#EventsDearBoy 3. MUTANT MASSACRE (1986, Marvel) Apparently one of Jonathan Hickman's ideas when he revamped the X-Men was 'give them some wins'. Wherever could the idea that the X-Men are constantly losing have come from, I wonder? Perhaps this first mutant event will shed some light!

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · yesterday

#EventsDearBoy 4. AGE OF APOCALYPSE (1995, Marvel) Stuck in the diminishing returns of imitating Chris Claremont's labyrinthine subplotting without his flair, the 90s X-Office does the one thing he never tried: a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.

I get that this is an albums contest and one perfect song should not decide matters, but I would vote YHF here if it had "Family Affair" on it

The Best Album of 2001@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 3h ago

The Best Album of 2001 Round 3 Match #97 #1 Wilco, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT VS. #32 Mary J. Blige, NO MORE DRAMA Go here to vote: forms.gle/7ZJwTAtzUfdB...

I would absolutely have assumed that the AI-ridden horror film Ice Cream Man was an adaptation of the (not AI ridden, very well reviewed) sorta-horror comic Ice Cream Man had I not been explicitly told it isn't, that sucks for the latter!

I have reached the point where I yearn for the authentic marketing speak of the pre-AI era

wild way to frame one of the most aggressively anti-trans bathroom bans in the developed world

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 9h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

TIL Revolver’s reign as the greatest ever pop record lasted precisely 25 years

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 17h ago

35

In many ways it could be regarded as the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper".

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 18h ago

60

I love how mad Marvel (or I guess just Stan Lee) was that they'd had to cancel the Hulk - they were absolutely not going to let that lie

Mark Reznicek@realmarkrez.bsky.social · 6h ago

Marvel Tales Annual no. 2 (1965) cover by Jack Kirby (inked by, Reinman, Ayers) and Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange). The 2nd annual issue and first ever reprintings of the first issues of Avengers and X-Men, plus Dr. Strange’s origin, and an early Hulk story. All for 25 cents! #JackKirbyMonth

This is suffering from the usual "up over the weekend" malaise so I'm keeping it open longer as it's lagging behind Day 1 on votes

Peoples Pop Polls: The World Cup Of 1996@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social · 4d ago

Something For / 4 The Weekend? Can I recommend.. A POP POLL? Day 2 of Round 2 of THE WORLD CUP OF 1996 #PPP96 Five groups, one bonus vote, every vote counts! Off you go - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I think I'm put off both of these in the same way but I can't really articulate how exactly, anyway if you have a strong opinion here you should vote!

The Best Album of 2001@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · yesterday

The Best Album of 2001 Round 2 Match #96 #22 System of a Down, TOXICITY VS. #43 Josie and the Pussycats, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE Go here to vote: forms.gle/md3FhKwoMKsX...

I was reminded looking up Secret Wars UK covers that only Marvel UK had the commercial nous to put the most important scene in comics history on the cover

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · last mo.

Secret Wars II is most famous for the scene in which Spider-Man teaches cosmic naif the Beyonder to take a dump but the honest truth is that you can read any of the issues of this miniseries and the question "how in the name of god did this get published?" is never far away

Secret Wars for Millennials, and all that entails. I love it dearly.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · yesterday

#EventsDearBoy 4. AGE OF APOCALYPSE (1995, Marvel) Stuck in the diminishing returns of imitating Chris Claremont's labyrinthine subplotting without his flair, the 90s X-Office does the one thing he never tried: a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.

"Eras" should be reserved for more important matters such as "distinctive periods in the fossil record" and "what the X-Men's deal is at a given time"

Eric Harvey@ericdharvey.com · yesterday

this is kind of driving me nuts because an "era" is basically a rebranded "album cycle" and, I dunno, half of all major musicians since the late 60s have reinvented their image/style to varying degrees from release to release and created "lore" for fans to decode? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Soul patches, braids and piercings flying everywhere in the timeline where everyone must get a tribal tattoo.

The problem with ranking Age of Apocalypse this high is aside from anything else, I simply cannot abide that 90s style X-men artwork, it repulses me on a molecular level

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · yesterday

#EventsDearBoy 4. AGE OF APOCALYPSE (1995, Marvel) Stuck in the diminishing returns of imitating Chris Claremont's labyrinthine subplotting without his flair, the 90s X-Office does the one thing he never tried: a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.

Watch this space! (I sort of have a vague plan to expand/reformat it into a book-like-object if there's interest)

David Wynne@davidwynne.bsky.social · yesterday

My one complaint about this wonderful series of threads is that I want it to become a book I can keep and come back to, and that seems unlikely.

“Can Sabretooth be a good guy?”, “can Rogue and Magneto (‘Joseph’) work?”, “what would happen if Bobby used more of his power?” are all big live issues in the 90s, and it’s been doing a slow burn “apocalypse is up to something” for years

#EventsDearBoy 4. AGE OF APOCALYPSE (1995, Marvel) Stuck in the diminishing returns of imitating Chris Claremont's labyrinthine subplotting without his flair, the 90s X-Office does the one thing he never tried: a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate

Made a new one of these, with a bunch of new things in it: sandbox.ilxor.com

1, 2, 2

B_Rye989@brye989.bsky.social · 2d ago

3 5 4

Putting off this dreadful hour by just re-reading 7 Soldiers instead

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

(Virtually) closed 52 #52 this morning, I have now read/reread ALL THE EVENTS and face the daunting prospect of books with no pictures again

The Rod Liddle biography suggests a certain post-1968 'type' who was just idiotically drawn to norm-breaching, moving via adolescent rebellion, punk, revolutionary socialism, and eventually ending up at racism, because by the 21st century that was the most efficient transgression still on offer

POLLS!! Some more 1996 Round 2 groups and vintage music mag covers from the era too (and YouTube comments from the finest musical minds of course)

Peoples Pop Polls: The World Cup Of 1996@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social · 2d ago

Se A Polls E (That's The Way Polls Are) - THE WORLD CUP OF 1996 #PPP96 Round 2 Day 3 All week we'll be polling the 128 survivors - 5 groups today and (of course) that bonus docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

speedreading tom's latest #eventsdearboy and realising his happy enthusiasm had led me to assume it must be a marvel title apparently i take it as beyond self-evident that marvel is good (i might one day read a marvel!) & DC is bad (i will never read a DC!)

Great thread on my favourite event! Been waiting for this one. The page turn reveal of Helena's plan is a punch the air superhero moment for the ages. And my boy Kyle got respect on his name. The superhero comic that set off the most fireworks in my brain.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate

Weirdly, today is five years since @jonlock.com and myself started looking at DC One Million on the JLACast. I think you should check the show out, if you haven’t already.if enough of you listen, maybe we can bring it back.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate

I don’t think Tom emphasises enough how against the grain this and Morrison’s JLA stuff went against the grain in the edgelord 90s. And not in the having-it-both-ways sense of Kingdom Come and Infinite Crisis (or arguably their later Batman/Final Crisis work). It was a huge breath of fresh air

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate

Probably my favorite comic event ever. It’s insane and hopeful. Morrison and everyone working for DC at the time dreaming big dreams. And you could hand it to a fifth grader and they’d get all of it. (Provided they could lift the omnibus edition of course.)

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate