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nando161mando · 8 months ago
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El sábado 27 de Abril a las 18;30 se presentará el libro Anarcosocialismo y mística comunitaria de Gustav Landauer a cargo del autor de su nueva edición, Carlos Taibo, organizado por Olivo del Búho. Será en el local de CNT-AIT Granada, C/ Eurípides s/n.
On Saturday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m., the book Anarchosocialism and Community Mysticism by Gustav Landauer will be presented by the author of its new edition, Carlos Taibo, organized by Olivo del Búho. It will be at the CNT-AIT Granada premises, C/ Euripides s/n.
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graphicpolicy · 2 months ago
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Preview: Magic Deluxe Edition Book 2
Magic Deluxe Edition Book 2 preview. The final battle against Bolas will push the fellowship of Planeswalkers, and their powers, to the limits of magic and beyond. #comics #comicbooks #magicthegathering #mtg
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translucent-serendipity · 5 months ago
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Hace un par de días acompañé a mi madre al aeropuerto, que se ha ido a su país este mes, y aproveché la vuelta para pasar por una papelería y un par de librerías amigas. Tenim:
Hacia un pueblo fuerte. Anarquismo, organización y poder popular, Felipe Corrêa. Descontrol Editorial.
Ayuno digital. Autoayuda colectiva para cambiarlo todo, Sergi Onorato Esteve. Descontrol Editorial.
Soviets, consejos de fábrica, comunas rurales. La otra revolución rusa, Carlos Taibo. Calumnia.
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Estuve a ná de comprar otro de descontrol (Acción directa económica – Los papeles de Albert Mason) en vez del de Taibo, pero digo yo que habrá que diversificar, diversificar!!
Ah, y en la papelería pillé una planchita de goma (intentaré hacer sellos petits jusjus) y una libreta de puntos nueva para seguir haciéndome agenda 🫐. Fin.
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javert-nihil · 4 months ago
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El COLAPSO es INMINENTE | Carlos Taibo y Nick Land
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andres-tecnologia-blog · 8 months ago
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Carlos Taibo presenta en la FAL el libro ‘Breviario de ecología libertaria’
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maquilanews · 9 months ago
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Trabajará Carlos Canturosas por el acceso universal a la cultura
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NUEVO LAREDO, TAM.- Como parte de las acciones para fortalecer el tejido social y mejorar la calidad de vida de los ciudadanos, el candidato a diputado federal por la coalición “Sigamos Haciendo Historia", Carlos Canturosas Villarreal, impulsará el derecho al acceso a la cultura en todos los ámbitos. El abanderado de los partidos MORENA, PT y Verde Ecologista, durante sus recorridos diarios y reuniones con las fuerzas vivas de la ciudad, aseguró que impulsará la promoción del patrimonio cultural y consolidará polos de desarrollo basados en conocimiento científico, desarrollo tecnológico e innovación, una de las principales iniciativas de Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, candidata a la presidencia de México. “Bajo el eje rector de ‘Diversidad y Patrimonio Cultural’ de nuestra futura presidenta, seguiremos impulsando el reconocimiento de la grandeza cultural de México, la recuperación de la memoria histórica, apoyando el rescate y el cuidado del patrimonio nacional, pues a través de estas acciones mejoramos el entorno social y fortalecemos nuestro sentido de identidad”, destacó. Manifestó que, en conjunto de los ideales humanistas de Sheinbaum Pardo y del director del Fondo de Cultura Económica, Paco Taibo, darán pie a que en todo el país se incremente el número de lectores en ámbitos como educativo, en el laboral, redes de librerías, bibliotecas populares, ferias del libro, así como la producción de libros a bajo costo y bibliotecas digitales de libre acceso. Carlos Canturosas, desde la Cámara de Diputados, trabajará para reforzar la reconstrucción del tejido social en Nuevo Laredo mediante la difusión y mantenimiento del patrimonio cultural mexicano. Read the full article
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ferrolano-blog · 9 months ago
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Carlos Taibo: Cuando hablo de ecofascismo no estoy pensando, o no lo estoy haciendo de forma singular, en marginales grupos neonazis o de extrema derecha. Estoy pensando, antes bien, en un proyecto que nace en el seno de algunos de los principales centros de poder político y económico, cada vez más conscientes de la escasez que se avecina y cada vez más firmemente decididos a preservar en unas pocas manos esos recursos escasos al amparo de un horizonte de darwinismo social militarizado. La perspectiva que invoco tiene mucho que ver con las prácticas más conocidas del colonialismo de siempre
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saturdaynightmatinee · 10 months ago
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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 4.5 / 10
Título Original: Atracción peculiar
Año: 1988
Duración: 98 min
País: Argentina
Dirección: Enrique Carreras
Guion: Juan Carlos Mesa
Música: Mike Ribas
Fotografía: Víctor Hugo Caula
Reparto: Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, Silvia Pérez, Beatriz Salomón, Ana María Ricci, Judith Gabbani, Beatríz Taibo, Tincho Zabala, Edgardo Mesa, Ignacio Quirós
Productora: Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Género: Comedy
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visionesveo · 1 year ago
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CONTRA LOS TERTULIANOS. CARLOS TAIBO
SI QUIERE VERLO COMPLETO Y HACER COMENTARIOS,PUEDE VISITAR:
Es un libro corto, 122 páginas, que se hace largo, un tanto pesado, y el motivo es que incurre en repeticiones y troceamientos de lo que hubiera sido preferible estructurar de manera mejor estudiada.
