#Ron Wiebe

[the-quotable-alberta-hansard]

April 11, 2024

Mr. Wright: I rise today to table the five requisite copies of a transcript from a speech made by the Member for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood at a rally about supporting homeless encampments instead of finding appropriate housing and shelter for Albertans.

Mr. Wiebe: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table the five requisite copies of a tweet from the Member for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood bearing witness to the removal of encampments.

Mr. Lunty: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table the requisite five copies of a tweet from the Member for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood protesting the removal of garbage from an encampment.

Mr. Dyck: I rise today to table the five requisite copies of a retweet from the Member for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood that protested the removal of gang-operated drug markets.

Member Irwin: I feel so honoured.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe (1971)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)

[hpcursedchildbway]

Leading the company will be Trevor White as Harry Potter, with Trish Lindström as Ginny Potter, Luke Kimball as Albus Potter, Gregory Prest as Ron Weasley, Sarah Afful as Hermione Granger, Hailey Alexis Lewis as Rose Granger-Weasley, Brad Hodder as Draco Malfoy, Thomas Mitchell Barnet as Scorpius Malfoy, Fiona Reid as Professor McGonagall, Sara Farb as Delphi Diggory, Steven Sutcliffe as Severus Snape and Susan Henley as Dolores Umbridge.

The ensemble will include Ryan Allen, Nicholas Boegel, Kevin Bundy, Michael Chiem, Ian D. Clark, Mark Crawford, David D’Lancy Wilson, Raquel Duffy, Bryce Fletch, Simon Gagnon, Raylene Harewood, Wychita Henricks, Asha James, Lucas Meeuse, Natasha Mumba, Kyle Orzech, Monice Peter, Andy Pogson, Kaitlyn Riordan, Katie Ryerson, Brendan Wall, Evelyn Wiebe and Shawn Wright.

[onceuponaseriesrewatch]

Once Upon a Series Rewatch Press Release: 3x2 Lost Girl

3x2 Lost Girl

Synopsis: While Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina and Hook continue their search for Henry in Neverland, Peter Pan appears before a startled Emma and offers her a map that will reveal her son’s whereabouts.  But the only way to make the map appear is for Emma to stop denying who she really is and come to grips with her true feelings about her identity, and Mr. Gold receives some unexpected advice from a friend that could lead him to understand his life’s journey while in Neverland. Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tale Land that was, when the Evil Queen presents Snow White with an offer to live her life with Charming in peace, with the caveat that she give up her claim to the throne, Charming makes it his mission to ensure that Snow doesn’t take the offer.

Written by: Andrew Chambliss, Kalinda Vazquez

Directed by: Ron Underwood

Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard); Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan); Lana Parilla (Evil Queen / Regina Mills); Josh Dallas (Prince Charming / David Nolan); Emilie de Ravin (Belle French); Colin O’Donoghue (Captain Killian ‘Hook’ Jones); Michael Raymond-James (Neal CassidyJared Gilmore (Henry Mills); Robert Carlyle (Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold)

Guest Starring: Lee Arenberg (Grumpy); Giancarlo Esposito (Magic Mirror); Robbie Kay (Peter Pan); Michael Coleman (Happy); Parker Croft (Felix); Faustino Di Bauda (Sleepy); David Avalon (Doc); Jeffrey Kaiser (Dopey); Gabe Khouth (Sneezy); Paul Lazenby (mirror carrying knight); Mig Macario (Bashful); Robert Mann (peasant #1); Cainan Wiebe (hooded Lost Boy); Skyler Gisondo (Lost Boy)

Lost Girl airs February 17 at 9:00 pm

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

Comic Series to Read (Pt4)

+REDLANDS by Tom King, Vanessa Del Rey & Jordie Bellaire

A mysterious and bloodthirsty matriarchal force runs the town of Redlands, Florida, and in order to stay on top, sacrifices must be made. Someone is intent on removing these women from the top of the food chain, and he's ready to unleash their darkest secret but has seriously underestimated the lengths the townspeople will go to protect the new order of things.

So this is pretty fucking dark, like it’s fascinating and you do want to know what’ll happen next but... it’s dark. It really is worth the read, unless such things stress you out, in which case try another item on the list! [POC/WOC protagonists, witchcraft, nsfw, sex scenes, murder, human sacrifice, nudity, violence, slavery/prostitution, possession, alcohol/drugs, etc.]   

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+NAILBITER by Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson & Adam Guzowski

"Where do serial killers come from?" and why has Buckaroo, Oregon given birth to sixteen of the most vile serial killers in the world? NSA Agent Nicholas Finch needs to solve that mystery in order to save his friend, and he'll have to team up with the infamous Edward "Nailbiter" Warren to do it. Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson deliver a mystery that mixes Twin Peaks with the horror of Se7en!

It will repulse you, it’s meant to. The mass-murderer-who-went-free is the titular nailbiter, he has a thing for chewing people’s nails off, before/after death, which was yikes. Turns out he’s from a town where there’s been a metric fucktonne of serial killers, all with highly specific ways of killing, like weird ways.  People have been trying to capitalise on that. Except now people are dying, and while a copycat is suspected, when the protagonist’s friend goes missing looking for answers, he has to step in and find out wtf is happening. [POC protag, serial killers/murder, body horror and gore, violence, animal cruelty, blood, swearing, lynch mobs, etc.]

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+RAT QUEENS by Kurtis J Wiebe & Ron Upchurch

Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all god's creatures for profit. It's also a darkly comedic sass-and-sorcery series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack!

An instant favourite, honestly. You can’t NOT love these fucking disaster babes, no matter what happens they find a way to fuck up and then fix it. Re-readable a million times over, can’t wait for the next book to be honest.  [LGBPTA+, nudity, sex, alcohol, drinking, violence, magic, dark magic, crazy bullshit and stoned smidgens]

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+ELFQUEST by Richard & Wendy Pini

If you don’t know what elfquest is, google it people, I love it. It’s like 40years old at this point, and you can read MOST of it online (the original coloured books/graphic novels are expensive and rare, but the black and white omnibuses are for sale). 

If you like it, Elfquest: The Final Quest has just been written/finished. That was a fucking emotional rollercoaster i tell you what.  LGBPTA+, poly families, violence, killing, humans are assholes, affections, family, magic, nudity, sex but like... tastefully, mostly... etc.

Read book 3 in the library when I was beginning high school, never looked back, fucking loved them. 

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+MOONSTRUCK by Grace Ellis, Kate Leth & Shae Beagle

Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriend go on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck breaks loose when the magician casts a horrible spell on their friend Chet. Now it's up to the team of mythical pals to stop the illicit illusionist before it's too late.

Reading it right now, very cute and easy to relate to. Love the artstyle, it suits the story really well; and the plot is just WHAAAAAAAAAAT, and chaotic. Hard to put down. Awkward wlw werewolves, love them.  [LGBPTA+, nonbinary centaur, gay werewolves, chaos, magic, etc.]

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+BABYTEETH by Donny Cates, Garry Brown & Mike Marts

Sadie Ritter is sixteen years old, nine months pregnant, and scared out of her sweet nerdy mind. Having a baby that young is tough. But with the support of her loving family behind her, everything should be okay. OH YEAH, and also her baby is the antichrist and it's going to break open the barriers between the earthly and demonic planes and unleash eternal suffering to all of humankind. Other than that, though...should be fine.

Don’t own the series yet, but have read a lot of it. Turns out being the mother of the antichrist really, really sucks and your family can be your greatest ally... or craziest cultist bullshit enemy. So hard to put down, I really loved it. [Violence, antichrist, demons, gore, murder, kidnapping, child-stealing, demon raccoons, etc.]

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+THE WOODS by James Tynion & Michael Dialynas

On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Where are they? Why are they there? The answers will prove stranger than anyone could possibly imagine.

Just got this, haven’t yet had a chance to read it (bc Moonstruck), but very excited to!

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Will put up additional posts when I can afford to get through the other like 6 fucking pages of my graphic novel wishlist, lmao. 

If you have a suggestion, let me know or add it on.

[watchingfairytales]

3.02 Lost Girl Press Release

PETER PAN OFFERS EMMA A MAP THAT WILL REVEAL HENRY’S WHEREABOUTS - BUT SHE MUST EMBRACE HER TRUE FEELINGS ABOUT HER IDENTITY BEFORE THE MAP WILL APPEAR TO HER – AND THE EVIL QUEEN OFFERS SNOW WHITE THE CHANCE TO LIVE HER LIFE IN PEACE WITH PRINCE CHARMING - AT A PRICE – ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”

“Lost Girl” - While Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina and Hook continue their search for Henry in Neverland, Peter Pan appears before a startled Emma and offers her a map that will reveal her son’s whereabouts. But the only way to make the map appear is for Emma to stop denying who she really is and come to grips with her true feelings about her identity - and Mr. Gold receives some unexpected advice from a friend that could lead him to understand his life’s journey while in Neverland. Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tale Land that was, when the Evil Queen presents Snow White with an offer to live her life with Charming in peace - with the caveat that she give up her claim to the throne - Charming makes it his mission to ensure that Snow doesn’t take the offer, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O'Donoghue as Hook, Michael Raymond-James as Baelfire/Neal Cassidy, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.

