#King-Size Conan

[alphacomicsvol2]

King-Size Conan #1 Cover Art (Joe Jusko Variant)

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian King-Sized Annual #7 -1982-

"Red Shadows and Black Kraken!" (1-29 of 33)

based on the novel "Conan of the Isles" by L. Sprague De Camp & Lin Carter

script Roy Thomas

artist John Buscema

letterer Joe Rosen

colorist George Roussos

[melinoelabs]

Dear Sirs.

SCP-682's powers are metatextual. He's unkillable because the story says he is nearly unkillable and no solution would be satisfying. His nickname is 'the very hard to destroy reptile' for rigour's sake. You don't have to be Grant Morrison to put this together.

The solution is to alter the narrative so that there is a means of killing him that is satisfying. Unfortunately, only full-on apocalypse scenarios or the use of SCP-682 as a jobber for an even worse threat would fill that criteria.

So unless you want to unleash something even more tiresome, like the Black Moon or the Scarlet King or the Yellow Submarine or whatever other color-coded doomsday monster you have on tap, you're just wasting jumpsuit filling doing anything at all.

The easy alternative is to simply stop trying to kill him.

Just focus on holding him in the most boring, routine ways possible, rendering him increasingly less interesting and thus reducing the time between stories focused on him and thus, the resulting breaches and disasters.

Or you can do what we did. If you aren't chicken.

Ours wasn't a rotted lizard. It was a sort of mummified horse the size of a 1996 Volkswagen Harlequin, and it was a she, but otherwise same deal. Regeneration. Vat of acid. Mass casualties. Violent opposition to the use of breath mints. Endemic to all life. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

We figured out the how it worked, and we speed-ran the whole concept, hurling that vile beast through a veritable plinko-fall of thousands of extermination tests and controlled rampages until there was literally nothing left to do with the 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse'.

And we trust the populace enough to not lie to them for 'their own good'. Because its funny? Sure. Profitable? Absolutely (don't worry, shareholders!)! But never for 'their own good.'

So we turned those experiments into a 17 season reality television program hosted by Greg Kinnear and force-fed them to a sludge-hungry populace.

There were 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse' calendars, coffee mugs, t-shirts, two different animated spin-offs running at the same time for some reason, four movies starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the horse, an ongoing sketch on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse' "acid bath" sour candy flavored yogurt in a tube, a series of increasingly inadequately playtested gameboy cartridges, a 27-issue limited series from Image comics, and adorable plush mummified murder-horse plushes with little suction cups on their red-felt hooves so they can stare balefully out the back of your station wagon at that ASSHOLE Kevin in his souped up Trans AM who does not understand the concept of a safe following distance, and you JUST want to run him off the road with the magno-lifters and recreate the scene from Lost Highway with Robert Loggia, but "you can't use the magno-lifters for revenge" because it's "against OSHA regulations" and "technically assault!"

And once the first shipment of 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse' Funko Pops hit store shelves, the creature's cultural cache cratered so hard that it became a parody of itself so predictable it's "containment" is now a Universal Studios attraction with two failed executions and a containment breach each night, with double shows on Saturdays.

Now, it was a rocky ride getting there, especially for Utah (projections say you'll get those House seats back in two, maybe three, generations at most, don't you worry!) but we've proven that even if it isn't killable, you can, in fact, beat a dead horse.

Hope this helps.

Humbert, Outreach Liaison Melinoë Laboratories "Hoc non veniet ad nos mordax"

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Damn, why are you so popular?

I 100% guarantee that if you were to ask random people on the street, adult and child alike, to name a dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex will be in the top 5. To not know about this dinosaur would imply you grew up in a hole behind a rock in a cave.

Tyrannosaurus, why are you so popular? You're like a pumpkin spice latte; the basic bitch of the dinosaur world and yet you are beloved by pretty much everyone. WHY?!?!?!?!?

Is it because you have one of the most badass names in scientific literature? I mean, Tyrant Lizard King has a nice ring to it.

