Todd McFarlane Productions Announces "The New U" Titles
Todd McFarlanes Spawn Universe is laying the foundation of a lineup of new comics called "The New U." This new era will follow the events of Spawn #350. The first three "The New U" comics are Sam & Twitch: Case Files, Rat City, and Monolith. "The New U" comics will span a variety of genres, including crime, horror, science-fiction, drama, and comedy.
Sam & Twitch: Case Files puts the detectives front and center in their own series. The comic hails from McFarlane and Jon Goff and artist Szymon Kudrański.
Sam & Twitch: Case Files #1 goes on sale on March 27, 2024.
Rat City, from Erica Schultz and Zé Carlos, follows Peter Cairn, ex-soldier, amputee, and Hellspawn in a post-war future. "But Peter isn't dead like Al. Peter got his Spawn powers from the nanites in his prosthetic legs—nanites that were affected when Al Simmons initiated his necroplasmic detonation in the present. Al had no clue that the effects would ripple across—not just space—and but time as well." (Image Comics)
Rat City #1 goes on sale on April 10, 2024.
Monolith, from Sean Lewis and Valerio Giangiordano, is a three part miniseries that explores the Hellspawn Monolith's origin and what his connection is with Omega Spawn.
Monolith #1 (of 3) goes on sale on May 15, 2024.
(Image via Image Comics - Cover of Sam & Twitch: Case Files #1)
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Erica Schultz Rat City interview
A new Spawn is coming in Spawn: Rat City. In this new Spawn, we go to a completely new character in the future. Spawn of our time is directly connected to the Spawn of 2111, following the world changing events of Spawn 301. Author Erica Schultz breaks down Spawn: Rat City, the state of Rat City Itself, and more on this new endeavor from Image Comics, plus how Spawn creator Todd McFarlane is a part of this far-future Spawn. Al Simmons may not be directly involved, but the world is certainly part of his making in the new Hellspawn’s journey. We’re talking about who Peter Cairn is, what is motivating him to be Spawn, what this book is all about, and how it allies together in Spawn lore.
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Thomas A Clark, a conversation in an orchard / an orchard in a conversation, Peter Foolen Editions, Eindhoven, 2023 [Cairn Gallery, Pittenweem, Fife]
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Long exposure of sea, with rocks in foreground, Bagh Dhail Mor, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, October 2011
Photographer: Peter Cairns / 2020VISION
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Letters From Watson Liveblog - Aug. 6
Black Peter, Part 3 of 3
I'm glad Holmes and I agree on the younger Neligan being too weak to harpoon a man, although one of my initial thoughts was that the murderer stabbed Peter Carey with a knife or something, and then proceeded to harpoon him after he was dead, which would give him the time to drive that thing in there instead of all at once.
If I had murdered, sorry, "killed" someone I probably wouldn't want to admit to it in front of a police detective, especially as an attempt to correct him. Regardless, I'm kind of disappointed the culprit didn't turn out to be the older Neligan. I think it would have been more dramatic and made for more of a twist, especially with the younger Neligan as a red herring.
Alright, so Black Peter did pick up Neligan senior, and did leave him behind in a way. Again, I think there's a lot of potential for this to have turned out as a revenge story. The fact old Neligan was willing to leave his wife and child behind could mean he also wouldn't mind his son taking the blame for the crime.
I would rule this as self-defense. And with Peter Carey's reputation it's probably not an uncommon experience for him to pull his knife out on somebody after drinking. And as a harpooner of many years, of course Cairns would instinctively go for his weapon of choice.
Poor young Neligan, wrong place, wrong time, and worse luck when he dropped his notebook. At least this means Hopkins wasn't really that far off since Neligan was basically there when the killing happened. Now that I think about it, if he had gotten there to get back the securities, and Black Peter was still kickin', Neligan would probably be the murder victim.
I'm probably missing something, but why are Holmes and Watson going to Norway? If what Cairns said is true, then the older Neligan never even made it there... Or did he?
