Tuesday

Dr. Malcolm Long

Cover of "Watchmen"
Cover of Watchmen

The Watchmen, Chapter VI

 Alan Moore is described as meticulously
 detailed in his scripting, providing long
 notes for Dave Gibbons art work on The Watchmen;
things like angles, objects, color, lighting,
 and perspectives.

 not to take away from Gibbons work,
 i'm certain that there was more collaboration than is generally
 commented on.

part of the fun in reading Moore's work is
 keeping in mind that everything is there for a reason.
everything. each and every detail is accounted for: the page layout,
 the sequence of events, the costumes, the names . . . everything.

take the name of Kovac's psychiatrist, Dr. Malcolm Long.
 what's in a name? Moore loves puns, and word play.

 Malcolm Long is the antithesis of Malcolm Little aka Malcom X.
Malcolm X is the rehabilitated criminal set out to save Black America
from  a delusional, self-righteous, liberal and sick society,

Dr. Malcolm Long is the self-righteous, self-congratulatory,
 delusional, pudgy, Black middle-class liberal out to make a reputation
 by rehabilitating the sick  criminal mind thus save society.

 there's irony there to be found.

this is but one of the reasons that  i come back
and read The Watchmen time and again.

i can make as much out of the story as i wish,
 and the's no end to the material.

..
.ero
.

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Friday

Woolworth Coined the Five and Dime | The Town | Toasting The Town

Woolworth Coined the Five and Dime | The Town | Toasting The Town:

 "Woolworth Coined the Five and Dime"


 Have you now – a nickel or a dime?
Have you now – a nickel or a dime?
A nickel or a dime to-day good-sir, you-Say!

The store has just now opened up,
And I’ve got things to get!
Tins for pence and knicks and knacks – Oh-my!

Mr. Woolworth sir, have-you any-change?
Mr. Woolworth sir, have-you any-change?
A nickel or a dime to-day good-sir, you-Say!

It’s you young man who should have the coin –
And you’ve got things to get!
Save the rest of it for your – cutie-Pie!

Sunday

Bell's notebook entry on March 10, 1876



Bell's notebook entry on March 10, 1876

CREDIT: Bell, Graham, Alexander. "Bell's Experimental Notebook, March 10, 1876." Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.


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Walking Dead Vol.1

yes, i do, i love Walking Dead Vol.1. 

i confess, i love zombies anyway, whether camp or horrific and anywhere in between, so i'm biased in the extreme.

here is a world not unlike our own but where the social support and control machinery has collapsed. we drop in a law and order sheriff who has no idea what has happened. mix in corpses come to life with an appetite for living flesh. and, yeah i guess the mood is somewhat disordered, confusing, rambling and disjointed.

Kirkman has done a superb job. he shows rather than tells.

this is the character-driven story of survivors (aka The Walking Dead of the title) in a world where civilization is a quickly receding memory and the monsters within are often more dangerous than the hungry corpses which threaten to overtake them. but again, my enthusiasm begins with the trope and ascends from there. 

give the subsequent volumes a try, you may find yourself rooting for the zombies. 
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