Por otra parte el libro hace referencia a una serie de personas conocidas en el mundo de la farándula político-mediática, pero no los cita por sus nombres, incluso cuando es evidente que se refiera a personas concretas, con lo que el lector, o bien está al cabo de la calle de lo que el autor quiere decir, y entonces no requiere la lectura del libro, o se queda a la luna de Valencia. Puede que se considere una prueba de prudencia no nombrar individualmente a las personas que señala, pero a otros les puede llevar más bien a pensar en cobardía; al fin y al cabo todos los tertulianos que no se citan, y de los que habla, son el todo, o prácticamente el todo, de los que dan la cara en los medios de comunicación en ESPAÑA, en la radio en la tele y en los periódicos de papel, e internet.
Pero lo avisa desde el principio, y bien mirado, de actuar de otra manera quizá hubiera caído en una especie de tertulia del corazón, llena de nombres ejemplares. Lo que dice interesarle es “lo que hoy significan los TODÓLOGOS... COMO INSTRUMENTO ALSERVICIO DE ESTRATEGIAS CONSCIENTES O INCONSCIENTES DE MANIPULACIÓN Y ATONTAMIENTO”, motivo por el cual descarta cualquier “designio de crucificar a la Cadena de Ondas Populares de España ( COPE), a CÁSAR VIDAL y a FEDERICO GIMÉNEZ LOSANTOS que se fundamente en la apreciación de que el sin fin de aberraciones que muestran estos tres agentes no tiene parangón posible”...
La privatización, lejos de “progresar en materia de pluralismo informativo, lo que revela es la primacía abrumadora de un puñado de grupos empresariales a los que solo interesan el negocio y, con él, el atontamiento de la ciudadanía”
Como se ve, para empezar no está mal. El asunto promete. Y cumple cuando sigue, al comienzo de “LOS TERTULIANOS” que “hemos acabado por normalizar la miseria de las tertulias, que han dejado de sorprendernos para convertirse en realidades cotidianas, que llegado el caso pueden antojársenos neutras e indoloras, cuando no saludables”
Por lo común conocemos mejor lo que opinan los tertulianos sobre una materia que lo que de esa materia opina el dirigente político.
Opina CARLOS TAIBO algo en lo que yo no estoy de acuerdo, cuando dice que “la aserción yo lo he oido en la televisión se ha convertido de un tiempo a esta parte en un poderoso, cuando no irrefutable, argumento de autoridad”. Como el libro que comento ha tenido una primera edición hace más de 10 años, no se si esto que acabo de citar aparecía así entonces y ahora se repite sin cambios, pero ha pasado el tiempo, y no de balde, en el sentido de que cualquier pretensión de autoridad por haberlo dicho la tele en este momento estimo que es inexistente. En el momento actual el problema es que nadie puede fiarse de lo que dice ningún medio de comunicación. Que todo, absolutamente todo es sospechoso, al tiempo que se puede llegar a creer cualquier cosa. Cierto de TAIBO dice unas páginas más adelante “... como quiera que no creemos en la información que se nos ofrece, son muchos los que prefieren agarrarse al clavo ardiendo de la opinión desbocada.”
Dada la estructuración de los informativos en los medios de comunicación, la emisión de opiniones y el intercambio de estas, al faltar, hace acto de presencia en las tertulias farsa, las cuales han invadido espacios de tiempo en las teles y en las radios, que hace años hubieran estado fuera de su alcance; están por la mañana temprano, a la hora de almorzar y por la noche, y en todo tiempo y lugar lo que impera es el cortoplacismo generador de una especie de presente constante, un espectáculo más, resultado y proyecto del modo de producción.
