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elisabeth515 · 3 years

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(Some) Greek Gods as Historical Figures

So some days ago I secretly logged back into Mythology and Cultures amino and I stumbled across post of casting historical figures as the gods from Greek mythology. Of course, I hated it, so I made my version of this.

Note: Of course, this is going to have quite a lot of Napoleonic figures, since I am more familiar of this period, but please do reblog this post (or tag me on another post) with the hashtag “#mythical figures as historical people” and add some more of your historical figure Greek God fancasts!

Note 2: this post is for entertaining purpose, and just me introducing some guys to y’all and I am not a historian myself and hopefully you all would still like my takes😅

1. Zeus - Louis XIV of France

First and foremost, I shall introduce the king of gods featured in Greco-Roman myths. You may ask, why don’t I cast Henry VIII of England? Well, my reason is very simple: Henry is far from accurate to Zeus in actual myths.

To be honest, Zeus has a more “absolute power” energy in it, and Louis XIV totally has rocked it (like that iconic line “l’état, c’est moi (I am the state)”). Well, Henry also has that kind of energy but everyone only remembers his six wives and the uncountable number of bloodshed (not to mention Catherine of Aragon is a much better fighter than him—got this from Horrible Histories OwO)... Anyways, Louis XVI is basically a Zeus.

2. Hera - Catherine of Aragon

This brings to Catherine of Aragon herself. She’s a total Q U E E N and if you have watched “Six” the musical you already got what I mean (like, being the wife who married to Henry the longest). There’s also the early warlike aspect in Hera (featured in Homer’s works) that Catherine has it as well (at least you know that she’s getting more victories than Henry if you have watched Horrible Histories season 6, in the episode with Rowan Atkinson playing Henry VIII (which is sad because I want Ben Willbond to play him—he iconic to the HH fandom)), making her a great casting of Hera.

Hera, in my opinion, is a very strong woman who has to take Zeus’s shit and I could totally understand why she took revenge on the girls that Zeus has slept with—but anyways, hopefully you guys would like it :3

3. Aphrodite - Pauline Bonaparte

This is half-self-explanatory, really—just look at that statue she posed as Venus, the Roman equivalent of Aphrodite.

Pauline was famed for her beauty in her time, also a big chunk of scandals from her affairs (which bugs her big brother Napoleon, a lot). Nevertheless, despite her big spending habits and a great sexual appetite, she always helped Napoleon in some surprising ways (like she sold her house in Paris to the Duke of Wellington to get the funds for Napoleon).

Just like Aphrodite herself, Pauline harnessed her beauty very well. Thus, I rest my case.

4. Apollo - Joachim Murat or Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

(Warning: long content ahead)

Firstly, let me briefly introduce them because you guys might not know them much.

Joachim Murat was a marshal of France, also one of Napoleon’s brother-in-law, grand duke of Berg and Cleves from 1806 to 1808 and the King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. After the wars, he attempted to escape yet was caught and executed in 1815 in Pizzo, Italy (if you have read of Alexandre Dumas’s “Famous Crimes” you might know him—by the way no one has cut his head off and sent it to that big nose King Ferdinand).

For those who have watched “Elisabeth” or the “Sissi” movies, you might know Franz Joseph I of Austria already but you might not know much about himself besides being the husband of the (in)famous Empress Sisi (ie. Empress Elisabeth of Austria). He was the Emperor of the Austria from 1848 to his death in 1916—one of the longest reigning European monarchs in history. During his reign, the empire had been through a lot of change, most notably, the creation of Austria-Hungary. Nevertheless, he was also the Emperor who started World War I and he died of old age in the midst of the Great War.

For Apollo, I’m not casting musicians because this is quite overdone. I rather want to shed a light to the other arts that he represented in Greco-Roman mythology. This makes me want to draw a parallel to Joachim Murat as he was also a great sucker of classical literature. Plus, he also was known to be a flamboyant dresser (his nickname was “the Dandy King” by the way), also the designer of the uniforms of the Neapolitan army (with an excessive amount of amaranth, perhaps his favourite colour). Really, everyone just sees him as a great flamboyant himbo but in reality, he’s iconically badass in the battlefield as the First Horseman of Europe. Well, also he’s known for being extremely good with women even though his wife Caroline was fierce as hell. So, in my opinion, he fits the image of Apollo that we know.

