Ah Google, sometimes you try so hard.
BC Hydro’s Smart Meters sound good, but I’d appreciate better notice than “sometime in the next few weeks, you’ll lose power at some point between 8am-8pm”.
Avengers Assemble! // painted artwork by Ryan Heinerding (2011)
Full poster composition here!
Loved The Avengers comic. I hope the movie doesn’t disappoint.
Secret Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The series was conceived by Marvel Comics’ Editor-in-chief Jim Shooter: Kenner had licensed the DC Heroes. Mattel had He-Man, but wanted to hedge in case superheroes became the next big fad. They were interested in Marvel’s characters, but only if we staged a publishing event that would get a lot of attention, and they could build a theme around. Fans, especially young fans often suggested to me ‘one big story with all the heroes and all the villains in it’, so I proposed that. It flew. Mattel thought that kids responded well to the word “secret”, so after a couple of working names bit the dust, we called the story ‘Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars’.’[1] Shooter also explained: We went through a number of ideas for names for the toy line and series. Mattel’s focus group tests indicated that kids reacted positively to the words “wars” and “secret.” Okay. / Mattel had a number of other requirements. Doctor Doom, they said, looked too medieval. His armor would have to be made more high-tech. So would Iron Man’s, because their focus groups indicated that kids reacted positively…etc. Okay. / They also said there had to be new fortresses, vehicles and weapons because they wanted playsets, higher price point merchandise and additional play value. Okay. / When time came to actually do it, I realized that only I could write it.[2]
I’m shocked and hurt (OK, not so much) that the whole thing was just a toy tie-in. I thought it was so cool in 1984.
“Boom” pretty much says it all.
Dinosaur Jr - “Just Like Heaven” (The Cure cover, Live, 2005)
Boom.
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Classic Sci-Fi Collection by Dean Walton
