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David Tennant Year in Review - 2023
David’s television, film, convention, charity, and other appearances from 2023, all in one convenient photoset - with extra special thanks to Georgia and her excellent Instagram posts
Please see my [ David Tennant Year In Review tag ] for prior year-end posts dating back to 2014
#david tennant#year in review#good omens#doctor who#star wars ahsoka#staged#what a year#long post#even though the strike kept him from doing a lot of promo#(which was by all means the right thing to do)#thankful for what we have but bitter about what we lost#stuff i posted#there she goes#comic relief#macbeth#georgia tennant#michael sheen#catherine tate#elliot levey#definitely a great year to be a david tennant fan#including a small selection of Georgia's DT posts#of things they were kind enough to share with us#they're such a cute couple#edited to add a quick new years addition
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Benedict Cumberbatch´s year in review ✧ 2024.
"This isn’t a very natural thing, you know what I’m doing right now, talking to all of you, but the person in here, that’s carrying this through to try and communicate to you, is someone who’s tied to people that they’ve known for a long time in their life, tied to family, tied to children, tied to things that keep me grounded. I’m not afraid to tackle darkness or difficulty or the less attractive sides of the human condition as long as I know there is space to take that off and put that on, and if I feel safe doing that, then I’m good.” x
#benedict cumberbatch#benedictcumberbatchedit#2024 review#the book of Clarence#elegifs#the end we start from#Eric#The thing with feathers#The roses#Tokyo comic con 2024#letters live 2024#Wimbledon 2024#marvelcastedit#dailymarvelkings#mcuchallenge#userdiana#userrobin#userelysia#tuserlyn#tuserpolly#red sea international film festival 2024#make my money matter campaign#Koko foundation#Climate week NYC 2024#Etc etc lol#Happy new year everybody!!! 🥂🥂🎆
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LOVEDDDD Magik #1!! In just a few pages Ashley Allen managed to fix most things wrong with Illyana's characterisation over the last decade 😭
-She's reflective and sometimes too in her head again
-She's using ACTUAL MAGIC!!! WE ALL CHEERED!!
-She's protecting people instead of just wreacking villains
-Her dry humour is top notch
-And a personal vendetta I had, her soulsword is magic again!!! Not just a sword, but a sword that disrupts supernatural things 😭
The gore was also pretty surprisingly gnarly! And I'm actually screaming at the fact that she healed herself with magic. How can anyone stop her now...?!!?!?!
The fight was very engaging to me with the villain having a very unique power set!
Very very very good start! Everything about yana's behaviour and the commentary made shows us that we're in good hands even though I already knew that from the Magik Blood hunt one shot by Allen!
Though I wish we didn't have the Alaskan setting and a lost limbo, we're still in for a great ride!
Pick up your Magik guys!! 🗡️⚔️ ✨ 🔮
#magik#illyana rasputin#marvel#xmen#new mutants#marvel rivals#x men comics#comics#review#Magik (2025)
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This book! This book!
I'm a fan of:
sporking fantasy tropes
female antiheroes
pop culture references
competency porn
hot messes
hot messes who somehow are also hyper-competent???
fourth wall breakage
unapologetically queer people
animal-people
time shenanigans
great fight scenes
footnotes
laughing
And this book delivered! I knew I had to read this as soon as I heard about it. (Woman caught in a time loop decides not to be the Chosen One, but the Dark Lord? Hello, yes please.)
It's been a while, like maybe a year ago with Perilous Times, since I've had so much fun with a comic fantasy. I have a serious case of the gimmes for the sequel now.
#book recommendations#book reviews#how to become a dark lord and die trying#django wexler#read in 2024#fantasy#comic fantasy#new releases#my photos#book covers#booklr#bookblr#adult booklr
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Looking for some fresh new sapphic reads👀🌈?
Here's a roundup of everything from heart-melting romance 💕 to spine-chilling horror stories that'll linger long after the last page 👻.
