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Serafina Silaitoga Tuesday, December 11, 2012
THE Commissioner Northern's Office is closely monitoring the weather situation in Vanua Levu following a tropical depression located in the northwest of Labasa which is expected to slowly move south eastwards of Labasa.
Northern planning officer Alipate Bolalevu said a meeting was held yesterday with officials from the "department of essential services" — police, fire officers and the army.
"We are all on the lookout now following weather update of a tropical depression near Labasa," Mr Bolalevu said.
He said the team would work on the advice of the National Disaster Management Office in Suva.
"Right now, we are monitoring the weather update from the weather office and working with our team in the North.
"It has rained continuously in Labasa, so we are asking people living in low-lying areas to take precautionary measures. If they need to move to higher ground, then do so.
"People need to observe the weather pattern as well and make necessary decisions when the need arises."
Mr Bolalevu said flash floods could happen at any time.
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Today's absolutely massive, biggest-ever Reason is written by Ian Astheimer. He leaves no stone unturned, no comic unopened!
He used to be a fry cook at a strip club. Now, he writes some of the best comics on the market.
322. Joe Casey
Next year marks Casey's tenth anniversary as a comics writer. Frankly, it feels like he's been at this game a lot longer. Maybe because he's written virtually every character under the sun.
Casey credits James Robinson for kick-starting his career. In 1998, Casey took the reins of Cable from Robinson, mid-way through a six-part arc. Although those initial issues featured standard fisticuffs (Cable vs. Master Man! Cable vs. the Hellfire Club!), it wasn't long before Casey put his stamp on the character, focusing on the humanization of Nathan Dayspring Summers. Cable's days as a mercenary for hire were behind him. His huge guns and huger pads were gone. Now, he was something of a vagabond, searching for Apocalypse while struggling with the techno-organic virus that threatened to run rampant. He lost his telepathy and gained the psimitar — which harnessed the totality of his telekinetic powers — from a group of monks who worshiped him. He disbanded them. Cable also befriended Stacey Kramer, a kindly waitress at a diner. It was a much-needed human connection, an emotionally honest oasis away from hue-shifting reporters and time-traveling aliens. Nathan promised to reveal everything to Stacey, to come clean about his past, to finally achieve catharsis. But, I'm not sure he ever did. Being hunted by SHIELD can put a damper in any plans, so can shifting creative teams.
When José Ladrönn, Casey's collaborator on the series, was asked to leave the title, Casey agreed to go with him. The duo was replaced by Joe Pruett and Rob Liefield, just in time for The Twelve crossover, which finally saw Cable fight — and eventually defeat — Apocalypse.
From there, Casey segued immediately into Deathlok, with Leonardo Manco, for the Marvel's M-Tech line. The series was actually a spin-off from his Cable run, featuring Jack Truman, Agent 18, who had been tasked with apprehending Nathan Summers for SHIELD. Truman, badly burned by a ruptured turbine, was handed over to a nefarious organization he was investigating, ExTechOp, which subsequently experimented on him, turning him into a cyborg. Stripped of his senses, save sight, the agent attempted to bounce his psyche into a SHIELD employee. He missed. His mind landed inside the employee's son, a six-year-old named Billy. Cue existential crisis. Truman's body — sans a mind — tore through Vegas, until Billy arrived and Truman jumped back into his old form.
Joining SHIELD once again, the new Deathlok was instrumental in ending the Ringmaster's bid for presidency. Truman eventually regained his humanity — by swapping minds with a dishonorably discharged SHIELD agent.
Buddhist mind-swapping wasn't the only trick up Casey's scripting sleeve, however. The series also used caption boxes to great effect; during the heat of battle, the mindless cyborg body, attempting to learn or at least process his surroundings, would define the words that were shouted at him. It was a clever way not only to show the cybernetic man's otherness, but also to educate kids who might be reading. Plus, it reinforced the reflective dichotomy of the central character; while Truman's psyche was trapped in a child's body, Truman's body was rendered childlike without his mind to guide it.
Casey also tackled the thankless task of following PAD on The Incredible Hulk, with Javier Pulido and Ed McGuinness handling the art chores. You'd be hard-pressed to find a character who's more indicative of the struggles of humanity, of not losing control, of not lashing out.
During Casey's brief run, the Hulk faced off against the Circus of Crime, who were Casey's go-to villains during his early Marvel work. I'm not really sure what that says about Casey, except that he was a fan of underutilized adversaries — or maybe that he had a thing for freaky circus folk.
'99 saw the release of Mister Majestic, co-written by Brian Holguin. McGuinness handled the art on the action-packed first six issues. The series started with Majestic literally rearranging the solar system, to make it unrecognizable to a pending threat. It only got crazier from there, with temporal distortions, a date with Ladytron, space sirens, an alien prison ship crashing into Earth, and an escapee attempting to assimilate into Earth's culture (to eventually conquer the planet, 'natch) by watching crappy sitcoms and commercials. There was also a heartfelt tribute to Majestic's son, Majestrate, whose body did not survive their landing on Earth decades ago but whose mind did. A revival proved all too brief, as the "starstuff" that allowed for the resurrection also created an inter-dimensional imbalance. Majestrate sacrificed himself to save the world, a hero's death but one that put Majestic into quite a funk for years to come.
The final three issues marked a total tonal shift for the series. With art by Eric Canete (who also did the occasional fill-in on Deathlok), Casey and Holguin took a turn for the trippy. The Universals, a group of god-like aliens, tapped Majestic to join their league. Upon accepting, they imbued him with cosmic power, and he became a full-on protector of the universe, leaving Earth to defend all of space. The arc marked Casey's first real crack at cosmic action — and caused Majestic to ultimately lose his hard-earned humanity.
Around the same time, Casey also got his nostalgia on in the first of his "secret history of…" projects for Marvel. X-Men: Children of the Atom revealed the early days of the first class, before the events at Cape Citadel. Scott was a scrappy introvert, an orphaned runaway still reeling from his encounter with Jack O'Diamonds. Bobby was a shivering social outcast, possessing so little dexterity with his powers that he nearly flooded his house with snow. Hank was the golden boy — the big-brained all-American athlete — turned outsider when he revealed his powers at a football game. And, Warren was a confident hero, the only one in the mix, thanks to his brief solo career. They were, at best, a ragtag team, but they managed to pull together and thwart an anti-mutant gang.