La característica propia de todo tertuliano es la de todólogo, no obstante lo cual no es infrecuente que la condición de tertuliano sea negada por cada uno de ellos, prefiriendo presentarse como con otra actividad principal, quedando como marginal eso de la tertulia, y ocultando la enorme ignorancia que le asiste en base a la ideología, recurriendo al carisma, o reiterando compulsivamente los mismos argumentos.
Dadas las continuas reiteraciones que contiene el texto puede que no resulte demasiado clarificador referir las tres partes en que se estructura, no obstante, estas son:
TERTULIANOS, PÁGINAS 17 A 92
INTELECTUALES, PÁGINAS 93 A 116
CONVERSOS, PÁGINAS 117 A 124
Por descontado que en el libro queda clara la miseria en que se encuentran los tertulianos y las cadenas a las que sirven, y la miseria que expelen a sus consumidores, habiendo una relación coherente entre el sistema político al que sirven y el contenido de lo que hacen en los medios.
Estos tertulianos no ejercen la llamada libertad de expresión, lo que ejercen es la expresión de lo que garantiza que se les vuelva a llamar para seguir participando en una rueda infinita, bien engrasada con dinero.
Sabíamos todo lo que el libro dice, o casi todo, pero si hay alguien que tiene dudas, pues que lo lea.
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nando161mando · 1 month ago
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Este domingo 24 de noviembre (18h.) se realizará la presentación del XXII Encuentro del Libro Anarquista de Madrid y el último libro de Carlos Taibo (Breviario de ecología libertaria).
Será en la As. Cult. El Cocedero, Plz. Tirso de Molina 5, 6º Drcha. No os lo perdáis.
This Sunday, November 24 (6 p.m.) the presentation of the XXII Madrid Anarchist Book Meeting and the latest book by Carlos Taibo ( Breviary of Libertarian Ecology ) will take place.
It will be at the As. Cult. El Cocedero, Plz. Tirso de Molina 5, 6º Drcha . Don't miss it.
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big-takeshi · 1 year ago
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El efecto rebote se caracteriza ante todo por que las ganancias ecológicas obtenidas se ven más que compensadas por unas u otras secuelas negativas. Importa subrayar que no es en modo alguno una consecuencia inesperada, sino, antes bien, y las más de las veces, una fórmula orientada a acrecentar ventas y beneficios. En términos generales, parece que puede afirmarse que la búsqueda de una mayor eficiencia energética no es, por sí sola, suficiente: la eficiencia rebaja los costos, con lo que al cabo estimula la inversión y el consumo de recursos, de tal suerte que, “con cada segunda ganancia, parte de la primera se pierde”.
Carlos Taibo.
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tuportavoz · 2 years ago
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Conferencia sobre la guerra de Ucrania con Carlos Taibo
El próximo jueves 13 de abril de 2023 a las 18:30 en el centro del carme, cultura contemporánea (sala Goerlich) Valencia, tendrá lugar una charla-conferencia con Carlos Taibo sobre la guerra de Ucrania
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daydreamerdrew · 4 months ago
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Comics read this past week:
Marvel Comics:
Captain America (2013) #11-25
These issues were published across September 2013 to October 2014. All were written by Rick Remember. Issues #11-12 and #14-15 and #22-23 were penciled by Carlos Pancheco, with issues #11-12 being inked by Klaus Janson and issues #14-15 and #22-23 being inked by Mariano Taibo. Issues #13 and #17-21 were drawn by Nic Klein Issue #16 was drawn by Pascal Alixe. Issue #24 was penciled by Carlos Pacheco and Paul Renaud, and it was inked by Mariano Taibo and Paul Renaud. And issue #25 was penciled by Carlos Pacheco with Stuart Immonen, and it was inked by Mariano Taibo with Wade von Grawbadger.
I personally liked all of the art in this batch of issues better than John Romita Jr.’s art in the storyline that preceded it.
Issues #11 and #13-14 and #17-21 and #23 were colored by Dean White. Issue #12 was colored by Dead White and Rachelle Rosenberg. Issue #15 was colored by Rachelle Rosenberg with Rain Beredo and Val Staples. Issue #16 was colored by Edgar Delgado with Antonio Fabela and Israel Silva. Issue #22 was colored by Dean White with Lee Loughridge. Issue #24 was colored by Dean White and Sonia Oback. And issue #25 was colored by Marte Gracia, Dean White, and Veronica Gandini.
Issues #11 and #13-17 and #19 and #22-23 were 20 pages. Issues #12 and #20 and #24 were 21 pages. Issue #18 was 19 pages. Issue #21 was 24 pages. And issue #25 was 26 pages.
