#John Muth

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Finally framed all my The Sandman chase cards. Art by Dave McKean, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kent Williams, John Muth, Jill Thompson, Teddy Kristiansen

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Lucifer and Daniel in Lucifer Nirvana - art by John J. Muth

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d o l o r e s c l a i b o r n e, 1995 🎬 dir. taylor hackford

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[cryptocollectibles]

Doctor Strange Classics #1 (March 1984) by Marvel Comics

Written and drawn by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, cover by Al Milgrom and John Byrne.  

[ironsaguaro]

Todd McFarlane Published his own CROW Comics...and They FREAKIN' SUCKED!...

[art-the-gathering]

man-o-war

[eunoiareview]

Grandmom's Fingers

Grandmom’s Fingers

Over time, arthritis bent the first digits of my grandmother’s fingers to almost ninety degrees. My grandfather often joked she was pointing in the wrong direction. A doctor would have to scrape the calcium from each finger to straighten the digits and relieve her pain. She refused, citing a friend who had this procedure. Her piano playing was never the same. Grandmom couldn’t play an…

[writing-for-life]

Sandman Comics: Original Artists Library

A reference post from the Sandman March Mania event

I thought it might be nice to have all the artists of the Sandman March Mania fandom event in one post, because it's slightly cumbersome to go through the tags and find each individual post. You can also go through the four rounds here (the links send you to all matches and their daily roundups, which contain the contributions of everyone who took part. I would have loved to include them all, but Tumblr hit me over the head with the 100 link limit):

Please keep in mind that a few original Sandman artists are missing from this post because to qualify for the event, they had to be a main artist (usually the penciller) for the main run and deliver at least one panel that shows Dream’s face. Even so, this is a pretty comprehensive list.

And here they are (“Round xyz” contains my write-up for the week’s brief, “xyz art tag” every post about the artist, including all art, ever posted on my blog):

Allred, Michael

Round One, Allred’s art tag

Amano, Yoshitaka

Round One, Round Two, Amano’s art tag

Bachalo, Chris

Round One, Bachalo’s art tag

Doran, Colleen

Round One, Round Two, Doran’s art tag

Dringenberg, Mike

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Round Four, Dringenberg’s art tag

Eagleson, Duncan

Round One, Eagleson’s art tag

Hempel, Marc

Round One, Round Two, Hempel’s art tag

Jones, Kelley

Round One, Jones’ art tag

Kieth, Sam

Round One, Kieth’s art tag

Kristiansen, Teddy

Round One, Kristiansen’s art tag

McManus, Shawn

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Round Four, McManus’ art tag

Muth, Jon J

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Muth’s art tag

Prado, Miguelanxo

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Prado’s art tag

Russell, P. Craig

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Russell’s art tag

Sienkiewicz, Bill

Round One, Sienkiewicz’s art tag

Stevens, Alec

Round One, Stevens’ art tag

Talbot, Bryan

Round One, Talbot’s art tag

Thompson, Jill

Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Round Four, Thompson’s art tag

Vess, Charles

Round One, Vess’ art tag

Wagner, Matt

Round One, Wagner’s art tag

Watkiss, John

Round One, Round Two, Watkiss’ art tag

Woch, Stan

Round One, Woch’s art tag

Williams III, JH

Round One, Round Two, Williams’ art tag

Zulli, Michael

Round One, Round Two, Zulli’s art tag

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John Muth.

