#max scheele

[the-gershomite]

What The?! #2 -September 1988

Superbman vs. the Fantastical Four "My Badguy...My Enemy!"

writer and artist: John Byrne

inking: Jeremiah Ordway

letters: Jim Novak

colors: Petra Scotese

The Retirement of Knick Furey, Ex-Agent of S.H.E.E.L.D.!

writer: Fred Hembeck

artist: John Severin

letters: Ken Lopez

colors: Max Scheele

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Daredevil, Vol. 1 # 285 Page 01 by Lee Weeks, with Inks by Al Williamson, Colors by Christie “Max” Scheele, Letters by Jack Morelli, and Ann Nocenti wrote the Script.

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Daredevil No. 230 - Born Again

by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

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Daredevil Vol.1 #265 cover by John Romita Jr., Al Williamson and Max Scheele.

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Marvel Graphic Novel #38: Judgement Day

by Stan Lee; John Buscema, Max Scheele and Phil Felix

Marvel

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DAREDEVIL Vol.1 no.253 • cover art • John Romita Jr. • Al Williamson [Feb 1988]

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Daredevil #281 (1990)

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"Landing(s)" Some "Trillion Dollar Treats" with Jex, Grace Scheele and Mr. Chipmunk

A wise man once said, “Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you’re gonna get.”  This week’s box of chocolates includes some sweet surprise guests!  Jex Russell co-hosted, and harpist Grace Scheele dropped by for a bit to talk about her cassette tape Landings.  The end result is one of my favourite shows!  Top ten? Max the Axe’s garage sale scores were the main focus of the show,…

[the-gershomite]

The Punisher Super-Sized Annual #1 -April 1988- Marvel comics

"3 Hearts"

written by Roger Salick

pencil art by Mike Vosburg

letters by Ken Bruzenak

colors by Max Scheele

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a Daredevil Page by Scott McDaniel, with Inks by Hector Collazo, Letters by Bill Oakley, Colors by Christie "Max" Scheele, and a Script by D.G. Chichester.

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Daredevil No. 230 - Born Again

by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

[vertigoartgore]

1987's Thor Vol.1 #380 (the full splash pages issue*) by artist Walt Simonson (writer + layouts), Sal Buscema (inks + finishes), John Workman (lettering) and Max Scheele (coloring). Source

*The legend as it Simonson got the idea from his friend John Byrne, who did the same thing (a full splash pages story) with a Hulk Story (published in 1986's Marvel Fanfare #29).

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One might assume, with good reason, that a romantic recession is underway.

That’s the story the numbers tell, at least. Forty-seven percent of US adults say dating is more difficult today than it was a decade ago, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Even as singledom is on a downward slope—in 2023, 42 percent of adults were unpartnered compared to 44 percent in 2019, a different Pew survey found—it doesn’t feel that way.

The dating landscape is in the throes of another tectonic shift. People still crave love but are increasingly distrustful of apps that have failed to deliver on the promise of partnership, burned out by the gamification of romance. App fatigue is at an all-time high, and a growing segment of young daters no longer want to leave the future of their love life to chance. That, more than anything, has changed where people look for love these days: offline, in curated spaces.

“Dating apps aren’t the enemy,” says Stephanie Scheele, cofounder of Singles Only Social Club. “However, more and more people are craving real-life connections, and while we aren’t the only in-person singles event, we feel that we are at the forefront of this movement.”

Scheele, along with her business partner Mackenzie Zoppi, launched Singles Only Social Club in 2023 as an analog alternative to dating apps. The idea started as a spontaneous park hang. They gathered friends—“plus friends of friends who were roped in last-minute”—for a casual happy hour in a Santa Monica–area park. It has since expanded to more formal settings in Los Angeles and New York. Last year, the platform hosted 40 events between the two cities; their largest one maxed out at more than 300 attendees. The draw, Scheele believes, is like-minded folks of similar ages and interests—the IRL mixers bring together professionals and creatives ranging in age from 25 to 45, on average. Zoppi describes the vibe as “natural, pressure-free, and actually enjoyable.”

Where so much of the AI revolution aims to remove the human element from how people communicate and connect, a handful of matchmaking platforms have found success via a human-centric approach. In-person dating and singles events increased by 51 percent in 2024, with attendance to those events improving by 71 percent, according to Eventbrite data shared with WIRED. A new class of daters have decided that they no longer want to leave the fate of their romantic life to the calculations of an algorithm.

David Moss wants to capitalize on that growing shift. Moss is cofounder and CEO of My TruBond, a “white-glove dating service” that aims to curb loneliness through in-person mixers. The platform launched in Houston this year. Like Singles Only Social Club, My TruBond leverages a curated group model as a form of matchmaking. “You are better off going to Vegas and playing craps—and winning—than you are finding significant love on a dating app,” Moss says of the current landscape, telling me that he believes dating app companies aren’t actually invested in human outcomes, only profit. “And it’s not hard. We have cracked that code.”