The first 10 issues of this series is a storyline that’s disconnected from the usual Captain America fare. I think sometimes that sort of thing can be invigorating for a long-published character, and other times it can be frustrating for readers there specifically for a story about a favored character because they don’t feel like that’s what they’re really getting. I had that latter reaction to Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (2014). I wasn’t that into “Castaway in Dimension Z” in the beginning of the arc, and then at the very end I appreciated what it was doing for Steve’s character, but wasn’t convinced it needed to be as long as it was. In these issues I liked how Rick Remember wrote Steve in his usual setting, and I grew to appreciate more of what the entirety of the preceding arc did for Steve’s character.
I knew that this series was going to end with Sam becoming the next Captain America, and I don’t have any problem the concept, I thought the book was more building up to Ian taking over the role. He and Steve reunited in issue #23, and back in issue #4 Steve told Ian after he complained that about them using the shield instead a gun, “Total precision over brute force. A pistol doesn’t become a part of you the same way. It’s important you learn to use her. You’ll take it one day, when I’m gone-” But the final two issues really sold me on it being Sam.
I enjoyed Jet Black’s character and her arc throughout the book, and I was really disappointed by her ending. I think that she would leave everyone for Zola because she felt betrayed is a hard sell when she had developed strong ideological differences with Zola, but I know she also lost her anger for him over Ian’s death after learning to at Ian was still alive. I would like for Jet Black to later end up on the good side again. It’s pretty obvious to me, and it should have been obvious to Sam, that if she really was feeding information to Zola then it was because he had made her to do so unconsciously. But I think it’s understandable that Sam didn’t speak up for her better considering his injuries, and he seems to me to understand the truth at the end. I found Sharon’s rash actions deeply frustrating, but I think it makes sense given what she went through with being trapped in Dimension Z for years. I also think it’s in character for her considering her pattern of rash actions in Captain America (2011), which I attribute to her mental state because of what she went through in Captain America (2005) and her guilt over having played an unwitting role in Steve being lost in time for years.
I didn’t really like Jet Black’s relationship with Sam. Maybe I wasn’t paying proper attention to their few interactions, but it seemed to come out of nowhere to me. And I don’t think Jet Black would be that smooth in her first relationship, but this is Rick Remember’s creation that he’s writing. And I acknowledge that Jet Black’s relationship with Sam served a purpose in the end with having them all having a more immediate, personal stake in their final fight, and there being someone other than her father vying for her loyalty.
I know that the next series is about Sam with Steve as only a supporting character, and I believe that in that, and in any other comics he appears in, Ian will only minor character. So while I would really like to see more about Steve and Ian’s relationship, and to see some of Sharon and Ian’s relationship in Dimension Z, I’m not that hopeful for it.
In issue #21 Steve barely manages to stop the Iron Claw from using a massive weapon he stole from S.H.I.E.L.D. to wipe out a whole country, for which the United States would have been blamed and which would have started WWII. In issue #22 Steve is shocked to learn the, rather than destroying the remaining parts, S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to rebuild the weapon. Nick Fury Jr. tells Steve, “How insane is it to build something that we can use to protect ourselves the next time a celestial executioner shows up? Is it so crazy that we’d want to build something to protect ourselves from such threats? In case the super heroes ever fail? Some people in S.H.I.E.L.D. think it’s crazy for humanity to put all its faith in a self-appointed band of costumed adventures. All respect, Captain, you think S.H.I.E.L.D. got too big and overreached? Have you looked at the size of the Avengers roster lately?”
I found this argument deeply frustrating. Something that has the capacity to destroy the planet also has the capacity to destroy the planet itself, and it inherently poses a danger to what is around it to be used on, which is Earth. I don’t think even in the Marvel universe it’s justifiable to have it. I thought that a possible comprise would be to have the weapon be in pieces spread out around the planet, so that it would be harder and more time-consuming to steal the pieces from the people who gave control of the different parts, but that was never brought up. And I suspected that this weapon was going to be needed by the end of the book, to justify Nick and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s status quo, but that didn’t happened.
I also don’t think that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers are a reasonable comparison to make here, because I think with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secrecy and advanced technology and amount of people and how it’s run, it has a lot more capacity to harm the planet; whereas with the amount of superheroes there are, they wouldn’t be united in harming the planet. I’m also confident that the public, who just saw millions of people nearly killed by this giant weapon, if they got a say in this, wouldn’t support it being rebuilt.
