#david markman

[quotesfrommyreading]

The plague swept Europe 700 years ago, killing a third of the population. It was called the Black Death, possibly for dark patches caused by bleeding under the skin.

It killed millions in China and Hong Kong in the late 1800s before scientists began associating the illness with rats and eliminating rodent populations.

The plague comes in three forms. If a person gets bitten by an infected flea, they'd most likely develop bubonic plague, named for the painful lumps, or "buboes," where the bacteria multiply. The bacteria can also get into the bloodstream, causing septicemic (or blood poisoning) plague, and can also spread to the lungs, causing pneumonic plague. The World Health Organization considers this variant to be one of the deadliest infectious diseases because it is highly contagious – spread by coughing — and the fatality rate is 100 percent if untreated.

Early symptoms of the plague can mimic the flu — including lethargy and swelling or stiffness in joints and lymph nodes. If someone begins exhibiting these symptoms after coming into contact with rodents or with pets in regions where the plague exists among animal populations, they should seek medical care immediately, Markman says.

  —  Bubonic Plague Strikes In Mongolia: Why Is It Still A Threat?

[mitjalovse]

Why does John Cale produce the musicians he chose to work with? I mean, some of his choices don't make much sense. For instance, why did he collaborate in that function on a few tunes on Pop model by Lio. This sounds weird for Mr. Cale. Then again, isn't weird up to par for him? Let's remember – he got fired from The Velvet Underground for being way out there for them, especially for, gasp, Lou Reed. Thus Mr. Cale follows the beat of his own drum. Moreover, listen to one of Lio's songs he helmed – check the link – and ask yourself, if Cale told her to listen to his Paris 1919? I have a strange hunch he gave us a glimpse into a possible 80's remake of the LP with him helming some pieces from the record we discussed.

[sparecrew]

The 2024 Book List

Fighting for Your Marriage (Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley & Susan L. Blumberg)

Soldier's Heart (Gary Paulsen)

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee & Walker Evans) - 1K List: 1/year, 139/total

A Matter of Principle (Susan Beth Pfeffer)

5 Miraculous Muslims Touched by God (Author Unknown - Presumably Some Christian Organization)

The Woman in Me (Britney Spears)

Cold-Case Christianity (J. Warner Wallace)

Romney: A Reckoning (McKay Coppins) *

Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) ; 1K List: 2/year, 140/total

[Audiobook] The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead); 1K List: 3/year, 142 total

Opportunity Knocks (Tim Scott)

Why Marriages Succeed or Fail (John Gottman)

How to Know a Person (David Brooks) *

Killing Floor (Lee Child)

They Called Us "Lucky" (Ruben Gallego) *

Acquitted (Kyle Rittenhouse)

Profiles in Courage (John F. Kennedy)

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution (Louise Perry) *

The Things We Cannot Say (Kelly Rimmer) *

Who Killed These Girls? (Beverly Lowry)

Endgame (Omid Scobie)

[Textbook] AHA Heartsaver - First Aid (2021 Student Edition/Workbook)

[Textbook] AHA Heartsaver - First Aid, CPR, AED (2021 Student Edition/Workbook)

[Textbook] AHA BLS Instructor Manual

House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) ; 1K List: 4/year, 143 total

Social Justice Fallacies (Thomas Sowell)

The Canceling of the American Mind (Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott) *

Lost in Trans Nation (Miriam Grossman, MD)

Bad Therapy (Abigail Shrier) *

Hitler's Pawn (Stephen Koch) *

Rule Number Two (Dr. Heidi Squier Kraft) *

The Exchange (John Grisham)

[Audiobook] Zero Days (Ruth Ware)

Jesus Calling (Sarah Young)

Partners in Power (Roger Morris)

The Iliad (Homer - translated by Emily Wilson) - 1K List: 5/year, 144 total

[Audiobook] The It Girl (Ruth Ware)

In the Country of Men (Hisham Matar)

Get It Together (Jesse Watters)

Say More (Jen Psaki)

The Bible in 52 Weeks (Kimberly D. Moore)