#sapphic book recs#bookish#books and reading#books#book recommendations#book blog#ya horror#book review#sapphic#bookblr#bookworm#horror book recs#romance books#greek mythology#graphics novel#comics#diversity#toxic yuri#toxic relationship#new release#historical fiction#anthology#nonbinary#supernatural#lgbtq#lesbian
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My thoughts on Primer: Clashing Colors #1 - "Color Me Impressed" (2024)
This was a comic I was waiting a long time for and was super excited about its story. Not because omg New character, Primer!! Nah, because of Teen Titans lol
That too the TEEN TITANS ANIMATED SERIES 2003
I seriously had high hopes for this comic but let's just say I'm disappointed.
Without getting into spoilers,
The writing is just meh at best. Primer is fleshed out decently but the writing for TT03 cast is horrendous at worst and ooc at best.
This comic also suffers from the "Telling but not showing" problem, similar to Nightwing (2016) comic by Taylor.
It's clear that the writers prefered Primer but it's almost like they didn't really do much research over the Titans' personality and that was of less priority. They act a lot like their TTG! (2013) Counterparts rather than TT03 characters. Even the humour is similar to TTG! (2013) and not the original show unlike what was being advertised.
As a Primer comic, it gets the job done and highlights her nicely but as a teen titans fan who was looking forward for the TT content rather than Primer, it's pretty disappointing and saddening.
⚠️ Now getting into spoilers ⚠️
(click off if you want to or scroll down to the end if you wanna skip and basically go to the summary)
The introduction to Primer is pretty decent and I think it does a decent job and blooming her personality.
I believe most of you here must have seen this particular panel in the teasers before the comic's release. It catches the TT03 essence nicely but this is where characterisation jumps in.
As I said Primer as a character isn't of concern to me but as a TT fan, TT is.
So here's where things went downhill in characterisation and character consistency.
You are saying Slade came out in the open, got unmasked and it's of NO big deal to Robin?
Lemme rephrase this to you; Slade, the evil mastermind, who never does anything without a reason and NEVER leaves his basement other than the reason for kidnapping children, touched grass and came out at day and Robin is unphased? It doesn't make ANY sense.
Even more so, when the story tries to pretend it's on purpose.
Slade was NEVER unmasked other than that skull reveal scene and that one Easter egg from TTG! 2003 spin off comics. So the fact, this scene was displayed as something comical is genuinely baffling. The Titans KNOW he doesn't get caught unless there's a catch. This part makes absolutely zero sense.
Then this part ...
The problem with this part is, characterisation. BB debatably acts like himself but Raven? No. It's ooc for her to go "Awww :D" like that. If anything, the best possibility is that she'll say the same line but she'll say it with full and utter sarcasm.
I think most BBRAE fans will agree with me on this one but they both had romantic POTENTIAL but they weren't anything other than good pals in the show. And we haven't gotten any hint at their relationship even in the spin off comics which were canon to show. Which in simpler terms means, this is ooc. Most of the development BBRae can have is after the show and after they get older. But the comic claims they are same Titans who haven't aged a day thus THIS IS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR RAVEN TO SAY!
Raven is a gloomy, sarcastic character who doesn't express what she feels instantly or openly, it would have made a lot more sense if she said the same line sarcastically (where she could blush implying a subtext incase they really wanted to insert BBRae but not making too obvious)
It really makes no sense for her character as depicted in TT03 to suddenly melt at the idea BB giving her tulips if it is the same Raven from TT03. Raven isn't that stereotypical girl character. She's a reserved and introverted person who was still learning to open up even to the series very end.
If this is the TT we know and love, this can't be her.
I'm not bashing the ship btw, I'm bashing the writing. Atleast be faithful to the character's personality while doing fan service!!
If you say, it's the same people who haven't aged a day since the last time you met. You can't have it be that oh yk they changed. Both the statements can't be true at the same time.
Then this scene:
This scene looks straight up from TTG. Back to making Robin dumb af and the team bashing him into normalcy. I'm tired of this trope like jeez, TT ROBIN WAS NOT LIKE THAT!!!
Infact if anything, "Can we just call it 'the battery'?" Line is something BB would say not Raven. Also Starfire getting mad at Robin for saying a long name and rolling eyes? She would never. Robin taught her earth customs and language patiently. If anything, she's that one person who would never eye roll on Robin even if he says something dumb. If it's the same Starfire from TT03 AS ADVERTISED.