Maybe it has to do with the sheer size and bulk of this animal. There aren't many terrestrial predators that could compare (yes there are other dinosaurs but we are focusing on this one this month). Tyrannosaurus could reach upwards of 40ft long (12 m), with a skull a little over 5 ft long (1.5 m) and teeth the size of bananas (around 12 in). It had a bite force strong enough to penetrate concrete.

It could simply be that it has been featured in films since post WWI. I mean, in 1933 King Kong famously fought one and has done so in many remakes.

This is a horrible rendition of a Tyrannosaurus too. I mean, come on, why do modern movies keep showing theropods with their teeth like that? It's so stupid! Anyway, there are other less horrendous tyrannosaurus depictions in film.

Three-year-old me would not have included Barney though. I couldn't stand him. However, he technically is a Tyrannosaurus and he has probably instilled the love of dinosaurs in many children so I can't be too upset with him.

There is, of course, the famous Sharp Tooth from The Land Before Time which was a boss movie that I grew up on.

The most famous is probably this girl from Jurassic Park though. The roar is easily recognizable, she was a beautiful puppet, and let's face it, she had some of the best scenes in that movie.

It's also turned up in many other TV shows like Doctor Who (a few times), Primeval, Power Rangers and Transformers.

You can also find it in a few novels including The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, We're Back! A Dinosaur Story by Hudson Talbott and the Dinosaur Lords series by Victor Milan.

Whatever the reasons, everyone knows this dinosaur and this month we're going to delve into Tyrannosaurus and it's family members. Fair warning, there are some VERY strong biases when it comes to tyrannosaurs and while I don't study them for that very reason (and let's face it, T.rex really is just a basic bitch), I don't totally dislike them and there are some pretty cool ones, so look forward to that.

(Like this one from New Mexico with a super badass name but I will save that for a later post.)

If Tyrannosaurus is your favorite dinosaur, maybe you can sway me to think they aren't so bad...but good luck. My dad has been trying to sway me for 30 years to no avail. Tune in tomorrow for some bone-crunching trivia! Fossilize you later!

[swan2swan]

what is the best dinosaur fight in the franchise and why is it blue and rexy against the I-rex?

Because that's what the whole franchise revolved around.

King Kong was the inspiration; a big dinosaur fight was what Steven Spielberg craved when he kicked the franchise off. But the technology just wasn't there. He could have a raptor clawing at a Tyrannosaur's face and neck, but that was a few seconds of single-angle CGI models interacting.

They couldn't pull it off with the animatronics, either...they tried it with three, but of course, the Spinosaurus animatronic wound up smashing the robotic Rex...still, the CGI worked wonders, and the camerawork and perspective made for an almost perfect battle.

It was wonderfully quiet, shot from a spectacular angle, felt very realistic (outside of the T. rex failing the bite), and had a brutal, unforgettable finish.

It almost got blown out of the water in the first three seconds of the Jurassic World fight.

This fight uses almost every trick in the book: silhouettes to make the combatants easily visible against the night sky. Diverse artificial lighting to provide strong, distinctive outlines that make the action clear. A ground-up angle to convey the size of the battling beasts. A simple camera angle for the collision. The opponents have contrasting colors so they're easy to tell apart in every single shot....and that was just the first one.

They homage Fay Wray. They put the Sexy Woman into the battle, giving it strong pulp/retro vibes. The camera swings here, and then every impact is met with a camera shake. It tracks up and back down in one long shot, again, keeping them distinct...

...and it ends with T. rex getting beaten into the dirt. With, again...a much more dynamic character angle than the first movie could pull off. The camera is tracking Rexy.

And that's just the first half of the match. That's round one. It's ridiculously over-the-top, and yet, it doesn't feel that way, because it's just two animals fighting in the street. There are sparks and explosions, but that's just from momentary destruction of objects, all woven into the scene organically. Nothing strains credulity or seems forced--and Giacchino nails the music for it, using the primeval-sounding choir and drums with a little mix of horns to make it feel ancient and epic.

