#stardust wonderworld

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WONDERWORLD POSTERS ! Comic collab w/@sup3r_cyb3r

Also

Btw this guy’s name is prototype (he’s the main villain)

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💫Friendly Fire/Attack for @lookdem

[memoriesofwonderworld]

it is necessary to publish this attack here 😳 , The Maestros belongs to @chaoseclips 💖💖💖

[puffin-smoke]

And I'm back on my bullshit assigning listeners various jobs/hobbies! This one came to me in a prophetic vision, would you believe.

Astronomer Lovely

A Lovely who loved the night with everything they had. Who would stay up and watch the stars until they fell asleep, and would go to the best spots to stargaze (maybe that's why they were at Wonderworld, because it had a great view of the stars)

A Lovely who had the stars be the only constant in their life, the only thing assured and safe, despite being millions of miles away. It was oftentimes the only thing they had left. It was far more stable than anything they had on the ground.

A Lovely who loved the night for what it held, the stars, and now loves it for who it holds, Vincent.

They believe in astrology, not even as a joke. The first thing they asked Angel was what their star sign was, and Angel told them immediately. They would have asked Vincent the same thing on first meeting him, but they were, well-

Due to their vampire senses, specifically eyesight, normal telescopes don't really work the same way; Lovely can essentially see inside the inner mechanisms of the telescope. Vincent knew this and got a specifically designed telescope commissioned for them, gifting it to them on their anniversary.

When they were kidnapped by Adam, in that closed off bit of Wonderworld, there was a crack in the wood. If they looked through it at just the right angle they could see the stars, smiling down at them. At some point when they'd woken up from a black out, they opened their eyes and saw those stars for the first time. It was the most beautiful thing they'd ever seen. Their body felt so numb and their mind so exhausted that for a precious moment it felt like they were floating among the cold, inky darkness of space, that they were consumed by the grandeur of the cosmos. Adam steps in front of them. The stars are gone. They are back on solid ground. Something crackles underhand.

Date night at an observatory. DATE NIGHT AT AN OBSERVATORY. I'm sorry for yelling but DUDE. Having regular, cutesy picnic dates is difficult for vampires, so they grab a picnic basket and set up under the stars.

There's a company that finds the star map of a specific place at a specific time. The company can put the star map onto a poster or, more importantly, a necklace. Needless to say, Vincent and Lovely have matching necklaces of the star map from the day they first met. (Or from the day Vincent proposes to them PLEASE ERIK)

Their favourite star is the Alpha Crucis star, which is part of the Crux constellation. (I chose this constellation for them because their series with Vincent was the "crux" of everything; they were the first listener, they were the first video on the channel. They were the beginning of everything)

Lovely calling Vincent the brightest star in their sky. Saying the silver in his eyes looks like stardust. These two are so in love I HATE IT

[kayssweetdreams]

Maestro Hiccups 3: Chaos Incarnate Ch 41

You give a heaving sigh "FINE. We'll take Jackle...but the minute that he tries ANYTHING. I'm throwing him back into Nightmare." You say, getting a happy "YES!" From the two of them.

A little while later, you and the others return to the Dream Gate. "So...How are we supposed to get back to Wonderworld?" You ask. NiGHTS gazes up to see the moon in the Night Dimension slowly rising above the Dream Gate, They seemed to be waiting until the moon reached its absolute peak in the sky, it's rays beaming down on the ground below.

Suddenly, the rays of moonlight hit the fountain, and a beam of light shot out, creating a beautiful bridge decorated moons, stars, planets. As flowers you've never seen before bloomed from the shimmering Bridge. At the end of the bridge, held an absolute beautiful and ornate, illuminated theater door. "Well, That's the way back! It's been nice meeting you Y/N!" NiGHTS says.

"Hoo! You better hurry before the bridge dissappears again!" Owl hoots, his plumage fluffing up. You nod as the others begin to cross the crystalline bridge. Leo and Emma treaded across first, followed by Aria, Debbie and Jackle, with you in the rear. You gazed in awe at the shimmering bridge, and the Flora that lined it. Maybe once Balan's Hiccups were cured, you could come and dream here in peace.

The sound of withering caught your attention as you turned to see the beautiful flowers withering into nothing, as the bridge began to vanish into nothing but stardust. "Y/N! HURRY!!" You hear Aria shout. Your slow walk turns into a frantic rush, hoping to outrun the disappearing bridge. The door that awaited at the end seemed to get farther and farther with every step you take.

