#sarah decarlo

[ribombeee]

2022 reads!

(*) = reread, (^) = for school, ratings are from 1 to 5

1. shipbreaking — robin beth schaer — 3

2. her body and other parties — carmen machado — 5

3. the left hand of darkness — ursula le guin — 5

4. the benevolent sisters of charity — sam johns — 3.5

5. good omens — neil gaiman and terry pratchett — 4

6. dark matter — michelle paver — 2.5

7. dancing in odessa — ilya kaminsky — 3.5

8. the math campers — dan chiasson — 4

9. gideon the ninth* — tamsyn muir — 5

10. ghost wall — sarah moss — 4

11. harrow the ninth* — tamsyn muir — 5

12. maurice* — e.m. forster — 5

13. strangers on a train — patricia highsmith — 3.5

14. their eyes were watching god — zora neale hurston (school) — 3

15. the terror — dan simmons — 3

16. universal harvester — john darnielle — 4

17. piranesi — susannah clarke — 4

18. in the dream house — carmen machado — 5

19. when i grow up: the lost autobiographies of six yiddish teenagers — ken krimstein — 5

20. the book of delights — ross gay — 4

21. wolf in white van — john darnielle — 4

22. station eleven^ — emily st. john mandel — 3

23. the norton book of science fiction — ursula le guin and brian atteberry — 3.5

24. the apparitionists — peter manseau — 4.5

25. annihilation — jeff vandermeer — 4

26. are you my mother? — alison bechdel — 4

27. the other wind — ursula le guin — 5

28. soft science — franny choi — 4

29. house of leaves — mark danielewski — 4.5

30. gustav klimt: art nouveau & the vienna secessionists — michael kerrigan — 4

31. orsinian tales — ursula le guin — 3

32. all systems red — martha wells — 5

33. the color of magic — terry pratchett — 4

34. any way the wind blows — rainbow rowell — 2.5

35. freshwater — akwaeke emezi — 4

36. christine — stephen king — 1.5

37. dracula — bram stoker — 2.5

38. ancillary justice — ann leckie — 5

39. authority — jeff vandermeer — 4

40. collected short stories of e.m. forster — e.m. forster — 5

41. non-places: introduction to an anthropology of supermodernity — marc augé — 4

42. every imagined tundra — elisa rowe — 4

43. gilgamesh — herbert mason — 3.5

44. mortal trash — kim addonizio — 4

45. small black box — mary rose manspeaker — 3.5

46. oranges are not the only fruit — jeanette winterson — 4.5

47. hangsaman — shirley jackson — 4

48. essays against publishing — jamie berrout, isobel bess — 4

49. nona the ninth — tamsyn muir — 4.5

50. surviving james dean — william bast — 4

51. cat’s cradle — kurt vonnegut — 3.5

52. the odyssey^ — homer tr. emily wilson — 3

53. nightwing volume 1: traps and trapezes — kyle higgins and eddy barrows — 1

54. booster gold: the big fall — dan jurgens and mike decarlo — 4.5

55. antigone^ — sophocles — 3

56. flag and the cross: white christian nationalism and the threat to american democracy^ — philip gorsky and samuel perry — 3.5

57. it — stephen king — 2

58. and then the gray heaven — r.e. katz

59. redacted school book^

60. the runaway restaurant — tessa yang — 4

61. redacted school book^

62. the historian — elizabeth kostova — 3

63. how we became human — joy harjo — 3.5

64. against paranoid nationalism — ghassan hage — 4

65. cities — william carney — 3

[screenwritinggym]

Chill Sentenza - Safe Haven in Morocco - The list of Gangsta women.

Chill Sentenza -

The meaning of a safe haven is a place of safety or refuge.

Vous devez encourager ces femmes à chercher refuge au Maroc. Elles seront protégées par le roi du Maroc Mohammed 6. S'il leur arrive quelque chose ou si elles se sentent en danger, elles doivent se réfugier au Maroc, c'est le foyer le plus sûr pour ces femmes. Le refuge du Maroc.

Ces femmes auront des palais au Maroc, elles seront protégées par l'armée marocaine. Elles seront en sécurité chez eux au Maroc. Une vie paisible.

Voici la liste des femmes gangsters:

1- Simply Jess

2- Debby Coda

3- YesJulz

4- Sommer Ray

5- Tanaya Henry

6- Aisha Thalia Hite

7- Claudia Jordan

8- Foxy Brown Inga DeCarlo

9- Nicki Minaj

10- Vashtie Kola

11- Beyoncé Knowles- Carter

12- Gwyneth Paltrow

13- Jennifer Garner

14- Judy Greer (Judith Therese Evans)

15- Natalie Portman

16- Gal Gadot

17- Kim Kardashian (Kimberly Noel Kardashian)

18- Kimora Lee Simmons

19- Penélope Cruz Sánchez

20- Salma Hayek Pinault

21- Margot Elise Robbie

22- Marion Cotillard

23- Colbie Marie Caillat

24- Cobie Smulders (Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders)

25- Lauryn Noelle Hill

26- Nailah Thorbourne

27- Tracey Elaine Edmonds

28- Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wright)

29- Mya Marie Harrison

30- Keri Lynn Hilson

31- Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo

32- Mariah Carey

33- Missy Elliott

34- Tamala Reneé Jones

35- Lauren Nicole London

36- Mary Jane Blige

37- Robyn Rihanna Fenty

38- Stacey Lauretta Dash

39- Raquel M. Horn (@raquelmhorn)

40- Shanti Hoffman (@shantihoffman)

41- Hencha Voigt (@henyvbaby)

42- Remy Ma (Reminisce Kioni Mackie)

43- JoJo (Joanna Noëlle Levesque)

44- Scarlett Ingrid Johansson

45- Malin Maria Akerman

46- Melanie Jayne Lynskey

47- Priyanka Chopra Jonas

48- Jameela Alia Jamil

49- Deepika Padukone

50- Jamie Jilynn Chung

51- Meagan Monique Good

52- Tracee Ellis Ross (Tracee Joy Silberstein)

53- Joy Bryant (born October 18, 1974)

54- Dawn Olivieri (born February 8, 1981)

55- Stacy Ann "Fergie" Ferguson (born March 27, 1975)

56- Yolanda Whitaker, also known as Yo-Yo (born August 4, 1971)

57- Robin Yvette Allen (born February 6, 1975), known professionally as the Lady of Rage

58- Rashia Tashan Fisher (born December 18, 1974), known professionally as Rah Digga

59- Stephanie Victoria Allen (born 14 December 1991), better known by her stage name Stefflon Don

60- Helen Folasade Adu (born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade

61- Jessica Burns (@mrsjessicaburns)

62- Sarah Chapman (@CallMePumpkin)

63- Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (born July 10, 1972)

64- Jacquelyn "Jaci" Davette Velasquez (Jaci Velásquez, born October 15, 1979)

65- Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez (born April 2, 1973)

66- Otmara Marrero (born March 1, 1989) (age 34)

67- Edurne Ganem, known professionally as Edy Ganem (born September 20, 1983 (age 40)

68- Janina Uhse (@janinauhse)

69- Nicole Scherzinger (@nicolescherzinger)

70- Melody Thornton (@melodythornton)

71- Shannon Thornton (@shannonthornt_n)

72- Ashley Monique Harper (@ashleymoniqueharper)

73- Natasha Marc (@natashamarc)

74- Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), known professionally as Carmen Electra.

75- Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967)

76- Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie

77- Antonia D. Reed (born April 22, 1966), known professionally as Bahamadia

78- Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979)

79- Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979)

80- Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978)

81- Jenna Elfman (Jennifer Mary Elfman) (born September 30, 1971)

82- Julia Fox (born February 2, 1990) is an Italian-American actress and model

83- Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) Italian-American actress.