No, he's likely dead. Hearing about Norway probably just made Holmes decide to go there with Watson for a vacation or something.
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
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Scottish Wild Cat
Peter Cairns
seasoflife
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Vote for your favourite, the top 9 will proceed in the bracket. Since theyre all different shapes and sizes, make sure to click into the full views!
Paget Eliminations // Other Artist Eliminations
Full captions and details for each illustration below the cut:
All Sidney Paget illustrations are for the Strand Jul 1891 - Dec 1904
"A Drunken Looking Groom" Scandal in Bohemia
Characters: Holmes
"He had stood behind that tree." Boscombe ValleyCharacters: James and Mr McCarthy, John Turner
"Which of you is Holmes?" Speckled Band
Characters: Dr Roylott, Holmes, Watson
"I clapped a pistol to his head." Beryl Coronet
Characters: Sir George Burnwell, Holmes
"Trust me, Jack!" she cried." Yellow Face
Characters: Grant and Effie Munro
"There was no powder-blackening on the clothes." Reigate Squires
Characters: William Kirwan, Holmes, Insp Forrester
"I've heard of your methods before now, Mr. Holmes." Naval Treaty
Characters: Watson, Holmes, Insp Forbes
"Holding it only an inch or two from his eyes." Hound of the Baskervilles
Characters: Holmes
"There he sat upon a stone." Hound of the Baskervilles
Characters: Holmes, Watson
"Holmes smiled and clapped Lestrade upon the shoulder." Norwood Builder
Characters: Lestrade, Holmes, Watson
"Shall I sign here?" he asked." Black Peter
Characters: Patrick Cairns, Holmes, Hopkins, Watson
"Why, Mr. Holmes, I thought you knew things," said he."Missing Three-Quarter
Characters: Holmes, Watson, Cyril Overton
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Artists, websites, interesting places & things ! ...
My memory is poor. As for the purposes of updating, I will add new postings to the top of the list. Albeit not alphabetized in this manner, it is easier to maintain.
I started the list so I would have all of the artists I love, places I've been, websites I like, all at a glance whenever I work on projects. Then I decided to share it. I mean, why not! At present it's mainly names without context. Which is a little unfair to artists. However, as I get more settled in my new home,I will provide more links, etc.(With Artists Permission Naturally.)
Thank You For Being Here ..... ~S
Peter Coulson - Photographer
Alina Bobyleva - model. (With the exception of a few fashion photographers I greatly respect, (*One of whom I will link above this note), I don't normally like to put too much emphasis on the modelling industry per se. However, with as much focus on blond or raven haired, tanned models. This young lady is a fair skinned redhead. When I was growing up as a fair skinned dark shade redhead, you never saw yourself represented in the fashion world.
Photogenics Media & Divisions - Link
Olivia Bee
Rebecca Cairns
Janine Machiedo
PaperWrld (vintage stationary & supplies)
Abril Peiretti - post with links
Adriana Petit
Aela Labbe
Alessio Albi
Alicja Anna Reczek
Alicja Rodzik
Alicja Brodowicz
Amandine Joannes
Ana María Bustamante
Andrea Young Art
Anna Marcell
Anna Nycz
Annette Pehrsson
Anya Anti Art
Arna Miller
Artist A Day
Barbara Bezina
Bella Kotak
Camil Tulcan
Caryn Drexl - photography & mixed media
Celeste Ortiz
Colette Saint Yves
Claire Louria
Clare Marie Bailey
Corpus Vertebrae(Michalina Wozniak)
Cristina Coral
Cristina Otero
Crystal Lee Lucas
Dara Scully
Deborah Sheedy
Deborah Turbeville
Diana Moss (Miss Moss- graphic designer/blogger)
Diane Powers
Diego Fernandez
Eirini Lachana
Elif Sanem Karakoc
Elin Kero - (Swedish photographer)
Elisa Scascitelli
Ellen Rogers
Esme Fransen
Eva Carollo
Eva Varveropoulou
Fabrizia Milia
Flemmanoir
Follow me away
Gundula Blumi
Hannah Häseker
Heiner Luepke
