#Debra Spector

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**Shots of the Episode**

The Gilded Age (2022)

Season 2, Episode 2: “Some Sort of Trick” (2023) Director: Deborah Kampmeier Cinematographer: Manuel Billeter

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what's up ! non-exhaustive list of stories featuring weird plants :

The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham

The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark

In the Tall Grass, Stephen King and Joe Hill

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig', William Hope Hodgson

The Man Whom the Trees Loved, Algernon Blackwood

The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer

The Willows, Algernon Blackwood

The Nature of Balance, Tim Lebbon

'Bloom', John Langan

The Ruins, Scott Smith

The Wise Friend, Ramsey Campbell

'The Green Man of Freetown', The Envious Nothing : A Collection of Literary Ruins, Curtis M. Lawson

The Beauty, Aliya Whiteley

The Ash-Tree, M.R. James

Canavan's Backyard, J.P. Brennan

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jack Finney

The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher

'Reaching for Ruins', Crow Shine, Alan Baxter

'Vortex of Horror', Gaylord Sabatini

Hothouse, Brian W. Aldiss

Vaster than Empires and More Slow, Ursula K. Le Guin

Odd Attachment, Ian M. Banks

Deathworld #1, Harry Harrison

The Bridge, John Skipp and Craig Spector

'The Garden of Paris', Eric Williams

Apartment Building E, Malachi King

The Seed from the Sepulchre, Clark Ashton Smith

Rappaccini's Daughter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Nursery, Lewis Mallory

The Other Side of the Mountain, Michel Bernanos

The Vegetarian, Han Kang

Sisyphean, Dempow Torishima

The Root Witch, Debra Castaneda

Semiosis, Sue Burke

The Wolf in Winter, Charlie Parker #12, John Connolly

Perennials, Bryce Gibson

Relic, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Gwen, in Green, Hugh Zachary

The Voice in the Night, William Hope Hodgson

Ordinary Horror, David Searcy

The Family Tree, Sheri S. Tepper

The Book of Koli, Rampart Trilogy #1, M.R. Carey

Seeders, A.J. Colucci

Concrete Jungle, Brett McBean

The Plant, Stephen King

Anthologies/collections :

The Roots of Evil: Weird Stories of Supernatural Plants, edited by Michel Parry

Chlorophobia: An Eco-Horror Anthology, edited by A.R. Ward

Roots of Evil: Beyond the Secret Life of Plants, edited by Carlos Cassaba

The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness, Richard Gavin

Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic, edited by Daisy Butcher

Weird Woods: Tales From the Haunted Forests of Britain, edited by John Miller

'But fungi aren't plants' :

The Fungus, Harry Adam Knight

Growing Things and Other Stories, Paul Tremblay

The Girl with All the Gifts, M.R. Carey

Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Fruiting Bodies, and Other Fungi, Brian Lumley

'The Black Mould', The Age of Decayed Futurity, Mark Samuels

What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher

The House Without a Summer, DeAnna Knippling

Mungwort, James Noll

Fungi, edited by Orrin Grey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Trouble with Lichen, John Wyndham

Notes :

all links lead to the goodreads page of the book, mostly because i like to look at book cover art ;

list features authors/books that i love (T. Kingfisher, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Ursula K. Le Guin, the collections from the British Library Tales of the Weird, etc.), but also a few that i don't like and some that i have not yet read ;

if upon seeing that list the first novel you check out is by Stephen King's you have not understood the assignment ;

not all of those are strictly horror stories, some are 100% science fiction (Brian W. Aldiss' Hothouse for instance).

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DEBRA SPECTOR Magic Moments sweet dreams 51

[mydailyvintagephotos]

Beautiful Actresses and Singers from the 50s and 60s

Audrey Hepburn

Rita Hayworth

Diana Dors

Sophia Loren

Debra Paget

Nancy Kwan

Ronnie Spector

Ava Gardner

Rita Moreno

Princess Grace aka Grace Kelly

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Inject this cast in my veins.

[age-of-moonknight]

“Power Play,” Marvel Team-Up, (Vol. 1/1972) Annual #4

Writer: Frank Miller; Penciler: Herb Trimpe; Inker: Mike Esposito; Colorist: Bob George Roussos; Letterer: Diana Albers

[brin-guivera]

Sweet Dreams to Stardom

Sweet Dreams to Stardom

Sweet Dreams to Stardom

I have done similar posts about famous people appearing on young adult book covers (see here and here) but I thought it would be fun to do a post focusing on the Sweet Dreams series of romance books.

When researching the aforementioned posts, I noticed that there were a lot of familiar faces on Sweet Dreams covers though I couldn’t corroborate most of them. There are some…

[ramascreen]

HBO Drama Series THE GILDED AGE Begins Production On Season 2

HBO Drama Series THE GILDED AGE Begins Production On Season 2

Production is currently underway on the second season of the HBO Original drama series THE GILDED AGE in Rhode Island and New York state.   The series stars Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Blake Ritson, Taissa Farmiga, Simon Jones, Harry Richardson, Jack Gilpin, Debra Monk, Kristine Nielsen, Taylor Richardson, Ben Ahlers, Kelley…

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How To Talk To Young People About The Kavanaugh Story

Young people around the country are among those joining the debate over Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh in 1982, when both were teenagers.