However, you guys might feel surprised why I picked Franz Joseph for Apollo. Well, he really... was a rather mediocre ruler in my opinion, and perhaps our most memorable image of him was the senile emperor who signed the declaration of war to Serbia. Nevertheless, he was a well-liked man among his subjects, at least to some old citizens of Austria-Hungary telling future generations. Besides, culture flourished in Vienna under his reign—with notable figures like Sigmund Freud, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Erwin Schrödinger. Despite the series of unfortunate events which made the empire started to crumble, Austria-Hungary arguably has its cultural importance in Europe. Sounds like what Apollo would do if he’s a ruler, somehow.

Well, enough of his political achievements, let’s talk about his private life... which was probably the actual reason why I picked him.

Enter Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, also known as Sisi.

On a side note, Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier of France, Prince of Neufchâtel and of Wargram, was Empress Sisi’s grand-uncle in-law via his marriage to Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

Absolutely love Pia as Elisabeth in the musical so please don’t mind me using a gif from this :3 ((also, “Elisabeth” spoiler alert

Franz originally was to marry her sister Helene (nicknamed Néné), nevertheless, on the first meeting in Bad Ishl, he has fallen for the young Elisabeth, head over heels—making him defying his domineering mother, Archduchess Sophie, for the very first time. Elisabeth also liked him and did not expressed her refusal either, so they got married in St. Augustine’s Church in 29th April, 1854.

However, the marriage was not well. Sisi was not accustomed to the strict Austrian court especially Archduchess Sophie (also she was not really a fan of intimacy). Poor Franz was rather helpless in situations between his mother and his wife, and eventually, Sisi chose her freedom over her duty as Empress, traveling around the world. They two briefly went back together during the Austro-Hungarian compromise, yet she was constantly not there. Eventually, Sisi was assassinated by an anarchist named Luigi Lucheni during her stay in Geneva, Switzerland, and Franz was devastated over her death (“she will never know how much I love her”).

To Franz, he loved her so, but he really didn’t understand her needs. Even though he had countless mistresses and female companions in Vienna, he still missed his wife. I say, he was really unlucky when it comes to love. Like Apollo himself, he dated countless nymphs and humans, but a lot of his notable relationships did not have a good end. (Probably Cyrene was the most lucky one, yet she also has chosen to be left alone after mothering several children with Apollo.) For this, I picked Franz Joseph as Apollo.

5. Ares - Jean Lannes or Michel Ney

As usual, for those who don’t know much history, I shall briefly introduce my babeys these two great soldiers.

Jean Lannes was one of the marshals of Napoleon, known for being one of Napoleon’s closest friends and his fiery personality, and is considered one of the best marshals of the 1st French Empire. His finest moments including the Battle of Ratisbon in which he led his men to storm the well-guarded city with ladders (hence his nickname “ladder lord” in our very humble Napoleonic marshalate fandom :3). Sadly, he died of the wound he received in the battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809.

Michel Ney was also one of the marshals of Napoleon, known for his extreme valour (yep, he is known as the “Bravest of the Brave”). As you might know, he was one of the marshals who was in Waterloo, yet, his finest hour was during the retreat from Russia in the disasterous 1812. Sadly, he was arguably the most prominent victim of the White Terror under the second Bourbon restoration, executed in 1815 (**I am not accepting any kind of conspiracy theories of my babey survived and died in America😤).

Speaking of Ares, I have a lot of things to say (that’s my dad ;-; no jkjk). He is really not that bloodthirsty idiot who casually hates humans. Well, he’s more like a fiery dork and a man who was very faithful to his lovers, and fights very well (by the way also one of the best dads). So, the bois that come into my mind are automatically two of the most courageous marshals of France.

Lannes, if I have to get him a godly parent, it would definitely Ares. He resembled the god a lot (also I sometimes imagined Ares as a smol bean with dark hair), probably looks the most like Ares himself. He got that fiery temper, that faithfulness to his wife Louise, also being a very courageous fighter in the field—well he literally was like, “NO LEMME STORM DAT CITY *grabs ladder*”.