In a last ditch effort, you quickly Jump and latch onto the door's handles, getting the door open before the bridge was no more. Leo and Emma grab your hands and pull you inside the door, as you now find yourself back on the Isle of Tims...that looks even worse than before.

You see that the Isle is now completely misshapen and distorted, looking more like the landscapes from a Dr. Seuss book. The Tims look worse for where as well, looking more like experimented on creatures gone wrong. You noticed Balan and Lance also on the Isle, both looking absolutely dismal and dismayed at the current situation out of their control.

"Hey Balan! We're back! And we found Aria and Debbie!" You yell, catching both of their attention. "Thank goodness you're safe and sound! And Aria and Debbie you found!" Balan says, floating over to you. "And we've got Dream Berries for Lance's cure." Leo says. The darker maestro gives a smile as he sees the bag of the colorful berries..

"Yeah...and unfortunately, we also have a new...erm..." You say, not being able to finish, but you nudge your head towards Jackle's prison. The maestros gazed at the jar "Do my eyes decive me? Is that Jackle I see?" Lance says, almost chuckling at Jackle's predicament. The orange maren rolls his eyes "Oh yeah. Ha. Ha. Ha. Laugh it up." He snarks sarcastically.

You smirked at Jackle's situation before Lance let out a "HIC!" causing a large spider infestation to crawl over the Isle. In a panic, both maestros lift you to the isle above the Isle "Perhaps at a later time we can jest, you still need to find the rest." Balan says. Nodding, you pull out Balan's map, showing the Multiverse once more

Aria belongs to @shadowqueen402

Debbie belongs to @mayordebbie

Mei belongs to @sundove88

Trisha Jane belongs to @lovelyteng

Rebecca belongs to @thehypercutstudios/@thehyperrequiem

[thehyperrequiem]

Bww Self insert - Rebecca Smith

So anyways; me got bored and decide to redo my Balan Wonderworld self insert, let’s do this!

Chapter name: The girl who’s born with a curse

“Who knew that having a long term disorder* can make you imperfect unlike the rest?

Stage Name: Strange Girl Wonder

Representative Costume: Referstick 🩷(A living stickfigure with brown hair, Mimics abilities of previous costumes)

Stage Appearance: It is a town full of cartoony stuff and pop culture references, the boss stage takes place on top of a Airship you get on at the end of Act 2 in her stage where it takes you into an endless thunderstorm with bunch of items being dropped from the black cloudy sky.

Costumes: Toppy 💙 (A pear shaped monster that covers its small cute head that has a mustache with a big top hat, it can throw it’s hat like a spinning blade), Thunderram 💙(A ram with wool made out of thunderclouds, it can ram at enemies) Flamebot 💙(A robotic version of Hothead, not only it lights things on fire but it also can light things on fire), Sharkface 💙(A Shark with nubs for feet instead of fins, it chomps enemies and blocks), Fumblebee 🩷(A Bee that is built like a Pounding Pig, it shoots out stingers instead of groundpounding)

Hidden Costume: Noodle Dragon 💙(A dragon version of a Elastiplant, but stretches longer than the Elastiplant)

Act 3 Costume: Wildwolf 💙(A werewolf version of Tornado Wolf, but instead of hurricanes, it breathes out stardust)

Nega Boss: DIM *Destructive Intelligence Man* (In Japanese, it is called “Right Hype Man”)

Nega Boss parts: Referstick (The whole entire boss is a stickfigure monster with hair), Toppy (His Top hats being stacked, Mustache and Monocle), Flamebot (Cybernetic parts), and Sharkface (He summons cybernetic minions with top hats that resembles Sharkfaces)

Provided Costumes: Referstick, Toppy, and Thunderram

Lesson: You are perfect just the way you are with your flaws.

Fun fact: Referstick’s design is a reference to Ellie Rose and any character from The Henry Stickmin Series, where DIM is a reference to not just Reginald Copperbottom hence the hat stack, but also a reference to the Right Hand Man for the boss design.

*ASD, or Autism Spectrum Disorder for short*

[peanutbuttercap]

Noir

(A Balan Wonderworld drabble)

It was cold. Cold was all they could feel. Why was it so cold? They didn't know yet. Inky black and neon blue swirled together, forming a small figure, upon which a white mask-like face materialized. Long, wispy, ear-like tufts of shadow extended from their little head, stripes of that neon blue contrasting against the midnight color of their body. A swirl of that same blue made itself known upon a spherical appendage on their back, almost like a tail.

