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* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon comments on yesterday's news on IDW moving to the front of the Previews catalog.
* CBR has the June Previews solicits for Image Comics. Mark me down for Godland #34.
* At YouTube, check out the music video for James Kochalka's song Bacharach Galactica.
* R. Crumb is designing wallets. Hopefully his will get fatter as a result.
* The LA Times reports that Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza is the first graphic novel to ever win the Ridenhour Book Prize Prize. Gaze in wonder at the idiot that criticizes Sacco for "favoring the victim," in his reportage.
* Uncomics: How Google search works, if you've ever wondered.
— Alan David Doane
March 2010
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* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon comments on yesterday's news on IDW moving to the front of the Previews catalog.
IDW has announced that it has become the first comic book publisher to gain "Premier" (front of the catalog) status in Previews in nearly a decade-and-a-half.
In a press release from IDW, Diamond Distribution CEO Steve Geppi is quoted as saying "This change recognizes the growth and importance of IDW Publishing, and we look forward to working with them for many years to come."
Diamond will continue to handle IDW's distribution in the mainstream bookstore market. The change to Premier Publisher will be made with the release of the April Previews catalog.
— Alan David Doane
* At Comics Comics, Jeet Heer visits The Beguiling, North America's best-stocked comic shop. [Edited to remove inaccurate characterization of Heer's post.]
* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon profiles this week's most promising new releases.
* Tom also points to cartoonist Steve Bissette's lengthy and essential look back at how corporate comics companies and the creators that produce the comics they sell clashed over censorship a couple of decades or so back. Here are parts one, two, three, four, five, six and seven.
* At Spatula Forum, Nik Dirga loves Man-Thing.
* Michael Crawford reviews what looks to be one fantastic, Mego-style Superman action figure.
* Uncomics: Roger Green on the ridiculous proposal to ban salt in New York restaurants, and Christopher Allen looks at Peter Gabriel's new album of cover songs.
— Alan David Doane
* Arrr, Happy St. Patrick's Day. That is the day when we all talk like pirates, right? I never keep track of that stuff, avast!
* At Comics Comics, Jog runs down this week's most impressive new releases. New issue of Garth Ennis's Battlefields, which I am reading in the collected editions, but if I was still buying floppies much, that would be at the top of my reading stack this week, arrrr.
* You probably already read this at CBR, but Jack Kirby's heirs are suing Marvel and Disney. Good. I wish them every bit of good luck possible.
* Also at CBR, Dark Horse's June, 2010 Previews solicits. That Dexter bust would make one weird birthday gift for my wife, who loves the show. Also tempting for me, Patton Oswalt is writing a Serenity one-shot.
* And something else worth a gander at CBR, Tim Callahan looks at some upcoming collections of interest. Dash Shaw's BodyWorld is my most-wanted item on Tim's list.
* David "As Seen on Trouble with Comics" Wynne launches a new site for his new webcomic, Particle Fiction.
* Staying with the webcomics theme, L. Nichols expresses her feelings about digital communication overload.
* At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna discusses the cost of self-publishing.
* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon gives some love to John Porcellino's latest King-Cat collection.
* Also via Tom, more on the Amazon bargain-Omnibus disaster, and Evan Dorkin suggests some essential collections that remain uncollected.
* Women's Day looks at eight comic strips they like.
* Ahoy, Uncomics: Wil Wheaton on playing Evil Wil Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory. (There may be no finer pleasure at the moment for Star Trek fans than Wheaton's BBT appearances).
— Alan David Doane
* At The Comics Journal, Kent Worcester presents a transcript of a 2009 interview with cartoonist Tom Kaczynski.
* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon ponders what recent changes in newspaper publishing mean for newspaper comic strips. Me, I skip over the comics, and these days I read the newspaper most every day of the week. They're printed too small, and my local paper carries no strips at all of interest to me. The comics used to be the first thing I would read when I picked up a newspaper, but then Gary Larson and Bill Watterson retired, and Charles Schulz died.
* Staying at TCR, Tom also rounds up the latest links in the tragic Amazon graphic novel catastrophe.
* Comics reading update: The final issue (for the next year or so) of Criminal shipped last week, and I regret to agree with those who were more or less underwhelmed with the most recent storyline. Criminal is the only comic book that ever inspired me to create a blog just for it, so it's a little discouraging to be so ambivalent about it now. I recently re-read Incognito in its collected form and felt it held together far better that way than reading it in floppy form issue-by-issue, but it's still weak tea compared to the visceral thrills of Criminal's first couple of storylines, and I hate the thought of the better book going on hiatus for nearly a year so that the lesser book can get its day in the sun. Brubaker and Phillips are obviously free to follow their muse wherever it leads, as a reader I just wish it was leading to more Criminal.
* Uncomics: Notes on Leonard Nimoy's appearance at the Emerald City Comic Con.
— Alan David Doane
* At CBR, JK Parkin talks to publishers about Amazon's freeze on selling graphic novels from some publishers.
* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon evaluates Batwoman's GLAAD award.
* Paul Gravett runs down the most intriguing graphic novels being solicited in Previews for release in May, 2010.
* Uncomics: Roger Ebert dismantles Glenn Beck.
— Alan David Doane
* CBR has the scoop on a new Serenity comic focusing on the character of Shepard Book. The comic sounds intriguing, but as a Firefly fan, man, I wish this was being unpacked in a movie or TV episode.
* Nerds outraged that the Hulk got the drop on Thor. Read the comments, then gouge your eyes out with a mellon-baller.
* While we're there, here are the May Previews solicits for Marvel and DC. Don't say I never did nuthin' for ya. My pre-order list from both publishers for the month of May: Zip, zero, nada, zilch.
* Uncomics: No Plan B at the pharmacy drive-through. About as uncomics as you can get; I just love Jim Plagakis.
— Alan David Doane
* At About.com, Gary Groth discusses the new Manga line at Fantagraphics Books.
* At The Savage Critics, Sean T. Collins writes a really good review of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman.
* Congratulations to Jason and Kristine Marcy on the birth of their second son (and a big WHAT UP? to firstborn Xander!)
* Uncomics: The Life-Cycle of Internet Mailing Lists. Eerie and accurate.
* Continuing a previous mention of a bunch of floppies I got in the mail earlier this week, I have to say Jonah Hex is one of the most entertaining comics being published by DC, which seems to have institutionally forgotten how to entertain. The overall quality of any given issue depends a lot on who is drawing it, and the Jordi Bernet-drawn issues are especially worth giving your attention to. Gorgeous and fun, and pretty much any issue is a good jumping-on point, since the vast majority of the stories are done-in-one.
— Alan David Doane
* Chris Sims re-names comics as what you really say about them. Funny.
* Uncomics: Over on The ADD Blog, I make note of the 46th anniversary of the very first Star Trek pitch, and talk about my 25 favourite original series episodes.
* Random comics reading update: I got a huge (over 60) pile of floppies in the mail yesterday and read a batch of them last night and this morning. Quick thoughts: Secret Invasion is another patented Marvel-Bendis superhero mess full of talking heads, sarcasm and one "shocking" unconnected event after another. I loved Powers when I was reading it (up through the Monkey Sex issue) but man, his Marvel output is depressingly mediocre; there was a batch of (I guess) related New Avengers issues, but they were even worse, with art by somebody named Tan (I forget if it was Billy or Philip and don't really care, honestly), that doesn't even rise to the level of journeyman hackwork. Ignition City, on the other hand, is one of the best Warren Ellis comics I've read in years. The story is fun and actually makes sense, it has a distinct beginning, middle and end, and the art is nice to look at and serves the story well. One too many shots of the heroine's bounteous buttocks, I think, but that does little to change the fact that I had one hell of a good time reading these five issues and would love to see more.