There you have it, my big bro our ladder lord Jean Lannes who can pull off a perfect Ares.

Ney is like a slightly introverted (and mature) version of an Ares person. You can guess his temper already through his famed auburn hair, and indeed despite his shy exterior his temper sometimes was a bit explosive, and a bit impatient (which was somehow one of his fatal flaws). He was a great fighter, known as a skilled swordsman in his youth. And you all know how brave he is in his famed epithet. Michel Ney is purely badass (and C U T E) you know (and he needs a lot of hugs because he has really been though a lot in the wars, and was a possible case of PTSD which was shown in his arguably suicidal behaviour during the battle of Waterloo). That’s why I casted him as the Greek god Ares OwO

And there you have it, my interpretations on the Greek gods via people in history. I originally would like to include more but somehow I realised that I have written too much about my picks. So, if you want to add more, reblog this post or tag me on the post you made on this topic (and please use the hashtag “mythical figures as historical people” so that I could look into your choices via the search bubble on this app🥺).

Last but not the least, I hope you all lovelies like this, also have learnt something new via my brief introductions on some historical people. Have a great day!

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papermoon4 · 4 years

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MISS JULIE / ANDREWS meets The Marvelous MRS. MAISEL

“Kind of Bleu” (S3;E6) takes Midge’s agent Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein) to Broadway to produce a revival of August Strindberg’s real 1888 play MISS JULIE starring Sophie Lennon (Jane Lynch, above) as the title character.

In an inspired bit of fact-meets-fiction storytelling, Myerson lands a theatre with the help of some well-connected tough guys, ousting Julie Andrews from her Barrymore Theatre dressing room. Although un-mentioned, the evicted show is the musical CAMELOT.

Separating fact from fiction, CAMELOT (the music from which is heard in the background in a rehearsal hall scene earlier in the episode: “What Do the Simple Folk Do?”) actually opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on December 1, 1960. It tried out in October in Canada, far from the lights of Broadway, in order to work on the show a healthy distance from the critical early-birds that plagued previews in Boston or New Haven when MY FAIR LADY was in embryo.

A few episodes earlier, Christmas was being celebrated on the series, so fiction has compressed time - since it definitely does not look like mid-winter in the scene filmed on 47th Street. In 1960, the Ethel Barrymore housed several plays. From mid-November to early December (when CAMELOT would have been loading in) the Barrymore housed THE HOSTAGE by Brendan Behan, the second of three theatres in its Broadway run.

The marquee seen in the episode was added for the sake of the gag, and is not part of the theatre’s architecture, although is obviously filming at the actual Ethel Barrymore Theatre. In 1960, however, the theatre’s entryway had not yet been covered by the new sign bearing the name of the venue, as seen in this photo of a 1958 tenant LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL The vertical theatre sign was smaller and higher up on the building.

Many of the characters on the series are amalgamations of real-life people living alongside historical figures (such as Lenny Bruce) and purely dramatic inventions. Sophie Lennon (Jane Lynch) is strongly influenced by female character actors of the time, including Gertrude Berg, who also created a comical working class woman quite unlike herself.

She had enormous success on Broadway and television in her creation “The Goldbergs”, winning a 1951 Emmy Award beating out theatrical legends Helen Hayes and Dame Judith Anderson. At the same time, movie star Lucille Ball was starting her own series where she also played a working class woman in a sitcom: “I Love Lucy,” a series often mentioned on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

Coincidentally, in early 1960, Gertrude Berg performed in the play A MAJORITY OF ONE at...The Ethel Barrymore Theatre!

When Sophie and her co-star Gavin Hawk (Cary Elwes) are having loud sex in her dressing room, the director calls Susie to tell her that FLOWER DRUM SONG has complained about the noise! The Rodgers and Hammerstein tuner played until May 7, 1960 at the St. James Theatre, located three blocks south of the Barrymore! Coincidentally, the musical takes place in Chinatown, San Francisco, while a subplot of season 3 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has Midge’s ex-husband Joel opening a nightclub in Chinatown, New York.

He adds that BYE BYE BIRDIE has called Equity - presumably also about the noise! The show opened April 14, 1960 at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld) located a bit closer to the Barrymore - just two blocks away. This places the action of the episode from April 17 to May 7, 1960. Of course, the director was likely just being funny about the shows being disturbed by the love-making. But it does give a vivid verbal picture of Broadway in 1960.