Steve "the Dude" Rude drew the first three issues, which drew parallels to Columbine, due to the high school setting and the attacks on mutants. After a six month (!) hiatus, the series returned, with art by Paul Smith and Michael Ryan on one issue and Esad Ribic on the remainder. The shift in art matched the series' shift in focus, from high school life to full-on action.
If Children of the Atom isn't considered canon — and, given the liberties taken with the X-Men's origins (like Scott, Hank, and Bobby all attending the same high school), I doubt it is — it's essentially an early crack at Ultimate X-Men, before "ultimate" even entered the Marvel lexicon.
Casey's always ahead of his time.
That forward thinking was never more prevalent than during his tenure on Wildcats. After co-writing a handful of the second volume's issues with Scott Lobdell, Casey's run, with Sean Phillips, began in earnest with #8. If you were into puns, you might say it got off to a bang, with Kenyan — an evil immortal alien — eating a bullet, marking the end of the 'cats crusade against evil aliens. Lord Emp, the leader of the Covert Action Team, had sought Kenyan out to bring about his own death, a process which would also kill Emp's murderer. Desiring to die, to ascend to whatever higher plane, Emp turned to Spartan, whose android body couldn't technically be killed. Emp's death marked the start of an entire overhaul for his team, who subsequently eschewed covert action.
Spartan rechristened himself Jack Marlowe, after Emp's Earthly identity, Jacob Marlowe, and inherited his father-figure's fortune. Newly wealthy, Jack Marlowe sought non-violent means of saving humanity and created the Halo Corporation. Cole Cash, believing Zealot was dead, fell into a mild depression, one filled with lookalikes of his lady love, booze, and english muffins (Cash takes his with margarine, FYI). His eventual reunion with Zealot was fraught with action (of more than one kind) and presaged the coming Coda War. Jeremy Stone (the once and future Maul) and Priscilla Kitaen (Voodoo to you) settled into a quiet life together. He secretly shrank his body, thereby enlarging his intelligence, to try and find a way to separate the Daemonite from her body. Thankfully, he didn't succeed, for a super-powered killer attacked them, chopping off Pris' legs and blinding Jeremy. Coming to grips with her Daemonite side eventually allowed Kitaen to regrow her limbs. Agent Wax, a member of the National Park Service (which is actually a formidable threat in the Wildstorm universe), was introduced. Ladytron also returned, only to be be deconstructed, then reconstructed by Noir, an arms dealer turned Halo associate. Noir attempted to use her to kill Marlowe and take control of his corporation. Ultimately, all he actually did was provide Marlowe the means to create a better world: an ever-lasting battery.
Wildcats, volume 2, was a time of transition, from spandex to suits, from saving the world to living "ordinary" lives, from covert action to corporate meetings. And, it was absolutely astounding. Personalities were valued over powers. Stories were dictated by personal growth (with the occasional super-killer thrown in for good measure). The characters felt like living, breathing people, with foibles and agendas of their own. They were a post-modern team in a post-modern series.
And, they became a hyper-modern team in a hyper-modern series when the book was relaunched as Wildcats, Version 3.0. Noir's ever-lasting battery skyrocketed the Halo Corporation into success. Marlowe became a corporate king, watching a better world come to fruition, one product at a time. The Halo line expanded to include cars that ran without gas and computers that would never need upgrades or replacement. Cash and Wax agreed to aid information broker C.C. Rendozzo in her quest to find her son, only to run afoul of Agent Orange, an android killing machine. Cash's legs were riddled with bullets, and he was confined to a wheelchair, which only strengthened his resolve. He trained Edwin Dolby, a Halo accountant, to be his stand-in in the field. Wax remained with the Park Service, keeping an eye on the government's machinations for Marlowe. Wax, a hypnotist, disguised himself as his boss at the Park Service and slept with that man's wife; when his boss found out, Wax convinced the man to kill himself and then took command of the agency, still disguised as his employer. Ladytron came back into action, with Cash in control of her body, just in time for the Coda War, which once again reunited Cash and Zealot. Marlowe abstained from the violence and teleported the survivors to safety when the dust settled. In the end, he decided to take the team and Halo in a new direction.
What that direction was, we'll never know, for the series was cancelled, due to low sales. A major artistic shake-up didn't help matters. Dustin Nguyen handled the art on the first sixteen issues of the series, and his sleek style was perfectly suited for the high-gloss corporate world. He left the series to take a crack at his dream gig, Batman, and planned to return with #25. In the meantime, Francisco Ruiz Velasco was supposed to take over; he lasted about an issue and a half before departing. Pascal Ferry drew a high-octane Coda War issue, and Duncan Rouleau finished the series off. The constant transitions were jarring, and the final arc lost some of its impact as a result.
Still, Casey managed to take a covert action team, dismantle it, and turn it into something entirely new and different: a corporate comic, a series about socio-economic impact, an entirely unique invention. No amount of artistic inconsistency could have stopped that vision.
Casey expanded his mind and the comics form with Automatic Kafka, which ran concurrently with the start of 3.0. With Ashley Wood, Casey dove into the life of the titular retired hero, a robot who got mixed up in sex, drugs, and fame. He wanted to be human. He wanted to experience real emotions. He wanted to laugh. He was Pinocchio in tin skin. He got a second shot at his fifteen minutes…as a game show host. And, then, he got cancelled. Casey and Wood broke down the fourth wall and delivered the news themselves. Kafka wasn't commercial enough, so his time was up. He was a failed experiment, but, hey, interesting failures are often more worthwhile than the same-old-same-old, right?
The series was a skewering of everything American: its obsession with celebrity, its obsession with porn, its obsession with youth, its obsession with game shows.