— Alan David Doane
I have to agree with ADD on this one. Nothing against Frank, as his musings are clearly out of admiration and fondness for Chaykin, Simonson et al. But you know, those musings are really just another form of nostalgia, right? And I use nostalgia neutrally, or ambivalently—it can be good and wholesome and charming and add a golden luster to how one sees the modern world, and it can have a deleterious effect as well, blinding one to the way things are. And I say that while at the same time believing there is no single reality, and hey, as far as nostalgia goes, instead of doing another review I've been reading old Roy Thomas/Dan Adkins Doctor Stranges, so who am I to judge?
But back to the musings, for whatever potential one might have seen in Chaykin based on Time2, or Kaluta, or Simonson in, I dunno, Star Slammers, well, maybe they reached their potential as far as long-form storytellers. I get uncomfortable when people try to put their own expectations and projections on someone's career and complain when the results come up short. It's only short based on their expectations, not necessarily the artist's himself. As ADD pointed out, no one is beating down a Walt Simonson's door. I like Simonson's art and occasionally his writing. As best I can tell, he's doing mostly covers and I think a comics adaptation of World of Warcraft these days. It's probably accurate that those aren't dream jobs for him, and it's a pretty good indication he's not in high demand, whatever we may think of his skills. If he wanted some career advice, I'd say do a John Byrne and try to be a bigger fish at a smaller publisher like Boom!, Dynamite or IDW with short miniseries. I seem to recall Simonson being a candidate for the second phase of the Dark Horse "Legend" imprint back in the early '90s, and he decided to go to Malibu/Bravura instead, did a handful of issues of Star Slammers, his own creation on which one supposes he may have had his greatest creative freedom, and it didn't come out on time or set the charts on fire, and obviously that's going to have a ripple as far as subsequent opportunities.
Chaykin is quite a different story in that he went and had a Hollywood career away from comics and came back, not so much a beaten man as so many who toil for Marvel or DC are by his age at the time, but maybe more of a pragmatic, focused artist, satisfied to tell a series of action adventure stories, always in his distinctive voice and with his distinctive quirks and fetishes, political viewpoint, and often in the '30s-'50s periods he favors. Occasionally he'll draw some superheroes, not because he likes them, but one supposes because it keeps his name and style in front of people who buy lots of comics. I read Chaykin's recent Dominic Fortune and, while I didn't think it was great, I gave credit to Chaykin for working to modernize his art to keep in touch with the times, and also, for better or worse, the story was pure Chaykin, with Nazis and blowjobs and bun hairstyles and fishnet stockings and the like. That it came out as four issues rather than a graphic novel seems to be just Marvel's general publishing strategy—when was the last time they did an OGN? To me, Dominic Fortune is a reasonable extension and refinement of a lot of the ideas and tone of American Flagg!, by which I don't mean it's as good but just that you can understand how the guy who did this kitchen sink, young man's book in the '80s could grow and refine through every project until he comes to this point. I don't know that Chaykin has ever done anything so either deeply, nakedly personal or so labyrinthine and layered in story that it really required a "longform" book. Don't most artists arrive at a less-is-more philosophy eventually?
I guess rather than lamenting Chaykin, Simonson and Kaluta never getting around to their own respective Great American Graphic Novels, I'd just be happy that they're getting work. Kaluta is another guy who kind of went away from comics for a while, and now he's back revisiting Starstruck for IDW and did a nice run on Madame Xanadu for Vertigo, both of which seemed fairly challenging projects and neither calling on him to change his style to fit any sort of house model or idea of what's hip right now. That's an accomplishment, just as it's an accomplishment that Chaykin, a somewhat influential but never terribly commercial writer or artist, could go away from comics and come back and still be very busy into his 50s.
—Christopher Allen
* Tim O'Neil examines the recent backlash against blogger Valarie D'Orazio, apparently due to her use of her own life experience to inform her script for an issue of Punisher Max. I haven't read the issue in question yet, but I've been catching up on post-Ennis Punisher Max comics recently, so this is, as that cat says, "relevant to my interests." This is the latest in a series of outstanding posts by O'Neil.
* Frank Santoro wonders why some of the most talented and prominent comics creators of the 1970s and '80s aren't creating longform graphic novels. I wonder if perhaps it isn't as simple a question as he makes it out to be. Just because the creators he name-checks have the chops and, to readers of a certain age, the popularity, does not mean the publishing world is beating down their doors wondering when they'll deliver the great graphic novel we know they have within them. Perhaps they have other interests, perhaps they don't have it in them, or most likely, the industry does not see the same potential and obvious lost opportunities here as Santoro does. Which isn't to say I don't agree with him, because I would dearly love to see new longform works from every creator on his list.
* Uncomics: Only the Cinema examines the entertaining-but-imperfect Shutter Island.
— Alan David Doane
A collection of short fiction by Stephen Dixon, What Is All This? features one bizarre, baffling tale after another. Not baffling in the sense of being incomprehensible, but rather in the way in which it is nearly impossible to imagine how one human mind could have ever conceived such a breadth of stra
nge and wonderful stories.
I don't know anything about Dixon, really, other than that the folks at Fantagraphics Books find him worth publishing, and when they recently sent me a small booklet containing seven of the stories to be featured in the 450-page What Is All This?, I sat down with it having no preconceived notions about the author's writing at all.
Each story is as different from every other one as stories by separate authors would be. Not that Dixon doesn't have a unique and identifiable voice, because he does — kind of a surreal blend of Kafka and Carver — but because the concerns and themes of each tale are discreet, wrapped up in distinct packages of narrative genius.
"Knock Knock," is the story that really convinced me I had lucked on to something good with Dixon; some will find it brilliant, most will likely find it incredibly aggravating. It is nothing more or less than a tour of the mind of someone suffering deeply from obsessive-compulsive disorder, thinking about two knocks on the door, and allowing a fractal explosion of possibility to cripple the protagonist's effort to simply answer the frigging door already. It's brilliant; it's aggravating; it's incredible, is "Knock Knock."
"The Neighbors," is the most Carveresque tale in the preview booklet; it seems to be about two squabbling neighbours at a standoff over who will move out last and collect the biggest payday from the developers looking to tear down their apartment building. In reality, the story is about psychic warfare and the stripping away of human civility that any one of us is always just one blind corner away from experiencing.
I'll skip the other vastly entertaining and thought-provoking stories I read in the preview and skip to the end, to tell you that "The Leader," is just one of the best and most engaging pieces of short fiction I've ever read, and that no matter what your perceptions and conclusions as you make your way through its plain-spoken (if bizarre and challenging) narrative, you absolutely will be astonished by its ultimate resolution. I can't tell you a goddamned thing about "The Leader," without spoiling its utter narrative perfection, so let me say that you won't find a more shocking or downright extraordinary piece of fiction to spend some time within, and you won't soon forget what happens inside it. I'm not sure I'll read anything better this year.
What Is All This, based on my reading of this short and enticing preview, looks to be one of the most exciting and intriguing fiction releases of the decade. That I've only had a chance to read less than a quarter of its 450 pages is maddening, and thrilling. I can't wait to read the rest of what Dixon has in store.
— Alan David Doane
About a year and a half ago, I embarked on a project to read (or in many cases re-read) everything I could cobble together written by Grant Morrison. I started with Zenith, and between reading other stuff, working, writing, and occasionally speaking to my wife and children, I finally made it to his Marvel-era work recently.
Looking at the full overview of his career, the Marvel years seem more like a detour of sorts than any sustained period of focused creativity. Morrison's New X-Men run gets plenty of attention and praise, but other than that, he produced a grand total of two miniseries for the publisher. I'd even argue that while at Marvel, the best work he did may have been for Vertigo, the maxi-series The Filth.
Though I have a nasty habit of proclaiming massive writing projects on blogs and then failing to accomplish them, I thought I'd tentatively commit to writing about Morrison's work while at Marvel, especially from the viewpoint that I'm honestly not sure how good a fit the two were for each other.
Take Marvel Boy, his debut work for Marvel, regarded in some corners as his "mission statement" on the work he was about to do for the publisher. Before we even dive into the quality and themes of the work itself, the mere idea behind it is kind of a dodge. It's a "mission statement" about the Marvel Universe that's set on the fringe of the Marvel Universe we recognize. In fact, not knowing better, I assumed it was an alternate reality; thank you, Wikipedia, for setting me straight.
That may be a nitpicky point, but there's a big difference between engaging a big fat shared corporate superhero universe and working with what you find there (like Electric Boogaloo Superman in Morrison's JLA run) and taking the easier path of a tiny corner story where you can build only the toys you want, using only the pieces you like, and create work that's largely without consequences.
Morrison does pack a hefty dose of thematic and conceptual meaning into Marvel Boy, no question about that. Chad Nevett has a terrific essay covering many of those layers of meaning. And I certainly like Morrison for the resonances he creates throughout his work—resonances with his own past work, other stories from comics history, pop culture, and metaphysical concepts, to just name a few sounding boards off which he bounces his scripts. Morrison himself said in an interview around the release of Marvel Boy, "I wanted to go back and explore some of the possibilities of comics as music," which is like some kind of quintessential Morrisoninan statement — completely lucid yet absolutely inscrutable.
If Marvel Boy is "comics as music," then it's a pretty thin pop single with some assymetrical guitars and cliched lyrics. It's got a beat and you can dance to it, but it's not clear why you would want to. It's a lot of surface with no heart, no insides — though certainly a gorgeous surface by J.G. Jones with the kind of metatextual hijinks Morrison is known for. It's got enough good ideas packed in its six issues to fuel a lesser writer's career in comics. Beneath those ideas, it's just empty.
In reading all of this Morrison stuff, it's striking how little credit the man gets for the true scope of his talents. Morrison himself complained about this very thing in a piece he wrote for the first issue of Mark Waid and Peter Krause's Irredeemable:
"…no matter how watertight I might try to make my plots, no matter how well-structured my narratives became, no matter how conventionally I organized my ideas, I would always be regarded in comics fan circles as the madcap purveyor of free-form gibberish."
Morrison is certainly known for his "free-form gibberish." He's the "giant crazy idea guy" and he has plenty of those. But he's also remarkably adept at characterization, dialogue, and relationships. His Animal Man run gets remembered for its "I can see you" metafictional elements, but the backbone of that series is the warm and surprisingly normal relationship Buddy Baker shares with his wife and kids. Even years later, when Morrison again wrote Animal Man in 52, the foundation of his character arc was a pretty simple desire to get back home and see his family.
Given those gifts, it's disappointing that Marvel Boy is an fundamentally cold work, with little of the character and dialogue abilities Morrison has brought to his other projects. It's telling that Marvel Boy occurred shortly after his work with Mark Millar, on Flash and Vampirella. There's a definite Millar flavor in the way Morrison sets up his scenes and character interactions; Morrison's notorious for having the story often happen between the beats he depicts, so that the reader must piece together events for himself. But where he's usually expert at selecting just the right moments to construct a plot and reveal character, here his characters speak in slightly-polished superhero cliches. It's the kind of action movie surface writing that exists only to propel the plot forward with an "aw KEWL" veneer of aspirational bad-assery, the worst elements of "widescreen" decompressed comics. Perhaps that's his intent, but it doesn't necessarily endear a reader to what's happening.
At the risk of attempting to criticize Marvel Boy for what I think it should be, rather than what it is, I have to wonder where Morrison was aiming with this. It has elements of a "Marvel universe in a blender" piece, such as the villain Doctor Midas, who seems to be an Iron Man/Doctor Doom mash-up. But then Doom himself never appears; nor do the Fantastic Four or Spider-Man, both of whom are referenced in the piece. Without engaging the Marvel Universe at large, what kind of statement can he make, really?
Ultimately, I don't know that Morrison is a good fit for the Marvel Universe. I think there are characters he would work well on; his Fantastic Four and X-Men material, as we will see, has much to recommend it. But those are characters where you have not just the foundation of strong characters to work from, but plenty of opportunity for that "free-form gibberish." He's a well-rounded writer but his "sweet spot," for me at least, is that goulash of the cosmic, the personal, and the inexplicable. Just dropping Grant Morrison into the midst of Smilin' Stan's 616 to do what he does…if this is the result, then I'm glad he ended up back at DC.
— Matt Springer
* At Comics Comics, Jog runs down the week's most intriguing new releases. The only thing I see that I'm really looking forward to is the new issue of Criminal.
* At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna does the math and discovers Rich Johnston may have made thousands of dollars off of last weekend's accidental Amazon.com graphic novel blowout sale. Read the comments for Rich's response.
* Fantagraphics is planning a new line of Manga, to debut in September, which makes it a great coincidental birthday present for my daughter. Comics Internet Manga Go-To Guy Chris Butcher weighs in.
* And right here at TWC, Chris Allen looks at Kevin Smith's new funnybook.
— Alan David Doane
Green Hornet #1
Writer - Kevin Smith
Breakdowns - Phil Hester
Finished Art - Jonathan Lau
Publisher - Dynamite Entertainment. $3.99 USD
Smith adapts his script from an unproduced Green Hornet screenplay, and based on this first issue, it's not hard to see why the script wasn't used for the upcoming Seth Rogen film. I'm not trying to be mean here; it's not terrible. But what it isn't is original. Maybe that's a flaw with the character and his origins, I don't know. I don't think I've ever seen the original TV show aside from some clips. Green Hornet is basically a less moody version of Batman. He's a rich vigilante who has some kind of agreement with the cops, he considers "Century City" his to protect, and he's got some hornet-related gadgets and a tricked out car. Oh, and a sidekick, Kato.
We meet the Hornet as he's eavesdropping on a meeting between Italian and Yakuza crime bosses, discussing whether a union could be arranged to bring about Hornet's death. Hornet listens a bit, then he and Kato bust everything up and let the police arrest everyone. It seems this was the last of the bad guys in the city, and now that their five years of working together have resulted in this achievement, Kato can go off and start a family of his own and Hornet can go back to just being trust fund Britt, with his sleeping son and obnoxious wife. You know, the one who thinks it's cute to pull a gun on her lethal weapon husband as a gag and then get pissed at him when he almost clocks her in self-defense. It's an awkward scene and really doesn't accomplish what one supposes was the goal, to set up the idea of the loving family/home and hearth that Britt will have to fight to protect even as his mission keeps him away from them, yadda yadda. And unlike, say, Dynamite's own Lone Ranger book, the hero/minority sidekick relationship isn't as smartly portrayed here. Smith switches between some slurs ("I thought you people were good at math." "Which people?" "Short people.") and some earnest man hugs.
Smith doesn't bring his A material to the party, and who knows if it's because he felt the script was fine as it was, or he got other movie-type commitments to deal with, or whatever. It's just not that funny and Hornet isn't very interesting. I was a little confused by the rest of the issue, as I thought we were seeing a flashback to a pre-Hornet Britt leading an aimless life as a rich kid, but upon closer inspection this is the next generation, and Britt's son will have to experience that turning point moment where he knows he will need a green blazer to dispense justice. I guess I was thrown off because the earlier stuff didn't have a lot of clues that it was taking place 25 years ago. One hopes that this version of Hornet gets more focus on character and originality than Smith gave his father.
It doesn't help that Lau's art comes off as kind of generic as well, but on closer look the storytelling (aided of course by Hester doing breakdowns) is sound. Actually, I give both of them credit for breaking down a busy script efficiently and cleanly—Smith often writes nine panels a page, much of it heavy with dialogue. It probably would have worked better with a grittier look, but colorist Ivan Nunes can't help putting some sort of sparkle or shine or other effect on every surface, resulting in candy-colored streets and a hero whose cloth fedora gleams almost as much as his leather gloves.
