Comics Legends and Lore

If we are to find our readers, we must be gentle with them

When I finally hit the submit button for my most recent post, The suffering and destruction of children in Darfur is an obscenity, I experienced a moment of panic. I calmed down and for some reason recalled readings from the works of the Victorian writer and scholar Samuel Johnson. Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet (46 cm) tall and 20 inches (51 cm) wide, Although Dr. Johnson (as he was called), is among England's best known literary figures, he is not a household name here in the states. When I was in college only three students even signed up for Victorian Literature. Sure it was a small college, but three students? (1) Myself (a long haired would be hippie anarchist), (2) someone too stoned to even know where he was, and (3) a jock who thought it would be an easy "A". It wasn't, too bad for (3). It was the most difficult, but most rewarding class I would take over my four (oops five, those incompletes weren't a good idea) years. Student (2) never returned after the first break. He may still be wandering the halls, haunting new generations of students. But that's a story for another day.

Johnson was a fine classical scholar, and he was, perhaps, the best-read man, so far as modern literature was concerned, of his day. He did not dabble in literature, but wallowed in it, ponderously; and yet he was able to bring all of his learning, all of his accumulated knowledge, aptly and appropriately to bear upon whatever subject he had in hand.

My moment of panic was caused by my fear that I may have "over reached" with my post. The topic was close to my heart. The strongest memory of my long ago days as a Peace Corps Volunteer is that of red haired, swollen bellied children, hands held together, palms up, greeting me as I descended the plane for my first day as a Volunteer in Africa. The rest of my three years is a blur.

I worried about the tone of my post. Was I too preachy, too I angry, too sarcastic or cruel? In my early readings of the works of Dr. Johnson I was exposed to the Victorian writers' habit of "speaking" to their audience. They addressed the reader, their "gentle reader". Johnson would explain the situation through examples. He wasn't fire and brimstone. He was patient. He was a teacher.

Hopefully there are people who could be expected to be interested in my work, if only I approached them the right way, if I make the work attractive. "Gentle Reader" was both a direct address, and an expression of keen insight on the part of 18th- and 19th-century authors who knew that you can't heckle someone into reading your work. If we are to find our readers, we must be gentle with them, keep them in mind as we write, and help them along. We need to think about their pleasure, not just our information.

Anyone can publish. But not everyone will produce work that more than a small number of people will read. The art and craft of publishing a good article or book is being able to write what you want, while at the same time keeping in mind what the reader needs. It's a dance. We've all seen people dancing by themselves. It can be amusing to watch for a while, but, ultimately, most of us turn away to look for a partner.

So, dance with me gentle reader. Please call me out with your comments if one day, when writing about my travels, I think I am Mark Twain: "The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. If the case be otherwise, I beg his pardon and extend to him the cordial hand of fellowship and call him brother." Also, rein me in I am too much like Dr. Johnson: "The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." Many of his contemporaries thought he was a pompous ass. After all, the man wrote a dictionary. Only now do we refer to him as a genius! I think Maya Angelou caught it just right: "Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."

After all this seriousness, you may enjoy reading: Be Yourselves, Girls, Order the Rib-Eye.

While not a qualifying ride for the Tour de France, the Tour De Cure is a noteworthy cycling event. All across the United States 30,000 riders become reacquainted with their bicycles. For some, it's just a matter of grabbing a few power gels and a bag of granola, filling a Camelback with water and heading out for a 100 mile ride. For others, it's trying to find tubes to fix the flats and WD 40 to dissolve the rust accumulated on the chain while the bike sat in the garage since the last Tour. Most riders are somewhere in between Fit and Desperate. My next ride will be along the shore of the old fishing town Gloucester, Massachusetts. If you would like to donate to our efforts as a sponsor, you may do so online: ADA sponsor page for the E Team. Each mile I ride, each dollar I raise will be used in the fight to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. No matter how small or large, your generous gift will help improve the lives of more than 20 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, in the hope that future generations can live in a world without this disease. Together, we can all make a difference! Thank you for making a generous contribution to this cause that is so important to me!

