Fantastic Four #289
Apr. 23rd, 2025 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamrman posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
scans_dailyScript: Tom DeFalco
Plot: Tom DeFalco and Paul Ryan
Pencils: Paul Ryan
Inks: Danny Bulanadi
The Collector has come to add Lyja’s baby to his collection.
( Read more... )
iamrman posting in scans_dailyCheck In Day 22
Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:04 pmfleetsparrow posting in writethisfanficGood night, good evening, good afternoon, good morning! (Choose your time zone appropriate greeting as desired.)
Discussion time: When I was in school, I was very much a "one story writer". Every now and then, I might switch to another story if the first one hit a block, but generally, I never wrote multiple things at the same time. After college, I continued very much in this same way, where I wouldn't even let myself think about writing something other than what my current project was (especially when it was exchange related and therefore time sensitive).
And then one dayI took an arrow to the knee, I decided to write something besides my main project out of spite for myself and my arbitrary Highlander-esque "there can only be one" rules.
This did help relieve some of the stress of "I'm not writing AND I'm also mad at myself for it, so I'll not write even harder." It also created a new issue where I have so many stories started but relatively few of them actually finished.
Which is a very long-winded way to ask: what about y'all? Do you tend to stick to one story/project until it's finished? Do you hop from one to another depending on your mood/brain capacity/due date? If you have multiple stories running at once, is there an order that you follow for when one gets its turn? If you write one at a time, do you ever have times where other ideas try to muscle in on your time, and, if so, what do you do with them?
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 1
How was your writing day?
View Answers
Fun!
0 (0.0%)
Work.
0 (0.0%)
Suffering....
1 (100.0%)
Exactly OK!
0 (0.0%)
An infinitely more nuanced answer....
0 (0.0%)
And then one day
This did help relieve some of the stress of "I'm not writing AND I'm also mad at myself for it, so I'll not write even harder." It also created a new issue where I have so many stories started but relatively few of them actually finished.
Which is a very long-winded way to ask: what about y'all? Do you tend to stick to one story/project until it's finished? Do you hop from one to another depending on your mood/brain capacity/due date? If you have multiple stories running at once, is there an order that you follow for when one gets its turn? If you write one at a time, do you ever have times where other ideas try to muscle in on your time, and, if so, what do you do with them?
Yet more superheroes dressed as wrestlers
Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:47 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyIt seemed appropriate to post these seeing that it was WrestleMania weekend just recently.
( Read more... )
Daredevil #110
Apr. 22nd, 2025 08:36 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Steve Gerber
Pencils: Gene Colan
Inks: Frank Chiaramonte
The Black Spectre revealed!
( Read more... )
One Weird (Read: Useless) Trick for Naming Your C-Novel Inspired Characters
Apr. 22nd, 2025 06:27 pmdouqi posting in baihe_media(This isn't strictly about baihe but I'm posting this here anyway since I'll be using a couple of examples from baihe media.)
Let's say you're writing something inspired by on based on a c-novel. And you've come to the exciting part, which is choosing names for your characters. And you find yourself stuck.
Well, not to worry! We have a several-millennia-long tradition of poetry to assist us. All you have to do is this.
Take a line from a Book of Odes poem, or a Tang poem, or really any poem. Then pick out the name-like elements and smoosh them together. Voilà, you've got yourself a name.
Thus, from the Book of Odes the line 蒹葭苍苍, 白露为霜 (pinyin: jianjia cangcang, bailu wei shuang) (Legge's translation: 'The reeds and rushes are deeply green / And the white dew is turned into hoarfrost) gives us Bai Jianjia, which is suitable for either a refined young lady or a courtesan of the high-class, scholarly sort. Also from the Book of Odes, the line 昔我往矣，杨柳依依 (pinyin: xi wo wang yi, yangliu yiyi) (Legge's translation: At first, when we set out / The willows were fresh and green) gives us Liu Yiyi, also a good courtesan or high-class maidservant name (IMO the Book of Odes link might just about make it learned enough to be a young gentlewoman's name, but I don't usually like repeated-syllable names for upper-class or scholarly women, unless it's a nickname).
This trick is pretty commonly used in popular media. The drama version of The Message has a character named (or rather, re-named) He Jianzhu (何剪烛). This is clearly taken from the line 何当共剪西窗烛 (pinyin: he dang gong jian xichuang zhu) from Li Shangyin's poem 'Sending a Letter North on a Rainy Night'(夜雨寄北). The love interest from The Beauty's Blade is called Yu Shengyan (玉生烟), and so is a secondary character from the danmei novel Thousand Autumns, courtesy of the line 蓝田日暖玉生烟 (pinyin: lantian ri nuan yu sheng yan) from another Li Shangyin poem, 'The Brocade Zither' (錦瑟).
'But, douqi,' I hear you cry, 'what if I don't know any Chinese poetry or enough Chinese to know what are appropriate name elements to pick out of verses?'
Ah. Then I'm afraid this post will be of no help at all. Sorry.
Let's say you're writing something inspired by on based on a c-novel. And you've come to the exciting part, which is choosing names for your characters. And you find yourself stuck.
Well, not to worry! We have a several-millennia-long tradition of poetry to assist us. All you have to do is this.
Take a line from a Book of Odes poem, or a Tang poem, or really any poem. Then pick out the name-like elements and smoosh them together. Voilà, you've got yourself a name.
Thus, from the Book of Odes the line 蒹葭苍苍, 白露为霜 (pinyin: jianjia cangcang, bailu wei shuang) (Legge's translation: 'The reeds and rushes are deeply green / And the white dew is turned into hoarfrost) gives us Bai Jianjia, which is suitable for either a refined young lady or a courtesan of the high-class, scholarly sort. Also from the Book of Odes, the line 昔我往矣，杨柳依依 (pinyin: xi wo wang yi, yangliu yiyi) (Legge's translation: At first, when we set out / The willows were fresh and green) gives us Liu Yiyi, also a good courtesan or high-class maidservant name (IMO the Book of Odes link might just about make it learned enough to be a young gentlewoman's name, but I don't usually like repeated-syllable names for upper-class or scholarly women, unless it's a nickname).
This trick is pretty commonly used in popular media. The drama version of The Message has a character named (or rather, re-named) He Jianzhu (何剪烛). This is clearly taken from the line 何当共剪西窗烛 (pinyin: he dang gong jian xichuang zhu) from Li Shangyin's poem 'Sending a Letter North on a Rainy Night'(夜雨寄北). The love interest from The Beauty's Blade is called Yu Shengyan (玉生烟), and so is a secondary character from the danmei novel Thousand Autumns, courtesy of the line 蓝田日暖玉生烟 (pinyin: lantian ri nuan yu sheng yan) from another Li Shangyin poem, 'The Brocade Zither' (錦瑟).
'But, douqi,' I hear you cry, 'what if I don't know any Chinese poetry or enough Chinese to know what are appropriate name elements to pick out of verses?'
Ah. Then I'm afraid this post will be of no help at all. Sorry.
Defenders #10
Apr. 22nd, 2025 05:48 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Frank McLaughlin
Avengers/Defenders War. Continued from Avengers #117.
The Hulk Vs. Thor. ‘Nuff said!
( Read more... )
Amazing Spider-Man #90
Apr. 22nd, 2025 12:33 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Stan Lee
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: John Romita, Sr.
I told you messing about on the roof was dangerous!
( Read more... )
Web of Spider-Man #2
Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:32 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Louise Simonson
Pencils: Greg LaRocque
Inks: Jim Mooney
The Vulturions want a rematch!
( Read more... )
Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday
Apr. 22nd, 2025 08:30 amicon_uk posting in scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
The UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of "woman" is defined solely by biological sex (Whilst also mentioning the protections are still in palce for trans people), crowed over as vindication by those who you never want to see crowing, and leaving trans people in vague limbo whilst Government bodies look to rework their policies.
Pope Francis died at 88, the day after Easter and the day after meeting US VP Vance... coincidence? A Pope who, more than any before, shifted the boundaries in terms of seeking out the excluded and the marginalised and caused uproar when he said things like "If someone who is gay is seeking God, who am I to judge?" and permitted priests to give a blessing to same-sex couples. Not a perfect man by any means, nor as radical as some had hoped, but in terms of the inertia he was working against, probably more progressive than any would have dared hope for ten years ago.
Star Wars Celebration happened in Japan this past weekend, with many new projects announced
A live colossal squid was caught on camera for the first time and is as beautiful as you'd have hoped
And Doctor Who gave us "Lux", which I won't spoil further but was certainly different, in a good way.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
The UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of "woman" is defined solely by biological sex (Whilst also mentioning the protections are still in palce for trans people), crowed over as vindication by those who you never want to see crowing, and leaving trans people in vague limbo whilst Government bodies look to rework their policies.
Pope Francis died at 88, the day after Easter and the day after meeting US VP Vance... coincidence? A Pope who, more than any before, shifted the boundaries in terms of seeking out the excluded and the marginalised and caused uproar when he said things like "If someone who is gay is seeking God, who am I to judge?" and permitted priests to give a blessing to same-sex couples. Not a perfect man by any means, nor as radical as some had hoped, but in terms of the inertia he was working against, probably more progressive than any would have dared hope for ten years ago.
Star Wars Celebration happened in Japan this past weekend, with many new projects announced
A live colossal squid was caught on camera for the first time and is as beautiful as you'd have hoped
And Doctor Who gave us "Lux", which I won't spoil further but was certainly different, in a good way.
Check In Day 21
Apr. 21st, 2025 10:56 pmfleetsparrow posting in writethisfanficHello, friends! We're here once again.
Discussion time: Since it's still currently Monday here, I'll pretend that's the case for all of us. Please humor me, I have so little else. Monday's can be hard for getting writing time. For anyone working the typical officey/9-5 type job, it's the start of the new work week. For anyone in school, it's usually the start of their week, too. And for some poor fools, it's trash night! It's me, I'm fools
BUT! New weeks mean new starts! So, yes, while it might mean a return to more rigid daily schedules, it might also mean that things are starting over. The week's only just begun, so we might not have hit the "cascading unfinished tasks" portion of the week that frequently overwhelms writing plans later in the week.
So how does Monday land for you? Are your Mondays usually more one extreme or the other? Or are they somewhere in the middle? Or maybe a secret third thing?
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4
How did the writing go?
View Answers
It went well!
0 (0.0%)
It went less well.
1 (25.0%)
Well, it went! (Yoda)
1 (25.0%)
Well, it went! (comedy)
0 (0.0%)
Well-- (a deep subject)
2 (50.0%)
BUT! New weeks mean new starts! So, yes, while it might mean a return to more rigid daily schedules, it might also mean that things are starting over. The week's only just begun, so we might not have hit the "cascading unfinished tasks" portion of the week that frequently overwhelms writing plans later in the week.
So how does Monday land for you? Are your Mondays usually more one extreme or the other? Or are they somewhere in the middle? Or maybe a secret third thing?
Tim Drake: Origins- Part 4
Apr. 21st, 2025 08:47 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Marv Wolfman
Plot: Marv Wolfman and George Perez
Layouts: George Perez
Finishes: Tom Grummett
Inks: Bob McLeod
The New Titans #61.
( Read more... )
Superboy #4
Apr. 21st, 2025 04:51 pmiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Karl Kesel
Pencils: Tom Grummett and Mike Parobeck
Inks: Doug Hazelwood and Ande Parks
Superboy: The Animated Series!
( Read more... )
The Other History of the DC Universe #4 - "1992-2007: Renee Montoya"
Apr. 21st, 2025 06:21 amlaughing_tree posting in scans_daily
With Batman, with Superman, it’s not like I said, I’m going to make these guys cyphers for the worst of the worst of American perspectives. But I think there’s a reality that it’s getting harder and harder for people to deny that there are biases that are baked into the system. -- John Ridley
( Read more... )
New Warriors #42
Apr. 21st, 2025 10:38 amiamrman posting in scans_dailyWriter: Fabian Nicieza
Pencils: Darick Robertson
Inks: Larry Mahlstedt
Super-Nova has empowered Richard Rider to recreate Xandar.
( Read more... )
Check In Day 20
Apr. 20th, 2025 06:01 pmfleetsparrow posting in writethisfanficHello hello, fair friends!
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! Happy Chocolate Bunny Season to those who celebrate that! And, for everyone, Happy Sunday!
(Note: If it is no longer Sunday where you are, then Happy Monday???, if those words are allowed to go together?)
Let's get right to it.
Discussion time: It's a brand new week, and that means activities of all kinds. How does this week look for writing time?
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! Happy Chocolate Bunny Season to those who celebrate that! And, for everyone, Happy Sunday!
(Note: If it is no longer Sunday where you are, then Happy Monday???, if those words are allowed to go together?)
Let's get right to it.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8
How was your writing day?
View Answers
It's been good!
2 (25.0%)
It's been not good.
0 (0.0%)
It's been OK.
3 (37.5%)
It didn't even happen.
2 (25.0%)
Umami, the ~fifth~ answer
1 (12.5%)
Pre-Orders Open for Two More Print Novels
Apr. 20th, 2025 08:17 pmdouqi posting in baihe_mediaPre-orders are currently open for The World Knows (全世界都知道, pinyin: quan shijie dou zhidao) by Yu Shuang (鱼霜), serialised online as The Whole World Knows She Loves Me (全世界都知道她爱我, pinyin: quan shijie dou zhidao ta ai wo). This is a contemporary romance featuring a relationship between an artist and a professional pianist. Pre-orders can be made via the following bookshops:
The web version of the novel can be read here on JJWXC.
Pre-orders are also open for What Era Do You Think This Is (都什么年代了啊, pinyin: dou shenme niandai le a) by Qi Xiao Huang Shu (七小皇叔). The publisher-provided English title for this was Kissing a Gardenia, but that seems to have been scrapped now. This is also a contemporary romance, set in baihe voice acting circles. Pre-orders can be made via the following bookshops:
The web version of the novel can be read here on Changpei.
- Kuwei (the publisher)
- Jinse
- Kuaile
- Wangou
- Xinshijiao
The web version of the novel can be read here on JJWXC.
Pre-orders are also open for What Era Do You Think This Is (都什么年代了啊, pinyin: dou shenme niandai le a) by Qi Xiao Huang Shu (七小皇叔). The publisher-provided English title for this was Kissing a Gardenia, but that seems to have been scrapped now. This is also a contemporary romance, set in baihe voice acting circles. Pre-orders can be made via the following bookshops:
- Fengrusong
- Hanlin
- Kuaile
- Kuaile (extra merch)
- Xinshijiao
- Xinshijiao (extra merch)
The web version of the novel can be read here on Changpei.