Monthly Archives: August 2024

Fantastic Friday: Not Woody and Buzz

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Now that we’ve met the Future Foundation, issue #580 gives us our first look at what they’re up to. To recap, Reed and the FF have assembled, either by design or by … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Foundational

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Speaking of starts, this is a brand-new one for Fantastic Four and for Marvel in general as the Heroic Age begins. You might say this time in comics is… foundational. What’s all … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 4 Scene 4 (part 4)

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Time for some comedy (naughty comedy!) as more characters join the already-stuffed act 4 scene 4. The attention shifts to the shepherd’s son (or the clown, as he’s called in the Pelican and Oxford editions) … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Let’s everybody get mythic

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re going all the way back to the beginning with Mythos: Fantastic Four. What’s Mythos? This was a series of one-shots allegedly created to bridge the gap between Marvel Comics and their … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 4 Scene 4 (part 3)

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! The epic act 4 scene 4 continues on with more romantic poetry, but also a little darkness underneath. Where were we? It’s springtime in Bohemia, and Polixenes the king, in disguise as a farmer, gets … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Sky booms

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s not a retcon or a remake, it’s a “Marvel Remix,” as we flashback to the early days of the Inhumans in Fantastic Four: Fireworks. We all love ‘60s Marvel, but they … Continue reading →

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