BACK DOOR SLAM - Outside Woman Blues

And now a more recent version (2008) of the song with the great Davy Knowles on guitar . . . .

Outside Woman Blues

Tales of brave Ulysses - Cream TKV

More from Disraeli Gears 1967

Cream - Strange Brew

MUSIC FAVORITES 1961-1970 #8: Disraeli Gears by CREAM 1967

Stay-At-Home Theater: RABID Official Trailer (2019)

This 2019 remakes takes the premise of the original movie in a different direction, as the side effects of experimental reconstructive surgery cause an epidemic of berserk rabies-infected humans. Quite graphic and disturbing, makes Cronenberg's original 1970's film look tame in comparison.

AWA / UPSHOT Newsletter, Links

ISSUE #17 Thanks for checking back in with us here at AWA Studios. We've been continuing to roll out brand new series and never-before-seen stories over the last couple of weeks on WEBTOON and Tapas, including the extraterrestrial hospital anthology, ET-ER!. Make sure to check out all our latest comics below in this week's Upshot Sneak Peek. We're also excited to announce that we're hiring for some fun new projects. If you're a writer or artist, make sure to take a look at our listing below. We hope to hear from you! And make sure to check out the latest Creator Corner featuring Year Zero writer Benjamin Percy. If you're new to our newsletter, take a look at our recent Creator Corner videos with writers Michael Moreci and Jason Starr, artists Mike Deodato Jr., Dalibor Talajic, Will Conrad and C.P. Smith, colorists Sabine Rich and Snakebite Cortez, and letterer Sal Cipriano! Sneak peek of the week We're continuing to launch brand new series, for free, on WEBTOON. And for those of you who want a quick comic fix sent straight to your phone every day, subscribe to the @AWASTUDIOSOFFICIAL Instagram account, where we're sending out brand new comics everyday in our stories. Check our all of our current releases:                                             Follow Upshot on Social Media: Monster Makers Wanted! Click link for more info: https://awastudios.net/monster-makers-wanted/ NEWSSTAND AWA Comics in the News! Will Comic Books Survive Coronavirus? The Guardian Read More The Comics Industry Is in Danger. What Can Save It? A.V. Club Read More No, Coronavirus Isn't Going to Kill Comic Book Superheroes ScreenRant Read More CREATOR CORNER Ben Percy Writer, Year Zero Tell me about Year Zero. What was your inspiration for the project? What artists or writers did you draw inspiration from? What themes do you explore in the comic? Like every other horror fiend, I salute the gore-splattered flags of Romero and Kirkman. They’ve carved out their own mythologies and changed the landscape of horror. But their stories take a microscope to the zombie apocalypse—focusing on small bands of survivors in, for instance, a farmhouse, a mall, a prison—and I wanted to take in the satellite view instead [for Year Zero]. The appraisal of a fallen world. I didn’t want one group of survivors. I wanted many. A wheeling, global perspective. So I have a Yakuza hitman in Tokyo. A street kid in Mexico City. A military translator in Kabul. An environmental scientist at a polar research station. And a prepper in the suburban Midwest. They each have a unique skillset that favors their survival—and a unique perspective on and response to what’s happening. If that doesn’t sound ambitious enough, we’re also incorporating an “artifact” into every issue that makes you rethink the contagion and its possible role in human history. These range from pages torn from one of DaVinci’s notebooks to a Chinese scroll to a medieval text. The standard storytelling format for comics seems to replicate cinematic experience—a story unspooling more or less chronologically—and I wanted to shake things up and really take advantage of the medium and push boundaries and tell a story that felt unique to comics and also reinvented what we might expect from a zombie story. What is your artistic process? I spend a long time thinking about a story and planning it out before I begin to write. So I’ll scratch down ideas in a notebook. I’ll talk on the phone with my editor, the artist, pals I trust. I’ll build a blueprint, a map for where the story might go, and hang it from my office wall to study and change every day. As I grow and adjust this map, I’m thinking about balancing out tension with emotional repose, choreographing action sequences, including reversals, giving each character a different transformative arc. Then, at last, I start to hammer the keyboard. What do you do when you aren’t working on comics? I’m also the author of five novels (The Ninth Metal releases in 2021 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), three story collections, and a book of essays. I occasionally write articles for magazines like GQ, Esquire, Time, and Men’s Journal. I’ve written two seasons of the audio drama/podcast Wolverine (“The Long Night” and “The Lost Trail”). I’ve co-authored several feature screenplays with my buddy James Ponsoldt (who is the director of The End of the Tour and The Spectacular Now). So I keep busy at the keyboard, and I love working across many mediums, because the work always feels fresh and I’m always learning new techniques. I’m also a dad and a husband, so when I’m not at the desk, I’m hanging out with my family (cooking, skiing, hiking, reading books, watching movies, cheering from the sidelines of their soccer games, etc.).