Holly Andres
Honeyuck( hana haley)
Imogen Cunningham
Irène Lichtenstein
Irina Joanne
Isa Marcelli
Isabella Bubola
Jaroslaw Datta
Jeffrey Stockbridge
Jessica Tremp
Jingna Zhang
Jone Reed
Josephine Cardin
Julie de Waroquier
Kamwei Fong
Katia Chausheva
Katie Eleanor
Katrin Koenning
Katya Berestova
Kiki Prager
Klara Vlese
Kris Lewis
Kylli Sparre
Laura Makabresku
Laura Zalenga
Laurie Anne
Leela
Leslie Ann O'Dell
Lídia Vives
Lieke Anna
Liu Qing
Lillistorm
LLimonium
Lukasz Wierzbowski
Lysiane Bourdon
Magdalena Franczuk
Magdalena Russocka
Maia Flore
Mara Gritt
Maren Klemp
Margaret Durow
Margherita Introna
Marie Hochhaus
Marit Beer
Mira Nedyalkova
Mariam Sitchinava
Martin Stranka
MelleSan
Misma Andrews
Miss Aniela (Natalie Lennard)
Moirrey Malane
Monia Merlo
Nannimensch
Nastya Kaletkina
Natalie Ina
Nathalia Suellen
Nathalie Lete - Instagram
Nicola Samori
Nicol Vizioli
NISHE
Olga Astratova
Philomena Famulok
Rebecca - IG (finding quiet in the wild)
Reflected Faith
Sofia Ajram
Sol Anna
Tamara Lichtenstein
Teresa Queirós
Thomas Dodd
Through My Heart Poetry. Photography and Painting
Tim Barber
Tim Walker
Tina Sosna
Tina Teaspoon
Urszula Kluz-Knope
Valentina Rosić
Vanesa Menalli (danzar mundos)
Vanessa Stockard
Veronika Chikalova
Veroszka
Virginia Rota
Yesterday Today
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On 16th April 1746, the Jacobite army was defeated by Hanoverian forces in the Battle of Culloden.
I've covered the battle in depth many times over the years so I thought today I would tell you about a man many of you will not have heard of, Roderick MacKenzie.
In the terrible aftermath of the battle when Government troops were searching the hills looking for Prince Charlie with the promise of a £30,000 reward being offered for his capture, the garrison at Fort Augustus became suspicious that Charles was somewhere in the district. Patrols and search parties were constantly out combing the area. Certainly the Prince was at large in the hills around Glen Moriston for weeks, staying for part of the time in a cave at Corridoe, protected by the eight men of Glen Moriston.
The stories differ a little, one says that young Roderick, the son of an Edinburgh jeweller was with the Prince's party when they came across Government troops and he drew them away from Charlie and his men, another says that the Redcoats happened upon him as they were going about their "work" of killing any jacobites they should encounter after the rout at Drummossie , both stories tell of Roderick on being challenged, did not turn and flee, giving himself a slight chance of survival, the brave man turned to face his enemy, who fired a volley of shots cutting MacKenzie down and fatally injuring him, BUT with his last vestiges of breath displaying a courage and quickness of thought amazing for a dying man he called out 'You have killed your Prince."
Roderick MacKenzie is said to have been the same build and of similar looks to Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the patrol, deceived by the words and the resemblance, were sure that they had killed the Prince, and no doubt were already thinking of how they would spend that £30,000 reward. They cut the head off the body, and carried it proudly back to Fort Augustus. It happened that Cumberland, the Butcher in command of the Hanoverian forces, was there. Cumberland was uncertain about the head. It certainly looked like the Prince. He had the head sent of to London to be identified but there was no one in London able to do that. Only one man, it was thought, could be certain, and that was Peter Morrison, the Prince's batman, and he was lying in Carlisle Castle, awaiting execution. So Peter Morrison was sent for, but by this time it was too late, the head was far too decayed for identification. Something good did come out of it, for Peter Morrison's sentence was commuted, and eventually he was freed.
