Author Archives: Mac McEntire

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Fantastic Friday: Back in quarantine

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Between issues #569 and #570, Marvel published this one-shot, the Fantastic Four Cosmic-Size Special. But it might not be as cosmic as you’d think. We begin with a few pages of action … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Now there’s a Wynch

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Mark Millar’s dark and violent Marquis of Death storyline comes to a dark and violent ending in issue #569. Gimmie a gimmick: This issue has a wraparound cover, a single image … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! In Act 3 Scene 1, and we’re all about the Oracle of Delphi. Who was that, again? In previous scenes, King Leontes sent two men, Cleomenes and Dion, to visit the Oracle of Delphi and … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Marquis and Peele

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Mark Millar continues to put his mark on the series in #568, as one mean villain keeps getting meaner. Dr. Doom’s long-lost mentor the Marquis of Droom arrived on Earth after … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Things get intense in act 2 scene 3, where the king’s madness becomes murderousness. We begin with Leontes alone on stage, for a short speech that shows where his head space is at. He hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Class is in session

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Now that we’ve met Dr. Doom’s teacher, it’s time for Doom to get some schooling in issue #567. After wreaking murderous havoc throughout the multiverse, Dr. Doom’s long-lost master, the all-powerful Marquis … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 2 Scene 2

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Act 2 Scene 2 introduces more new characters and keeps the plot moving. The scene brings in a character we haven’t met before, Paulina. This is the wife of Antigonus, the trusted Sicilian courtier who … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: No day at the beach

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After several issues teasing the concept of Dr. Doom’s master, we finally get to meet the guy in issue #566. We begin on a beach in Thailand, where Reed asks a local, … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 2 Scene 1

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. We’re in act 2 now, with a trial (of sorts) an arrest, and what may or may not be fantasy magic. This scene begins with young prince Mamillus and some ladies of the court fawning … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The original Dr. Doom

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Before we get into the storyline about Dr. Doom’s mentor, it’s finally time to look back at the first Dr. Doom. That means this week we’re reading… DC Comics??? Most comic book … Continue reading →

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