White Rural Rage (Tom Schaller & Paul Waldman)

Prequel (Rachel Maddow)

Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) - 1K List: 6/year, 145 total

Morning After the Revolution (Nellie Bowles)

[Textbook] How to Write Anything - Third Edition (John J. Ruszkiewicz & Jay T. Dolmage)

I Swear (Katie Porter)

[Textbook] Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured - Twelfth Edition (Andrew Pollack, series editor)

What the Dead Know (Barbara Butcher)

Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)

The Situation Room (George Stephanopoulos)

King (Jonathan Eig) *

The Making of a King (Robert Hardman)

Troubled (Rob Henderson) *

If You Didn't Write It Down, It Never Happened! (Paul Serino)

Emma (Jane Austen) - 1K List: 7/year, 146 total

Elon Musk (Walter Isaacson)

The Fred Factor (Mark Sanborn)

A Coffin For Dimitrios (Eric Ambler) - 1K List: 8/year, 147 total

Privacy Is Power (Carissa Veliz)

[Textbook] Foundations of Education - Third Edition (NAEMSE)

Effective Difficult Conversations (Catherine Soehner & Ann Darling)

Foundation (Isaac Asimov) - 1K List: 9/year, 148 total

[Audiobook] Foundation and Empire (Isaac Asimov) - 1K List: 10/year, 149 total

Book Club Reboot (Sarah Ostman & Stephanie Saba)

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves)

Kissing Girls On Shabbat (Sara Glass)

Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis) - 11/y, 150/t

The Power of TED (David Emerald)

Fight Like A Girl (Kate Germano)

Second Foundation (Isaac Asimov) - 12/y, 151/t

God and the Gay Christian (Matthew Vines)

Dereliction of Duty (H.R. McMaster)

Old Herbaceous (Reginald Arkell) - 13/y, 152/t

Introverts in Love (Sophia Dembling)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (Ascension Edition)

Don't Burn This Book (Dave Rubin)

Raising Them Right (Kyle Spencer)

The Great Adventure Catholic Bible (Ascension Press)

[kudosmyhero]

Batman (vol. 1) #401: A Bird in the Hand…

Read Date: April 22, 2023 Cover Date: November 1986 ● Writer: Barbara Kesel ● Penciler: Trevor von Eeden ● Inker: Trevor von Eeden ● Colorist: Adrienne Roy ● Letterer: John Costanza ● Editor: Dennis O'Neil ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● holy hell, that poor woman right off the bat! ● I’m with Jim. it’s ridiculous that a person who has killed at least 10 people is out on bail ● Bruce Wayne is perceived as spineless by two separate people lol ● ok she looks cool

● hey, it’s Robin! ● oh jeez, Robin lets Magpie get away because he accidentally exposed her breasts ● Robin’s shorts look… shorter than usual ● 👏👏

Synopsis: The wealthy Mr. Van Decar and his wife Sondra discuss a party they're getting ready for. They complain about the gossiping Patricia Markman. Sondra puts on her jewel necklace and finds that it's been boobytrapped to puncture her throat.

Later, Commissioner Gordon discusses this case with Detective David Esteves. They know it was the recently released Magpie, but they have no idea what her pattern is. Batman arrives at GCPD Headquarters and explains that he deduced Magpie's game. Her victims were Sondra Van Decar wearing the "Eagle's Heart" ruby, Mrs. Andreason wearing a "Robin's Egg" sapphire, and Mrs. Lewis wearing a "Turtledove" emerald. Magpie is collecting birds and killing her victims. Batman suggests that they set a trap using the "Wayne Collection" of jewels, because Bruce Wayne owes him a favor.

Jim Gordon sets up a sting operation at Wayne Manor. Detective Roberta Valle poses as Bruce Wayne's date, wearing the Falcon's Eye Diamond. They are interrupted by the pundit G. Gordon Godfrey, who starts an argument about Gordon's dependence on Batman. Gordon and Wayne both defend Batman as a necessity, but Godfrey insists that no super-hero can be trusted. Godfrey suggests that Batman inspires his own villains, and Bruce Wayne replies that "evil creates its own opposition."

Godfrey spills a drink on Valle. This is cleaned up by an attendant, who is revealed to be Magpie. Magpie replaces Valle's necklace with a lethal one and escapes. This releases nerve gas, and Bruce Wayne quickly switches to become Batman. He is unable to save Roberta. The crowd sees Batman clearly helping, but Godfrey convinces some that Batman was attacking them.

Batman returns to the Batcave with Robin to search for Magpie in the Batmobile. They investigate Magpie's previous nest, the Gotham City Museum of Antiquities. There is a truck outside labeled "Grouse Catering", which explains her infiltration of Wayne Manor. Inside, Magpie admires her collection with her three henchmen. Batman and Robin easily take down the thugs, but Magpie escapes with the Falcon's Eye. Magpie seals her lair and activates a laser death trap with all five men inside. Batman is able to deactivate the trap by using one of her gems as a reflective prism. Batman runs outside and confronts Magpie, who dropped the jewel and is struggling to grab it. Magpie threatens to shoot him with an explosive dart, but Batman reveals this will also harm one of her jewels. Magpie has an emotional breakdown, and Batman walks her outside. They walk into the sunrise and Magpie says "You are a horrible man." Batman replies "I am what I have to be."

(https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_Vol_1_401)

Fan Art: Bruce And Jim by RickCelis

[thecomicon]

Z2 Comics Teams Up With Flatbush Zombies For '3001: A Prequel Odyssey'

Z2 Comics Teams Up With Flatbush Zombies For ‘3001: A Prequel Odyssey’

Another new music-related release from Z2 Comics – teaming up with Flatbush Zombies in the origin story 3001: A Prequel Odyssey. (more…)

[geekcavepodcast]

Marvel’s Voices Podcast Becomes a Comic

Yep, we’re getting pretty meta here. Marvel’s Voices, a bi-weekly interview podcast series, is getting a one-shot comic. Let’s just break that down: a podcast from a comic company that interviews guests, usually about comics or comic related things, is now becoming a comic.

Marvel’s Voices #1 is edited by Chris Robinson. The anthology features writers Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Geoff Thorne, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Even Narcisse, Method Man, Rob Markman, Chuck Brown, and David F. Walker. The one-shot features artists Brian Stelfreeze, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Sanford Greene, Damion Scott, Ray-Anthony Height, Alitha E. Martinez, Natacha Bustos, and Luciano Vecchio. The cover art is by Ryan Benjamin.

Marvel’s Voices #1 goes on sale in February 2020.

(Image via Marvel Comics - Cover of Marvel’s Voices #1 by Ryan Benjamin)

[graphicpolicy]

Marvel's Voices Expands Into Comics with Marvel's Voices #1

Marvel's Voices Expands Into Comics with Marvel's Voices #1 #comics #comicbooks

Following last year’s debut of Marvel’s bi-weekly podcast interview series, Marvel’s Voices, Marvel expands the spotlight on some of the comic book industry’s most critically-acclaimed storytellers with Marvel’s Voices #1, written and drawn by an all-star roster of talent including Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Method Man, and many more!

In this gripping one-shot anthology, fans…

[wherelibertydwells]

Michigan Supreme Court - the evidence is "compelling" and "troubling"

“The request was a pretty narrow decision, remember, this was on a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the certification of the election results. What happened in Michigan yesterday as you probably saw on the news, our state board of canvassers certified the results of the election. Therefore, the Supreme Court said “Well, your request for an injunction to stop that is now moot, because the State Board has ruled”.

But then, a number of the justices of concurring opinions and one of dissent, actually came out very strongly that the issues we’ve raised are still relevant, need to be addressed immediately, encouraged us to go back to the trial court and ask for emergency expedited hearings on the issue of the audit. And the justices made it clear that the audit was not precluded by the certification yesterday.