[comicbooksaregood]

Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

Heroes for Hope

Writer: Chris Claremont, Ann Nocenti, Jim Starlin, Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Ed Bryant, Louise Simonson, Stephen King, Bill Mantlo, Alan Moore, Harlan Ellison, Jo Duffy, Mike Baron, Denny O'Neil, George R.R. Martin, Bruce Jones, Steve Englehart, Mike Grell, Archie Goodwin, Bernie Wrightson

Penciler: John Romita Jr, John Buscema, Brent Anderson, John Byrne, Bernie Wrightson, Charles Vess, Richard Corben, Mike Kaluta, Frank Miller, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Steve Rude, Bret Blevins, Herb Trimpe, Gray Morrow, Paul Gulacy, Alan Weiss, Jackson Guice, Howard Chaykin

Inker: Al Gordon, Klaus Janson, Joe Sinnott, Terry Austin, Dan Green, Jeff Jones, Jon J. Muth, Tom Palmer, Richard Corben, Al Milgrom, Bill Sienkiewicz, P. Craig Russell, John Bolton, Carl Potts, Al Williamson, Sal Buscema, Gray Morrow, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Steve Leialoha, Walter Simonson

Colourist: Daina Graziunas, Marie Severin, Bob Sharen, Petra Scotese, Christie Scheele, Michelle Wrightson, Glynis Oliver, John Bolton, Ann Nocenti, George Roussos, Leslie Zahler

Cover: Arthur Adams

Marvel

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pinned post for blog hygiene:

favorite 616 characters: alex summers, kwannon, john greycrow, quentin quire, maddie pryor, gabriel summers, larry trask

favorite XMCU characters: armando muñoz, alex summers, bobby drake, john allerdyce, romijn!mystique, mckellan!magneto, hank mccoy, angel salvadore

favorite comics ships: scoganjean, quevandie, crowhavlocke, alex/almost any man at all, crowlocke, alex/maddie (exclusively in an unhealthy way), gov. gen. howlett/hercules, hank/abigail (derogatory)

favorite XMCU ships: alex/darwin (otp), scogan(jean), allerdrake, alex/hank, first class polycule

favorite series (current): none currently running

favorite stories/arcs (past): Inferno (1988), Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown (Simonsons/Williams/Muth), X-Treme X-Men (Pak/Segovia), Hellions (Wells/Segovia), X-Men #56-60 (Thomas/Adams)

characters against whom I am mildly to severely biased: charles in any incarnation (severe), 616!kurt wagner (mild to moderate), 616!hank mccoy (severe, except 60s/70s hank, who i love), abigail brand (severe)

stances on common wank/controversy topics: the marvel girl dress is fine; charles has no boundaries and has consistently been a creep since '63; wanda maximoff is a romani woman and lizzie should not have been cast as her; scott has no ass; jott and scemma are both great ships; madelyne can do whatever she wants to scott and especially jean, forever; the phoenix force is her own person

I'm also working on a project called Nothing Girls in Nowhere Places: The Case For A Transfeminine Havok in the Krakoan Era, but I've been working on it fairly steadily since 2021, so I have no idea when it'll be in post-worthy condition, but you'll find little thoughts I have about on this blog, and a poorly-kept journal of current efforts over at @nothinggirls, and scattered relevant screencaps at @queerhavok.

[juliadelvecchio]

Sep. 5 Fischer

Julia Del Vecchio-- Readerly Exploration #2

Main Idea: Children's marginalia demonstrate that they understand the media on which they are scribbling, are deeply engaged with it, and find it pleasurable to respond to the text as they explore the experience of drawing.

Nugget: The part of this article about Elijah’s interaction with his book by turning it a different way and then scribbling in between two characters' heads moved me. Thinking about Elijah being intrigued by that page in the book made me question why myself, and then I felt engaged along with him. His markings there seemed very intentional although they would have easily been brushed off by many as unimportant or meaningless. This gave me a whole new perspective on childrens’ marginalia, and it made me want to look in children's books for scribbles to see the places that caught the attention of a little, yet rapidly growing mind like Elijah’s.