The creature, called Swamp Thing, was originally conceived as Alec Holland mutating into a vegetable-like creature, a "muck-encrusted mockery of a man". However, under writer Alan Moore, Swamp Thing was reinvented as an elemental entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, with Holland's memory and personality intact. He is described as "a plant that thought it was Alec Holland, a plant that was trying its level best to be Alec Holland."

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing had a profound effect on mainstream comic books, being the first horror comic to approach the genre from a literary point of view since the EC horror comics of the 1950's, and broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots.

Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages. Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.

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The suffering and destruction of children in Darfur is an obscenity

When we view photographs of war-torn bodies, piled-up corpses, or starving children, are we changed?

During the course of the genocidal conflict in Darfur, the number of children who have been killed, raped, wounded, displaced, traumatized, or endured the loss of parents and families is well over 1 million. Most of these children have suffered multiple forms of violence, loss, and deprivation. Moreover, their futures are bleak in ways we can only now begin to discern, though that bleakness will come into steadily sharper relief as humanitarian organizations slowly withdraw their financial support for current efforts on the ground.

Children, especially younger children, are not simply more vulnerable to disease and malnutrition (especially during flight following attacks on villages); they are in many respects more vulnerable to violence. They often cannot move quickly, or at all, to escape attackers. Wounds are more likely to produce mortality. The loss of family members, especially parents, is much more likely to be seriously consequential, even fatal, for children. Children, because of their physical weakness and inability to resist, are much more likely to be the victims of abduction, which has been rampant in Darfur since the outbreak of major hostilities.

The other day I came across a blog that rated events that cause extreme pain. The event, human condition, "dying from starvation" was at the top. Dying of leukemia was number two. However, "obesity during high school" was close behind. Obviously the creator of the rating scale was from a "first world" country. People can recover from severe degrees of starvation to a normal stature and function. Children, however, may suffer from permanent mental retardation or growth defects if their deprivation was long and extreme. Overweight high school children can often "cure" the social isolation and humiliation from being fat through diet and exercise. A few sessions with a mental health councilor can help soothe some of the emotional trauma caused by their excesses.

I am not making light of the obesity problem in western nations. Overeating makes us miserable and ill. The increase in the numbers of young adults suffering from diabetes is linked to obesity. However, medical advances means that it takes longer to kill us, so we keep on eating. The term "child wasting" may seem very harsh, but that's what it is! In developed countries like Canada, the United States, Australia, Europe and so on, we waste food and resources and goods and time and energy. In third-world countries, children are being wasted.

The cultural differences and influences are extremely different from one part of the world to another. Here in North America, we (generally speaking) focus on physical appearance and materialism.

In India and Pakistan and Africa, children focus on surviving the day.

It takes, on average, four pounds of grain to make a single pound of meat. Meatier diets geometrically increase overall food demands. I can't solve world hunger. However, I am trying to change. I'm Eating food! Not too much. Mostly plants.

I joined Bloggers Unite. I am posting on 5/15/08 "cause I feel like I owe it to someone".

If you want to help, the easiest way may be to read: One Grain At A Time.

When you finish, enjoy: The "Vice President of Cake" politely declined.

The Shadow is a fictional crime fighter created by Walter B Gibson. The character is one of the most famous of the pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. Made even more famous through a popular radio series, the Shadow has since been featured also in comic books, comic strips,television, and at least seven motion pictures. Regardless, the Shadow is best regarded for its radio years, in which pulp crime fiction received perhaps its most compelling broadcast interpretation.

In the early eighties, Howard Chaykin set comics on their ear with the ground-breaking American Flagg!, a series that didn't just synthesize many of his themes into one cohesive work, but also brought page design, lettering and space into the overall effect of a book in a way that few had attempted. In the mid-eighties, DC tapped Chaykin to reinterpret the classic pulp hero The Shadow for a modern audience.

Even after decades, the unmistakable introduction from The Shadow has earned a place in the American lexicon:

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"

Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages. Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.