Guest starring are Lee Arenberg as Leroy/Grumpy, Giancarlo Esposito as Mirror/Sidney, David-Paul Grove as Doc, Gabe Khouth as Mr. Clark/Sneezy, Faustino Di Bauda as Walter/Sleepy, Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey, Michael Coleman as Happy, Mig Macario as Bashful, Robbie Kay as Pan, Parker Croft as Felix, Robert Mann as peasant no. 1, Cainan Wiebe as hooded Lost Boy and Paul Lazenby as mirror-carrying knight.

“Lost Girl” was written by Andrew Chambliss & Kalinda Vazquez and directed by Ron Underwood.

[rayfredm]

Canada's private refugee sponsorship program turns 40: Friendships forged by Vietnam War endure

Canada’s private refugee sponsorship program turns 40: Friendships forged by Vietnam War endure

There were hugs, smiles, flowers and food at Hoa and Lan Chau’s house, as they welcomed special friends for a visit.

Their relationship began in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The Chau’s were Vietnamese “boat people.” Ron and Clara Wiebe were some of the Manitoba Mennonites who helped them start a new life in Canada, thanks to a ground-breaking private sponsorship program that turns 40 on…

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Fantasy: Week 24 positional rankings

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August 8, 20181:14PM EDT

Reid, Mike, and Blayne are joined by Patreon Supporter and former league champion Jessup Gage to break down everything that happened in the first week of the 2018 Fall Fantasy season. They start out with a short recap but quickly get sidelined by a discussion about the red cards in Houston and then jump feet first into the first reactions to the price and budget changes for the Fall season. Things get back on track with after that with the injury review, a team by team breakdown of Round 24, and this the big reveal of HOW WIEBE DID in our league! The discussions make this episode long, but they are definitely worth it!

The Fall season is in full swing with 11 games on deck in Week 24. Here are the top players at each position this week.

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Goalkeepers

Jeff Attinella shut out Philadelphia in Week 23 and he’s been a big part of Portland’s 15-game unbeaten run. He’s in a good spot for another strong outing at home against Vancouver on Saturday (11 pm ET | TSN — Full TV & streaming info).

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1  Jeff Attinella POR vs. VAN $ 6.5 2  Zack Steffen CLB vs. HOU $ 6.0 3 Matt Turner NE vs. PHI $ 5.3 4  Tyler Miller LAFC vs. SKC $ 6.0 5  Stefan Frei SEA vs. DAL $ 6.5 6 Nick Rimando RSL vs. MTL $ 6.0 7 David Bingham LA vs. MIN $ 5.4 8 Tim Howard COL vs. SJ $ 5.5 9  David Ousted DC vs. ORL $ 4.9 10 Alex Bono TOR vs. NYC $ 5.9

Defenders

Larrys Mabiala continues to anchor the Timbers backline and he hit double-digit fantasy points in last week’s shutout of the Union. He’s taken two shots in back-to-back outings and, as a set-piece target, there’s always the possibility of the big center back turning up with a goal.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Larrys Mabiala POR vs. VAN $ 7.5 2 Harrison Afful CLB vs. HOU $ 6.5 3 Alvas Powell POR vs. VAN $ 7.0 4 Graham Zusi SKC at LAFC $ 8.0 5 Laurent Ciman LAFC vs. SKC $ 6.8 6 Edgar Castillo COL vs. SJ $ 6.5 7 Jonathan Mensah CLB vs. HOU $ 6.5 8 Julio Cascante POR vs. VAN $ 6.0 9 Justen Glad RSL vs. MTL $ 6.5 10 Kelvin Leerdam SEA vs. DAL $ 6.0 11 Zarek Valentin POR vs. VAN $ 6.5 12 Steven Beitashour LAFC vs. SKC $ 6.8 13 Chad Marshall SEA vs. DAL $ 6.3 14 Anton Tinnerholm NYC at TOR $ 7.5 15 Justin Morrow TOR vs. NYC $ 6.2 16 Michael Murillo RBNY at CHI $ 6.7 17 Michael Ciani LA vs. MIN $ 6.5 18 Andrew Farrell NE vs. PHI $ 6.2 19 Jorgen Skjelvik LA vs. MIN $ 5.1 20 Kofi Opare DC vs. ORL $ 4.8