What are teens learning from all this? And how should adults be handling this conversation?

One night during the summer of 2017, a teenager named Francesca in Virginia was assaulted by a classmate: “I was pinned down and he fondled my breasts and sexually assaulted me.” We’re only using her first name because she’s 15 years old.

Francesca says she struggled at first with coming forward, but eventually became an activist and public speaker on consent and survivors’ rights.

Jules Spector, meanwhile, is an 18-year-old graduate of a private high school in Brooklyn, now taking a gap year before attending Wellesley College.

Spector is also a survivor of sexual assault, and it took her years to come forward. She says she’s willing to use her full name because she is a feminist activist who feels the importance of raising public awareness.

The accusations against Judge Kavanaugh have reminded her of parties she’s attended, and boys she knew in high school.

“A lot of boys that I’ve grown up around have the thought that they can do anything,” Spector says. “And these decisions that they make, whether inebriated or not, won’t follow them later in life because they can just forget about the horrors that they caused people and move on with their lives and become successful.”

She says she admires Christine Blasey Ford for confronting the issue.

“The amount of strength it takes to come forward is unparalleled. And no one does it for attention, because it’s the most painful thing you could possibly do, but also the strongest thing you could possibly do.”

For too many young people like Spector and Francesca listening to the news right now, they’re not learning about sexual violation — because that’s already happened, if not to them then to someone they know.

What they are learning, educators say, is whether the adults in power will take these claims seriously, and whether speaking up results in harsher consequences for survivors or for those accused.

So how are we supposed to talk to our children about all this? Here’s some guidance from experts:

1. It’s your job.

“As parents, you are the primary sexuality educator of your children — whether you’re saying anything or not,” says Debra Hauser, the president of Advocates for Youth, a national nonprofit that works for honest sexual health education. Francesca works with the organization.

When something like this is in the news, as it has been all too often lately, Hauser adds, it’s “a great teachable moment.” Talking about a situation that doesn’t personally affect your kids or someone they know can be a less threatening way to open up the topic.

2. It’s not too soon.

Hauser says conversations about consent and bodily autonomy can — and should — predate any discussion of the mechanics of sex.

“You see two 4- or 5-year-olds, where one wants to borrow the other one’s crayon and they just grab it,” she explains. “And the response that you have is, ‘You have to ask for it. And if that other child says no, you have to respect that and find another way to get a crayon.’ That’s the very beginning of consent education right there.”

3. Give them the information.

Karen Rayne is a sex educator with a nonprofit called UnHushed. She also has a daughter in middle school and one in high school. She says giving kids the facts they need is especially crucial for younger teens. “They’re going to hear whispers and not really have access to full information or the skill set to find that information.”

4. Be the “askable” parent.

In other words, Hauser explains, be the one that your children can come to with questions. She says that, by bringing up tough topics even when they make you uncomfortable, you increase the likelihood that your child will do the same.

Francesca says she confided first in her friends about her assault. It took her awhile to share the story with her mother.

“My mom was surprised and very upset as any mother would be, but she was very very helpful,” Francesca says. Her mother, sadly, had her own experience of sexual violence to draw on. “She knew the process and the importance of reporting the crime to the police.”

5. Or designate someone else they can talk with.

Each year, on their birthdays, Hauser would tell each of her children (who are now grown) to name a trusted adult outside of the family to share hard things with. Things they might be tempted to keep secret because of a fear of punishment, a fear of disappointing a parent, or for any other reason.

” ‘Let’s agree on a couple other adults that you respect that you could go and talk to,’ ” she told them. ” ‘And we’ll go together and tell them that we have this agreement.’ ”

6. Talk to potential perpetrators, not just potential survivors.

When talking about sexual assault and consent, we often focus on victims, and primarily on girls.

But, “it’s the people who are doing the sexual assaulting that need a different kind of education and a different kind of support starting from a very young age,” says Rayne. “About things like [what to do] when they’re attracted to someone or interested in someone and that person rejects them.”

With the right education, says Rayne, a young man might be able to say, ” ‘Oh, you know what? I’ve been drinking too much and I feel like my capacity to make wise decisions is failing me.’ Or, ‘Hey, you know, when someone’s trying to push me off of them, that’s something that I should take as a cue to get off.’ ”

Hauser says the landscape of consent is shifting for this generation, and not only with the #MeToo movement. Guidance issued under President Obama has led to a greater emphasis on sexual misconduct prevention and enforcement on campuses under Title IX. And, several states are working towards adding consent to their high school sex education standards.

But, Hauser and Rayne say, there’s a lot more work to do.

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

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How To Talk To Young People About The Kavanaugh Story

Young people around the country are among those joining the debate over Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault against Judge Brett Kavanaugh in 1982, when both were teenagers.

What are teens learning from all this? And how should adults be handling this conversation?