Right before that conversation we see Steve watching the news and a woman is questioning how S.H.I.E.L.D. is overseen and who Captain America answers to. I actually thought this was the most nuanced portrayal I’ve seen of the news media criticizing a superhero. In the Captain America (1968) issues past issue #600 and in Winter Soldier (2012) everything is very dismissive of the brief bits we see of the public criticizing Bucky for the crimes he committed as the Winter Soldier. And I thought the public criticism of Steve in Captain America (2012), where, for example in issue #15, “Captain America’s good deeds” were acknowledged, “But what has he done to save us from the rising unemployment rate? Escalating gas prices? The crashing economy?” None of that is what Captain America’s for. Overall I actually think the politics of this book are a lot more well-conceived than the politics of Captain America (2012). And I believe everything else I’ve seen of superheroes being criticized by the news has been of them having been framed.
While the woman speaking on the news is really angry, she’s able to make points I think are sound. For example, she says, “I think anybody who’s representing our nation to the entire world should be held accountable to the voters. They should be elected.” I think this is actually fair considering we see in this series how Steve’s actions can affect countries’ relations with the U.S. in a serious way. And I think Nick Jr.’s criticism that “It’s just some terrified people, angry because they don’t understand the entire story. Jumping to the worse possible conclusions about you. Everyone loves to assume those in charge are corrupt,” is really unfair. I think the public perception of events is reasonable considering what information they have, and it’s unreasonable to expect that they would just guess that things are fine without that being demonstrated to them.
In issue #11 we see that Steve’s home is filled with many, many nostalgic items. I’ve liked the idea of Steve being a sentimental person, but this depiction is the most extreme I’ve ever seen. Where he presumably spent causal free time looked like a museum. When Steve gives Jet Black the sage advice that “in order to grow, you must let go of the past,” she says to him, “Are you lecturing me about letting go of the past amidst your shrine to it?” At the end of the issue he piles everything outside and burns it all. To me this action clearly didn’t bode well for Steve mental state, and I appreciated that, later in issue #13, Sam said that “this is a sign of trouble.”
In issue #12 Steve thinks, over a scene of him drawing himself and Ian, “Everything here… It’s all so foreign. My friends are like strangers. Can’t let anyone know what I’ve been through. That I’m weak. And this city- this world- it’s not home. Home is another plane of existence. A place with two suns and barren purple deserts. The place I left my family. Where Sharon gave her life. It should have been my sacrifice that stopped Zola. I should still be there. With my son. The son Zola took. Because he knew. Knew even if I survived… I’d die with Ian.”
And Steve tells Sam, “Before I left, Sharon said something. Told me I’m frozen in the past. An assessment more apt now than before. This place was a lifetime ago. How can I be strong, stand up and serve… if I can’t let go of what happened?” And he says, “I’m lost here. Struggling to find meaning… in a world that holds none for me.”
Steve’s narration over part of a fight scene with Nuke in issue #14 reads, “Nothing slows him down. And my control is fading. Something’s unleashing itself. Something caged inside me- something furious. Some new rage. Born of grief. My mind in another place. With my dead family. Rage makes me sloppy. Rage isn’t the solution to this- intellect might be.” Later in the issue Steve tries to kill Nuke, but Sam stops him.
In issue #15 Steve tells Nuke, “The war is over, son. And it’s time to come home from it. I know how frightening that can be to hear. It means you have to come back. It means you have to rejoin a world that is in no war familiar to you. To smile and pretend that everything is normal. But in order to grow you must let go of the past.”
In issue #17 Jet Black brings up how Steve’s reputation has recently been “tarnished” and says, “I know that is something you care deeply about.” He tells her, “I’m a representative of my people. It’s important I embody a high standard.”
They then talk about Steve’s stance against “Execution without a trial” and how Jet Black’s Zola-informed worldview means she thinks Steve should have killed Nuke. After they pass a banker having an absurdly immoral conversation on the phone, Steve says, “Maybe the Punisher is into something. Couldn’t hurt to darken up the image some.” Steve ends up saving that banker from the Communist villain’s henchmen, and afterwards when the banker tries to offer Steve a reward for saving his life, Steve is clearly frustrated and disgusted with the situation.
In issue #18 Steve jokes to Sam as he steals a motorcycle during a fight scene, “Gonna borrow the bike. Left mine at home.” Then he thinks, “Home. Wherever that is. Lower East Side with Mom. The red mountains of another reality- Teaching my son. Living simple. I was happy there. The threats were apparent- they didn’t hide behind the smiles of allies.” This is after S.H.I.E.L.D. acted suspiciously.
In issue #19 Steve thinks, after seeing a lot of people die, “Fallen to weakness in the days since returning to Dimension Z. Any self-recrimination always replaced by the image of my son and fiancé. Any man would fall apart. But I’m not any man. I’m Captain America. I’m held to a higher standard. No matter my sorrow or loss- I always stand up. Hundreds of dead S.H.I.E.L.S. agents. Dead because I let Nuke live. Get the man responsible for this. Jet had the right of it. This is on my head… and I won’t make the same mistake twice.”
