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Post by codystarbuck on May 14, 2024 17:10:28 GMT -5
Canadian writer and Nobel Prize For Literature-winner Alice Munro has passed away, at age 92.
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Post by berkley on May 14, 2024 22:40:31 GMT -5
Canadian writer and Nobel Prize For Literature-winner Alice Munro has passed away, at age 92.
She and Mavis Gallant are two highly-acclaimed Canadian shot-story writers I've been meaning to read for years. But I should finally get to something by each of them soon, having recently cleared up another big 20 century short story collection (of Irish writer Frank O'Connor) that I wanted to finish before embarking on anything else in that line.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 15, 2024 18:42:31 GMT -5
I'm seeing reports that comics artist Don Perlin has passed away at age 94.
-M
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Post by berkley on May 15, 2024 20:02:01 GMT -5
I'm seeing reports that comics artist Don Perlin has passed away at age 94. -M
Ah, another favourite of mine, if only for his self-inked work on Werewolf By Night and a few early Moon Knight solo stories |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 16, 2024 2:28:35 GMT -5
Sad news about Perlin, another one of the old guard. Here's the obit posted at CBR - link. |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 16, 2024 4:43:46 GMT -5
I just did a quick search in Mikes Amazing world to see how prolific he was. Ghost Rider, Defenders, Solar, Bloodshot, Transformers. He was all over the place. Comics has always needed solid, non Superstar types and he certainly was that.
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Post by Dizzy D on May 16, 2024 5:44:10 GMT -5
He also was managing art director, so he was a big influence on a lot of young artists that came through Marvel in the 80s.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 16, 2024 7:53:36 GMT -5
I will never be a fan of Perlin's art but I give him props for the clarity of his storytelling and the longevity of his career. It always saddens me whenever we lose one of the medium's reliable workhorses.
Cei-U!
I lower the flag to half-mast!
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Post by Rob Allen on May 16, 2024 19:02:04 GMT -5
David Sanborn, one of the most prolific saxophonists of recent decades, died May 12 after a six-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. The list of artists he worked with is long and varied. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sanborn |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 17, 2024 20:08:33 GMT -5
RIP to actor Dabney Coleman who passed at age 92. HE is perhaps best known for his roles in Tootsie and 9 to 5, but was a prolific performer.
-M
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 17, 2024 20:09:31 GMT -5
David Sanborn, one of the most prolific saxophonists of recent decades, died May 12 after a six-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. The list of artists he worked with is long and varied. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_SanbornI remember him best ofr his collaborations with David Gilmour and Floy, but he was an amazing musician. -M |
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Post by driver1980 on May 17, 2024 20:21:17 GMT -5
RIP to actor Dabnet Coleman who passed at age 92. HE is perhaps best known for his roles in Tootsie and 9 to 5, but was a prolific performer. -M I watched him in an episode of The Invaders, he was a USAF captain, Mitchell Ross, who suspected the truth about the aliens. Good role for him, one of my favourites. (So many tabloids and the like seem to imply that only David Vincent knew the truth about the invaders, but quite a few episodes showed others, such as Capt. Ross, learning about the threat). I really enjoyed his work. RIP |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 17, 2024 20:54:46 GMT -5
Coleman was in everything, when I was a kid.
I especially liked him in Bite the Bullet, as the son of the Newspaper baron who sponsored the race (and intends to win with his own horse. There is a great scene, where he talks about the West and proceeds to call all of the contestants liars and Candace Begrgen calls him out, saying he sure knows a lot about the West for someone who doesn't know shinola from apples, and he retorts, "We don't have to know about it, we own it." He more than holds his own with a great ensemble cast.
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Post by foxley on May 17, 2024 21:36:30 GMT -5
He was also the voice of Principal Prickly in Recess.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 18, 2024 3:22:24 GMT -5
To me, Coleman will always be the horrible boss from 9 to 5. He was a superb comedic actor.
Cei-U!
I summon the class act!
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