Coal-black eyes blinked open amidst the porcelain white of their face, little blue pinpricks of light that none of the others had flickering to life within those little voids. Glancing around as they allowed their little body to unfurl, little ebony paws touched a cold, black, almost glasslike floor. The shadows around them billowed like smoke, an unseen force beckoning them somewhere.

Unlike their brethren, the new little one dropped to all fours before scampering in the direction they felt drawn towards. As they ran, their round tail bobbed with their ear-like tufts, making them look like swirls of blue stardust in the night. They ran and ran until they bumped into something, letting out a squeak.

"Hm?" A soft voice emitted from the obstacle; apparently a person. They turned towards the dazed creature, gently lifting them with snow white glove-clad hands, cradling their small form in their palms. The little one looked up at this person, seeing a face of midnight purple and ivory with sapphire blue eyes looking back at them. They felt no fear; in fact, they felt as though their energy was linked to this person.

Lance smiled softly at the tiny Negati he held in his palms, knowing there was something special about them. This one was different from the rest, he could feel it. Once the little one snapped out of whatever trance they seemed to be in, they leapt from his palms and onto his shoulder, clambering into his collar and snuggling into him. He chuckled softly as their little ear-tufts tickled his neck, and watched amused as they reached a little paw out to bat at the lone tendril-like lock that always hung in his face.

Indeed, this little one was special. He decided he would keep them close; raise them as a companion rather than let them loose to wreak havoc. He knew they would need a name if they were going to stick around. His eyes scanned over their inky black form, not too different from the bodies of their brethren, and smiled softly as he finally came to a decision. He knew the perfect name for them.

"Welcome to Wonderworld... Noir."

[thecomicsnexus]

The Blue Beetle

BLUE BEETLE #1 DECEMBER 1939 BY WILL EISNER?, CHARLES NICHOLAS WOJTKOWSKI?

SYNOPSIS (FROM DC FANDOM)

A pharmacist named Doctor Franz provides rookie police officer Dan Garret with a special vitamin and bulletproof costume so that he can fight crime as the Blue Beetle.

Police Officer Dan Garret dives to the sidewalk as a speeding sedan goes by pumping machine gun ammunition sporadically and shoves a man out onto the city street. Ignoring his wound, Garret checks on the man who turns out to be banker Mr. Vander, who along with his daughter and secretary, were recently kidnapped. Vanders' last words turns out to be his informing Garret that his kidnappers were the White Face Gang. Garret learns that the sedan that Vander was pushed from, has been found and he investigates the car, to discover that the identification number has been filed off. Garret uses a chemical that reveals the number on the vehicle and he learns that the vehicle is owned by a garage owner, Mike Ravani. Garret makes his way to a drug store, owned by his friend Abe, to change into his guise as the Blue Beetle. In another part of the city, Vander's daughter is being tortured for the combination of her father's bank vault. One of the thugs is shocked to see a blue beetle emblem on the desk and they quickly discover that the Blue Beetle has crashed their little party. The Beetle tells the gang that he has the combination to the vault so they don't have to torture the girl anymore. The telephone rings and one of the thugs speaks to an unknown person. Beetle gives them the combination and the thug informs everyone that that is the same combo that he had just received from someone on the phone. They gang heads for the bank and given a brief moment alone, The Blue Beetle calls the police station on a wireless telephone that he invented, to let them know that the Blue Beetle, apparently a wanted criminal to the police, would be at Vander's bank at midnight. When the Beetle and the White Face gang arrive at the bank they are all gathered up by the waiting policemen, except for the Blue Beetle, who uses a smoke screen to make his escape. It is revealed that John Brandes, Mr. Vander's secretary, was actually the leader of the conspirators. Later, Dan speaks to Abe, who apparently knows of Garret's dual-identity, and he thanks him for making that call to the thugs that reiterated the same vault combination, thus making them more likely to trust the Beetle and lead to their capture.

As loan shark crime increases, Dan Garret goes undercover and borrows money from a loan shark. When his loan comes due, two of the loan shark's collectors come to accost him, but he beats both of them up and leaves a blue beetle with them so that they know who is on to them. The try to quit the racket, but the leader reminds them that he has their signed confessions that could lead them to the electric chair. At that moment, the Blue Beetle bursts through the window and beats all of them and leaves them tied up outside Police headquarters with each man's confession.