It's every single inspiration rolled into one sequence of blows: Conan the Barbarian, King Kong, Godzilla, Jurassic Park, and more. There's a reason I kept going back to the theater to see it.

[weiila]

Hey. Heeey. Listen for a sec.

Conan the barbarian. In the original stories by Howard, he:

Does not use the word "wench"

Does not wear a loin cloth unless the place he's in calls for it - he dresses in whatever is sensible for the country/city he's currently in

Speaks several languages fluently

Is not a murder hobo - will not hesitate to kill but only if given a good reason

Is rough, but not cruel

Will choose friends/allies over treasure any day of the week

Has to get his ass saved by the lady of the day in multiple stories

The above includes Zenobia, who he ends up making his queen - she starts out as a slave girl in an enemy nation at war with his kingdom and they meet when she sneaks into her king's dungeons specifically to bust Conan outta there and save him from being executed, because she saw him once before and got a crush the size of the continent

Is often described as being scared absolutely spitless of the monster of the day but punches them anyway because hey either you knock out the tentacle thing or it eats you

Always described as having "black hair" and "bronze skin", make of that what you will

In the first story he ever appeared in, The Phoenix on the Sword, the first thing he does is... sitting down writing a letter

Also the stories have a refreshingly low rate of racism for being written in the 1930's, and barely needs the "even for the time" qualifier. There are evil black characters, but there are also black characters who are allies, and many of the villains (who aren't cosmic horrors/giant snakes/flowers/unseen weird shit) are old, rich, white assholes with or without magical powers.

[averagepoet]

songs i would pay to see a leopika edit/amv/animatic to:

G.I.N.A.S.F.S by Fall Out Boy

Disaster by Conan Gray

all my ghosts by Lizzy McAlpine

Bloody Shirt by To Kill A King

Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms

There For You by Flyleaf

feel free to reblog/reply with your own additions, i have a leopika playlist and would love to see what songs other people associate with them

[wellgoslowly]

what are songs you think the trio associates with each other. (example of lucy thinks of lockwood when blah plays and thinks of george when blah plays)

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS QUESTION !!!!

I went a bit overboard but here are the ones I chose!!

SONGS I THINK THAT LUCY ASSOCIATES WITH THE BOYS:

the good side by troye sivan

south london forever by florence + the machine

friends by laundry day

to build a home by the cinematic orchestra

SONGS I THINK THAT LUCY ASSOCIATES WITH LOCKWOOD:

baby you're a haunted house by gerard way

everybody loves me by one republic

end of beginning by djo

it's called: freefall by rainbow kitten surprise

touch tank by quinnie

grapejuice by harry styles

telephone by waterparks

eat your young by hozier

voulez-vouz by abba

this charming man by the smiths

SONGS I THINK THAT LUCY ASSOCIATES WITH GEORGE:

george by lowertown

all my ghosts by lizzie mcalpine

mad iqs by I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

good old fashioned lover boy by queen

boys will be bugs by cavetown

cocaine jesus by rainbow kitten surprise

everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears

vienna by billy joel

glue song by beabadoobee

freaks by surf curse

SONGS I THINK THAT GEORGE ASSOCIATES WITH LUCY:

these boots are made for walking by nancy sinatra

champagne supernova by oasis

stronger by britney spears

new romantics by taylor swift

seventeen going under by sam fender

killer queen by queen

would that i by hozier

twin size mattress by the front bottoms

brutal by olivia rodrigo

bloody mary by lady gaga

SONGS I THINK THAT GEORGE ASSOCIATES WITH LOCKWOOD:

be nice to me by the front bottoms

team by lorde

R.I.P 2 my youth by the neighbourhood

cigarette daydreams by cage the elephant

little dark age by MGMT

trouble by valerie broussard

anti-hero by taylor swift

trouble by cage the elephant

applause by lady gaga

you're my best friend by queen

SONGS I THINK THAT LOCKWOOD ASSOCIATES WITH LUCY:

lucy lucy by betcha

maneater by nelly furtado

burning pile by mother mother

candy by robbie williams

sweet dreams, TN by the last shadow puppets

she's kerosene by the interrupters

volcano girls by veruca salt

don't take the money by bleachers

the adults are taking by the strokes

blue hair by tv girl

SONGS I THINK THAT LOCKWOOD ASSOCIATES WITH GEORGE:

best friend by conan gray

act my age by one direction

paper mache world by matilda mann

lifetime achievement award by lemon demon

the knife by maggie rodgers

soldier, poet, king by the oh hellos

orgasm of death by the growlers

how I survived bobby mackey's personal hell by lincoln

ghosting (live sessions) by mother mother

weird science by oingo boingo

I had so much fun with this tbh I love assigning songs to characters so it was really fun to do it through the eyes of other characters!!

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Conan the Barbarian #9 by Jim Zub, Roberto de la Torre and Dean White. Cover by Mike Deodato. Variant covers by (2) E.M. Gist, (3) de la Torre and (4) Chris Moreno. Out in March.

"BEYOND FLESH. BEYOND DEATH. BEYOND TIME. Conan has traveled far and seen much in his legendary journeys, but nothing he has experienced thus far can prepare him for a quest to lands beyond to answer dark riddles of the past. Unexpected allies await, fierce enemies loom, and the strange power of the Black Stone stirs in THE AGE UNCONQUERED! The triumphant new era of Conan continues in this a brand-new tale of brutal heroic adventure from acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons) and Rob de la Torre (Invincible Iron Man, King-Size Conan)!"

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian King-Sized Annual #6 -1981-

"King of the Forgotten People!" (20-38 of 38)

writer Roy Thomas

artist Gil Kane

letterer Joe Rosen

colorist George Roussos

[that-dinopunk-guy]

I already did a post like this a while ago, but since I have since come up with versions I like better I'm doing it again. So here is a series of portraits of the protagonist of a dinopunk sword and sorcery story I'm currently planning out, done as best I can with the character customization options and armors in Conan Exiles. I also used mods.

Kuda was born in a western frontier province of Qitai (fantasy-China), to an impoverished peasant family in a region ravaged by warfare between two local warlords. She was sold at a young age to a foreign trading caravan that was passing through the region for money to feed her siblings, but as she was being transported west to be sold into slavery the caravan was raided by a tribe of steppe nomads called the Staaka (fantasy-Scythians), one of whom decided to adopt her to raise as his own. It was among the Staaka that she got her name; I haven't nailed down her original Qitan name yet, because by the time of the story she barely remembers it anyway.

Also, the Staaka ride domesticated horse-sized alioramin tyrannosaurs:

Rule of Cool is fully in effect in this setting.

Among the Staaka Kuda grew into a fearsome warrior, participating in many raids, killing many people, selling people into slavery, and performing ritualized cannibalism. By our standards, she is not a good person at this stage of her life by any stretch of the imagination. By Staaka standards, she's pretty awesome. Also at some point she falls in love with one of her fellow warrior women.

Unfortunately, since this is a story, and stories need conflict, the Staaka are eventually attacked and defeated by a larger nomad tribe, Kuda's girlfriend is killed, and she and the other survivors get a taste of their own medicine when they're marched off to the nearest fantasy-Greek colony and sold into slavery themselves. From there, Kuda is taken south to Khimt (fantasy-Egypt), where she is bought by a local minor noble.

Her actual tattoos in the story would more closely resemble real Scythian tattoos, just with dinosaurs instead of deer and panthers and shit. There used to be a mod that added actual Scythian tattoo designs into the game, but it no longer works. So I used the ones shown here because I think they look neat.