Midfielders

Diego Valeri was the highest-scoring player in Week 23, with 17 points through a goal and an assist to go along with multiple bonus points. He has a combined 50 points over his last four home games and, with another favorable matchup at home against the Whitecaps, we can expect more of the same from the 2017 MVP in Week 24.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Diego Valeri POR vs. VAN $ 11.5 2 Romain Alessandrini LA vs. MIN $ 10.5 3 Nicolas Lodeiro SEA vs. DAL $ 12.0 4 Joao Plata RSL vs. MTL $ 10.0 5 Ignacio Piatti MTL at RSL $ 11.2 6 Albert Rusnak RSL vs. MTL $ 9.7 7 Pedro Santos CLB vs. HOU $ 7.5 8 Yamil Asad DC vs. ORL $ 10.1 9 Maximiliano Moralez NYC at TOR $ 12.0 10 Diego Fagundez NE vs. PHI $ 10.0 11 Kellyn Acosta COL vs. SJ $ 8.0 12 Jonathan dos Santos LA vs. MIN $ 9.0 13 Damir Kreilach RSL vs. MTL $ 8.5 14 Victor Vazquez TOR vs. NYC $ 9.5 15 Jonathan Osorio TOR vs. NYC $ 10.5 16 Sebastian Blanco POR vs. VAN $ 9.0 17 Jesus Medina NYC at TOR $ 8.5 18 Benny Feilhaber LAFC vs. SKC $ 9.3 19 Kaku RBNY at CHI $ 10.8 20 Luciano Acosta DC vs. ORL $ 8.5 21 Aleksandar Katai CHI vs. RBNY $ 9.5 22 Saphir Taider MTL at RSL $ 10.0 23 Vako SJ at COL $ 8.5 24 Jefferson Savarino RSL vs. MTL $ 8.5 25 Zoltan Stieber DC vs. ORL $ 8.9 26 Borek Dockal PHI at NE $ 9.9 27 Daniel Royer RBNY at CHI $ 8.5 28 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi NYC at TOR $ 8.1 29 Juan Agudelo NE vs. PHI $ 7.5 30 Justin Meram CLB vs. HOU $ 7.5

Forwards

Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns from suspension with a dream matchup at home against a Minnesota United side that have conceded at least three goals in each of their last four road games. He scored a hat trick and notched 22 points in his last home game, and considering the matchup, it’s not too far-fetched to think he turns up with a repeat performance on Saturday (10:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info).

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic LA vs. MIN $ 11.0 2 Sebastian Giovinco TOR vs. NYC $ 11.0 3 Wayne Rooney DC vs. ORL $ 10.0 4 Carlos Vela LAFC vs. SKC $ 10.8 5 Darwin Quintero MIN at LA $ 12.0 6 Gyasi Zardes CLB vs. HOU $ 8.5 7 Ola Kamara LA vs. MIN $ 9.0 8 Bradley Wright-Phillips RBNY at CHI $ 10.0 9 Giovani dos Santos LA vs. MIN $ 8.0 10 Cristian Penilla NE vs. PHI $ 8.7 11 Raul Ruidiaz SEA vs. DAL $ 10.0 12 David Villa NYC at TOR $ 10.5 13 Samuel Armenteros POR vs. VAN $ 9.2 14 Jozy Altidore TOR vs. NYC $ 10.4 15 Romell Quioto HOU at CLB $ 9.0 16 Patrick Mullins CLB vs. HOU $ 5.5 17 Dom Dwyer ORL at DC $ 9.2 18 Angelo Rodriguez MIN at LA $ 8.3 19 Diego Rossi LAFC vs. SKC $ 8.8 20 Nemanja Nikolic CHI vs. RBNY $ 9.5

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off the rack #1154

Monday, March 6, 2017

 Another successful Capital Trade Show with my partner Chris yesterday at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre. Saw a few more folks that I haven't seen for a while stop by our table. The next one is on April 2 and we hope to be there.

 Congratulations to Brent for 32 years of comic book goodness at The Comicshop in Vancouver. He and Keith continue the proud traditions that Ron Norton established and I wish them many more years to come.

