“The Punisher Is No More”: Marvel Formally Gets Rid Of Its Most Controversial Personality
That’s the form of click bait headline that space off the coolest-fly snowflakes in fandom. I haven’t followed the Punisher in years, however apparently he’s been having one WTF 2nd after but another. He became the leader of the Hand. His wife used to be introduced serve from the unimaginative. She divorced him and took his money. He used to be banished from Earth-616 to a parallel universe by no technique to return. Till, after all, he does. Wow. Ample.
Marvel and most vivid comics followers were inquisitive about the Punisher’s skull insignia being appropriated by all manner of vile ideal-fly deplorables at the side of fascist police officers. Placing the Punisher off veil whereas the publishers establish out what to enact with him is a tremendous cross. Nonetheless the weeping wingnuts are blaming “woke” for this assault on their freedoms or some such. One such poster talked about that Marvel wishes to be extra inquisitive about themselves than “snowflakes,” too dense to hold he used to be the snowflake.
I answered:
Since Marvel owns the persona, they are being concerned extra about themselves than somebody casually throwing around an ceaselessly-misused insult fancy “snowflakes.” As I witness it, they are retiring the logo for now and should always tranquil absolutely elevate the persona serve at some level. The Punisher would perchance presumably also moreover be extra than a skull on his chest. Per chance some writer or artist will advance up with a larger visual. Adore a coiled “don’t tread on me” snake.
After I obtained previous the diversified insults hurled at me, the conversation used to be barely moving. I added:
The truth is, I am pondering a novel Punisher series will likely be most productive served by almost making Frank a supporting persona in the tales, noteworthy as Eisner would enact with the Spirit once in a whereas. We roughly know Fortress’s mindset. I judge it would perchance presumably be extra moving to hunt of us’s reaction to search out themselves in his crazed world.
And this:
Successfully over two a few years ago, I pitched a Punisher reboot that can hold changed the title’s world without invalidating the leisure that had long gone sooner than. I tranquil judge it is a tremendous belief, however I am not obvious if it would perchance presumably continue to exist my placing off the full Marvel substances out of it.
And when a poster talked about he’d prefer to study that pitch:
I would perchance presumably not be in a put to stumble on the actual pitch, however I enact conception to jot down about in a book known as THE UNREALIZED ISABELLA. I am hoping to search out a publisher/accomplice for this and heaps diversified books and comics.
After that, I stopped reading and posting in the thread. Because of the I had already spent extra time inquisitive about the Punisher than I had in lots of years.
The above has almost nothing to enact with sharing with you the full issues that made me chuffed in April, however I desired to discover it out of my head as mercurial as imaginable. Lend a hand in strategies it a bonus weblog interior my weblog as we head to our feature presentation.
Here are the issues that introduced me joy in April…
April 1: A Man & His Cat by Umi Sakurai. This manga series works on so many phases. It’s cute, amusing and even poignant in its telling of a lonely man and his equally lonely feline. I’m playing it and conception to study the full series.
April 2: As I walked to our mailbox to discover the Sunday newspaper on this chilly morning, it hit me that, in supreme just a few days, Barb and I would perchance presumably be playing per week of soothingly warm weather in Singapore. Courtesy of Cosfest. It’s a dream soon to return proper.
April 3: The Everyday Notify with guest host Roy Wood, Jr. I knew he’d be a great match for the lead region on the roar and his first evening at the serve of the desk confirmed it. A nice presence who worked successfully solo and with others. He’s a contender.
April 4: Physician Uncommon #1 by Jed MacKay (writer) and Pasqual Ferry (artist). What a tremendous leaping-on mission for a novel or lapsed reader. Several mini-tales with serve tales seamlessly integrated. I will likely be reading this title many times.
April 5: Singapore Airways is much and away the very most lifelike airline I’ve ever flown on. Immediate-witted chuffed seating. Courteous and efficient carrier on every stage. Flight attendants tidy and intensely supreme-attempting in
their conventional sarongs.
April 6: Cosfest had a wheelchair attempting ahead to me once we landed at Singapore’s Changi Airport. This speeded up our post-flight stuff to a worthy stage. I’d moderately hold a extra steady knee, however I genuinely fancy such courtesies.
April 7: Singapore. We were picked up at the airport by Cosfest’s Stephanie and Takahan, taken to our Studio M Lodge and joined for dinner by Melanie. What a appetizing trio. They became family to us with their unending kindness.
April 8: Singapore. Our hosts took us to the spacious Books Kinokuniya in the noteworthy extra spacious Takashimaya Hunting Centre. Upright the condominium devoted to comics and manga used to be larger than most comics store in the United States. It used to be ideal-seeking to stare.
April 9: Cosfest 2023 used to be a spectacular event held in the beautiful Gardens by the Bay. We met so many exquisite followers and obtained to rob a wreck to ride the beautiful foliage and fun shows integrated in the Gardens. A should always-witness for Singapore site visitors.