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The Cape Cod Rail Trail follows a former railroad right-of-way for 22 miles

Among the most scenic recreation trails in Massachusetts and a favorite with cyclists and day hikers, the Cape Cod Trail provides access to beaches, fresh water ponds, cranberry bogs and wild wetlands, quiet villages, and some of the best bird watching in the state. Anglers may want to try their luck on North Pond, where bass and panfish can be caught from shore.

Before the first railroad tracks were laid, the Cape was a relatively isolated area, accessible only by packet boat or stagecoach. By 1848, the Old Colony Railroad Company laid tracks that connected Boston and Sandwich. Railroad track extensions continued and by 1873, Old Colony had linked Boston with Cape Cod’s outermost point of Provincetown, offering a miraculously short, five-hour journey. As the Cape’s popularity as a summer resort increased, the railroad was heavily used to transport visitors from New York and Connecticut, as well as other parts of Massachusetts. With the growing number of visitors came train-loads of food and other provisions needed to meet their needs. But the railroad’s importance was soon surpassed by the automobile. Bridges to carry cars over Cape Cod Canal were opened in 1935, and in 1937 passenger service to the towns east of Dennis ended. Trains continued to haul freight until the mid-1960’s, but then the tracks were torn up and the station-houses were razed or vandalized. If you look carefully as you ride along the trail, you can still see occasional relics of the Cape’s rail days.

The Cape Cod Rail Trail runs mostly over the abandoned rail bed of the Old Colony RR. The railroad carried passengers and freight the entire length of the Cape through the mid-sixties when service was permanently abandoned east of Yarmouth. In 1976 the State of Massachusetts purchased the right-of-way for $1 and started plans for recreational use of the corridor. Beginning in 1978 the first sections of trail were improved for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian use. In 1994 the Rail Trail was extended from Locust Road in Eastham to LeCount Hollow Road in South Wellfleet. And in 1997, the Town of Harwich built a 3.5 mile spur off the Rail Trail to the Chatham town line. In 2002 the Trail welcomed the first of two 'bicycle' bridges that will eliminate most of the areas where one must ride with traffic. In all the Rail Trail and its connections provide over 30 miles of off-road riding.

While not a qualifying ride for the Tour de France, the Tour De Cure is a noteworthy cycling event. All across the United States 30,000 riders become reacquainted with their bicycles. For some, it's just a matter of grabbing a few power gels and a bag of granola, filling a Camelback with water and heading out for a 100 mile ride. For others, it's trying to find tubes to fix the flats and WD 40 to dissolve the rust accumulated on the chain while the bike sat in the garage since the last Tour. Most riders are somewhere in between Fit and Desperate. My next ride will be along the shore of the old fishing town Gloucester, Massachusetts. If you would like to donate to our efforts as a sponsor, you may do so online: ADA sponsor page for the E Team. Each mile I ride, each dollar I raise will be used in the fight to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. No matter how small or large, your generous gift will help improve the lives of more than 20 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, in the hope that future generations can live in a world without this disease. Together, we can all make a difference! Thank you for making a generous contribution to this cause that is so important to me!

You may enjoy reading: Bicycle route sheets with question marks? "Mostly downhill (?), delightful day ride of leisure and charm". Also of interest see: "I'm Getting Married in the Morning! Ding Dong. The bells are gonna chime!"

The creature, called Swamp Thing, was originally conceived as Alec Holland mutating into a vegetable-like creature, a "muck-encrusted mockery of a man". However, under writer Alan Moore, Swamp Thing was reinvented as an elemental entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, with Holland's memory and personality intact. He is described as "a plant that thought it was Alec Holland, a plant that was trying its level best to be Alec Holland."

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing had a profound effect on mainstream comic books, being the first horror comic to approach the genre from a literary point of view since the EC horror comics of the 1950's, and broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots.

Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages. Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.

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Nothing Is Perfect

Nothing, not even the memory of our parents, is perfect. Sometimes an event will trigger recall. I am slowly rediscovering the Zen aspects of gardening. As I was transplanting some lettuce seedlings, memories of having performed this task went back many years. My Dad started me off gardening when I was very young. He helped me break up the sod and remove the rocks for our first small plot. Thereafter, his contributions were limited to comments about the placement and number of tomato plants. These instructions would be administered from a chaise lounge chair, barely audible over the sounds of the Red Sox baseball game blaring from a small radio turned up to full volume.

