John Phillips’s 4th of July Oration, 1794
AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4th, 1794, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. BY JOHN PHILLIPS. At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of BOSTON, duly qualified and legally warned, in public Town-Meeting, assembled at Faneuil-Hall, on Friday […]
Paul Dini Reveals the Feature Animation Template
On January 17, 2008, comics,live-action and animation scribe Paul Dini posted the modern feature animation template. Recognize it? * * * Your Animation Feature Template While answering a question about Musical Dance Number Endings in animated features, I decided to explore the subject in depth here. Yes, the MDNE has become a cliche of modern […]
Rogue One Action Figures!
Yes! Now you can play with the characters from Rogue One! Jyn Erso! Cassian Andor! Baze Malbus! K-2SO! Orson Krennec! Chirrut Imwe! Collect them all!
Fun with Dark Shadow
Meet Fumikage Tokoyami, a hero-in-training in a world where over 80% of the population has a super power, or “quirk.” Tokoyami is part-bird, part human, and he can manifest another entity called “Dark Shadow.” Of all the characters on My Hero Academia, now in its fifth season, Tokoyami is my favorite. It’s my hope the […]
The World’s Top 25 Media Franchises
At Visual Capitalist, Katie Jones reports on “The World’s 25 Most Successful Media Franchises, and How They Stay Relevant,” published November 22, 2019. Click here for details.
Close to a Tornado!
From Reed Timmer, Wray CO twister from May 7, 2016: From A&E, footage from a tornado approaching the viewer, posted March 24, 2021. From Tommy Shenanigans, posted July 18, 2018. From Chris Vance, Norman, Oklahoma, May 5, 2015, uploaded May 7, 2015. From Wade Sparz, Billings Heights.
