Anne Sexton & Barbara Swan recreated fairytales in Transformations, poetry & line art creating a bigger beast, but to learn from it, we must acknowledge its debt in abuse, in cruelty, in compromise and collaboration. #PatriciaHighsmash
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For regular readers of this column, I’ll be on vacation for the next two weeks, so there will be no new columns. But that doesn’t mean we can’t skip ahead a bit to fill the lag… so let’s pull the curtain back on the future just a bit, shall we?
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These are our personal memories of the First Lady Of Space, #nichellenichols. #startrek #nasa
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SDCC ’22, you up?! Join our resident experts MIKE AND MATT as they parse the biggest news and announcements from comicdom’s annual hoedown! #SDCC #SDCC2022 @CWatchersShow
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Charlotte Salomon, born 1917, was murdered by Nazis at Auschwitz. She made a 400+ page comic about her family, life, and the state of Germany. It has only grown in meaning & significance.
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#UsLivingInFictionalCosmogonies concludes with the historicity of Ludgwig Van Beethoven, narrativity, ethics & community in #BillAndTed. Be excellent to each other. @Winter @BillandTed3 @ed_solomon
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Death of the Author, separating the artist & art, the responsibility of artists & audience, how Jack Kirby’s Fourth World & #UsLivingInFictionalCosmogonies can help us find place & pace and enjoy the worlds we have. #PatriciaHighsmash
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This movie, reminded me very much of my own journey through life, so I was emotionally invested in the story being told. #circusofbooks #gayporn
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It’s a pretty jam-packed week, with some big box office hits, some great catalogue releases, and one bona fide internet sensation. Check it out! #ItsMorbinTime #Aquaman #BadGuys #FatherStu #Shaft #Northman
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Art, kitsch, entertainment & fun. For betterment & guilty pleasure. The good, bad & corrective Jack Kirby’s New Gods, Mr Miracle, Forever People, Fourth World & the value of everything in a comic book. #PatriciaHighsmash #UsLivingInFictionalCosmogonies
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Parliament-Funkadelic, Eddie Hazel @george_clinton, Pedro Bell, Sly Stone @Bootsy_Collins, Chaka Khan, Robert and Ronald Bell, Overton Loyd @JunieMorrison James Brown & the funk sound and ethos! #UsLivingInFictionalCosmogonies #PatriciaHighsmash
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The quest, the pilgrimage, the experiential and survivance narrative in Jack Kirby’s Fourth World. Physical comedy, absurdism, satire, sorrow, social realism with Orion, Superman & Darkseid.
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