Cumberland himself was was either convinced enough by the severed head, or he had enough of Scotland and returned to London shortly after and back to the "high society" he so sorely missed. With the Butcher gone, the vigilance and enthusiasm of the troops was lessened, and Prince Charles Edward was able to break through and win to the west.
Legend has it the headless body of Roderick Mackenzie lies in a quiet grave just off the A887 on the road to Invermoriston. Certainly there is a memorial to this very gallant young man by the side of the road a cairn was erected nearby which reads:
'At this spot in 1746 did Roderick Mackenzie, an officer in the army of Prince Charles, of the same size and similar appearance to his Royal Prince. When surrounded and overpowered by the troops of the Duke of Cumberland, gallantly died in attempting to save his fugitive leader from further pursuit.'
Each year Clan MacKenzie members meet at the grave for a memorial service.So we salute Roderick MacKenzie, one of the unsung heroes who died, maybe not at Culloden, but certainly in the days afterwards.
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News Corp Australia is producing 3,000 articles a week using generative artificial intelligence, executive chair Michael Miller has revealed.
Miller told the World News Media Congress in Taipei that a team of four staff use the technology to generate thousands of local stories each week on weather, fuel prices and traffic conditions, according to a report in Mediaweek.
The unit, Data Local, is led by News Corp’s data journalism editor Peter Judd and many of the stories carry his byline.
The unit supplements the copy written by reporters for the companies’ 75 “hyperlocal” mastheads across the country including in Penrith, Lismore, Fairfield, Bundaberg and Cairns.
Stories such as “Where to find the cheapest fuel in Penrith” are created using AI but overseen by journalists, according to a spokesperson from News Corp. There is no disclosure on the page that the reports are compiled using AI.
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Rat City #1
ERIES PREMIERE
The EXTRA-LENGTH first issue of RAT CITY has finally arrived and features the talents of ERICA SCHULTZ (THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET, Moon Knight: Black, White, and Blood) and ZÉ CARLOS (Captain America, Strange Academy: Moon Knight).
Peter Cairn is an ex-soldier, an amputee, and a Hellspawn in a post-war future. But Peter’s not dead like Al. Peter got his Spawn powers from the nanites in his prosthetic legs—nanites that were affected when Al Simmons initiated his necroplasmic detonation in the present. Al had no clue that the effects would ripple across not just space, and but time as well.
SCRIPT / PLOT - Erica Schultz
ART -Ze Carlos
COLOR (PAGES 1-20) - Jay David Ramos
COLOR (PAGES 21-24) - Fco Plascencia
COLOR (PAGES 25-32) - Marcello Iozzoli
LETTERING -Erica Schultz
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2023 in review
This has been harder than expected to pull together. I know social media is the 'glossy' version of everyone's life but in the last couple of days of the year, in the seeing of people posting about buying houses and getting married and having babies, I feel lost. I feel a great sense of emptiness. A year ago I had a sense of what 2023 would look like and what my future beyond that may be and now I don't. I feel like I'm just holding space. I need more novelty and difference in my life to separate the days from blurring into each other.
Work
I started a new job I was excited about. I learnt pretty quickly that implementation is maybe not quite where I want to be, I'd rather be doing the strategic influencing work. Big reform work. I suspected this already, but it was good to have it confirmed. I liked the work travel though. The going to Brisbane and Cairns and Sydney and getting out of the national office, getting a bit more perspective.
I moved to the role to follow a senior manager and that senior manager left 5 months into me being there. Two weeks later I was approached to go back to my previous work area and they committed to meeting the requests I had. I worked two jobs for a month and a half and that was HARD. Do not recommend. It's good to be back in this policy area (for the third time!!!) and working with the manager I have. I've had some really great opportunities to step up take the lead and have senior people see what I've done. The Melbourne trip was a highlight, despite the associated difficulties.
