#Joshua Clay

[wanderingmind867]

Paul Kupperberg did, what, 17 issues of the Doom Patrol before killing off most of his own characters? I raise him one better. I can at least plot out 20 issues, and I can have none of the Doom Patrol members die. So while i'm at school waiting for class to start, i'm gonna start planning this out:

Issues #1-2: I'd have this be a two parter, and I'd have it keep the same general concept as Paul Kupperberg's Doom Patrol storyline. In issue one, we watch as Arani goes to the remains of the caribbean island where the original Doom Patrol died, and she discovers proof that the original members of the Doom Patrol might still be alive. Larry's bandages, Rita's headband and Niles' Wheelchair were all floating in the waters. This makes her deeply suspicious, so she decides to investigate the bottom of the island for a closer look. Then she falls into a trap, and part one ends with her having to call the other members of the Doom Patrol for help.

Cliff, Josh and Valentina receive her signal, and they rush to the caribbean to rescue Arani. It turns out she fell into a trap laid by Niles. Back when Niles first set up his secondary headquarters on this island, he built a series of deathtraps to protect himself and his allies from enemies. Turns out the traps still work, and they're now being used against the Doom Patrol (the group they were initially designed to protect). So the Doom Patrol have to break free of The Chief's old traps.

But once they have, they see the floating debris Arani found floating in the water earlier. And that's when they all realize: the original members of the Doom Patrol might still be alive, somewhere. But where? And how to find them? Those are the questions at hand…

Issues #3-4: Following up on the only lead they still have, the Doom Patrol realizes that they have to find Madame Rouge and General Zahl; to interrogate them on the events of many years past. But in order to find them, they're gonna need some help. Which means the re-entrance of Mento (Steve Dayton), who's absolutely ecstatic that his wife might still be alive somewhere. After she died, he lost all the humility she helped him to gain. Now he's a washed up, deeply bitter man. And only the news of her possible survival is enough to pull him out of his slump.

Anyways, he uses his wealth and connections to help the New Doom Patrol locate Madame Rouge and General Zahl. From there, it's all a simple matter of infiltrating their new hideout and getting them to tell them everything they know. But of course, nothing ever goes according to plan. They manage to find and fight their way to Madame Rouge and the General, and they do manage to learn that they barely recall the events of that night. It's all a blur to them, almost as though someone was dictating their actions…

But before either of them can say any more on the subject, General Zahl drops dead from a heart attack, and Madame Rouge turns into mist and fades away in front of their very eyes. Nobody knows what's going on, but they realize they have to flee before anyone gets suspicious of them and thinks they killed these people. So they flee in a helicopter and begin heading back to the US.

In case anyone was wondering what did happen to Zahl and Rouge, by the way: it's Mister Nobody. He used these two as pawns to strike back at the Doom Patrol years ago, and he can't have them leaking his secrets. So he used his powers to kill Zahl and abduct Rouge. And now he realizes the Doom Patrol is slowly figuring out the truth, too. They're so close to finding his trail. So now he has to deal with them…

Issue #5: Mister Nobody needs to get rid of the Doom Patrol fast, and he's found a very weak willed pawn, capable of doing exactly what he needs. Specifically, he manages to use his sanity draining powers to short circuit Mento's helmet, and make him think the New Doom Patrol are the ones who actually killed Rita, Larry and The Chief. Now that the insane but powerful delusion has been placed into his brain, Mento turns on them and starts using his strength and his telekinetic helmet to try and force the others out of the helicopter.

A struggle ensues, a violent struggle on the very thin battleground that is the helicopter. And as can be expected from a battle in the skies over the atlantic ocean, it goes very poorly for our heroes. Mento successfully manages to push them off the helicopter, and then he flies back to his estate on the mainland, all alone. In the meantime, Cliff, Valentina, Josh and Arani all fall into the ocean; hitting the water hard enough to knock all of them unconscious (besides cliff, who was powered down by mento's helmet). And then they drift out to sea, all in different directions…

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Joshua Clay custom figurine by me.

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Doom Patrol #10 (1988) by Erik Larsen & Paul Kupperberg

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Robotman and Tempest after reading this blog.

[wanderingmind867]

I don't know much about this era of the Doom Patrol, but the characters Paul Kupperberg created (I think he created them) seem okay. I heard somewhere that Celsius may have been the first south asian superhero. If that's actually true, then props must be given there.

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Omg I forgot to post the "finished" computer sketches from a few days ago!

Also some bonus tech related sketches :]

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It's time... I have WAY too many pieces stored that just aren't receiving the love they deserve, so I'm listing a bunch of art for sale throughout today in chunks. Prices will range from $35-130, all are on bristol or watercolor paper. These three pieces are from 2020, and while I still have an enormous fondness for them, it’s time for them to find a new home.

1. Clay dog in the desert. Acrylic and oil pastel. 15x11in. $125 (CLAIMED)

2. Study of a clay dog. Had a lot of fun with this one! Acrylic. 9.5x13in. $75  (CLAIMED)

3. Joshua Tree. Another old one but still a fav! Gouache and acrylic. 15x11in. $115

If you are interested in any of these pieces, please comment, message me directly, or respond to the Twitter thread here. First come, first claimed. Paypal preferred!

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Took some requests on twitter for this!

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🪽 — ANDRE / DRE / DASHIE

He/they/shi

Bisexual Aroaceflux Hyperromantic Hypersexual

Age regressor (SFW only)

Joshua Smith enthusiast! Would love for him to talk to me..