Then there's this panel....
Two things, Robin never had a car in TT03. He had a bike named R-Cycle. Second, Starfire always carried Robin while Beast Boy carried Cyborg as a Pterodactyl. The Titan with a car was Cyborg. And when the car was out, everyone rode the car instead of taking the skies. Why the hell would Cyborg be carried out by Starfire when the car is right there??? It makes no sense.
It's incredibly strange how the writer is going long lengths to not make the two (Robin and Starfire) even merely interact with eachother.
How hard is it to just be canon accurate? These are stuff you catch on literally one rewatch. Did the writers not even do that or did they go with fanon or what they remembered from their childhood or like spent 5 mins trying to remember the characters through YT shorts and called it a day?
Like this is the only time they technically look at eachother to talk anything other than business:
Then coming back to Slade, I said the story tries to pretend it was all on purpose.
This further proves that this Slade isnt the same evil mastermind we knew of. This is some other guy.
Then this,
Yk what the awful part is? This . This isn't something you would see in TT03 or anything similar. This is simply something you can expect to see in a fan comic.
And wanna know what's worse? Ravager already existed in TT03 verse except she was Rose Wilson not this guy. This simply just means the writers didn't even BOTHER doing minimum research on the show beforing stamping in characters.
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SPOILERS END!!!
Like I am genuinely lacking words as to describe this mess of a Teen Titans 2003 representation. This isn't them at all.
If anything, this isn't anything like they promoted and advertised. If anything, this is simply a TT03 AU which has nothing to do with the show.
It's neither faithful to the show nor the characters nor the established canon.
If anything, this feels like a shameless cash grab..ik some of y'all be mad at me for saying this but yeah. That is what this is.
If anything, it feels like a clickbait way to get people to Primer without actually bothering to respect that clickbait through which you are trying to pull people in.
It's shameful and disappointing and if I'm being honest, this got boring fast. I didn't enjoy it at all.
The writers prioritised cheap comedy and Primer over the Titans who are apparently a big part of her journey. They didn't even feel hesitant in making all the characters go ooc. The story itself is pretty bland and not interesting and genuinely nothing unique about it other than the Titans who apparently were TT03 as left on the final episode.
Anyway, this feels like an AU TT03 self insert OC fan comic at best or a version of TT based on TTG 2013. Frankly, it has the humor and characterization of TTG. Infact, I think this can totally work out as a 'tame' episode in TTG.
Introduction of Primer to TT and her demeanor to them to get along and on the team gave off Massive Terra vibes, it's almost like the writers got heavily inspired from it.
Tldr, the characterisation and characters of TT aren't like their TT03 counterpart but rather TTG one with a lot more grounded personalities. They often go ooc and say things which they won't say if we went with TT03 canonicity. Deathstroke is basically a joke now. The story itself is boring and uninteresting and doesn't make me like Primer any better. The comic falsely promotes this as the TT03 version even though this is, at best, a TT universe maybe inspired by the 2003 show but not the 2003 show. It's closer to 2013 one.
Personally, I'm severely disappointed and I'm gonna say it again, this is a total cashgrab and not worth reading.
#teen titans#robin#starfire#raven#cyborg#beast boy#dick grayson#primer#primer: clashing colors#issue 1#color me impressed#review#comic review#dc#primer dc#i hate this new comic#will not recommend#primer clashing colors: color me impressed issue 1
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I do feel bad for Owen. Clearly this is NOT his forte. #freeowen
I'm guessing Owen has some kind of contract to do all the covers for the "Erin Hunter" books, since he also seems to do the art for Bravelands and Survivors. Which baffles me.
When you look at his portfolio, it seems clear that animals are NOT his strong suit. He mostly designs them as monsters or setpieces, not as characters in their own right. His humans, objects, and backgrounds are excellent, while his animals are quite generic-- So why did they choose this artist to design for their xenofiction series?
The art he does for Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl is not as jilted and uninspired as his work for any of the Erin Hunter series. He does have a thing for harsh lighting (too harsh for my taste) but the composition is fine and the characters are recognizable. Certainly not "someone tried to unlock your phone" tier. It's strange.