One night during the summer of 2017, a teenager named Francesca in Virginia was assaulted by a classmate: “I was pinned down and he fondled my breasts and sexually assaulted me.” We’re only using her first name because she’s 15 years old.

Francesca says she struggled at first with coming forward, but eventually became an activist and public speaker on consent and survivors’ rights.

Jules Spector, meanwhile, is an 18-year-old graduate of a private high school in Brooklyn, now taking a gap year before attending Wellesley College.

Spector is also a survivor of sexual assault, and it took her years to come forward. She says she’s willing to use her full name because she is a feminist activist who feels the importance of raising public awareness.

The accusations against Judge Kavanaugh have reminded her of parties she’s attended, and boys she knew in high school.

“A lot of boys that I’ve grown up around have the thought that they can do anything,” Spector says. “And these decisions that they make, whether inebriated or not, won’t follow them later in life because they can just forget about the horrors that they caused people and move on with their lives and become successful.”

She says she admires Christine Blasey Ford for confronting the issue.

“The amount of strength it takes to come forward is unparalleled. And no one does it for attention, because it’s the most painful thing you could possibly do, but also the strongest thing you could possibly do.”

For too many young people like Spector and Francesca listening to the news right now, they’re not learning about sexual violation — because that’s already happened, if not to them then to someone they know.

What they are learning, educators say, is whether the adults in power will take these claims seriously, and whether speaking up results in harsher consequences for survivors or for those accused.

So how are we supposed to talk to our children about all this? Here’s some guidance from experts:

1. It’s your job.

“As parents, you are the primary sexuality educator of your children — whether you’re saying anything or not,” says Debra Hauser, the president of Advocates for Youth, a national nonprofit that works for honest sexual health education. Francesca works with the organization.

When something like this is in the news, as it has been all too often lately, Hauser adds, it’s “a great teachable moment.” Talking about a situation that doesn’t personally affect your kids or someone they know can be a less threatening way to open up the topic.

2. It’s not too soon.

Hauser says conversations about consent and bodily autonomy can — and should — predate any discussion of the mechanics of sex.

“You see two 4- or 5-year-olds, where one wants to borrow the other one’s crayon and they just grab it,” she explains. “And the response that you have is, ‘You have to ask for it. And if that other child says no, you have to respect that and find another way to get a crayon.’ That’s the very beginning of consent education right there.”

3. Give them the information.

Karen Rayne is a sex educator with a nonprofit called UnHushed. She also has a daughter in middle school and one in high school. She says giving kids the facts they need is especially crucial for younger teens. “They’re going to hear whispers and not really have access to full information or the skill set to find that information.”

4. Be the “askable” parent.

In other words, Hauser explains, be the one that your children can come to with questions. She says that, by bringing up tough topics even when they make you uncomfortable, you increase the likelihood that your child will do the same.

Francesca says she confided first in her friends about her assault. It took her awhile to share the story with her mother.

“My mom was surprised and very upset as any mother would be, but she was very very helpful,” Francesca says. Her mother, sadly, had her own experience of sexual violence to draw on. “She knew the process and the importance of reporting the crime to the police.”

5. Or designate someone else they can talk with.

Each year, on their birthdays, Hauser would tell each of her children (who are now grown) to name a trusted adult outside of the family to share hard things with. Things they might be tempted to keep secret because of a fear of punishment, a fear of disappointing a parent, or for any other reason.

” ‘Let’s agree on a couple other adults that you respect that you could go and talk to,’ ” she told them. ” ‘And we’ll go together and tell them that we have this agreement.’ ”

6. Talk to potential perpetrators, not just potential survivors.

When talking about sexual assault and consent, we often focus on victims, and primarily on girls.

But, “it’s the people who are doing the sexual assaulting that need a different kind of education and a different kind of support starting from a very young age,” says Rayne. “About things like [what to do] when they’re attracted to someone or interested in someone and that person rejects them.”

With the right education, says Rayne, a young man might be able to say, ” ‘Oh, you know what? I’ve been drinking too much and I feel like my capacity to make wise decisions is failing me.’ Or, ‘Hey, you know, when someone’s trying to push me off of them, that’s something that I should take as a cue to get off.’ ”

Hauser says the landscape of consent is shifting for this generation, and not only with the #MeToo movement. Guidance issued under President Obama has led to a greater emphasis on sexual misconduct prevention and enforcement on campuses under Title IX. And, several states are working towards adding consent to their high school sex education standards.

But, Hauser and Rayne say, there’s a lot more work to do.

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

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      Episode 17:  

The High Priests of Khonshu tackle some reviews which arguably have the greatest Marvel villain that ever lived!…..or not!

Marvel Spotlight #28 and #29 are up for review alongside a smattering of news for your listening pleasure.

Please note – SPOILERS for The Netflix Punisher show (from 3:20 – 4:45). Skip this if you don’t want to hear it!

We are also very happy to have on Wayno from Courtside Podcast as our guest narrator for the two books on offer – believe me, this isn’t one to be missed!

Grab your issues, sit back and relax…this’ll be like nothing you’ve heard before!!