DM's and anon asks on!!

Favs;; Salvador R , Nikita L , Artyom A , Joshua S , Leighton L

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See my other polls for the rest of round 1. Characters are in no particular order.

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Recognized #1 is a good introduction to LGBTQ+ history

Recognized #1 is a good introduction to LGBTQ+ history #comics #comicbooks #lgbt #ncbd

Recognized is an anthology series that celebrates LGBTQ+ heroes like Alain Locke, Sylvia Rivera, Bayard Rustin, and Larry Kramer. Originally a team-up between the New York City Department of Education and Good Trouble Productions, it delves into their impactful legacies, featuring stories by a fantastic lineup of comic creators. It’s a solid comic to begin to dive into the history of the movement…

[wanderingmind867]

Issue #10: The Doom Patrol begins having to look for a new home base, since their midway city hq is under constant surveillance by Steve Dayton and his men. I almost considered introducing Danny the Street here, but the tv show version of the Doom Patrol has spoiled me in regards to them. I don't feel like they should be introduced until we've got Larry, Rita and The Chief back. So instead, I'd have the Doom Patrol using a covert mobile base for now, driving from place to place while on the run.

The only lead the Doom Patrol has regarding the location of their three missing members is that it has to be someone with ties to Madame Rouge or General Zahl, someone who could've manipulated them into attracting the Doom Patrol. The only possible people they know of with ties to Madame Rouge, however: The members of The Brotherhood of Evil. Garguax, General Immortus, Monsieur Mallah and The Brain.

But none of our members has heard of any of their recent activities. And while trying to do reconnaissance and find these criminals, the Doom Patrol ends up running into a group of young metahumans, who've banded together to become superheroes. These heroes are: Lodestone (Rhea Jones), Blaze (Scott Fischer), Karma (Wayne Hawkins) and Mind-Grabber Kid (Lucian Crawley)! These four misfit heroes all have strange and extraordinary powers: Lodestone can control the electromagnetic spectrum, Blaze can burn anything he touches, Karma can cause bad luck to affect others and the Mind-Grabber Kid is a skilled telepath. These four prove themselves to be an equal match for the Doom Patrol, whom they mistake for bad guys because of all the news reports they've seen.

But due to the timely intervention of Finnar (who now uses the codename Sprite), both sides eventually realize they're more similar than they ever realized they were before. And then they have to team up to stop a new and incredibly bizarre hitman hired by Mento (who's still under Mister Nobody's control): Shrapnel.

This story pretty much introduces us to the Doom Patrol's younger branch, who don't have a name as of yet. But Lodestone, Blaze, Karma, Sprite and the Mind-Grabber Kid make a bold new team of five misfit teens. They're pretty much an extension of the Doom Patrol, just younger.

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Cautious Clay - Karpeh

The landscape of physical media has changed quite a lot over the last decade or so. I have fond memories of going to Best Buy, Target, and even Walmart sometimes, and finding random albums, some of which were completely new to me. I’m still of the mindset of checking out an album with a cool cover, but sometimes looks are deceiving. If a cover looks cool enough, I’ll check it out. I’ll also check out an album if the price is right, and there’s only a few places you can do that nowadays. One of my favorite places to go now is Half Price Books, because you can find almost anything if you go every couple of weeks. Things change constantly, but you never know what you’ll find.

That’s exactly what happened when I found copies of two 2023 albums in the clearance section, both of which I had on my radar, yet never listened to. The first one is Best Coast frontwoman Bethany Cosentino’s solo debut, Natural Disaster, and I’ll talk about that one soon, too, but the other album I found was the sophomore album by Cautious Clay. Entitled Karpeh, this album caught my attention for a couple of reasons, namely that he signed to legendary jazz label Blue Note, and he shifted his sound from an alt-R&B/pop sound to a jazzier and more soulful sound.

I love jazz, and I’ve made no secret about that, so I was really ecstatic when I saw this album in the clearance section. I got both of these albums for a dollar each, and that’s a steal, basically. For that price, if I didn’t love the album, I wouldn’t be mad about it, because I only spent a dollar, but if I did love it, it would be an awesome deal to say that I got. Sure enough, I really like this album, and I kinda love it, at least parts of it, anyway. I’ve got some issues with this thing, but it’s a solid little record. I know I typically don’t review stuff that isn’t “new,” but I wanted to talk about these two albums I got, because they’re albums I wanted to check out.

The thing with Karpeh is that I like this album quite a bit, and what it tries to do, but this album feels like it’s two albums at the same time. What do I mean by that? Well, this record has two different distinct sounds, whether it’s a jazzy sound that shows up a lot, or an R&B/soul sound. Sometimes a track might lean into one or the other, but sometimes it also leans into both at the same time. And that’s where the album loses me, at least somewhat, because it doesn’t balance these two sides of his sound well. I love individual moments, or certain songs, but the album itself just doesn’t flow well.

It’s not even that the album is bad, because it’s a gorgeous album, but I’m not finding myself wanting to go back to it as much as other albums, or even as much as I want to. It just bums me out each time I listen to this album, but his performances are great, and the sounds are good, but they’re not coming together. I keep listening to this and wanting to really get into it, but I’m left liking single songs every time, and not quite getting into the full experience. I’d say this album is good, damn near great if it wasn’t for how messy and jarring it sounded, but it would have most likely been on my honorable mentions last year if I heard it then.

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Doom Patrol #10 (1988) by Erik Larsen & Paul Kupperberg

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Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 10 | Brian Clough Arena Era Begins With A Bang

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