It strikes me like he's not "comfortable" enough with animals to experiment with them, heavily referencing zoomed-in photos and leaving it there. Note how his cats are almost never doing anything, just sitting or standing around looking confused.
Has he ever even drawn a battle cat... battling?
I don't really feel "bad" for him, OR "mad" at him, because we have no idea what's happening behind the scenes, but I WILL say that I feel he is an absolutely awful match for WC. I don't understand what about his portfolio made him look like a good replacement for Wayne McLoughlin, besides some executive recognizing his style from somewhere else.
I hope he is compensated well for his work, but I don't buy hardcovers because of his art and am holding out hope that someone else takes over someday.
#Im not being mean about that last part btw i really hope that comes across#I am hoping it comes across as 'product review' and not bashing#Because I'm dead serious that his art is a major reason I never buy the books in good condition#I always get them secondhand or digital#I own the *dotc* books because of Wayne's art. The arc I notoriously hate to oblivion#But I dislike how Owen's covers *look* on my shelf.#Bone babble#Man it's unfortunate that James Barry has departed the series but Owen remains#As much as I adore the new comic direction btw!!!! God I love the upcoming art im buying it on release day
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Summary of My Art in 2024
I wish everyone a happy and successful New Year 2025! Lots of health and happiness and I hope there will be no such troubles as in 2024. By the way, I'm posting this on 1.1.2025.
By the way, that's my name on Discord and Deviantart so that no one gets confused by the fact that it says my art blog name on the templates instead of my current name.
This time I finally have my review table, or rather a summery of my drawings that I did in the past 2024. As at the beginning of 2024, I did a special New Year's celebration in Brazil for my beloved friends with two drawings, where adults celebrate on one, while children and teenagers on the other, of course as part of my Quack Pack AU and a crossover of almost all Donald Duck media. During 2024, I had numerous troubles and obligations so I didn't have time to do everything regarding my drawings, so I succeeded in some things, and in some things I didn't. I was certainly glad that I did a lot with you throughout 2024 through special weeks and months dedicated to my favorite characters, although unfortunately I didn't do all the topics. Still, it was fun for me to do certain things. 2024 was certainly a challenging year for me and like 2023 I did new things that I had never done before and I was glad that I managed to do it. Especially regarding the 90th birthday of my favorite duck, Donald Duck.
Unfortunately, like 2023, 2024 also had its tragic events so I did and drew certain drawings dedicated to that, as well as a dedication to one of my favorite manga and anime authors Akira Toriyama who left this world in March 2024, so I drew during the month related to Dragon Ball and I put my favorite characters from Donald Duck media (comics, video games and cartoons) and Duckverse with Dragon Ball characters. Yes, published at the end of April 2024, since I had not done certain drawings before. If anyone asks why I put a Dragon Ball drawing for the month of March.
As in previous years, this time I did some crossovers with ducks, such as Super Mario, Dragon Ball, some adult sitcoms like Smiling Friends and of course a crossover with Looney Tunes. You can also see some drawings related to Mickey and Friends and Looney Tunes. For the first time, I also drew some drawings of my favorite characters from other franchises, which you can see here: https://ducktoonsfanart.tumblr.com/post/761941174545235968/i-have-6-sides-cartoon-and-comic-edition-meme
I also drew on the topic of history, superheroes, fantasy, space, customs, world travel and more. I found it particularly challenging to draw ducks in roles from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which you can see here: https://ducktoonsfanart.tumblr.com/post/754506451541753856/the-hobbit-and-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-lord-of
Not to mention my favorite characters in roles of historical figures: https://ducktoonsfanart.tumblr.com/post/749604818515050496/donald-duck-as-napoleon-bonaparte-scrooge-mcduck
For the last three months, I unfortunately gave up drawing a bit due to the bad events that happened then, but I did as much as I could, especially in December, because it is not right to give up during the biggest Christmas and New Year holidays. All in all, thank you very much for supporting me during 2024 and continue to support me.
Now, the drawings by month that I did and which were among the most popular during 2024, and in the previous post, my top 10 drawing posts in 2024.
