#felipe smith

[felipesmithart]

Here's a Wolverine drawing I did 10 YEARS AGO now lol damn

Time flies.

[extraordinary-heroes]

Ghost Rider Vol 8 #5 (Cover Art by Felipe Smith)

[samasmith23]

I really do love the deal Robbie Reyes comes to with the demonic entity Eli Marrow at the very end of All-New Ghost Rider (2014). Here, Robbie discovers the best way to channel the power of the Ghost Rider without losing himself to Eli’s demonic influence after Robbie is forced to kill a mafia boss who holds his disabled younger brother Gabe hostage, permanently bonding himself to Eli’s spirit in the process:

From All-New Ghost Rider (2014) #12 by Felipe Smith.

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[artphotographyofmen]

Luke Cage by Felipe Smith

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Ghost Rider [ Robbie Reyes ]

Marvel & @felipesmithart

[readtilyoudie]

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS

[rokhal]

Robbie vs the Blüe Krüe

The Roast Rider got his ass kicked by a bunch of teenagers on PCP^2, at least until Johnny Blaze came in to assist him and told him to tap into the fire of Vengeance Within (or, the overclocked prey drive of the Asshole Within). Was this a case of a wise master assisting a young hero who had already proved himself against a similar threat? Or is something different going on?

Robbie has already fought Guero Valdez. He’s tackled him (then gotten his ass kicked because Guero had two friends and a gun with him) and he’s broken his leg as the Rider (...about as fair as that gun?). Robbie was willing to fight Guero back in issues 1 and 5, while Guero was flaunting Gabe’s stolen wheelchair, but now, when Robbie has a much clearer idea of how dangerous his own powers are, and no ongoing quarrel with Guero, Robbie doesn’t want to fight.

Being outed as a superpowered vigilante is the kind of thing that attracts Social Services, and Robbie is petrified of a visit from Social Services. But he refuses to fight Guero here. He snuffs out his own indignation at being assaulted on the school grounds and waits for rescue. (Or, he loses control again and Eli hijacks his anger and steals his body. But it was a solid effort.)

Robbie can fight three-on-one. He’s picked a fight with two men at the same time who both outweighed him in Issue 7. He could probably hold back his anger at the same time; maybe Eli would get control or maybe he wouldn’t. But Robbie doesn’t want to take the risk of Eli stealing his body and doing something...

...yeah that.

Robbie doesn’t want Guero to get seriously hurt, now that his feud over Gabe’s wheelchair is over. He doesn’t want to kill him. Since Eli went on his rampage, Robbie now has a much more visceral understanding of how sincere Eli’s previous rants about “punishing some degenerates” really were, and how easily his powers can kill.

Moving on to the Blüe Krüe.

“REYES YOU PUNK BITCH! I’M GONNA TEAR YOU TO SHREDS!”

This Liefeldian monster is still Guero.

At this point, Robbie and Eli are fighting for control of Robbie’s right hand, the one holding the steak knife, and they are paralyzed by their stalemate. All Robbie has to do is let go, and Eli will fight Guero for him. He knows Eli would do it; Eli will fight anybody, and he’s already tried to kill Guero. But Robbie holds on, long enough that Guero can get in close and knock them out. (This has the opposite of the intended effect, but it’s the effort that we’re interested in.)

Finally, Robbie has a mental breakthrough and figures out how to wrestle control of the Rider away from Eli, galvanized by the sight of Guero falling off the bridge into the concrete-lined Los Angeles River.

Robbie doesn’t-want-to-kill Guero so badly that he overcomes Eli’s possession through the power of...what the hell is their relationship again? Spite? The power of spite. Robbie really doesn’t want to kill Guero.

But Robbie doesn’t know his own strength. In saving Guero’s life, he cripples him. And I think Robbie has hung around enough occupational therapists to know exactly what he just did.

Now, we’ve established Robbie’s main concern here: don’t hurt anybody else. Because these are his classmates. These are his neighbors. They have unnatural strength and they’re carrying rocket launchers and they’re under the command of a supervillain and they’ve been terrorizing LA for the past month or two, they’re not innocents, but they’re not the hardened mercenaries that Robbie dispatched so easily in Issue 5. And ANGR isn’t about 🔥INNOCENT BLOOD,🔥 it’s about caring for your neighborhood.

Robbie gets his ass kicked because he’s afraid he will maim or kill a child by accident. He holds back.

Johnny Blaze turns up and reminds Robbie that he needs to “coexist with the demon” and “harness his rage,” in other words, let Eli help him get a little rough with the troubled teens. And it works; they rout the Blüe Krüe. They meet violence with violence and beat the shit out of a bunch of high schoolers on uppers.

But while Johnny Blaze is a stronger Ghost Rider than Robbie in some ways, and definitely more experienced, it’s worth questioning whether Johnny actually knows what he’s talking about. Because he doesn’t. “I don’t know what this kid is,” he’s said. He talks about Eli like he’s an actual Spirit of Vengeance because that’s the only type of Spirit Johnny knows how to work with, even though he and Robbie know that Eli is a human ghost with an agenda. Johnny is flying by the seat of his pants and Robbie is hanging on his every word.