 So that's a huge ruling right there that's going our way. And furthermore, justices Zahra and Markman made it clear that they thought the evidence we put forward was very compelling and it was very troubling to them. And Justice Zahra made quite a comment in going through the different allegations we are making on the fraud and the problems with the poll challengers not being allowed to do their legal duty and observe the process. So, it was very good.”  - David Kallman, Michigan lawyer (on Bannon's War Room, Ep 531 today)

[bluebeardsbride-archive]

reading list for 2020 2019 reading list literature recommendations last updated 7.1.2020

crossed = finished bolded = currently reading plain = to read * = reread + = priority

ask if you want PDFs!

currently reading: The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester We Eat Our Own by Kea Wilson Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson Inferno by Dante Aligheri

novels (unsorted) The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang +Justine by Lawrence Durrell Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy +Death in Venice by Thomas Mann* The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco* The Letters of Mina Harker by Dodie Bellamy Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille +Nightwood by Djuna Barnes +Malina by Ingeborg Bachman A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride Monsieur Venus by Rachilde +The Marquise de Sade by Rachilde +A King Alone by Jean Giono +The Scarab by Manuel Mujica Lainez +The Invitation by Beatrice Guido Operation Massacre by Rodolfo Walsh She Who Was No More by Boileau-Narcejac Mascaro, the American Hunter by Haroldo Conti European Travels for the Monstrous Gentlewomen by Theodora Goss Kiss Me, Judas by Christopher Baer Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt The Grip of It by Jac Jemc Celestine by Olga Ravn The Girl Who Ate Birds by Paul Nougé The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop Possessions by Julia Kristeva

classics The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio* Purgatio by Dante Aligheri Paradiso by Dante Aligheri

short story collections The Wilds: Stories by Julia Elliot The Dark Dark: Stories by Samantha Hunt Severance by Robert Olen Butler Enfermario by Gabriela Torres Olivares Sirens and Demon Lovers: 22 Stories of Desire edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling The Beastly Bride edited by Ellen Datlow  +Vampire In Love by Enrique Vila-Matas Collected works of Leonora Carrington Collected works of Silvina Ocampo Collected works of Everil Worrel Collected works of Luisa Valenzuela

theatre +Faust by Goethe The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe Phaedra’s Love by Sarah Kane

nonfiction (unsorted) Countess Dracula by Tony Thorne +The Bloody Countess by Valentine Penrose Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsebet Bathory by Kimberly L. Craft Blake by Peter Akroyd Lives of the Necromancers by William Godwin A History of the Heart by Ole M. Høystad On Monsters by Stephen T. Asma +Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination by Avery Gordon +Consoling Ghosts : Stories of Medicine and Mourning from Southeast Asians in Exile by Jean M. Langford essays (unsorted) When the Sick Rule the World: Essays by Dodie Bellamy Academonia: Essays by Dodie Bellamy ‘On the Devil, and Devils’ by Percy Shelley +An Erotic Beyond: Sade by Octavio Paz

poetry +100 Notes on Violence by Julia Carr

academia (unsorted) Essays on the Art of Angela Carter: Flesh and the Mirror edited by Lorna Sage The Routledge Companion to Literature and Food edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Donna Lee Brien Cupid’s Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships by Abby Stein Traumatic Encounters in Italian Film: Locating the Cinematic Unconscious by Fabio Vighi The Severed Flesh: Capital Visions by Julia Kristeva Feast and Folly: Cuisine, Intoxication, and the Poetics of the Sublime by Allen S. Weiss

on horrror Terrors in Cinema edited by Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper Robin Wood on the Horror Film: Collected Essays and Reviews by Robin Wood Monster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Cohen The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart by Noël Caroll Dark Dreams 2.0: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century by Charles Derry Monsters of Our Own Making by Marina Warner Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader edited by by Marina Levina and Diem My Bui