—Christopher Allen
Ed Hannigan: Covered
Publishers - Marvel Comics and Hero Initiative. $5.99 USD
Ed Hannigan was a name and talent I knew as a kid of 12 or 13 reading Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man. His covers for the Cloak & Dagger/Silvermane issues were distinctive and eye-popping in the way he tilted perspective and used the logo as an element in the story being told on the cover, rather than just an overlay that all too often took away from the art.
Still, I didn't think about him much, because in those years I was naturally more interested in the creators hitting their stride inside the books, like Frank Miller and John Byrne, to a lesser extent John Romita, Jr., Bob Layton, Paul Smith, Walt Simonson. I knew Hannigan was a great cover artist, because I would look closely at good covers and often see his name, but once his name disappeared from Marvel's covers I didn't really notice the absence. There's always some hot young this or that. I imagine he was probably forced out around the time the materials on the cover mattered more than the design, stuff like foil and acetate, and maybe it was a side effect of that direct market boom time that Marvel didn't need his level of invention as they were printing money with every polybagged #1 issue. I don't know, I just know that in the past 20, 30 years, if you asked me who Ed Hannigan was, I would have said he was one of Marvel's better cover artists, ranking with Jack Kirby, Gil Kane and John Byrne.
It goes without saying that it's unfortunate it took Hannigan's M.S. to bring about this tribute book, and of course, to paraphrase The Hero Initiative who cosponsored the tribute, there are many other creators "who game [me] my dreams" who remain unheralded. That said, I'm still glad to be able to read this, to learn some more about a talented team player and perfectionist, to see many of the original sketches to so many of those covers I enjoyed, and to see in the tributes from his fellow artists the esteem with which they hold him as an artist and friend.
It so happens that I remember quite clearly the first time I read an issue of Byrne's Fantastic Four. It was #244, and I was in Dominick's, the grocery store near my house, and from a good 15, 20 feet away that cover jumped out at me with this huge hand framing this lithe, silvery woman, suffusing her with power. Like all great covers, I had to know what was going on inside, and so I sat down and started reading. I think I also discovered Miller's Daredevil that day, with an equally powerful cover of DD pointing a gun at the reader, so a good day for me. Those were comics I had to look at, and then buy. I was fairly amazed to discover here that Hannigan designed the FF one, and others in Byrne's run, as I thought Byrne almost always did his own covers. He brought a lot to the final version, of course, but the potency of the idea was right there in Hannigan's sketch.
I can't say the cover of Ed Hannigan: Covered has quite that impact; it's a little busy and dark with all the covers swirling around the shadowy desk, and yet, it did finally call out to me from the bottom of an end cap at my local comics shop. I understand this came out a while ago, so I'm only sorry I didn't see and discuss it sooner, but better late than never. And we're actually just in time for a charity auction of some of Hannigan's artwork, so check that out if you're interested, and there's more information about The Hero Initiative at that link as well.
—Christopher Allen
First Wave #1 (of 6)
Writer - Brian Azzarello
Artist - Rags Morales
Publisher - DC Comics. $3.99 USD
I didn't pay a lot of attention to news about DC doing some sort of new imprint, or at least establishing some new corner of the DCU, for the Spirit, Doc Savage and I presume other Golden Age pulp heroes they have rights to use. I saw Azzarello's name and just didn't think he was the right guy to do it. I'm not convinced I was wrong yet, but this first issue of a miniseries planned to (re)introduce these characters is more interesting and a bit less mannered than I would expect from Azzarello. He only gets into some of his Tourette's here and there ("the one thing right about the wrong guys"), and mostly keeps things lively with a ton of characters and different milieux introduced. Despite the cover, no Batman yet, but I think there's hints about maybe The Phantom (I'm not sure if he's the guy who gets his eye punctured by a robot, but I'm guessing that's a different character), a Russian bad guy, the cold, pragmatic Doc Savage, the newspaper columnist who rips Doc Savage, a cheerfully sleazy Commissioner Dolan (brought into more or less standard DCU house style aside from the trademark acromegalic chin), and the more action-oriented but still amusing Spirit, who seems to make a living beating up thugs, though it's not clear how. And in case I didn't mention it, an eye-puncturing jungle robot. It looks like, Lost-style, a misplaced or stolen dead father is going to bring two of our male leads together, Doc Savage and The Spirit.
Morales' style is maybe a little pedestrian to try to sell new readers on these ancient characters, but it's okay in an Epting/Guice/Perkins/everyone-has-the-same-cheekbones-way. Curiously, there's not a single female character, apparently crowded out by our multiple male narrators, but you have to figure Ellen Dolan and a femme fatale or two will make the scene soon. Morales hasn't provided the most dynamic fabric samples, but Azzarello is clearly working hard sewing this quilt together.
Girl Comics #1 (of 3)
Writers - Trina Robbins, G. Willow Wilson, Devin Grayson, Various
Artists - Colleen Coover, Tana Sekeda, Various
Publisher - Marvel Comics. $4.99 USD
This is ghastly, and I really wanted it to be good. The prime directive here was clearly "Women first, quality second." Although this is a gynocentric anthology that breaks no actual laws, since Trina Robbins was duly included, Marvel should really be ashamed for putting out this slapdash assemblage of indifferent superhero shorts, a pointless Franklin & Val Richards children's book mashup, and a cheesy She-Hulk pin-up. Aside from Robbins' 1969-set Venus tale, which is at least mostly coherent and has cute art by Stephanie Buscema (the lineage alone is a nice touch), and a lovely if earnest intro piece by Colleen Coover, the unknowns are unknown because they're not ready yet and the known, normally competent writers like Willow and Grayson phone it in with stories that may as well have been called, "Nightcrawler Stops Guy with Knife While German Chick Sings Bad Lyrics" and "Jean Grey Lies to Scott's Face and Really Wants to Bang Logan." The sad thing (well, one more sad thing) is that there are also two wonderful, heart-in-the-right-place tributes to Marvel mavens Flo Steinberg and Marie Severin that only emphasize how far most of the talents here have to go to match their work ethic. It will take me a while to forget the emaciated Punisher posing as "sadprincess" online in order to kill a guy.
—Christopher Allen
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* At The Comics Reporter, Tom Spurgeon runs down the comics he feels are worthy of your attention this week.
* Sean Phillips shares a John Constantine commission he recently completed, showing why I'd be buying Hellblazer if he was drawing it.
* Christopher Butcher continues liveblogging Previews.
* Uncomics: Will Leitch writes a remarkable essay about his love for and relationship with film critic Roger Ebert.
— Alan David Doane
So, we've moved to another home, but we're still TWC, more or less. I've just been plugging away, focused a lot lately on the floppy end of comics, though there's some other stuff in the works, and a very cool event planned for April. As far as this Tumblr, thing, it will take some getting used to. I don't know how to encode links, or add images, but we'll figure it out. I mean, I just watched (through buckets of tears) Roger Ebert on Oprah, and he still writes wonderfully, so who's complaining?
Captain Swing & the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #1
Writer - Warren Ellis
Artist - Raulo CaceresPublisher - Avatar Press
Price - $3.99 USD
Ellis has got a good thing going with Avatar. He reads a lot and has trained his mind to be able to convert any scientific news or history into an action adventure with the addition of profanity, perverse violence and an outrageous, antiauthoritarian hero/ine. Some people train their minds to always be thinking in poesy, some may automatically calculate the body fat of any person they encounter. There are worse things. I haven't read a lot of Ellis' Avatar stuff the past couple years, mostly his one-shots. Rarely am I not entertained and amused, but they do often leave you wanting more. This one is off to a decent enough start, with artist Caceres drawing the shit out of 1830s London and Londoners, every sooty brick and curly forelock. He's really going above and beyond on what is so far a pretty thin introduction to a kooky pirate flying around in an electrical boat.