 America #1 - Gabby Rivera (writer) Joe Quinones (pencils) Joe Rivera & Paolo Rivera (inks) Jose Villarrubia (colours) Travis Lanham (letters). Marvel is really loading the racks with female heroes these days and the latest to join the ranks with her own solo book is the leader of the Ultimates. I don't read that book so excuse my ignorance about this woman. The last time I saw her was when she was a Young Avengers team member. Gabby starts this off by having America go to college which was very similar to the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1. We do get a peek at her civilian life as America breaks up with her girlfriend before leaving for college. I thought she was a jerk about it and that started me into not liking her much. Then she meets up with an old Young Avengers teammate and a time travel element is added. That's when I said "hasta la vista, baby". I'm not hip enough to enjoy this book but I think the cool kids will like it.

 Savage Things #1 - Justin Jordan (writer) Ibrahim Moustafa (art) Jordan Boyd (colours) Josh Reed (letters). This is more up my ally. A dangerous dark ally where you could be attacked by a government sanctioned homicidal maniac. The flashbacks show us Cain and Abel being recruited as boys and the present shows them exposing the bad guys they used to work for. Both were part of a covert team of killers that did the government's bidding. I want to see what they're up to now.

 Rat Queens #1 - Kurtis J. Wiebe (writer) Owen Gieni (art) Ryan Ferrier (letters). Yay, the Queens are back on the racks. What happened to Violet's beard? Doesn't matter because that great camaraderie that the Queens have is the same as I remember and that's why I like these gals so much. This new adventure has them fighting a giant Canada Goose with amazing powers. Whoa and zut alors, I can't wait to see what happens next.

 Totally Awesome Hulk #1.MU - This Monsters Unleashed! Tie-in has three short stories and the main reason that I grabbed it off the rack to read is because of the first one called "Flawless Victory" is by Bryan Edward Hill (writer) Ty Templeton (art) Mat Lopes (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Ty and I go way back and I always enjoy his work. If you're a comic book geek like me you should check out his blog at https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/bun-toons/. He posts almost every week and his stories are a lot of fun, just what comics books should be. The second story "Mind Over Monster" by Bryan Edward Hill (writer) Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (art) Rico Renzi (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters) has Hulk saving South Korea from Xemnu, he of the spiral eyes. The last story "Math is Magic" by Leah Williams (writer) Jahnoy Lindsay (art) Esther Sanz (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters) features Maddy Cho trying to find help with fighting the Leviathons that are landing on Earth and destroying everything. Maddy contacts Lady Hellbender the Monster Queen but what the monster collector tells her does not bode well for Earth. I liked how Jahnoy tried to mimic Frank Cho's style when drawing Lady Hellbender.

 Riverdale One Shot - This features four of the Riverdale teens and boy are they different from the old Archie gang. If you haven't watched the TV show on the CW network this might get you to tune in. "Archie" by Brian E. Paterson (writer) Elliot Fernandez (art) Thomas Chu (colours) John Workman (letters) will shock you with the affair with Ms. Grundy that you may have heard about. "Betty" by Britta Lundin (writer) Jim Towe (art) Glenn Whitmore (colours) Janice Chiang (letters) has my guilty crush Ms. Cooper going to L.A. for a summer internship. "Veronica" by James DeWille (writer) Thomas Pitilli (art) Andre Szymanowicz (colours) John Workman (letters) surprised me again because she and her family are Hispanic. "Jughead" by Will Ewing (writer) Alitha Martinez (pencils) Bob Smith (inks) Andre Szymanowicz with Thomas Chu (colours) Janice Chiang (letters) changed my attitude towards Archie's best friend. I won't watch the show because I don't like who they cast as Betty. They had a chance to usurp Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years as my biggest TV Cooper crush but they failed. I would definitely read another comic book about these guys though.

 Royal City #1 - Jeff Lemire (writer & artist) Steve Wands (letters). I really like Jeff's stories. Trillium amazed me with some of the ways Jeff used his art to tell that story. Essex County made me feel very Canadian. Old Man Logan made me care about Wolverine again. Here we have a story about a family with one missing sibling and it's hard to categorize. At first I thought it was a ghost story but it's much more than that. The Pike family seems typical but their brother Tommy makes them unique. This gets added to my "must read" list.

 Doctor Strange #18 - Jason Aaron (writer) Chris Bachalo (pencils & colours) Al Vey, Tim Townsend, John Livesay & Victor Olazaba (inks) VC's Cory Petit (letters). The answer to "where's Wong?" is revealed. This is a team-up with the Mighty Thor and because Jason writes both books he gave Thor another new cool super power to help save lives and made it look natural. It's very far fetched but it's neat that he thought it up. Now the task of saving Wong from the villain Mr Misery starts in earnest.

