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The Watchmen Bestiary 43 – Brother and Companion
Behold, if you read this post, you shall be stricken with Watchmen spoilers, and also analysis of the biblical book of Job from a secular perspective, if you view that sort of thing as an affliction. A...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 42 – New York Stories
Something’s coming, something spoilery. Specifically, spoilers for Watchmen, West Side Story, and the Harlan Ellison story “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs”. Batman lost his parents. Spider-Man lost his...
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You Stupid Darkness!
Happy New Year! As always, this is a year-end mix I make for some friends — full explanation on the first one I posted in 2010. It’s not all music from 2025 (in fact, the way I listen to music pretty...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 41 – Gazing Into Abysses
Those who do not spoil themselves by reading Watchmen will have Watchmen spoiled for them by this post. Some of these Bestiary entries deal with fairly contained topics — say, a movie, or an opera, or...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 40 – Expectations and Destinations
Spoilery essays are my game I spoil without cessation Watchmen and Moore, and Bester for sure For this post’s entire duration SPOILERS AHEAD for Watchmen and for many works of Alfred Bester,...
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Count Me In On The Journey
Happy New Year! As always, this is a year-end mix I make for some friends — full explanation on the first one I posted in 2010. It’s not all music from 2024 (in fact, the way I listen to music pretty...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 39 – Bringing Light to the World
WARNING: These posts are still bringing Watchmen spoilers to the world. Or, I guess, to you, if you keep reading. I also discuss some details in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, various Greek myths, and...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 38 – Utopia Cinema
WARNING: If you keep reading this, Watchmen spoilers are in your future. There are also spoilers for H.G. Wells’ film Things To Come and book The Shape Of Things To Come, as well as Alan Moore’s...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 37 appendix – Reflections, Echoes, and Symmetries
While I was doing my research for the previous entry, I sat down and catalogued all the instances of reflection and symmetry I could find in Chapter 5 of Watchmen, as well as images that echo or...
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Everything You Lose Is a Step You Take
Happy New Year! As always, this is a year-end mix I make for some friends — full explanation on the first one I posted in 2010. It’s not all music from 2023 (in fact, my backlog of music to listen to...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 37 – A Different Kind of Inspiration
SPOILERS FOR WATCHMEN AHEAD DAEHA NEMHCTAW ROF SRELIOPS Detectives Steve Fine and Joe Bourquin are the first characters we meet in Watchmen, as they investigate the murder of Edward Blake. But after...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 36, part 2 – Alan Moore vs. The World
Fair warning: Although this entry isn’t nearly so focused on Watchmen as many of the others, it does have plenty of spoilers for Alan Moore’s novel Jerusalem. And still some Watchmen spoilers too. And...
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Aurora Adventures
It’s pretty rare that I use this blog to post anything about my life, but I’m going to now, beginning with a little explanation of why. For those who don’t know, I’m coming out of a very difficult...
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Oh my it’s been a year. I know that pretty much every person who lives long enough will witness their parents declining and dying, but the commonness of the experience didn’t stop it from feeling...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 36, part 1 – In The Forests Of The Night
NOTE: Spoilers, Spoilers, here they spawn / First read Watchmen, then read on. We’ve reached Chapter 5 in this Watchmen odyssey, a chapter justly famed for its fascinating structure. The 28-page...
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The Watchmen Bestiary 35 – Watchmen and Watchmakers
NOTE: Spoilers for Watchmen are included in this article, by design. Starting in the mid-17th century, the authority of religious revelation began to come under unique and increasing threat. The...
View ArticleThe Steps
Happy New year, and happy new 2021 music mix. As always, this is a year-end mix I make for some friends — full explanation on the first one I posted in 2010. It’s not all music from 2021 (in fact, my...
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