Get enough facts together and the facts become clearer. The subtractive quality of facts are not reliant on the quality of facts. However when stepping away from facts, opinions may begin to take their place. Are counterfactuals facts?
You know a story is beyond good when it uses the "it wasn't me/him/her it was my/his/her evil twin" as a plot twist. Normally people go as far to pull this one out after an afternoon of drinking soon after they move onto the rums. But to pull out the evil twin is also a pro-Nazi flying spy is really hitting a new found peak usually found in the midst of the inevitable tequila or mescal shots. Irresponsible? Perhaps.
It could be just that Nazis are not very good team players. Sure there are bullets coming in through the cabin. Sure someone has to drive the plane around the sky. Sure someone else has to travel around backwards all the time. But, can't these two realise they're on the same team - despite how sick and twisted the ideology that brought them together? And here's the problem, teamwork or a lack of it tends to be self serving. It doesn't necessarily allow team members to look beyond the task at hand. So it's great for getting things done but not necessarily good at differentiating between right and wrong. So possibly it might be a good thing to shoot at sky Nazis, so that they might begin to question themselves. That can only be a good idea.
Like good music a good plan is a thing of beauty. Just as a good inky panel full of shadows and strangled light is a beautiful sight. No denying the urgency. No denying the intent as words and image combine faultlessly. At this moment everything is going to work as planned. Without giving too much away things do go wrong after this planning session. But... it's more dramatic that way.
Float Mock Up
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Junkanoo float with the major construction done.
Figures are conversions from Airfix and styrene civilians.
Eagle Games horses cut in half and front at the...
F is for ____
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*Fail Safe (Jan, 2013)* *Faith of My Fathers (Sept, 2017)*
*Farewell to Arms, A (1932) (July, 2024)*
*Fate of Man, The (July, 2023)* *Father Goose /...
It's KO-FI Time! Check out my new online shop
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This is a one-off post just to give my new website a plug. I've now joined
Ko-Fi and will be selling my comics there from now on instead of eBay.
I'l...
A Fond Adieu...
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On February 11, 2005, I began working on the blog that became Random Acts
of Geekery, and for nearly 12 1/2 years, with a few exceptions, there've
been pos...
A Zombie Apocalypse? Not again!
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Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Pre and Post-Apocalyptic, Pre Dystopian, etc etc..
If you believe what you see on the TV screen, a zombie apocalypse is coming
an...
Berni Wrightson's Classic SWAMP THING!
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*CLASSIC.*
clas·sic - \ˈkla-sik\
adjective
*1.* a *:* serving as a standard of excellence *:* of recognized value [
*classic* literary works]
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Not your average hostage situation
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I'm at Bruce Willis fan. There. I said it.
But my most favourite of his films from recent years is, not surprisingly,
not the latest die hard movies (in sp...
Hiroshi Sato - Super Market (1976)
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Some readers may know the late Japanese pianist Hiroshi Sato from his
excellent *Awakening* record with Wendy Matthews, or his work with ...
Wallace Wood and the Art of Self Promotion
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I can vividly recall the first time I encountered the work of the late,
great Wallace Wood at his full-on, no holds barred, sci-fi driven best. It
was wit...
Flying to…
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Jane-Emily
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Jane-Emily
by Patricia Clapp
published by Dell Books
Copyright 1969
Cover Illustation: Robert McGinnis
"She's dead, I tell you!
Emily's dead!"
Louisa wan...
Metal Men
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hoEkOPf0mJk
Thanks to my buddy Michael Anthony Carroll for the heads up! DC Nation will
be debuting a new Metal Men cartoon on ...
Out to Sea
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Apologies for the long radio silence here at *The Danger Digest*. Rest
assured the doors aren't permanently shuttered. I've just been recharging
my crea...
New Website
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For those of you who don't know, we have a new site devoted to the Flying
Fortress comic book. It's at FlyingFortressComic.com. . So please, check
out th...
You've really piqued my interest
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As I am sure you are all aware, there's been a bit of a fuss in recent
times pertaining to women of Islamic faith being allowed to wear their
Hijab, or he...
Take any War Picture Library, Battle Picture Library or Commando comic and you will always find those famous last words “arrgghhhhh” or even “donner und blitzen”.
Cowards try to prove themselves or officers interfere by trying to run battles “by the book”. The enemy is treacherous. Mysterious locations hold significant secrets. Sometimes a simple gun is the focal point of a unique karmic destiny.
There are those who are lost or left behind enemy lines where they invariably make a discovery – a hidden base, a wonder weapon or a traitor. The host of intangible struggles are often more significant such as the dark secret, the family shame, the family curse or the stigma of not being like the other chaps.
Strangely enough for stories about war and battle the killed the dead and the dying are usually absent.
There's a lot to like (and make fun of) among the dramatic titles, fantastic artwork, impossible stories, daring heroes, nasty bad guys, body building and not quite diamond rings advertisements.