  Bare Bones:

Marvel Spotlight Vol. 1 #28 – ‘The Crushing Conquer Lord!’

Released June 1976

(writer) Doug Moench

(artist) Don Perlin

(colours) Irene Vartanoff

(letters) Irv Watanabe

(editor) Marv Wolfman

  It’s late in Manhattan and as many New Yorkers retire to their beds for the night, a group of masked men attempt to break into an unmarked building. Unfortunately for them they are being watched by a silver and black figure from the rooftops – it’s Moon Knight and he swoops down to dish out justice! It’s seven men versus one but the odds are stacked in Moon Knight’s favour as he makes short work of the bumbling criminals. With the masked men subdued, Moon Knight escapes in his Mooncopter (with his ally, Frenchie, at the helm) and leaves the unconscious men for the police to clean up.

Frenchie notices that the building the men tried to break into was in fact the campaign headquarters for Charles Thurston, a new candidate for mayor, and he speculates whether there is something afoot but Moon Knight disregards it…to him, it’s just a coincidence in a massive city full of many important buildings.

Elsewhere, we see Frenchie’s concerns justified as indeed two shadowy figures discuss a conspiracy to frame the existing Mayor. One of the men – a huge, bald powerful figure with two large rats as pets, reveals that their plan involves breaking into Thurston’s campaign office and pinning the burglaries on the current Mayor. Unbeknownst to them that Moon Knight had already foiled their plan, the two men – one named Weasel, the other Mr. Quinn – coincidentally profile the vigilante Moon Knight, after hearing word of his previous exploits in defeating the Committee.

Weasel cites Moon Knight’s history, skills, apparent heightened powers, and his various identities which until this point had not been known by anyone. It’s revealed that they have a mole in Moon Knight’s ranks, and this has allowed them to learn more on our fearless hero.

As this occurs, the police pick up the seven men despatched by Moon Knight and discover that they are in fact cops. The policemen are first confused, then wary of Moon Knight – Could Moon Knight be an enemy of the State? Were the cops undercover in their outfits as burglars? We, the readers,  learn from Mr. Quinn (who now wants only to be known as Conquer-Lord) that they are in fact corrupt cops, which he engaged for the burglaries and their devious plan.

With the profiling of Moon Knight complete, and in classic, villainous fashion, Conquer-Lord opens a trapdoor for Weasel to plummet to his death – it’s death by crocodiles for poor Weasel as Conquer-Lord cackles at his own evil.

Meanwhile, Moon Knight is fired upon by the police, who think him a rogue for attacking the undercover cops. He is forced to flee from them, confused at their actions. He needs to know the reason for this turn of events so decides to investigate as Jake Lockley, his man-on-the-streets cabbie persona.

It’s no better news for Conquer-Lord too, who discovers that his plan has failed and that his seven corrupt cops have been taken in. Angered, he dons his formidable costume as Conquer-Lord and takes actions into his own hands.

Moon Knight as Jake Lockley discovers that Mr. Quinn aka Conquer-Lord is behind a conspiracy to oust the existing mayor and to implement mayor-candidate Thurston as his own puppet to control the city. Friends on the street, Gena and Crawley give Jake the information he needs and Jake makes tracks to the mayor’s estate to try and catch Conquer-Lord.

Spector assumes his wealthy persona, Steven Grant alongside Marlene and the two enter the mayor’s estate looking for signs of foul play. They need not wait too long before more of Conquer-Lord’s men crash through, terrorising the guests.

Moon Knight is not fooled by the diversion and keeps his eye on the Mayor, and in doing so he tracks Conquer-Lord nearby, with sniper rifle in hand. Just as Conquer-Lord takes a shot, Moon Knight leaps and knocks Conquer-Lord and his rifle, ruining his aim.

They battle and it looks as though Moon Knight has the upper hand when unfortunately Marlene finds herself in the clutches of the Conquer-Lord.

Moon Knight is helpless to do anything, and as the Conquer-Lord flees with Marlene under his arm, the issue ends with Moon Knight hearing cries from the estate – the Mayor has indeed been shot!

Marvel Spotlight Vol. 1 #29 – ‘The Deadly Gambit of Conquer Lord’

Released August 1976

(writer) Doug Moench

(artist) Don Perlin

(colours) Irene Vartanoff

(letters) Debra James

(editor) Marv Wolfman

  Picking up from our previous issue, Moon Knight is left in a tough situation – forced to let Conquer-Lord flee with a captive Marlene and at the same time tend to the Mayor who had been shot from a stray bullet.

Moon Knight leaps into the Mayor’s mansion and although bleeding, he looks to be in a stable condition. The Mayor pleads to Moon Knight for justice and Moon Knight promises to take Conquer-Lord down, not only for attacking the Mayor but for abducting Marlene.

Moon Knight calls for Frenchie through his radio cowl and is whisked away, only just avoiding the attacks from the police who still think him a threat to the city.

Moon Knight, now as Steven Grant, returns to Grant’s Estate on Long Island and prepares to hit the streets looking for clues to Conquer-Lord’s whereabouts. He senses heavy breathing from the other side of his bedroom door and catches Merkins (the new valet) spying on him. Merkins reveals himself as Conquer-Lord’s mole and tries to flee. In his panic, he lashes out at Grant and is surprised to see Grant knocked out cold. Merkins takes one of Grant’s cars, impressed with himself and drives off not knowing that Grant had feigned being knocked out and only did so as a ploy, so as to shadow Merkins back to Conquer-Lord’s lair.

Meanwhile, in the South Ferry district of Manhattan, Conquer-Lord has Marlene tied up and ready to be fed to the crocodiles. Villainous as ever, he punctures the sandbag counterweight which holds Marlene above the trapdoor. As the sand escapes, she slowly drops closer to the waiting jaws of the hungry reptiles below. With the help of Frenchie, Grant (now Moon Knight) tracks Merkins back to the South Ferry warehouse and immediately springs into action. He is greeting by more of Conquer-Lord’s goons however he relishes in the fight and has no trouble beating every single one of them.

Merkins arrives to meet Conquer-Lord but it is soon discovered that he has unwittingly led Moon Knight to Conquer-Lord’s lair. Angered, Conquer-Lord has Merkins killed by one of his lackeys and it’s not long before Moon Knight catches up on the scene. He’s unsuccessful in catching Conquer-Lord but defeats Merkins’ killer who points the smoking gun at him. Conquer-Lord’s appearance is made apparent, however, by activating a trap door under Moon Knight sending him plummeting onto a giant chess board below.

A twisted game is then played between the two as Conquer-Lord’s rigged chessboard are booby-trapped with exploding squares and weaponised chess pieces – the only safe squares to walk on are those which follow the chess piece moves…in Moon Knight’s case, a white Knight. Moonie dodges explosives and all manner of weapons thrown at him and finally manages to meet Conquer-lord face to face. The crazed villain evades Moon Knight once again and leaps onto an escape ladder above, which shows a control room beyond. With all his strength and agility, Moon Knight is able to leap up through the escape hatch and simultaneously attack Conquer-Lord. Quick thinking by Moon Knight allows him to trick Conquer-Lord into leaping back towards the escape hatch, and in doing so, Moon Knight traps him in the hatch, leaving him to dangle precariously above the explosive chess board below.

Moon Knight finds Marlene and frees her from her ropes just in the nick of time. With their adventure complete, Moon Knight leaves his calling card – a crescent dart- beside a bound Conquer-Lord, ready for arrest by the approaching police.

As they drive away, news on the radio tells of the Mayor recovering well in hospital, tying up the last loose end of an exciting caper. The only thing left is for some dinner and with that, Marc suggests some fine dining at the Ritz as Steven Grant. Marlene thinks otherwise, and humbly suggests a good ol’ fashioned burger at Gena’s Diner.

 Show Notes:

MOON KNIGHT #192 MAX BEMIS • JACEN BURROWS (A/C) CRAZY RUNS IN THE FAMILY Part 5 • Sun King and Bushman lure Marc to a tropical isle with irresistible bait. • What madness awaits Moon Knight on this strange island? • Will he even survive the voyage? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 – Releases 28/02/2018

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https://www.mygeekbox.co.uk/merch-figures/marvel-moon-knight-exc-pop-vinyl-bobble-head-figure/11629797.html Moon Knight Pop Figure now available for pre-orders!  

Big moon-head Austin Brackett writes in on Moon Knight’s involvement in Lego Marvel 2 – Just another unlockable, “Same attacks same everything. And even though they fixed the glide animations for a list characters they left it wonky for im. Almost completely untouched from the last game.” he writes. No involvement in story, despite Egypt as major setting.

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Episode 17 – #ConquerLord2k18 Episode 17:   The High Priests of Khonshu tackle some reviews which arguably have the greatest Marvel villain that ever lived!.....or not!

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Art Movements

Parmigianino, “The Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalen and the Infant Saint John the Baptist” (ca 1535–40), oil on paper, laid on panel, 75.5 x 59.7 cm (courtesy DCMS)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.

The city of Paris plans to construct a 2.4-meter (~7.9 feet) wall of bulletproof glass around the base of the Eiffel Tower. The €20 million (~$21.3 million) project is intended to prevent individuals or vehicles from launching an attack on the site.

Protestors demonstrated against the closing of the Barbur Gallery in Jerusalem. The nonprofit space was shut down at the behest of culture minister Miri Regev, who opposed an event titled “Breaking the Silence,” a discussion led by an Israeli veterans’ anti-occupation group that collects testimonies from soldiers serving in the Palestinian territories.

The UK’s culture minister, Matt Hancock, placed a temporary export bar on Parmigianino’s “The Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalen and the Infant Saint John the Baptist” (ca 1535–40). The Getty Museum worked with Sotheby’s to file an export application for the work last year. The work will leave the UK unless a resident buyer can match the £24.5 million (~$30.6 million) asking price.