 Superman #18 - Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason (writers) Patrick Gleason (pencils) Mick Gray (inks) John Kalisz (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Part 1 of "Superman Reborn" gets deeper into two mysteries that have been teasing us since Rebirth started. The other Clark Kent and the hooded guy with the scythe. I really like the new Superman family with Lois and Jon and I hope DC doesn't go back to the single Superman. If they do, I want a new book like Marvel did with Peter, Mary Jane and Annie. I hated when Marvel unmarried Peter and Mary Jane.

 Paper Girls #12 - Brian K. Vaughn (writer) Cliff Chiang (art) Matt Wilson (colours) Jared K. Fletcher (letters). It's handy to have a universal translator. There's got to be an app for that now right?

 Clone Conspiracy Omega - there are three complete stories in this finale to the most recent clone kerfuffle. "Collateral Damage" by Dan Slott & Christos Gage (writers) Cory T. Smith (art) Justin Ponsor (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters) sets Ben Reilly the Scarlet Spider up with his new solo book out April 26 where he chases after himself. Huh? You have to read "Give Us a Wink" by Peter David (writer) Mark Bagley (pencils) John Dell (inks) Jason Keith (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters) to find out what I mean. And finally "King's Favor" by Dan Slott (writer) Stuart Immonen (pencils) Wade von Grawbadger (inks) Richard Isanove (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters) sets up the return of Spider-Man's greatest enemy. How are they going to explain that comeback?

 Batman #18 - Tom King (writer) David Finch (pencils) Danny Miki (inks) Jordie Bellaire (colours) John Workman (letters). It's good issues like this one that reward me for sticking to a book the I like through some weaker issues. The fight between Batman and Bane juxtaposed with the evolution of each man as they grew older intensified the growing anger of the villain with each page. I can't wait to see the next phase of Batman's plan.

 Hawkeye #4 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Leonardo Romero (art) Jordie Bellaire (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). I was thinking about benching this book once this first story arc ended but Kelly snuck in a special guest star right at the end there that made me want to stick around for the next arc. I wasn't really happy with how Kate defeats the super villain but what happens to the guy later made up for the feel good solution.

 Champions #6 - Mark Waid (writer) Humberto Ramos (pencils) Victor Olazaba (inks) Edgar Delgado with Nolan Woodward (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I thought the Freelancers weren't going to be that bad after teaming up with the Champions last issue but Mark establishes that they are a bunch of douche bags this issue. Wait until you see what these bullies have lined up for the good guys.

 Unstoppable Wasp #3 - Jeremy Whitley (writer) Elsa Charretier (art) Megan Wilson (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I really like Nadia's personality and Jarvis is a hoot. I need fun comic books like this to balance all the doom and gloom that's out there on the racks.

 Monsters Unleashed #4 - Cullen Bunn (writer) Salvador Larroca (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Even more super heroes fighting giant space monsters. I know this might be boring for some fans but the kids love it and I loved the art.

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Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 10.19

Beer Birthdays

John Barbey (1850)

Ron Pattinson (1956)

John Tucci (1967)

Joe Wiebe

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Gambon; actor (1940)

Philip Pullman; writer (1946)

Robert Reed; actor (1932)

Jason Reitman; film director (1977)

Peter Tosh; reggae singer (1944)

Famous Birthdays

Jack Anderson; newspaper columnist (1922)

Umberto Boccioni; Italian artist (1882)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown; Chicago Cubs P (1876)

Thomas Browne; writer, physician (1605)

Rodney Carrington; country singer, comedian (1968)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; astrophysicist (1910)

Tracy Chevalier; writer (1962)

Lynn Dickey; Green Bay Packers QB (1949)

Jon Favreau; actor, film director (1966)

Jennifer Holliday; singer, actor (1960)

Evander Holyfield; boxer (1962)

Patricia Ireland; feminist activist (1945)

Martha Jefferson; first lady of Thomas Jefferson (1748)

Tor Johnson; actor, wrestler (1903)

John Le Carre; English writer (1931)

John Lithgow; actor (1945)

Tony Lo Bianco; actor (1936)

Peter Max; artist (1937)

Charles Merrill; stock mogul (1885)

Lewis Mumford; writer (1895)

Annie Peck; mountain climber (1850)

Jeannie C. Riley; country singer (1945)

Lou Scheimer; animation producer (1928)

Andrew Vachss; writer (1942)

Edmund Beecher Wilson; zoologist (1856)

Daniel "Woody" Woodgate; rock drummer (1960)