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Fantastic Friday: Dr. StrangeReed

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In FF #4, we have a meeting of the minds and a city under attack. Where were we? The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with close to twenty members, most … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 5 Scene 3

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Here’s where we get into why so many consider the a “problem play.” Act 5 scene 3 is the big dramatic ending, yet it’s ambiguous and it happens so fast.\ All the main characters come … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Very varied and various variants

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. FF #3 continues writer Jonathan Hickman’s sprawling epic take on the series, but is there such a thing as too epic? Recap: The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with a … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 5 Scene 2

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! A ton of story happens in act 5 scene 2, but we don’t see it happen. You don’t want to know how many times I said, “Did I miss something?” when reading this scene. It’s … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Kristoff instruction

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still getting used to the new status quo in FF #2, only for Dr. Doom to show up and complicate things already. Recap: Following the death of the Human Torch, the … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 5 Scene 1 (part 3)

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! This last part of act 5, scene 1 is only two pages in my Folger edition, but it’s loaded with tons of important character and plot information. One might conclude that these two pages are … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: For F’s sake

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Except that Fantastic Four is over, and the series has now rebranded as FF #1. Oh, and Spider-Man is here. Maybe I should have led with that. We begin with scientists from … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Funeral for a matchstick

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It might look like an ending, but issue #588 is more of an in-between issue following a major character death last issue and new lineup in the next one. Gimmie a gimmick: … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 5 Scene 1 (part 2)

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! As act 5 scene 1 continues, it’s all formalities and niceties as characters are reunited, but what’s brewing under the surface? Now that we’ve caught up with Leontes and the gang in Sicilia, a servant … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The big burnout

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’ve all heard the jokes about comic book characters always dying and coming back to life. Our own Reed Richards was dead for a couple of years in the 90s. But now … Continue reading →

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