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College removed and shrouded works created or donated by immigrant artists in its collection in protest over President Trump’s January 27 executive order that banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, will stage a public screening of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-nominated film, The Salesman (2016), in Trafalgar Square on Oscar night. Farhadi announced that he would not attend the Oscars following President Trump’s proposed travel ban on individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Victoria Coates, an art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance studies, was appointed the National Security Council’s Senior Director for Strategic Assessments.

The youth wing of Norway’s Labour Party proposed moving the site of a planned memorial dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Norway attacks. A group of locals near Utøya sued the state last year in a bid to block the project. The planned memorial, entitled “Memory Wound“, was designed by Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg.

Rendering of Jonas Dahlberg, “22 July Memorial at Sørbråten” (courtesy Jonas Dahlberg Studio)

Artist Moses Amik Beaver was found dead at Thunder Bail Jail in Ontario. It is not known why the artist, who was known to suffer mental health issues, was being detained. Mary Wabasse, Beaver’s sister, was killed in a car crash two days after the renowned First Nations artist was found dead.

Over 470 South Korean artists filed a lawsuit against impeached president Park Geun-Hye, former culture minister Cho Yoon-Sun, and former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon, over a government document of “blacklisted” artists.

Hands Off Our Revolution, a coalition of over 200 artists united against right-wing populism, launched its website and is planning exhibitions and other events later this year. Its members include Adam Broomberg, Hank Willis Thomas, Hito Steyerl, Maya Lin, Yinka Shonibare, and the Otolith Group.

The heirs of Nazi artist Erich Klahn won a court battle to ensure that his work continues to be displayed in a convent in northern Germany.

Thieves stole over 160 rare books from a warehouse in London, including works by Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, and Leonardo da Vinci. A source connected to the case told the Guardian that a sole collector may have organized the theft. “They would be impossible to sell to any reputable dealer or auction house,” the source said. “We’re not talking Picassos or Rembrandts or even gold bars — these books would be impossible to fence.”

The March/April 2017 issue of Playboy

Cooper Hefner, the son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and the new chief creative officer of the magazine, decided to reintroduce nude photography, despite a highly publicized decision to scrap the practice in 2015.

Greece’s Central Archaeological Council rejected a request by Gucci to stage a 15-minute catwalk show on the Athens Acropolis. The fashion brand offered to pay the council a total of €56 million (~$59.8 million) to film at the site.

The Arts Law Centre of Australia, the Indigenous Art Code, and Copyright Agency | Viscopy issued a joint statement in support of proposed legislation to ban the production and sale of fake Aboriginal art.

Beate Reifenscheid, the curator of an Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Beijing, described a joint statement issued by Kiefer’s dealers (White Cube, Gagosian, and Thaddaeus Ropac) as an attack on her curatorial freedom. Kiefer denounced the show, arguing that it was staged “without [his] involvement or consent.”

Bern’s Kunstmuseum and Bonn’s Bundeskunsthalle will stage concurrent exhibitions of Nazi-looted works recovered from Cornelius Gurlitt‘s art collection.

New York City’s 115th Street Library was renamed after entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.

An art history student raised concerns over mold at the Picasso Museum in Paris. The museum completed a five-year, $30-million renovation two years ago.

Transactions

Herman Saftleven, “Study of a Sticky Nightshade or Litchi tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium)” (1683) (photo by Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum)

The Nationalmuseum acquired a 1683 botanical watercolor study by Herman Saftleven.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art jointly acquired two prototype chairs made by Donald Judd between 1979 and 1980.

Transitions

Nancy Spector was appointed artistic director and chief curator of the Guggenheim Museum.

Karol Wight, the president and executive director of the Corning Museum of Glass, was appointed to an advisory post on the US State Department Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

Pamela Joyner was elected to the J. Paul Getty Trust’s board of trustees.

Isaac Julien was appointed to the Art Fund’s board of trustees.

Jay Sanders was appointed executive director and chief curator of Artists Space.

Ulysses Grant Dietz will step down as the chief curator of the Newark Museum at the end of the year.

Benjamin T. Simons was appointed director of the Academy Art Museum, Maryland.

Anne Hilde Neset was appointed director of Oslos’s Kunstnernes Hus.

Heather Saunders was appointed director of the Ingalls Library at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Debra Simon was appointed director of public art at the Times Square Alliance.

Elvira Dyangani Ose was appointed senior curator of Creative Time.

The estate of photographer August Sander is now represented by Hauser & Wirth and Galerie Julian Sander in Cologne.

August Sander, “Secretary at West German Radio, Cologne” (1931), gelatin silver print, 18 x 24 cm (© Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archiv, Cologne; ARS, New York; courtesy of Galerie Julian Sander, Cologne)

Mary S. Walker was appointed director of development at the the Knoxville Museum of Art.

Paddle 8 announced a second round of layoffs following its split from art auction startup Auctionata.

Andrew Goldstein was appointed editor-in-chief of artnet News.

The Department for Culture, Media, and Sport plans to open a gallery dedicated to the UK’s Government Art Collection.

Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art reopened three years after it was damaged by a car bomb.