In issue #20 Steve was trapped in an illusion that shows you a perfect life before turning on you and killing you, and the only way to escape it is to kill yourself before it kills you, which Steve does. In the moment of darkness before the illusion started, Steve thought, “What if some wars are unwinnable? What if the better choice wasn’t to stand up… but to walk away? Dear God, I can’t do this anymore. I’m lost here. My heart still on those orange hills with my son. I suit up, put on a strong face… but underneath I’m disappearing. I keep fighting on instinct. Because it’s all I know. Standing against an endless current, barely slowing the erosion. Mom, Ian, and Sharon… those closest to me are gone. How can any man face an endless war… with no family to fight for?”
In issue #21, during a fight, Steve thinks, “Never been a point in any battle I’ve fought that I felt so vacant… so hopeless. Asleep at the wheel since Dimension Z. All of this happened under my nose. Nuke, all the signs were there- someone was manipulating him- someone was setting a trap. I was a million miles away- with Sharon and Ian. So focused on what I lost- I’m losing all I have.” And then later, “[O]nly one thing matters- do your duty. I stayed down for too long- let them beat me. Let it all go too far. Forgot- I’m not Captain America. I’m just a man who wears the suit- a sacred privilege.”
And in issue #25, as Steve is introducing Sam as the next Captain America, he calls him, “A man whom I love with all my heart,” which I really liked.
Iron Man (1968) Annuals #3 and #4
These issues were published in March 1976 and May 1977, respectively. Annual #3 was written by Steve Gerber, penciled by Sal Buscema, and inked by Jack Abel. It was 35 pages. Annual #4 was written by Bill Mantlo, penciled by George Tuska, and inked by Don Perlin. It was 29 pages.
The plot of Annual #3 happens because the Thing (of the Fantastic Four) in another issue gifted a child with the wand of the believed-dead villain Molecule Man. This ends up allowing Molecule Man to possess the body of one of the kid’s friends. It didn’t seem to have powers when the kids were playing with it, but giving the weapon of a villain to a child seems pretty reckless of Ben.
The citizens of Citrusville react negatively to Iron Man fighting above their town. The assumption is made that Tony Stark, who was visiting the area because of a project he was funding, must have known that there would be danger there. Tony argues as Iron Man that he merely accompanies Mr. Stark everywhere as his bodyguard. But in response to his attempt to defuse the situation, he’s told, “He talks jes’ like o’ them press secretaries,” and “We know what kinda grief follows you super-types arou[nd].” I believe this is the first time Iron Man has ever experienced that kind of reaction from civilians. I was surprised that this was afterwards attributed to the town being “conservative,” and that it was thought relevant that there had previously been “book-burnings” there and “undercurrents of suspicion and mistrust” remained in their local culture. Also, in this issue Tony is funding a “solar power” project which could “offend the oil interests.” And the person he’s working with says to him, of the townspeople, “The world is changing, Mr. Stark- and because we’re agents of change, we’re anathema to these people.”
Right before Tony uses a screen inside to contact the Avengers, he says, “I’ll avail myself- of the reason I had this limo flown with me to Florida: my direct hookup to- Avengers Mansion.” I believe this is the first time we’ve seen that Tony has convenient technology like that around him.
I liked this narration towards the end of the story, just before everything went wrong again, which read, “All in all, a rather satisfying way to end this tale- save that neither the exigencies of comic book publishing nor existential circumstances will allow us so tidy a conclusion. We’ve still four pages to fill.”
When Iron Man fought Molecule Man, the villain struggled to maintain control the body of the child he possessed. Tony called him “the only villain I’ve ever tackled that was more interested in fighting himself than [me].” Then when Molecule Man possesses him, Tony says, “[W]on’t let my muscles work- trying to keep my mind from functioning, too- but you can’t do it, Molecule Man- You can’t! You could barely win dominion over the mind of a little girl!” And Molecule Man tells him, “I can wait, Avenger- take my time- exert only enough effort to strain Anthony Stark’s damaged heart to its limit! Then, when you’re impotent to prevent it- I’ll take you, Iron Man!”
The narration describes, “If Anthony Stark’s armor were merely a veneer of iron, there would be little to term heroic about its wearer. But its significance goes deeper… to a will of iron, a sense of self, and so tenacious a grasp on the principle of the individual’s essential dignity and worth, that despite the pain knifing his chest, he battles the Molecule Man to a standoff. No human could do more… or maintain such concentration for long.”
In Annual #4, after he realizes that M.O.D.O.K. has a weapon of incredible power, Tony says, “It’s too late to contact the Avengers, but two ex-Avengers are already here on the coast! The Black Widow and Hercules! Part of a new super-group- the Champions!”
