![]() ![]() Through The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History! Morris opens our minds to little-known worlds. In the follow-up to his masterfully executed first book, The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History, Jon Morris once again reminds us of the overlooked, underappreciated, and often misunderstood characters in bottom-of-the-barrel comics. After all, without supervillain Norman Osborn, Spider-Man would be just another frustrated teenager with too much time on his hands. ![]() Supervillains are an important facet of popular storytelling. ![]() The Joker, Lex Luthor, Mystique – these brand-name supervillains are Yin to the Yang of Batman, Superman, and the X-Men. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In 1985, he moved to Utah (his home as of 2020) to attend Brigham Young University. The podcast has been nominated for a Hugo Award in 2011, 2012 and has won in 2013. Tayler spends time regularly during the week drawing at a local comic book and gaming store, as well as producing a weekly writing tips podcast called Writing Excuses with fellow authors Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and producer Jordan Sanderson. Schlock Mercenary has been nominated multiple times and won the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards in two different categories, and the webcomic has been nominated four times for a Hugo Award. He quit his job at Novell several years later in order to work on the webcomic full-time. While working at Novell, Tayler began online publication of Schlock Mercenary. Using his degree in music composition, he started an independent record label. ![]() He worked as a volunteer missionary for the LDS Church, then graduated from Brigham Young University. Tayler (born Februin Florida) is the creator of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary. WCCA Outstanding Science Fiction Comic (2004) ![]() ![]() ![]() On a dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd turns up in a dismal northern English village wrapped in a black cloak and carrying a black bag. As John Mullan wrote in the Guardian: “In a very black comedy of elaborately choreographed coincidences, weakness and self-indulgence are duly punished.” Fludd (1989) Newly released from 10 years of incarceration after the suspicious death of her mother, Muriel – “a square, plain woman forty-four years old” – is out for revenge against several of the characters from the earlier book. Muriel’s case files get lost due to a farcical combination of bureaucratic failure and the extramarital high jinks of those tasked with looking after them, with fatal results. Mantel’s debut is a devastating black comedy which skewered the inadequacy of social service provision in the 1970s through the story of the Axons: widowed Evelyn (the first deeply flawed spiritualist to haunt Mantelworld) and her dependant daughter Muriel, whose mysterious pregnancy is discovered at the opening of the novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gratefully, considering the Revolution theme we didn’t have to wade through pages of blood and beheadings, but the backdrop added well to the undertone for the narrative and the characters stories and motives are portrayed well because of it. ![]() ![]() This premise screams off the page and the mix of gunpowder, muskets and magic didn’t initially pique my appetite thankfully I was wrong (it's surprising how often that happens). Initially I was unsure concerning backdrop for the story, the French Revolution. Tamas must rely on his friends and alienated son Taniel if his people and the Nine Nations are to survive. Legends long hidden may rue the day when Old Gods return and Field Marshal Tamas’s coup against a failing, rotten and self-indulgent royalty balances on a knife edge. Sometimes to build new you must burn the old. In a time of upheaval, resurgence and corrupted Royalty Privileged, one-man’s love for his lost wife and his country burns and fuels a new order where all can be treated equally. The alchemy of gunpowder fused with the magic of sorcery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After meeting Gabriel’s grateful parents, Meriwether accepts the offer-to the spitting contempt of Lucas Shaw, the other mechanic, who’s white and rumored to have friends in the Ku Klux Klan. ![]() Betty Babcock, the white woman who nearly kills Gabriel, addresses Meriwether as “boy.” But Gabriel says his parents “taught me differently”-and seeks out Meriwether to offer him a job at his father’s garage out of gratitude. The word also sets the tone of the town’s postwar racial references and bigotry, along with The Negro Motorist Green Book, segregated bathrooms, and the way Mrs. The author’s use of the word “colored” isn’t gratuitous-the book’s setting is Birdsong, South Carolina, in 1946. The book opens with the event, when Meriwether, who’s begging for a job on Main Street, sees Gabriel pedal through a red light and pushes him out of the way of an oncoming car. If Opie Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show wrote a book about Mayberry’s racism, the voice would be that of Gabriel Haberlin, the 12-year-old white boy who is saved from near tragedy by Meriwether Hunter, a “colored” man. ![]() ![]() ![]() "A marvelous tale, gracefully told in language as beautiful as the song that inspired it." -Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches ![]() "Magical, beautiful and heartbreaking." -Greer Macallister, author of Scorpica and The Magician's Lie "Fans of folkloric fantasy will be spellbound." - Publishers Weekly "Weaves a captivating spell of myth and magic around the reader." -Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne Their story will shape the destiny of Britain. Riva, Keyne and Sinne-three siblings entangled in a web of betrayal, who must fight to forge their own paths. And Tristan, a warrior who is not what he seems. It brings with it Myrdhin, meddler and magician. ![]() ![]() However, change comes on the day ash falls from the sky. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure.Īll three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold, their people's last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is-the king's son. Riva can cure others, but can't seem to heal her own deep scars. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. In the kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, and the curl of the grass. "ABSOLUTELY STUNNING." -Hannah Whitten, author of For the Wolf In an ancient land steeped in wild magic, three royal siblings fight to keep their kingdom safe from the warriors who threaten its borders-and their bond-in this lyrical debut of spells and song, sisterhood and betrayal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Summ ar y: Fif teen- year-ol d Tiger Lily receives specia l protections from the spiritual forces of Neverland, but then she meets her tribe’s most dangerous enemy- Peter P an-and fa lls in love with hi m. From the unforgettable, genre-bending story of hope in Midnight at the Electric to the heartbreaking tale of first love in Tiger Lily, Jodi Lynn has the. Tiger Li ly / Jodi Lynn Anderson - 1st ed. ![]() epicre ads.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data An derson, Jod i Lyn n. For informatio n address HarperCollins Chi ldren ’ s Books, a div ision of HarperCollins Pu blishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. No par t of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without wr it ten per mi ssion ex cept i n the c ase of br ief q uotat ions em bodie d in critica l ar ticles and reviews. Pr inte d in t he Unit ed State s of Am eric a. Tiger Lily Copyright © 2012 by Jodi Lynn Anderson A ll r ig hts r eser ved. HarperTeen is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ![]() ![]() "Kids, and people in general, just love animals," Peltzman says. He and his company, Inner Dog Productions, also create the show, This Podcast Has Fleas for WNYC, which is "an original comedy series for kids about a dog and a cat with dueling podcasts." An entire generation knows his storytelling by heart, including Blue's Clues, WonderPets!, and Backyardigans, among others. Peltzman has an award-winning reputation in the world of animation and children's programming, especially animal features. Related: Binge-Worthy Pet Movies and TV Shows from 2020 to Add to Your Watchlist ![]() ![]() "And the great thing about young audiences is that they're so receptive and imaginative that they'll usually go along with just about any story as long as it pulls them in and is well-told." "The fluidity of animation allows me to be as inventive and playful as I can be with the shows I write and create," he says. ![]() In an interview with Daily Paws, he said that Looney Toons cartoons were a favorite, but what attracted him to animation as a career, especially kids' TV, was the chance to explore his interests in theatre, improv comedy, writing, and education. Creator and executive producer Adam Peltzman loved animation as a kid. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Totally gripping and downright impossible to put down, this is a promising start to a potential new series. As readers rapidly turn the pages to learn how the tense hostage drama plays out, they will also be sympathizing with Michael as he faces the agonizing loss of his wife. Patterson has a knack for creating genuinely likable heroes, and Michael fits the bill. ![]() Once Jack starts killing, Michael realizes he's up against a truly diabolical foe. Jack releases all but the most famous people, and makes his demands: he wants several million dollars from each celebrity hostage, including the mayor, a popular comedic actor, a beloved talk show host, and a pop starlet. Michael is asked to try to reason with a sinister man named Jack. Patrick's Cathedral goes horribly awry when men storm the church and take hundreds of attendees hostage. ![]() But a major crisis calls him away: the funeral of a former First Lady at St. NYPD detective Michael Bennett is concentrating on getting his family through a particularly difficult Christmas: he and his 10 adopted children are facing the loss to cancer of his brave wife, Maeve. Patterson and Ledwidge introduce a new hero in an exciting thriller set in the heart of Manhattan. ![]() ![]() The less of GCI’s equipment he used, the less of a percentage they’d be able to claim of his profits. He was walking into a mine on GCI’s property that hadn’t been worked in centuries, and he was walking in without a corporation mine car or drill-bot. But he quelled his feelings of joy and concentrated on the task at hand. ![]() ![]() The thought of being able to choose his own vacation times and consume what ever substance he wanted, when he wanted, almost made him too excited to work. Yes, Omad was 100 shares away from controlling himself. He’d just have to pray that his personal valuation wouldn’t go over 200 credits a share, and that he’d take home at least 20,000 credits from this venture. Even if his stock price rose, as was often the case with personal success, he could still make majority. His stock was selling for 183 credits a share, and all he needed was one more good find and GCI would owe him enough credits to enable him to buy a majority of himself. Today he’d find something valuable enough to achieve his dream, and achieve it at the respectably early age of sixty-nine. ![]() ![]() He was a miner with a knack for finding veins of valuable material even in old, worked-out quarries, and he felt in his bones that today was his day. Though he was filthy from head to toe, bloodied, and his skin shredded as thoroughly as a cat’s scratching post, Omad couldn’t suppress a grin. ![]() |