Eventually the noble's wife got tired of this EXOTIC FOREIGN TEMPTRESS prancing about the estate and tempting her husband (never mind that Kuda hated both their guts), so she nagged him into sending her south as a gift to a friend of theirs who was governor of a far-flung colony. Unfortunately during the trip the galley she was on was attacked and sunk, so she never made it there. Instead she washed ashore on Alkebu (fantasy-Africa), where she was found by a local tribe called the Irombe. She lived with the Irombe for a time, during which she proved herself as a capable warrior and was given the ritual scarification to mark her as such.

Eventually though her nomadic upbringing had her itching to move on, not to mention her unfinished business on the steppes: find and kill the man who'd killed her girlfriend. So she got passage with a passing tribe of Ouled-Nail-inspired nomads and headed north.

Kuda eventually made her way back to the steppes, where she managed to join another nomadic tribe who were opposed to the one that had attacked her people. She rode with them for a while until the two groups finally clashed, and she was finally able to take her revenge. Finally, after killing her hated enemy and having a drinking bowl made from the top of his skull in the tradition of her adopted people, she visited the site of her tribe's defeat and then left the steppes to see more of the world.

Her wandering eventually took her to the coastal city-state of Dar-Shelem, where she takes a job as a mercenary escorting the king's daughter to an arranged marriage to a prince in the neighboring empire of Matuwali.

And the princess, Yemsher, is the story's narrator. Being an inquisitive and bookish girl, she immediately becomes curious about the exotic-looking female warrior in her retinue and eventually gets her to recount her life story to pass time on the journey. The story would then be Yemsher's account of everything she was told, written down at the encouragement of her new husband who just so happens to also be a huge fucking nerd.

And that's the story as I currently have it outlined. I'm not worried about spoilers because anyone who reads all this will probably completely forget about it by the time I actually get around to writing the damn thing.

Also because one person has already asked, no, I'm not planning on the two of them hooking up. Though given Matuwali and Staaka attitudes towards sex Yemsher could probably have Kuda as a sidepiece if she wanted. (I'll leave that up to the fanfic authors.)

[thealmightyemprex]

Which Random Comic issues I own should I read

These are all comics I have in my posession(All impulse bought at Books a Million ).I dont have a lot but I have a few marvel issues in my posession(I tend to have trades and I am more of a DC person ).Basically gonna review the issue as a standalone thing .Which should I read

King Size Special #6 : The Amazing Spider-Man

Rom #65

Conan the Barbarian #185

Conan the Barbarian #247

COnan the Barbarian 254

@the-blue-fairie @themousefromfantasyland @goodanswerfoxmonster @ariel-seagull-wings@theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[tomoleary]

Cover images for Conan 21-24 in various forms by Barry Windsor-Smith. Included is King-Size Conan 1. The missing covers were by Gil Kane.

[daimonclub]

Halloween great quotes

Halloween great quotes and aphorisms Halloween great quotes and aphorisms, 50 famous and amazing ideas for your pleasure by the World of English or English-culture.com blog Halloween for the year 2022 is celebrated/observed on Monday, October 31st. What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness – for then The spirits of the dead, who stood In life before thee, are again In death around thee, and their will Shall overshadow thee; be still. Edgar Allan Poe If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Doug Coupland The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H P Lovecraft Be wary then; best safety lies in fear. William Shakespeare Treats and tricks. Witch broomsticks. Jack-o-lanterns Lick their lips. Crows and cats. Vampire bats. Capes and fangs And pointed hats. Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s Upon us now. Richelle E. Goodrich It’s Halloween, The night we all play, Trick or treat, We won’t go away. Be we ghoul or goblin, ghost, We’ll knock on your door, To see who scares you the most. Anthony T.Hincks Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses. In the sky the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds. The Halloween wind was blowing, not a blasting of wind but a right-sized swelling, falling, and gushing of wind. It was a lovely and exciting night, exactly the kind of night Halloween should be.” Eleanor Estes The jack-o-lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His yellow teeth grin evily. His cackle I despise. But I shall have the final laugh when Halloween is through. This pumpkin king I’ll split in half to make a pie for two.” Richelle E. Goodrich There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight. Anonymous Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!” Dexter Kozen On Hallows Eve, we witches meet to broil and bubble tasty treats like goblin thumbs with venom dip, crisp bat wings, and fried fingertips. Richelle E. Goodrich Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October’s days. Author Unknown

