Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland #3

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"I had a hard time with Manx’s voice, at first. Charlie Manx was the hardest part of the book to write, and I circled around him for most of a year. I wrote as much of the book as I could without really dealing with Manx. I’m just talking about the first draft, because, by the time people read the book that comes out, Manx is right there, right out front. Eventually I got it; I formed a vision of his character that I was happy with. But he was hard to do at first. The first thing that I got about him, that really made sense to me, was realizing that he doesn’t usually speak in contractions. He won’t say, 'I can’t do that;' he’ll say, 'I cannot do that.' He won’t say, 'I’m;' he’ll say, 'I am.' For me, that just feels, somehow, more nineteenth century. Something about his speech: he’s both sort of a country guy but also weirdly prim. There is a kind of primness in his speech and an unwillingness to use a certain kind of language.

I haven’t seen Deadwood, and I’m looking forward to seeing Deadwood, and I’ve very reluctantly come around to the idea that people on the frontier might have used a certain kind of language that you won’t normally get in network tv, for example. But, in my heart of hearts, I don’t think most people talked that way in the nineteenth century. Not if they wanted to be accepted into polite company. So Charlie Manx almost never uses obscenities, and I think he finds the sound of obscenities, especially in the mouths of women, very vile and upsetting. It makes him want to reach for the soap to wash someone’s mouth out. And to me that just feels like the point of view of a somewhat ignorant dude from the nineteenth century, who has ideas about Daddy knowing best and women belonging in the kitchen or in the bedroom. That may tie in a little bit to his idealization of children." -- Joe Hill

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Invisible Kingdom #2 was a progression.

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(Invisible Kingdom #1'd been a setup.)

It continued the stories of cargo ship captain Grix and monastery initiate Vess.

Grix and Eline, the former's ship's corporate liaison, were reporting to a " sub-executive " of Lux, the corporation in question.

( They'd been told to. )

Defenders #91

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Doomsday Clock #9

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Aliens: Salvation

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1/3 of a graphic novel. NSFW for violence and some nudity.

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Heroes in Crisis #8 - "Alive"

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Then he comes back and they're like "hey, you're hope, you're rebirth, this is wonderful for you," and he's like "yeah, and where's my family?" They're like "no, no, don't think about that. Just ignore that, you're rebirth now, you're hope." I feel like it's that moment that people come back from being overseas, and they get off and they're home and they're like "oh, that's great, you're a soldier, thank you for your service, you're a hero now." And I'm like, "well you know, I kind of had some experiences..." "No, no, don't worry about those experiences man, you're the fucking hero, you're the best person alive now. You're a symbol of America." And how am I going to live life as a symbol for America when all I can feel inside is like I've lost something, you know? That's what I was trying to say with Wally. -- Tom King

HIC, especially, I’m really proud of. I’m a lifelong Wally fan (I named a child after him!) and it’s an honor to tell this tough story w/my brother Tom King. -- Mitch Gerads

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