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May. 27th, 2021
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cyberghostface
Today is the late, great Christopher Lee's 99th birthday. To celebrate here's a comic featuring a character he played.
( Scans under the cut... )
mistersandman
"Besides being a first-hand report [of the Flood], the Epic of Gilgamesh also contains descriptions of extraordinary things that could not have been made-up by any intelligence living at the time the tablets were written, anymore than they could have been devised by the translators and copyists who manhandled the epic over the centuries...
"Perhaps asking some new questions may throw a little light on the darkness. Is it possible that the Epic of Gilgamesh did not originate in the ancient East at all, but in the Tiahuanaco region? Is it conceivable that descendants of Gilgamesh came from South America and brought the Epic with them? Ought we not to ask such questions? It seems to me that the classical method of research into antiquity has got bogged down and so cannot come to the right unassailable kind of conclusions." -- Erich von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods, 1968
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Last time, Doctor Damian and his daughter Margot explore Incan ruins built in tribute to space gods. They are accompanied by a man named "Ike Harris," who reveals that he is truly Ikaris, an Eternal. According to Ikaris, Eternals, humans, and Deviants are three ape-descended species created by the space gods aeons ago.
The trio are beset by a group of Deviants led by Kro. Kro and his Deviants fail to stop Ikaris from activating a cosmic beacon that will summon the space gods to Earth and now, after a thousand years of absence, the space gods return...
( 6 pages of 18 )
alicemacher
In my opinion, this isn't just one of the best Archie Comics tales from the nineties; it's one of Archie Comics' best stories, period. It shows a degree of character depth and introspection that was rare before the Archie renaissance of the tens.
( 'Do you want to lose someone who might REALLY care about you?' )
Shocker: Garth Ennis doesn't get Batman
May. 27th, 2021 08:30 pmcyberghostfaceI was looking forward to Garth Ennis's upcoming Batman miniseries but he recently revealed his approach to the character and, well...
"What we’re talking about here is a billionaire aristocrat who beats up poor people, as well as the mentally ill. I don’t know what that has to do with a code of honor, but it certainly appeals to my sense of humour -- which was probably my way into writing the character and the reason I enjoyed writing him more than I otherwise might have."
I always grit my teeth at the "Batman is a rich guy who beats up the poor and mentally ill" because it's such a gross oversimplification of the character and inaccurate to boot. It's something that you say if you're trying to come up with an edgy "deconstruction" of the character (I.E. like the 'evil fascist Superman' that everyone is doing now) or come clever hashtag commentary (like, let's ignore how Bruce Wayne has spent millions of dollars helping out Gotham City or how he has reached out to those in need).
The notion that "Batman beats up the mentally ill" ignores that Batman, probably moreso than any other superhero, has constantly tried to rehabilitate his mentally ill villains and protect them from harm. I've lost how many times Batman has tried, for example, to help cure Harvey Dent or how many times he's pointed out Joker is mentally ill when people have tried to kill him.
( Some examples )
"What we’re talking about here is a billionaire aristocrat who beats up poor people, as well as the mentally ill. I don’t know what that has to do with a code of honor, but it certainly appeals to my sense of humour -- which was probably my way into writing the character and the reason I enjoyed writing him more than I otherwise might have."
I always grit my teeth at the "Batman is a rich guy who beats up the poor and mentally ill" because it's such a gross oversimplification of the character and inaccurate to boot. It's something that you say if you're trying to come up with an edgy "deconstruction" of the character (I.E. like the 'evil fascist Superman' that everyone is doing now) or come clever hashtag commentary (like, let's ignore how Bruce Wayne has spent millions of dollars helping out Gotham City or how he has reached out to those in need).
The notion that "Batman beats up the mentally ill" ignores that Batman, probably moreso than any other superhero, has constantly tried to rehabilitate his mentally ill villains and protect them from harm. I've lost how many times Batman has tried, for example, to help cure Harvey Dent or how many times he's pointed out Joker is mentally ill when people have tried to kill him.
( Some examples )