Halloween quotes by English-culture Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Christmas and the others can end up making you sad, because you know you should be happy. But on Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be” Ava Dellaira Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Tobin Bell Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. William Shakespeare When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. Author Unknown We are born from the star dust, and there we have to come back, under some nice carpets, to enjoy some cheerful Halloween parties! Carl William Brown Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. Miguel de Cervantes There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask. Colette On ol' Halloween Night These monsters join the living If they had it their way They'd stay until Thanksgiving. Casey Browning Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat... Nicholas Gordon Halloween isn't the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter's tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee. Michael Dirda Every Halloween for six years, I was a Ninja Turtle, and Mikey was my favorite. The turtles really made me who I am today. They got me into martial arts, meditation, surfing, skateboarding; big time influence on who I am today. Greg Cipes Halloween is bigger than Christmas in America. I've experienced it in New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., and if you're in the right neighbourhood, every house is decorated with spooky ghosts, spider webs, and jack-o-lanterns. Rhys Darby

Halloween best quotes ever If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too. Cassandra Peterson Where there is no imagination there is no horror. Arthur Conan Doyle People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim. Amity Shlaes This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him. Conan O'Brien On Halloween, kids get to assume, for one night the outward forms of their innermost dread, and they're also allowed to take candy from strangers - the scariest thing of all. Kate Christensen Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special. Chris Rock Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold. Judith Olney True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen. Author Unknown They that are born on Halloween shall see more than other folk. Saying of unknown origin Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many. Robert Kirby

Halloween best quotes and decorations Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many. Robert KirbyWhen black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown It's said that All Hallows' Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright. Erin Morgenstern Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. Robert Englund I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?' Drew Carey There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. Jean Baudrillard In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood. Lisa Morton In our town, Halloween was terrifying and thrilling, and there was a whiff of homicide. We'd travel by foot in the dark for miles, collecting candy, watching out for adults who seemed too eager to give us treats. Rosecrans Baldwin On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it? I used to be so tempted to eat my candy on the way to other people's houses. That used to be such a tease. Derrick Rose I'm not a real Halloween kind of guy, because Halloween is every day. Al Jourgensen

Halloween quote by the great poet Poe For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage. They considered banning Halloween in many cities, but instead, parents got together and came up with party ideas for kids, and a lot of them involved dressing up and costuming. Lisa Morton There haven't been organized protests, but I have heard of protests where people have wanted to celebrate Halloween. Lisa Morton You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it. Tommy Chong I live in New Orleans part of the year, and it's a really fun eating town. I bought two homes there, one to live in and one as an investment. They love to eat, drink and dress up in costumes. There are so many reasons to dress up - Mardi Gras, Halloween, Southern Decadence. Jennifer Coolidge I hear from many a man around Halloween that's dressed up as Mama for Halloween. It's a great costume. Vicki Lawrence I'm a really big fan of all things macabre in general; Halloween happens to be my favorite holiday. Dove Cameron I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all! Joe Nichols I learned to glitter the pumpkins for Halloween not because I went into it thinking, 'I'm going to glitter some pumpkins!' No. I bought all of these big, cold, slimy, disgusting pumpkins and tried to carve them, and it was gross, so I had to find something else to do with them. Glitter was life-changing. Jen Lancaster I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate - I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. Amy Poehler My favorite scary movie was always 'Halloween.' I love that there's hidden emotion underneath Michael Myers' psychotic behavior. Plus, he has the best mask, hands-down. Chris Zylka I've never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I've never seen 'Halloween', I've never seen any of the 'Friday the 13ths.' Lin Shaye Download the pdf file about Halloween History If you like Halloween you can also read the following articles: Halloween great and famous quotes Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve Halloween quotes and aphorisms Halloween death poems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ceNe5q9xfI   Read the full article