Thank you all and continue to support me and like and reblog my drawings and it will certainly be interesting to see what 2025 will bring. Which would say 2024 will be the year of the dragon. Once again happy holidays and happy New Year 2025 and feel free to like and reblog this, just don't copy the same ideas I perform and create without mentioning me. Thank you!
Feel free to like and reblog and comment on what you liked the most during 2024 regarding my drawings and feel free to tell me your ideas for 2025! Thank you! And sorry for long post, I love writing essays like this. XD
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#summaryofart2024#art summary#art summary 2024#my art blog#my review of 2024#2024#happy new year#2025#my fanarts#duckverse#crossover#dragon ball#donald duck#duck comics#darkwing duck#duck avenger#artists on tumblr#ducktales#the three cabalelleros#ducktales 2017#daisy duck#huey dewey and louie#disney ducks#cartoons#comics#ducktales 1987#scrooge mcduck#other characters#quack pack#ze carioca comics
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Superman's love life archives: Lyla Lerrol's tragedy
Superman #141 (1960) by Jerry Siegel & Wayne Boring
Lyla Lerrol is one of Superman's briefest and lesser known love affairs, but one that carried a lot of meaning for Kal-el, at least while he was with her, for their love story happened in a Krypton before its doom. Lyla would only appear on this one issue for a long time, until getting mentioned post-crisis and appearing as a sort of villain. In her origin her imminent death is not exactly a surprise given what we know about Krypton, still, the story packs a punch, if not for her and Kal-el's love story, for the personal perspective we gain seeing Superman exploring and getting to know the people of his planet before its destruction.
So this is my long and unnecessary deep dive into Lyla's first issue.
After a freaky accident, Superman goes back in time to Krypton, gets stranded there due to the effects of the planet's red sun, is mistaken for an extra in a sci-fi movie, and finally meets Lyla, the famous actress on the set. All of that on the first pages, and I'm skipping lots of things. This is fast-paced!
After that, Kal-el gets to go to his biological parent's wedding and there has one of his many introspective moments in Krypton. In fact I felt most of the heartbreak and sadness of this story during these moments in which Superman is thinking about how he wishes he could tell Lara and Jor-el how much he loves them, without inevitably telling about their tragic end, how he wishes he could save this planet from its doom. After avoiding them at the wedding, he broods and decides to spend time with his parents no matter what.
Introspective Superman is a real mood, I can almost hear the most melancholic classic rock jams of Krypton playing on the background, while the night cityscape of his home planet slowly moves.
Despite admiring the artist, I don't think the stern aesthetic Wayne Boring gives his art always matched the tone of the silver age stories he drew, in this case though, it is perfect.
(I had to include Superman meeting Krypto, the superdog, parents!)
Kal actually manages to work for his dad while in Krypton, he becomes Lara and Jor-el's close friend and when they realize he has thing going on for Lyla they become obsessed with making the two a couple, and inevitably, after several attempts, they succeed. I mean her initials are L. L., he has no other choice...
The word love is used often between these two, it takes a little time for their relationship to fully blossom, but once it takes off it's all or nothing, true love forever, which is par for the course in romance comics of the time. Lyla has her own career and social life, but once she meets Kal-el these things become somewhat secondary. Her character is not unlikeable, there was room for further development, however there's a lot going on with this issue already and the focus is never fully on her as a person, but rather as a love interest.
Time passes and yes, they kiss a lot. This page is so beautiful, it stands out for how the art and writing combine to make a metaphor between the burning passion of Superman and Lyla and the cataclysmic forces of nature working to destroy Krypton at that very moment. How two powerful forces can coexist in antagonism to each other. The planet often gives signs of instability, constantly reminding Kal-el his time is running out. Later he will choose to save Krypton, building a huge ark to save its people, but Brainiac will steal the whole city the ark was built on. Which was really funny to me, I mean Clark you simply don't make plans involving Kandor unless you want to get kidnapped by Brainiac!
It's a slow process of acceptance for Superman, he broods a lot, carrying the heavy weight of his secrets, but after Kandor's fiasco he accepts to die with his parents while basking in his love for Lyla. More time passes, it is not clear how much, but it is implied that Kal-el spends months living on Krypton.
