Superheroes never buy plane tickets. Not even Batman and Iron Man.
Spider-Man: The Manga #20
Marvel Comics (October, 1998)
WRITER/ARTIST: Ryoichi Ikegami
TRANSLATION: Mutsumi Masuda
RETOUCHING/PRODUCTION: Dan Nakrosis & Rob Kuzmiak
COVER DESIGN: Jeffrey Huang
EDITOR: Glenn Greenberg
December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022
During the last days of my time off another of my childhood favorites have sadly left this world, but not in the way her famous character did. Nichelle Nichols, known for playing Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, has passed away at 89. I never got to meet her (while we were both at ConnectiCon 2015 she was under the weather and couldn’t take part, though I saw in in passing in a wheelchair at the hotel club for a little while but decided to leave her be), my cousin’s husband’s brother-in-law did get to meet her at the airport when she went home. (Nothing to brag on my end, but I find that interesting. He didn’t even know about the con.) Nichols is of course famous for the first on-screen lip-lock between a black woman and a white man, among breaking other barriers just by being on the show.
My heart goes out to her friends and family. She also left a lot of fans behind who were inspired by her work. We all leave eventually but she gets to leave it better for her time here.
Well, we’re back from the hiatus and that means it’s time for another novel review. As always…
And we’re starting August with a brand new…old…book. We’re still in the science fiction realm but this time instead of a book based on an existing alternate media series, which I find is most of my collection, this book actually started one. See if you can guess what it is with these clues.
Figured it out yet? Our next Chapter By Chapter book is……..
This remake of Dexter’s Laboratory just isn’t working for me.
Robotech: Aftermath #10
Academy Comics, Ltd. (January, 1995)
“Four Eyes”
WRITER/ARTIST/CREATOR: Bruce Lewis
Signs are a wonderful thing.
Yep, the July hiatus is over so it’s back to business. I’ll go over what I got done during the time off in a moment but the usual stuff first in case nobody’s interested.
In this week’s Clutter Report I went over some considerations for declutters who collect Transformers in light of all the different lines and merchandise out there right now. For those of you who didn’t keep up with that site during the July break I also redid the cubby hole, did some random small projects, and finally burned through all my emails in both the personal and BW-related boxes, which was one of the things I wanted to get done this month.
In addition you may be noticing something has been added to the links at the top of the page. I’ve added a new section pulling together all my various BW comic and comic-related art postings into one category, “BW’s Comics And Art”. I even created a new logo for it.
So far there are sub-sections for Captain PSA and Captain Yuletide, all collected into one spot. I’m hoping to do more art-ticles like “Reconstruction Zone” and “Re-Covered”, both of which I’ve been wanting to do more with. When I do I’ll add those as well as any other comics I go to make. I’m not sure how many people care, but since this site is about making myself a better storyteller and comic maker, I might as well chronicle the journey, right? Jake & Leon will keep its own archive so I don’t have to relink a bunch of stuff.
I was also able to update all the descriptions in my media library, so hopefully finding an image to reuse will be easier. Sadly my YouTube backlog is still way too long as is some of my other backlogs, and I didn’t get to check more old articles to get rid of dead links or try to find new embeds, should they exist. I did however manage to relink one of my old videos that I haven’t been able to show since the Blip purge. “If It’s Not Borg, Don’t Fix it” is a BW Panelling episode from ConnectiCon 2012 WHOSE NAME I KEEP #$^%#$ TYPING WRONG!!!!!! The topic is science fiction sequels and remakes but the last time I tried to post it to YouTube the rights holders for the “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” movie franchise through a fit through the spambots so I’ve been reluctant to post it to YouTube since I was removed from Blip just before Maker Studios tore it to shreds. Now thanks to BitChute I get to bring you this fun panel again, though sadly with current embed styles it won’t go full screen, at least on my computer or through Chrome. Still, at least I finally get to show it again. Give it a watch. I’ve also started posting old videos to BitChute as a back-up but there’s a few I won’t bother with for various reasons.
Finally we have this week’s offerings as BW Media Spotlight returns to operation. The last issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up looms, there’s a few bits of big news I need to get caught up on discussing, like a certain new indie publisher blowing up the internet, and the debut of the twentieth book in the Chapter By Chapter review series. Plus I have some other discussion topics in mind, and if I can get it done by the end of the week since all those other things (even though I didn’t have to go to jury duty, one of the parties was rescheduled and the other I was under the weather and couldn’t attend…still took my birthday off though) kept me from finishing it we’ll have a new installment of Captain PSA to help christen the new comic archive. Whether I do or not, have a good week everyone.
At least they had advanced warning this time.
It’s true. I’m taking some time off. It’s why I zoomed through the epilogue of Robotech: Before The Invid Storm and why the final book report is already up at The Clutter Reports.
I’ve been starting to take my birthday week off…at least during years when I didn’t lose time due to being sick and my belly opened up or being knocked out by a blood clot or something. This July however just taking my birthday off (July 13th if you want to get me something or just wish me a happy birthday) isn’t enough. While I have no conventions this year thanks to my current lack of income I do have two family parties and the possibility of jury duty to contend with. I’m hoping I don’t end up in the trial of the century or something but I don’t know how that’s going to turn out. Last time the case was canceled before I had to show up, but that was state (or possibly federal…I don’t remember) and this a bit more local. At any rate July is up in the air as far as when I’ll get to work on stuff.
Additionally there’s behind the scenes stuff I’ve been wanting to do but not being able to schedule. I want to finish the back up of my videos to BitChute as well as at least get all my old reviews captioned over on YouTube. My on-site media library needs better descriptions so I can find images I need easier. There’s some other archive pages I’ve been meaning to get together here and some more entries into the Clutter For Sale section over at The Clutter Reports. And there’s stuff around the house I’ve been meaning to take care of that won’t make for interesting Clutter Report articles or perhaps don’t follow the theme. There are even other projects both connected and not connected to both sites that I’ve been meaning to done. Oh, and there’s that annoying YouTube backlog going back to May, possibly still a few days left in April. I can work that in while going over emails and old articles too. That would be nice.
I don’t know how much of it I’ll get done in one month with the aforementioned other distractions but I want to give it a shot. I’ll be back the first week in August, so a few days into August just like I’m a few days into July. So for my fellow Americans have a great Independence Day (or if you’re reading this after July 4th I hope you had a great one) and for everyone enjoy your July and I’ll see you in August. At least we have advanced warning this time. Let’s see what happens to totally @#%$ up my plans.
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
BW Media Spotlight 
BW’s Daily Video> Superman Vs. The Ubermensch
Catch more from Super Frame on YouTube
At this point I may just be addicted to pro-Superman material, probably because I want to know I’m not alone in understanding the real Superman.
You know what I mean!
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on August 1, 2022 in DC Spotlight and tagged Clark Kent, commentary, DC Universe, Superman.
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