Curiously, although MISS JULIE had premiered on Broadway in 1913, there was a 1962 revival (just two years after the action of the episode) at the Cort Theatre performed in the original Swedish!

In 2017, Tony Shalhoub, who plays Midge Maisel’s father Abe, performed at the Ethel Barrymore in THE BAND’S VISIT. Both the actor and the musical won Tony Awards. Cynthia Darlow (Mrs. Moskowitz) appeared at the Barrymore in Neil Simon’s RUMORS in 1988. Caroline Aaron (Shirley Maisel) was a standby for the comedy SOCIAL SECURITY at the Barrymore in 1986.

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tumblngdice · 7 years

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Long-term problems

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Like a condemned man about to face a firing squad, Martin Sjögren walks through the mixed zone after the defeat to Belgium, his body language defeated, affected by the two Belgian goals as if they were .30 calibre shot directly into his gut. The Norwegian press are critical of him, his nationality is once again brought up, a pot-shot from Sweden’s western neighbours, the media overly critical of the passive manager leading their team.

With some of the best in the world at his disposal, it’s unfathomable that Norway aren’t just underperforming so criminally but are looking at a group stage exit from Euro 2017 with potentially no points nor goals to their name. Although the Football Girls’ struggles aren’t news, the football world seems to have forgotten that Sjögren inherited a less than perfect Norway side, the team having taken heavy hits with retirements and discontent under the previous manager Roger Finjord, things were far from perfect. Even under Norway-favourite, Even Pellerud the team looked off-colour, a lack of identity and focus derailing them at the 2015 World Cup.

Slow progress

The adage is that Rome wasn’t built in a day and whilst Sjögren isn’t being asked to build a European capital city that boasts a good pizza place or two, he is being asked to reharmonize a former European power in women’s football. The Damallsvenskan-winning coach has his work cut out for him, given just half a year with Norway after taking over at the end of 2016. He’s had precious little in the way of time to stamp his style on the team, a La Manga camp at the start of the year brought about two wins from two, the team only having just met their new boss.

Away from each other for two months, the team regathered in the Portuguese Algarve. Whilst the wins didn’t follow the team from Spain, the play improved, the problems were still there but the development of the team was palpable, so why now, in the Netherlands, are the team capitulating and falling apart on the pitch?

A serious lack of midfield has been plaguing Norway all year. The presence of Maren Mjelde back in the midfield would surely stabilise the side but with persistent injuries to either Maria Thorisdottir or Nora Holstad-Berge have kept the captain in the back line, unable to give her best to the team. Neither have been fully fit this season and so Sjögren took a calculated risk before the Belgium game to drop Thorisdottir into the defence with Holstad and push Mjelde back into midfield. An injury to the Klepp woman in the warm-up enough to put paid to those plans. Without a visible midfield – despite a number of talented midfielders in their ranks – the team has struggled across the breadth of the pitch, the defence exposed and the attack left floating unable to combine. You feel that if the team was able to call upon Mjelde in midfield, she would restore the balance and bring a presence back, the defence able to stand on it's own with Holstad and Thorisdottir in the middle and Elise Thorsnes and Ingrid Moe Wold the dependable fullbacks.

With more oomph in midfield, the team would be able to find more harmony going forward and Caroline Graham Hansen, Ada Hegerberg and Kristine Minde wouldn’t be left to put in a lone performance, disjointed from their teammates. With one of the best attackers (if not the best) in the world in Hegerberg, not to mention Graham Hansen who at times has been overshadowed by her compatriot, Norway shouldn’t be struggling for goals and yet they are. It’s not for Hegerberg or Graham Hansen to carry the team, though, as both are still young and need to be part of a winning team not the lone shining light.