[weirdpaul]

My comic book collection

A-Team 2

Action Comics 467, 495, 499, 527 (no cover), 529 (no cover)

Action Comics 1 (reprint)

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 10, 16, 28, 29

Adventures of Ford Fairlane 2, 3, 4

Alf 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49

Alf Annual 3

Alice Cooper the Last Temptation

Alien Nation 1

All Star Superman special edition 1

All Time Comics 1

Alpha Fight 35, 49

Amazing Adventures of Holoman (book from record set)

The Amazing Spiderman 223 (no cover), 373, 382

The Amazing Spiderman 19 (1985)

Amethyst 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 Arak Son of Thunder 12, 18

(Your Pal) Archie 5

Archie 256

Archie Giant Series Magazine 207

Archie Joke Book 254

(Archie) Laugh 285

Archie Pals and Gals 41, 98, 110

Archie Pep 243, 314, 362 (no cover)

Archie's Jokes 211

Around the World, Under the Sea

Atari Force 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Avengers West Coast 101

Avengers  Strikefile 1

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[mythologyandancienthistory]

Ezekiel’s Vision: Prophecy or Alien Encounter?

The Prophet Ezekiel occupies an important place in astronomical history, perhaps for the first time.

 This is because spaceships and interplanetary journeys are what gave his strange, wondrous prophecies a new meaning. 

Previous generations must have viewed the book of Ezekiel in the Torah as a kind of symbolism. 

Ezekiel recorded this book when he was taken prisoner by King Nebuchadnezzar after the demolition of Jerusalem in the year 597 BC. 

The Book of Ezekiel consists of 48 chapters, which took 22 years to write. 

Ezekiel’s First Vision: An Encounter with the Unknown

Ezekiel says that on July 5, 597, when he was walking on the shore of the Khabur River near Baghdad, he saw something brilliant in the sky... and heard someone asking him to be a prophet to his people. 

And warn them and warn them. The first chapter of this book was forbidden to Jewish young men and Christian young women... because in this book it talks about the secrets of the Lord’s vision! 

But something strange is narrated by Ezekiel. He says: A stormy wind came from the north. A great cloud and continuous fire.

and around it there was a shine, and from the middle of it was like the appearance of shining copper from the middle of the fire... and from the fire came lightning... whenever it moved, I heard the sound of its wings like the rushing of many waters... like the sound of an army.Interpreting the Vision: Descriptions of Spaceships and Strange Forms

These are characteristics that apply to a jet plane...or a spaceship. 

He also says: And in the middle of it there is the likeness of four animals...they have the likeness of a human being...and each one has four faces, and each one has four wings...and their legs are straight...and the feet of their feet are like the feet of a calf’s feet, and they are shiny. Like the look of polished copper. And people appeared under its wings on its four sides!

If we had shown astronauts in their shiny clothes and metal equipment to some naive shepherds, or some villagers, or some isolated forest people.

 and asked them to describe what they saw, they would have described the astronauts’ clothes as clothes the color of bright water, and they would have described the oxygen tubes as the trunks of elephants. 

And their legs are the size of elephants' legs as well. And they cannot walk. They must describe these creatures as animals, and it does not occur to anyone that they are people like them who use extremely advanced and complex scientific devices!Comparing Ancient Visions with Modern Concepts

If these spaceships had appeared to anyone other than Ezekiel, 25 centuries ago, he would have said even more amazing things.

 The Prophet Ezekiel said: As for their wings, they are spread out from above. Each one has two, one of them connected to his brother. And two cover their bodies.

 He says: Some of them have the face of a lion, some of them have the face of a bull, and some of them have the face of a human... and this face he is talking about must be what he sees from astronauts. And they wore their helmets. 

Don't forget that he lived in the fourth century BC!! He also says in describing these machines that they were riding: They have wheels the color of emerald. It has a sound like the rustle of air or like thunder... when it approaches and when it is far away.The French Scientific Interpretation: Advanced Spacecrafts in Ezekiel’s Vision

The French scientist François Conan interprets what Ezekiel says as describing a type of very advanced spaceship... because each ship can accommodate one person... and at the same time it is medium in size. 