CONTEXT

The original Blue Beetle, Dan Garret, first appeared in Fox Comics' Mystery Men Comics #1 (cover-dated August 1939), with art by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski (as Charles Nicholas); A rookie police officer, he wore a special bulletproof costume and took "Vitamin 2X" which endowed him with super-energy, and he was assisted by a neighborhood pharmacist in his fight against crime. Blue Beetle starred in a comic book series, comic strip and radio serial, but like most Golden Age superheroes, he fell into obscurity in the 1950s. The comic book series saw a number of anomalies in publication: 19 issues, #12 through #30, were published through Holyoke Publishing; no issue #43 was published; publication frequency varied throughout the run; and there were gaps where issues were not published, with large ones occurring in early 1947 and between mid-1948 and early 1950.

In the mid-1950s, Fox Comics went out of business and sold the rights to the Blue Beetle to Charlton Comics. That company published a few sporadic adventures of the Golden Age character before revamping the hero in 1964. Charlton tried three times to use the character to carry a self-titled series. Two of the attempts retained the numbering of a previous title. These also were eventually replaced with new titles that carried on the numbering.

"Charles Nicholas" is the pseudonymous house name of three early creators of American comic books for the Fox Feature Syndicate and Fox Comics. The name originated at Eisner & Iger, one of the first comic-book "packagers" that created comics on demand for publishers entering the new medium during the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of comic books. The three creators were: Chuck Cuidera, Jack Kirby and Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski (several sources say Wojtowski).

Wojtkoski is most likely the actual creator of 'Blue Beetle', although this is often credited to Charles Nicholas Cuidera. He created the character when he was 18-19 years old, but was forced to sell the rights to 'Blue Beetle' to support his family shortly before going into service in World War II. Working at the Iger Studio in the early 1940s, Charles Wojtkoski did several features for Timely/Atlas, Fiction House, Quality, National and Fox Comics.

Several sources credit Chuck Cuidera, who also went under the name Charles Nicholas, as the character's creator, since he did art on several of the early stories. Cuidera claimed in a panel at the 1999 San Diego ComicCon to be its creator. However, in an e-mail sent to Lambiek, Wojtkoski's nephew says otherwise:

My late mother, Anne DeGiuseppe (nee Wojtkoski) told me on many occasions (as early as the 1960s when I was a teenager) as to how she helped my late uncle select the name ('Blue Beetle') as they searched for the right combination of words. She also told me how her parents decided in the late 1930s to sell the rights to the character to raise money.

Now you may decide not to believe me as to my late Uncle's creation of the Blue Beetle character, but as a practicing attorney of more than 30 years I can certify under penalty of perjury that Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski was the creator of the Blue Beetle character and that Chuck Cuidera, although apparently a renown cartoonist himself, was the beneficiary of my grandparents decision to sell the rights to the character and is wrongly (if not falsely) being given credit for the creation of the Blue Beetle character. In other words, Chuck Cuidera was the beneficiary of the purchase of the Blue Beetle character name and rights to use the pen name Charles Nicholas.

To further demonstrate the veracity of my claim, isn't it apparent that since my uncle's first and middle name were Charles Nicholas (he would later legally use his middle name as his family's last name), that he is the original Charles Nicholas. Why would Chuck Cuidera call himself Charles Nicholas, other than the fact that he purchased the rights to use that name?

Finally, I had the occasion some years ago to meet Michael Uslan, the Executive Producer of the Batman movies, when we both lived in Cedar Grove, NJ, who confirmed that he knew of my late uncle and was able to provide me with biographical information on his careers which information referred to his real name, Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski, and credited him with the creation of the Blue Beetle.

Joe DeGiuseppe

Now, I am not entirely convinced by this testimony. In the beginning of the Golden Age, comic-book artist preferred to use pseudonyms as it was considered a lesser profession. Furthermore, “packagers” would often put all the artists under the same name. The reason Will Eisner comes up as the writer of these stories is because they came from his shop.

FOX FEATURE SYNDICATE

Victor S. Fox and business associate Bob Farrell launched Fox Feature Syndicate at 480 Lexington Avenue in New York City in the late 1930s. For content, Fox contracted with comics packager Eisner & Iger, one of a handful of companies creating comic books on demand for publishers entering the field. 

As one of the earliest companies in the emerging field, it employed or bought the packaged material of a huge number of Golden Age greats, many at the start of their careers. Lou Fine created the superhero The Flame in Wonderworld Comics; Dick Briefer created Rex Dexter of Mars in the eponymous series. George Tuska did his first comics work here with the features "Zanzibar" (Mystery Men Comics #1, Aug. 1939) and "Tom Barry" (Wonderworld Comics #4). Fletcher Hanks wrote and drew Stardust the Super Wizard in Fantastic Comics in 1939 and 1940. Matt Baker, one of the few African-American comic book artists of the Golden Age, revamped – in more than one sense – the newly acquired Quality Comics character Phantom Lady in 1947, creating one of the most memorable and controversial examples of superhero "good girl art".