I managed a couple of underperformers this year and was forced to grow as a manager to address the issues. I learnt that the attitude of my staff really matters, and it's ok to have the expectations I have and that I'm actually a pretty good and empathetic manager. I dealt with a situation that looked like underperformance and had a strong element of fraud to it. What a time. Not.
I showed signs of burnout for a large portion of the year. It's not ok.
Travel
I meant to do Perth -> Broome this year but it fell apart and I instead spent a week in Perth, a few days in Canberra with my friend who was recovering from knee surgery, a long weekend down the south coast, a few days in Cairns, and a few days in Sydney for my step-brother's wedding. It was all good, though if I were to do it again, I'd spend less time in transit and more time in one place.
Referendum
Australia had its first Referendum this century, calling for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament to be enshrined in the constitution. It failed and I am still smad about it. I don't know yet how to not be angry about the misinformation and disinformation that was spread through the 'No' campaign. I truly believe Peter Dutton and other significant figures of the no campaign have blood on their hands.
I started getting undercuts as a dopamine hit to lift me out of my feelings.
Health
I'm pretty damn sick hey. I need heart surgery but my lungs are too bad to allow it so we're just hanging out deteriorating. Some days are just really tough. But I did start a new medication that has helped me breathe just a little bit better and we're all holding out hope I'll continue to improve. I'm going to do what I can to improve my lungs and yeah, I might not live to be 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, but God has a plan for me and I can rest easy in that knowledge.
Relationships
The thing that has probably changed the most in the last year is that Duc and I are no longer together. We haven't been since late Jan. We had talked about getting engaged in 2023, getting married not too long after. I was thinking of buying an investment property with the thought that he could live in it for a bit, then it would become a shared asset when we were committed for life.
Instead, we're no longer together. We haven't been together for a while. It's absolutely the right thing for us to not be together but man did I get used to regular companionship the almost 4 years we were a thing.
Dating sucks. Trying to date as a woman in your early 30s with a visible disability really sucks. My friends and family are fantastic and fill so many of my social and emotional needs that I'm feeling a strong sense of why bother? The desire for domesticity with one I love is why.
Jay
I love Jay. I think I have loved him for years and I let myself love him this year. I know we're not end game. I will need to let go at some point but I remain not yet ready to.
Whiskey Club
This remains one of my favourite friendship things. It's Paul and I. We eat fried chicken, drink whiskey, and talk about our feelings. It's the best. It's a form of therapy, though I sometimes suspect a professional would be good.
Disability
I have become more 'disabled' over the last couple of years and it really became more pronounced over the last 12 months. I feel limited in my life in many ways. I can't travel internationally at the moment, pending how things go I might not be able to again.
Some days I just can't breathe. When things were bad there were weeks of impromptu crying because this body sucks. Sometimes it feels like things can only go downhill from here. I don't like that. I resent it, even.
This year I became the Co-chair of my workplace's Disability Network and I've been taking action to improve policy and procedures for staff living with disability. I've been on panels, talking about some of my experiences. But I'm not 'disability proud'. If I could not have this particular set of challenges based on genetic markers, I would choose that every single time.
There's probably more work I need to do on myself here.
Some good
I did say 2023 would be the year of natural fibres and I did predominantly wear less polyester and more linen. I bought a few more dresses and I do really love the collection I have now.
2024
This year I want to continue growing. My housemate is looking to purchase property and move out with their partner and I really don't know how I'll go living alone.
I'd like to maybe go on a nice date or two? Maybe?
I want to be stronger with my boundaries.
My Mum is going to start working with me and that's equal parts exciting and worrying. I want it to work and not impact the good dynamic we have in a negative way.
Bring it on hey.
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We need to cross here. We need to build a cairn. If we don't, we lose everything at least it the proof and our journals are kept here in a cairn, they can be found.