They can be described as space helicopters... and this is something that the mind cannot imagine when it will be possible to achieve it.

 The great French scholar also says that Ezekiel was a man of strong nerves Careful observation. This vision, which dazzled and shook him, did not make him forget all these details. 

It seems that he recorded this book over long periods and that he revised what he wrote several times until he ended up with this accurate picture of the first spaceships seen by a human being up close and very clearly.Other Medieval Visions: Saint Francis and His Spiritual Experience

Although Saint Francesco of Assisi, in the year 1224, recorded a new vision, the one who saw it did not record it with the same accuracy. But Saint Francesco, during his seclusion on Mount Verna, saw an angel with wings: four brilliant, dazzling wings! But where does this relate to the cinematic tape that Ezekiel recorded, and no one knew its meaning except in the space age..

The Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: Legends of Divine Punishment

The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in Palestine were the cities of vice and decadence... and the two cities were destroyed. 

The ancient and sacred books and legends tell us that beings from the sky descended on these two cities and destroyed everything!

 The holy books say that what struck the earth and those on it was a punishment for all... and the astronomical books say that more than one person migrated from another planet to this planet.Extraterrestrial Migrations: Did Humans Come from Another Planet?

These migrations took place violently. Adam must have been sent down by God from another planet, and this was the beginning of the migrations to Earth. 

The closest of these planets to the calculations of scientists is Venus, and this migration must have taken place in spaceships. 

It seems that the sons of Venus were giants, and that they intermarried with the people of Earth. Men from them and women from us. 

As for where these immigrants landed, astronomical studies confirm that they landed in Armenia, in Peru, South America, in Tibet, in Egypt, and in the continent of Atlantis, and the remaining monuments confirm that these giants were tall, ranging between two and a half meters and a little more!

The Torah must have intended that. In the Book of Genesis (Chapter 6, Verse 4) we read:

 “There were tyrants on earth in those days. And after that also, when (the sons of God) entered into the daughters of men - and they gave birth to them. 

These are the Titans who from time immemorial have had a name. Or in other words: that man has been tyrannical and oppressive... and that a number of the sons of heaven have attacked women, married them, and produced children for them. 

These are famous Titans. That is, mating took place... and there were offspring! ... The offspring must have been of strange shapes and sizes.

 This explains to us what the ancient myths talked about giant people with the bodies of horses. 

This also explains to us these strange animals that we find in the Karnak Temple. And then these unbelievable battles that were recorded in the temples Pharaonic. The oldest example of these wondrous creatures: the Sphinx in Giza!Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Transition Towards Belief in an Abstract Power

This remained the state of the wondrous, sacred animals, terrifying because they are sacred, and sacred because they are a terrible reality

 until Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti came and called for belief in one abstract force that has no human or animal body! As for what the astronauts or the sons of Venus did on this earth, this is what we do not know in detail.

 It is inevitable that the new alien generations will be guided to some of the secrets of the wondrous universe There are other secrets that are more amazing and stranger. These secrets are magical secret fingerprints that we do not see...but we approach their remaining traces.

Ezekiel's vision continues to captivate and intrigue, whether seen as a divine prophecy or an early encounter with extraterrestrial beings. 

The mysterious descriptions of ships, strange creatures, and celestial phenomena present in his writings invite us to consider the possibility that ancient cultures may have had contact with advanced technology far beyond their time. 

While we may never know the full truth behind Ezekiel's experiences, his account remains a fascinating puzzle that challenges our understanding of history, prophecy, and the cosmos.

As we continue to explore the mysteries of the universe, we may find that the answers lie not only in modern science but also in the ancient prophecies and records left by those who lived long before us. Could Ezekiel have truly glimpsed something beyond his time? The journey to uncover the truth continues.

Read the full article here: [Ezekiel’s Vision]