84- Debi Mazar (Deborah Anne Mazar Corcos) (born August 13, 1964)

85- Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988)

86- Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978), known professionally as Trina

87- Keyshia Miesha Cole (born October 15, 1981)

88- Taral Hicks (born September 21, 1974)

89- Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964)

90- Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963)

91- Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971)

92- Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958)

93- Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965)

95- Angela Martinez (born January 9, 1971)

96- Teri Hatcher (born December 8, 1964)

97- Nicollette Sheridan (born 21 November 1963)

98- Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón (born March 15, 1975)

99- Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982)

100- Erica Durance (born June 21, 1978)

101- Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere

102- Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967)

103- Jill Marie Jones (born January 4, 1975)

104- Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975)

105- Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980)

106- Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971)

107- Kathryn Marie Hahn (born July 23, 1973)

108- Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979)

109- Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994)

110- Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982)

111- Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980)

112- Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (born October 29, 1972)

113- Essence Uhura Atkins (born February 7, 1972)

114- Tasha Smith (born February 28, 1971)

115- Kristin Landen Davis (born February 23, 1965)

116- Sharon Ann Leal (@realleal)

117- Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981)

118- Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965)

119- Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983)

120- Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (born 22 October 1973)

121- Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983)

122- Elise Demetria Neal (born March 14, 1966)

123- Lori Harvey (born January 13, 1997)

124- Chantel Taleen Jeffries (born September 30, 1992)

125- Nicole Camille Richie (born September 21, 1981)

126- Nazanin Aliza Mandighomi (born September 11, 1986)

127- Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981)

128- Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (born October 24, 1983)

129- Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday (born December 10, 1985),

130- Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979)

131- Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet; November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet

132- Ming-Na Wen (born November 20, 1963)

133- Lucy Alexis Liu (born December 2, 1968)

134- Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975)

135- Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972)

136- Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972)

137- Demi Gene Moore (born November 11, 1962)

138- Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970)

139- Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971)

140- Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970)

145- Lauren Graham (born March 16, 1967)

146- Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975)

147- Maura Therese Tierney (born February 3, 1965)

148- Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968)

149- Tichina Rolanda Arnold (born June 28, 1969)

150- Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966)

151- Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988)

152- Kendall Nicole Jenner (born November 3, 1995)

153- Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski (born June 7, 1991)

154- Hayden Lesley Panettiere (/born August 21, 1989)

155- Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002)

156- Melissa Barrera Martínez (born 4 July 1990)

157- Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978)

158- Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965)

159- Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977)

160- Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969)

161- Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979)

162- Tara Donna Reid (born November 8, 1975)

163- Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (born 10 December 1975)

164- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981)

165- Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984)

166- Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981)

167- Marina Ann Hantzis (born 1988), known professionally as Sasha Grey

168- Verónica Rodríguez Fiño (born 1 August 1991)

169- Christine Mackinday, known professionally as Christy Mack (born 1991 or 1992) (age 31–32)

170- Kendra Lust (@kendralust)

171- Raylin Joy (born February 18, 1987), formerly known by her stage name Skin Diamond

172- Vicki Chase (@therealvickichase)

Voici le film "Safe Haven" la bande-annonce:

[violets-fuckedup-riot]

“this gate is so nice and cold against my face”

-nate (drunk)

[docsarahelizabeth]

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[thecomicsnexus]

TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #42-44, ANNUAL #3 MAY - JULY 1984 BY MARV WOLFMAN, GEORGE PEREZ, DICK GIORDANO, MIKE DECARLO AND ADRIENNE ROY

SYNOPSIS (FROM DC DATABASE)

Donna and Kory finish up a photo shoot at Donna's studio. Gar, naturally, is overwhelmed by the skimpiness of Kory's bathing suit. Tara is present, and asks how Donna could afford such an expansive studio apartment. Donna tells her that it was a gift from Queen Hippolyta. What none of the Titans present realize is that someone is surreptitiously taking surveillance photos of Donna's studio.

Gar and Tara walk Dick back to his midtown apartment. Again, someone continues to take photographs of the group, but none of them seem to be aware of it. After dropping Dick off, Gar and Tara walk over to a nearby frozen pond where Vic Stone and Sarah Simms are ice skating with a group of Sarah's disabled wards. Vic loses his balance and falls onto the ice, and Sarah and the children begin laughing at them. Vic is only slightly embarrassed, but his humiliation is compounded when Gar turns into a bunny and begins poking fun at him. Afterwards, Vic returns home where he finds a letter from his grandparents. The letter indicates that they will be visiting him some time soon. Vic is not overjoyed to receive such news. As before, someone takes a snapshot of him from outside his apartment.

Later, Gar walks Tara down to the East River. She finally relents to his persistent affections and the two share a kiss. Gar leaves, and Tara takes the raft to Titans Tower. She stops by Raven's room and finds the empath in the midst of meditation. Raven doesn't trust Tara, but as she has been dealing with so many emotional issues as of late, she cannot determine whether her apprehension is justified, or if it is just a by-product of her father Trigon's influence over her.

Some time later, the Titans regroup at the tower and Cyborg goes through a training exercise. He succeeds in overcoming a five-ton steel press. Donna and Kory spar with one another atop a floating raft in the Titans' swimming pool. Donna has never defeated Kory during these trials and is determined to win. Kory reminds her once again that she was trained by the Warlords of Okaara, and that fighting is second-nature to her. She proves her point by kicking Donna in the jaw, knocking her into the pool. Terra silently watches the various trials, taking note of her potential teammates strengths and weaknesses.

The next training exercise takes place outside. The Titans want to see what Tara is truly capable of and has her spar against Changeling. Changeling, with his usual aplomb, transforms into a variety of animals, and circle about Terra, disrupting her concentration. He keeps making jokes and poking playful fun at her, not realizing that she each barb is steadily bringing her temper to a boil. Finally, Terra can take no more of Gar's shenanigans and unleashes a volley of earth, rocks and debris at him. Volcanic mounds of dirt begin erupting across the island, and the other Titans quickly realize that Terra has lost control. They finally get Terra to calm down, and they make sure that Gar is okay. Cyborg chastises him for provoking her.

Later, Tara retires to the Terminator's secret lair. Slade criticizes her for losing control, and tells her that it is only through sheer naiveté that the Titans still trust her. Tara tells him not worry about anything.

Elsewhere, a middle-aged woman and her teenage son monitor Slade and Tara's actions. They take a surveillance photo of them boarding a helicopter. The woman is surprised that she was able to get close enough to Slade to photograph him. She whispers to herself, "Slade, it's been a long time. But not long enough for you".

Dick Grayson is at home typing a letter when suddenly the Terminator crashes through his apartment window and attacks him. It quickly becomes clear that the Terminator knows that Dick was once the retired super-hero Robin, though Grayson has no idea how he could have acquired such knowledge. Realizing that the Terminator has a physical advantage over him, Dick baits his foe into kicking him out the broken window. He uses his leather jacket to slow his fall as his body plummets into a pile of garbage. As the Terminator begins firing rounds out the window, Dick (injured) sprints into the crowd. The Terminator gives chase and follows him across a busy street. Two witnesses to this tableaux are the middle-aged woman who had been spying on the Terminator, and her silent teenage son. Terminator follows Dick into a nearby park, but Dick loses him in a crowd of marathon runners.

Fearing that his fellow Titans may be in danger, Dick tries to contact them on his communicator, but nobody responds. He races over to Donna and Kory's apartment, but as he feared, the penthouse is in shambles. He finds evidence of a letter bomb that could've been used to render Kory unconscious. Examining Donna's darkroom, he finds trace elements of poisonous chemicals that had been mixed with her photo solutions. He suspects that the odor from the chemicals would have been strong enough to incapacitate someone of even Donna's hearty constitution.

He next stops at Victor Stone's apartment. Breaking down the door, he finds an empty chair outfitted with clamps and wires designed to electrocute its intended target. He also finds a letter on the floor from Vic's grandparents and surmises that he was reading the letter when the Terminator sprung his trap. Like the others, Vic is nowhere to be found.

