The very gifted comic book artist Gene Colan has been hospitalized for Liver failure. Gene’s wife Adrienne sent out a letter to people updating them, and gave the okay for it to be published. Take a moment, comic fans (and non-comic fans). Colan has produced stunning artwork over the years, and he is rightly referred to as a comic book legend. There is a charity auction in the works to help raise money for Gene and his wife as they go forward.
Any good wishes, cards and donations can be sent to:
Gene Colan 2 Sea Cliff Avenue Sea Cliff, NY 11579 USA
Last night why news was exploding about this…I kept waiting for them to switch to something else. I haven’t really decided who I would vote for. Yup, hard to believe as it might be for some? I think all our candidates (Obama, Clinton and McCain) are pretty much equal evils…just in different ways. I think they are all gonna massively screw it up. Yeah, I have that much faith in our choices. But truth be told, last night’s announcement by John Edwards just didn’t do Barack Obama any favors for me. In 2004, Edwards was my choice for the Democratic nomination…but no, the Democrats took a bunch of drugs and chose Kerry. And it tarnished Edwards. And for some reason, he seemed far less impressive this time around. It’s the same thing as 2000. In 2000, I wanted McCain to be the nominee. And I think if McCain had been our president, we would not be in Iraq. But McCain eight years later? Not so inspiring. He has bent and acquiesced to Bush and the Evangelical Right so much that it is depressing.
And so it is the same with Edwards…he just seemed less inspiring and hopeful this time around. I was not impressed, he seemed more slick politico than “man fighting for the people.” So, his long winded endorsement of Obama doesn’t help Obama for me…I am as unsure about him today as I was yesterday. And I kept waiting for them to exit his overblown speech and after awhile I just gave up and tossed a DVD into the player. The Puppet Masters starring Donald Sutherland. Alien parasites come and take over peoples’ bodies in an effort to overrun the world. Interesting parallel.
We dodged that bullet. Now, I don’t have the same dislike of Frank Miller that other folks do. But in the world of “wrong visionary to helm a space opera” Miller is about as wrong as you can get. It would be like getting the Wachowski Brothers to helm a Speed Racer movie-what? That has happened? Never mind.
Seriously though…a grim, gritty noir Buck Rogers? That would have been a big “No Thanks, Frank.”
So was the judge afraid of the Dark Side of the force? Have the Sith infiltrated the local government of Wales? Why aren’t there riots in the streets for this dark miscarriage of justice?!
It makes sense to reject a Martin Luther King, Jr statue for a memorial for being to confrontational. Afterall, it is not like he was confronting racism and racial inequality or anything.
I am keeping todays short and sweet.
Under Midnight was a 90’s industrial act in the Circle of Dust/Nine Inch Nails (Pretty Hate Machine Era) brand. Made up of db Allen and Frankie (actually Mark Robertson and Ceasar Kalinowski), the band released only two CD’s. Both were “concept albums”. I think what I noticed most about their songs was the use of samples. Many came from sci-fi films such as Robocop or the Alien franchise.
The songs were definitely pop-industrial and I considered their Debut, Under Midnight a great disc. In fact, i still like to listen to it. Same goes for the follow-up Void. They had a cool electronic vibe, good use of samples and fairly interesting lyrics. Not quite as heady as last week’s choice (Believer), but clearly in the vein of cyber-punk fiction. I would say they are a crew that made Christian Music that does not suck.
My family spent the day walking. Every Mothers Day, we do the walk For the Cure to acknowledge my mother has been cancer free for another year. We are at five. It is a big family event. Several of my cousins, aunts and uncles show as well as other close family friends.
I love my mother. She has shown me support throughout my life, been there to help pick me up when life felt like it was collapsing. She has been there when things were going good to celebrate them.
I am not saying we always get along. But I know this, she loves me no matter what. I recall when my sister got to thinking I might be gay. I spent a good forty-five minutes trying to explain that I was pretty certain about my heterosexuality. But my mother (and father-Dad is also incredibly loving and supportive) made one thing clear…she was okay with it if I was…I didn’t have to be afraid to tell her, she was not going to turn her back on me. Considering that we are in a time where parents still disown their kids for openly stating they are gay, it was nice to know Mom was still in my corner. A lot of friends who actually are gay, never had that luxury.
My mom may not be perfect, but it is probably better that way…because neither am I…and imagine the pain in the ass it would be. I can’t think of one bad trait that could outweigh the positives that my mom brings. She’s great and I am glad we still have her around. It’s not hard to see the loss at the Walk, so many “In Memory of” signs. My heart breaks for those who lost a mother, mother-in-law, a beloved friend…the list goes on. I am lucky, I know that. Breast cancer and cancer in general has claimed many mothers. And I got a good and decent Mom. One I can be thankful for having in my life.
Thanks, Mom…happy Mother’s Day.
The word “YIKES” kind of works against the creepy vibe. And what is Moon Knight doing on the cover?
I honestly have no idea what this is supposed to mean. Is it a spiritual metaphor? A creepy Cronenberg influenced image? Don’t know.
Also…last night had one of my favorite moments on Lost ever.
(spoiler after the jump)