the gothic Woman and Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth by Nina Auerbach Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by J. Halberstam +Perils of the Night: A Feminist Study of Nineteenth-Century Gothic by Eugenia C. Delamotte Art of Darkness: A Poetics of Gothic by Anne Williams Body Gothic: Corporeal Transgression in Contemporary Literature and Horror Film by Xavier Aldana Reyes On the Supernatural in Poetry by Ann Radcliffe The Gothic Flame by Devendra P. Varma Gothic Versus Romantic: A Reevaluation of the Gothic Novel by Robert D. Hume A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke Over Her Dead Body by Elisabeth Bronfen The Contested Castle: Gothic Novels and the Subversion of Domestic Ideology by Kate Ellis Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook, 1700-1820 by E. Clery Limits of Horror: Technology, Bodies, Gothic edited by Fred Botting The History of Gothic Fiction by Markman Ellis The Routledge Companion to the Gothic edited by Catherine Spooner and Emma McEvoy Gothic and Gender edited by Donna Heiland Romanticism and the Gothic Tradition by G.R. Thompson Cryptomimesis : The Gothic and Jacques Derrida’s Ghost Writing by Jodie Castricano

bluebeard Bluebeard’s legacy: death and secrets from Bartók to Hitchcock edited by Griselda Pollock and Victoria Anderson The tale of Bluebeard in German literature: from the eighteenth century to the present Mererid Puw Davies Bluebeard: a reader’s guide to the English tradition by Casie E. Hermansson Bluebeard gothic : Jane Eyre and its progeny Heta Pyrhönen Bluebeard Tales from Around the World by Heidi Ann Heiner

religion The Incorruptible Flesh: Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore by Piero Camporesi Afterlives: The Return of the Dead in the Middles Ages by Nancy Caciola Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages by Nancy Caciola “He Has a God in Him”: Human and Divine in the Modern Perception of Dionysus by Albert Henrichs The Ordinary Business of Occultism by Gauri Viswanathan The Body and Society. Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity by Peter Brown

cannibalism Eat What You Kill: Or, a Strange and Gothic Tale of Cannibalism by Consent Charles J. Reid Jr. Consuming Passions: The Uses of Cannibalism in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe by Merrall Llewelyn Price Cannibalism in High Medieval English Literature by Heather Blurton +Eating Their Words: Cannibalism and the Boundaries of Cultural Identity edited by Kristen Guest Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind’s Oldest Taboo by Carole A. Travis-Henikoff

crime Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglass

theory/philosophy Life Everlasting: the animal way of death by Bernd Heinrich The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays by René Girard Interviews with Hélène Cixous Symposium by Plato Phaedra by Plato Becoming-Rhythm: A Rhizomatics of the Girl by Leisha Jones The Abject of Desire: The Aestheticization of the Unaesthetic in Contemporary Literature and Culture edited by Konstanze Kutzbach, Monika Mueller The Severed Head: Capital Visions by Julia Kristeva

perfume & alchemy Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent by Jean-Claude Ellena The Perfume Lover: A Personal Story of Scent by Denyse Beaulieu Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell by Jonathan Reinarz Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent by Mandy Aftel Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind* Scents and Sensibility: Perfume in Victorian Literary Culture by Catherine Maxwell The Foul and the Fragrant by Alain Corbin +throughsmoke by Jehanne Dubrow “The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Perfume” by Katy Kelleher

medicine The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

Finished (Vampires): An Uneasy Essay on the Undead in Film by Jalal Toufic

[comicwaren]

From Marvel’s Voices #001

“Perspective” -- Kyle Baker

“Top of the Key” -- Geoffrey Thorne, Khary Randolph and Emilio Lopez

“What a Wonderful World” -- Rob Markman, Damion Scott and Dono Sánchez-Almara

“Death” -- Method Man, Daniel Dominguez, Alitha E. Martinez and Emilio Lopez

“Christmas Blues” -- Charlamagne Tha God, Chris Miles and JJ Kirby

“Punishment” -- Roxane Gay, Brittney L. Williams and Rachelle Rosenberg

“Back to Madripoor” -- David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene and Matt Herms

[hellyeahheroes]

