Karen

Cayne, Alison

Cayne, Jim

Cayne, Patricia

"Cazaudumec,

Didier"

Clare"

Clinton, Bill

"Concebaugh,

Julie"

Cook, Richard

Coomer, Ryan

Cotrin, Valdson

Crape, Sherrie

D, A

Davies, Chauntae

Davies, Teala

Dennet, Daniel

Dershowitz, Alan

Deweidy, Karv

Dionne, Ryan

Dixon, Alexandria

Dixon, Glen

Doerrig, Inca

Donovan, Mike

Duban, Manny

Dubin, Celina

Dubin, Eva

Dubin, Glenn

Dubin, Jordan

Dubin, Maya

Durkle, Ron

E?, Mglindallns

Ellison, Mandy

Ellison, Ralph

Epstein, Jeff

Epstein, Karen

Epstein, Mark

Epstein, Paula

Espinosa, Tatiana

Estrada, Christina

Fekkai, Alexander

Fekkai, Frederic

Female (1)

Female (2)

Female (3)

Female (4)

Ferguson, Sarah

Finglas, Catherine

Fleetwood, Diane

Fontanella, Lynn

Forester, Ben

Forester, Lynn

Gathy, Jean

Gelb, Leslie

Gibson, Sheridan

Glenn, John

Gramza, Tiffany

Greenberg, Alan

Greenberg, Kathy

"Griaznovc,

Suetlana"

Grippi, Matt

Hamblin, Susan

Hames, Laura

Hanks, Anna

Harrison, Shelly

"Hazell-Iveagh,

Hazell, Victoria

Healy, Shannon

Heller, Daniel

Holburt, Greg

Holders, Alyssa

Holding, Vor

"Igglucksengh,

Stacy"

Illegible

Inspection

Jarecki, Henry

Johanaoff, Pamela

"Johnson,

Elizabeth"

"Junkermann,

Nicole"

JUTHLE?, E

K, J

K, Julie

KATERINA, E

Kellen, Sarah

Kennez, Jim

Kerney, Gary

Kerney, Mary

Kervey, Gary

Kids (2)

Killary, Dave

Koluk-Koylu, Banu

Koo, Sean

Koppel, Yehura

Koppel, Zipora

Kotzig, Katherina

Krape, Cheri

Kristy, Alyssa

Krove, Chori

L, M

Lang, Mandy

Last, First

Lavalee, Anouk

"Layborne,

Geraldine"

Layborne, Kit

Legoretta, Ricardo

Lewis, Shelley

Liffman, Michael

Llyod, Mark

Lopez, Cindy

Lucky, Todd

Luntz, Melinda

Lynch, Cheri

M, E

Magaziner, Ira

Male (1)

Male (2)

Male (3)

Mann, Heather

Mano, Jonathan

Maran, Dan

Marino, Peter

Massion, Barry

Mathis, Brian

Matson, Karina

Maxwell, Ghislaine

Mcafee, Marx

McCarthy, Kelly

Meistor, Todd

Mellon, Paul

Midelfart, Celina

Miller, Carolyn

Minsky, Marvin

Mitchell, Andrew

Mitchell, Heather

Mitrovich, Andrea

Molova, Anna

Morrison, Larry

Mugnier, Phillipe

Myarold, Nathan

Myhrbold, Nathan

Nadia

Nanny (1)

Nanny (2)

Neal, Diedri

Nonacs, Eric

Ochin, Patrick

P, A

P, M

Pacano, Joe

"Pacheco,

Gabriame"

Pagano, Joe

Pashcow, Joel

Pashcow, Lauren

Passenger (0)

Passenger (1)

Passenger (19)

Passenger (2)

Passenger (3)

Passenger (4)

Passenger (6)

Passengers, No

Pastrana, Andres

PerryLang, Adam

PerryLang, Fleur

Pickardt, Yves

Pinker, Steven

Pinto, Alberto

Pinto, Linda

Plant, Robin

Pollack, Lester

Potter, Mark

Pritzker, Tom

R, U

Raimbault, Audrey

Ramon, Dean

Rathgeb, Gary

Rathgeb, Pete

Reposition

Reynolds, Sharon

Roberts, Virginia

Robertson, Jack

Full Name

Alphabetically Sorted

R thru Sh

Full Name

Alphabetically Sorted

Sh thru Su

Full Name

Alphabetically Sorted

Sw thru W

Full Name

Alphabetically Sorted

W thru Z

Rockwell, David

Rodgers, Kristy

Rodgers, Patsy

Rosovsky, Henry

Roth, David

Rothman, David

Rotholg, Pete

Roxburgh, Gary

S, A

S, E

Sachs, Oliver

Schantz, Jeff

Schoettle, Doug

Schumi, Chuck

"Secret Service

(10)"

