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Preview: Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #5 (of 5)

Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #5 preview. Surfer and Ghost Light are at the mercy of the Stranger! #comics #comicbooks #silversurfer

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Marvel + Abrams will release ‘Marvel Super Stories’ anthology in October

Jerry Craft, Mike Curato, George O’Connor, Nathan Hale, John Gallagher and more will contribute stories to the new anthology, which is edited by John Jennings.

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Marvel Comics and Abrams Books Announce “Marvel Super Stories”

Abrams Books is releasing a collection of stories for middle-grade readers. Marvel Super Stories is an anthology consisting of new six-page stories from some big names in comics. John Jennings is the editor of the book.

Characters and stories in Marvel Super Stories include:

Black Panther from Jerry Craft

Wiccan rom Mike Curato

Miles Morales Spider-Man from C. G. Esperanza

Iron Man from John Gallagher 

Shang-Chi from Gale Galligan 

The Hulk from Chris Giarrusso

Spider-Man from Nathan Hale 

Captain America from Michael Lee Harris 

Hawkeye from Ben Hatke 

Ms. Marvel from Priya Huq 

Daredevil from John Jennings 

Thor and Loki from George O’Connor

Namor from Lincoln Peirce 

Squirrel Girl from Maria Scrivan 

Ghost Spider from Jessi Zabarsky 

Marvel Super Stories goes on sale on October 17, 2023.

(Image via Marvel Comics - Cover of Marvel Super Stories)

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Silver Surfer - Ghost Light #3 (2023)

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Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #1

Written by John Jennings Drawn by Valentine De Landro Published by Marvel Comics Since February is Black History Month, it’s a bit fitting that I’m starting with a review of this comic book that just came out, because it’s written by a Black writer. John Jennings is someone I’ve known via the internet since at least 2010 (when we became friends on Facebook), but it may have been earlier than that…

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Comics Read 10/29-11/08/2022 

Over the past week plus I read the comic book adaptation of Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings. They previously adapted her novel Kindred and I read it back in 2017 or 2018, a period in which I wasn’t updating this blog. I have not read the novels on which either of these is based, though I have read Butler’s work collected in Blood Child and Other Stories and Seed to Harvest. Despite not having read either of the source materials, it feels like Kindred is more amenable to adaptation than The Parable of the Sower. As this is an adaptation of something I haven’t read, I’m going to avoid discussing the plot or its political relevance. The plot sprawls with dozens of characters, the political relevance has some really keen moments and other aspects feel best appreciated as a product of the early 1990s, when the original book was written. I can't really say anything of value about it.

I do want highlight that I appreciate that it gets the concept of empathy correct, and I like the way the lead character’s, Lauren Olamina, “hyper-empathy” illustrates it. It’s become a pet peeve of mine that too many people use the word “empathy” (the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another”)  when they mean some kind of very strong sympathy (the act or state of feeling sorrow or compassion for another), minus whatever pitying condescension they associate with that word. A person can feel another persons pain and not care, or blame the other person for their discomfort. The hyper-empathy described here is involuntary and easily manipulated. It applies to pain and pleasure. That said, the artistic choice to describe this is part of what makes the book often feel too busy and confusing. The experience of hyper-empathy is generally in the color red, but not a red that is distinct enough from the colors use in the rest of the book to be automatically clear that this is what is happening. Sometime Lauren is portrayed as having whatever affliction she sees and feels. Sometimes a body part of hers is super imposed in red over the character being injured. Other times the whole panel is portrayed in red. I’m constantly reminding myself what I’m reading.

The plot involves many characters who often appear only briefly, have a mostly tragic story told and then leave. It seems at odds with artistic choices including the portrayal of hyper-empathy, as well as the rough expressiveness of the style. The story alternates between Lauren’s experiences, and how she interprets them in her notebook, the original draft of what becomes the basis of Earthseed, the religion that she is in the process of founding. In the early pages of the comic they try and address this by including the lines from notebook paper in the drawing, essentially fading into the background while the reader goes more into Lauren’s perspective.

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the Justice League by Jen Bartel

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"I thought he was an extraordinary looking man. Helmut is a wonderful actor. He looked like Ludwig, and I think he was magnificent in the part. He was, at all times, charming to me. We went out together." — John Moulder-Brown

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twin peaks 2.22 beyond life and death dir. david lynch / the captain - leonard cohen / ginger snaps (2001) dir. john fawcett / infinity pool (2023) dir. brandon cronenberg / drowning lessons - my chemical romance / antiviral (2012) dir. brandon cronenberg / you are the blood - castanets / scream (1996) dir. wes craven / blood on my hands - the used / saw (2004) b-roll dir. james wan / macbeth act ii scene ii / tom waits by greg gorman for heartattack and vine (1980) / peripety series by jen mazza (2008-09) / blood on our hands - death from above 1979 / the doom generation (1995) dir. gregg araki / crack in the mirror - joan baez / the haunting in connecticut (2009) - dir. peter cornwell / very short story by frank miller

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NYCC 2022: Marvel's Voices: Wakanda Forever coming February 2023

NYCC 2022: Marvel's Voices: Wakanda Forever coming February 2023 #comics #comicbooks #nycc #nycc22 #nycc2022 #blackpanther #wakandaforever

Announced at New York Comic Con, the Marvel’s Voices anthology series returns in February 2023 with Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever.   The special one-shot arrives just in time to celebrate Black History Month and puts the spotlight on iconic heroes of Wakanda. Black Panther, Shuri, Okoye, and more star in all-new stories by an incredible lineup of both fan-favorite creators and talent fresh to…

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During their Marvel’s Voices panel at the New York Comic Con, Marvel announced several upcoming  projects for February that tie into Black History Month, including a new miniseries titled Silver Surfer: Ghost Light. This one is by award-winning writer John Jennings and artist Valentine De Landro, who worked on Mister Miracle and Bitch Planet.

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“Silver Surfer: Ghost Light” to Debut New Hero

The debut of a new Marvel hero is on the horizon. According to Marvel Comics’ this new hero is 54 years in the making and will be introduced in John Jennings and Valentine De Landro’s Silver Surfer: Ghost Light.

“Toni Brooks and her family have moved into the quiet town of Sweetwater. But nothing is quite what it seems with their new home. What mystery did Toni and her family unravel that would call upon the Sentinel of the Spaceways—the Silver Surfer?! And just who or what is GHOST LIGHT?” (Marvel Comics)

Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #1 (of 5), featuring a cover by Taurin Clarke, goes on sale on February 1, 2023.

(Image via Marvel Comics - Taurin Clarke’s Cover of Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #1)

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Silver Surfer - Ghost Light #3 (2023)

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