MARVEL’S VOICES #1 Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Geoff  Thorne, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Evan Narcisse, Method Man, Rob Markman, Chuck Brown, David F. Walker (W) Brian Stelfreeze, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Sanford Greene, Damion Scott, Ray-Anthony Height, Alitha E. Martinez, Natacha Bustos, LUCIANO VECCHIO (A) Cover by RYAN BENJAMIN Variant by Brian Stelfreeze Variant by DAMION SCOTT THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW! Marvel’s acclaimed podcast series focusing on telling the stories of diverse creators and their unique perspectives becomes a one shot of brand new adventures! The X-Men find their place in the world after declaring a new nation! Killmonger strikes! Moon Girl and Devil Dino return! 40 PGS./ONE SHOT/ RATED T+…$4.99

[scarlet--wiccan]

What is marvel voices? Is it just a run of the mill anthology or is it an own voices type thing with diverse authors writing characters that represent them?

According to Marvel.com, it’s a one-shot anthology featuring an array of critically acclaimed creators. The language used in the press blurb here definitely invokes the idea of diversity and inclusion but it doesn’t say anything specific, either. I’ve heard fairly little buzz, until Luciano posted that sneak peak the other day. I love his vision of Billy, so I’m definitely going to try getting my hands on it for that alone. Check out the list of creators and see if it speaks to you:

Written by VITA AYALA, ROXANE GAY, BRIAN STELFREEZE, GEOFF THORNE, ANTHONY PIPER, KYLE BAKER, EVAN NARCISSE, METHOD MAN, ROB MARKMAN, CHUCK BROWN, and DAVID F. WALKER Art by BRIAN STELFREEZE, ANTHONY PIPER, KYLE BAKER, SANFORD GREENE, DAMION SCOTT, RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT, ALITHA E. MARTINEZ, NATACHA BUSTOS, and LUCIANO VECCHIO Cover art by RYAN BENJAMIN

One thing I do know about Voices it’s that it’s named after a podcast, Marvel’s Voices, which is hosted by Angélique Roché, who also co-hosts Women of Marvel. I’ve listened to both shows and I’d actually really recommend checking them out- Voices is specifically an interview series that brings on a lot people of color and lgbt folks, and some of them aren’t even affiliated directly with Marvel- she’s got a really fun episode with Matteo Lane. If you like listening to interviews, I’d definitely check out the backlogs on both shows to see if they’ve had guests you’re a fan of.

[biggoonie]

MARVEL’S VOICES #1

Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Geoff  Thorne, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Evan Narcisse, Method Man, Rob Markman, Chuck Brown, David F. Walker (W) Brian Stelfreeze, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Sanford Greene, Damion Scott, Ray-Anthony Height, Alitha E. Martinez, Natacha Bustos, LUCIANO VECCHIO (A) Cover by RYAN BENJAMIN Variant by Brian Stelfreeze Variant by DAMION SCOTT THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW! Marvel’s acclaimed podcast series focusing on telling the stories of diverse creators and their unique perspectives becomes a one shot of brand new adventures! The X-Men find their place in the world after declaring a new nation! Killmonger strikes! Moon Girl and Devil Dino return! 40 PGS./ONE SHOT/ RATED T+…$4.99

[scienceninjaturtle]

MARVEL’S VOICES #1

Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Geoff Thorne, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Evan Narcisse, Method Man, Rob Markman, Chuck Brown, David F. Walker (W)

Brian Stelfreeze, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Sanford Greene, Damion Scott, Ray-Anthony Height, Alitha E. Martinez, Natacha Bustos, LUCIANO VECCHIO (A)

Cover by RYAN BENJAMIN

Variant by Brian Stelfreeze

Variant by DAMION SCOTT

THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW!

Marvel’s acclaimed podcast series focusing on telling the stories of diverse creators and their unique perspectives becomes a one shot of brand new adventures! The X-Men find their place in the world after declaring a new nation! Killmonger strikes! Moon Girl and Devil Dino return! 40 PGS./ONE SHOT/ RATED T+…$4.99

[theliterateape]

The Best of The Ape 2021 | Most Read, Best Stuff

by Don Hall

2021 was an odd year for everyone, globally speaking.

