Author Archives: Mac McEntire

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – The perils of Paulina

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Make that Re-re-reading it.   After finishing the final scene for my last post, I felt frustrated in that it felt like Paulina had become the main character all of a sudden, and I hadn’t … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The real Defying Gravity

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In FF #5, writer Jonathan Hickman continues tying things together and connecting all the dots with everything he’s set up. Recap: The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with around twenty … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Dr. StrangeReed

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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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