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Tag Archives: superheroes
Video Friday
Today’s video is pretty great. The Flying Man by Marcus Alqueres examines the idea of a “superhero” with wonderfully disturbing results (imagine if Superman had Batman’s personality, basically). From the press release (which you can read here): The Flying Man is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Batman, Colleen Doran, Marcus Alqueres, short films, superheroes, Superman, The Flying Man, vigilantes
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Look at this beautiful little monster! My friend Laura shared this photo on Facebook, and I just fell in love with this baby Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix). I … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Good Man is Hard to FInd by Flannery O'Connor, Adèle Blanc-Sec, Alan Rickman, AlphaBooks, Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix), and Watched by Rahul Kanakia, anti-suicide nasal spray, apostrophes (possessive), Argentina, Batman, Ben Towle, Bigby Wolf, Blue and Blue by Jennifer Linnaea, Bone and Ash and Butterflies by Julia Rios, book cover art, bookcases, bookshelves, bookstores, bookworms, Borg Mary Poppins by Kelly Tindall, Cat Hellisen, Christopher Boffoli, Chuck Wendig, comics (writing), copyright, Dana Scully, David Michalek, DIY writing fellowship, DNA as a data storage, DNA testing, Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, Dr. Seu, drainpipes, drinking cocoa prevents senility and lowers blood pressure, Edward Burne-Jones, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Frost, Emma Peel, Ernest Hemingway, feminism, Fifty Shades of Grey, Flannery O'Connor, Gillian Anderson, Hellfire Club, Herman Melville, how to read someone's mind, Hugh Laurie, Inception (soundtrack), Isaac Cates, Jakita Wagner, Jill Thompson, John Constantine, John Hughes, Juan Santapau, Kirsty Stonell Walker, koalas have human fingerprints, Late Bloomers, Lexa Hillyer, literal green eggs, lonely galaxies, male contraceptive pill, Malekith the Accursed by Patricio Oliver, Matilda, metaphor, Mitch Pileggi, Moby-Dick, Molly Ringwald, money-saving tips for writers, myth studies, Neil Gaiman, Oh My God, Oracle, peacocks, pensions for writers, plotting, Portraits in Dramatic Time, Pre-Raphaelites, private writing, Quentin Blake, Rhoda Belleza, Roald Dahl, scene breaks (writing), Shark Week, Sharktopus, short films, super-hero films, superheroes, Tansy Rayner Roberts, TARDIS, The Avengers (Steed & Peel), The Fire Gown by Michael Swanwick, The Hotel of Suicides by Mike Resnick and Sabina Theo, The Last Sleep of Arthur by Edward Burne-Jones, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Seven Deadly Sins, The X-Files, Three Panels, Time Ladies, trans fat (evil), truck driving, virgin births, voice (writing), Warren Ellis, We Planted the Sad Child, What an assault on the imagination, When the Sea is Rising Red, Whisper, William Shunn, X-Men, YA literature
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Mighty Girl, Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Andreas Feininger, animation, Annie Owens, annotations (LXG), anxiety, Before Watchmen, Ben Towl, Bizarro Classic, Black Lodge, Breaking Bad, Bruce Bickford, busyness, Cameron Cook, Captions, Cat Rambo, Cate Blanchett, Cecelia Holland, Charles Tan, cheese, Christopher Barzak, chronologies, color acuity, color tests, Cracker Barrel, Dale Cooper, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Double R Diner, Easter Island, Ellen Datlow, Ellen Klages, F. Brett Cox, Fabio Fernandes, family trees, Franz Kafka, Galadriel, Gary K. Wolfe, geek culture, Green Man, Gregor Samsa, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guys Read, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffrey Ford, Jeremiah McDonald, Jess Nevins, Juan Santapau, Karen Burnham, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kevin O'Neill, Laura Crary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Palmer Preiss, left-brain right-brain, Locus, Loki, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Project, Mad Men, maps, Maria Friberg, Marvel Comics, Mary