Secret Service (3)

Secret Service (4)

Secret Service (8)

Shantz, Jeff

Shay, Julie

Sherer, Rhonda

Sherer's, Rhonda

Sherman, Steve

Shouetle, Dougle

"Simmonds,

Edwina"

Simmonds, Nick

Slang, David

Smith, Gayle

Southgate, Ginger

Spacey, Kevin

Spamm, Kelly

Spector, Warren

Spencer, Ellen

Stahl, Melissa

Starves, Melanie

Stevens, Pamela

Stewart, Andy

Summers, Larry

Swater, Rodey

Tayler, Emmy

Tayler, Kyle

Taylor, Felicia

Teal, A

Teal, J

Teal, O

Tindall, Brent

Tintay?, Geor

Todd, Frederique

Trump, Donald

Tucker, Chris

Tuckerman, Judy

Tuckerman, Steve

Tuttle, Ed

Verenia, Francois

Visoski, Larry

Wagner, Chris

Wallert, Alexia

Wasche, Cristalle

"Wasserman,

Casey"

Wasserman, Laura

Whippet, Margaret

Whippet, Warren

White, Rebecca

WIFE?

Wissing, Freya

Wolf, Michael

Yangkey, Isering

Zagat, Nina

Zagat, Tim

Zicherman, Ira

Epstein Island Flight Log Departure Locations and Arrival Locations in Alphabetical Order

Web Link to this Document: https://bit.ly/EpsteinFlightLogDepartureArrivalLocation

Author States

These are just the locations listed on the Epstein Island Flight Logs. This is not a departure and arrival location for the same flight. To determine that use the Main Epstein Island Data Base Flight Log here: https://bit.ly/EpsteinFlightLogDataBase

With lists of cities like this we could search for missing kids / people from those areas and possibly uncover human trafficking by location. Surely Law Enforcement is doing stuff like this right?????

Attn: I am providing this information for FREE; I will accept donations from anyone who has found this information useful and would like to donate to Scotty feel free to donate at: https://cash.app/$StlScotty

Jeffrey Epstein and his cohorts are TRUE world travelers. I don't think there is a continent in the world that he has not visited at least once. I used the EpsteinFlightLogs and plotted all the Epstein Flight Log Locations from all around the World on a Google Map

Epstein Flight Log Locations - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1xZP3Mh5hxnyBfi8Q9gAfym6RyszSN_0&usp=sharing

Departure Locations

Abuja, Nigeria

Accra, Ghana

Albany, GA, United States

Albuquerque, NM, United States

Amarillo, TX, United States

Aspen, CO, United States

Atlantic City, NJ, United States

Atsugi, Japan

Avon Park, FL, United States

Bangor, ME, United States

Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada

Bedford, MA, United States

Belfast, North Ireland

Bilbao, Spain

Birmingham, England

Boca Raton, FL, United States

Boston, MA, United States

Brunei, Brunei

Cahokia, IL, United States

Cape Town, South Africa

Carmel, CA, United States

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands

Charlottesville, VA, United States

Chicago, IL, United States

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Columbus, OH, United States

Copenhagen, Denmark

Dallas, TX, United States

Denpasar, Indonesia

Dorval, Quebec, Canada

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dublin, Ireland

East Hampton, NY, United States

Fez, Morocco

Fort Knox, KY, United States

Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Gainesville, FL, United States

Gaithersburg, MD, United States

Gander, Canada

Geneva, Switzerland

Georgetown, KY, United States

Granada, Spain

Great Exuma, Bahamas

Gwinnett, GA, United States

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Honolulu, HI, United States

Hyeres, France

Islip, NY, United States

Jackson, MS, United States

Jacksonville, FL, United States

Jeffersonville, IN, United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Key West, FL, United States

