#December 1992

[lavoixhumaine]

Angela Bassett photographed by George Holz in December 1992 for her first ever Essence Magazine photo shoot.

Credit: post by flyandfamousblackgirls

[yetanothercomicbook]

The Flame, This Fury

Fantastic Four #371

"This is even more entertaining than I imagined!"

Johnny is ambushed by Devos the Devastator, Paibok the Power Skrull, and Lyja the Lazerfist!

Two excellent stories here. Ben and Reed working with Sharon Ventura to rescue Alicia Masters from Aron the Rogue Watcher. The question is, can they trust her?

While this is going on, Johnny is alone in battle in a plotline that's been building for a little while. And what they heck is up with little Franklin? Or Susan for that matter. It's a comic that positively zips along, every page delivering something exciting and fun. Especially that last page...

On Sale Date: October 27, 1992.

Total Paid Circulation: 217,625 (average #371-382).

Wizard Top 100: #27.

Tom DeFalco (16 of 66).

Paul Ryan (16 of 60).

10/10

[samurairobotics]

Mike Patton (33K) RAW December 23, 1992

[zigzagziggyyy]

Billy attended the ‘Romeo and Juliet ‘ premiere on December 21, 1992

-He looks good in a hat - ❤️‍🔥

[supremecoco]

[jerrbear508]

The first ever text message, sent 30 years ago today (Dec. 3rd, 1992), was sent by Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis, both engineers for Vodafone. That message read “Merry Christmas”. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10315255/amp/Worlds-text-sent-Neil-Papworth-hammer-NFT-Paris.html 

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

In December of 1899, the halls of 9 Duane Street Lodging House echoed with the voices of newsies. This was the 30th annual holiday feast held for the newsboys and their guests. Kid Blink, among others, gave toasts and speeches, including one entitled "The Strike, When We Licked", no doubt celebrating their successful strike from the summer. The newsies were served a generous feast of turkey, boiled ham, celery, mashed potatoes, turnips, tea, bread and butter, and -- the newsies favorite -- pies.

[sources: 1, 2, 3, 4]

This year, to celebrate the 155th anniversary of the first annual Duane Street holiday feast, I have put together a list of prompts for the first annual Duane Street December. Happy Holidays!

tag: #duane street december

(transcribed list under the cut)

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NEWSIES Duane Street December

First Snow

Favorite Character

Irving Hall/Medda's Theatre

Holiday Decorations

Family

Kid Blink

Mittens

Boots Arbus

Marbles

Best Friends

Cold Feet

Our Man Denton

Little Newsies

Snowman

Traditions

The Jacobs Family

Warmth

Something Unexpected

Snowball Fight

Jack Kelly

Little Brother

Bad Luck

Dreidel

Patrick's Mother

Turkey and Pie/The Duane Street Dinner

Gift Giving

Improvin' The Truth

Candlelight

Kloppman

Mistletoe

New Years Eve, 1899

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Anything Goes December

The Muppet Christmas Carol / Gonzo the Great as Charles Dickens

It's been well documented that the costumes in this movie are more detailed and accurate than they have any right to be, including (or especially) on the Muppet characters. Here is Gonzo as Charles Dickens in all his glory. Look at his patterned waistcoat! His beautifully fitted greatcoat and top hat! His striped socks, which don't even show unless the trouser legs are specially pulled up! And just imagine being in the workshop chuckling to yourself while creating this costume, assuming nobody but you and a few costume nerd friends would ever notice the level of craftsmanship, unaware that large portions of this newfangled thing called the internet would be squeeing over them thirty years later. Ann Hollowood and Polly Smith, I salute you.

[nerds-yearbook]

On December 6th 1992, an ESPer known as Akira, lost control of his power and ended up destroying Tokyo. The government covered this up by claiming it was a nuclear explosion. It did in fact lead to the beginning of World War III. ("Akira", manga)

[grrl-beetle]

CUTiE

[flowersofnaivete]

[yetanothercomicbook]

Troll Call

Excalibur #58

More of the same.

Part 2 of 2. "Humans with powers? Evil trolls? Alchemy?"

It's okay. The point with this is to be funny/amusing so there's no real sense of threat or menace. Nightcrawler gets to be in the limelight, and he's the one that impresses us the most. Cyclops is clearly impressed with his former teammate, which is very cool to see. As for the villains, we never see any of them again. And I'm perfectly fine with that.

On Sale Date: October 6, 1992.

Wizard Top 100: #45.

Alan Davis (16 of 23).

Scott Lobdell (2 of 4).

6/10

[lonestarflight]

Space Shuttle Discovery being flown over the Capital Building in Tallahassee, Florida, following the STS-53 mission.

Accompanying note: "The space shuttle Discovery riding piggyback on a 747 made a detour on its route from Texas to the Kennedy Space Center and did a low flyover of the Capitol."

Photographed by Robinson, Erik.

Date: December 18, 1992

Robinson, Erik. Space shuttle Discovery flying over Florida's capitol building. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/35924>

Robinson, Erik. View showing the space shuttle Discovery being flown over Florida's capital city. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/36652>

Robinson, Erik. View showing the space shuttle Discovery being flown over Florida's capital city. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/36655>

Robinson, Erik. Space shuttle Discovery being flown over the Capital city. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/36653>

Robinson, Erik. View showing the space shuttle Discovery being flown over the Capital city. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/36651>

Robinson, Erik. View of the Space shuttle Discovery being flown over the Capital city. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/36654>

Ewen, Mike. View of Space Shuttle Discovery flying over Florida's capitol building. 1992-12-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/9642>

[grrl-operator]

Music Technology - Dec 1992

[alicepao13]

I think it's funny that the show is called NCIS: Origins but it's actually about NIS because NCIS doesn't exist yet in this timeline.