Welcome to a Random Pop Culture Top 10! Though in this case, it’s a Top 12. But to be honest, it’s not really a Top anything. More of a Random Twelve–twelve examples that came to mind, listed in my ascending order of preference. Indeed, one of them especially is pretty bad–a strong contender for a “Bottom 12” list.
In any case, the topic today is Twins in Fiction.
Continue reading Fictional Twins [Random Pop Culture Top…Twelve]Over a few posts, I’m choosing different creators or creative teams–novelist, composer, scriptwriter, comic book artist, etc–who have influenced or inspired me, and in most cases brought me a lot of enjoyment.
For each year from 1919-2018, I’ll pick someone who produced something significant or recognizable from that year–based on what year it was published or released (with comic books being considered to have been released on the cover date, although I know that’s not usually true). And of course, lifetime accomplishments beyond that year will play a big role in who is chosen and who is not. Because certain years were tricky, I’ve also allowed myself to pick people who were born or even died in certain years.
Read More: 1969 – 1981 • 1994 – 2006
We continue to look at Thriller, the out-of-continuity experimental comic that DC Comics produced in the early-mid 1980’s. Thriller #6 has a publishing date of May 1984 (a two month gap from the previous issue). Thriller is one of the more dense and oblique mainstream comics I have read, so this series is really me journalling my own attempts to understand it.
We continue to look at Thriller, the out-of-continuity experimental comic that DC Comics produced in the early-mid 1980’s. Thriller #5 has a publishing date of March 1984, and is one I read a looooong time after I read #4.
It’s from here that I’m really wondering how what was going on in this series, so this will be interesting. Thriller is one of the more dense and oblique mainstream comics I have read, so this series is really me journalling my own attempts to understand it.
We (finally) continue to look at Thriller, the out-of-continuity experimental comic that DC Comics produced in the early-mid 1980’s. Thriller #4 has a publishing date of February 1984. I can’t remember if I bought it when it first came out or not, but I have owned it for a long time–for many years it was the latest one that I owned. Thriller is one of the more dense and oblique mainstream comics I have read, so this series is really me journaling my own attempts to understand it.
We continue to look at Thriller, the out-of-continuity experimental comic that DC Comics produced in the early-mid 1980’s. Thriller #3 has a publishing date of January 1984, and is one of the issues I bought back when it first came out. It’s one of the more dense and oblique mainstream comics I have read, so this series is really me journaling my own attempts to understand it.
We continue to look at Thriller, the out-of-continuity experimental comic that DC Comics produced in the early-mid 1980’s. Thriller #2 has a publishing date of December 1983, and is one of the issues I bought back when it first came out. It’s one of the more dense and oblique mainstream comics I have read, so this series is really me journaling my own attempts to understand it.
So back in 1983, DC published a very out-of-the-box comic called Thriller, originally by Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor Von Eeden. It ran for 12 issues all together, though I only read four issues back in the day. Since then, I’ve managed to get ahold of the rest, and have only finished reading the whole series recently.
It’s a dense story that benefits from multiple re-readings, and indeed, has often left me confused. So I thought…let’s read it through and journal the experience, and see if I can make sense of it all. So let’s start with Issue #1.
Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #24, and after our previous six-part answer to our last question, its great to be able to move on to new things.
Continue reading Weekly Geeky Question #24: A C-List Super-team!
Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #12, and this week’s questions is…
Continue reading Weekly Geeky Question #12: Influential Comic Book Creators
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