By Nick Eskey
Thanks for tuning in geeky guys and gals to this Sunday update of SDCC ’15 Funko toy release. Better known for their “POP!” line, Funko strives to “cover as many beloved licenses and characters as possible to remind every Comic-Con attendee why they fell in love with these stories in the first place.”
Just as a reminder, this year Funko will not be taking pre-buys of their products. So if there’s any of these exclusive toys that you want to get, best to get them onsite or see if a lucky con-goer buddy will help you out.
Without further delay, here’s the addition to our list:
Pop! Disney/Pixar: Inside Out – Sparkle Hair Joy
Disney’s Pixar, which arguably can be thanked for the recent revival of the Disney brand, has just recently released their newest movie “Inside out.” Involving the personified personality traits in people, this Pop figure from the movie features Sparkle Hair Joy. Don’t work, there’s enough anger and depression in the film to balance this perpetually happy and hyperactive lady.
Pop! TV: Sesame Street – 6″ Flocked Mr. Snuffleupagus
Whether he’s being an imaginary character that only a large yellow bird can see, or a real thing, this 6 inch super sized Snuffleupagus from the much beloved Sesame Street will be materializing to Comic-Con. Who doesn’t want to own a Snuffy?
Pop! TV: Once Upon A Time – Regina
Once upon a time, there was a toy who wanted nothing but to rule. Now with your help, this Regina from the Once Upon a Time series can rule your figure collection. And look, she’s got an apple for you too as a gift. How thoughtful!
ReAction: Arrow – Arrow Unmasked
Protecting your crime riddled shelves is this ReAction Arrow Unmasked. Complete with 1970’s style packaging and limited posable action, this fantastic plastic will be a must have.
Dorbz XL: Guardians of the Galaxy – 6″ Mossy Groot
Guarding the galaxy is a big job. Thankfully, this Dorbz XL Mossy Groot is the humanoid plant you’ll be wanting for the job. Featuring a healthy growth of 6 inches, this happy creature will keep everything happily dancing along.
Dorbz XL: Guardians of the Galaxy – 6″ Nova Suit Rocket Raccoon
And lastly, the big wooded Groot can’t go too far without his furry compadre. Dorbz XL Nova Suit Rocket Raccoon will be providing 6 inches of vinyl sharp tongued humor to your collection. Despite his gruff exterior, look how cute he is!
Thanks for tuning in, and see you fellow nerds for our next installment. Stay tuned!
In January 2013 Oxford University Press published a beautiful setting of Salve Regina by Portuguese composer Diogo Dias Melgás (1638-1700). This edition, part of the Musica Dei donum series, is the first published version of the work and includes detailed performance and editorial notes by early music specialist Sally Dunkley. In this video, Harry Christophers talks to Oxford University Press about how he discovered this piece as well as giving an insight in to relationships between sixteenth century composers and how these influenced their music while Sospiri perform Melgás, Monte, and Byrd.
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Harry Christophers CBE is known internationally as founder and conductor of The Sixteen as well as a regular guest conductor for many of the major symphony orchestras and opera companies worldwide. He has directed The Sixteen choir and orchestra throughout Europe, America and the Far East gaining a distinguished reputation for his work in Renaissance, Baroque and 20th-century music. Salve Regina is featured on The Sixteen’s CD ‘A Golden Age of Portuguese Music’
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By Alice Northover
What happened to 2012? I checked the book room, those weird spaces between the cubicles, and the inexplicable drawers in conference rooms (why would they have stuff in them in the first place). Here’s a week in (my) reading — a particularly librarianish one too.
Are you happy to see me or is that organic compounds in your Martian soil analyzer?
Happy Birthday Texting! Do not fear the telegraph. (h/t Susan Ferber)
Sign language and the lexicon: Crowdsourcing new words for science.
Feeling conflicted about your career choice? It’s common in academia.
Did any of you participate in the Twitter fiction festival?
If so, would you adapt your avatar for signature iconography?
When disaster strikes, there’s no way to call.
Hey sexy librarians! Regina M. Anderson, Melvil Dewey, John Vance Cheney, Sam Walter Foss, and Casanova.
You don’t know metadata.
Chanel is reviving ties with Scotland. Bouclé, vous savez?
The daily life of librarians in Iraq, or how to maintain collections with the threat of car bombs.
Terrifying charts of the digital age. (Only terrifying if you’re trying to adapt to new technology trends)
Can you predict the classic books of the future? (h/t The Millions)
A Boston church is selling a Bay Psalm Book to raise funds.