The pandemic wained then surged then wained then introduced Omegatron. Following an insurrectionist storming of the Capitol, Biden had an incredible year (rolled out a historic vaccine, passed two massive financial bills that assisted millions of Americans during economic lockdowns plus a boost to the infrastructure of the country) but mostly got shitty press. From the Right, he was a Socialist monster who stole the election, from the Left he was a Centrist who ignores the plight of the eight-percent. 

Climate Disaster became more obvious and the country became more divided (aided by a corporatized media machine designed to inflame emotions and social media algorithms doing the same). Suicides among teenage girls rose 51% and drug overdoses eclipsed COVID as the biggest killer of Americans seen in generations.

While the news told us that the police were racist monsters creating and epidemic of murdering unarmed black Americans, the numbers didn't agree: the odds of an unarmed black citizen being killed by a police officer were about in one in 1.7 million, similar to the chances of being struck by lightning, and lower than the chances of winning $50,000 in Powerball. Unfortunately, the blowback from the Summer of Floyd resulted in police budgets being cut, police backing away from the job and many resigning, and crime rates skyrocketing.

All the while, the Literate Ape continued to publish excellent words for your cost-free enjoyment.

The most popular pieces of the year included:

The Entire 'Problematic Movies of the 80's' once again collectively inspired the most reading. It did not, however, result in more sales of the book compilation of the same.

JL Thurston's 'Roses of Aphrodite' was right behind that series.

David Himmel's 'Requiem for a Bartender' was well received.

Wrapping up the top numbers comes a piece from 2017—'Monkey's Paw Wishes and the Consequences of Want.'

Some of our favorite pieces for the year included:

Harrison Nuzzo's poem 'Las Vegas Tour Company' and Jarret Keene's poem 'I Was a Teenage Space Billionaire.'

More poetry that really rocked us included 'Ghost Women In Another Vegas - A Poem,' and 'Flowers from the Faucet at Midnight - A Poem' by Dana Jerman as well as Elizabeth Harper's 'Alternatives to and variations on the slogan “Defund the Police,” because, let’s face it, it could use some improving, or at least some explanation and elaboration.'

In pop culture essay territory, we loved 'How ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Revolutionized Horror Films' by Brett Dworski, Matt Markman's 'We Killed Jason Todd,' and 'They Learned it from the Wolverines.'

Both Himmel and Hall held court this year with articles like 'Why Keep Giving Facebook My Business?,' 'Revisiting the Notes on the Columbine Shooting,' and 'On the Nature of Heroes and Victims.'

In the Fiction Section there was 'He Served' by Paul Teodo and Tom Myers, 'Innocence Ends in Avondale - A Chicago Story' by Dana Jerman, and 'The First Call' by Wayne Lerner.

It was a weird year but a solid year for us at the Ape.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter and sharing our articles with friends.

Have a solid close to 2021 and let's hope 2022 isn't quite the shitshow we've become accustomed to these past couple.

[currentsinbiology]

Are amoebae safe harbors for plague? 

Amoebae, single-celled organisms common in soil, water and grade-school science classrooms, may play a key role in the survival and spread of deadly plague bacteria.

New Colorado State University research shows that plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis, not only survive, but thrive and replicate once ingested by an amoeba. The discovery could help scientists understand why plague outbreaks can smolder, stay dormant for years, and re-emerge with a vengeance.

The study in Emerging Infectious Diseases was led by David Markman, a CSU Vice President for Research Fellow and Department of Biology graduate student working with Professor Michael Antolin. A former government researcher for malaria vaccines, Markman is investigating whether plague bacteria use amoebae as unwitting hosts to evade detection and multiply.

David W. Markman, Michael F. Antolin, Richard A. Bowen, William H. Wheat, Michael Woods, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Mary Jackson. Yersinia pestis Survival and Replication in Potential Ameba Reservoir. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018; 24 (2): 294 DOI: 10.3201/eid2402.171065

Fluorescent confocal images of amoebae after experimental co-culture with Yersinia pestis.Credit: David Markman/Colorado State University