Meanwhile he discovers Jor-el watches Martha and Jon's life as a soap opera, knowing every detail about their lives, not creepy at all... Then, things escalate and Superman's uses a gun to break the statue mentioned above to reveal Jon's rival is a swindler and make Martha love Jon instead of him. Absolutely convoluted and so very entertaining.
Also Kal-el caused such an impression on his parents, that Lara has a dream about him and decides to name their future kid after him (while Jor-el basically ignores her). So Superman's Kryptonian name was inspired by himself. Which made me think just how many time paradoxes did Kal-el provoked on his little trip to Krypton. We've been blaming Barry Allen all this time for the New 52, but what if...
At this point everyone knows about Krypton's imminent destruction, but Superman and Lyla are so in love they decide to get married despite of it. Kal-el is not willing to ruin the mood with his bummer origins so he also decides to keep the secret. There's a melancholy in the air, but he accepts his destiny, and they all dance in this futuristic jazz club.
However, fate had other plans and after a freaky accident... Kal-el is thrown into space, eventually accessing the yellow light of another sun, recovering his energy and going back to Earth. While Lyla, who could not possibly imagine her lover could survive such an accident, is left in tears, doomed to die soon, without ever seeing Kal-el again.
Superman gets back to Earth reminiscing about the time he spent on Krypton, the happiness he shared with his parents and his love for Lyla. Although he seems quite relived on the last panel, he has so much going for him on Earth, a girlfriend, friends, his job and superpowers. This story is rarely mentioned and I think that's actually a healthy choice, to languish over what he lost on Krypton, his biological parents and a lover, could become a burden, a weight he could not afford to carry as a superhero. Or the other writers simply didn't care to bring back this story line.
The issue was written by Jerry Siegel himself, one of Superman's creators. I already loved him for his contrived sci-fi and the working class Superman of the golden age, but I was positively surprised by his talent for melodrama, despite the lack of depth in Lyla's character, this was an emotional story with a good amount of action, although my intention with this post was to focus on the drama. Wayne Boring's art in the textless panel of Lyla crying while looking at the sky, searching for Kal-el's body is heartbreaking, and his art overall is really good on this issue. It is an obscure entry in Superman's love life, but an interesting and entertaining one. Worth reading. Thanks for reading this!
In case you're interested, Lyla's post-crisis appearance is on the story arc Superman: Godfall (2004) by Joe Kelly, Michael Turner & Talent Caldwell.
#lyla lerrol#i heard there's a new 52 version of this character but i could not find it :(#long and unnecessary deep dive#obscure characters#superman#kal-el#krypton#clark kent#silver age#review#text#jerry siegel#wayne boring#dc comics#dc#comics#long ass post#comic panels
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went to a comic store today and saw individual issues of idw sonic in person for the first time ever btw . epic win
#not that ive never been to a comic shop before its just the only.one thats anywhere near me#is one i didnt know existed until like a year ago because its in a weird spot#and their hours are very incompatible with the days/times im actually able to go around shopping#and ive also been to other places that sell comics they just never hvae idw sonic#ANYWAYS i got to go today and they had sonic yayyy . and i also got an issue of monster high new scaremester#because ive really been wanting to read that one and havent been able to find it online like . at all. nobody is archiving that thing ....#i only got issue 2 though because they were out of issue 1#and i didnt have a single chance to check for issue 1 when it came out. because of the previously mentioned scheduling curse#nervous that i actually spent money on it because idk if im even gonna like it#ive heard mixed reviews on it and the book that its a continuation of . but fuck it we ball#also if this store carries sonic idk how i never saw it before because i Have been a couple times in the past#maybe they just now started getting it recently?? or just happened to be out the last few times?? idk
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honestly one thing i don't like about zero year is that it seems like they take beats from other stories, but can't let them be un-dramatic, or even just... not the most cinematic, explosive thing ever. Like everything from Batman-in-past has to be amped up to match Batman-in-present. And as a result there's no room for character growth, because everyone has to start at essentially what is their 'final form'.
like I don't really care for most joker backstories, but the zero year joker falls into a vat of chemicals thing is reminiscent of the TKJ origin (intentionally) which itself was calling back/building off to 'tec 168. In both of those, the situation that spawns the chemicals thing is pretty 'small scale'. TKJ has proto-joker helping two people past security in a lab he used to work at, 'tec 168 has proto-joker committing robbery just for money's sake.
