The Parker Legacy (Thanks for the memories, Pete!)
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Today's Marvel Unlimited read, Ultimate Spider-Man 20 by Jonathan Hickman, David Messina, Matthew Wilson, & Cory Petit. This is a peak example of how thoughtfully made and character-driven superhero comics can be.
December 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Today's Marvel Unlimited read, Ultimate Spider-Man 20 by Jonathan Hickman, David Messina, Matthew Wilson, & Cory Petit. This is a peak example of how thoughtfully made and character-driven superhero comics can be.
The virgin birth is likely a later addition, but regardless, Jesus' humanity is central to the Christian narrative. Rogan's take is a pretty good illustration of the nihilism at fundamentalism's core though. They say equally human/divine but what they really worship is a machine.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The virgin birth is likely a later addition, but regardless, Jesus' humanity is central to the Christian narrative. Rogan's take is a pretty good illustration of the nihilism at fundamentalism's core though. They say equally human/divine but what they really worship is a machine.
@denizcamp.bsky.social can I just say how much I love the theological and philosophical implications of guardians from a doomed century crafting a ship with present day materials and naming it after the term for universal restoration? Quite the secret "Origen" so to speak!
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@denizcamp.bsky.social can I just say how much I love the theological and philosophical implications of guardians from a doomed century crafting a ship with present day materials and naming it after the term for universal restoration? Quite the secret "Origen" so to speak!
Strong floor, no ceiling
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling
I love how contemplative Soul of the Hunter is; it's a beautiful reflection on mortality and trauma. I also think the shape your future Spider-Man work would take is embodied nicely by this panel.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love how contemplative Soul of the Hunter is; it's a beautiful reflection on mortality and trauma. I also think the shape your future Spider-Man work would take is embodied nicely by this panel.
My favorite Keith Giffen work is his Defenders mini with JLI collaborators J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire. It's The Naked Gun of mainstream superhero comics; wall-to-wall gags and genuinely the funniest comic book I've ever read.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My favorite Keith Giffen work is his Defenders mini with JLI collaborators J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire. It's The Naked Gun of mainstream superhero comics; wall-to-wall gags and genuinely the funniest comic book I've ever read.
ROTJ makes it clear that Luke was never going to defeat the Empire by fighting Vader and his instincts were spot on and more in tune with the force than Ben and Yoda's. Ben insists Vader cannot be saved-- "more machine than man"--and sees Luke's refusal to consider killing him a failure.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
ROTJ makes it clear that Luke was never going to defeat the Empire by fighting Vader and his instincts were spot on and more in tune with the force than Ben and Yoda's. Ben insists Vader cannot be saved-- "more machine than man"--and sees Luke's refusal to consider killing him a failure.
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The extent to which the rich have coopted and weaponized Christianity is nothing short of amazing considering how contemptuous the scriptures are of wealth
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The extent to which the rich have coopted and weaponized Christianity is nothing short of amazing considering how contemptuous the scriptures are of wealth
Keep the pressure on, Crisco, that tenth doctor won't hold out forever
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Keep the pressure on, Crisco, that tenth doctor won't hold out forever
The Maker is one of those incredible comic book creations that came about through years of mediocrity and frustration and finally Bendis going "%#] it, let's break some shit" followed by Jonathan Hickman's doctoral thesis on well and truly breaking that shit, like ALL the shit
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Maker is one of those incredible comic book creations that came about through years of mediocrity and frustration and finally Bendis going "%#] it, let's break some shit" followed by Jonathan Hickman's doctoral thesis on well and truly breaking that shit, like ALL the shit
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Esad Ribic
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Esad Ribic
"...the man behind all this..their Maker...it's Reed Richards."
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"...the man behind all this..their Maker...it's Reed Richards."
And even Wolfman put Golden Age Supes in a pocket dimension to save him, which Waid rightly pointed out was still a cage of sorts.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
And even Wolfman put Golden Age Supes in a pocket dimension to save him, which Waid rightly pointed out was still a cage of sorts.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Here's the case David Bentley Hart makes for "joyfully praise" over more traditional translations like "confess"
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's the case David Bentley Hart makes for "joyfully praise" over more traditional translations like "confess"
"God chose the lowborn things of the cosmos and the things treated as nothing, the things that have no being, in order that he might nullify the things that do have being, so that no flesh at all might boast before God...'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'"
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"God chose the lowborn things of the cosmos and the things treated as nothing, the things that have no being, in order that he might nullify the things that do have being, so that no flesh at all might boast before God...'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'"
Peter is terrified of being publicly exposed as Spider-Man; Norman Osborn's most deep-seated fear is being mocked
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Peter is terrified of being publicly exposed as Spider-Man; Norman Osborn's most deep-seated fear is being mocked
It's a great reversal of the iconic ASM 39 imagery where Goblin co-opts Spider-Man's trick (using rope or cable instead of webbing) to display his dominance; with the foothold neck grip, Spidey turns Goblin's aerial dominance against him, humiliating and literally steering him.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's a great reversal of the iconic ASM 39 imagery where Goblin co-opts Spider-Man's trick (using rope or cable instead of webbing) to display his dominance; with the foothold neck grip, Spidey turns Goblin's aerial dominance against him, humiliating and literally steering him.
Fascinated by late antiquity concept of guardian angels as doppelgangers of their earthly charges. You see this in Acts 12:15 and Matthew 18:10.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fascinated by late antiquity concept of guardian angels as doppelgangers of their earthly charges. You see this in Acts 12:15 and Matthew 18:10.
Really terrific footnote by David Bentley Hart concerning Romans 9-11 as Paul's extended meditation affirming universalism.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Really terrific footnote by David Bentley Hart concerning Romans 9-11 as Paul's extended meditation affirming universalism.
John 8:1-11, translation and footnote by David Bentley Hart.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
John 8:1-11, translation and footnote by David Bentley Hart.
"To perdition with your silver, and with you, because you imagined you could procure God's gift with money." Acts 8:20 (translation by David Bentley Hart)
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"To perdition with your silver, and with you, because you imagined you could procure God's gift with money." Acts 8:20 (translation by David Bentley Hart)