Monthly Archives: June 2024

Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 3 Scene 3 (part 3)

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Now that the business with the bear is over, act 3 scene 3 concludes as we find ourselves in a whole new play with new characters. Antigonus has left the baby Perdita alone in the … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Franks and beings

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #574 gives us a party, as well as more than one glimpse of the future. It’s Franklin’s birthday, and Sue manages a surprise party by turning everyone invisible. Among the guests … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 3 Scene 3 (part 2)

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, in which Antigonus will… exit, pursued by a bear!!! Where were we? Antigonus has left the baby Perdita in the woods, after a speech about the ghost … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Not so Nu

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #573 takes us back to Nu World, where we all learn a lesson about how sometimes you shouldn’t want to go back. Following the previous storyline’s subplot, Johnny and Ben are … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 3 Scene 3 (part 1)

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Act 3 scene 3 takes us to a new setting, a turning of the tide, and one of the bard’s most evocative speeches.  With the drama of Hermoine’s trial over, we now pick up with … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Love is a battlefield

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #572 has a battle raging throughout the multiverse… and within the human heart. In his newfound drive to solve everything, Reed has discovered the interdimensional Council of Reeds, whose science and … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 3 Scene 2 (part 3)

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! The lengthy act 3 scene 2 comes to a close, with two characters facing life with new attitudes. We’re still in the middle of Hermoine’s trial. Young Prince Mamillus has died, Hermoine has fainted and … Continue reading →

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