ANGR is not a pro-establishment comic. Well-meaning people fail Robbie all the time. Mr. Wakeford scared the shit out of Robbie mentioning Social Services. Dr. DaCosta missed Gabe asking her about hearing voices, assuming that Gabe was being metaphorical. Mr. Canelo tried to short Robbie’s pay. ANGR isn’t even a pro-superhero comic. Eli uses Gabe’s love of superheroes to twist him toward violence, and he tried to do something similar to Robbie.

Johnny’s advice didn’t work in the longterm. Robbie ends this issue regretting how Guero got hurt. Robbie looks pathetic and comical here...

...but he’s holding to his principles in the only way he knows how.

[sixxtytoo]

they're in love shut up

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Aaron Fischer must face his past in Love Unlimited: Aaron Fischer Captain America #49

Aaron Fischer must face his past in Love Unlimited: Aaron Fischer Captain America #49 #digitalcomics #marvel #marvelunlimited

Love Unlimited: Aaron Fischer Captain America #49 Writer: Josh TrujilloArtist: Cara McGeeColorist: Felipe SobreiroEditor: Alanna Smith6-issue arc begins on Thursday, May 11 Aaron Fischer is the Captain America of the Railways, protecting fellow runaways from those who would exploit them. But when his ex-boyfriend, Jeremy, reaches out about a murder in their hometown, Aaron must decide whether…

[felipesmithart]

[idontshitpostbuttheolympicpark]

still can't get over the confluence of circumstances that led to felipe massa and felipe nasr competing in the same seasons of f1.

[llovelymoonn]

favourite poems of february

avery r. young peestain

claudine toutoungi future perfect

david rivard bewitched playground: "not guilty"

brian kim stefans the future is one of place

lisa gill post-traumatic rainstorm

clare pollard pinocchios

rebecca lindenberg love, an index: "catalogue of ephemera"

etel adnan the arab apocalypse: "xxxvi"

stanley moss god breaketh not all men's hearts alike: "a blind fisherman"

robert browning an epistle containing the strange medical experience of karshish, the arab physician

tom sleigh beirut tank

khaled mattawa ismailia eclipse: "date palm trinity"

mark levine unemployment (3)

lucia cherciu butter, olive oil, flour

reginald shepherd fata morgana: "you, therefore"

john updike claremont hotel, southwest harbour, maine

bruce smith the other lover: "february sky"

johnny cash forever words: the unknown poems: "don't make a movie about me"

eamon grennan what light there is & other poems: "jewel box"

eduardo c. corral in colorado my father scoured and stacked dishes

thomas mccarthy the beginning of colour

divya victor curb: "blood / soil"

henneh kyereh kwaku in praise

joanna fuhrman to a new era: "lavender"

rosemary catacalos sight unseen

sam willetts digging

megan fernandes winter

jaswinder bolina the plague on tv

juan felipe herrera notes on the assemblage: "almost livin' almost dyin'"

kofi

[world-of-wales]

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[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

Lightening the mood after Miami with another edition of my US number ones posts - the drivers from all series version. Please enjoy 😊😊

Sebastien Loeb (26th February 1974) - Barbara Streisand - The Way We Were

Tony Kanaan (31st December 1974) - Helen Reddy - Angie Baby

Juan Pablo Montoya (20th September 1975) - David Bowie - Fame

Mark Webber (27th August 1976) - Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Kimi Raikkonen (17th October 1979) - Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

Jenson Button (19th January 1980) - Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Felipe Massa (25th April 1981) - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

Heikki Kovalainen (19th October 1981) - Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Andre Lotterer (19th November 1981) - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes

Pippa Mann (11th August 1983) - The Police - Every Breath You Take

Simon Pagenaud (18th May 1984) - Lionel Richie - Hello

Robert Kubica (7th December 1984) - Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Nico Rosberg (27th June 1985) - Bryan Adams - Heaven

Jerome D'Ambrosio (27th December 1985) - Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me

Rahel Frey (23rd February 1986) - Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

Kamui Kobayashi (13th September 1986) - Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Rene Rast (26th October 1986) - Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

James Hinchcliffe (5th December 1986) - Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

Oliver Turvey (1st April 1987) - Club Nouveau - Let It Be

Sebastian Vettel (3rd July 1987) - Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Alexander Sims (15th March 1988) - Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Molly Taylor (6th May 1988) - Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go

Simona De Silvestro (1st September 1988) - George Michael - Monkey

Sarah Bovy (15th May 1989) - Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You

James Calado (13th June 1989) - Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings

Brendon Hartley (10th November 1989) - Roxette - Listen To Your Heart

Earl Bamber (9th July 1990) - New Kids On The Block - Step By Step

Cristina Gutierrez (24th July 1991) - EMF - Unbelievable

Abbie Eaton (2nd January 1992) - Michael Jackson - Black Or White

Timmy Hansen (21st May 1992) - Kris Kross - Jump

Daniel Abt (3rd December 1992) & Alice Powell (26th January 1993) - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Tatiana Calderon (10th March 1993) - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle - A Whole New World

Christine GZ (22nd July 1993) - SWV - Weak

Alex Lynn (17th September 1993) & Bubba Wallace (8th October 1993) - Mariah Carey - Dreamlover

Michelle Gatting (31st December 1993) - Mariah Carey - Hero

Naomi Schiff (18th May 1994) - Ace Of Base - The Sign

Jessica Hawkins (16th February 1995) & Luca Ghiotto (24th February 1995) - TLC - Creep

Beitske Visser (10th March 1995) - Madonna - Take A Bow

Nicholas Latifi (29th June 1995) - Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?