It was also perhaps the most twisted send-up to the Avengers ever. Kafka can easily be seen as an analogue to The Vision, a robot longing to be human. The Constitution of the United States is a patriotic war hero, whose sidekicks — a revolving door of scantly clad girls, who take on the moniker The Declaration of Independence — have a propensity for dying. Of course, Cap never became a pornstar. Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world, turned out to be an old lady, using sex-magic to stay young. She and Kafka had an intense sexual encounter, but she didn't get pregnant and go crazy, like Vision's magic lady love.
An adult Charlie Brown — still down on his luck, after all these years — appeared, as a contestant on Kafka's game show, The Million Dollar Deal. Seeing the Peanuts all grown up, if not all that much mature, was positively surreal. But, then, so was the whole series.
Kafka is definitely a comic you should own.
While Casey was experimenting freely at Wildstorm, he also took on a bevy of projects in the early days of the new millennium.
Codeflesh told the tale of Cameron Daltrey, a bail bondsman in L.A. — an L.A. overrun by supervillains. He doubled as a bounty hunter, wearing a mask adorned with a barcode, and tracked down those criminals who didn't show up for their court dates — criminals like the oversized Slug and Rotor, who took augmentation to the extreme. Skip tracing ate a solid chunk out of Daltrey's time, and his relationship to Maddie, a kindly stripper, suffered. All of the dialogue in the final issue is comprised of Daltrey's letter of explanation to his lover. It's a fascinating read, in which Daltrey's confession — his open emotional release — juxtaposes with the ongoing narrative, including the funeral scene above and a brutal battle. Only in comics would such a style work.
Charlie Adlard drew the series, which was serialized first in Double Image and then in Double Take, flip-books both. The latter also featured Rex Mantooth! Kung-Fu Gorilla. Casey, Fraction, Adlard, and Kuhn all cutting loose in one book? Yeah, that's gotta be one of the best series of all time.
Casey also nabbed the writing chores on two top properties: Adventures of Superman and Uncanny X-Men.
In AoS, he turned the Man of Steel into a pacifist. Sure, he'd save the day — on pretty much a monthly basis — by flying into suns or burrowing to the center of the Earth to plant a white dwarf fragment to temporarily restore gravity to the planet, but he rarely resorted to fisticuffs. In fact, in Casey's final year on the book, Supes never threw a punch. Casey didn't want Superman to be just another professional wrestler in spandex, grappling with the villain of the month. The Man of Tomorrow was better than all that.
Casey also busted open his idea box and chucked everything at the Big Blue Boy Scout. Lex Luthor suffering from dementia (and wearing a ridiculous wig). Doomsday's return. A new Persuader. Mxy twins. Fiction come to life. A whole town of heroes. A sinking sub. The Golden Age Superman. And, my favorite ne'er-do-wells, the Crime Syndicate of Amerika — the Morrison/Quitely variants, that is.
When his thirty-five issue stint on the series wasn't interrupted by crossovers, often handled by entirely different creative teams, Casey partnered with everyone from Ringo to Pete Woods to Carlos Meglia to Derec Aucoin, who eventually became the series' regular artist.
Casey's stab at the X-Men, in Uncanny, wasn't well received by many fans for reasons I've yet to fully grasp. (Me? I always always behind it.) His first arc had a split focus between the team coming to the rescue of a band of English Morlocks (lovingly referred to by readers as "The London Lepers") and a tarted-up pop starlet, dating Chamber to seem more edgy for the press. Once again, celebrity got skewered. At least Jono got laid, as part of Casey's plan to "sex up" the X-Men. #399 introduced the second phase of that plan: the X-Ranch, a mutant brothel in Reno, Nevada. Among the working girls was Stacy X, a snake-skinned mutant with tactile pheromone control. One touch — or one lick, from her forked tongue — and you were a puddle. Just ask Bobby Drake, who infiltrated the Ranch as music exec Mr. Friese. Stacy — a hooker without a heart of gold — was meant to be a virgin, using her powers to bring pleasure to her johns rather than actually performing sex acts. It was a clever conceit, but one Casey never expressly stated in the series, so the idea was never used. Alack.
The Church of Humanity, a band of anti-mutant, religious fanatics, made short work of the X-Ranch. They weren't exactly the most subtle villains, but religious fanatics rarely are.
Casey created the X-Corps, as well, a group of European mutants who sought to police mutant activity. Banshee, reeling from the death of Moira MacTaggert and the dissolution of Generation X, led the squad. Former GenXers Jubilee, M, and Husk followed, as did mind-controlled villains like the Blob and Avalanche. The group barely got a chance to function, to see if their more intense methods were more effective than Xavier's, before Mystique sabotaged the team.
Vanisher also reappeared, this time as the head of a drug cartel, peddling mutant growth hormone. Warren Worthington put the kibosh on Teleford Porter's plans without even lifting a finger. He simply had Worthington Enterprises buy off Porter's employees and halt distribution. The solution was completely in line with the corporate maneuvers from Wildcats Version 3.0.
And, in fact, it should come as no surprise that Casey wrote the best Archangel in ages. He was a confident businessman, completely at home in the battlefield and the boardroom. Casey's Iceman was also pitch perfect, a casual, conversational team player, using his nondescript looks to hide in plain sight (as that ad exec or a waiter or what have you). Nightcrawler was in full-on priest mode, complete with crisis of faith. And, Wolverine was, well, Wolverine. Interestingly, there was no clear-cut leader for the team. Frankly, they hardly needed one. Each member of the team (excluding Stacy X) was a seasoned veteran and knew exactly what to do during a confrontation. It was second nature to them.
UXM had its share of artistic woes. Ian Churchill drew all of three issues, before deciding he wasn't right for the project. Sean Phillips laid out the next batch of pages, for Mel Rubi (who partnered with Casey on the KISS comics revival) and Ashley Wood to finish. Wood also handled the art on the annual, which reintroduced Vanisher and was presented in Marvel Scope. Ah, gimmicks. Tom Raney and Tom Derenick tag-teamed on #399. A total of six artists jammed on #400. Ron Garney came on for an issue or two, including Casey's entry in the much-maligned Silent Issue event, then jumped ship to get a head-start on Chuck Austen's scripts. Aaron Lopresti and Phillips rotated issues during the X-Corps, and Phillips finished off Casey's run. -WHEW-
Since leaving the series, Casey's apologized profusely for what he feels was a mistake on his part: taking on the assignment without being a true fan of the characters. If nothing else, UXM taught him to only write projects in which he was entirely invested.
