Knight of Ashes

BC Canada 

11 hours ago, hauberk said:

Giffen had such an impact on my comic habits.  His work with Paul Levitz, cemented my love of the Legion of Superheroes (and my disdain for most of the reboots to follow (looking at you Bendis and Waid). 

Super bummed by this.

https://comicsarcheology.com/index.php/2023/10/12/keith-giffen-1952-2023/

How he broke into comics is almost as funny as his writing.

There was a small part of me that was hoping that he would reunite with Tom and Mary Bierbaum on LSH.

Keith Giffen passed away.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.superherohype.com/comics/550561-keith-giffen-obituary/amp

Anyone see Ryma, the Yellow Ase Dai who got, um, damaned, (is she a book character, btw?) amidst the battle and eventual rubble?

I know the sitter for the Blue Ajah was there.

Just finished Justified City Primeval

Thought it was alright but it just ain't the same without Harlan and the rest of them  folk.

(Yeah,  I know who appeared at the end, whose bit was more entertaining than all the episodes with the homicidal rock-star wanna-be combined.)

Children of Hurin reread; and afterwards, I'll follow the advice of an article and reread A Storm of Swords' Red Wedding section to cheer myself up.

1 hour ago, Jaxom 1974 said:

MCU Hawkeye seems a little more rooted in the Ultimate Hawkeye, but tinged with a dash of actual humanity...but that's my impression. 

The Fraction 616 Hawkeye though...that's actually some really fine writing. I thought it was a fantastic take on the character, giving him some much needed context that might have been present in the past, but never really explored. 

I wouldn't mind a live-action Kate Bishop vs Madame Masque  

Very belatedly reading Hawkeye: The Saga of Barton and Bishop  by Matt Fraction and David Aja.

So this is where the Tracksuit Mafia came from? And Pizza Dog?

While I grew to appreciate  MCU Clint Barton more because of the tv series, I'm sure he might have been more memorable in the Avengers movies if he'd been portrayed as a ne'er-do-well who cares like he was in Fraction's graphic novel.

She always seemed like one of those people who'd go on forever.

1 hour ago, sifth said:

In the original story, Thawne has some technical babel, about how breaking the speed barrier causes changes in the timeline, ever so slightly, but enough to throw things out of wack.

Yeah, in the animated version, Eobard (I betcha it's that name that caused him to go whacko ) called it um..."time wave"? "Time bomb"? Whatev.

Actually,  the original timeline was the one where Barry's mom wasn't killed (before Geoff Johns decided DC didn't have enough characters with parental issues) butI'm not gonna follow that train of thought.

What to make of Tom Cruise being a fan of The Flash film...

https://www.ign.com/articles/tom-cruise-loved-the-flash-so-much-he-cold-called-its-director

Well, to be honest, despite my reservations about him, I'm  glad he does.

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell.  

I just started and considering where and when it's set, I keep seeing the actors in that Beatles music based movie Across the Universe as some of the characters in this book.

Hmph. Peacemaker S2 has been put on hold. While I'm intrigued by most of the announced projects, I was looking forward to it the most.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/comicbook.com/dc/amp/news/george-perez-legendary-marvel-dc-comics-artist-inoperable-cancer/

I dunno if anybody here has read or heard about Abraham Reisman's bio of Stan Lee  True Believer but if anyone has and is feeling disillusioned here's Roy Thomas's pushback.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/roy-thomas-former-marvel-editor-pushes-back-on-new-stan-lee-biography-guest-column

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbr.com/denny-oneil-dies-at-81/amp/

1 hour ago, Raksha 2014 said:

 

Bran was just sitting around being significant and warging some crows to see battle progress but tell no one about it.

I'm sorry but when I read that, I suddenly thought of Robert Mueller.

5 minutes ago, Lurid Jester said:

North, apparently.  He said as much to Cersie.  

Going to be an chilly reunion between he and Bran though.  

Chilly reunions are Bran's specialty.  I expect he'll give Jaime the "I wouldn't be what I am today if it weren't for you" speech.

They do this every time. They have me exasperated with the show for majority of the season, then they blow me away (and not just with spectacle).

10.

5. One or two awesome scenes and entertaining dialogue among the seven who went beyond the Wall does not a great penultimate episode make.

Wrong thread.