Jack Aitken (23rd September 1995) - Coolio ft L.V - Gangsta's Paradise

Oliver Askew (12th December 1996) - Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart

Louis Deletraz (22nd April 1997) - Puff Daddy ft Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

Catie Munnings (15th November 1997) - Elton John - Candle In The Wind

Cem Bolukbasi (9th February 1998) - Janet Jackson - Together Again

Jamie Chadwick (20th May 1998) - Next - Too Close

Kevin Hansen (28th May 1998) - Mariah Carey - My All

Mick Schumacher (22nd March 1999) - Cher - Believe

Toni Breidinger (14th July 1999) - Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love

Max Fewtrell (29th July 1999) - Will Smith ft Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee - Wild Wild West

Robert Shwartzman (16th September 1999) - Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos

Bent Viscaal (18th September 1999) - TLC - Unpretty

Felipe Drugovich (23rd May 2000) - Santana ft The Product G&B - Maria Maria

Marta Garcia (9th August 2000) - N'Sync - It's Gonna Be Me

Arthur Leclerc (14th October 2000) - Christina Aguilera - Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)

Sophia Florsch (1st December 2000) & Clement Novalak (23rd December 2000) - Destiny's Child - Independent Women Pt 1

Frederik Vesti (13th January 2002) - Nickelback - How You Remind Me

Luke Browning (31st January 2002) & Liam Lawson (11th February 2002) - Usher - U Got It Bad

Olli Caldwell (11th June 2002) - Ashanti - Foolish

Jack Doohan (20th January 2003) - Eminem - Lose Yourself

All added to this playlist

[dallonwrites]

REVELATIONS, REVELATIONS - WIP intro

[ revelations, revelations by @dallonwrites / kevin laminto / erica e. goode / @/negaversace / revelations, revelations / mateus campos felipe / jay hulme / amatullah bourdon / tony detroit / revelations, revelations ]

disclaimer: this is my own original work

Genre: Literary Fiction Setting: San Francisco, 1985-1986 Aesthetics: saltwater, moon reflections in lakes, big empty houses, stained glass windows, blue hour, disco nights, night time city ambience, streetlights, swimming pools, the moon, blurry film photos, cold coffee, cigarettes, diners at night, birthday cake Essential Songs From The Playlist: Modern Talking - Cheri Cheri Lady / Shannon - Let the Music Play / Madonna - Material Girl / Patti Smith - Because the Night / Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy / Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun / Diana Ross - Upside Down / Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) / Sade - Smooth Operator / The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star Deals With: Christian trauma + fundamentalism, faith, sibling relationships, childhood trauma, girlhood into womanhood, queerness and being closeted, AIDS crisis, toxic fathers, absent mothers Summary: Twins Dorothy and Felix have little memories of a time before their upbringing in a tiny, gated Christian fundamentalist community, and even less memories of their mother. As isolated children they retreated into each other and, even as they get older and began having separate experiences of their religion, and as their father hurt one of them with his distance and the other with his closeness, they still promised to one day escape together. But as their community grew sinister, and their rejection of it escalated into a violence and shared trauma they can't tell anyone else of, a rift formed: Dorothy's anger and resentment grew; Felix retreated further into faith to try and remedy himself. Dorothy escaped, and Felix didn't follow. When they reunite three years later, Felix will do anything to make it up to his sister. The return of an old habit of breaking into family homes to see what they could've had, and Dorothy's fixation on a man she believes reflects all the pain her old religion caused her, sees them fall back into the same co-dependency and co-destruction they wanted to escape. Amongst all this, they separately experience intense, unstable relationships, and a fragile friendship group that reaches breaking point when people start to get sick. Trying to understand their bond as adults, their placement in their community, and attempts to escape their past sees them fall right back into it, leaving the question of whether they can separate themselves from their trauma - or each other - at all.

If you've been around you already know about this one. She's basically the source of my special interest and whilst I would love to finish her one day, she's also just my special baby and I love getting to shape her over and over again. That being said in the last year I've found myself much more settled in the story and I think! It is starting to really come to life!

This is part of a wider ~series~, which is to say I have a special interest and cannot stop writing novels about the same characters, usually in the same setting. My other WIP, Lover Boy, is set in the same storyline and covers the years after. These are all personal projects that I work on at my own slow pace, but I talk about them a lot!