The Intimates was one of those. Co-created with Jim Lee, the series was an honest look at superhero high schools. There were no villains, no end of the world scenarios, no big, dumb fights. No, there were a group of kids, who were trying to figure out who they were and what they wanted to do in life. There were clashing personalities, failed romances, misunderstandings, and all that emotional turmoil you remember from high school. It was the antithesis of The Ultimates, focusing on personal interaction instead of widescreen action. It was heightened reality. And, it was only supposed to last eight issues. Then, it got stretched to twelve and cancelled anyway.
Giuseppe "Cammo" Camuncoli drew the meat of the series, with Jim Lee providing covers (for a time) and the odd panel from the comic-within-a-comic, Supersonic Espionage Boom. Cammo's light, quasi-manga style was a strong match for the cast of characters: Punchy, the faux-ghettoism-spouting loudmouth with the power-punching nun puppet; the Duke, the all-American football player, under entirely too much pressure from his father; Destra, the beautiful snob who spat explosive fingernail clippings; Empty Vee (say it fast, and it sounds like a certain "music" station), the shy, overweight girl who struggled to stay visible; Sykes, whose head was encased in a malleable null-field that reacted to his surroundings and prevented those in his vicinity from getting swept up in psychedelic madness; and Kefong, who rocked Bruce Lee's Game of Death tracksuit and created temporal bubbles. Each was distinct, in both personality and appearance.
So, naturally, Cammo left the series, and Wildstorm threw whoever was on hand at the book, including its intern, Scott Iwahashi. His work was remarkably accomplished, but he didn't last. Carlos D'Anda and Ale Garza also cycled through. By the end of the series, the ticker at the bottom of every page — where Casey offered background info on characters, creator commentary, tongue-in-cheek teen survival tips, and plugs for other series — was rife with sarcasm and vitriol. The metatextual device was pure creator commentary, and he was non-plussed.
It was refreshingly honest. It was also rather reassuring to know that Casey had the same qualms about the changes as his readers.
Casey hasn't worked for Wildstorm, the imprint where he created some of his most successful works, since The Intimates ended.
Nevertheless, the series worked. It was as true to the high school experience as one is likely to find in American superhero comics.
In 2005, Casey relaunched G.I. Joe, with rising star Stefano Caselli, for Devil's Due. And, once again, change was in the air. Hawk was paralyzed. General Joseph Colton, the original G.I. Joe, took command. The team shrank. Their HQ was relocated to Yellowstone National Park. Vance Winfield returned. Destro proved a formidable foe. Snake Eyes died — at least temporarily. Duke was a man possessed. Casey's run was an intense eighteen issues of realistic action.
2005 further saw the release of GØDLAND, Casey's ongoing cosmic opus, with Tom Scioli. It's written in the old Marvel manner, with Casey providing the plot, Scioli providing the art, and then Casey providing the dialogue and thought balloons and so forth. It's a true collaborative effort.
The series details the exploits of astronaut Adam Archer, who was transformed into a cosmic being by the Cosmic Fetus Collective during a mission to Mars. With his three sisters — Neela, a fellow astronaut and military commander who resents her brother's abilities and fame; Angie, a rebellious fighter pilot; and Stella, who keeps the lines of communication open and a clear head — he saves the world, despite the distrust of the government and much of the public. The giant, canine-esque Maxim accompanies Archer on many an adventure, in effort to prepare the astronaut for his destiny.
As captivating as the heroes are, it's the villains that steal the show, every time. Friedrich Nicklehead, a floating skull in a jar after the ultimate high, is probably the character find of the century. He spouts the best off-the-wall dialogue. And, he now sits atop the beheaded body of Discordia, the daughter of the Tormenor, another nasty piece of work. The Triad — a trio of robots from outer space — are currently up to no good. Called Ed, Eeg-Oh, and Supra, they fall in line with Freud's postulated components of the mind and quickly cop to human behavior.
The book is pure, Kirby-flavored fun.
Also in 2005, Casey partnered with co-writer Caleb Gerard and artist Damian Couceiro to present the greatest high concept you wish you thought of: werewolves on the moon. Full Moon Fever, baby. Astronauts ravaged by lycanthropes. Only from AiT/PlanetLar.
A year later for AiT, Casey, with Adlard, trotted out Rock Bottom, the tragic tale of a pianist who's turning to stone. Adlard switched up his style for the project, dropping out the spotted blacks and adding rough texture and shade to the art to portray the pianist's plight.
Recently, Casey's been going back to the nostalgia well to offer new insight on the early days of the mainstays at the House of Ideas. With Scott Kolins, he detailed the formation of the Avengers in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and filled in some further gaps in its sequel, with William Rosado. The days after the Fantastic Four were bombarded with cosmic rays and crashed back to Earth were chronicled in Fantastic Four: First Family, with Chris Weston. And, Iron Man's first encounter with the Mandarin is being fleshed out, with Canete, in Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin.
Casey already proved himself to be an expert at penning the further adventures of Tony Stark in Iron Man: The Inevitable. The miniseries introduced a new Spymaster, wealthy industrialist Sinclair Abbot. He was literally Tony's opposite number, complete with super-suit. Abbot was content to trade barbs and insult Stark at fundraisers for much of the mini, however, leaving it up to his hired lackey, the Ghost, to ruin Stark's life. An incorporeal Living Laser also caused quite a bit of havoc. Stark was nearly driven to drink again, but cooler heads — and repulsor rays — prevailed. Frazer Irving provided the stunning visuals.
Casey teamed with Kevin Maguire earlier this year on Velocity, an entry into Top Cow's pilot season. No word yet on whether or not they won, but, if so, expect some more straight-up superhero fun.