Reflection of Readerly Exploration: I decided to head to Murray library to flip through some children's books and see if I could find any scribbles or markings made by a child. I thought that if I couldn’t find any books scribbled in by children, I would look for something that might sweep away a child’s attention, or even my own attention. I began looking through some books and one specifically caught my eye–  Zen Shorts by John J Muth. I picked this one up because the cover was beautifully illustrated with a light sunset and a gentle looking, dancing panda who was holding an umbrella. I was intrigued. As I flipped through, I was drawn in by the artistic style and colors used. Though there were no childlike markings in it, I paid attention to the way that the book made me feel. It made my world feel larger, more aesthetic, and took me out of reality a bit. This might have been what it felt like for Elijah to read Jake and the Neverland Pirates: A Skipping Day. I also can relate to Elijah’s wanting to share the happenings in the book with others. If I were with anyone, I would have shown them the cute and fun characters. Another book that caught my eye was one called Island Baby by Holly Keller. As I opened this one up, I saw two childlike scribbles on the page just before the beginning of the book. One of them looked partially like a star with a long trailing tail and the other was a lot of large, almost circular circles. Though the drawings didn’t make sense to me, I could see how the child reading this book may have been holding their pen and focusing on manipulating the angle of the book and its pages. Some of the pages were even a little torn. This allowed me to picture the child who read it even more invested in the pictures and story. This experience caused me to reflect on the article reading more deeply because I was able to put myself in the shoes of Elijah or Hannah as they read their books described in the article. Both children were locked in on the text before them, as was I; and I could better grasp that the marginalia was not only an expression of artistic exploration but a response to how the book made them feel and a response to the things that grabbed their attention.

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Dark Horse Presents

Aliens: Havoc (1997)

Aliens: Havoc #1-2 (1997)

by Mark Schultz & Kent Williams & Leif Jones & Duncan Fegredo & D’Israeli & John Totleben & Arthur Adams & Gary Gianni & Geof Darrow & George Pratt & Igor Kordej & Paul Lee & John K. Snyder III & Mark A. Nelson & Peter Bagge & Brian Horton & Dave Taylor & Kelley Jones & Guy Davis & Kellie Strom & Jay Stephens & Jerry Bingham & Kevin Nowlan & Frank Teran & Joel Naprstek & Travis Charest & P. Craig Russell & Adrian Potts & Sean Phillips & Rebecca Guay & Jon J. Muth & Kilian Plunkett & Ron Randall & John Pound & Gene Ha & Vania Zarouliov & Sergio Aragonés & John Paul Leon & Derek Thompson & David Lloyd & Moebius & Dave Cooper & Mike Allred & Tony Millionaire

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"FARMERS' JURY CHOSEN FOR THE BOYKA TRIAL," Hamilton Spectator. April 4, 1913. Page 1 & 26. ---- City Men Challenged By Defense and Crown ----- Prisoner's Fight For Life Began Early To-day ---- Another man was placed on trial for his life at the assizes here to-day, when Wasil Boyka, charged with the murder of Casimir Linkiewitz, a fellow countryman, whom he is accused of hacking to pieces with a hatchet on the night of February 19, faced a jury. The prisoner displayed extreme nervousness when the charge was read to him and excitedly replied "No, no," when, through Interpreter Yarish, he was asked to plead as to his guilt. The prisoner's counsel was Montalieu Nesbitt. This was the young lawyer's first case. Col. Gwyn, K. C., conducted the prosecution.

The jury called in the case was entirely made up of farmers, the crown and the defense challenging every man who lived in the city. There were seventeen jurors challenged. The jury was composed of the following: Arthur Smith, Saltflert; Walter Evane, East Flamboro, J. Lennott. Ancaster: Thomas Tweedle, Binbrook: Henry Donovan, Aucaster: Robert Salmon, Glanford, John A. Lyment. Beverly; Muth Monu, East Flamboro, Charles Itwell, East Fiambero, Thomas Carpenter, Ancaster: Johnston Tew, West Westboro; Allan Smith, Saltfleet.

