Dear Kevin Feige:
Please bring Jessica Jones into the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe.
You could balance things out, Thanos-style, by killing off Star-Lord or something! Maybe Groot too, for good measure.
Sincerely,
Eric Robert Nolan
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The best kept secret in publishing?
Ticking off the Halloween watchlist.
I’m still getting into the spirit of Halloween with my television viewing. I caught the newest episodes of “The Walking Dead,” and predictably was quite pleased. (I still maintain that the show has returned to fine form for its final episodes.)
I was somewhat less enthusiastic about Marvel’s new special, “Werewolf By Night,” which was too campy and corny for my taste. (I don’t think I am this show’s intended audience … I can hardly remember the eponymous 1970’s horror comics to which it is an homage.)
What I absolutely loved was episode one of “Let the Right One In” — which looks like it might even compete with the new “Interview With the Vampire” as the best new show with the fanged baddies. It’s less like the 2008 Swedish original independent film and more like the 2010 American remake. It’s a grounded, deliberately paced, atmospheric thriller that manages to be scary right from its opening scene. I love it.
Three of my poems included in the Impspired Magazine Volume 9 anthology
I’m delighted to share here that three of my poems were included in Impspired Magazine Volume 9. The anthology is a print collection composed of writing from Impspired Issues 17 and 18, and includes work from more than 100 writers from around the world. You can find it at Amazon right here.
The pieces authored by me are as follows: “A Churchgoer Passes My Yard on Sunday Morning,” “The Secretary” and “The Bureaucrat.”
Thanks once again to Editor Steve Cawte for allowing me to see my work published in such an outstanding literary collection! I really am honored.
Eric’s Insomniac Theater presents: Winsor McCay’s “The Sinking of the Lusitania” (1918)
Here’s another early milestone from the legendary animator Winsor McCay — 1918’s “The Sinking of the Lusitania.” (I am linking below to the Under the Spreading Oak Tree Youtube channel.) At 12 minutes long, this silent propaganda film was the lengthiest of its time. It chronicled the sinking of the eponymous British civilian ocean liner three years prior that propelled America into World War I. (It is also regarded as the oldest animated film with a serious subject matter.)
McCay himself supported America’s entry in to the war. His employer, William Randolph Hearst, however, did not. So while McCay was required to produce anti-war editorial cartoons on the job, he financed and and worked on “The Sinking of the Lusitania” independently.
It is a striking film. The artistry is absolutely impressive, and you can tell that McCay worked hard to convey the horror of the event. The final image of a woman with a baby sinking below the waves is unsettling indeed.
IT’S YUGE.
A word about joy …
If people want to enjoy something, then let them enjoy it … there’s no point in taking their joy away by shaming them over something that brings them happiness. Be kind. JUST KIDDING — PUMPKIN PIE IS ****ING DISGUSTING — AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR YOUR PERVERSE IMPULSE TO ACTUALLY *INGEST* THE STUFF.
Update: Shephard’s pie ain’t all that great either. And I’m allowed to say that because I’m Irish.
Here’s an irony for you. I actually WOULD probably love octopus pie, if such a dish existed — and that doubtless would repulse a lot of people. But I love the squiggly little tasty fellas. OMG — they could call it “octo-pie” and its name could be a pun. I need to patent this idea.
The Free Lance-Star prints my letter to the editor.
My letter to the editor about conspiracy theories was also published by The Free Lance-Star. You can find it right here.
The Free Lance-Star is a leading regional news source with more than 65,000 weekday readers. I’m always especially pleased to see something I’ve written appear here, because Fredericksburg, Virginia is my college town. 🙂
Thanks yet again to the newspaper’s editorial staff for allowing me to share through this important source of news and commentary in northeast Virginia.
Throwback Thursday: the Ridge Elementary School Class of 1984!
An old pal of mine was cleaning out her closets and happened across this t-shirt from Ridge Elementary School in New York. I am actually still friends with a bunch of the people listed here. New Yorkers stick together. 🙂
Was the Roadrunner our unofficial school mascot or something? I honestly do not remember. Thirty-eight years is a long time.
The Roanoke Times published my latest letter to the editor.
I’m happy today to see that The Roanoke Times published my letter to the editor about relying too heavily on “open mindedness” in considering conspiracy theories. You can read it online right here.
Thanks, as always, to the editorial department of The Roanoke Times for allowing me to share my opinion in this leading regional Virginia newspaper.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 