Future comics legend Jack Kirby, brought on staff here after freelancing for Eisner & Iger, wrote and drew the syndicated newspaper comic strip The Blue Beetle (starting Jan. 1940), starring a character created by Charles Nicholas Wojtkowski in Mystery Men Comics #1 (Aug. 1939). Kirby retained the house name "Charles Nicholas" for the comic strip, which lasted three months. Kirby, additionally, created and did one story each of the Fox features "Wing Turner" (Mystery Men #10, May 1940) and "Cosmic Carson" (Science Comics #4, same month).

Fox Feature Syndicate sponsored a "Blue Beetle Day" at the 1939 New York World's Fair on August 7, 1940, beginning at 10:30 a.m. and including 300 children in relay-race finals at the Field of Special Events, following preliminaries in New York City parks. The race was broadcast over radio station WMCA.

Throughout the 1940s, Fox produced comics in a typically wide variety of genres, but was best known for superheroes and humor. With the post-war decline in superheroes' popularity, Fox, like other publishers, concentrated on horror and crime comics, including some of the most notorious of the latter. Following the establishment of Comics Code Authority in the mid-1950s, Fox went out of business, selling the rights to the Blue Beetle to Charlton Comics.

According to Nicky Wright, "Competing well in the 'most sexy, sadistic, and violent' category, Victor Fox's Murder Incorporated and Blue Beetle are noteworthy.... When historians describe sleaze, sex, and violence as Fox's obsession, they are masters of understatement. His best artists, Jack Kamen and Matt Baker, are much revered and collected for their good girl art. (Of special note is the company's breasty crime-fighter-in-bedroom-lingerie, Phantom Lady...along with the wild and scantily attired Rulah, Jungle Goddess.)”

Boyd Magers said of the publisher, "Never one to overlook a secondary sale, Fox often repackaged four remaindered (unsold) comics into a 25¢ Giant with a new cover, hence Hoot Gibson's Western Roundup, 132 pages dated 1950. However, since Fox always started their stories on the inside front cover (where other publishers ran an ad), these repackaged comics are always missing the first page of story content. Also, since Fox used remaindered issues, contents will vary from copy to copy of Hoot Gibson's Western Roundup."

Fox Feature Syndicate, located at 60 East 42nd Street, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in July 1950, listing liabilities of $721,448 and assets of $932,878, which included $567,800 in uncollected accounts receivables. Central Color Press of the same address filed likewise, listing liabilities of $513,587 and assets of $603,427. Fox was listed as president of both corporations.

REVIEW

Whether Will Eisner wrote these stories or not... I can imagine why he wasn’t desperate to prove that. As these are pretty generic. The one story that stands out is the origin story. I found the character a good role model.

But I think the most interesting aspect here is the art. Some of the reprints look pretty standard for the Golden Age, but the origin story looks very different. The angles and dynamism are incredible for the time. There is also a strange “passage of time” panel.

But then the book falls apart. All the reprints from Mystery Men have the Beetle with different uniforms and features. One of them has antennae!

So I would recommend the issue only for the origin story.

I give the issue a score of 7

[thehyperrequiem]

Nightmare Before Christmas (Thehypercutter Style) cast

“The film follows the misadventures of Cal Suresh, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening cartoon creatures in the "real world." When Cal accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life--he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Cal soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and chess men can go seriously awry.”

Cal Suresh (Balan Wonderworld) as Jack Skellington

Fortstopher IV (Balan Wonderworld) as Himself/Jack’s Guardian Spirit

Lucy Wong (Balan Wonderworld) as Sally

Inkabelle (Balan Wonderworld) as Herself/Sally’s Guardian Spirit

Iggy (Jjba Stardust Crusaders) as Zero

Various Cartoon Creatures as The citizens of Halloweentown, Christmastown and the Real World Town

Augie (Mario + Rabbids Spark of Hope) as The Mayor of Halloween town

Licorice Cookie, Poison Mushroom Cookie and Red Velvet Cookie (Cookie Run) as Shock, Lock and Barrel

Dark Enchantress Cookie (Cookie Run) as Oogie Boogie

Dr. Crygor (Warioware) as Dr. Finklestein

Penny (Warioware) as Herself/Doctor’s Granddaughter

Mike (Warioware) as Igor

Santa (Flipline) as Santa Claus