![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s loved worldwide by children and adults alike.but does anyone truly know the origins of Santa Claus? Set in a dark fantastic past of myth and magic, Klaus tells the story of how Santa Claus really came to be-the tale of one man and his wolf against a totalitarian state and the ancient evil that sustains it.Īward-winning author Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Happy!) and Eisner Award-nominated illustrator Dan Mora (Go Go Power Rangers, Hexed) revamp, reinvent, and reimagine a classic superhero for the 21st century, drawing on Santa’s roots in Viking lore and Siberian shamanism, and taking in the creepier side of Christmas with characters like the sinister Krampus. The smash-hit series by legendary creator Grant Morrison and phenom artist Dan Mora exploring the secret origins of the world’s first superhero, Santa Claus. The smash-hit series by legendary creator Grant Morrison and young phenom artist Dan Mora returns with this special collection of holiday themed stories. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It was usually unspoken, but there was always this thought among the leaders and students of, ‘if Ben comes then it’s proof that we’re not crazy. We grew up in the same churches together and were in the same on-fire youth group. ![]() Our names were next to each other alphabetically, and we were complete opposites – him, 6 foot something and Mr. Tall, cute, and the star athlete, Ben also happened to be a Christian. It was always extra exciting when he would show up. He could change their lives! Because nothing says Jesus like a man who can tear a phone book in two! If we could just get people in the doors, they would see and know. We were trying to make Jesus appealing to people. Our youth group would rent out our high school auditorium for shows. “Our need is for who can set the church ablaze for God, not in a noisy, showy way, but with an intense and quiet heat that melts and moves everything for God.” – E.M. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are alternate universes at play, delivering a much different sort of horror than present in Frankenstein. Most of these revolve around a school boy named Oshikiri, but they don’t all intertwine–at least, not immediately. Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, out this week from Viz Media, features an adaptation of the titular novel, as well as a number of original short stories. An Ito adaptation of one of Shelley’s works, then, sounds like a recipe for greatness. Likewise, there are few horror novelists more renowned than Mary Shelley. ![]() There are few names in horror manga more famous than Junji Ito. ![]() For the month of October we’ll be sharing various pieces of underappreciated scary books, comics, movies, and television to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween.Īs we close in on October 31, AiPT! will be reviewing and recommending various pieces of underappreciated scary media-books, comics, movies, and television-to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween. Welcome to another installment of 31 Days of Halloween! This is our chance to set the mood for the spookiest and scariest month of the year as we focus our attention on horror and Halloween fun. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe one recipe for marinara advises reserving some of the starchy pasta water, for adding later in case the sauce is looking a little thin. Take, for instance, the basic skill of thickening a sauce. This means that for most novice cooks, kitchen wisdom -a unified understanding of how cooking works, as distinct from the notes grandma lovingly scrawled on index-card recipes passed down through the generations -comes piecemeal. They tell you what to do, but they rarely tell you why to do it. But recipes, for all their precision and completeness, are poor teachers. And they can be an excellent inspiration for even the least ambitious home cooks to liven up a weeknight dinner. To be sure, they are a wonderfully effective way to approximate a dish as it appeared in a test kitchen, at a star chef’s restaurant, or on TV. It’s a shame that the standard way of learning how to cook is by following recipes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As Trollope announces in her preface, she will offer neither an overtly political nor purely factual account of her sojourn in America. Readers witness Trollope's radical extension of domestic ideology's association of women with the visual regulation of home and family? She transports this way of seeing over the domestic threshold and uses it as a lens for political analysis. suits better the minute and lynx-like optics of the female, than with the enlarged and elevated views of things taken by the male traveler.