I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
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From back in the day (1942, to be exact) when daily comic strips were collected into comic books:
Any kind of bath is acceptable?
TRUTH, JUSTICE, HOPE
That is, the heritage of the Kryptonian Warrior: Kal-El, son of Jor-El
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Looks like I'll have to move past gameplay footage
Missed last week but not this one.
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"一人じゃないから。" AI、『Story』。
"ヒロ、お前を信じてる。" タダシ、『ベイマックス』。
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Voting time!
seismic-2 for me.
Human Torch/Fantastic Four/She-Hulk/Disney Big Hero 6 /Tangled/G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero/Transformers G1 fanatic, Avatar-maker, and Marvel Moderator
"一人じゃないから。" AI、『Story』。
"ヒロ、お前を信じてる。" タダシ、『ベイマックス』。
"You were my my new dream." "And you were mine." Eugene Fitzherbert and Rapunzel.
"Knowing is half the battle." G.I. Joe.
Know the CBR Community STANDARDS & RULES
I'm going with nx01a as Vampi gives all new meaning to bloodbath. That cute little bat hanging from her spiked heel was a cool touch.
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
Plenty of delightful (and some very male gaze-y ones) covers. I'm going with PaulBullion, and Batman's sudden realisation that he is in a very gay genre.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
Voting old-school, seismic-2 this week.
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