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While Jesse Eisenberg‘s shaved head is grabbing most of the attention today, here’s a few other headlines of note in the Entertainment world:
– An intrepid Instagrammer snapped this photo of the international banner for Fantastic Four, giving us our first look at Jamie Bell as The Thing along with the rest of the cast similarly powered up. Here it is via Spencer over at ComingSoon. On the whole, it’s hard not to be an improvement over how Ben Grimm was presented in the last two films, but how it works on screen will tell the tale.
– Bryan Singer has added another mutant to X-Men: Apocalypse, this time breaking with the 80’s set canon and bringing Lana Condor on as Jubilee. He announced the newest X-Men teammate on his Instagram:
– Star Trek 3 is still slowly plugging along and Variety reports that Paramount may have its eyes on fan-casting favorite Idris Elba to play the yet to be revealed villain in the 2016 release. Simon Pegg and Doug Jung are co-writing this third entry in the rebooted series for director Justin Lin. Variety also states that The Klingons are rumored to be the main adversary of the film.
I'm aware it's late. Too busy :( Sorry Ma'am, no disrespect. Well, no more intended than when I drew you in this pose.
I'm off to Poole next week to spend a week with the beautiful team behind designing the gift boxes at LUSH, which I am tres TRES excited about! I've been lucky enough to have been working freelance with them for a little while now, so it'll be lovely to finally meet everyone! Also, the train journey is immense, so that will give me a nice chunk of time to get up to date on some other work too, or possibly I will just doodle.
Update on the work/doodle debate, next week.
xxx
I like my royalty in fairy tales and history books, but I have to admit I've little enthusiasm for, or interest in the real thing. I've more of a Cromwellian leaning shall we say, more of a disciple of Liberté, égalité, fraternité so to speak.
Just because the venerable lady is old and has been in the job a long time doesn't make her any more attractive to me, the royal family has as much relevance to me as I personally do to the Queen herself. I've absolutely nothing against the Queen or any of her family, they're in a job which they didn't ask for and they do it well enough, I wouldn't want to sweep them aside in revolutionary fervour, they're useful for tourism, a convenient figure-head, so they serve their purpose. But I don't understand all the hysteria, nor why taxpayers should spend millions celebrating it all. She's the one with the cash, she should pay for her own damned party. I wouldn't ask taxpayers to pay for my birthday, or other anniversary. Often I really don't feel very British at all!
I'm told that the country has warmed to the royal family since Diana's death, but I was in Japan when that happened so none of the hysteria reached my corner of the world anyway. Diana was as remote to me as any other member of the royal family. It was sad news to hear, but of no relevance to my life in Tokyo. I've no idea what the royal family has done to re-establish themselves in the hearts of the British people because they were never in mine in the first place. So over this weekend of hysteria I've done my utmost to ignore everything about the Jubilee. I actually didn't even know it was on this past weekend until it was broadcast on the radio on Saturday morning, that's the absolute truth!
I detest idolatry and hierarchy in all it's shape and forms, with an intense dislike of celebrities, fame for it's own sake and so on. People should be respected for their talents and their achievements, so I save my respect for those who have talent and have actually achieved something that others can appreciate. It's difficult to judge what the Queen has achieved or her talents, as it's not as if she had to qualify for her job, we don't have others to compare her performance against. I've yet to see her do anything for her people that warrants her and her family stripping us of our land or our taxes. As Michael Rosen very adequately points out, it's a hierarchy established for so long, over so many generations, that we accept it as normal. But it's not normal, in this day and age I don't believe anyone has the right to privilege as a birth right.
I've actually found the whole Jubilee thing very easy to ignore as I'm overwhelmed with too many things on my plate right now, deadlines, house-hunting etc. I haven't watched TV, no street parties around here that I know of, rain kept us indoors yesterday. I've seen a few union flags around and some merchandise in the local supermarket but that's about it.