Poppins, Matthew Salesses, Michel Fiffe, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition), Organization, Ourit Ben-Haim, Paul Graham Raven, Paul Witcover, Peter Jackson, photography, psychic powers (faux), puppets, Red Room, revision, Robb Pratt, Russell Letson, Sam Howzit, Sarcastic Voyage, Siobhan Carroll, Stefan Dziemianowicz, subtitles, superheroes, Superman, Superman Classic, Sutured Infection, Terry Bisson, The 'Busy' Trap, The Avengers, The Big Bang Theory, The Glass Noose, The Hobbit, The Master and Margarita, The Metamorphosis, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Underground New York Public Library, Theodora Goss, Tim Kreider, timelines, Twin Peaks, Watchmen, Who's Who, Will Ludwigsen, Witch House, witches, writing (research), xkcd
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Do your ears a favor right now and go listen to DJ Carlos Serrano’s awesomely superb mash-up of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” and Daft Punk’s “Something about … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and Festival, Adele, Ali Luke, alternate history, Babylon 5, Book Monster, bookmarks, BookRiot, Brit Mandelo, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carlos Serrano, cartography, Cathy Day, Charlie Jane Anders, Charlize Theron, Chris Buzelli, Chuck Wendig, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, commercials, Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar, creativity, Cynthia Kraack, Daft Punk, David Kowalski, David Malki!, Delenn, Downton Abbey, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, fairy tales, Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Heart of Darkness, humanities, Jack Finney, Jack Zipes, Jean Cocteau, Jodi Chromey, Joe Fassler, Joseph Conrad, Ken Parille, Kit Steinkeller, Korea National Ballet, Leigh Bardugo, Levi's Stretch to Fit jeans, maps, Maria Popova, masks (disturbing), Matt Switliski, Meghan Deans, MFA programs, Mike Mignola, Mirror Mirror, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nick Mamatas, Paul M. Raine, poetry, Rasputin, religion, show don't tell, Simon Whaley, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, STEM, Strange Horizons, superheroes, The Comics Journal, The Company of the Dead, The Corinthian, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Sandman, The Universe, The X-Files, theMountainGoat, Theodora Goss, Thomas Jonte, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Victoria Strauss, Wondermark, word choice, zombies
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ PistolesPress makes some beautiful, beautiful book art. Check out this accordion tunnel book: Naomi Bardoff has more pictures of this book over at the SFCB blog; below she offers this … Continue reading →
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Tagged accordion books, Alison McMahan, Andy Bryan, Awesome People Reading, book advances, book art, book repositories, book trailers, Brewster Khale, Brian Siano, Bruce Weber, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cathal Logue, Charles Vess, Chip MacGregor, Cole Gamble, cupcakes, David Hartwell, David Streitfeld, depression, Dune, Elizabeth Hand, English language, eye-gouging, Flowers, foreign words, Gene Wolfe, Goodnight Dune, Goodnight Moon, graphic novels, Greer Gilman, Gregory Benford, grief bacon, Harry Potter, Homer Simpson, Indiana Jones, Internet Archive, Irene Gallo, James, John Jude Palencar, Jr., Kelly Thompson, Kummerspeck, Kyle Cassidy, L.E. Modesitte, libraries, Lichtenburg figures, lightning trees, Lolly Willowes, loneliness, McSweeney's, mental disorders, Michael Swanwick, minimalist posters, Morrow, Naomi Bardoff, Nathan Fillion, Neil Gaiman, OCD, Patrick Smith, pilkunnussija, PistolesPress, rejection, Sarah Waters, SFCB, Shalom Harlow, shemomedjamo, slushpile, superheroes, Sylvia Townsend Warner, tenure, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, The Book of Ballads, The Daly Show, The Doll's House, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Library of Congress, The Palencar Project, Tim Barribeau, Tim Daly, tunnel books, writing "rules"
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