Dick then goes to Titans Tower. The tower is empty but for a massive spiraling column of earth. Clearly this is Terra's handiwork. The column leads into Raven's quarters, but neither Terra nor Raven are anywhere to be found. Dick hears a voice from behind him and spins around to see the middle-aged woman and her son standing before him. The woman introduces herself as Adeline and the boy next to her is her son Joey. Adeline tells him that the Terminator learned all of the Titans secrets from Terra. Dick doesn't trust this woman, and is unwilling to readily accept the fact that Terra was a traitor. Adeline tells him that she has unique knowledge of the Terminator and his schemes, due in no small part to one simple fact – he was once her husband.

Meanwhile, the Terminator abducts his final victim – Gar Logan. Playing on Garfield's vanity, he poisons the seal on a pile of envelopes that correspond to autographed photos of himself that he plans on mailing to his female fan base. After licking numerous envelopes, the poison finally takes affect and Gar passes out. Deathstroke collects his quarry and brings all of the Titans to the Rocky Mountain headquarters of his employers – the H.I.V.E.

At Titans Tower, Dick Grayson stands incredulous as Adeline Kane accuses Terra of collusion with their most hated foe Deathstroke the Terminator. As his former wife, Adeline has intimate knowledge of Slade Wilson's origins. She provides Robin with a complete history of Slade's life.

The Origin of the Terminator Having lied about his age, Slade Wilson was sixteen-years-old when he first enlisted in the United States Army. After serving a stint in Korea, he was later assigned to Camp Washington where he had been promoted to the rank of Major. In the early 1960s, he met Captain Adeline Kane who was tasked with training young soldiers in new fighting techniques in anticipation of brewing troubles taking place in Vietnam. Kane was amazed at how skilled Slade was and how quickly he adapted to modern conventions of warfare. She immediately fell in love with him, and realized that he was without a doubt the most able-bodied combatant she had ever encountered. She offered to privately train Slade in guerrilla warfare. In less than a year, Slade mastered every fighting form presented to him and was soon promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Six months later, Adeline and he were married and she became pregnant with their first child. It was at this time that the war in Vietnam began to escalate and Slade was shipped overseas. At home, Adeline gave birth to their son Grant. Some time later, Wilson volunteered for a medical experiment designed to stimulate his adrenal gland in the hopes of increasing a soldier's ability to resist truth serums. The experiment did not go as expected, and Slade fell into a coma. When he awakened however, he discovered that was now capable of using 90% of his brain capacity, and his strength, durability and agility were increased to near superhuman levels. He applied for re-assignment with the army, but they refused him. Although his condition was now stabilized, depression took hold of him and he was desperate to serve his country. At this time, Adeline became pregnant with their second child, Joseph. Unable to further his career in the military, Slade turned towards hunting. He became a world famous safari hunter and great wealth followed soon after. Adeline always suspected however that Slade felt unfulfilled.

A few years later, a group of hired mercenaries broke into the Wilsons' mansion and kidnapped young Joey. Adeline attempted to fight them off, but a gas grenade prevented her from saving her son. When Slade discovered what had happened, he knew he could not keep the truth from his wife any longer. Slade was not only a world famous safari hunter, he was also one of the world's deadliest and most highly sought after assassins - Deathstroke the Terminator. He promised Adeline that he would save their son. Together, they flew to Tangiers and squared off against a rival mercenary known as the Jackal. The Jackal wanted Slade to reveal important information relating to a client or else he would have his men kill Joey. Slade gambled on the idea that he could save his son before the Jackal could give the order. Though he succeeded in disarming the thugs and killing the Jackal, he was not fast enough to prevent one of them from slicing Joey's throat, permanently robbing him of his voice. Grief stricken beyond measure, Adeline attempted to shoot her husband in the back of the head. His lightning reflexes saved his life, but he could not avoid the bullet taking out his left eye. Slade and Adeline parted ways, but Addie always promised that she would finish the job she started.

After concluding her tale, Adeline convinces Dick to allow them to help rescue the Titans. Dick runs upstairs to don a brand new costume, and with it a new identity. When he returns to the meeting hall, he is no longer Robin the Boy Wonder. He is now Nightwing. Joey too has a costume and has taken to calling himself Jericho. Dick is still unsure about having Joey around, but Adeline reveals that the experiments which gave Slade his powers, had a mutagenic side-effect in his son. Joey has the ability to physically possess the bodies of other people. After a quick demonstration, he communicates (through sign language) his desire to bring his father to justice. Nightwing is still reluctant, but agrees to accept his aid. They fly off in the T-Jet on the trail of Deathstroke and Terra.

Nightwing and Jericho go to the H.I.V.E. base nestled in the Rocky Mountains. They sneak into the facility and discover that the Titans have been strapped to a giant machine which is slowly siphoning away their life energy. Nightwing and Jericho fight through a horde of H.I.V.E. shock troops but are eventually captured. The Terminator is surprised to see his son with the Titans and tries to bargain with the H.I.V.E. to let him go. The H.I.V.E. refuses however and Jericho takes this opportunity to possess his own father. Using the Terminator's body and weaponry, he frees the other Titans and begins fighting the H.I.V.E.

Terra is enraged at Terminator and feels that his affection for Joey makes him weak. She accuses him of betraying her, not altogether different from how she betrayed the Titans. She loses complete control of her sanity and years for nothing more than the death of everyone in the room. Changeling refuses to believe that Tara has gone bad, and is certain that the Terminator has brainwashed her. Terra calls him a moron and confesses that she has always been conspiring with Slade against the Titans. Terra's powers rage out of control and twisting columns of rock begin growing from out of the floor and walls. Wonder Girl ensnares Terra in her golden lasso, but Terra knocks her off her feet with a geyser. Changeling turns into a giant serpent and tries to coil himself around her, but she keeps him at bay by hurling a wave of debris at him. One of the discarded chunks of sediment strikes Raven in the face, knocking her unconscious. As Terra's emotions are whipped into a greater frenzy, her powers become even more uncontrollable. Finally she causes a mountain of earth and debris to collapse down from the ceiling, killing herself in the process.

The Titans bring Terra's body back to New York for burial. The funeral service is small and only the Titans and the Outsiders are in attendance. The Titans let Tara's surviving brother Geo-Force believe that she died heroically while fighting the H.I.V.E. From some distance away, Joey Wilson sheds a tear for Terra. His mother comforts him and speaks about the nobility of the Titans. She concludes with, "You'll do well with them".

INTERVIEW WITH WOLFMAN

Dan: Now, going back to The Judas Contract … that was a perfect example of melding character beats and a lot of action and the culmination of a story. So, give us a sense of how that particular story came together.

Marv: I had the original idea and George and I, at this point George lived about five blocks from me. We’d get together at a diner between us and…

Dan: Where was this? Was this in New York?

Marv: Yeah. And we would talk out… I’d come in with the idea and then we’d start talking it out and going back and forth and early on I’d go back and rewrite it as a full plot, broken down page-by-page, and George would take that and do what he wanted. The fact that I broke it down didn’t mean he had to follow it. It was my way of pacing the story and he’d use what he wanted or he’d come up certainly with the action stuff, a million great things.

George’s strength was he also understood the characters 100 percent as I did so there was never any question. He knew. We had talked enough about the characters to know we were exactly on the same page with them. So I said, “Everyone keeps complaining that we’re like the X-Men” and the X-Men had just gotten Kitty Pryde. I said, “Why don’t we really screw around with them completely?” — this is the fans — “…and make them think we’re stealing Kitty Pryde only she’s gonna be bad from Day One.”

You always had characters pop up, certainly at Marvel, who were bad that get redeemed. But this character would never get redeemed. She was insane. In fact, she was the catalyst for everything. She wasn’t working for Deathstroke. He was working for her in many ways and she was leading him because she’s crazy. She’s a total psychopath… and she’d be 15. And she’d be smoking and she’d be trying to seduce him.