Most of the issue is an infodump on how the law enforcement of the time was divided into the Metropolitan Police, called "Peelers" after the name of their boss, and often too drunk to be effective, and the Bow Street Runners, who were subcontracted by magistrates to stop thieves and other criminals, and who were mostly criminals themselves. Neither answered to the other. All this is interesting, but much of the exposition is not organically worked into the comics pages but rather as interspersed text pages made to look like an old journal, and which we learn later is written by Captain Swing himself. Why he feels the need to write this much about the cops is anyone's guess, but it seems more just a matter of convenience for Ellis, and at least his interest in electricity and other scientific advances of the day seems more genuine, given that he figured out how to basically ride lightning. Probably works better in a complete arc chunk, but of course if Avatar published original graphic novels that would deprive them of the income from several dozen single issue variant covers.
X-Men: Second Coming Prepare
Writer - Mike Carey
Artist - Stuart Immonen
Publisher - Marvel Comics
Price - FREE
Clearly, the X-Men haven't been gone, so the idea of a "second coming" is just a marketing idea. It's not a bad one, though; I'm one of those who haven't read any X-books in a few years and with all the titles going I didn't know where to start. There's not a whole lot to say about this. You'll notice it's free, and Marvel isn't going to give much away for free. It's a cute storytelling exercise, with various X-Men submitting to brief camcorder interviews, reacting to the return from the future of Cable and Hope Summers. It was too brief to really judge how well Carey writes the characters, but Immonen's art sure is pretty. There's also a tedious for me/useful for some explanation of the Phoenix Force with lots of panels from comics featuring Phoenix.
—Christopher Allen
* Looks like Jog is taking his weekly rundown of the week's interesting new comics to Comics Comics. Good match, as Jog has pretty much the best taste in the blogosphere and Comics Comics is a place where the best comics are frequently under discussion.
* Also at Comics Comics, and I know I am late to the party on this, Tim Hodler weighs in with some observations on the new Art of Jaime Hernandez book published by Abrams (our own Marc Sobel already posted a response). Not much to add, other than that the cropping issue is much ado about nothing — as mentioned in the comments, it's limited mostly to non-Hernandez art and done for a good reason, and having now read the book I can tell you it is on of the best-designed (by Jordan Crane) comics-related art books you will ever hold in your hands. Big kudos to Abrams, Crane and author Todd Hignite on creating a real treasure for the ages for Jaime fans. And yes, we need a Gilbert followup ASAP, thanks!
* Johanna Draper Carlson checks in on the latest in the Nick Simmons plagiarism controversy. Comments on the post now approaching 100. Egad. The guy is obviously a thief, he should man up and admit it.
* Chris Butcher is once again liveblogging Previews. Always entertaining to see how the smartest shop manager in the Direct Market approaches the ongoing disaster that is the Previews catalog.
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SAMK boosted its security management with F-Secure solution
|Customer: Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, SAMK
|Solution: F-Secure Policy Manager 10 security management software used by SAMK to centrally manage security of its sites, networks and workstations.
|Users: 2,300 user licenses
Benefits of the Solution- Removed fragmentation and enabled central security management
- One tool is used for managing security in all SAMK networks
- Better cost-efficiency and economies of scale
- Allows customers to centralize expertise and respond faster to issues
- Saves IT management's efforts and also end-users' work time
- Positive experiences with F-Secure products
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, SAMK, is an internationally oriented university operating on the west coast of Finland. It provides education in 9 sites, located in 4 municipalities: Pori, Rauma, Huittinen and Kankaanpää. Its fields of study are Business and Culture, Social Services and Health Care, and Technology and Maritime Management.
There are some 6,500 students in the Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, with staff of 500 experts. The institution's revenue is 40 million Euros, and it is maintained by the City of Pori.
- We provide high-level education backed by our strong expertise. You can earn a bachelor's degree or master's degree at SAMK. We have 5 degree programs in English, and about half of the students are Finnish. We encourage our students to study abroad, tells Osmo Santamäki, IT Manager at SAMK.
- We seek to have strong collaboration with the local companies. Theses are usually commissioned by the companies. The majority of our students are from this region. They become for example sea captains, engineers, bachelors of hospitality management, bachelors of culture and arts, bachelors of business administration, nurses and bachelors of health care.
Needs for centralized security management
SAMK was formed earlier from many separately managed educational institutions. Therefore, security management was scattered too.
- Early on, we had F-Secure Policy Manager on each site. We wanted to remove fragmentation and manage our security from one place. It was challenging, so we utilized F-Secure's expertise. Our networks are segmented, we operate in a wide area and run a vast variety of activities, Santamäki explains.
- We control certain types of access with the management tools. We have now reached consistency, removed fragmentation and centralized our expertise. These are the biggest benefits from the current security solutions. We make end-user's life easier. We maintain security primarily ourselves and use professional services as needed.
Managing all networks with Policy Manager
- Currently we have a centralized F-Secure Policy Manager 10 with a license for 2,300 workstations. Now we are able to use a single management tool for managing all our networks, says Santamäki.
- We have been familiar with F-Secure for a long time. We prefer Finnish solutions, and this contributed to our decision. We saved money, as we did not have to switch. Universities of Applied Sciences tendered for solutions, and F-Secure won the bid. Further consideration was not required.
- We needed professional help to solve issues. Fine-tuning these small details that have larger significance. Here I can recommend F-Secure's experts, Santamäki points out.
Centrally managed security saves time and money
With the centralized F-Secure Policy Manager solution SAMK removed isolation and was able to manage security consistently.
- We reached better cost-efficiency and economies of scale. We can centralize our know-how. Potential problems are now commonly known and we see issues that need to be addressed. We get all the necessary tasks professionally done at once, and we save time. From the manager's point of view, it is great to have yet another thing under control, says Santamäki with a twinkle in his eye.
- Thanks to managed security, right information is available to the right people, in right time and in right format. When security works properly, it does not slow down activities. There are work time savings for everyone, end-users included. This is one of the top benefits from F-Secure Policy Manager. Now we do not have unnecessary requests.
- We received instructions and support from F-Secure in our native language. This was nice. We prefer to do technical things in Finnish, although we are skilled in English. It is easier to work in Finnish, especially when unraveling difficult details.
SAMK is satisfied with F-Secure service
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences is a long-time customer of F-Secure. F-Secure protection covers SAMK servers and workstations as a whole.
- I have worked here since 2003. Back then, we were already F-Secure's customer. We have had other providers too. In this respect, we are now an F-Secure house.
- We protect our email servers with F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange solution. It protects our internal email traffic against malware. We need internal protection, because students use the SAMK network with their own machines. Our network has been segmented to several virtual networks separated by firewalls.
- We have renewed our contract on F-Secure products for two years. We can recommend F-Secure to others too. I am satisfied with F-Secure service. It has been an easy way to handle this matter, says Santamäki.
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MalaBeads wrote:Gyaltsen Tashi wrote: I don't know. I used to take comfort lovey-dovey compassion. But now no guru is badass enough to inspire me. I'm going through the motions. Maybe I should leave Buddhism for good.
I'm in a war zone. I'm angry. I used to have psychosis. I live under a dictatorship. I'm so tired. I just want to go home....
Gyaltsen Tashi
I am sorry to hear this, GT.
I don't have anything to offer you except maybe this. In English we have saying: home is where the heart is. Even the Buddha said: hatred will never cease by hatred but only through love. In my own life, it has taken many, many years to get to a place where I could even remotely imagine the possibility of actual love. I have seen the faces of stone cold hatred and it is an awful sight.