Kigali, Rwanda

King George, VA, United States

La Romana, Dominican Republic

Lake City, FL, United States

Lakeland, FL, United States

Las Vegas, NV, United States

Leesburg, FL, United States

Little Rock, AR, United States

London, England

Long Island, NY, United States

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Macon, GA, United States

Madison, IN, United States

Madrid, Spain

Maputo, Mozambique

Marham, United Kingdom

Marseille, France

Martha's Vineyard, MA, United States

Miami, FL, United States

Milan, Italy

Millville, NJ, United States

Moscow, Russia

Naples, FL, United States

Nassau, Bahamas

New York, NY, United States

Newark, NJ, United States

Nice, France

Norwich, England

Novosibirsk, Russia

Oakland, CA, United States

Olbia, Italy

Orlando, FL, United States

Osceola, WI, United States

Oxford, CT, United States

Palawan, Philippines

Paris, France

Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles

Phoenix, AZ, United States

Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Rabat, Morocco

Richmond, VA, United States

Rimini, Italy

Rome, Italy

San Antonio, TX, United States

San Diego, CA, United States

San Francisco, CA, United States

San Jose, CA, United States

Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Santa Fe, NM, United States

Santa Maria, Portugal

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sarasota, FL, United States

Savannah, GA, United States

Seattle, WA, United States

Seawell, Christ Church

Shannon, Ireland

Shenzhen, China

Singapore, Singapore

St. Louis, MO, United States

St. Petersburg, Russia

Stanley, NM, United States

Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada

Stockholm, Sweden

Tanger, Morocco

Teterboro, NJ, United States

Titusville, FL, United States

Traverse City, MI, United States

Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom

Van Nuys, CA, United States

Vieux-Fort, St. Lucia

Warwick, RI, United States

Washington Dc, United States

Waterford, Ireland, United Kingdom

West Palm Beach, FL, United States

Westchester County, NY, United States

Arrival Locations

Abuja, Nigeria

Accra, Ghana

Albany, GA, United States

Albuquerque, NM, United States

Amarillo, TX, United States

ARR

Aspen, CO, United States

Atlantic City, NJ, United States

Atsugi, Japan

Avon Park, FL, United States

Bangor, ME, United States

Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada

Bedford, MA, United States

Belfast, North Ireland

Bilbao, Spain

Birmingham, England

Boca Raton, FL, United States

Boston, MA, United States

Cahokia, IL, United States

Cape Town, South Africa

Carmel, CA, United States

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands

Charlottesville, VA, United States

Chicago, IL, United States

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Columbus, OH, United States

Copenhagen, Denmark

Dallas, TX, United States

Denpasar, Indonesia

Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand

Dorval, Quebec, Canada

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dublin, Ireland

East Hampton, NY, United States

Fort Knox, KY, United States

Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Gainesville, FL, United States

Gaithersburg, MD, United States

Gander, Canada

Geneva, Switzerland

Georgetown, KY, United States

Granada, Spain

Great Exuma, Bahamas

Gwinnett, GA, United States

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Honolulu, HI, United States

Hyeres, France

Islip, NY, United States

Jackson, MS, United States

Jacksonville, FL, United States

Jeffersonville, IN, United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Key West, FL, United States

Kigali, Rwanda

King George, VA, United States

La Romana, Dominican Republic

Lake City, FL, United States

Lakeland, FL, United States

Las Vegas, NV, United States

Little Rock, AR, United States

London, England

Long Island, NY, United States

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Macon, GA, United States

Madison, IN, United States

Madrid, Spain

Maputo, Mozambique

Marham, United Kingdom

Marrakech, Morocco

Marseille, France

Martha's Vineyard, MA, United States

Miami, FL, United States

Milan, Italy

Millville, NJ, United States

Moscow, Russia

Naples, FL, United States

Nassau, Bahamas

New York, NY, United States

Newark, NJ, United States

Nice, France

Norwich, England

Novosibirsk, Russia

Oakland, CA, United States

Olbia, Italy

Orlando, FL, United States

Osceola, WI, United States

Oxford, CT, United States

Palawan, Philippines

Paris, France

Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles

Phoenix, AZ, United States

Pine Bluff, AR, United States

Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Providenciales, Caicos Islands

Rabat, Morocco

Richmond, VA, United States

Rimini, Italy

San Antonio, TX, United States

San Diego, CA, United States

San Francisco, CA, United States

San Jose, CA, United States

Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Santa Fe, NM, United States

Santa Maria, Portugal

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sarasota, FL, United States

Savannah, GA, United States

Seattle, WA, United States

Seawell, Christ Church

Shannon, Ireland

Shenzhen, China

Singapore, Singapore

St. Louis, MO, United States

St. Petersburg, Russia

Stanley, NM, United States

Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada

Stuart, FL, United States

Tanger, Morocco

Teterboro, NJ, United States

Thisted, Denmark

Titusville, FL, United States

Traverse City, MI, United States

Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom

Van Nuys, CA, United States

Vieux-Fort, St. Lucia

Warwick, RI, United States

Washington Dc, United States

Waterford, Ireland, United Kingdom

West Palm Beach, FL, United States

Westchester County, NY, United States

#epstein flight log #epstein island #epstein island list #jeffrey epstein

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samnyangie · 2 years

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I wanted to share this before the pride month ends! They’re not written by me, this is the original post

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Robert Sean Leonard and LGBTQ+

On Stage

The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard. Broadway, 2001.