The very first time we see her, she’s trying to blow up the Statue of Liberty. It’s just that all the fans assumed because we went out of our way to make her cute — but not too cute, with the buck teeth and everything — everyone would assume that she was gonna become good by the end and that was never the case.

First thing, we made a promise that day that we would never renege on our view that she’d never become good. It’s sometimes hard to do that with characters you like. You want them to become good or something like that. But we never liked the character enough—because we knew what we were doing with her—we never allowed ourselves to fall for the character. Because that’s bad. That’s bad storytelling. You’re doing what you want as a fan at that particular point, not as the creators. The fans had to accept what we were doing and not do the same stories that they had read 14,000 times before. You know, at Marvel, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were villains who became good guys and I could go through a whole list of ’em.

The funniest part — when we got to the end of the storyline and we’re at the diner and we’re plotting the death. At the end of it, four or five hours later, we walk out and I suddenly turn to George and I say, “Do you realize we’ve been plotting the death of a 15-year-old girl and not one single person there said boo. (Laughter) Can you just kill people in New York and no one even cares?” (Laughter)

REVIEW

This story is a milestone in comic-book history. The sidekick that never went back to being a sidekick. Then you have the actual betrayal of Terra, the introduction of Jericho, the origin of Deathstroke, the first “TITANS TOGETHER”  (If I am not mistaken). The story has something for everyone.

Furthermore, we get to see Dick investigating the crime scenes and figuring out what happened to his team-mates.

I think the only thing missing from this saga is Romeo Tanghal. Giordano and Decarlo make the book look iconic, but it is still significantly different. I assume the reason for his absence can be explained by the fact that they were preparing for the other Titans title. 

While Nightwing was never undone by DC, the actual origin has been fluctuating ever since. Most notoriously, making his origin more Batman-related than titans. Whatever the case, he became a fan favorite character, even more so than Robin (though future Robins probably benefited by their predecessor's success.

I give this story a score of 10

[thecomedybureau]

As you might be aware, there is a gigantic list of categories for The Emmys, which has made the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences split up the ceremony into two separate weekends, the first of which is deemed the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. That covers the technical and smaller categories including short form, cinematography, and production design.

This year, Hannah Gadsby rightfully garners an Emmy for her writing on Nanette, Russian Doll and Marvelous Ms. Maisel nabbed many technical awards for their beautifully imagined universes, Fleabag was honored for its spot on casting, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend appropriately got honors for original music and choreography, The Simpsons still has staying power after all these years, and James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke has won the hearts and minds of America.

Also, Megan Amram is still without an Emmy for her An Emmy for Megan web series, which is a huge snub. Also, perhaps, it might be a way to force her to renew her own digital short form series, but she needs to, when all is said and done, win one for her genius satire that points an absurdist mirror at the entertainment biz.

Here are the rest of the comedy winners for The 2019 Creative Arts Emmys Awards:

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell CNN, NN Original Series, Main Event Media, All3Media America W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer Jimmy Fox, Executive Producer Layla Smith, Executive Producer Tim Pastore, Executive Producer Justin Yungfleisch, Executive Producer Amy Entelis, Executive Producer Lizzie Fox, Executive Producer Lauren Thompson, Co-Executive Producer David E.J. Berger, Supervising Producer Dwayne Kennedy, Supervising Producer Geraldine L. Porras, Supervising Producer

Outstanding Short Form Variety Series Carpool Karaoke: The Series Apple Music, CBS Television Studios / Fulwell 73 Ben Winston, Executive Producer James Corden, Executive Producer Eric Pankowski, Executive Producer David Young, Supervising Producer Sheila Rogers, Supervising Producer Diana Miller, Producer

Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Creating Saturday Night Live NBC (nbc.com), SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer Oz Rodriguez, Co-Executive Producer Chris Voss, Co-Executive Producer Matt Yonks, Co-Executive Producer Michael Scogin, Supervising Producer Erin Doyle, Producer

Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All In The Family And The Jeffersons ABC, Smoking Baby Productions, ACT III Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions, D’Arconville and Sony Pictures Television

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool CBS, CBS Television Studios / Fulwell 73

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Netflix, A Netflix Original Production Hannah Gadsby, Written by

Outstanding Animated Program The Simpsons, “Mad About The Toy” Fox, Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Vote For Kennedy, Vote For Kennedy” Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “All Alone” Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Family Guy, “Con Heiress” Fox, 20th Century Fox Television Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Seamus

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Fleabag Amazon Prime, All3Media International Limited and Amazon Studios Olivia Scott-Webb, Casting by

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, “I Have To Get Out/Song Title: Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal” The CW, CBS Television Studios in association with Warner Bros. Television Adam Schlesinger, Music & Lyrics by Rachel Bloom, Music & Lyrics by Jack Dolgen, Lyrics by

Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “The Wax & The Furious” (segment) HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television Ryan Barger, Editor

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Fleabag, “Episode 1” Amazon Prime,  All3Media International Limited and Amazon Studios Gary Dollner, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell, “Hmong Americans And The Secret War” CNN, CNN Original Series, Main Event Media, All3Media America Alessandro Soares, Editor

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series One Day At A Time, “The Funeral” Netflix, Sony Pictures Television Pat Barnett, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series The Ranch, “Reckless” Netflix, Ranch Hand Productions Donald A. Morgan, ASC, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Simone” Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios M. David Mullen, ASC, Director of Photography

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) Russian Doll, “Ariadne” Netflix,  Universal Television in association with Jax Media, Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Shoot to Midnight, Avenue A Chris Teague, Director of Photography

Outstanding Motion Design (juried) Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2019 CBS, CBS Television Studios / Fulwell 73 Oleg Sekulovski, Technical Director Taylor Campanian, Video Control Joel Binger, Camera Jim Velarde, Camera Edward Nelson, Camera Mark McIntire, Camera Adam Margolis, Camera Jorge Farris, Camera Mike Jarocki, Camera Peter Hutchison, Camera Charlie Wupperman, Camera Joshua Gitersonke, Camera Ian McGlocklin, Camera Doug Longwill, Camera Josh Greenrock, Camera Trace Dantzig, Camera William O’Donnell, Camera Max Kerby, Camera Scott Acosta, Camera

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Psychics” HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television Dave Saretsky, Technical Director August Yuson, Senior Video Control John Harrison, Camera Dante Pagano, Camera Jake Hoover, Camera Phil Salanto, Camera

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation Barry, “ronny/lily” HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Alec Berg and Hanarply Elmo Ponsdomenech, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer Jason “Frenchie” Gaya, Re-Recording Mixer Aaron Hasson, ADR Mixer Benjamin Patrick, CAS, Production Mixer

Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming (Juried) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – “Routines: Don’t Be a Lawyer, Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal” The CW Kathryn Burns, Choreographer

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) Russian Doll, “Nothing In This World Is Easy” Netflix, Universal Television in association with Jax Media, Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Shoot to Midnight, Avenue A Michael Bricker, Production Designer John Cox, Art Director Jessica Petruccelli, Set Decorator

Outstanding Production Design For Variety, Reality or Competition Series Saturday Night Live, Host: John Mulaney, Host: Emma Stone NBC, SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video Eugene Lee, Production Designer Akira Yoshimura, Production Designer Keith Ian Raywood, Production Designer

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Saturday Night Live, Host: John Mulaney NBC, SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video Richard McGuinness, Lighting Director Geoffrey Amoral, Lighting Director William McGuinness, Lighting Director Trevor Brown, Lighting Director Tim Stasse, Lighting Director

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation Barry, “ronny/lily” HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Alec Berg and Hanarply Matthew E. Taylor, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Sean Heissinger, Co-Supervising Sound Editor Rickley W. Dumm, MPSE, Sound Effects Editor Mark Allen, Sound Effects Editor John Creed, Dialogue Editor Harrison Meyle, Dialogue Editor Michael Brake, MPSE, Music Editor Clayton Weber, Foley Editor Alyson Dee Moore, Foley Artist Chris Moriana, Foley Artist