[...] 23-07-2017, Sophie Lawson -- An early exit wouldn’t be the end of the world for Norway

#women's euro '17 #norway wnt #martin sjögren #maren mjelde

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Winners And Champions

This team to the left is the St. Mary's Academy Flames. They hosted the 2018 Female World Sport School Challenge this past weekend just as they always do each year. It's an outstanding tournament that features some of the best female prep hockey teams in North America along with many players that will play NCAA or U SPORTS hockey next season. I spoke a little about the tournament on Friday, but today will wrap up HBIC's coverage of the event as another outstanding tournament was capped off in dramatic fashion! The Gentry Academy Galaxy met the St. Mary's Academy Flames in the tournament final, and this one had all the makings of a classic game. There were a couple of goals, some outstanding goaltending, and an overtime goal that gave one of these two teams the championship, but we'll get to the game in a second. Let me start by saying that this tournament wouldn't be as great as it is without all the work and effort put forth by the seemingly tireless team of volunteers. They're the backbone of the annual success this tournament has, and I cannot say enough good things about them. The 2018 version of the Female World Sport School Challenge was just as enjoyable as the last few I've attended, and it speaks volumes to the efforts these people exhibit. Well done, volunteers! I need to speak volumes about the job done by Nicole and Sophie, the two students from St. Mary's Academy, who voiced all the St. Mary's Academy and Female Would Sport School Challenge ads that we played on UMFM's Second Stream. If you want to talk professional radio people, Nicole and Sophie would qualify in that they did virtually all seven advertisements on the first reads! If either of these two ladies wanted to do radio in the future, UMFM would welcome them with open arms! Thank you, Nicole and Sophie, for making my job so easy in recording these ads! If you caught the broadcast on Friday night, you may have heard two young ladies calling the action! UMFM was proud and honoured to have Lexi and Jenny (I hope I spelled your names right!) call the game as the St. Mary's Academy Flames battled the Minnesota Revolution! Lexi and Jenny did a phenomenal job as we listened to their call during the intermissions of the Saskatchewan Huskies-Manitoba Bisons game, and I believe they also may have a future in sports radio broadcasting! Well done, Lexi and Jenny, and keep that broadcasting door open as you both have the talent! I need to thank all of the players who helped us out with a recording this weekend as well. Grace Heiting from Gentry Academy, Aron Johnston and Vanessa Nicholl from the Thunder Bay Queens, Sydney Cancilla and Kennedy Frank from the St. Mary's Academy Flames, Annika Scurfield from the Banff Hockey Academy Bears, Adrianna Brehm of the Minnesota Revolution, and head coach Bill Nicholl of the Thunder Bay Queens all dropped by the broadcast table and recorded a quick ad for the tournament. They all recorded their ads on the first read as well, so we were quite ecstatic about the players' abilities! And Coach Nicholl's abilities too! Thanks for giving us a little time for these ads! I should also mention some of the people in the hospitality room who kept things lively and certainly made my job as a broadcaster way easier. Kerri Moore and Gina Borkofski were vital in making everything above happen while Lindsey Fennell and head coach Larry Bumstead were key in getting a lot of the unique broadcasting items off the ground. Gina and Kerri are a pleasure to work with, and they really run a professional tournament for everyone involved. Lindsey helped Lexi and Jenny prepare for their radio debuts, and Larry was a force in getting all the players to come over to record ads. All of the staff who were at the tournament did an incredible job, but these four individuals stood out in helping me be better as a broadcaster. Thank you, Gina, Kerri, Lindsey, and Larry! While everyone listed above made this tournament a winner once again, there was some hardware to hand out to the team that rose above the other five. As stated above, Gentry Academy advanced to the final to meet St. Mary's Academy, and we'd see more of a defensive battle highlighted by exceptional goaltending after the two teams played to a 1-1 tie after twenty minutes after goals by the Flames' Sarah Dennehy and the Galaxy's Grace Heiting. We had over forty minutes of stellar goaltending from St. Mary's Logan Angers and Gentry Academy's Alexa Berg, but with no additional goals scored in regulation time, we'd move to overtime. As we found out, the two teams would play a 20-minute overtime period of four-on-four hockey before moving to a shootout to decide a winner. I'll be honest: no one wanted the shootout. Especially the Flames!