RSL won a Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award for his portrayal of gay poet and scholar A.E. Housman, who struggles with his feelings towards his best friend and the love of his life, Moses Jackson.

The Violet Hour by Richard Greenberg. Broadway, 2004.

RSL played John Pace Seavering, an ostensibly straight character who nonetheless shares kisses with another man (played by future House guest star Scott Foley).

Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson. Broadway, 2003 (also Los Angeles).

RSL played a gay disabled Vietnam veteran, Ken Talley, living with his boyfriend in his childhood home and dealing with visiting relatives and friends over a summer weekend.

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Baltimore (Center Stage), 1997.

RSL played Tom, the fictional alter-ego of Williams (who was gay) in this autobiographical play about his family. Read an interview with RSL about Tennessee Williams.

The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer. Benefit reading, 1994.

RSL played Mark, the young lover and caretaker of Brian (Christopher Reeve), a gay man dying from an unnamed disease assumed to be cancer. The performance of this 1977 Pulitzer Prize winning play was held to benefit a high school drama teacher in Tuscon, Arizona, who was fired for attempting to stage it due to its homosexual themes.

Into the Woods by James Lavine and Stephen Sondheim. Broadway workshop, 1987.

RSL played Jack (of Jack & the Beanstalk fame) in this musical about fairy tales. No expressly gay themes, but composed by openly gay LGBT icon Stephen Sondheim.

Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore. Broadway, 1987-1988.

A biographical play based on the life of Alan Turing (played by Sir Derek Jacobi), so-called father of the computer - a brilliant young man who, during WWII, helped to break the German submarine Enigma code. The play deals with his personality, his love of mathematics and also his homosexuality, for which he spent some time in prison. RSL played Christopher Morcom, a schoolmate who was Turing's first love and whose death, at the age of 17, was to leave a permanent mark on Turing's character. Description from this site. Read the thoughts of Andrew Hodges, on whose book the play was based.

Coming of Age in Soho by Albert Innaurato. The Public Theater, circa 1985.

The play concerns a writer named Bartholomew "Beatrice" Dante, who has fled to Soho to escape his wife of fourteen years and to come to terms with his art and his homosexuality. RSL understudied the role of Puer, an "astonishingly precocious teenager" who informs Beatrice that he is his son by a German terrorist with whom Beatrice had a brief but intense fling.

On Film

A Glimpse of Hell, directed by Mikael Salomon.

A 2001 cable movie which originally aired on FX, based on a 1989 incident that occurred aboard the USS Iowa when an explosion killed 47 sailors. RSL plays Dan Meyer, a Naval lieutenant who questions the Navy's official findings, which blamed the event on a homosexual relationship between two of the sailors.

In the Gloaming, directed by Christopher Reeve.

A 1997 cable movie which originally aired on HBO. RSL plays Danny, a young gay man dying of AIDS who returns home to be in his mother's care (played by Glenn Close). The DVD release date is unknown, but VHS copies are still available.

Books

The Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton, 1999.

RSL narrates this novel about the family struggles and coming of age of Walter McCloud, a gay teenager in the Midwest. The audiobook is out of print but you can still buy the novel.

Other

Auditioned for a role in "To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"

“Douglas Carter Beane wrote the screenplay for “To Wong Foo,” and recalled all the actors’ auditions for the film. “John Cusack looked just like his sister Joan. Robert Sean Leonard was stunningly beautiful, Audrey Hepburn. James Spader—also beautiful. Willem Dafoe looked the way Mary Tyler Moore does now—the Joker’s sister, with that mouth. John Turturro—not pretty.”“

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+I want to add, to my knowledge he’s listed as one of the actors funding broadway support organisation including AIDS/HIV

You can see he’s listed in this link

#robert sean leonard #rsl #lgbtq #queer #pride month #theatre #film #broadway

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scarletspider2the2ndpower · 2 years