April 10: Two days of sightseeing after Cosfest. My favorites: the spectacular mall at Jewel Changi Airport with its indoor waterfall, the superior/upsetting Singapore Flyer and the statue of Merlion, town’s maintain kaiju protector.
April 11: My friend Melanie gave me a Funko establish of Merlion, the logo of Singapore. For positive, there’s a Funko establish of the kaiju protector of the country. And, after all, I’d fancy to enact a graphic unique starring him. Thanks, Melanie.
April 12: Singapore. The artist Takahan created three supreme artworks for Cosfest. I’ll include all three when I write about the event in Tony Isabella’s Bloggy Element, however, for now, right here’s the one with reproduction written by me.
April 13: Singapore. Barb and I met so many magnificent of us at Cosfest. Comics creator Kia Asamiya. His gross sales supervisor Matt Nakamura. Asia Cosplay big title Tomia. The ideal-attempting Yumi Matsuzawa, writer/singer of the legit event theme song.
April 14: Singapore. I hold to present a grateful grunt-out to Cosfest volunteer Robin, my wheelchair guy at the event. He took Barb and I around Gardens by the Bay and thereabouts without once telling me I needed to devour a salad now after which.
April 15: Going to Singapore and Cosfest: Gardens by the Bay used to be an unforgettable ride for Barb and I. Our without wreck due to the the fabulous Stephanie Snowheart for engaging us and for showing us the time of our lives.
April 16: One extra grunt-out to Singapore Airways. Because of the of its efficient handling of my request for handicapped aid, Barb and I sailed through JFK customs/TSA in memoir time and were in a put to discover on an earlier flight house.
April 17: Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries and Notebooks: The Novel York Years, 1941-1950. Even though I’m inquisitive about this writer, who worked in amusing books in the leisurely 40s, I’ve by no scheme study any of her novels or tales. I am hoping to change that soon.
April 18: Actress Laura Benanti taking part in Melanie Trump on The Unhurried Notify with Stephen Colbert. Her timing in turning in the hilarious jokes is as obvious as Colbert’s. I for all time discover many giggles at any time when she appears to be like to be.
April 19: Dear Body by Lea Bordier. A informative, fascinating anthology of body positivity stores taken from many interviews performed by Bordier and tailored into comics by female and non-binary artists.
Comics can repeat every form of tales.
April 20: Dinosaur Sanctuary by Itaru Kinoshita. The magnificient beasts continue to exist in parks fancy Enoshima Dinoland. Rookie dino-keeper Suma Suzume wishes to retain the park afloat in this coronary heart-warming and scientifically supreme manga for all ages.
April 21: Gone, long gone the hold of man, come up the Funko Etrigan! The most recent addition to my series is a personality that can use some consistency and updating, however I genuinely fancy this fundamental Bronze Age scrutinize. Wouldn’t strategies taking a crack at it sometime.
April 22: Saintly Wife Barb and our young of us Eddie and Kelly were tickled by the in vogue octopus figures I gave them as leisurely Easter gifts. I was pondering initiate air the sector, however I imagine every desk wishes one among these.
April 23: Rip Kirby is one among my well-liked amusing strips. In Volume 7, reprinting the 1962-1964 adventures, I was extremely entertained by a comedy whereby butler Desmond is tricked into believing he has turn correct into a lord by murderous con males. It’s hilarious.
April 24: Desi Lydic used to be hilarious, pleasing and tremendous on her first evening net hosting The Everyday Notify. The most moving line used to be that she couldn’t imagine “a community so hostile to gender-declaring surgery supreme lower off their very maintain dick.” Just appropriate.
April 25: The serious planning for my summer Enormous Accumulation of Stuff storage gross sales has begun. I rob over the storage on Could moreover 1 with aim dates of June 1-3 for the gap weekend.
[UPDATE: Extensive house repairs have delayed the start of my VAOS sales until June 16-17.]
April 26: Lisa Whelchel’s Collector’s Call returns for its fourth season with Successfully off Correll, whose series of anguish/sci-fi film props and costumes dwarfed any diversified collections that’s appeared on the series. A the truth is supreme series.
April 27: A most recent Meijer’s advert showing their first store from 1934 include windows with the names of goods they bought. One such window, which I couldn’t acquire a record of, marketed comics. These were the days.
April 28: After one Wheel of Fortune contestant expressed her fancy for roar announcer Jim Thornton, the guy at the serve of the mike changed Pat Sajak for the contestant’s bonus round. It used to be an unexpected and hilarious 2nd. The girl’s glee used to be wondrous, even after she misplaced the round.
April 29: Saintly Wife Barb and I watched the pleasantly silly fun Homicide Thriller (2019) on Netflix. Wile there are no award-worthwhile performances from Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston or the diversified solid members, we loved it. We’ll in finding the sequel tonight.
April 30: Homicide Thriller 2 (2023) will get rather of too carried away, however Barb and I did ride it. We were in particular chuffed to hunt the returns of John Kani (The Colonel), Dany Boon (Inspector Delacroix) and Adeel Akhtar (The Maharajah).
That’s occupied with now. I’ll be serve soon with extra stuff.
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