Danica Namaka ended the game with her overtime marker, and the St. Mary's Academy Flames were crowned the 2018 Female World Sport School Challenge Champions! Full credit to Namaka for taking the puck into a seam in the defensive zone after two Galaxy players seemingly were content to let Namaka walk out into some prime scoring real estate! Your final standing at the tournament are as follows:

St. Mary's Academy Flames

Gentry Academy Galaxy

Balmoral Hall Blazers

Thunder Bay Queens

Banff Hockey Academy Bears

Minnesota Revolution

Congratulations to the St. Mary's Academy Flames on winning the 2018 Female World Sport School Challenge, and to all six teams on their impressive showings at this year's tournament! While the Flames were the champions on the ice, the tournament had many winners when it came to making this year's event the best yet! Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice! from Sports News http://hockey-blog-in-canada.blogspot.com/2018/03/winners-and-champions_6.html

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amtushinfosolutionspage · 7 years

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Bad at Sport Sunday Comics- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Roundup #1

By Max Morris

Well hey there, welcome back to another installment of Sunday Comics at Bad at Sports. This week I’m providing you with our top picks from last weekend’s Chicago Alternative Comics Expo! CAKE is always a potent Chicago event- local talent brings out their best, and out of town publishers and artist flock in with a stock of debuts and work that’s fresh to the eyes.

When it came to my own picks, I chose to angle toward the self-published and the stapled. While there was some great work brought out by publishers such as 2D Cloud (Sec by Margot Ferrick, Extended Play by Jake Terrell) and Fantagraphics (Songy of Paradise by Gary Panter) that I picked up, one of the special things about comics shows such as CAKE are the books that fully embrace the special nature of publication, taking advantage of effects and formats that can sometimes best work in a smaller edition. It was quite a challenge to pick through the mountain of books I purchased, was given, or traded to receive, but here is a smattering of what I felt stood out at the show.

Spine by Noel Freibert, published by Bred Press

Freibert, the RL Stein of the art comic, does it again with a satisfying narrative of suburban fright and folly. The novelty of production is tickling enough- the front of the spiral-bound book features an embroidered patch on the cover, but in order to remove one must permanently damage the book. I considered if this is a commentary on the state-of-affairs for the merchandise-obsessed art book/comic book fair market. However,when it comes down to it, I believe Noel also really likes patches and destruction

I also enjoyed the printing choice, initially seeming like a standard xerox copy on white paper, but on closer investigation shows 2-color print- black ink over dark grey. The choice is absurdly subtle, and an appropriate one from maverick Chicago publisher Brad Rohloff. Available for purchase at store.brohloff.me , for more of Freibert’s work head to cutcross.storenvy.com, and be on the lookout for his full length out from Koyama Books this fall.

Various Titles by SBTL CLNG/Carolina Hicks, self-published

An artist I was particularly excited to see in advance on the CAKE Exhibitor list this year was Carolia Hicks, who publishes under the name of SBTL CLNG (Subtle Ceiling). I first encountered Carolina’s work at Chicago Zine Fest 2016, who’s table stood out just by the sheer amount of content on the table. Their work has a Ray Johnson link approach to application, with expressive and seeming coded doodling. But rather than being cryptic, the books are no-holds-barred personal revelation- explorations of sex, love, despair, politics, and philosophy are laid out on the page raw.

The way the thoughts are presented on the page move the way thoughts move through the mind- flashes of memory interspersed with documentations of interior monologue, but with an element of depth and intensity outside the trappings of a regular PerZine. The books themselves are often a mish-mash of recycled material- images are taped directly to the page, fragments are copied onto lined notebook paper, and some sections appear to be hand-colored, making each book both reproduced but also one of a kind. For more of Hick’s work, head to http://ift.tt/2sEnH6W.

Sicker Book by Haejin Park and Open Letter to Sleep by Alyssa Berg – both self-published

When Krystal and myself decided to do this list, we agreed to do a Top 3 list, but I decided to cheat/cop out due to these to pleasant discoveries I made at CAKE this year. An important part of the comics festival experience is that of discovery- traveling across hundreds of exhibitor spaces looking for the unexpected. Parks’ book I found at a table shared with Paige Mehrer, whose Ex Votos was very close to making into my hot picks for the weekend. Sicker Book is less of a comic, and more like a wonderfully illustrated ecstatic koan- the colors are bright, complementing the enigmatic text, outlining a traumatic-sounding hospital visit. The production is insane, a 20 page booklet, with each insert page smaller as the book progresses, and held together delicately with a single staple in the center.

