Two things I love showcasing here at the Spotlight are interesting wedding proposals and Man At Arms: Reforged. Who knew I would get to do both? Matt Stagmer of Baltimore Knife And Sword used the opportunity of creating the axe used by Ragnar on the History Channel series Vikings (which isn’t my kind of show) to propose to his girlfriend. It’s just so sweet.
Kermit The Frog’s new body guard still won’t save him from Miss Piggy.
Voltron: A Legend Forged #2
Devil’s Due Publishing (July, 2008)
WRITER: Josh Blaylock
PENCILER: Mike Bear with Julia Bax
COLORIST: Wes Dzioba
SELECTED COVER ART: Tim Seeley & Jose Aviles
LETTERER: Crank!
DESIGNER: Sean K. Kove
EDITOR: Mike O’Sullivan
Thanksgiving Reunion (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Created by Norman Lear, based on the BBC sitcom Til Death Do Us Part created by Johnny Speight, All In The Family is still a cultural hit. It’s responsible for two successful spin-offs, one of which created its own spin-off, and two failed spin-offs, Gloria and 704 Hauser, the former about a divorced Gloria trying to raise her son and the latter a race and political flip of the Bunkers. Archie Bunker, a bigot but not necessarily a hateful racist so much as a low-class nitwit, is more beloved than one would think and is one of two of Carroll O’Connor‘s most popular roles. Everyone knows this series and it’s survived to be a favorite of many to this day.
It’s amazing, given my love of intros that today I learned two things about the intro to the show, “Those Were The Days”, and most surprisingly the closing theme, “Remembering You”. One was new information while the other I should have realized but didn’t until Wikipedia pointed it out to me. But it started with a post on Facebook by Antenna TV, the retro TV channel. Did you know that instrumental closing had lyrics?
“Honey, I think the camera’s broken!”
Thunderbolts #10
Marvel Comics (January, 1998)
“Heroes’ Reward”
WRITER: Kurt Busiek
PENCILER: Mark Bagley
INKER: Vince Russell
COLORIST: Joe Rosas
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
Last time Grant and the readers were finally told what the whole deal was with the CMDF and the core of the story that isn’t really a spoiler considering how many stories were homages and parodies of the movie this is adapting in the first place. The mission is to get rid of a blood clot. Grant is here to catch a supposed traitor or double agent. And like it or not he’s about to go inside a human being the hard way. So how long will it take before we finally start running around Benes’ bloodstream?
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