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So that resurrection scene kind of brings up something for the general Kaine vs Ben and Peter debate- it looks like the Jackal did enhance his powers/mutate them beyond what Peter could do? I know there's the argument over whether Kaine is meant to look exactly like Peter/have the exact same powers but this seems to support the idea that he was deliberately designed differently from Ben. And the Other would have resurrected him perfectly; so these secondary mutations he's initially resurrected with are implied to be part of his natural powerset? I've been trying to figure this out for years and no one can agree lmao

Oooooh, thank you so much for sending in an ask, because this is a topic I could talk about endlessly. :D

Disclaimer: the continuity surrounding Kaine and the Clone Saga as a whole is uniquely snarled even beyond typical comic book whackiness, so while I will do my best to back up my reasoning using comic book evidences, I am, at the end of the day, just a person on the internet and you should take everything I say with a grain of salt hahaha Oh, and another disclaimer is that I’ll mainly be drawing from the material I have read for this read-through so far. It has been a couple years since I last read Scarlet Spider vol. 2 or any of the more recent works Kaine has been in, so I may go back and add to this post in the future if I stumble upon any more interesting and relevant material. 👀

The shortest and most direct answer to your first question of if the Jackal specifically made Kaine differently from Ben with the aim of the former being “stronger” than Peter is from the “Echoes” story in Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 2/2009), #1 by J. M. DeMatteis.

Further supporting evidence in this vein can be found in the story I believe you’re referencing in your ask, “What I Did for Love,” Spider-Island: Deadly Foes (Vol. 1/2011), #1.

All of these can be editorially explained by the staff scrambling to answer the question of “wait, if we’re going to bring Kaine back in the year of our Lord 2009, how on earth are we going to explain how he, out of all the Parker clones (including Ben at this point), didn’t degenerate when degenerating was one of Kaine’s defining characteristics???” That’s where I believe the narrative of “the Jackal designed Kaine to be stronger” is most definitively explicated; however, I have further “evidences,” musings, and discussion of how The Other changes spider people beneath the cut if any one would like to read more. :D

There are other, even earlier indicators, however, that Kaine was built to be stronger than Peter. The first examples that come to mind are Kaine’s precognitive flashes and the infamous Mark of Kaine. The latter is a more easily defendable claim as, while Peter has demonstrated that in moments of extreme rage like in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #598 and #637 he is not above sticking to someone’s face, those instances seem to be more like examples of extreme adhesion as opposed to the unique burning/acidic quality of Kaine’s “Mark.”

Peter in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #598 vs. Kaine in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #631 and #636, respectively.

Now, Kaine’s precognitive flashes actually being Peter’s spider-sense amped up to 11 is a bit harder to defend, as that requires near-apocryphal material as evidence. Specifically, Marvel editor and writer Glenn Greenberg described Kaine’s pre-cog flashes as such in part nine of The Life of Reilly, a joint project with Andrew Goletz and various other Marvel insider interview subjects on the complicated editorial history surrounding The Clone Saga. Greenberg goes on to state in that same part that “it was well established in the stories that Kaine was physically stronger than Peter, and he was clearly much taller and more massive” (qualities we will get back too), but that all of Kaine’s abilities directly paralleling Peter was never actually explicitly stated in the text, much to all of the writers’ chagrin.

So, in light of that statement, I would like to throw my hat into the ring on the “is Kaine stronger/bigger than Peter” debate (what could possibly go wrong hahaha).

As early as when Kaine first revealed himself to be a Parker clone, he was described by multiple sources, including Kaine himself, the aforementioned Jackal, Ben, and Peter, as being stronger.

Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1990), #60 by Howard Mackie.

Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1990), #66 by Howard Mackie.

Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #634 by Joe Kelly.

Now, whether Kaine is actually stronger or just more willing to cut loose and use his strength to its full lethal capabilities is an argument I am definitely willing to entertain, as there is no doubt that Peter is strong, but willfully holds himself back (I don’t think I’ll ever forget that time Peter held up the entire Daily Bugle building on his back in Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1990), #98 or the time he beat Firelord, a herald of Galactus, in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #270, and he is a self-proclaimed juggler of cars according to Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1/2017), #6). (…and then there’s that whole debacle with the “““superior””” Spider-Man and the Scorpion’s jaw).

As for if Kaine is physically larger, I stand by Greenberg’s statement that Kaine was consistently drawn as larger than Peter throughout the 1990’s and most of the 2000’s, with even the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man (2005) listing Kaine as being 6’4” while Peter has reliably been 5’10” for ages (or as listed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: A-Z (2009) if you want a specific source hahaha).