My Dad also instilled in me a love and appreciation of sports, especially amateur sports. He couldn't teach me how to throw a curve ball. I would never advance beyond the lower ranks of Little League baseball. However, I have vivid memories of the energy level rising at indoor track and field meets as the time approached for the Men's Mile. Cheers would go out for the latest phenom from Vilanova or Georgetown. Unspoken would be the hope that we would witness a sub four minute mile. To this day my brothers and I make an annual pilgrimage to a different city to attend the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. I never would have attended a little college in Worcester, Massachusetts, unless I had watched the Greyhounds play basketball with my Dad. He discovered them on one of the early UHF television stations.

My Mom introduced me to the joys of reading. My mind's eye always sees her with a paperback mystery in her hand or on the table by her chair. Every childhood memory of Christmas includes the covers of the latest Tom Swift Jr. or Hardy Boys "young adult" novel. Comic books were OK in our household because we would actually read them. Exposure to Shakespeare, Dante or Milton was left to the schools, but I would approach those intimidating tomes with a love of the written word.

Yesterday (never shop hungry) I saw spice cakes displayed as I entered the supermarket. High cuisine on our dinner table was a meatloaf, or the occasional roast beef. We grew up on Chef Boyardee canned Ravioli, Beefaroni and Spaghetti & Meatballs.

The real chef for our family, Ettore (Hector) Boiardi, arrived at Ellis Island at the age of 16 . He later became the head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In 1915, he supervised the catering for the reception of President Woodrow Wilson's second marriage. In 1928 he set his sights on selling his product nationally, touting the low cost of his spaghetti products as a good choice to serve to the entire family.

Money was tight in our home, Chef Boyardee fit in our budget. However it seems now that we often had a desert. Spice cake was my favorite. The cake I bought (never, never shop hungry) had some of the qualities I remembered. It split in half between the layers of frosting. It was not as moist, the raisins not as plump, but it did get sticky on my fingers. If I only could have found the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy or the Little Rascals on TV while licking my fingers clean, the moment would have been as close to perfection as I ever might have dared.

Antojitos (literally, little cravings or whims) are the true Mexican Fast Food. They are available from street booths and carts, and restaurants: these little gems are never far away.

Though some Mexican mercados have stalls specializing in sweets, more typically confections in the mercado area are sold from sidewalk vendors. Maybe a little table will be set up at a street corner, or perhaps a boy will be circulating with a tray of goodies strapped around his neck. As with tamales and breads, many sweets are made in only a small region, so when you enter the mercado area of a city new to you, be sure to be on the lookout for local specialties.

While not a qualifying ride for the Tour de France, the Tour De Cure is a noteworthy cycling event. All across the United States 30,000 riders become reacquainted with their bicycles. For some, it's just a matter of grabbing a few power gels and a bag of granola, filling a Camelback with water and heading out for a 100 mile ride. For others, it's trying to find tubes to fix the flats and WD 40 to dissolve the rust accumulated on the chain while the bike sat in the garage since the last Tour. Most riders are somewhere in between Fit and Desperate. My next ride will be along the shore of the old fishing town Gloucester, Massachusetts. If you would like to donate to our efforts as a sponsor, you may do so online: ADA sponsor page for the E Team. Each mile I ride, each dollar I raise will be used in the fight to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. No matter how small or large, your generous gift will help improve the lives of more than 20 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, in the hope that future generations can live in a world without this disease. Together, we can all make a difference! Thank you for making a generous contribution to this cause that is so important to me!

You may enjoy reading: I can't help but wonder if any of the kids today get to have the fun that we did. Also of interest see: I feel like a parent.

The creature, called Swamp Thing, was originally conceived as Alec Holland mutating into a vegetable-like creature, a "muck-encrusted mockery of a man". However, under writer Alan Moore, Swamp Thing was reinvented as an elemental entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, with Holland's memory and personality intact. He is described as "a plant that thought it was Alec Holland, a plant that was trying its level best to be Alec Holland."