I hope for you to see and understand the difference between what you are calling lovey-dovey compassion and actual love. Love is very healing but it is often quite difficult to see. Its something that is in very short supply here in the west but we are working on it.
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PIERMONT, N.Y. (WABC) -- Friends and relatives say a 30-year-old man killed in a speedboat crash on the Hudson River will be remembered for his bright-smile and love of small adventures.
Mark Lennon was supposed to be the best man at Brian Bond's wedding next week.
Instead, Bond attended Lennon's funeral Friday at a Roman Catholic church in Piermont, N.Y.
Lennon and Bond's fiancee, Lindsey Stewart, were killed July 26 when a speedboat slammed into a barge beneath the Tappan Zee Bridge. Four others, including Bond, were injured.
The boat's operator faces a charge of vehicular manslaughter.
Lennon's brother told mourners at the funeral that his "smile is shining down on us."
Ray Lennon said his brother enjoyed every moment and found a way to add adventure to every day.
The parents of Mark Lennon tightly held each other as their son's remains slowly passed them under mournful strains of a bagpipe.
Lining each side of the walk into the church of Saint John, an honor guard fellow club members had athletic jerseys carefully draped over their arms. They were who Mark Lennon played football with since he was a child.
Having said goodbye to his bride-to-be just the day before, Brian Bond was now having to say goodbye to his friend who was to be his best man.
Lennon was remembered at the young age of 30 as a man who loved life. Others say he was a loyal friend.
"It is sad, very sad for Pearl River," said neighbor and family friend Richard Galvin.
"He was full of life and enjoyed life to the fullest, and a shame he was lost so fast," Galvin added.
The pilot of the boat, Jojo John, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and police said they suspect he was intoxicated. But in a written statement, Stewart's and Lennon's parents suggested that poor lighting on the barge, not drunkenness, was responsible.
The Coast Guard has said the barge was properly lighted.
In the statement, the parents say they are "shattered by the horrible accident".
Stewart and Lennon were passengers on the speedboat that crashed into a barge holding equipment for the construction of a replacement for the Tappan Zee. Four others, including Bond, suffered injuries.
"Compounding our agony is the rush, by some, to cast blame on or even malign the victims. While police have issued serious charges against the boat's driver, toxicology results supporting those charges will not be available for days," the parents wrote. " We will never understand why this happened, but we do seek to understand exactly what happened that horrible night."
The statement says that no one on the boat saw the barge.
"They did not brace for impact and could not identify what they had hit - even after impact - as they desperately worked to direct the first responders coming to their aid," the statement reads.
They are also asking anyone who might have seen anything on or before the night of the accident (Friday, July 26) to firstname.lastname@example.com. (Full statement can be read at the bottom of this article)
John was charged with vehicular homicide in Stewart's death. He hasn't been charged in connection with Lennon's death. His lawyer called the crash "a tragedy for all of us."
The Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe says they are also investigating the barge's lighting. He says cellphone video shot by one of the survivors of a speedboat crash shows the last few seconds before the vessel crashed into the barge.
He said Wednesday it's difficult to tell if the video shows the actual impact. He says the cellphone also briefly recorded audio of the crash and its impact.
The district attorney says investigators are carefully reviewing the recording for clues to the cause. Police say they suspect the man piloting the boat was intoxicated, but blood tests are not yet complete. John has been charged with vehicular homicide.
Zugibe said all information would be submitted to a grand jury.
Statement from the families of Lindsey Stewart and Mark Lennon
Our families are shattered by the horrible accident that took the lives of Lindsey Stewart and Mark Lennon and seriously injured and devastated so many others.
Compounding our agony is the rush, by some, to cast blame on or even malign the victims. While police have issued serious charges against the boat's driver, toxicology results supporting those charges will not be available for days.
Our conversations with some of the survivors of this accident, including Brian Bond, make two things quite clear:
We are immensely thankful for the outpouring of love and concern by so many friends, neighbors and even strangers.
So many caring people have asked, "What can I do?"
We will never understand why this happened, but we do seek to understand exactly what happened that horrible night.
To do that, we have a specific request of boaters who have firsthand knowledge of the barges our loved ones struck:
If you were out on the water, on or before the night of Friday, July 26, and have knowledge of the barges or the accident conditions, please share your information with us by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com . (That's darkbarges with an "s.")
We remain so grateful to the Rockland County Sheriff's department and all the first responders who searched for and recovered Lindsey and Mark, as well as the medical personnel who came to the aid of their injured friends.
We are devastated by the irreparable damage that has been done to the lives of so many. None of our lives will ever be the same.
Thank you for keeping our families - and the families of all those affected by this accident in your prayers.
Carol Stewart-Kosik, mother of Lindsey Stewart
Walter Kosik, step-father of Lindsey Stewart
Kevin and Dympna Lennon, parents of Mark Lennon
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The nightlife scene in Toronto is as varied as the neighborhoods. Downtown—in the Entertainment and Financial districts and Old Town—bars and pubs cater to theatergoers and weekday worker bees. They can be dead on weekends after dark, however—especially in the Entertainment District—until 11 pm rolls around and the big loft-style dance clubs get going. To hang with locals at their neighborhood joints, head to Little Italy or the Annex, where university students mix with residents of the surrounding Victorian-lined streets.
Gay nightlife centers around Church and Wellesley streets northeast of the downtown core. Everyone under 40 ends up on Queen West at some point, patronizing the once-bohemian, now-established arty bars and cafés. Ladies who lunch meet for midday martinis in swanky Yorkville and later clink glasses at the tony lounges. Throughout the city are dedicated music venues, bars, and supper clubs that specialize in jazz, Latin, blues, rock, hip-hop, and everything in between.
Most recently Toronto has emerged as a food-obsessed city with late-night restaurants (from hole in the walls to the crème de la crème in fine dining), offering sips and nibbles to those who wish to feast past the usual dinner hour. Other emerging trends include a flourish of local brewpubs and luxury hotels offering unique evening programs which have locals and tourists swarming. In this section, we've covered the places that have cemented their place in the city's scene, but new hot spots are always emerging. Check local news outlets to get the latest.
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The Queensland Government's announcement today to permanently protect the Cooper's Creek, Georgina, and Diamantina rivers is momentous for western Queensland, said the Western Rivers Alliance, a coalition of regional organisations, graziers, and conservation groups.
Declared Wild Rivers under the government's Wild Rivers Act, this designation will create confidence for graziers over water supplies and deliver long-term benefits for the region's natural environment, such as filling Lake Eyre.
Ten million acres in western Queensland will be protected as a result of this designation, along with the prohibition of coal seam gas development in the region's rivers and floodplains, the creation of ten new Indigenous conservation ranger jobs, and the delivery of a support package for local government and catchment groups to control weeds and feral animals.
"Protection of these rivers is ground-breaking and a great reassurance to graziers," said Angus Emmott with the Australian Floodplain Association, and a third generation grazier from Noonbah Station in western Queensland.
"These systems are dry desert rivers, but when they flood, some of the best beef country anywhere in Australia is created. Living and working out here, our greatest fear is from mining. Protection under the Wild Rivers Act means new mining and coal seam gas is now prohibited from our waterways and vast floodplains," said Mr Emmott.
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Pros – The compensation and benefits offered at this company were terrific, especially for Salt Lake City. In a city with average low salaries, Myriad Genetics is a breath of fresh air. Time off was always granted for certain circumstances. Generally the people working here are fun and enjoyable people.
Cons – Management is horrible. Despite reporting record profits each year with the sound of a trump, there minimal, if any, raises or promotions within. The management never awards the hard working people, but always the brown-nosers that don't do much of anything. Teamwork is a must, but almost always, somebody drops the ball.
Advice to Senior Management – Award the hard workers. Take a close look at those in leadership positions and evaluate them based on their work quality. You will find that the majority of management is poor and unqualified personnel. Make those who make you rich happy, and they will be happy to work for you. Work morale is horrible and many people dread coming to work and dealing with their supervisors.
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The Chiefs in the first round—
Kansas City has been hit and miss though the years in the opening round. Buck Buchanan, the top pick in the draft in 1963, is a Hall of Famer—so is Willie Lanier who was taken 55 picks later in that same draft. Tony Gonzalez will retire as the greatest tight end in the game's history and Derrick Thomas, who was picked right after Barry Sanders and just before Deion Sanders in 1988 is also in Canton. Beyond that, Dale Carter and Neil Smith were really good first rounder's for the Chiefs—Tamba Hali, Dwyane Bowe and Derric Johnson have all been to Pro Bowls. But that's the good news, more times than not the Chiefs have swung and missed with their first pick. It's still too early to assess Dontari Poe, but what about Tyson Jackson, Jonathan Baldwin and Glenn Dorsey?
Over the years there have been some picks that just plain hurt, or made you wonder who in the world was making them. Feel free to tell me about the career of Woody Green or Anthony Hancock? They picked Brian Jozwiak and Paul Palmer in consecutive seasons, not very good seasons I might add. Percy Snow and Harvey Williams heard their names called in New York and taken in vain in Kansas City. Trezelle Jenkins, Victor Riley and James Sims were all proud first picks of the Chiefs. But the best of all time was quarterback Todd Blackledge taken with the seventh pick in the legendary 1983 draft. It was a draft that produced eight Hall of Famers, six of whom were drafted after Blackledge. Bruce Mathews, Darrell Green and Richard Dent were all taken after Kansas City's first pick. More painfully, so were Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. Of course, every team has their tales of woe relative to the first round of the draft—it's just that the Chiefs seem to have a few more than normal, so be prepared.
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How about Wichita's favorite son landing on the cover of Madden 25? Barry Sanders edging out Adrian Peterson in an on line vote of gamers/fans. Sanders, a little recruit back out of Wichita North, won the Heisman before rushing for over 15,000 yards in ten years with the Lions before walking away in 1998. That Sanders still has the rep after 15 years of retirement is nothing short of amazing.
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The Royals squandered a three run lead in Detroit last night on their way to a eighth straight loss to the two-time defending American League Central Division champ. Mike Moustakis continues to struggle everywhere—he had a key error in a four run inning for the Tigers and went 0-4 with two strike outs and four men left on base. He's dipped to .148, has yet to hit a homer and driven in only one run. Thursday's matchup will be fun as James Shields goes for the Royals against Justin Verlander for the Tigers.


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Check out March children's program options in Norman
March brings the start of the transition from cold to warm, from winter to spring, and many options for families with children to take part in at the Norman Public Library.
Each week, choose from the following offerings at the library at these times:
Story Time, for children up to preschool age, 10 a.m. Mondays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Thursdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays, as well as at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sooner Mall – One exception is Thursday, March 7, when Children's librarians will be attending a special professional training.
Afterschool Special, for children kindergarten through 2nd grade, 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Creative Space, for tweens in third through fifth grade, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays
Rhythm Babies, for children up to age 3, 10 a.m. Fridays
Music Connection, for children age 3 to 7, 11 a.m. Fridays
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Highland League side Turriff held Scottish Division One's Morton to a 1-1 draw in their first ever appearance in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
Morton dominated in the opening stages of the game and had plenty of early chances. The best of these fell to Peter Weatherson whose right-footed effort from 10 yards out struck the bar after 32 minutes.
But Turriff, who sit 14th in the Highland League, took the lead against the run of play in the 40th minute when Mark Simpson volleyed past Morton stopper Derek Gaston from 12 yards out.
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Both teams were reduced to 10 men in the 88th minute when Morton's Craig Reid and Turriff's Cammy Bowden were dismissed for violent conduct.


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My new fav! – nicely appointed salon with wonderful stylists (I recommend Colette)... also offer waxing (I recommend Sonia). relaxing atmostphere and fair pricing... great Burbank location!
Great Cuts, Fair Prices – My best hair cut in the last several years was by the creative hands of Tiffany at Krimson Hair Studio. She listened and made sure to execute a cut that would make me happy and feel beautiful. I plan on going back very soon.
The ambiance emits class without the intimidating and cold atmosphere of an overpriced West Hollywood salon.
Although they also cut men's hair, my boyfriend strolled in and felt like it was more of a woman's salon. He may have been put off by the bevy of young blondes with sharp objects in-hand. Needless to say, he ended up going down the street to Floyd's.
IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT HAIR EXTENSIONS, YOU MUST CALL COLETTE WELCH! – I highly recommend Colette Welch! She is so great! I have very fine hair and had been thinking about hair extensions for a while. I finally had Colette put them in and I absolutely love them. I was actually a little nervous because I am terrified of my hair breaking. She did an unbelievable job and my hair feels very healthy and no breakage! The hair feels very natural and I can't tell you how many compliments I get on my hair now. In fact, I get my nails done at another salon in town, which is sort of a "snobby salon" where a lot of celebrities go (nothing against those salons, but you know what I mean,) and one of their big stylists, who is actually one of the owners is constantly complimenting the job Colette did on my extensions. Which as you know, one stylist will very very rarely compliment another's work, especially from a competing salon, at least not in my experience. And they rave about the job she did on my hair. So if you are thinking about extensions you have to try Colette. She is quick, (as I've heard the process can take forever) extremely pleasant and friendly, and fair priced! You're missing out if you don't go to her!
AMAZING HIGHLIGHTS: SARAH at Krimson – I have been searching for years for the perfect blonde highlights ... literally years. Ive paid hundreds of dollars at salons like Joseph Martin on Rodeo but NO ONE has come close to giving me the color that I want. That is untill i did some research and found Sarah on citisearch I was a little worried when I walked in a met her because she looks around my age (21) but this girl is gifted with highlights. She doesnt rush and the end product is flawless. I also have long hair and begged her not to take too much off and she did exactly what I said. If you want to get the perfect california blonde highlights in town GO TO SARAH!
Great salon – I followed my stylist here from another salon. She convinced me to give up hair abuse (perms) and always has great ideas about cut and color...She stays up on all the latest. Not telling her name cuz she will be booked next time I call. Everyone here is good.
Connie is the best! – I started going to Connie after I spent over a year going to a stylist that I was never happy with. Now my hair is always perfect! Great atmosphere, nice people, wine on Thursdays! I know that if I decide I want my hair pink again or if just want something subtle done, I'm in good hands :)
Great experience overall! – Just know that Krimson Hair Studio has it all. Happy, talented stylists (especially Alexa), a great vibe, a clean environment with a Moroccan theme, did I mention nice people? Amanda has done a great job with the place.
Be sure to say hi to my true pal for many years Charli Jessup who I will follow anywhere for my nails (and for a therapist). Sure she won Burbank's best nail tech but she is also one of the most intelligent people you will ever meet - Computer classes anyone?
The best part is you don't have to get all "dolled up" to go in. With or without make up, they love you as you are! In my case, covered in dog hair...hahaha!
I'd Follow Her Anywhere – I've followed hair stylist/colorist Holly Jones to 3 salons in the past 10 years. The last 3 years - since they opened, at Krimson. Holly has done cuts/color/straighrtening on my hair - and invented a technique of deep triangular cuts to lighten up my ends that gives me just the look I want! They do have some trendy stylists there - which is cool. Holly's clients are all ages, and men too. As an Interior Designer - I really appreciate the decor. owner Amanda Deem has created a Morrocan vibe that's not just 'thematic' , but really transports and relaxes you. I highly recommend Krimson - and especially Holly.
The best service in town. – I can't say enough good things about Krimson Hair Studio. Amanda and her staff offer the best quality service I have ever found in a hair salon.