In fact, from what I have gathered, Kaine wasn’t portrayed as being physically similar in size to Peter until Slott’s Spider-Island event in 2011 (which,,,I feel like critics might be able to make a snide comment from that about how much Slott cares about the Spider-Man franchise, but that is WAY too far afield hahaha).

Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #672.

Okay, so after all that, I also wanted to discuss what you brought up about the Other and resurrecting Kaine with his innate skill set. The facetious answer would be “yes, kind of???”, but considering Peter’s own experience with being connected to the Other, the powers Kaine developed post-resurrecting are not all actually as unique as, say, his precognitive flashes or his Mark.

Interestingly enough, a lot of the powers we associate with post-encountering-the-Other Kaine were actually explored with Peter in the early and mid-2000’s, with each power being unlocked after investigating Peter’s connection to the Spider-totem concept or other inherent spider-related matters.

Namely, Ezekial Sims first hints that by tapping into the totem Peter could communicate with spiders in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2/1999), #32 by J. Michael Straczynski.

That concept is further expounded upon and made to be a reality in Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 2/2003), #20 by Paul Jenkins, when the Spider-Queen enhanced existing spider-like qualities and DNA in Peter (in a rather horrific arc that solidified my hatred for the Spider-Queen but that’s just me hahaha)

During that same arc, Peter also got organic webbing.

Finally, Peter did briefly have a pair of Kaine’s infamous wrist bone blades (pictured here from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Vol. 1/2005), #3 by J. Michael Straczynski), but, being the kind of guy who typically tries to avoid disemboweling people (Morlun here is an exception since he broke MJ’s arm), Peter just didn’t use them all too often.

So anyway, tl;dr, what happens with Kaine post-resurrection could definitely be described as “enhancing powers that were already there if perhaps inert,” but there is a compelling argument (if you take all comics from all eras as equally valid/canon), that those powers are buried within Peter’s DNA/totemic connection(???) as well and were thus passed onto his enhanced clone.

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It’s fun learning that there is an official comics (the name’s Star Trek Untold Voyages - Past Imperfect written by Glenn Greenberg) that used the “Joanna” episode idea in almost exact same way I’ve been thinking about using it (even though I’ve been refraining from ever thinking about it too deeply since every single person I spoke to, really hates the idea of Kirk/Joanna, so what’s the point of writing that when everyone would just be like “why would you”, even though nothing would happen because Kirk/Joanna isn’t the point, it’s the tension between Kirk&McCoy and McCoy&Joanna - which was also what happened in the comics)

BUT where my brain went !!!! thanks to the comics was McCoy angrily telling Kirk that he doesn’t understand because he isn’t a father.

I more or less headcanon that McCoy learned about David during the 5ym or even before (especially after seeing TWOK, where it seemed clear to me that McCoy knew about Carol and most likely about David as well, but obvs that’s just my preferred reading), but this comics was set after TMP, but it made me think about writing the moment when McCoy would learn about David, which hopefully could be an idea I’ll stick with, since these days I just keep jumping from idea to idea, not being able to commit to any one of them

#no point in this post #just to maybe get me cancelled lol #leni's nonsense

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shadowwingtronix · 2 years

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"Yesterday's" Comic> Spider-Man: The Manga #15

BW's "Yesterday's" Comic> Spider-Man: The Manga #15

“Hey, where’s your ticket?” Spider-Man: The Manga #15 Marvel Comics (July, 1998) WRITER/ARTIST: Ryoichi Ikegami TRANSLATION: Mutsumi Masuda RETOUCH/PRODUCTION: Dan Nakrosis with Rob Kuzmiak COVER DESIGN: Jeffrey Huang EDITOR: Glenn Greenberg (more…)

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Nova vol 2 18 (1995) . Alienation . Written by Evan Skolnick Penciled by Phil Gosier Inked by Mike Machlan, Pam Eklund, Bob Almond and Greg Adams Colors by Tom Smith Lettered by Ken Lopez Edited by Tom Brevoort and Glenn Greenberg Cover by Phil Gosier and Bill Anderson . Nova had been stripped of his power and title and was now just Rich Rider. Super-Nova had taken his place as the Centurion for that sector, but on the way back to Earth, a female Dire Wraith attacked the vessel and it crashed onto Earth. The Dire Wraith escaped and Rich wanted his powers back... . #nova #supernova #newwarriors #90s #philgosier #direwraith #sphinx #fantasticfour #humantorch #powerhouse #diamondhead #justice #namorita #nightthrasher #speedball #firestar https://www.instagram.com/p/Cea8_JYszir/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nova #supernova #newwarriors #90s #philgosier #direwraith #sphinx #fantasticfour #humantorch #powerhouse #diamondhead #justice #namorita #nightthrasher #speedball #firestar