Col. Gwyn outlined the case briefly to the jury, telling the story of the brutal murder of Linkiewicz. The crown counsel told of two men drinking together. It was stated by Col. Gwyn that the midnight orgy was heard by some of the boarders in the house and also the sound of something heavy being dragged across the floor. None of the hoard- era got up to ascertain the cause of the noise. In the morning the boarders first discovered traces of blood through the dining room leading from from Boyka's bedroom to the shed. In the bedroom they found a perfect shambles. The couch covered with blood, and was the board upon which Boyka was lying at the time he was found by the boarders, Mrs. Boyka was also cut on the side of the head. They were found by the police.

CROWN CASE BEGUN Michael Babiak, 294 Catharine street north, a former boarder of the Royka boarding house at the time of the murder, was the first witness. He said both came home about ten a'clock, and were drunk. Beyka came to the witness, and naked if he wanted to buy a suit of clothes, which he refused to buy. Mrs. Boyka was the only woman in the house while witness was living there. Witness then described the interior of the boarding house.

"Did you hear any noise in the night?"

"Yes. I heard the two men singing."

"Did you wake more than once in the night?" "I woke up twice."

"Was the singing going on all the time?

"The hoarder named Steve woke me up when he got up and turned out the light, telling them to go to bed."

"Was the talking which went on between Boyka and Linklewitz, friendly?"

"Yes"

"Did you hear any noise during the night?"

"Yes. I heard something being dragged across the dining room floor."

"Did you hear the prisoner make any statement?"

"While in the dining room I heard, Boyka way, 'I have frozen my feet.' He was talking to himself."

Witness said he got up about and discovered a quantity of blood in the dining room. From there he went to the kitchen, following the bloodmarks, which led into the yard. Witness found the body of Inkiewitz in the shanty at the rear of the house. The fatal hatchet was produced in court.

"I asked Boyka what he had done, and he replied. I will cut you, too." said the witness, who recognized the hatchet, but had not seen it since the morning of the murder.

Under cross-examination, by Mr Nesbitt, witness explained that Boyka and his wife got along all right, and as far as he knew Linklewitz was never intimate with the woman. He swore the hatchet produced was the property of Boyka.

DR. LANGRILL TESTIFIES Dr. Langrill, superintendent of the hospital. told of Mrs. Boyka being brought to the hospital early in the morning following the murder. A wound four inches in length across the left eye and a wound on her left thigh was the extent of the woman's injuries. The doctor said the hatchet might have caused the wounds described. Witness performed the post- mortem on Linkiewitz, and said death was caused by two wounds on the neck, which severed a portion of the spinal cord. There were other wounds on his body, but they did not touch vital spots.

"From the nature of the wounds, what instrument would you say was used in killing Linkiewitz?"

"A heavy, sharp instrument, such as the hatchet," said the doctor.

"What position would you say the body of Linkiewitz was in at the time he was struck?"

"I should say he was lying down at the time."

ANOTHER BOARDER'S STORY This witness was also a boarder in the Boyka home. Ogorzalek remembered Boyka and Linkiewitz going out of the house together, but did not hear them return, as he was asleep at the time. During the night le heard the noise of singing and talking.

"Did you hear any noise during the night other than the talking and singing?"

"No."

He remembered Mrs. Boyka saying "Wasil, what are you doing?" That was before he heard the sounds of the dragging. Mrs. Boyka screamed, and he could hear Boyka's voice, but could not understand what he had said. He then had covered his head with the blankets and went to sleep.

"I heard Boyka say he had frozen his feet, a little while after I heard the noise of the dragging," he added.

Witness heard Boyka go to his room and close the door and heard no sounds coming from the bedroom after that.

"Did you hear any noise coming from the prisoner's bedroom."

"No."

Witness corrected himself in saying that he did hear a noise, as if some one was dragging a heavy object across the floor. If he did not know what time this occurred. He had a conversation with the prisoner, when the police arrived, Boyka remarked: "I know who put me in this position."

Witness said to Boyka that he had killed Linkiewitz and Boyka replied "I will cut you all up."

"What temper was the prisoner in when drinking?"

"I don't know."

He recognized the hatchet, which he said was kept in the shed. He had heard Boyka and his wife quarreling at different times, but could not tell what it was about.