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But wait a minute! I
am celebrating an anniversary! 30 years ago this year I completed and saw published my first professional illustration job, the book
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By Anatoly Liberman
During five and a half years of its existence, this blog has featured the periodical Notes and Queries twice. Why I am turning to this subject again (now probably for the last time) will become clear at the end of the post. Notes and Queries appeared on November 3, 1849. In a series of short notes (naturally, notes) spread over the years 1876-1877, its first editor William John Thoms (1803-1885) told the world how the periodical had become a reality and how almost overnight
Last weekend I attended a local writing conference (the Jubilee Jambalaya) hosted by a local university (Nicholls State). The Jubilee is a month-long celebration of the arts; the Jambalaya conference is the writing portion of the Jubilee.
Last year, I entered the novel excerpt contest and won first place. This year I got to speak before the new winner was announced -- pretty amazing, really. The whole idea that I've sold a book is still sinking in. Somehow speaking in front of a group of aspiring and established authors made everything a little more real.
And newsflash: there was no jambalaya for lunch this year. We ate gumbo instead. If news of this gets out, I'm not sure what the Jubilee higher ups might call next year's event.
For those of you interested, here's a
Jambalaya article (including an interview with me). FYI: the time frame for MAY B. is incorrect. Instead of the 1930s, it takes place in the 1870s.
If you are lucky enough to have an annual conference nearby, take advantage of the opportunity! Even if the conference doesn't focus on your particular genre, you can only benefit from the local support.
Holidays in very small towns are, well, just plain fun. What can I say. You know almost everyone. You know what they are going to put in the parade. You know who will be cooking what, and you know where to find the best whats. Mountainair's Fourth of July is one of our biggest celebrations, probably because we have four true seasons here in the Rocky Mountains, and July is just about our best month to let it all hang out and throw a party for the whole town. Yesterday was typical for our Jubilee. It began with a parade which includes horses, dogs, classic cars and trucks, our fire engines, ambulance, our US forestry service, a cannon which gets fired from the back of a truck, our police, our businesses, often our county sheriff has representatives, sometimes even our big state politicos show up. This year a favorite was our animal control officer, who crawled inside her dog catcher's cage and was hauled down Broadway. She is a good person, and she is working well beyond her paid hours to get donations to help build a real shelter for homeless animals. Mountainair has lots of homeless animals, but no proper place to put them.
Anyway, it was a good parade. At the end, candy gets tossed at the little children. I've been known to turn into one of those little children, and have eaten some of that candy. Afterwards, we have a genuine old fashioned carnival with rides, a ferris wheel, cotton candy, balloons, and carnival games. We have a rodeo, vendors, live music, and book signings. I was the book signer this year because my sixth book just showed up a few weeks ago.
Book signings in a small town are also a lot of fun. You set up your table under a fancy little shade canopy as close to the sidewalks and live music as possible. You add a few extra chairs, some water, and you wait. In a hurry your friends see you, they join you, sit in the extra chairs, and the catching up, laughter and comraderie is priceless. I enjoy the social aspect more every year, probably because each year I've lost at least one friend or family member, and that makes me cherish everyone so much. Also, there are always a lot of new people who've driven in from other places. I delight in meeting them, especially when they take time to linger and tell me something about themselves.
Finishing everything off in the evening is the fireworks display. Mountainair depends on donations, and our fireworks are magnificent, but don't last quite as long as we'd like. This year, a neighbor who lives a few miles away, must have found a truck load of the best fireworks. His display began before the Town's, was more elaborate, louder, and lasted longer. Wow. Too cool! All in all, what a good day to be an American, small town, or wherever. Just a good day.
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congratulations on 30 years! That is quite an achievement, here`s to more wonderful illustrations and following your bliss :)
"we don't have others to compare her performance against"
... just a few past Kings and Queens throughout history!
Oh John, that was quite a grumble for something that means so little to you! It really sounds like you don't want to be living here in the UK.
Where would you prefer to live?
I just re-read my post and can't believe how badly written it is, I must have been in a flurry yesterday. Ah yes June, of course there are past heads of state, but they were markedly removed times too, it was a different world when Victoria was on the throne.
Yes, you're right I do feel out of step with the UK, both professionally and socially. I'm not going to return to the time-bomb of Tokyo though, not to live, so I'd better get used to things here!
I'm American and half-Japanese so you can imagine how much I relate to what you are saying.. har har.
Anyway, its crazy to think of that "first job"... :)
Congrats on your own Anniversary- Happy to celebrate on your account. ;) hee hee