contains swearing a woman with high testosterone using male pronouns despite not being trans–it’s Rin, folks.
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Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
In our last chapter, the stress has been getting to Elisabeth. It doesn’t seem to be bothering Eric, though. We’ve sped through the tour, and done New England and the southeast part of the country. We’re heading to Virginia to catch the next part of their journey.
They’re certainly dedicated to the tour. Sleeping at a friend of a friend’s giving their all at events with small crowds and even short time on stage because they didn’t know they were part of an open mic night. There’s also the fourth wall break advice segments on how to prepare for the tour and act during events. I’m not going on tour anytime ever but for someone who is this is good advice from someone who went and did it. Lucky for those of me not touring anytime ever (the grammar’s on purpose), the segments are still interesting enough to read for a bit of trivia thanks to the presentation.
So how will…well, did Pocket Vinyl handle the next leg of the journey? Let’s check in with them and see.
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The real problem with a shared universe is when I’m forced to read stuff I stopped reading for a reason.
Giant Size Freex #1
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (July, 1994)
WRITER: Gerald Jones
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
“Destiny Trail” part 1
PENCILER: Scott Kolins
INKER: Jon Holdredge
COLORING: Mickey Rose & Violent Hues
LETTERER: Susan Dorne
“Quite Contrary”
PENCILER: Jeff Parker
INKERS: John Lowe, Larry Welch, & Scott Reed
COLORING: Violent Hues (first time I haven’t seen a separate named “color designer”, while these studios are usually listed as “interior color”)
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Phil Crain
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He has a wife and three little microchips to feed.
No, it’s not who you think it is, though I did indeed use him as inspiration for the model. Does show the downside of “you must look like the character to VOICE the character who will never look like you even if you’re the same race/gender/whatever”.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week, I had to use another old Scanning My Collection article, my first article, actually, as looked at the Dreamwave G.I. Joe & Transformers crossover.
Comic reviews return this week. I know what to do for Wednesday and Thursday, while Monday continues the Ultraverse, Tuesdays the pre-DC Quality characters, and Friday our specific Golden Age (although right now Tuesdays would still be Golden Age…for now). Plus we have the Chapter By Chapter review of How To Completely Lose Your Mind and with no more CBS Transformers we have four open slots for talking about stuff. I only managed to get four buffer articles but it’s better than none. Hopefully I won’t run out until I can build a stronger buffer, but that depends on what happens the next few days in the storytelling world.
Have a great week, everyone!
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Today is Superman Day, where we celebrate Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Clark “Superman” Kent and Lois Lane. (Everyone else we knew came later.) So this being Saturday Night Showcase I wanted to do something special for the occasion, seeing as this is my favorite superhero we’re talking about.
I’m kind of limited by what I can show from official channels since that means YouTube. What isn’t behind a paywall is either Batman or Justice League related, or a series of clips from various Superman productions over the years. The best I thought I could do was a movie I want to see, Superman/Shazam. the two adaptations of Death Of Superman, only one of which has the return and either way seems tasteless for celebrating Superman, and Brainiac Attacks…and hell no to that!
Then I stumbled upon something perfect given the upcoming Supergirl movie. DC Kids has put up both episodes of Superman: The Animated Series featuring her first animated appearance and an origin that works better than what I’m seeing from the totally-not-James-Gunn-driven movie coming out. It’s a better trauma for Kara, features Darkseid and the Female Furies (and Ed Asner playing Granny Goodness and surprisingly working), and it actually is a story I can recommend. “Little Girl Lost”, the last episodes of season two, finds Superman coming across a Kara from Krypton’s sister planet and bringing her to a new home on Earth. She wants to be useful but she’s still too new to Earth and her powers. (I guess puberty is a factor as to when Kryptonians start powering up in sunlight.) Meanwhile, Jimmy Olsen is also trying to prove himself as a reporter. When the two work together for the first time since the 80s movie, can they help Superman stop Darkseid from getting his revenge on Earth? Enjoy, and happy Superman Day!
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There’s this idea that supporting cast members aren’t important. Sometimes your favorite character can be supporting cast. Some of my favorites are. However, unless your character is the most important person ever, there are writers who can’t get a grasp on them. Poor Jimmy Olsen, despite having had his own comic series and adventures, falls into that category quite often. When it comes to the Salkind group of Super movies, Supergirl made more use of him than all four Superman movies put together, and he was still just there to keep Lana company. The activist community is worse since unless your (insert group you’re poorly championing here) is the mainest character it’s not considered “proper representation”. There’s a reason award shows have a “Best Supporting Actor/Actress/Character” award.
The biggest problem comes when writers don’t seem to know what to do with a supporting character, making them just as “there” as Jimmy Olsen so often is. A good supporting cast offers to support to at least one aspect of the main character (or characters) life as well as helping push the story without overshadowing your lead(s). As I go through my backlog I found Cedar Sanderson writing a guide for writers in how to use a supporting character in this article from Mad Genius Club.
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