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Fantastic Friday: What’s bugging you?

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Remember Marvel’s Annihilation crossover? No? Well, issue #578 sure does.   Johnny, in voiceover captions (is that the right term?) describes meeting a woman at a bar called The Other Side of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! In act 4 scene 3, we meet… the king of thieves! The previous scene established that we’re in Bohemia know, caught us up on some characters, and set up some plot. And now Autolycus struts … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Universal remote

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #577 gives us some classic mayhem on the moon. Except by “mayhem” I mean “lots of standing around and talking.” We begin with the Inhuman royal family arriving at the Blue … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 4 Scene 2

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! It’s a whole new play in a new locale for act 4 scene 2. Welcome to Bohemia! This scene begins with Polixenes, the king of Bohemia, and Camillo, a former Sicilian lord. Polixenes says he … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Ice to meet you

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re going underwater for a soaking wet slugfest in issue #575.   We begin with Sue giving a slideshow (Powerpoint?) presentation about an isolated Antarctic base which is located over a massive … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 4 Scene 1

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! This play is of note among Shakespeare’s canon because of how different it is. Case in point is act 4 scene 1, in which Father Time suddenly walks onto the stage. This scene is simple … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Head-ing underground

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s been a while since we’ve ventured into underground kingdoms, and that’s where issue #574 takes us. We begin with a grisly scene in NYC, where a bunch of Moloids (the Mole … Continue reading →

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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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