Against the Ice directed by Peter Flinth
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Hi! About the cat ask game: I'd really like to hear your thoughts on Antarc, James Ratri and of course, my darling dear Ray.
Hiiiii, here they go!
Antarct as a Blue Lynx Point Oriental Short Hair:
(At first I used to see them as a very light silver tabby, but after Cairn's introduction, now I see theme with this pelt because I headcanon both Ghost and Cairn as two colorpoint)
About Jame's Ratri...
I gotta admit that he was anther character from TNP who I remembered his eyes being purplish instead of gray (at least, according to the second season of the anime)
Tbh, I simply see him as a white oriental cat (maybeee... an albino, but that's just a personal headcanon of mine):
(if you're curious, I see Peter as a cream oriental longhair)
Aaaand lastly, but not least important, we have Ray!
Tbh, I have a clear design of him in my mind:
Middle Long furred (possible an angora or oriental long hair mix??) Black cat with low white and a white blaze that runs only on a side of his nose and mustach
(the kitten on the right)
Thank you for asking!
(Maybe... one day I'll sketch all these cats)
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First Fic Lines
Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.
Tagged by @rubickk7 💚. All of these are MCU but the last. My secret is revealed, btw. I start oneshots with dialogue to skip ahead in the word count... *hangs head*
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (IronStrange) // If I tell you what happens, it won’t happen.
Tony has read those words on his skin over and over so often that he feels like they are indeed etched on his soul, not just his upper thigh. They’re the last words his soulmate will ever speak to him, and sure, he’s grateful they’re not the typical goodbye that seventy percent of the world bears on their bodies somewhere.
Bet Your Ass (Peter Quill/Reader) // “What is your problem, Quill? By the Gods!”
Happy Val (Steve Rogers/Reader) It’s all a little ‘While You Were Sleeping’ to you, this absurd crush you have on the handsome lawyer that periodically shows up at the coffee shop.
The Sacrifice Play (Stony) // “I figured it out.”
The sigh and slow turn Rogers makes to face him tells Tony everything about how close he is to losing his temper. “What have you figured out, Tony?”
Seems that Rogers doesn’t use his first name unless he’s angry, and it’s so close to Howard Stark’s approach to parenting that Tony ramps up even further.
“That witch sent you something that chaps your morals, didn’t she? And I know what it is.”
Ephemera (Steve Rogers/Reader) // Your art is different now. Everyone’s is.
The project angers some people, but that’s not your problem. Everyone deals with the decimation their own way, and yours is particularly bare.
Build Me a Cocoon So I Can Crawl Inside Your Love (Tony Stark/gn!Reader) // Tony’s back from the specialist’s appointment he didn’t want to let you come along for, and he looks really discouraged.
Plus One (Tony Stark/Reader) // Attending Tony Stark’s 40+1 birthday bash is not what you’d been planning to do when you came to L.A.
Just Right (Steve Rogers/Reader) // You simply can’t believe this is happening.
Fifteen minutes ago, while you were going over proposed alterations to Sam Wilson’s Falcon suit, a person who looked exactly like Steve Rogers walked through the wall right beside you.
Animate Objects (Day Eight) (Stephen Strange/OC) // As one of the hundreds of workers who had moved to New York following the alien attack on the city, Amy Cairn had seen more than one absurd thing during those six months of clean-up. Enormous alien carapaces with oddly-glowing, indestructible armor plating? Sure. Literal Star-Wars-style pods that arced through the air until their connection to the mothership was severed? Okay.
Figures of Speech (Toby Ziegler/OC) // In the grand scheme of things, being in your mid-thirties and in love with a politician twice your age wasn’t the worst of life decisions, but it was close. Especially if you’d never actually met the guy.
No pressure tags (specifically trying to pick people with multiple fics to be kind, heh), but this is a GREAT way to advertise your fic: @ronearoundblindly @starryeyes2000 @peyton-warren @book-of-baba-fett @sobeautifullyobsessed and whoever else would like to participate!
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