After Tony explains everything, Natasha says, “It’s never easy is it, old friend?” And Tony tells her, “No, Widow, it’s not!” I enjoy their comradery.
I was also interested in a moment where Warren Worthington III, the Angel, announces that he’s going to scout ahead for a place for the team’s plane to land, then thinks, “Had to get away from the others! It’s so seldom I can just be alone- to spread my wings and… fly! Times like this it doesn’t matter that I’m a mutant, that I’m different!” I was surprised by Warren’s desperation here. I’m assuming this is his first time being on a team that’s not the X-Men, where he would have been surrounded by only mutants. Though he’s not the only mutant on the Champions as Bobby Drake, Ice-Man, is also there. He is the only main member of the Champions that can fly, however. I wouldn’t think that he would be by himself more often when he was at a boarding school. Perhaps it’s specifically that he doesn’t get as much time to fly off-mission, which is important to both his comfort and mutant identity, and that he inherently feels different and ostracized outside of the familiar environment of being around only mutants. Also, I did notice that later in the issue one of the A.I.M. goons says to Warren, after knocking out one of his teammates, “And you’re next, mutant!”
One of the villains declares, “I am… Stryke! Created to serve Modok- but I also enjoy what I am ordered to do!” I imagine this makes maintaining loyalty easier.
I hadn’t categorized them this way, but the Champions split up to search separate areas, and later Hercules asks, “How fare our younger teammates?” The groups were Black Widow, Hercules, and Angel, and then Ghost Rider, Darkstar, and Ice-Man. I did notice there was strong coordination amongst that first group, while there was some petty insults on Ghost Rider’s part directed towards Ice-Man in the second group. And it was also only that first group that fully succeeded without anyone getting injured. I believe the age breakdown is two adults and one young adult/teenager in the first group, and three young adults/teenagers in the second group.
I also really liked a scene where a mountain collapsed on the Champions and Hercules protected the team by holding up a large piece of rubble that shielded them until someone else could break them free. And he reassured Bobby, who was worried about the rubble giving way “That it will not do, lad, whilst Hercules braces it with his own body!” The scene reminded me of the part of The Avengers (1963) #42 where Hercules postures that he really wants to fight a villain, but really he was worried about the Wasp, who being held hostage, and wanted to be the one to ensure she was safe. I enjoy when he uses his immense strength to protect others. That sort of thing appeals to me more than admiring characters for how well they beat someone up.
At the end of the issue Tony thinks, “Have to set down at Stark-West in L.A.- to rest and recharge! And while I’m at it, maybe I’ll do something nice and leisurely- like inspect my factory, say hello to my employees! The things I’m paid to do!” I thought this was cute.
DC Comics:
Nathanial Dusk II (1985) #1-4
These issues were published across July 1985 to October 1985. All were written by Don McGregor, penciled by Gene Colan, and colored by Tom Ziuko. The artwork was not inked. Issue #1 was 44 pages, and the rest were 48 pages.
I realized when writing out what I’ve read before that was drawn by Gene Colan for a previous comics round-up that I never read this follow-up to Nathanial Dusk (1984). I’ll also say that I forgot to mention before that Gene Colan penciled black-and-white stories in Hulk! (1978) #24-27. And I believe the only thing I’ve ever read before that was written by Don McGregor is the miniseries that preceded this one. I should look up his other work as it’s very impressive here.
This is a mystery story, starring a private detective, that takes place in 1934. The strength of the book is less so in the mystery in my opinion and more so in how it’s grounded in the era of the 30s and the perspective of its well-conceived main character, though there’s nothing to fault with the plotting. The book has a good connection to the first one with some characters carrying over, in particular the two young children of Joyce, Nathanial’s love interest who was killed in the first book, as Nate struggles in his relationship with her son. Finishing this book made me wish there had been more Nathanial Dusk comics, but I appreciate the hopeful tone of the final scene. Very well done and I would strongly recommend both miniseries.
I don’t remember if this was a prominent theme in the first book, but throughout this miniseries the character has to repeatedly grapple with his fear of dying when he nearly does, and I really enjoyed the writing of those parts of the narration in particular. That’s followed in issue #3 with Nathanial turning down money that would make his life easier, including not having to do this dangerous work, because he thinks, “Take it, and you’re dead, another voice said. Take it and everything you ever stood for will begin to die, right this moment, before you even leave the room!” I also really liked Nathanial’s grief for Joyce throughout the book.
The artwork was great as expected. I particularly enjoyed the panels in which Nathanial or the woman who hired him, Amanda, looked fashionable just because that appeals to my personal taste. The only problem was that I didn’t always think the facial expressions described in the narration were what the art conveyed.