In addition to print comics, Casey — along with the other members of Man of Action, Steven T. Seagle, Joe Kelly, and Duncan Rouleau — penned the online accompaniment to NBC's hit Heroes. You can find out more about that series here.
The Man of Action team also created Ben10 for Cartoon Network and has new shows in development.
Next year, Casey's primed to release a whole slew of series. From Image, he's got Krash Bastards, an OEL manga, featuring future samurai, with Axel Ortiz; Nixon's Pals, a graphic novel about a supervillain parole officer, with Chris Burnham (of Ten Ton Studios, home to Cable & Deadpool's Reilly Brown, The Incredible Herc's Khoi Pham, and Comic Book Idol runner up, Charles Paul Wilson III; damn, that place is overflowing with talent); and a revamped, streamlined Youngblood ongoing, with Derec Donovan (nee Aucoin). Celebrity superheroes? Yeah, that's right in Casey's wheelhouse. He'll also reviving Flip Falcon, with Bill Sienkiewicz, for Image's Next Issue Project. And, who knows? Charlatan Ball — starring Chuck Amok, a reality-hopping stage magician — might even get released. Artist Andy Suriano has been hard at work on that book for years now.
Plus, Casey and Jim Muniz will team for The Last Defenders for Marvel. She-Hulk and Blazing Skull? I'm there.
And, maybe Warhead — described as "Patton in space" — will finally see the light of day. I think Ian Richardson was working on that one.
2008 is primed to be a busy year for Casey, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have it any other way.
If you've made it this far, congratulate yourself by checking out The Basement Tapes. Casey and Fraction's year-and-a-half-long look at the comic industry, from the inside. It was the best thing going, for as long as it went.
Want more Casey? You crazy martyr! Check here and here. Or here. Or here. Or here. Or here.
And, he describes his love for team books here.
[…] 322. Joe Casey (guest-written by Ian Astheimer) […]
You sir, are one long-winded, but well versed, S.O.B.
Should Heroes have been mentioned here? I mean, did you ever read Casey's story, "Betty"? Atrocious, atrocious stuff. Casey's MOA mates have done good with their stories (especially Kelly's take on the Haitian), but the given backstory of illusionary-powered Candice just…bleeeargh.
I've been asking for Joe Casey, and I finally got it–good job!
Thanks, Moe and Dan (other Dan).
Jason, I included the Heroes link because it's a major property. I think I've seen maybe five minutes of the show total, so I can't comment on the treatment of Candice.
Gotcha. The online content can be hit or miss at times, but that didn't stop me from ordering the collection, albeit at a discount from Amazon.
On a lighter note, I did meet Casey at a con in '06, and I got a sketch from him. Here's Grey Matter from Ben 10.
Man, Automatic Kafka is such a good book. And that's never been collected, right?
I can buy "Titans East" in trade paperback, but not Automatic Kafka. There is no justice.
Chris Burnham (of Ten Ton Studios, home to Cable & Deadpool's Reilly Brown, The Incredible Herc's Khoi Pham, and Comic Book Idol runner up, Charles Paul Wilson III; damn, that place is overflowing with talent)
thanks for a TEN TON STUDIOS plug! you rule.
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Hortipes, a huge genus of tiny Afrotropical spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae). Bulletin of the American AMNH ; no. 256
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Hortipes, a huge genus of tiny Afrotropical spiders (Araneae, Liocranidae). Bulletin of the American AMNH ; no. 256
Bosselaers, Jan, 1952-
Jocqué, R.
"Hortipes Bosselaers and Ledoux (type species Hortipes luytenae Bosselaers and Ledoux from South Africa) is a genus of small (1.5-4 mm), pale, mainly soil-dwelling spiders from sub-Saharan Africa. The genus, which is tentatively placed in the Liocranidae, is characterized by the presence of a peculiar ellipsoidal array of setae on the dorsal side of metatarsi I and II and by the large anterior median eyes with a dark retina restricted to the median portion. Ledoux and Emerit (1998) described five more species from Ivory Coast and Gabon. Sixty-three additional Hortipes species are described here as new: H. platnicki (female), H. castor (male, female), H. pollux (m., f.), H. fastigiensis (m., f.), H. ostiovolutus (m., f.), H. salticola (m., f.), H. exoptans (m., f.), H. scharffi (m., f.), H. cucurbita (m., f.), H. hesperoecius (f.), H. klumpkeae (f.), H. aurora (m., f.), H. echo (f.), H. stoltzei (m.), H. creber (m., f.), H. orchatocnemis (m., f.), H. contubernalis (m., f.), H. mesembrinus (f.), H. coccinatus (m., f.), H. wimmertensi (m., f.), H. irimus (f.), H. licnophorus (f.), H. schoemanae (m., f.), H. aelurisiepae (f.), H. hyakutake (m.), H. rothorum (m.), H. griswoldi (m.), H. oronesiotes (m., f.), H. penthesileia (f.), H. zombaensis (m., f.), H. atalante (f.), H. merwei (m., f.), H. leno (m., f.), H. mulciber (f.), H. libidinosus (m., f.), H. delphinus (m., f.), H. bjorni (m.), H. amphibolus (f.), H. hastatus (m., f.), H. horta (f.), H. angariopsis (f.), H. falcatus (m., f.), H. lejeunei (m., f.), H. narcissus (m., f.), H. auriga (m.), H. puylaerti (f.), H. chrysothemis (f.), H. machaeropolion (m., f.), H. centralis (f.), H. tarachodes (m., f.), H. terminator (m.), H. baerti (m.), H. robertus (m., f.), H. abucoletus (f.), H. alderweireldti (m.), H. architelones (m., f.), H. calliblepharus (m.), H. fortipes (m.), H. bosmansi (m., f.), H. sceptrum (m., f.), H. anansiodatus (f.), H. hormigricola (m., f.), and H. depravator (m.). The genus has a vast Afrotropical distribution, occurring from as far south as East London in South Africa to Sierra Leone in western Africa. So far, no specimens are available from northeastern tropical Africa. Apart from H. merwei, which seems to prefer grassland, all species are found in leaf litter or the canopy of different kinds of forests and dense thickets. In captivity, H. contubernalis readily fed on Collembola. Specimens raised from cocoons obtained in the laboratory reached adulthood after three molts. A cladistic analysis of the 34 species for which both sexes are known, largely based on secondary genitalic characters, is proposed"--P. 4.