Benjamin White writes about libraries, copyright, and the digital age.
How guillemots adapt (or die) in a changing environment.
And finally, thank you Richard Horton.
The International Journal of Epidemiology is promoting a campaign to strengthen epidemiology in low-income settings. This is important. Alice Northover joined Oxford University Press as Social Media Manager in January 2012. She is editor of the OUPblog, constant tweeter @OUPAcademic, daily Facebooker at Oxford Academic, and Google Plus updater of Oxford Academic, amongst other things. You can learn more about her bizarre habits on the blog.
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I've recently spent some time getting to know the Canada Goose... see what I mean?
Let me back up... Regina's beautiful urban park, known as
Wascana Park, is about to turn 50-years old this summer, so in celebration of this landmark, author Jean Freeman decided to write a children's book about the park.
The main characters of the story are Lucy and Alexander, a pair of Canada gooses, er, I mean geese who've made Wascana Park their home. The two of them pass through the seasons of the park, moving to various well-known venues around the lake, often just missing one another. This is where the title
Wascana Wild Goose Chase! comes in.
Illustratively, I was able to incorporate not only all the beautiful greenery and landscaping, but some of the interesting architecture of the surrounding buildings, starting with the Saskatchewan legislature. This gorgeous building was completed in 1912 and very nearly didn't make it past its first year. The infamous Regina cyclone just barely spared the new building in the summer of 1912, carving a path right around its periphery. Anyway, I digress...
In addition to the pictures and Jean's rhyming story line, she's also included on each page a series of stamps, in which she provides interesting tidbits about the scene, such as where the name "Wascana" came from, why the city was referred to "pile o' bones," where did the Queen's favourite horse come from, and more goodies of this nature.
I had a lot fun recalling my youth in Wascana Park, especially hanging out at Wascana Pool.... here's just a snippet of the pool illustration that appears in
Wascana Wild Goose Chase...
The illustration that took the most time is, happily, also the one that made it to the cover... here it is, complete with Jean's stamps... talk to you later!
PS... can you find Lucy in the above picture?
My most recent book-- and the latest Saskatchewan Roughrider book -- has rolled off the presses just in time for the annual Labour Classic Day CFL game, the much-loved duel between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Sunday, September 4 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina).
In collaboration with author / journalist, Holly Preston,
The Always Team: Trouble in Riderville, published by
Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, hints at more suspense than readers may have found in the first story...
Everything was perfect in Riderville. At least it seemed that way.... until the day it wasn’t perfect at all.
One interesting aside... the first book, simply entitled The Always Team, has won the distinction of being the Riders' all time best-selling book.
I started working on Trouble in Riderville in the spring of 2011, and decided, along with Holly, to add more Regina landmarks to the sequel. As you can see from the cover, and a number of the full spreads, I needed to do some research as the look of the Regina skyline has changed considerably over the past few years.
Lots of reference pictures, especially from the perspective of Mosaic Stadium, were needed. We were both keen to include a scene of the boys walking across the Albert Street, where the reader could see the gorgeous and newly-refurbished pillars. (Some trivia here... did you know that the Albert Street bridge holds the Guiness Book of Worlds Records for the longest bridge over the shortest span of water... ? If you're from Regina, then I bet you did ...)
Here's my pen draft of this scene -- the final colour image that appears in the book is somewhat changed, however. We decided to include some Saskatchewan pirates, anchored in Wascana Lake, for some extra intrigue...
As for the neighbourhood where the boys live, I drew on my own memories of growing up in the 2900 block of Retallack Street in the leafy surrounds of Lakeview, where kids still play in the dappley shade of its tree-lined streets. I chose houses that were built in the 1920s because I love the stucco, the window frames, the interesting doorways, the mature foliage... the gestalt of the neighbourhood, the singularity and uniqueness of each home, where a sense of western Canadian history lingers.
I was reminded while creating the images for Trouble in Riderville of what a lovely city Regina is. If you harbour any doubt about the validity of this statement, then check out the blog called "
ed ecco la reina, ma la corona?
e il tappeto d'oro rosso?
(e le poppe?)
e soprattutto, e io?
ma neanche un pesciolino con la mia facciona sorridente?
aris
ti mando uguale dei baci... quanti ne vuoi... :-)
Certo che c'è la corona: un fiore rosso, e tutto il mare sopra :)
Le poppe a una regina non servono, quindi non le ho fatte, e te
sei una delle conchiglie...contento?
Di sicuro meglio conchiglia che pesce :)