Unlike Singles Only Social Club, however, My TruBond is also an app (it’s free to sign up). Moss, whose background is in IT management, says that the app is primarily designed for people to meet offline. There are no robust texting features, and the dating radius only allows users to search up to 100 miles. Users are required to pass a background check before being verified (submitted profile data is cross-referenced with a national criminal database), and later take a personality assessment test to help determine prospective matches. First dates confirmed through the app, he says, happen over video call.

For years, Big Dating got singles hooked on the booze of convenience culture. Apps were like junk food—fast, easy, but ultimately unhealthy when used for long periods of time, causing problems like depression, anxiety, and body-image issues. The next frontier of dating, it seems, is a return to the old ways of courtship that require a lot more intentionality and investment. “What we are building is an experience—the journey of getting you to a second date,” Moss says.

Talk of app fatigue is trendy but it overlooks the root problem, says Brie Temple, who holds the position of “chief matchmaker” at Tawkify. She believes the real issues around dating run deeper. “We now have a whole generation of eligible singles who have been introduced to romantic partners through a screen. A lot of wasted time, energy, and emotion gets invested into that process—all of that leads to burnout,” she says. “We talk about instant gratification; it’s the age of convenience. But you can’t DoorDash a partner into your life. Through matchmaking we do things like remind people how to flirt and have a connection.”

Tawkify is a veteran player in the evolving matchmaking market. Launched over a decade ago, the company bills itself as an antidote to the chaos of dating apps. It is one of the many platforms that wants to remove some of the risk factors of finding love online through personalized, one-on-one matchmaking. Through the service, singles are assigned an expert (human) matchmaker who does everything on your behalf, from prescreening to date planning.

Tawkify offers two pathways to love. In the first option, prospects sign up for a lifetime membership ($9.99) and their profile is uploaded into the database in hopes that it will eventually get paired with that of another single. In option two, daters select from “client packages”—you pick from three, six, or 12 matches, ranging from $4,900 to $15,000—and are paired with expert matchmakers tasked with all sorts of detective work. They do background checks and compatibility testing.

When I asked Temple how many people were currently taking advantage of the company’s signature services, she declined to comment. “I can’t say, but at any given time we have hundreds of active clients.” Even though Tawkify claims to have the largest private database of singles outside of dating apps, Temple declined to share the extent of that database beyond saying it was “in the seven-figure range.”

And while that considerable sample size is a boon for many singles thirsty for connection—who doesn’t love options?—not everyone is a believer in Tawkify’s pay-to-date model. Last year, in a 2,000-word-long post on Reddit, a former client who lives in Philadelphia and forked over $10,000 detailed his experience. “Tawkify was a huge waste of money,” he wrote, “because it can’t control for the worst part of dating—the ghosting and flaking of daters.”

Nia Freeman, a 32-year-old entrepreneur in Los Angeles, shares the same frustrations. “I deleted every single dating app that I have,” she says. “It’s a big pool, yes, but it’s the bottom of the barrel.” Freeman says conversations rarely materialized off the apps. She refuses to waste her time on them anymore. “Removing the energy part of the entire process—it’s a big factor,” she says. “You know how you feel with someone when you are around them. You can’t get that through DMs.”

This month’s Singles Only Social Club meetup in Los Angeles will be Freeman’s first. “And yeah, this could also be a gimmick just to get us to buy tickets,” she says of the event, which charges $15 to attend. “But if everybody comes with the right intention, it works. We’re all single, we all want to be in lasting relationships. We are not there to bullshit.” She flashes a smirk. “Well, maybe a little.”

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DAREDEVIL Vol.1 no.252 • cover art • John Romita Jr. • Al Williamson [Jan 1988]

[taravali-the-service-pup]

Puppy Adventure Checklist

Check your state laws to see if they cover public access rights for owner-trained SDiT. Some stores are pet friendly but always check with your local stores bc many vary by location.

Home Improvement Store w/ Garden Center // Lowe’s / Home Depot / Menards / Ace Hardware / Sutherlands /

Department Store // Home Goods / At Home / Kohls / Ross / Burlington / Marshals / TJ Max / Old Navy / Macys / Dillards / JC Penny

Tool Store // Harbor Freight Tools / Northern Tool & Equipment / Clark’s Tools & Equipment / O’Reilly Auto Parts / Advanced Auto Parts / Auto Zone

Craft Store // Michael’s / JoAnn Fabrics / Hobby Lobby / Blick Art Materials / Paper Source

Book Stores // Barns & Nobel / Books A Million / Half Price Books / Public Library

Tech Stores // Best Buy / GameStop / Office Depot / Office Max / Staples

Sporting Goods // Academy / Bass Pro Shop / Dicks Sporting Goods / Scheels

Misc Quick Trips // hotel lobbies / car wash / pharmacy / gas station / USPS, FedEx, UPS, DHL / hospital parking lot & lobby / car, boat, RV dealership

Outdoor Locations // public playgrounds / accessible playgrounds / outdoor gyms / outdoor pools / parks with ponds, lakes or fountains / tennis & basketball courts / skate parks /

Beauty Supply Store // I personally don’t feel comfortable bringing a SDiT into a store with very strong smells. It’s overwhelming for me so I’m sure it’s very uncomfortable for them. I also avoid the isles with laundry detergent or bug killer of other stores for the same reason.

Grocery Stores // We wait until we have solid public access skills before we tackle places that sell a lot of food. Our grocery stores of choice are: Costco, Target and Sprouts. The HyVee & ALDIs in our city have tight isles that make it difficult to maneuver and get space as needed so I generally don’t go there until more advanced in public access. I personally avoid Walmart 100% of the time.

Other places too advanced for a young puppy include: museums, zoos, arcades, movie theaters, doctor appointments and any other place that is either too distracting/intimidating, you can’t leave immediately if your puppy gets overwhelmed or if the stakes are too high if something goes wrong.

[peraltasass]

Read in 2023

✩✩✩✩✩ - ★★★★★

Fiction:

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes: ★★✩✩✩ (HUGE disappointment)

Babel by R. F. Kuang: ★★★★★ (HUGE recommend)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: ★★★★✩  

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron: ★★★★✩

Pet by Akwae Emenzi: ★★★★★

The Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick: ★★★★✩

The Deep by Rivers Solomon: ★★★★★ (big recommend!)

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé: ★★★★★

Nevada by Imogen Binnie: ★★★★✩

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (re-read): ★★★★✩

Das Känguru Manifest by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩  

The Women of Troy by Pat Barker: ★★★★✩

Die Känguru Offenbarung by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩

Die Känguru Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling: ★★★★✩

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee: ★★★★✩  

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi: ★★★★✩  

Peter Darling by Austin Chant: ★★★★✩  

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty: ★★★★½

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi: ★★★★★

Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha: ★★★½✩

Dschinns by Fatma Ayedemir: ★★★★★

Blutbuch by Kim De L’Horizon: ★★★★✩  

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang: ★★½✩✩

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall: ★★★★✩

Gwen and Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher: ★★★★✩

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard: ★★★½✩

Der Duft der Sterne by Simon Klemp: (can’t fairly rate, a friend of mine is the author)

The Binding by Bridget Colling: ★★★★½

In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens: ★★★★½

Non-fiction:

Von hier aus gesehen by Celestine Hassenfratz, Anna Luise Rother, & Ulla Scharfenberg: ★★★★½

Behindert und Stolz by Luisa L’Audace: ★★★★½   

Ich, ein Kind der kleinen Mehrheit by Gianni Jovanovic mit Oyindamola Alashe: ★★★★✩  

Radikale Selbstfürsorge jetzt! by Svenja Gräfen: ★★★✩✩  

Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (Your Homeland is Our Nightmare) by Fatma Aydemir and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah: ★★★★★  

Bad Gays. A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller:

Unlearn Patriarchy by Lisa Jaspers, Naomi Ryland and Silvie Horch (eds.): ★★★★✩

Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel: ★★★★✩

Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay: ★★★✩✩

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei: ★★★★✩

Lieber Jonas oder Der Wunsch nach Selbstbestimmung by Linus Giese: ★★★★✩

Gender. A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele: ★★½✩✩

Hood Feminism by Mikkie Kendall: ★★★★★  

Let’s Talk About Sex, Habibi by Mohamed Amjahid: ★★★★★  

Wie kann ich was bewegen? by Raúl Krauthausen & Benjamin Schwarz: (stopped bc it made me unhappy)

Caliban and the Witch by (not finished yet)

NichtMutterSein by Nadine Pungs: ★★★½✩

Desintegriert euch! by Max Czollek: ★★★★✩

Pageboy by Elliot Page: ★★★★★  

Hass by Şeyda Kurt: ★★★★½

Die stille Gewalt by Asha Hedayati: ★★★★★  

Die letzten Tage des Patriarchats by Margarete Stochowski: ★★★★½

Identitätskrise by Alice Hasters: ★★★½✩

Anti-Girlboss by Nadia Shehadeh: ★★★½✩

Graphic novels and webcomics:

Pimo & Rex by Thomas Wellmann: ★★★★✩

Pimo & Rex: Die interdimensionale Hochzeit by Thomas Wellmann: ★★★★✩ 

Freibad by Paulina Stulin & Doris Dörrie: ★★✩✩✩    

The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill: ★★★★★  

Medusa & Perseus by André Breinbauer: ★★✩✩✩/★★★✩✩