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes Russian Doll, “Superiority Complex” Netflix, Universal Television in association with Jax Media, Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Shoot to Midnight, Avenue A Jennifer Rogien, Costume Designer Charlotte Svenson, Assistant Costume Designer Melissa Stanton, Costume Supervisor

Outstanding Period Costumes The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “We’re Going To The Catskills!” Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios Donna Zakowska, Costume Designer Marina Reti, Assistant Costume Designer Tim McKelvey, Costume Supervisor

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,  “We’re Going To The Catskills!” Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios Jerry DeCarlo, Department Head Hairstylist Jon Jordan, Key Hairstylist Peg Schierholz, Personal Hairstylist Christine Cantrell, Hairstylist Sabana Majeed, Hairstylist

Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Saturday Night Live, Host: Adam Sandler NBC, SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video Louie Zakarian, Department Head Makeup Artist Amy Tagliamonti, Key Makeup Artist Jason Milani, Key Makeup Artist Rachel Pagani, Additional Makeup Artist Sarah Egan, Makeup Artist Young Beck, Makeup Artist

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program GLOW Netflix, A Netflix Original Series in association with Tilted Productions Shauna Duggins, Stunt Coordinator

Outstanding Music Supervision The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “We’re Going To The Catskills!” Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios Robin Urdang, Music Supervisor Amy Sherman-Palladino, Music Supervisor Daniel Palladino, Music Supervisor

For full list of 2019 Creative Arts Emmys Awards Winners, go here.

[sarah-samedi]

This second post, a spinoff from this post over here about Yvonne DeCarlo, is about Lily Munster, and my gosh, the reference that I make — “Lily Munster ain’t got nothing on me” — is from a song by a band called Type O Negative, called Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All), so of course I have to steal all the things from that song.

It’s about a girl who the singer is attracted to and she wants to go out, but her roots are showing. He suggests to dye them black, Black No.1. When I was a teenager up until about 2015, I dyed my hair regularly, different hues of black. Straight, ultimate, blacker-than-the-blackest-black-times-infinity (Starry Night, by L’Oreal), or black cherry (also by L’Oreal), or blue-black (Blueberry by Nutrisse). When this song hit me at about the age of 15, I identified with it in a huge way. In fact, I still have my Type O t-shirt, which is, let’s say, old enough to drink in the USA. See?

Orchestra of Death 1313

This, in fact, is what the makeup looked like before I transferred it to black and white to make the fun comparison even better. Other than the huge lashes, the makeup was remarkably simple:

Dermacol 207 Foundation; a neutral porcelain that borders on being milky-pale, used literally all over, even in lieu of concealer and eyeshadow primer, using my Beauty Blender

Urban Decay’s Plum Glow from the Anarchy Face Case, using Sephora Pro Collection Fan Brush 53

Urban Decay’s Naked 2 Palette, Busted, from lashline to browline using the palette’s brush

Speaking of brows: Kiss i-Envy Brow Powder, Dark Grey, using Sephora Pro Brow Brush 20

Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lip, Nosferatu

And of course, the standard Duo Dark Latex Free Lash Glue, paired with huge Mink 3D Lash in style A09.

It was a matter of making the application as dramatic as possible so it would show great contrast in a black and white photo. The thing that I found that didn’t contrast well was my hair! The white streak, being naturally acquired, didn’t have enough umph. Other than that, I was really happy with this tribute makeup to one of my lifelong idols: Lily Munster. xoxo, Sarah

Little Miss Scare-All This second post, a spinoff from this post over here about Yvonne DeCarlo, is about Lily Munster, and my gosh, the reference that I make -- "Lily Munster ain't got nothing on me" -- is from a song by a band called Type O Negative, called Black No.

[monthlymoviechallenge]

10th Anniversary Thank yous

Friday night, we celebrated our 10th anniversary, and it was grand!! We wanted to take the time to personally name and thank the filmmakers that have been a huge part of making the movie challenge what it is. 

First off, the Cob Job crew, Addison Rogers, Lewis Rogers, David J. Woodruff, Matthew Tobey, Dave Walter, and myself, Eric Ayotte, who made the very first movies, for the theme "Life In The Fast Lane". They have all continued to produce high-quality, funny, clever, top-notch content for the movie challenge!

Since then, we have had so many amazing folks making movies:

Casey White and Coleman Krietemeyer joined in while they were in High School, in 2009, and have been participating since. What an iconic and funny duo!

Rick Vdot brought his own brand of animation style to the challenge and has been consistently making a new hilarious short every month. 

Laura Stockwell was involved early on, then joined forces with her partner Matt Stockwell, and they started making a ton of movies under "Stockwalter" productions. 

Jordan Henline and 88.8 productions were a big part of the movie challenge early on, and still participate when they can with their clever, situational dark humor. 

Charlie Jones has been co-organizing the challenge for the past 6 years, and is an amazing actor, writing and appearing in tons of short films!  

Christopher Wellington Green and Derek Eller as Shallow Cinema brought in a whole new crew of folks, and made amazingly funny movies. 

Sarah Zuniga (Anderson) not only participated, but helped organize the challenge and the screenings early on. 

Marty McVicious has always hopped in and out, appearing in many movies and making a bunch himself. 

Mkl Drekka has also appeared in many movies, and helped add a more experimental element to the challenge. 

Sarah E. Dunevant refreshingly added an experimental element as well, and appeared in many other films. 

We had some great participation from out-of-town: Benjamin Epstein, from Baby Pony Food Productions, has made some killers over the years, popping in and out. Jonathan and Andy had their crew with My Friend Cleveland making some great movies early on. Across the pond we had Nathan Stephens, Naomi Stephens, Laura Da Costa, JC, Daniel Ellis, Joe Keys, Mama Lips, Murf Murphy, and more joining in. 

Nathan Vollmar and William Winchester Claytor, Nineteenth State, made a few cinematic gems for the challenge. 

We've had a few animators involved, Em Timm (who has also made some great live actions), Trent Fred, Thomas DeCarlo is newer to the challenge, Hadley Gephart was animating some fun intros for the challenges for a while. 

Aaron Marshall has helped balance out the humor with his brand of darker, dramatic shorts and experimental pieces. Auris Apothecary has also added a more experimental cinematic element at times. Torlando Hakes had a good series going with "Ask Torlando". Ginger Alford has not made many movies, maybe just the one (Floppy Disk), BUT it is fantastic!! 

SO many folks to name, so I'm going to do my best to list the many more who have been involved over the years: Mars Jarvis, Mark Lovotny, Michael Lierly, Emi Night, Llama School, David Britton, Byrne Bridges, Michael Hession, Matthew White got the family involved, Erin Tobey, Nick Romy, Jessie Grubb, David Davtyan, Mike Harpring, Seth Muchler, Madeline Robinson, Bridget Ryan, Biz Strother, Kristin Anne, Joshua Brewer, Chaz Mottinger, Nile Arena, David Carter, Evan Smail, Nathaniel Charles Sexton, Lynz Tee, Shannyn Michaud, Luke Anderson, Tugboat Pictures, Out of the Basement, Chris Eugene, Byron Jordan Wolter, Bethy Squires, Crystal Sullivan, Garrett Ann Walters, Skye Clark, Jared Cheek, Mike Adams, Duane Busick, Will Power, Elizabeth Scott, Ashley Bayer, Emily Jimmerson, Jenna Beasley, Robbie Gonyea, Brian Evans, Neil Smith, and so many more. 

Big thank you to everyone that has ever made a film! To all the writers, idea makers and givers, actors, musicians, jokers, editors, costume makers and lenders, and anyone that ever helped make one happen. And, of course, thank you to everyone that's come out to a screening and encouraged the challenge. It's been an amazing 10 years, with over 900 films produced!! You all are the best! Here's to 10 more!