įrances Trollope's bestselling travel narrative, Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), complemented by Auguste Hervieu's twenty-four lithographic plates, positions readers at an unusual vantage point. ![]() ![]() If you can’t find the book you’re looking for submit a comment and I’ll try to help. Then go to either of the book pages and scroll down through the text to see the highlighted phrases. a book name) you can narrow down the results by putting the phrase into “quotation marks”. If you are searching for a precise phrase (e.g. NOTE ABOUT THE SEARCH FUNCTION: The searched for terms will be highlighted in yellow throughout all the pages. (Due to the length of the book list it has become necessary to split it in two. Please say a prayer for my sanctification. Take advantage of this – they have changed my life and will change yours, too. ![]() Below are links to valuable and timeless Catholic texts (including those written by great saints and Fathers and Doctors of the Church) that you can read and download for free. ![]() Thanks to technology, and perhaps due to Christianity’s low status in our modern liberal age, there is a fantastic treasure trove of good, traditional Catholic books available for free or near-free. ![]() ![]() (As I write this, Eliot is peering at me beadily from under the handle of his umbrella, on the cover of John Haffenden’s newest installment of his letters). The line: ‘(Come in under the shadow of this red rock)’, with its beckoning brackets, seemed even more intimate, ironically enough, since I was reading it in the hope of reaching someone doubly absent. He was away for the weekend at home when I discovered Eliot, and I remember being hooked by the first lines, as though they were addressed to me. My boyfriend was known at uni for his long silences and aloofness, and my way of reading him was to read his books. ![]() ![]() I’d become used to staring at the book, alongside a gorgeous bright green copy of Nabokov’s Lolita, a thick white edition of Sartre’s Being and Nothingness, William Carlos Williams’s Selected Poems, and the complete Alexander Pope. How did you first encounter it, and what do you remember about that encounter?īeci Carver: I had climbed through my college boyfriend’s open window and found Eliot on his shelf, where I knew he would be. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of “The Waste Land,” we invited four writers and academics-Beci Carver, Jahan Ramazani, Robert Crawford, and David Barnes-to discuss the importance, context, artistry, and legacy of the poem.Ĭan you tell us a bit about your personal experience of reading the poem. ![]() ![]() If he sank any lower, he would be kissing the ground. His shoulders drooped, and he bowed his head. Quaylin had failed his quest and his brother. The various women's faces swirled in Quaylin's mind, but he still couldn't locate the perfect bride for his brother after weeks of searching. Did his brother even have a type? Quaylin didn't know. The marketplace's women were either already married or not right for Orin. Quaylin had tried the taverns, but most women weren't the type you brought home as a wife. But where could Quaylin find the perfect woman for Orin? Oh, she allowed his brother to live with them, but he could see how it wore on his wife's nerves to have Orin underfoot. Of course, he had his orders from his own wife to do so. ![]() If Orin wasn't willing to find a wife, then Quaylin would find one for him. ![]() No need to come along this time." He stood and patted Quaylin's shoulder before heading toward Greymist Forest.įor weeks, Quaylin had watched his brother delve further into his loneliness, and he'd had enough of it. "Aye, I am." Orin strung his bow and checked his quiver full of arrows. "Are you going hunting again?" Quaylin sank upon a log beside Orin. ![]() ![]() And thirdly, Darren Aronofsky’s production company Protozoa has optioned yet another If It Bleeds story, “The Life of Chuck." Meanwhile, Deadline is reporting that Ben Stiller has optioned another short story from the collection, “Rat,” for a feature that he plans to produce, direct, and star in. Banks, The Blind Side) will adapt and direct. ![]() Harrigan’s Phone” into a feature film, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. ![]() Producers Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum are teaming up with Netflix to adapt King's short story “Mr. ![]() And the fourth? Well, there's no word yet, but it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility, since it features a character who recently appeared in an adaptation for HBO. In the immortal words of Mel Brooks, " It's good to be the King." And seeing that Ben Stiller, Ryan Murphy, Jason Blum, and Darren Aronofsky are among the ever-growing list of producers getting in the Stephen King business these days, it's more than good it's downright great.Ĭontinuing Hollywood’s ongoing love affair with All Things King, three out of the four stories in the author’s latest anthology collection, If It Bleeds, have been optioned. ![]() |