#ED-ROM

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

ROM Spaceknight by Ed Hannigan from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #9

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

2x1 | 2x7

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

"i was made / to keep your body warm — "

"but i'm cold as / the wind blows: so hold me in your arms — "

"kiss me / like you wanna be loved — "

"this feels / like fallin' in love — "

[magnusthepuppet]

episode 7 huh?

the way i stared at a blank wall for an hour straight afterwards...

[hexcrystals]

look it’s okay to just not like the show

you don’t need to bend over backwards to try and explain how you definitely love the show but you hate ed and/or stede and/or their relationship

you just don’t like the show. you don’t like the protagonists and you don’t think they’re sympathetic and you don’t want them to end up together at the end of the rom com. which means you don’t like the show

what you’ve found there is a show that you fundamentally dislike that has some redeeming qualities and some characters that you do like

and that’s fine. that’s allowed. free yourself

[tomoleary]

Ed Hannigan and Al Milgrom Rom #16 Watchwraith (1981) Source

Colorist uncredited

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

It's forever going to bother me how there was this perfect potential for ted and rebecca to have this wonderful and beautiful romantic relationship built on trust, a mutual understanding and care for each other, with all of the things the writers put in the show, parallels, moments, whether intentional/not intentional and they just decided to tease/make fun of us all over it, instead of seeing what they had there was gold.

two middle-aged traumatised people whose previous relationships weren't all that they thought, who are literal soulmates because of the events that shaped their life involving their fathers, happened on the same day at the same time (which is then never brought up again) and it all meant nothing but just a parallel for the sake of parallels (to make them look way more smart than they actually are), like so many others... It was all there for them to use and instead they have rebecca settle for fine with some guy she met once, who doesn't even get a name (on screen) and ted leaves rebecca crying in the airport... that's that.

[shelbbswrites]

I *finally* watched Irish Wish. Expect to see something about it soon on my Substack.

Now I desperately need Lindsay Lohan and Ed Speleers in a sequel or another Netflix romantic comedy.

Also, THAT darts scene?!

[francesderwent]

where did Zoey Deutch goooo she should have been the new Meg Ryan/Sandra Bullock/Katherine Heigl and churned out a whole decade’s worth of rom-coms on the strength of her comedic sense and warmth. take one for the team, girl!!

[catgirlmissy]

Made lil Ranni keychains and also Eileen i want to add more but idk hmm uhh

Uhhh

[deanmarywinchester]

sorry in advance for comedy pirate posting but they made this season of our flag means death for ME. blood! weird women! men who want to die! psycho-sexual violence! vico ortiz in a little outfit! wow I am so excited for people who moralized about random bullshit in season one to find out ed has been beheading people. I think he should be worse.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Dream vs Reality

[fareehaandspaniards]

[nightowl-yume]

Due to the situation with vimms lair I'm here to remind you to be hush hush about rom sites. DM them, make a private page, just make sure it's not easy to see publicly.

[queerhollyleaf]

biting tearing and ripping and killing

[lynniceberg]

I love Marvel’s Micronauts! I’m talking about the comic written by Bill Mantlo with art by Michael Golden that started in 1979. I had one of the toys (Pharoid) and I followed the comic for all of its original run, but it’s really issues 1-12, drawn by Golden, that remain dear to my nostalgic heart. I recently picked up a few of those old issues – some of the last of Golden’s run on the series - and a couple after he left. I was reminded how much I love his artwork. And how disappointed I was with the artwork on the series after he left.

I’m one of those comic collectors who lost his old presumably now valuable comic collection under unfortunate/careless circumstances. Every once in a while I find a random old issue of Micronauts at a comic shop for a reasonable price and pick it up hoping to relive the excitement of my first collection. I recently bought issues 10, 12, 13, and 14 - specifically because they all feature Michael Golden covers.

Golden co-created the Micronauts world with writer Bill Mantlo, who came up with many of the ideas when his son got some of the Mego Micronauts toys as Christmas presents. I think Mantlo’s writing on Micronauts is top-notch for its time in comic history. Mantlo was always creative and weird in a particularly Mavel way and I was an appreciator of some of his other oddball creations and writing while ignorant they were created by the same guy. I’m talking about Rom: Space Knight which I also collected in its entirety, and Rocket Raccoon, who eventually became part of that little movie series Guardians of the Galaxy.

It was the art of Micronauts that excited me the most, though, and after picking up this series I would always remember Golden’s style and name. I’d seek him out believing his work always elevated the stories. He designed the Micronauts world with Mantlo and while it’s clearly influenced by Star Wars, as are the toys, Golden’s art is so gorgeous, detailed, and dynamic that it really pulls one into the story. And so when I saw these Golden covers a couple of weeks ago I held them fondly in my hands excited to relive the thrill of Golden’s art.

I share these covers and some of the pages to show that the art really holds up! Issue 10 is part one of the climax of the big conflict between the Micronauts and the evil Baron Karza. Golden and Mantlo pack the issue with several plot threads that tie the main story together. Look at how Mantlo and Golden switch threads sometimes from one panel to the next (pages 22-23), building the tension to its bloody conclusion. The action is relentless and they don’t romanticize or shy away from the brutality of revolution and war (pages 11 and 22 -27). An exciting precursor to Golden’s work on The Nam, a great war comic.

The issues I picked up were in sealed bags so I didn’t know they included issues Golden didn’t draw. When I opened issue 13 I was reminded of my long ago aesthetic disappointment discovering it wasn’t Golden’s art inside. Golden drew many of the covers even after he stopped being the artist for the series. I include the first pages of issues 13 and 14 to show the contrast with Golden’s artwork. The art becomes simple, cursory, and, frankly, unexciting. It’s surprising to me that the lay outs are actually done by Howard Chaykin who is still another of my favorite comic artists. The art became so stylistically bland after Golden left and Chaykin’s lay-outs don’t hint at his own greatness.

If you enjoy looking at this art as much as me you will be happy to know Marvel is putting out a reprint collection of the series in 2024. You may also be interested in the Comic Kayfabe podcast about the Micronauts issue #1 and Micronauts Artist Edition. Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg and guest Tom Scioli really appreciate the Golden’s art but Piskor and Rugg often scoff at the Micronauts concept and story. Scioli defends the story as well as I could, though.

A story about the upcoming reprint is at this link:

The ComicsKayfabe Micronauts #1 episode is at this link:

And the Comics Kayfabe of the Micronauts Artist Edition at this link: