Facing Shenandoah Avenue. 2026.
The building was originally constructed at the start of the 20th Century as office space for Norfolk & Western Railroad.
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Cover to “Batman and the Mad Monk” #1, Matt Wagner, 2006
DC Comics.
“A single afternoon, a single voice, a single version of ourselves that once existed.”
“What is any life without the pursuit of a dream?”
“Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own. What is any life without the pursuit of a dream?”
— Rebecca Dearborn (Tilda Swinton), Vanilla Sky, 2001
Intersection of Shenandoah Avenue and North Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia, 2026
The building on the corner is 8 North Jefferson Street.
Variant cover to “Wonder Girl” #1, J Scott Campbell, 1992
DC Comics.
North Jefferson Street in Roanoke, VA, 2026
Looking south.
United Kingdom Blu-ray Disc Cover for “The Terror” Season 1 (2018)
AMC.
People say I’m paranoid.
(Those people are out to get me.)
Throwback Thursday: the debut of Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns,” 1986
That’s right — the legendary tome saw its 40th anniversary last month. (I’ve always had the habit of referring to its graphic novel format, but of course it was initially published as a four-issue limited series.)
Forty years — I can’t wrap my mind around that.
For a little perspective, imagine being a young person in 1986 and discovering The Dark Knight Returns for the first time. (I myself was introduced to it a few years down the line, but still.) Now picture an older comics fan in 1986 trying to interest you in a title that was published 40 years prior.
THAT COMIC WOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN 1946 — a year after the conclusion of World War II. It would have to be a title like Tintin or the Mark Trail comic strip.
Damn, we’re old.
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