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing had a profound effect on mainstream comic books, being the first horror comic to approach the genre from a literary point of view since the EC horror comics of the 1950's, and broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots.

Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages. Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.

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The religious art and celebration don’t stay inside the churches

Whenever I think I have heard the most bizarre "story" of a miracle, another one crosses my path. I found my most recent favorite in an article about stained glass windows.

The thousand year old Romanesque Grossmunster Cathedral in Zurich was built on the site of an unusual miracle. In the year 286 Saint Felix, Saint Regula and Saint Exuperantius were decapitated for defending their faith. They picked up their heads and climbed to the top of a hill where they buried themselves. Charlemagne is supposed to have selected the site for his church when his horse bowed down there.

In Mexico, the religious art and celebration don’t stay inside the churches. Cholula has more religious festivals every year — about 400 — than any other town in Mexico. The town is distinct because its social system, based on separate neighborhoods, is still functioning strongly, and each neighborhood, or barrio, still celebrates its own saints day with one or as many as 20 festivals featuring food, music, religious processions and of course fireworks. On important holidays such as Good Friday, the streets in the center of town are closed down and carpeted with flowers for the parades.

From the steps of the Iglesia de los Remedios de Cholula a 17,900-foot volcano, known to the Aztecs as Popocatépetl, or "Smoking Mountain". According to Aztec legend, Iztaccíhuatl's father sent him to war in Oaxaca, promising him his daughter as his wife if he returned (which Iztaccíhuatl's father presumed he would not). Iztaccíhuatl's father told her that her lover had fallen in battle and she died of grief. When Popocatépetl returned, and discovered the death of his lover, he committed suicide by plunging a dagger through his heart. The gods covered them with snow and changed them into mountains. Iztaccíhuatl's mountain was called "La Mujer Dormida, (the "Sleeping Woman"), because it bears a resemblance to a woman sleeping on her back. Popocatépetl became the volcano Popocatépetl, raining fire on Earth in blind rage at the loss of his beloved.

When I first visited Cholula, Mexico I was shocked to realize that the town market is open 365 days a year. Tomorrow is Mother's Day here in the USA. I hope my readers everywhere take a moment tomorrow (and any day for that matter) and offer a kind word or token of appreciation to those women who are the backbone of our society.

While not a qualifying ride for the Tour de France, the Tour De Cure is a noteworthy cycling event. All across the United States 30,000 riders become reacquainted with their bicycles. For some, it's just a matter of grabbing a few power gels and a bag of granola, filling a Camelback with water and heading out for a 100 mile ride. For others, it's trying to find tubes to fix the flats and WD 40 to dissolve the rust accumulated on the chain while the bike sat in the garage since the last Tour. Most riders are somewhere in between Fit and Desperate. My next ride will be along the shore of the old fishing town Gloucester, Massachusetts. If you would like to donate to our efforts as a sponsor, you may do so online: ADA sponsor page for the E Team. Each mile I ride, each dollar I raise will be used in the fight to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. No matter how small or large, your generous gift will help improve the lives of more than 20 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, in the hope that future generations can live in a world without this disease. Together, we can all make a difference! Thank you for making a generous contribution to this cause that is so important to me!

You may enjoy reading: M'Lady, I make myself your prisoner.

The creature, called Swamp Thing, was originally conceived as Alec Holland mutating into a vegetable-like creature, a "muck-encrusted mockery of a man". However, under writer Alan Moore, Swamp Thing was reinvented as an elemental entity created upon the death of Alec Holland, with Holland's memory and personality intact. He is described as "a plant that thought it was Alec Holland, a plant that was trying its level best to be Alec Holland."

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing had a profound effect on mainstream comic books, being the first horror comic to approach the genre from a literary point of view since the EC horror comics of the 1950's, and broadened the scope of the series to include ecological and spiritual concerns while retaining its horror-fantasy roots.

Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages. Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.

Stumble It!

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Technorati Tags: diabetes, Comics

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