The Blanton Museum of Art unveiled its newly renovated and reinstalled permanent galleries.

The Seattle Asian Art Museum will close its doors on Monday, February 27, for a six-month renovation.

Accolades

Burhan Ozbilici won the 2017 World Press Photo Award for his photograph of the assassination of Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

The Canada Council for the Arts announced the recipients of the 2017 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

Eva and Franco Mattes were awarded the third annual Prix Net Art.

Obituaries

Exterior of the Hotel Chelsea, New York (via Wikipedia)

Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), jazz violinist.

Hilary Bailey (1936–2017), writer. Best known for the Fifty-First State (2008).

Stanley Bard (1934–2017), manager and part owner of the Hotel Chelsea, Manhattan.

Richard Burton (1933–2017), architect.

Barbara Caroll (1925–2017), jazz pianist and singer.

Gervase de Peyer (1926–2017), clarinetist.

Max Ferrá (1937–2017), founder and first artistic director of the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center.

Bobby Freeman (1940–2017), singer. Best known for “Do You Want to Dance” (1958).

Nicolai Gedda (1925–2017), tenor.

Barbara Gelb (1926–2017), author and journalist. Co-authored the first biography of Eugene O’Neill.

Barbara Harlow (1948–2017), author and scholar. Best known for Resistance Literature (1987).

Al Jarreau (1940–2017), jazz, R&B, and pop singer.

Harvey Lichtenstein (1929–2017), former president and executive director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Lev Navrozov (1928–2017), translator and Soviet dissident.

Jiro Taniguchi (1947–2017), manga artist.

Veljo Tormis (1930–2017), composer.

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    Episode 16:  

In the aftermath of the brilliant first issue by Bendis and Burrows, the High Priests use the time waiting for the next issue, to return to reviews of the classic run.

With it, comes a massive undertaking to go chronologically from Moon Knight’s very first appearance, to all his runs as well as appearances in other comics – phewwww!

Werewolf by Night #32 & #33 are served up for scrutiny in this episode – and we are very excited to have some guest narrators whom we’ve spoken about before and are the inspiration for us doing the podcast in the first place!

Levins and Siobhan, hosts of , ‘Serious Issues – Comic Book Talk!’ lend us their velvet tones to deliver us the Bare Bones for issues #32 and #33 this episode!

Enough with reading this summary – crack open your books, Loony and get ready to treat your ears – we are at it again!

Bare Bones:

Werewolf by Night  Vol.1, Issue # 32-

“The Stalker Called Moon Knight”

Released August 1975

(writer) Doug Moench

(artist) Don Perlin + Howie Perlin

(colours) Phil Rache

(letters) Ray Holloway

(editor) Len Wein

We are thrust into the middle of a deadly fight in a street alley between Jack Russell (The Werewolf by Night) and a fast and brutal adversary named Moon Knight. Though sporting what appears to be a hand injury, The Werewolf continues to trade blows with the Jet and Silver Avenger, at one point almost biting his neck for a killer blow. Moon Knight proves too skilful and as a crowd forms around the fight, he relentlessly strikes The Werewolf not only with fists but with his silver spiked gloves, and his deadly crescent darts.

As The Werewolf struggles to remain on his feet after the barrage of blows from Moon Knight, he reflects on how he found himself in this position, fighting for his life against this unstoppable lunatic.

Memories of only the night before resurface in Russell’s mind, and he remembers a fight in the snow with his best friend Buck Cowan. As The Werewolf, Russell almost kills a small 7 year old girl named Buttons. Buck, however, throws himself at The Werewolf saving Buttons,but in doing so places himself in harm’s way. The Werewolf strikes out and injures Buck, leaving him for dead.

As the blizzard in the snow subsides and as The Werewolf no longer holds interest in Buck or Buttons, it wanders off and eventually reverts back to Jack Russell. In the time it takes for Buck to be discovered and brought to hospital, Jack makes his way home, bewildered that Buck doesn’t show up for them to head home together. By the time Jack reaches his house, news of Buck slipping into a coma has reached Jack’s father. Jack is both frustrated and saddened at what he hears and when he arrives at the hospital to see his friend in a coma, it proves all too much. Jack strikes out at the wall, breaking his hand. The pain however, is muffled by Jack’s anger.

Jack returns home to his father but finds an unexpected guest with him – it’s Moon Knight, and when Jack asks exactly just who Moon Knight is, we are treated with a brief origin and motive.

A highly secretive organisation known as The Committee hire a mercenary named Marc Spector for a mission. Spector’s profile is impressive – a veteran of three African wars; five South American revolutions; a stint in the CIA; weapons expert; master of all martial arts, ex-prize fighter and marine commando. Spector appears to have the credentials to do the job. The Committee arm him with a suit, weapons and cash, and his job is to bring The Werewolf to them!

With the motive revealed, Jack’s father tackles Moon Knight, allowing Jack to flee. With the full moon out, however, it doesn’t take long for Jack to transform into The Werewolf by Night. He stumbles into an alley and we’re brought back to where the story began – Moon Knight, The Werewolf and a crowd of intrigued onlookers.