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Arron Danson May 21, 2008 12:17 PM I love the comment "The problem is that nobody – Ducati or the factory team – has tested the bike with this sort of weight added and therefore we can''t guarantee the safety of either the parts fitted or the weight fitted and we don''t know about the stability of the bike, the brakes, or whether it is going to stress the engine more." Brakes, engine, safety ??? so there has never been a rider that weighed 10 kg''s more than the heaviest BSB/Ducati combo? or 4kgs more than the current WSB/Ducati combo? hmm Makes poor reading as an engineer. Soapbox stuff. Reply Report abuse 7 agree 6 disagree
Andy T - Unregistered May 21, 2008 12:20 PM Last Edited 2525 days ago Well now that we have Airwaves'' version, maybe we can get the response from Stuart Higgs at MCRCB, from Colin Wright''s point of view it does seem pretty unfair, as he says if Crutchlow hadn''t fallen off so much he''d be a handful of points behind Shakey. Will be interesting to hear Stuart Higgs'' response, suppose he''s just Jonathan Palmers mouthpiece these days, go on Crash get the low down and well done for great reporting. We're trying to speak to Stuart Higgs of the MCRCB, but so far he's been 'unavailable'... we'll keep trying - Crash.net. 3 agree 0 disagree
Tim Davis - Unregistered May 21, 2008 12:24 PM Such a shame that politics makes an appearance yet again to ruin a decent championship like BSB, can't we just have a straight clean fight between the best in the business? Can't wait to hear CRCB's reasons for changing their minds yet again, who the hell is running the show, MCRCB or the teams, will be fascinating to find out, although I doubt it from Higgs. 3 agree 0 disagree
Crash 27 - Unregistered May 21, 2008 12:27 PM You're right, as an engineer, it is poorly thought out reasoning. You would think a clever team intent on winning the title with the posiible threat of added weight during the season sometime, would have been testing with added weight, just to be prepared. I'm sure Ducati Corse has tested the Xerox WSBK bikes with the maximum weight and smallest restrictors just to see what effect they would have. 2 agree 4 disagree
Crash 27 - Unregistered May 21, 2008 12:31 PM I still think they do have an advantage, but in this circumstance, Airwaves have been hard done-by. You could never rightfully expect such a late decision by the organisers to be made, but I think Airwaves, with the title in mind, could have been better prepared. 3 agree 1 disagree
Jay Long May 21, 2008 12:48 PM Airwaves should have been prepared for this (I'd be surprised if Ducati hadn't already tested this), and the MCRCB should have clearly stated the calculations they would use and when they would look at imposing the additional weight as they have done in WSBK. The most annoying thing about the domestic superbike classes is that they don't just use the same rules as WSBK. It would be great to see wild cards back at the "local" WSBK meetings and the same ruleset used across the championships. The AMA championship is taking yet another route to all the others. Reply Report abuse 0 agree 0 disagree
binza - Unregistered May 21, 2008 12:50 PM Airwaves must have known that this penalty MIGHT have to be implemented if they had an obvious advantage,why have they not tried the bikes with some weight added so they have some data to work with? When the season started i thought "great control tyres,level playing field & close racing" but it hasn't turned out that way.For a start Ducati have 1200cc engine & (WSBK) also quite a lot of Pirelli experience too. The biggest example of the advantage they had was at Oulton when Shaky missed his braking,dropped back to 12th,then sailed back up through the field to win. If they must add weight better now than when Shaky has already won the championship,which on current form will be JUNE!! 1 agree 7 disagree
Martin - Unregistered May 21, 2008 1:32 PM Safety issues aside, it seems very unfair to give any team 4 days notice of a change designed specifically to handicap them. If HM Plant then take over as the dominant team (which is most likely), will they get the 10Kg penalty in a months time? That will probably hand an advantage to Tom Sykes, will he alone get the 10Kg penalty as his team mate is still learning the tracks?! It'll become more like BTCC rules but without any written regulations determining when, why or how penalties will be administered. 4 agree 0 disagree
Michael - Unregistered May 21, 2008 1:51 PM Let them go. It is long known that Ducati is fully controlling tailoring regulations for WSBK and other championships. BSB should go on at least with extra weight and show the way to WSBK. Obviously WSBK FIM Dorna are trying to misguide public opinion by posting that so far in 5 races they had so many different winners!! But they are not saying that Bayliss and Sunky are gathering points in every race. Show them the door or restrict the inlets as they did to the 1000cc few years ago. Extra weight is not limiting the bike but the rider, obviously Bayliss will bead my ZX10R 08 even if he rides a Harly.. 2 agree 4 disagree
binza - Unregistered May 21, 2008 1:55 PM Just a thought,but what would happen if Shaky or Camier had to miss a round of BSB & they had to find another rider to stand-in,however the rider they wanted weighed 10kgs more than them! What would they do? 2 agree 0 disagree


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The second cut is the deepest
The Indians trimmed their spring roster by 15 players this morning, sending out several top prospects, a few contenders for the last spot in the big league bullpen and a contender for the last rotation spot.
RHPs John Meloan, Adam Miller and Juan Salas, LHP Tony Sipp and 2B Luis Valbuena were optioned to Triple-A Columbus. RHP Hector Rondon and C Carlos Santana were optioned to Double-A Columbus.
RHP Jack Cassel, LHP David Huff, C Armando Camacaro, 1B Jordan Brown, 3B Wes Hodges, INF Jesus Merchan, 1B Beau Mills and OF Stephen Head were reassigned to Minor League camp.
So strike Huff from the mix for the fifth starting job, which will likely go to Aaron Laffey, with Jeremy Sowers and Scott Lewis also strong in the running. Huff only had two appearances in Cactus League play and seemed to press.