[bharatiyamedia-blog]

Fortune Journal Masthead: June 1, 2019 (Vol. 179, No. 6)

http://tinyurl.com/y32dngxg FOUNDER Henry R. Luce (1898-1967) FORTUNE EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Clifton Leaf EXECUTIVE EDITOR Adam Lashinsky DIGITAL EDITOR Andrew Nusca FEATURES EDITOR Matthew Heimer DEPUTY DIGITAL EDITOR Kristen Bellstrom ASIA EDITOR Clay Chandler CHAIR, MPW SUMMIT & COFOUNDER Patricia Sellers SENIOR EDITORS AT LARGE Geoff Colvin, Nina Easton, Shawn Tully CREATIVE DIRECTOR Peter Herbert DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mia J. Diehl DIRECTOR OF VIDEO Mason Cohn SENIOR EDITORS Daniel Bentley, Lee Clifford, Scott DeCarlo (lists), Verne Kopytoff, Beth Kowitt, Ellen McGirt SENIOR WRITERS Erika Fry, Robert Hackett, Michal Lev-Ram, David Meyer (Berlin), Aaron Pressman, Jeff John Roberts, Phil Wahba, Jen Wieczner EDITORS Jaclyn Gallucci, Rachel King, Polina Marinova, Radhika Marya, John Patrick Pullen, Claire Zillman (London) COMMENTARY EDITORS Tamara El-Waylly, Jake Meth AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITORS John Buysse, McKenna Moore (asst. editor) PRODUCTION EDITOR Lydia Belanger ASSOCIATE EDITORS Katherine Dunn (London), Emma Hinchliffe SENIOR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS Susie Gharib (New York), Maithreyi Seetharaman (London), Vivienne Walt (Paris) WRITERS Danielle Abril, Eamon Barrett (Hong Kong), Aric Jenkins, Rey Mashayekhi, Sy Mukherjee, Lisa Marie Segarra, Lucinda Shen, Jonathan Vanian LIST TEAM Rhona Altschuler, Douglas G. Elam, Kathleen Smyth CONTRIBUTORS Jeffrey Ball, Brian Dumaine, Katherine Eban, Ezekiel Emanuel, Dinah Eng, Adam Erace, Kate Flaim, Ellen Florian, Verne Harnish, Carol Loomis, Roger Lowenstein, Sheila Marikar, Rita McGrath, Bethany McLean, Jeffrey Pfeffer, David Sloan, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Lindsey Tramuta INFORMATION GRAPHICS DIRECTOR Nicolas Rapp ART DIRECTOR Josue Evilla PHOTO DEPARTMENT Armin Harris (affiliate picture director); Michele Taylor (affiliate picture editor); Alexandra Scimecca (assistant picture editor), Hildegarde P. Vilmenay (workplace supervisor) SENIOR VIDEO PRODUCERS Megan J. Arnold, Chris Joslin VIDEO PRODUCERS Devin Hance, Ross Kohan, Jesse Rogala, Bruno Silva EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS Kelly Champion, Sharon Lawrence, Carmen Melendez COPYROOM Maria Carmicino, Lauren Goldstein, Barbara Collier BUSINESS LEADERSHIP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Alan Murray CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Lisa Cline CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER & PUBLISHER Michael Schneider CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Anastasia Nyrkovskaya CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER Roxanne Flores CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Jonathan Rivers CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Michael Joseloff VP, ADVERTISING Lindsey Kintner VP, INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING Khoon-Fong Ang VP, LIVE MEDIA SALES Peter Granath SALES, NEW YORK Tim Mullaly, Elizabeth Parks, Hannah Showak, Sarah Weitzman; Tina Dhariwal (government assistant); Natalie Kammin (gross sales assistant) SALES, MIDWEST Gina Czupryna, John Winterhalder SALES, WEST Julia Keefe, Monica Sembler; Dannygail Dean (gross sales assistant) SALES, SOUTHEAST ASIA Karen Mong SALES, EUROPE Rupert Turnbull INTEGRATED MARKETING Sheyna Bruckner (government director); Giselle Peled (director); Heather Albano (affiliate director); Alice Naser (supervisor) COMMERCIAL CREATIVE SERVICES David Lennon (government artistic director); Kim Coyle, Gregory Leeds (administrators); Blair Stelle (supervisor) BRANDED CONTENT SOLUTIONS Ron Moss (director); Joel Baboolal, Lauren Chomiuk (managers); Cassandra Vinhateiro (affiliate supervisor) VP, LIVE MEDIA Delwyn Grey (manufacturing); Elizabeth Tighe (advertising and member companies) LIVE MEDIA Paul Casey (government director, advertising); Ashley Alebiosu, Damanick Dantes, Windy Gillespie, Heather Ligerman, Nikki Lustrino, Huiyi Mai, Katie Mandara, Cindy Shieh, Sandy Tuba, Jessica Valdez COMMUNICATIONS Alison Klooster LEGAL Steve Weissman (normal counsel) OPERATIONS Stephanie Perry (vp) FINANCE Melissa Goldman (controller); Jose Colon (accounting supervisor); Tyler Cristy (accounting affiliate) PARTNERSHIPS, LICENSING & SYNDICATION Jack Livings (editorial director); Nadine Ghosn (digital content material supervisor) DIGITAL PRODUCT AND ENGINEERING Jeff Billark, Russell Brown, Eric Soll PRODUCTION Rosemarie Iazzetta (director); Elizabeth Mata (senior supervisor) Source link

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TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #56-58 (FINAL STORY) AUGUST - OCTOBER 1985 BY MARV WOLFMAN, CHUCK PATTON, MIKE DECARLO, ROMEO TANGHAL AND ADRIENNE ROY

SYNOPSIS (FROM DC DATABASE)

A band of costumed men, the hirelings of Gizmo of the Fearsome Five, invades the STAR research hospital in New York to retrieve the encapsulated form of Neutron, a nuclear-powered villain who once fought Superman, and who had just been transferred to the facility from Metropolis. Abruptly, Raven appears and mercilessly attacks the intruders, almost killing them. When she realizes what she is doing, she breaks off her assault and instead uses her empathic powers, increased by the growing influence of Trigon, to cure the patients of the hospital's Intensive Care Ward. Meanwhile, Gar Logan meets the returning Joseph and Adeline Wilson at the airport and apologizes for his earlier behavior toward Jericho, while Cyborg undergoes the operation that will restore his normal appearance. When the members of the Fearsome Five stage a break-in at Tri-State Prison, they are resisted by Nightwing, Wonder Girl, and Starfire, the remaining unoccupied Titans. When Nightwing is injured, Starfire forcibly removes him from the encounter by depositing him on a rooftop. Despite the efforts of the two heroines, Psimon and his teammates are able to abscond with another encapsulated super-powered prisoner, a woman called Jinx.

At Titans Tower, Dick, Donna, and Kory recuperate from their battle with the Fearsome Five, together with Gar and Joe, while at STAR, Victor Stone, his cyborg parts successfully replaced with plastic, undergoes recuperative physical therapy under the direction of Dr. Sarah Charles. 

The Fearsome Five recruit the sorceress Jinx to their cause, but are unable to release Neutron from his confining radiation-proof capsule without aid. Days later, having heard nothing from Cyborg, the Titans learn of his operation from his grandparents, while the Fearsome Five decide to abduct Dr. Jenet Klyburn to help them free Neutron. Both groups converge on the STAR facility, but the super-villains arrive first and kidnap both Dr. Klyburn and Victor, whom they fail to recognize as the former Cyborg. Back at the criminals' headquarters, Victor manages to rig Neutron's capsule to explode, so that he and Jenet Klyburn can escape in the confusion. As they do so, however, Victor collapses when his body begins to reject its new polymer replacement parts. 

The next morning, Psimon's image appears at a hastily convened mayoral press conference to demand the surrender of New York City to the Fearsome Five.