while it's obviously up to the reader whether these stories are good, none of them feel epic in scale. It's not trying to be epic. TKJ is analysis of the joker, batman, and gordon, and the question as to whether one bad day can fracture anyone (with the answer 'no')
compare the relatively simple setup for TKJ joker tripping to the complete battlefield and chaos in zero year. Red Hood already has the city in terror, he has like half the police or he's already done his thesis (link) and is already connected to Bruce via the death of Bruce's parents which inspired him. He essentially already is 'joker', jsut with a different name, so there's no real purpose of the origin. And then in terms of the 'needs to be epic' scale - we have a huge dramatic showdown in the ACE chemical factory with bullets flying, philip (bruce's uncle) shoots at joker, gets shot and dies, bruce tranqs jim, grapple with the joker over the chemicals... etc.
similarly, a lot of the reason batman: year one sticks in people's heads is because we see Bruce genuinely failing at things that later are effortless for him. We see Bruce figuring out how to be Batman.
Zero year has some of that - in that he doesn't have his costume yet. But he's pretty much already still batman. he's already got his disguise, he's pretty much perfect at fighting (in a backup story we see him fighting people in a death-match for 28 hours straight as new combatants are added as bruce defeats yet refuses to kill his opponents). Like... I don't think Scott Snyder could do "bruce gets beat up trying to stop thieves on a fire escape while making sure no one ties". it's so... non-epic in scale. And everything Snyder does has to be big and dramatic and involve city-wide threats in his batman run. but it results in a 'year zero' bruce who does not really feel like he's any different from a fully realized batman in any way possible, because he already has to start as the bestest of the best.
which IDK. maybe was fun to read about when it was coming out. but as a work of literature it's just... boring. All style no substance.
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And so we have come to the end of this 2024, a very significant year due to important anniversaries, especially related to Donald Duck's 90th birthday. For the first time, certain posts of mine have reached almost 1000 likes, so thank you all for following me and continue to follow me and there will be new surprises. I wish everyone a Happy New Year 2025!
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and on that note, there will be no updates for the next three weeks! i am forcing myself to build up a backlog again at a slower pace because trying to do a full page in one sitting gave me a physical headache! one where i had to take a break from drawing for a little bit to get rid of. which is not very good.
while i do value keeping a good schedule and momentum, i also value actually keeping my body from exploding. in a low quality jpeg explosion. woohoo.
#fawnclanattempt misc#character asks will still be open!! just no pages.#also i was thinking of doing one of those end of year comic review things..#(yes the comic only started 6 months ago but thats half a year which is basically a full year if you think about it <3)#so ill try to get that out before new years i hope.#yippee!
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Let's Read Peanuts (Sponsored by “Snicker-Snacks”) – July 1957
There are lots of great strips I just don't have room to comment on. I strongly encourage everybody to read the full month at the official GoComics page. Today's month starts HERE.
July 2, 1957
Married? I legitimately can't remember a single interaction between them.
July 3, 1957
I really like this one because it's so rare that we get to see Charlie Brown and Lucy just doing friend stuff without one dunking on the other. It gives you a bit of insight into why they bother to spent time together.
July 9, 1957
Well they’re…
Um…
Hold on a moment...
~Googles~
They’re this part of a barrel, apparently.
Also while looking that up I also found this video on how barrels are made.
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Neat!
July 11, 1957
An interesting strip considering “getting called into the army” literally happened to Schulz.
July 16, 1957
The things Charlie Brown has seen will haunt him for decades.
July 26, 1957
I like Shermy’s shirt. It really gives you the impression that he has a personality of some kind.
July 28, 1957
New blog header image found!
Lookit how mad he is! :3
Thoughts
I don't ~want~ to dunk on Shermy. I actually feel kind of bad about doing it considering the way he gets unceremoniously sidelined into oblivion. But god damnit kid, get a hobby or something. Literally anything will do.
Here, I'll give you this stapler. You're the stapler kid now. You're welcome.
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Desteoy Yourself To Build Yourself
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