Berg’s book shares a similar approach to content, perhaps both indebted to contemporary schools of comic poetics. Berg’s book quotes Sappho and Leonard Cohen, its contents a testimonial of lonesome insomnia, a slow-and-stormy downer jam. The key takeaway from this is the drawing and printing- thick with layers of riso-ink, this book is a fantastic accomplishment in bookmaking. The mark-making is loose, and matches well with the color- one particular full page splash of an oncoming thundercloud was worth the purchase alone.

These two books represent what is exciting in small press: where rather than being shackled to the restrictions of larger-press formats and printing, an individual artist can express something more original and refreshing. For more of Park’s work, head to www.haejinart.com. For Berg, go to alyssa-berg.tumblr.com.

I felt some special mentions were required- Apple ‘69, by Brian Blomerth, printed by Tan and Loose, a bad-vibes tech-trip; Inktoby by Andy Pratt, who never met a comics page that couldn’t be filled with overwhelming detail; Stereo Sniffer by Keith Herzik, always debuting something bright and ferocious at CAKE: Combed Clap of Thunder by Zach Vaupen and Retrofit, a new book for the first time a couple of years, a black-metal cyber-mangaka, work both high in quality and evil; Fool of Memory by Ben Marcus, an adventure into Shojo-Dystopia; Tintering by Conor Stechschulte, which we previewed last week on the blog, an exploration in joy and suffering for intuitive artists; Garbage Island #3 by Max Huffman, a laugh and a half; Pallor Pink, and excellent anthology edited by Yewon Kwon and a swell group of kiddies; In the Middle of the Night by Nicole Del Rio, a small wandering of bizarre doodles just trying to get by; Gabe Howell, who had a full spread of dark books, well paired with neighboring table Caroline Cash’s bounce; Needy by Chloe Perkis, which needs no further description; Idiot Phone by George Porteus, a rubber-legged misadventure; Sophie McMahon’s full color Dreaming of Johnny, reminding us all of the horror of the pastel color palette; Enrique “Henry” Guerra’s Casino Knights, a neon-lit shortie; Walker Tate’s newest ludicrous voyage; Hiromi Ueyoshi’s animist wrangle WWWF #3; and Lale Westvind, who did not have a new book at CAKE this year, but was thrilled to finally lay hands on Mary (which I still can’t tell is body-horror or body-worship).

All this is just the tip of the iceberg of the many books I received from friends, foes, and everything in-between. If I didn’t write about your book, that means I either hated it, have not read it yet, or I think Krystal will have it in her write-up. Also very special shout out to Alicia Obermeyer for Pubes and ‘tudes, and to my B@S Sunday’s partner-in-crime Krystal DiFronzo her CAKE debut of Tongue Breaks! Thanks to everything that was great at this year’s CAKE! Keep your peeper’s peeled for Krystal’s post next week on her own picks from CAKE 2017.

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Bad at Sport Sunday Comics- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Roundup #1

By Max Morris

Spine by Noel Freibert, published by Bred Press

Various Titles by SBTL CLNG/Carolina Hicks, self-published

Sicker Book by Haejin Park and Open Letter to Sleep by Alyssa Berg – both self-published

Bad at Sports Sunday Comics with Ben Marcus

Bad At Sports Sunday Comics with Gabe Howell

Bad At Sport Comic Sundays (On Tuesday) with Believed Behavior

Bad at Sports Sunday Comics with Julia Gfrörer

Bad at Sports Sunday Comics with Conor Stechschulte

Bad at Sport Sunday Comics- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Roundup #1 published first on http://ift.tt/2pLTmlv

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nofomoartworld · 7 years

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Bad at Sport Sunday Comics- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Roundup #1

By Max Morris

Spine by Noel Freibert, published by Bred Press

Various Titles by SBTL CLNG/Carolina Hicks, self-published

Sicker Book by Haejin Park and Open Letter to Sleep by Alyssa Berg – both self-published

Bad at Sports Sunday Comics with Ben Marcus

Bad At Sports Sunday Comics with Gabe Howell

Bad At Sport Comic Sundays (On Tuesday) with Believed Behavior

Bad at Sports Sunday Comics with Julia Gfrörer

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