Batman (2016) #38
This issue was published in January 2018. It was written by Tom King, drawn by Travis Moore, colored by Giulia Brusco. It was 20 pages.
This issue was about a rich kid in Gotham who had his parents murdered because he admired Bruce Wayne and wanted to be like him. The kid’s speech at the end is about how he has uniquely suffered in a way that others can’t understand, that the deaths of his parents is a terrible pain that will be a part of him forever, but that being scared “Just means you get a chance to be brave.” That quote is something that Bruce had said as Batman earlier in this run, in a flashback in issue #3, to Gotham after Bruce had saved him and his parents during a mugging attempt. This is what inspired Gotham and his sister to become superheroes, and Bruce became hopeful that they could save the city with their dedication and powers, but then Gotham ended up mentally cracking due to a traumatic experience being a superhero brought him to, and he died in issue #5. Bruce said that quote again earlier in this issue as Bruce Wayne to the recently-orphaned kid before he’d figured out what really happened.
The sick, rich kid then declares, “My parents died for this city! I watched them die!” And, “I’m Master Bruce, and I will never stop fighting for the light!” The issue ends with the kid being told he’s not Bruce Wayne, only “a sick kid with dead parents,” and him responding, “But what else is Bruce Wayne?” I think that this being the final dialogue of the story unduly emphasizes the concept of defining Bruce that way, when I think the real purpose of the story is adding another angle to the run’s critical view of how Bruce motivates himself with/by his trauma and justifies that. For example, earlier, in issue #12, Bruce’s initial decision to become Batman was said to have occurred at the same moment as self harm, and his vow “by the spirits of my parents to avenge their deaths by spending the rest of my life warring on all criminals” was framed as a suicide pact.
Also, I believe the idea that “[Batman is] sick. The freaks are sick. Gotham is sick. Master Bruce is the cure!” and that, the kid believes, as Bruce Wayne, “I help others. I am inspired by my parents to save everyone,” runs counter to the typical view of the character, which focuses on the Batman side of how he helps, that Batman is the cure both for the city and (is at the very least the reprieve) for Bruce’s personal problems. I may be wrong about how Batman fans view Bruce being Batman as I’m not involved in those fan spaces, but I think the emphasis on that Bruce being Batman was unhealthy for him was one of the things that made this run controversial.
Image Comics:
Local Man (2023) #5
This issue was published in June 2023. It was written by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley. The main story, which was 26 pages, was drawn by Tony Fleecs and colored by Brad Simpson. And the back-up story, which was 6 pages, was drawn by Tim Seeley and colored by Felipe Sobreiro.
I have to say I think the plotting of this book is really well done. The issues are engaging. There have been so many surprise reveals in only 5 issues, which I think can be really hard to do well and not seem forced or cheap, but so far it’s all worked for me and come across as that the book is well-planned. The first twist I felt iffy instead of excited about was the reveal at the very end of the main story in this issue, and then the back-up story got me on board with it.
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[11 Marzo] Conferencia: Ecofascismo. A cargo de Carlos Taibo. — Ateneo Anarquista Albacete
Desde la asamblea del Ateneo Anarquista de Albacete queremos informar de una Jornada Cultural que hemos organizado para el próximo día 11 de Marzo a las 20:00 hrs. que se celebrará en nuestro local C/ Ecuador, Nº 26, Bajo. Durante la misma contaremos con la presencia del profesor jubilado de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, […] [11 Marzo] Conferencia: Ecofascismo. A cargo de Carlos Taibo. —…
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Manifiesto contra todas las guerras (Carlos Taibo) •
El pasado día 18 de enero, y de la mano del Ateneo Libertario de Carabanchel, en Madrid, Carlos Taibo presentó en el ESLA Eko el “Manifiesto contra todas las guerras”. — Leer en kaosenlared.net/manifiesto-contra-todas-las-guerras-carlos-taibo/
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#VIDEO | “Tzompantli” en la Biblioteca Vasconcelos
TarotPlane dio un cocnierto en la Biblioteca Vasconcelos de la Ciudad de México con versiones acústicas de lo mejor de su producción discográfica.
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"Tzompantli" es un tema que forma parte del disco "El loco en la torre" y hace referencia a los muros de craneos con los que los nativos mexicanos daban cuenta de su cercanía con la muerte en la cotidianidad. 
Durante todo el año 2022 TarotPlane se mantuvo activo con montajes de danza contemporánea, poesía musicalizada en vivo y conciertos de música instrumental. 
Alberto Montiel: Guitarra 
Alex Taibo: Percusiones 
Carlos Ortíz: Bajo
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