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One of my favorite Spider-Man: Clone Saga stories has always been the 4-part "The Exile Returns" arc, which not only features Ben Reilly's debut as the Scarlet Spider, but also Benjy's first major victory as a superhero since returning to New York after 5-years when he singlehandedly defeats Venom in mortal combat. What made the fight between Ben and Venom so epic was that the story was actually a response to a previous story in Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #375, which had Peter Parker make a deal with Venom to stay out of each other's way. The reason that was done was because Marvel wanted to turn Venom into an anti-hero during the 90s, but a lot of fans and creators were really pissed off about that story, since they felt that Peter making a pact with Venom betrayed the character's sense of responsibility. And this frustration was openly expressed in The Exile Returns, with Ben Reilly being incredibly shocked that Peter would have done such a thing, basically declaring to himself, "If Peter's not going to accept responsibility and bring Venom to justice, I'll have to step in and do it myself!"

Spider-Man group editor Glenn Greenberg even commented on the writers of The Exile Returns deliberately referencing ASM #375 in the 36-part online essay, "The Life of Reilly," which extensively covers all the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding The Clone Saga:

And the way Ben defeats Venom is so clever and inventive! Instead of relying upon the symbiote's usual weaknesses of loud noises and extreme heat, Ben utilizes his own original inventions as the Scarlet Spider. Ben shooting multiple "impact-webbing" pellets down Venom's mouth which immediately expand into hundreds of little webs that get caught directly in-between Eddie Brock and the symbiote, weakening their bond as Ben then shoots his "stinger" web darts to further weaken Venom as he beats him into submission.

Seeing Ben Reilly singlehandedly take down the one supervillain that Peter Parker was never able to truly defeat up until that point was honestly one of the most badass and entertaining fight scenes that I've ever read in a superhero comic!

And its honestly shocking that neither impact-webbing nor stingers stuck around in the comics after The Clone Saga ended (only appearing in the video game adaptations), since those things are so FREAKING awesome!

From adjectiveless Spider-Man (1990) #53 by Howard Mackie & the late Tom Lyle (May he Rest In Peace...).

#spiderman #scarlet spider #ben reilly #kaine parker #peter parker #venom #eddie brock #venom symbiote #clone saga #the exile returns #howard mackie #tom lyle #marvel comics #glenn greenberg #the life of reilly #90s comics

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Ulay, Daring Performance Artist Who Channeled Postwar Europe’s Anxieties, Is Dead at 76

BY ALEX GREENBERGER March 2, 2020 • 10:51am

Marina Abramović and Ulay. STEN ROSENLUND/SHUTTERSTOCK

Ulay, whose boundary-pushing performances tapped into the tensions that pervaded postwar Europe—often through scenarios that seemed as though they could at any moment erupt into violence—has died at 76. He had been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer.

Since the early 1970s, Ulay created performances and photographs that made frequent use of his own body. Having worked collaboratively for more than a decade with Marina Abramović, his former partner and currently the world’s most widely known performance artist, it was not until the later stages of his career that Ulay’s solo work achieved its own sort of notoriety.

“Ulay was the freest of spirits—a pioneer and provocateur with a radically and historically unique oeuvre, operating at the intersection of photography and the conceptually-oriented approaches of performance and body art,” Richard Saltoun, the founder of an eponymous gallery that represents Ulay, said in a statement. “His passing leaves a momentous gap in the world—one that will not be so easily be replaced.”

Among his most famous solo works is Irritation – There is a Criminal Touch to Art (1976), for which the German-born artist stole Carl Spitzweg’s 1839 painting The Poor Poet from Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. The painting had been Adolf Hitler’s favorite artwork, and photographic documentation of the performance shows Ulay taking it off the wall and installing it in the home of a Turkish immigrant in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhood. Ulay’s work was intended to strike at postwar Germany’s repressive mindset and open up old wounds.

Several years earlier, Ulay began working on a body of photographic works featuring a character he came up with who was sometimes billed as PA-ULA-Y. The character exhibited traits that belong to both male and female bodies, and was often posed before the camera in suggestive ways. While performing with the camera in mind was a technique that was being utilized by some artists, it wouldn’t be popularized until several years later, when Cindy Sherman and other artists of her generation began dressing up and photographing themselves.