Strike Meloan, Salas and Cassel from the bullpen competition. Zach Jackson, Kirl Saarloos, Vinnie Chulk and Matt Herges are the leading candidates for that job.
And say goodbye to Santana and Valbuena, who made a strong first impression after their acquisitions in 2008.
There are now 44 players remaining in camp.
UPDATE: Was given incorrect info earlier. Rondon and Santana to Akron, not Columbus.
A life of leisure and a pirate's treasure don't make much for tragedy
Ah, the first off day of the spring. It is finally here, and I plan to soak it up like a real Arizonian — 18 holes of golf in the morning, laying by the pool in the afternoon (hopefully there won't be any big grains of salt floating in my margarita), and a little wining and dining at night.
That's the plan, at least. Sometimes these things have a way of deviating into sitting on the couch watching "Wonder Years" reruns.
Hey, either way, it's OK.
But before I flick the switch, let's give you the requisite news and notes from before, during and after today's game against the Cubs.
- Now it sounds like Grady Sizemore (sore left groin) won't be in Friday's lineup. Rather, the Indians will test out his legs by having him do some running and shag work. He'll then be evaluated Saturday. He could be in the lineup then or early next week.
- Cliff Lee, Travis Hafner and David Dellucci are all a go for Friday. That is, assuming Lee isn't too dizzy from his F-16 trial.
- How does Mark Shapiro feel about his Cy Young winner breaking the sound barrier? "As long as he's not the one flying [the F-16], I'm OK with it," he said. Lee should be in good hands.
- A couple weeks back, I told you Fausto Carmona was looking a little plump in the gut. He appears to have tamed that little issue — the last thing the Indians need is another abdominal/oblique strain for a prominent member of their starting rotation — for the time being. "I lost a couple pounds," he said today. "I don't know how many, but I feel better now."
- Pitching coach Carl Willis said Carmona will need to be careful in that department: "He has to watch it, because, if it gets away from him, he could get behind the eight ball really quick."
- As for Carmona's performance, he was a little more erratic this time than the last, but he still turned in two scoreless innings.
- Carl Pavano had a rough one -- three runs on four hits with a walk and a strikeout in two innings. But he maintains that he feels great.
- Juan Salas got the save today and has now pitched two scoreless innings in garbage time. "He has a lot of action on the plate and a loose arm," Wedge said.
- Big, Bad Beau Mills went deep with a two-run shot off Chad Gaudin in the first inning. Wedge was really impressed with the way Mills carried himself last year in camp, and that opinion hasn't changed. "He still needs a lot of work at first base," Wedge said. "But with his aptitude, he'll pick it up quick."
- Jensen Lewis is off to a much better start this year than last. His velocity appears to be where it needs to be this time of year, and he's rattled off three scoreless innings in three appearances.
- Still waiting for "No Line on the Horizon" to grow on me, but I agree with the reader who spoke fondly of "Magnificent." Good track. One of the few on there.


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Alberto Casillas, Six Year Old Murder and Police Are Asking Public to Help Solve the Case
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Police in San Francisco are seeking assistance in solving a six-year-old cold case. Today marks the anniversary of the day Alberto Casillas was killed in 2007. On Jan. 7, 2007, Casillas was driving his GMC Yukon SUV near 13th and Folsom streets around 2:15 a.m. when he was shot, police said.
Casillas was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police have yet to solve the murder, and are asking the public to come forward with any new information. At the time of the killing, police learned the suspects in the case had confronted Casillas earlier in the evening at Club Caliente, at 298 11th St., and brandished a gun.
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The human leucocyte antigen-DRB1*1302-DQB1*0609-DPB1*0201 haplotype may be a strong genetic marker for aspirin-induced urticaria. | |
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BACKGROUND: Urticaria/angioedema is a common aspirin-induced allergy; however, its pathogenic mechanism is not understood. OBJECTIVE: In order to uncover the genetic mechanism, we studied the associations of the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genotypes in patients with aspirin-induced urticaria compared with aspirin-intolerant asthma and normal control in a Korean population. METHODS: Ninety-four aspirin-induced urticaria patients presenting urticaria/angioedema-induced by both ASA and NSAID (50 had underlying chronic urticaria) and showing positive responses on oral aspirin challenge test, 76 aspirin-intolerant asthmatics with positive responses on lysine-aspirin bronchoprovocation test, and 185 normal healthy controls were enrolled. HLA-DRB1, DQB1, and DPB1 genotypings were performed by direct DNA sequencing analysis. RESULTS: The allele frequencies of HLA-DRB1(*)1302 (18.1%) and HLA-DQB1(*)0609 (10.1%) in aspirin-induced urticaria were significantly higher than in aspirin-intolerant asthma (5.3%, P=0.0004; 2.0%, P=0.0024) and in normal controls (8.1%, P=0.0005; 3.2%, P=0.0008), and they remained significant after correcting for multiple comparisons. The patients with these two HLA markers had a significantly younger age than patients without, while no associations were found in with respect to atopic status, a history of previous allergic diseases, total IgE level, or presence of underlying chronic urticaria (P>0.05, respectively). In haplotype analysis, the HLA-DRB1(*)1302-DQB1(*)0609-DPB1(*)0201 was significantly higher in the aspirin-induced urticaria (8.0%) than in the aspirin-intolerant asthma (0.7%, P=0.0014) and normal controls (2.0%, P=0.0006). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the HLA-DRB1(*)1302-DQB1(*)0609-DPB1(*)0201 may be a strong genetic marker to determine the aspirin-induced urticaria phenotype. |
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WASHINGTON -- Officials in Odessa and Jewett could learn Tuesday whether either community will host FutureGen.
The more than $1.5 billion prototype coal-fired power plant is touted as being pollution-free.
An alliance of coal and power companies working with the U.S. government is set to choose between the two Texas cities and two others in Illinois.
The announcement is expected from Washington.
The FutureGen Alliance has labeled the 275-megawatt project cutting-edge.
Illinois is the nation's leading coal producer; Texas is the leading consumer of coal.
Jewett is a town of 860, located 135 miles northwest of Houston and the site is on top of a coal mine.