The Comic Book Quarantine Odyssey, Part Four

This began as a challenge issued to Captain Blue Hen from some friendly comic shops in Texas and Ohio.  Captain Blue Hen Comics didn’t win that challenge, but they came close.  Then, they were invited to keep going and participate in the 2,021 COMIC CHALLENGE - - same rules, the winner is the shop/group that reads and posts 2,021 comics first.

I’ll share all my posts to the group on this blog page.  I’ve been numbering my entries, picking up where I left off with the 1,000 Comics Challenge.  I'm curious to see how long it takes me to read that many comics.  I want the result to be realistic so I'm not going to binge read unless I happen to be in the mood.  There isn't a day that goes by that I don't end up reading some comics, so we'll see how long it takes me.

 #170, 171, 172, 173, 174  TALES OF SUSPENSE FEATURING HAWKEYE AND THE WINTER SOLDIER trade paperback (Marvel 2018) Reprints Issues #100-104. As the cover blurb says "The dynamic between Winter Soldier and Hawkeye is excellent" . . AIPTI. Indeed. I love the way that Rosenberg writes Hawkeye. This is a fast-paced action tale with Black Widow involved as well. FOUR STARS. 

#175, 176, 177, 178  BLOODSHOT BOOK TWO (Valiant, 2020) With the resources of the Burned behind him, Bloodshot is free to seek his own form of justice. First up: freeing the psiot Eidolon from Black Bar. Bloodshot Issues #4-6 plus Bloodshots Day Off, my favorite single issue story from 2017. FOUR STARS.

#179 BROKEN GARGOYLES #1 (Source Point Press, scheduled July 1 release date) The art is stunning, the world-building amazing. World War I vets in a re-imagined diesel punk 1925 are isolated and neglected, and stage a revolt to draw attention to their needs. I received an advance digital review copy of this from writer Bob Salley. This is definitely one you'll want to pre-order. FIVE STARS.

#180, 181, 182, 183, 184  REPLICA Trade Paperback.(Aftershock 2016) Reprints Issues #1-5. Quirky science-fiction. Mystery. Comedy. And Legal Drama. Amazing art from Andy Clarke that really brings Paul Jenkin's story to life. FIVE STARS.

#185, 186, 187, 188, 189  SUPER SONS #1 - 5 (DC, 2017) Devilish troublemaker Damien Wayne lures sheltered Jon Kent out of his bedroom for late night adventures and fun, until they run into Kid Amazo. I liked the standalone story in Issue #5 the best. THREE & ONE-HALF STARS.

#190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195  GOODNIGHT PARADISE TPB (TKO Studios, 2018) Reprints Issues #1-6, the complete limited series. Joshua Dysart is such an excellent writer. Here he creates empathy for characters most of us would ignore or avoid if encountered: the drunken homeless vagrants and street youth of Venice Beach, CA. The main character lives on beer, abandoned his family for the streets, yet has a strong impulse to seek justice when a young girl is murdered and thrown in a dumpster. An unusual and engaging crime/detective story. FIVE STARS.