Gray Morrow (1934 - 2001)

Remembering the remarkable Edward Yang, deeply felt and award-winning Taiwanese-American filmmaker, on what should have been his 78th birthday.

#BOTD on 11/6/1947

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Thank you

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The Jam.
Bernie Mireault (1961 -2024).

Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75 New Zealand film-maker became a Hollywood fixture in the 90s and 00s, including making Pierce Brosnan’s last 007 movie, before returning to his home country

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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

Yesterday was also the birthday of Takao Saito (1936 - 2021)

Also born on the same day and year as Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989)

Goseki Kojima (1928 - 2000)

Born on this day in 1954:

Brad Bonner, born Stuart Leslie Goddard.

Happy birthday!

Laura Knight (1877-1970)

Every.Fucking.Word..🔥🔥

#SheShed

Tcheky Karyo was always a pleasure to watch onscreen in any movie he appeared in, no matter the size of the role.

May he rest in peace, and my condolences to his family and friends.

A black and white photo of Ditko

Six samples of his art, including covers to Spider-Man, Blue Beetle, The Creeper, and Hawk & Dove, as well as a Dr. Strange pinup & a splash page for Mr. A.

Today is the birthday of artist Steve Ditko (Nov. 2, 1927-June 29, 2018). Cocreator or creator of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, the Question, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Mr. A., Hawk & Dove, the Creeper, Captain Atom, Squirrel Girl, & more.

Today we celebrate the birthday of Steve Ditko, born today in 1927. Ditko was an award-winning American comics artist and writer best known as the artist and co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. #SteveDitko

48 years ago - November 1, 1977

Wire released their debut studio album, Pink Flag. It features the songs "Reuters," "Three Girl Rhumba," "Ex Lion Tamer," "Pink Flag," "Mr. Suit," "Strange," "Mannequin," and "12XU

#punk #punks #punkrock #wire #pinkflag #punkrockhistory

On my way home. Enjoyed the film. Victor's tale could have been a bit less bombastic Jacob Elordi pleasantly surprised me, didn't know him before. The scenes in the mill/cabin were my favorite. Glad to see Wrightson so well represented. Recommended!

Al Williamson Wherein I write about one of the greatest illustrators to ever grace both comic books and comic strips

The latest edition of my free comics newsletter is about Al Williamson. Williamson was ridiculously good at drawing and became one of the greatest inkers ever. He was superlative illustrator of comic books and newspaper strips.

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Born today in 1946.

Bruce Eliot Jones / Philip Roland / Bruce Elliot

Happy birthday, Bruce Jones!

Born on this day in 1937:

Frank Huntington Stack

Self Portrait of the Artist (1986)

Happy birthday, #FrankStack!

Is this the greatest music video ever? @eleanormorton.bsky.social and I discover what might be the sexiest/spookiest performance of Tim Curry's career in The Worst Witch (1986). linktr.ee/readthat

Hardly dated!

Die Quintessenz dieser Reportage: Der rechtsextreme Tumor ist schon viel viel tiefer in diese Gesellschaft vorgedrungen und hat sich derart ausgebreitet, dass fraglich ist, ob er in seinen Langzeitfolgen überhaupt noch gestoppt werden kann.

Happy birthday!

Nausicaä.

A color photo of Starr

The characters from Mary Perkins reading Sunday comic strips, including Little Orphan Annie.

A sample color Sunday strip from Mary Perkins.

Today is the birthday of cartoonist & illustrator Leonard Starr (Oct. 28, 1925-June 30, 2015). He worked for a variety of publishers over 4 decades, but is most known for his comic strip Mary Perkins, On Stage, his revival of Little Orphan Annie in 1979, & his work on the ThunderCats cartoon.

A black and white photo of Herriman at his drawing table with a doll of Krazy.

A panel of Ingnatz throwing a brick at Krazy's head while Officer Pupp yells "Transgression!!!"

A panel of Ignatz asking Krazy "so you are a dual personality, eh?" Krazy responds "oh, shoe - dollin- I'm a prektigill a twin."

The newspaper comic strip Krazy Kat, created by George Herriman, premiered on October 28, 1913. The characters had previously appeared as a side strip to The Dingbat Family. Krazy Kat ran until Herriman’s death in 1944.