Penwell -- about 15 miles southwest of Odessa -- is a former oil boomtown with about 75 residents. It would use coal produced elsewhere and delivered by rail.
A look at the four towns hoping to land FutureGen, a $1.5 billion prototype coal-fired power plant that its developers says will be nearly pollution-free:
TUSCOLA, Ill.
--Location: About 160 miles south of Chicago.
--Population: 4,400.
--About the site: Sits above an underground sandstone formation that would be used for carbon dioxide storage, close to Illinois coal reserves, centrally located in U.S. and close to major highways, railroads, power lines and pipelines. Last of the four finalists selected, nudging out Effingham. Risk of leak puts residents at risk.
MATTOON, Ill.
--Location: About 180 miles south of Chicago.
--Population: About 18,000.
--About the site: Above rock layer, close to coal reserves and major infrastructure. Greatest population around potential site, potentially putting most people at risk if there is a chemical release.
JEWETT, Texas
--Location: About 135 miles northwest of Houston.
--Population: About 860.
--About the site: Existing infrastructure because of neighboring 2,500-megawatt, coal-fired power plant. Wells already drilled through bedrock might allow carbon dioxide to escape.
PENWELL, Texas
--Location: About 370 miles west of Dallas and near oil boomtown of Odessa.
--Population: Fewer than 100 residents.
--About the site: Pipeline carrying carbon dioxide for oil industry already passes through area. Risk of damage to wildlife, wetlands and cultural resources during construction because utilities would have to be run farther than Illinois sites.
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This is another example of the government expanding their power - big brother gradually taking over everything. while Americans as a whole are opposed to socialism, they are not aware of its growth because it is in small steps. We are like the frog in water on the stove - unaware of the water slowly heating up until he is cooked.
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In the entire history of federal regulation,there has never been a case where arbitrary numbers have been selected based upon a theory such as the unproven theory that CO2 contributes to climate change.In the past 30 years of modelling the climate and feeding these mathematical models with arbitrary numbers, NONE of their predicted scenarios has come true despite the fact that the global consumption of fossil fuels (and by extension the global emissions of CO20 has increased exponentially in the past 30 years.This matter should never have become an executive mandate in the first place so even if a ruling is made in favor of the EPA allowing it absolute power over regulating imaginary harmful CO2 (and thus indirectly controlling the US economic output), the environmental protection agency will be ill equipped for a mandate of such magnitude.
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Sex sells, we all know that. Wine being an adult beverage, it would seem like sex would be a happy partner for marketing, but to date its use has been sparce.
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Ultimately, there are people who will take offense with these labels, as there are people who take offense at the whole notion of alcohol being legal. We regard these issues as personal conclusions that we each must reach. Marketers need to appeal to enough of the population to make their efforts popular, and are not against turning off a segment of the population in the process.
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When Jacob Barnett was 2 years old, he was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism. Doctors told his parents that the boy would likely never talk or read and would probably be forever unable to independently manage basic daily activities like tying his shoe laces. But they were sorely, extraordinarily mistaken. (via Huffington Post)
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5/1 for all-English Final of Champions League
that two English clubs will contest the 2010-11 Champions League final at
Wembley following today's draw for the group stage.
victory, Spanish rivals Real Madrid were eased to 11/2 after finding
themselves in the 'group of death' and are now joint second favourites with
Manchester United won the first of their three European Cups at Wembley
in 1968 and have been trimmed to 7/1 after being grouped with
competition newcomers Bursaspor and, in a 'Battle of
champions Rangers.
Arsenal are in to 12/1 after receiving a favourable draw, while
Milan, Werder Bremen and Twente.
Betfred spokesman
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his bid to win the trophy for the third time against AC Milan, Ajax and
"Arsenal could enjoy the easiest passage to the last 16, but United and
was in 2008, looks a distinct possibility."
Champions League betting
Outright: 5/2
United, 12/1 Arsenal, 14/1 Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, 20/1 AC Milan, 28/1
Groups A: 1/2 Inter Milan, 9/2 Tottenham, 5/1 Werder Bremen, 9/1 Twente B: 11/10 Lyon, 2/1 Schalke, 3/1 Benfica, 16/1 Hapoel Tel Aviv C: 1/3 Manchester United, 10/3 Valencia, 14/1 Bursaspor, 14/1 Rangers D: 1/8 Barcelona, 9/1 Rubin Kazan, 10/1 Panathinaikos, 28/1 Copenhagen E: 4/6 Bayern Munich, 13/8 Roma, 12/1 Basle, 16/1 Cluj F: 2/7 Chelsea, 9/2 Marseille, 15/2 Spartak Moscow, 25/1 MSK Zilina G: 4/6 Real Madrid, 2/1 AC Milan, 9/1 Ajax, 12/1 Auxerre H: 1/4 Arsenal, 13/2 Shakhtar Donetsk, 15/2 Braga, 14/1 Partizan Belgrade
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The Great Comet of 1811 put on quite a spectacle, even though it never came close to either Earth or the Sun.
To many people, the appearance of this unusual celestial visitor in the night sky portended doom. The comet passed closest to Earth on October 20th. Two months later, on December 16th, the first of three extraordinary earthquakes struck the midwestern and southern United States. These quakes were so intense they shook even New England, and for a time parts of the Mississippi River flowed backward. The temblors may have been magnitude 7 or 8 — strong enough to cause significant damage. And some people blamed them on the comet.
Europe fared even worse. Napoleon saw the comet as a good omen. It encouraged him to invade Russia. But that proved disastrous not only to that country but also to his Napoleon's own empire. Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy mentions the Great Comet of 1811 in his epic "War and Peace." And shortly after the comet's appearance, war broke out between the United States and England. Again, some people blamed the comet.
Others, though, viewed the Great Comet of 1811 more favorably. European weather that year was perfect for the vineyards, and wine from 1811 turned out to be an excellent vintage. Long after the comet was gone, people referred to this vintage as "Comet Wine" — in honor of a harvest imbued with the helpful tonic of the Great Comet of 1811.
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