“The term performative photography was created later, it didn’t exist 40 years ago,” Ulay told the BBC in 2019. “The union of performance and photography was really a unique event in the history of photography and in the history of performance.”

Yet Ulay’s performances with Abramović continue to dominate his narrative. The two worked together for 13 years, creating some of the most memorable and talked-about performances of their day, enacting bizarre, daredevil actions that indulged all kinds of uneven power dynamics between the two artists. The performances were produced under the guidance of “Art Vital,” a one sentence manifesto that the artists wrote together: “No fixed living place, permanent movement, direct contact, local relation, self-selection, passing limitations, taking risks, mobile energy.”

“It is with great sadness I learned about my friend and former partner Ulay’s death today,” Abramović said in a statement sent out by the Marina Abramović Institute. “He was an exceptional artist and human being, who will be deeply missed. On this day, it is comforting to know that his art and legacy will live on forever.”

Marina Abramović and Ulay, Rest Energy, 1980. SHOW OF FORCE/KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCK

Among their most famous works is Rest Energy (1980), in which the couple held a bow and arrow—with the sharp object pointed directly at Abramović’s heart. For four minutes and ten seconds, the two artists remained motionless as microphones picked up the sounds of their increasingly fast heartbeats. “It was really a performance about complete and total trust,” Abramović told Museum of Modern Art director Glenn Lowry.

Another iconic work produced collaboratively is Imponderabilia (1977), for which the two artists stood on opposite sides of a narrow doorway, forcing viewers to squeeze past their nude bodies. Yet another is Nightsea Crossing, first performed in 1981, in which the artists stared at each other for hours in homage to the stillness of Ayers Rock in Australia. Still one more is AAA-AAA (1976), for which the artists screamed at each other while staring into each other’s eyes.

Such performances have been considered iconic efforts in their own right, though they pale in comparison to the epic scale of the final work by Abramović and Ulay, 1988’s Great Wall Walk, a break-up that involved the artists starting at opposite ends of the Chinese monument, traversing its length, meeting in the middle, and parting ways.

While Abramović sometimes seemed to be the sole star of these works as they were handed down through art history, an appearance by Ulay at Abramović’s 2010 MoMA retrospective began to change that. For her performance The Artist Is Present, Abramović sat silently and stoically at an unadorned table while visitors were invited to sit across from her for as long as they wanted. Ulay showed up one day, and Abramović briefly lost her cool. She started crying, and in a moment that became a viral sensation on YouTube, the two leaned into the center of the table and clasped hands.

Ulay and Marina Abramović’s Relation in Time (1977) being re-performed as part of the latter artist’s MoMA retrospective in 2010. MARY ALTAFFER/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK

If the two artists seemed to have made peace, that was not entirely the case. In 2015 Ulay sued Abramović, accusing her of not honoring a contract the artists had struck in 1999 that guided sales of the works they produced collaboratively. He claimed to have only been paid four times over a 16-year period, and alleged that she had not been transparent about when works sold. One year later, a Dutch court ruled in favor of Ulay, who received €250,000 (then around $280,500) from Abramović.

Their differences appear to have been reconciled at some point in the intervening years. In 2018, Artnet News reported that the two were working on a memoir. That book has not yet been released.

Ulay, whose full name was Frank Uwe Laysiepen, was born in Solingen, Germany, in 1943. Having lived through the end of World War II, he often described a childhood during which the conflict was not discussed. At age 14, his father gave him a camera, though it was not until his early 20s that he began using photography toward conceptual means. For much of his career, he was based in Amsterdam and Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ulay’s performances with Abramović landed the two artists placements in the world’s biggest exhibitions early in their careers, including the 1976 Venice Biennale and three editions of the Documenta quinquennial in Kassel, Germany, in 1977, 1982, and 1988. Ulay had his first major solo survey museum survey at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt in 2017. A retrospective devoted to the artist’s work is due to open at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam this November.

Much of Ulay’s work addressed feelings of chaos that were familiar to many Europeans in the postwar era, and his interest in motion and stillness was an extension of that. Speaking to critic Heidi Grundmann in 1978, Ulay said that he and Abramović made the decision to be on the move constantly from the outset. “It is not a hippie idea and it is not a nomad idea,” he said, “it has to do with the intensity achieved by permanent motion.”

#Marina Abramović #Ulay #Frank Uwe Laysiepen #ARTnews

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