As they continue to fight, we briefly see Jack’s sister Lissa and her friend Topaz in their apartment, shaken by the events of what happened to Buck, their friend. A helicopter hovers above the apartment building and crashing through their window we see the first appearance of Frenchie, Moon Knight’s accomplice. He’s there to take Lissa and Topaz hostage – insurance maybe, against The Werewolf, in case Moon Knight is unable to fulfill the mission.

Back in the alleyway, The Werewolf continues to defend himself against the far superior fighting skills of Moon Knight. He becomes his worst enemy – he strikes out in a berserker rage at Moon Knight, but uses his broken hand. As the pain distracts him, Moon Knight is able to take advantage and with his silver truncheon, bludgeons The Werewolf into submission.

With Lissa and Topaz bound in the helicopter, Frenchie flies in to pick up Moon Knight who finally has his target – The Werewolf – acquired.

As the  police arrive, the onlookers look in awe and clear a path as Moon Knight heads to the helicopter, away from the sirens, and into the night.

Werewolf by Night  Vol.1, Issue # 33-

“Wolf-Beast vs. Moon Knight”

Released September 1975

(writer) Doug Moench

(artist) Don Perlin + Howie Perlin

(colours) George Roussos

(letters) Debra James

(editor) Len Wein

We see  Moon Knight and his prize, an unconscious Werewolf, making a hasty exit from the streets where they tussled in the previous issue before. The police have arrived but are unable to apprehend Moon Knight as he is whisked away in Frenchie’s chopper –  the trusty rope ladder a lifeline for Spector and his prize.

Meanwhile in Haiti, a seedy character named Northrup tries to bribe a Haitian customs officer for the whereabouts of one Raymond Coker. Coker appears to also have had a history with werewolves. It is not because of this, but more because of Northrop’s character that the custom officer refuses to assist him. He knows a dodgy customer when he sees one, and so Northrop leaves in a huff, threatening to find Coker by any means possible.

Coker, in fact, is in a Haitian swamp speaking to an oracle named Jeesala,  and her perceptive gaze seems to recognise the curse that once beheld Coker. It is not this which draws Coker to seek Jeesala, but something else – a horrifying tale of murder and resurrection. For it seems Coker’s great-grandfather, Jaranda has risen from the dead and is terrorising the small village from whence he came. Jeesala mentions that only one person can deal with the likes of this – that of zombies – and that person is Jericho Drumm.

Back, high above the sky, Moon Knight drifts on the ladder from Frenchie’s helicopter, with The Werewolf in check. Suddenly, The Werewolf awakens and despite the great height that they are at, he attacks Moon Knight on pure instinct. They both fall from the ladder and land in the ocean 500 feet below with an almighty splash. With Topaz and Lissa looking on from the chopper fearing them dead, they soon see the pair alive and at each others’ throats yet again. It’s an epic fight with neither getting the better of the other and it is only when The Werewolf inconveniently reverts back to Jack Russell, that Moon Knight makes the most of it and subdues him with a swift kick. With the cargo again compliant, Moon Knight lugs Jack onto the ladder of the chopper once again and they resume their way towards The Committee, for Moon Knight to receive his payment.

They arrive at an undisclosed location – a meeting place of which the Committee has arranged. With Jack safely in a cage, and with Topaz and Lissa bound, The Committee leader commends Moon Knight for a job well done. Not convinced that the man in the cage is indeed a Werewolf, The Committee refuse to pay Moon Knight until the full moon rises in the evening. Jack, seeing his sister and friend bound and finding himself in a cage, begins to see red and by the time the full moon does arrives, Jack is already in a highly agitated state. Right before their very eyes, The Committee see Jack Russell transform into The Werewolf! Confirming that Moon Knight has completed his job successfully, they pay him and reveal the purpose of attaining The Werewolf. The Committee intend to use The Werewolf as a weapon, to assassinate anyone that get in their way.

Having seen Jack as a decent man, and hearing The Committee’s nefarious intentions, Moon Knight has a change of heart and decides to free The Werewolf. Moon Knight helps The Werewolf out of the cage and the two attack The Committee. The ferocity of both the Moon’s Knight and the Werewolf by Night is too much for The Committee and before long, all the members have either fled or have been killed. Moon Knight frees Topaz and Lissa and although he tries to reason with The Werewolf, is forced to let him be. A creature of pure instinct does not understand camaraderie and Moon Knight is not one to try and convince it.

Moon Knight swings away and watches from the rooftop as The Werewolf lurches into the darkness and fog. He quietly salutes him, and wishes The Werewolf luck.

 Show Notes:

Werewolf by Night  Vol.1, Issue # 32 – “The Stalker Called Moon Knight”

Werewolf by Night  Vol.1, Issue # 33 – “Wolf-Beast vs. Moon Knight”

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Episode 16 – “They call me Moon Knight, it’s a stupid name…” Episode 16:   In the aftermath of the brilliant first issue by Bendis and Burrows, the High Priests use the time waiting for the next issue, to return to reviews of the classic run.