The Fearsome Five appear on the New York waterfront to lay claim to the city, and are confronted by the police and the Teen Titans. Starfire's opening blast throws Psimon into the Hudson River, and he does not resurface. The other super-criminals, particularly the revived Neutron, prove harder to subdue, and a pitched battle ensues. 

Meanwhile, Psimon finds himself teleported aboard the orbiting satellite of the Monitor, who enlists him in his efforts to stop the destruction of the multiverse (as shown in Crisis on Infinite Earths). 

Victor Stone undergoes surgery to transform him hack into Cyborg in order to save his life. Nightwing, Wonder Girl, Changeling, and Starfire are defeated, but the Fearsome Five have still to contend with Jericho, who possesses the members one-by-one, forcing them to battle one another, until the Titans have time to recover. 

By this time, Jinx and Gizmo are unconscious, and Shimmer has been possessed by Jericho. Starfire matches power-blasts with Neutron, while Wonder Girl hurls Mammoth high into the air with her lasso, then drops him directly onto the nuclear villain, which knocks out both criminals. 

The Titans then visit a recuperating Cyborg in the hospital, after which Jericho is made an official member of the team at Titans Tower.

REVIEW

And that is the last new story of New Teen Titans volume one. It’s not a great story, but it introduced Sarah Charles. This story also leads to New Teen Titans Volume 2.

As to why volume 2 was printed in offset with volume 1, just like with Outsiders, the reason was that back then, comic book shops weren’t everywhere, and Volume 2 was only available on comic shops. So these titles would reprint volume 2 stories in regular paper.

This practice didn’t last long. By 1987, comic shops were a thing everywhere.

It was also nice to see Victor as almost human again, even if it was for such a short time. More changes will come to him, especially by the end of the nineties.

I give this story a score of 7

[sarah-samedi]

Can I just mention how gorgeous Yvonne De Carlo was? I love this Canadian / American actress, who passed away about 12 years ago; she played Lily Munster! And I’ll say, as anyone who knows me well knows I will, Lily Munster ain’t got nothing on me. More than one person has remarked how we look similar, so I’m going for it.

While I was growing my hair out, I would do celebrity hair comparisons to people like Henry Rollins, Helena Bonham Carter, Kevin Bacon and David Lynch:

David Lynch

Helena Bonham Carter

Henry Rollins

Kevin Bacon

I’ve also been doing a lot of posts regarding wigs, as well. Not that I don’t love my natural hair, because I do, especially when I see Yvonne DeCarlo in her Lily Munster wig. My natural hair is just past my shoulders at this point, but as you can see when my hair was very short, there’s a wee little white patch in the middle. I can hide it depending on how I part my hair or if I wear my bangs or not, but it’s there. I joke and call it my unicorn stripe because it’s nearly centred on my head, but this makeup isn’t about wigs or having short hair. It’s about paying tribute to Yvonne DeCarlo, who is most recognized as Lily Munster.

This Canadian-American actress set the bar for brunette bombshells, alongside Vivenne Leigh, and was toted as “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” by Walter Wanger after Salome, Where She Danced was released. It was this photo from that movie that I based my makeup on, and even though the photo is black and white, she was also named “The Queen of Technicolor” three years in a row by Universal Pictures.

I’ve been told I resemble her by more than one person, which is an unbelievable compliment in and of itself, so I took the challenge to try and emulate her as best I could.

The wig I’m wearing to cover my natural hair, which isn’t quite long enough to get the look I wanted, is from an amazing beauty supply store here — Southern Ontario, Canada — called Cloré Beauté, of where the sale people helped me immensely when I lost my hair in 2016. This particular rug is prescription and as close to what my natural hair was at the time. It’s itchy and has combs inside and utterly wonderful to style and play with, but it just wasn’t right for me when I had no hair at all.

I began this makeup with all the Beauty Blenders I have, which is two and a half, aka two full sized Blenders and a BB Mini that I’ve discovered I liked using under my eyes and to pat on my shadow primer. I warmed them with hot water, gently squeezing out the excess, and settled in with a matte-finish foundation:  TimeWise Matte-Wear Liquid Foundation in Ivory 3 by Mary Kay paired with one of the BB’s.

I’m still so impressed with this foundation that it’s hard to believe that something this high quality wouldn’t be sold at general retail. I powdered it to keep it utterly in place with Kat Von D Lock-It Setting Powder, which is ultra fine, ultra translucent, and is amazing on any skin tone since it applies completely invisible.

To try and recreate (and failed, imo) Yvonne’s gorgeous bone structure, I swiped on Urban Decay’s Naked Skin Weightless Concealer in Fair Neutral on the high planes of my face, and blended them in with the second Beauty Blender by using a gentle patting motion, nearly rolling the highlighting concealer against my cheekbones and beneath my eyes. To set this, I didn’t go back to the KVD powder, but instead went even lighter; I wanted my cheekbones to stand out like crazy.

I decided on Blackheart Cosmetics, which is sold in Hot Topic and I bought on a Halloween whim. It’s the White Face Powder, and could be used wet or dry. Using my Sephora Classic Collection Brush 29, I focused this powder right over top of the Weightless Concealer, and while I liked the finish in my mirror, it didn’t photograph well.

You friends all know my obsession love of false lashes, but Yvonne doesn’t quite look like she’s wearing them in this particular picture, so I broke out my Lights! Camera! Lashes! Mascara from Tarte. This mascara, like just about every other mascara I prefer, is blacker than the blacket black, times infinity, but the formula itself is on the drier side rather than having a creamier texture like Better Than Sex by Too-Faced.

After applying about 49 coats of mascara, I figured my wink was adequate (okay, let’s be realistic, it was probably two coats of mascara per eye, plus a little wiggle against my lower lashes) and then rolled off to paint my lips a’la 1945.

What does that mean, you ask? It means that the upper lip is slightly overdrawn without creating sharp peaks at the flume just below the nose. For this I used Kat Von D’s Muñeca (in English: Doll) but with a much bolder liner, Quartz from MAC, to create a not-quite-nude that would pop in a black and white photo. No gloss, no shadows, just complexion, lashes and lips. And that’s how it turned out, and overall, I’m pleased with it. Now, it’s off to truly duplicate Yvonne’s Lily Munster….

xoxo, Sarah

While Watching The Munsters… Can I just mention how gorgeous Yvonne De Carlo was? I love this Canadian / American actress, who passed away about 12 years ago; she played Lily Munster!

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Here’s why The CW’s ‘Riverdale’ isn’t just ‘Dark Archie’

Pictured (L-R): KJ Apa as Archie, Camila Mendes as Veronica and Lili Reinhart as Betty in ‘Riverdale’

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When Luke Perry was growing up in small town Ohio, sharing a tiny bedroom in a trailer with his brother, he took sanctuary with a stack of comic books piled high in his closet. Hed pull issues from his stash and read them diligently by flashlight, and amid the many superheroes and sci-fi epics there was another favorite a staple of the medium since debuting in 1941: the quaint, relatable, all-American adventures of teenager Archie Andrews and his high school pals, rivals and crushes, set in the idyllic town of Riverdale, U.S.A.

Today, Perry no stranger to series centered around iconic locales, thanks to his stint on Beverly Hills 90210 is among the cast of Riverdale, The CWs ambitious and decidedly edgier take on the 75-year-old comic book series.

Veering away from the wholesome vibe that many associate with classic Archie, the drama adds a Twin Peaks-inspired aura of mystery, danger and controversy to the small town proceedings.

For instance, in the pilot episode, our redheaded, freckle-faced hero, played by New Zealander K.J. Apa, indulges in a steamy backseat tryst with his teacher Miss Grundy reimagined from the comics silver-haired spinster into the much younger, more curvaceous form of actress Sarah Habel. Not only that the site of their forbidden dalliance soon puts them in uncomfortable proximity to the season’s unfolding murder mystery.