The atmosphere is professional and at the same time cheerful and relaxed. I wouldn't think of going anywhere else. Bob R.
Top Notch Extensions and Killer Color – If you're looking for an outstanding salon and amazing hairstylist, do yourself a favor and make an appointment with Heather! Most people falsly assume that you have to go to some super trendy salon somewhere in LA, that you read about in some magazine, because a famous person goes there to get a great do, but forget about that pish-posh because as we all know those salons are all full of stuck up scenesters who don't know jack about hair. Krimson is a beautiful salon with just the right amount of trendy and scene and Heather is a top notch colorist with experience and TALENT. I can't stress enough how experience alone is not enough. Just because someone has been doing hair for years doesn't mean they've been doing it well. Heather also does extensions! The good ones that blend in with your natural hair not the cheesy ones that make you look like you're wearing clip in hair. These mix right in and look super natural. Heather knows hair, she has mastered extensions and she knows color like color doesn't know itself and her expertise is evident in her work. So...? what are you waiting for? Call Krimson and make yourself an appointment with Heather STAT! Sieze the day... life is short....go get pretty!
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Record day
•Colts receiver Reggie Wayne has made at least two catches in 59 consecutive games, a league record. Last week, he tied the record held by Cris Carter.
•Rookie quarterbacks have won 26 starts this season, the most since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Rookie winners Sunday were Indianapolis' Andrew Luck, Miami's Ryan Tannehill and Cleveland's Brandon Weeden.
•St. Louis cornerback Janoris Jenkins returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the Rams' 31-17 victory at Arizona. Jenkins is the fourth rookie in NFL history — and the first in the modern era — to score on two interceptions in the same game. The others were Hoot Flanagan in 1925, Dan Sandifer in 1948 and Bobby Franklin in 1960.
•Seattle's Leon Washington returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against Miami, pushing his career total to eight kickoff-return scores. That's tied with Cleveland's Josh Cribbs for the most in NFL history.
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The Seahawks have an excellent secondary, but that could be in jeopardy. According to an NFL.com report, cornerbacks Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner are facing four-game suspensions for violating the league's policy against performance-enhancing drugs. The report cites "someone with knowledge of the ruling" and says the players plan to appeal.


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Book your room at Glen Cove Mansion Hotel
Deluxe Room, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 2 adults
Deluxe Double Room, 2 Double BedsMax Occupancy: 4 adults
Hotel and Conference Center on Long Island's Gold Coast
Expansive grounds
This historical estate on Long Island's North Shore Gold Coast features a 1910 Georgian mansion surrounded by 55 secluded and landscaped acres, and includes many recreation facilities.
Swim, sports, massage
Guests at Glen Cove Mansion can swim in an outdoor or indoor pool, exercise in a health club with spa tub and massage room, play tennis and racquetball, and rent bicycles.
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Smoke-free guestrooms at Long Island's Glen Cove Mansion Hotel have garden-and-grounds views and include complimentary wired and wireless Internet access, on-demand entertainment systems and Crabtree & Evelyn toiletries.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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- The Overview
This historic hotel and events venue is situated on 55 manicured acres on Long Island's North Shore, known as "The Gold Coast." The hotel is centrally located less than 30 miles from Manhattan, John F. Kennedy Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Islip's MacArthur's Airports. President Theodore Roosevelt's home, Sagamore Hill, is 9.5 miles away. Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park is six miles from the hotel.
Once a private residence, this elegant, circa-1910 mansion has welcomed guests since 1967 as a hotel. Glen Cove Mansion Hotel has been updated with modern conveniences, while maintaining its original Georgian Manor charm. Several fitness and recreational facilities are available on site, including sauna, steam and massage rooms, an indoor pool, spa tub, as well as the original outdoor estate pool and poolside cabana. Racquetball courts, lighted tennis courts, jogging trails, a sports field, and bicycles are available. Guests also have access to membership privileges at the nearby Glen Cove Golf Club during their stay.
The property has a complimentary area shuttle which runs to destinations within 10 miles of the hotel. Business and event services includes 29 meeting and conference rooms (29,00 square feet), audio-visual equipment, a ballroom, banquet facilities, exhibit space, event catering, and wedding services. Parking is free and pickup from the train station can be coordinated with staff.
Glen Cove Mansion is a smoke-free hotel.
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Spa tub
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Free parking
- Arcade/game room
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Business center
- Banquet facilities
- Business services
- Computer rental
- Audiovisual equipment
- Total number of rooms - 187
- Number of floors - 3
- Ballroom(s)
- Tennis on site
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Health club
- ATM/banking
- Medical assistance available
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Patio
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 2694
- Sauna
- Self parking
- Steam room
- Swimming pool - outdoor seasonal
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Cell phone/mobile rental
- Technology helpdesk
- Wedding services
- Express check-in
- Fireplace in lobby
- Technology support staff
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Half board rates available
- Full board rates available
- Billiards or pool table
- Media library
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Secure parking
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Valet parking
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Pool table
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 29
- Conference center
- Train station pickup (complimentary)
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 29000
- Secretarial services
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Television in lobby
- Translation services
- Connect
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
- Parking
Free parking, Secure parking, Self parking, Valet parking, RV, bus, truck parking
- The Room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Connecting / adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
- Video-game console
- Pay movies
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- In-room massage available
- Shower/tub combination
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- The Eats
Dining Room - Window views of gardens and grounds. Huge crystal chandeliers. Fine-dining restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets daily.
Pub 1910 - Casual pub serving drinks and light meals for dinner. Includes plasma TVs, game tables, and billiards. Located on the third floor. Live jazz, by the Les Stanco Group featuring Rebecca Dorsey, Friday nights.
The Pub - Casual social/activities center on third floor of Mansion. Jukebox and parquet dance floor, card tables, table shuffleboard, football, darts, pool tables, big-screen TVs, popcorn machine (complimentary). Open late afternoon to late night for beer, cocktails, appetizers, pizza, salads, sandwiches, burgers, fish and chips, steak, pasta, grilled salmon.
- The Entertainment
Every Friday starting at 8 PM, Pub 1910 features "A Swingin' Affair" with the Les Stanco Group featuring Rebecca Dorsey. This talented group of musicians delights audiences with their unique musical style and humor reminiscent of the glory days of the Rat Pack.
- Out and About
Open in summer, a 65-x-25-foot outdoor pool surrounded by lounges and umbrella tables is flanked by gardens and trees, including a prized century-old copper beech. Sheltered by a glass pavilion, a heated 45-x-25-foot indoor pool in the hotel's health club provides year-round swimming.
The health club contains one complimentary racquetball/handball/wallyball court. Other complimentary recreation: tennis on three lighted courts with basketball hoop, croquet, ping pong (table tennis), badminton, volleyball, shuffleboard, and horseshoes. Mountain bicycles are available for rent. The hotel offers a complimentary jogging map with five suggested routes in the neighboring area.
Glen Cove Municipal Golf Course is across the street. Morgan Park one-half mile from the hotel includes a beach on Long Island Sound. The south side of Long Island, features beaches, has fishing-charter centers, and includes Jones Beach State Park (24 miles away), a popular boardwalk destination for activities like pier fishing and miniature golf as well as swimming.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult in certain recreation facilities including the fitness facility and swimming pool.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Ice skating nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Dock nearby
- Boating nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Playground nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Basketball on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Shuffleboard on site
- Swimming on site
- Table tennis on site
- Volleyball on site
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Mind and Body
The hotel's spa provides body and facial treatments which include massages, scrubs, and wraps.
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Braille or raised signage
The Fine Print for Glen Cove Mansion Hotel
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Pack your pet
Pets allowed
- You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: USD 16.50 for adults and USD 8.25 for children (approximately)
- Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per stay (maximum USD 100 per stay)
- Weekly housekeeping provided; additional cleaning fee: USD 20 per day
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.