Cover to “Grendel Tales: Devil’s Choices” #1 , Edvin Biukovic, 1995

Dark Horse Comics.

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“Washerwoman,” Stepan Kolesnikoff, circa 1920’s

Gouache on cardboard.

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“No Man is an Island,” by John Donne

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man’s death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

 

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It’s 1:20 AM. Might as well e-mail a business proposal to DC Comics.

It’s about an insomniac member of the Green Lantern Corps.  His mental power to focus his ring’s energy results from hours of sleeplessness.

You think Guy Gardner was a $%^&?  This dude’s crankier.

 

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(I hope they skratch that idea.)

Here’s a thought. If the upcoming “Captain Marvel” introduces the shape-shifting skrull to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (as far back as the 1990’s, at least), then does it create the possibility that any major players we’ve seen since the MCU’s inception are Skrull in disguise?

Like in the comics’ “Secret Invasion” storyline?

I kinda hope not, because it’s a terrible idea. But still.

Weird world — I ran this same post on Facebook and it gave me the option of “tagging” the skrull characters on the cover below, in case they were my friends.  As Ford Fairlane would say, “Kooky.”

 

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Cover to “Aliens: Genocide” #2, Arthur Suydam, 1991

Dark Horse Comics.

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Is there a Pulitzer Prize for puns?

If so, send me to Stockholm.  (Yeah, I know that’s where they hand you the Nobel, but I’ve always wanted to see Stockholm …)

My latest:

I’ll never show restraint on social media.

BECAUSE THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEMES.

 

 

Yep.

In fact, they call it a hard drive because the stuff there is so hard to finish.

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Cover to “Batman: Digital Justice,” Pepe Moreno, 1985

DC Comics.

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“Roanoke Summer Midnight” featured by The Piker Press!

I’m honored to share here that my poem “Roanoke Summer Midnight” appeared today over at The Piker Press. You can find it right here.

The Piker Press is an outstanding online journal of arts, sciences, fiction and non-fiction. As always, I’m grateful to Editor Sand Pilarski for allowing me to be a part of its creative community.

 

 

 

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