I was the biggest skeptic, Perry admits to Mashable of the more adult take on the Archie gang. I said, Im the guy youve got to convince. I grew up reading Archie I am that guy. So show me what is different about this. And they did.

KJ Apa as Archie and Luke Perry as Fred

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“They” are the production team led by writer-producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, an accomplished playwright and veteran scripter of popular television series including Glee and Big Love, whos also enjoyed an acclaimed second career in the comic book industry.

A stint at Marvel Comics writing top-tier characters including the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man ultimately led Aguirre-Sacasa to an opportunity to write the 2013 comic book miniseries Afterlife with Archie. The endeavor represented a bold step for publisher Archie Comics in which the company combined their longtime characters with a zombie apocalypse narrative drawn by emerging fan-favorite artist Franco Francavilla.

It is a five-year-old Robertos dream come true, Aguirre-Sacasa tells Mashable. Ive always loved the characters. I read them from when I was a kid.

Like Perry, the writer was among a second generation of Archie devotees that discovered the now-iconic characters Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie, as well as spin-off headliners like Josie and the Pussycats and Sabrina the Teenage Witch over a quarter century after they first debuted.

Ashleigh Murray as Josie

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In 1941 a few years after rival publisher DC Comics had launched the superhero genre with Superman MLJ Comics had been riding that pop culture wave with their own powered-up characters, including the patriotic, pre-Captain America hero The Shield.

But publisher John L. Goldwater was looking for a new comic book genre that would feel fresh yet familiar. Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of the wholesome, funny, relatable teen antics of MGMs Andy Hardy screen franchise, starring a young Mickey Rooney, he gave over a six-page portion of the twenty-second issue of an established title, Pep Comics, to the earliest incarnation of the Archie gang.

Though not even mentioned on the cover of its debut issue, the Archie feature, originally written by Vic Bloome and drawn by Bob Montana, was quickly established as the hottest and much imitated new genre in comics, so popular that within a few years MLJ formally changed the books name to Archie Comics, and Archie himself appeared on every cover from 1944 onward.

Over the decades, circulation soared to nearly 300,000 copies, and Archie-mania was born: Several of the ever-expanding Archie-verse characters headlined their own solo series; Dan DeCarlo, who moonlighted drawing sultry pin-up girls for pulp magazines, became the definitive Archie artist and developed the signature look of the comic; The Archies, a prefabricated pop group of anonymous studio musicians (packaged as Archies garage band) scored an enduringly popular hit song in 1969 with Sugar, Sugar; past issues were collected in conveniently miniature digests; progressive new minority characters were introduced into white-bread Riverdale; and the characters became widely commercialized, appearing on TV shirts, lunchboxes, Saturday morning cartoons and a hit primetime sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Although the Archie lines mainstream appeal would gradually wane to cult status among comics fans in the 1990s and 2000s, the characters would endure as iconic figures to multiple generations of readers.

Through it all, though the hairstyles, hemlines, hotrods and hi-jinx evolved, the Archie stories rarely wavered from their core conceit: the misadventures of an average American high-schooler pursued by a pair of beautiful, competitive girls, constantly vexed by his rivals and consoled with good humor by his offbeat, free-thinking best friend.

By 2010, more opportunities were arising to tap the ongoing goodwill toward the Riverdale mythos.

I love the characters. Id grown up reading the characters. I always kind of went back to the characters, says Aguirre-Sacasa. I always wanted to write them even when I started writing for Marvel Comics. I was exclusive to them for years. And in fact, I broke my exclusivity with Marvel because I had a chance to write an Archie comic, Archie Meets Glee, which was the first thing that I did for Archie, and that was a dream come true.

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Even as he was bringing the characters slightly outside of their traditional comfort zones, it was clear that Aguirre-Sacasa was simpatico with the essence of the Archie gang, and he quickly assumed greater custodianship of the characters, eventually being named Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics, overseeing a critically and commercially successful re-launch of the core titles by top-tier comics creators. At the same time, he began shopping new and left-of-center takes on the properties to Hollywood.

I really want to help bring these characters to life in a way thats never really happened successfully, he says, explaining how he promised publisher Jon Goldwater, the son of the original Archie Comics head, that theyd have to create a slow build of heat on the publishing side before turning Hollywoods head.

Though theres always sort of heat on Archie, he adds. When they make a move and they get tons of press. I know that my friends at DC and Marvel were always like, Why do you get so much ink? People love the characters.

Afterlife With Archie, a surprise sensation in the comics world, demonstrated that after three-quarters of a century that the tried-and-true Archie format had more malleability than expected.

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We were really nervous about putting the Archie characters in quite a hardcore horror story with a lot of gore, and violence, and some pretty wild ideas, says Aguirre-Sacasa. But we found out two things: one is that the characters could withstand that kind of caldron of stuff; and two, the fans loved it the fans loved seeing the characters they loved in different situations, and they were emotionally invested in what happened to the characters. They were sad when characters were eaten by zombies.

It of course has a little bit informed Riverdale, says the writer, who teamed with executive producer Greg Berlanti no stranger to successful comic-to-TV adaptations thanks to his success with DC Comics and The CWs interconnected superhero series, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DCs Legends of Tomorrow to infuse a similarly shadowy sensibility into the television take.

When we start pushing at the boundaries, I think people get nervous, but I think when you see it, you see that its done with integrity, and care, and comes from a deep abiding love of these characters,” Aguirre-Sacasa says. “No one wants to protect them more than I do. But you do have to evolve them, and you do have to push boundaries, and you do have to be more than just a story with a joke at the end.

My pitch to Roberto was, Number one, we have to find a form where in this can work as a TV show, Berlanti tells Mashable. Number two, can whats beloved about Archie and intrinsic about Archie and the Americana-esque, period element of it translate to todays audience? Thats the challenge we have to at least be aware of [Id tell Roberto] it has to be as much of his personality as possible, because youre a show creator, and youre creating this thing, and theres so many elements of things you love: you love horror, you love comedy, you love irreverent stuff. It has to be as evocative of you and your personality, as Afterlife with Archie really was too.

As we moved along, he wrote a script that was terrific and had that magic thing, Berlanti adds. Im not sure I knew until I read his draft of the pilot script that we developed that it was a real TV show.

One misconception that is out there is that this is Dark Archie, this is dark, gritty Archie, and Rated R Archie, chuckles Aguirre-Sacasa. And in fact the show is a mix of light and dark. The show honors what is Archie, and then subverts it. For me, the sweet spot is the tension between Twin Peaks, and the tension between the 1950s sock hop Archie right in between that is where stories work on both levels. They work as good Archie stories, but they work as good noir, or mystery, or moody stories as well.

KJ Apa as Archie, Camila Mendes as Veronica, Cole Sprouse as Jughead, and Lili Reinhart as Betty

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Roberto loves these characters, and I dont think anyones salacious to be salacious, Berlanti says of the elements that may sound eyebrow-raising to anyone who hasnt read Archie Comics in a while. That is not our goal. That being said, the show wants to deal in the tropes of these kinds of shows, and comment on those kind of things, and have that be a part of it. Im sure that wont be the first time we have a subject matter that makes people [take pause] – but I can say, in terms of our heart being in the right place, we dont start from that place of like, ‘this is going to get us some people to watch.’ We love these characters, and you dont want to assassinate them either.

Though the characters may be in dark, adult, morally-compromised, scary situations, the characters are still true to their essences, says Aguirre-Sacasa. Those characters are basically the characters they are in Archies Double Digest, just put in a crazy, messed-up situation. Theres trial and error, but I think thats where the show lives in the tension and the juxtaposition of those things.

I would say weve been met with guarded optimism, Perry who ultimately signed on to play Archies father, Fred Andrews says of the Archie fanbase. They dont want us to mess Archie up, but they do want to see it in a new way. They do want these characters to have a new life thats the sense Ive got. So were going to try to give them that without messing up the other.

Riverdale airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on The CW.

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