Under cross-examination Mr. Nesbitt asked the witness if he only imagined the noises he had heard during the night. Witness replied that he heard the dragging of the object.

"Did you talk about it in bed."

"Yes, we talked about it after Mrs. Boyka screamed. I got up and closed the door of our room, as Boyka and Linkiewitz had been drinking and quarreling, and there might have been more trouble had we gone out to see what had happened."

"How often did you go into Boyka's bedroom?"

"About once a month." "How is it you are familiar with the location of the furniture In Boyka's bedroom?"

"I could see it from the dining room"

ANOTHER BOARDER Konstanty Szulski occupied a bedroom in the rear of the house. He also saw Boyka and Linkiewitz go out early in the evening. but did not see them come back. He heard the scream of Mrs. Boyka shortly after the lights had been put out. Witness heard the dragging of a heavy object toward the kitchen. He heard Boyka say he had frozen his feet.

Witness saw a trail of blood leading from Boyka's room, through the dining-room to the kitchen and out into the yard.

Szulski said he had hear Boyka say "I am lost." Witness identified the hatchet as the property of the prisoner.

To Mr. Nesbitt witness said Boyka and Linkiewitz had been on good terms, but that Boyka and his wife quarreled often. Boyka's wife was not strong, and Boyka used to upbraid her. Witness denied ever having been Intimate with Mrs. Boyka.

"How is it that you heard so much more than the rest of the boarders."

"I don't know. They should have heard as much as I did."

BACKED UP HIS STORY Korzun concurred with the other witness as to the incidents which happened on the night of the murder. He had been at the boarding house about three weeks and occu-pied the front bedroom with Linie- witz, Witness said Boyka and Linkiewitz were a little drunk when they came home that night. Stefan was sent out to buy whisky, which he did. He brought home cents' worth. Boyka gave him the money. Korzun had one drink out of the bottle. Linkiewitz went to the bedroom with the witness, procured some tobacco, made a cigaret and went out into the dining room again.

"Did you go to bed after putting out the light?"

"Yes. I didn't hear anything after that."

"What time did you get up?"

"When the other boarders woke, me about a quarter to seven."

"What did you find when you came out of your room?"

"I noticed blood stains on the floor."

"What did you do when you found the body?"

"I went for the police."

"Did you say anything to Boyka after the police arrived?"

"I heard the prisoner say to Bobiak, 'you have put me in this. Bobiak replied, "Well, you have killed a man," Boyka replied. 'I will cut you all up.""

Witness said he had seen the hatchet once in the shed. It belonged to Boyka.

Cross-examined, he strenuously denied having been in Boyka's bedroom, when Boyka was asleep, and Mrs. Boyka was there. He said he had been in the room about three times, Witness said he had never been alone with Mrs. Boyka.

His lordship adjourned the court until two o'clock.

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Beer Events 12.14

Events

1st known mention of Guinness West Indies Porter (1801)

Lucien Woolfolk patented an Improvement in Refrigerating Apparatus (1875)

Stephen Weber gave his son William Weber and his son-in-law John Land ownership of the Weber Brewery on Thanksgiving Day (1883)

The Brewmasters' Association of the Barley Belt founded (1907)

South Pole discovered (1911)

Continental Can Co. patented a Process of Packaging Beer in Open Top Metal Containers (1937)

Harold Wadman patented a Method of Forming Lightweight Glass Containers of Novel Distribution (1943)

Harry Mulder patented a Bung Patch Assembly Method (1965)

Vincent Cerrato patented a Keg Tapping Structure (1982)

Skyscraper Brewing brewed their 1st batch of beer (California; 2006)

James Muth patented a Keg Stacking Device (2010)

Breweries Opened

Belhaven Brewery (Scotland; 1719)

Budejovicky Budvar (Czech Republic; 1895)

Mad River Brewing (California; 1989)

Ringneck Brewing (Ohio; 1995)

Clown Shoes Brewing (California; 2009)