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NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is on an 11-day mission to repair and upgrade the
Hubble Space Telescope. taken from Florida on Tuesday, when the shuttle was on its way to
Hubble (Image: NASA/Thierry Legault)

So I do this thing on Whitechapel most weeks where I name an old, old character, usually from the public domain, and set the artists on the board to re-interpreting it for the 21st century. This week, I called The Octopus. Look at what Jess Nevins has to say about this character:

One of the more outré of the pulp characters-and given the genre, that’s quite saying something, believe me-the Octopus was actually the villain of the piece in his single issue, The Octopus v1 #4, 1939, written by…well,

"Brus Sterling" for Tranz Art. Some dialogue in Serb.

from on .

Unlike conventional submersibles, which sink because their ballast makes them heavier than water, the Super Falcon is positively buoyant and descends using inverted wings that exert a downwards force when the craft is propelled forwards by its motor, just like a plane uses its wings and engines to generate lift.

(yes, we’re a bit tumbly again today. Multiply postgasmic.)

Video trailer for Bryan’s new graphic novel:

At my internet flophouse tonight:

* - bought comics this week? Talk about them. Markets are conversations etc etc ad bleeding nauseum

* - Pia Guerra (Y THE LAST MAN) just showed up and owned everybody. Though it is an excellent jam in general this week.

* - and it’s only Wednesday. AMAZING stuff in here.

* - many creators show up to talk about their work on offer in comics sto

As posted by Rick Bradford on Whitechapel earlier:

I hope this doesn’t seem inappropriate (if so, delete at will!) but I run the , a website dedicated to mini-comics new and old (lots of history articles and data). Our intention is to be a central meeting place for mini-comics publishers, artists, writers, readers and collectors. It’s a community-driven site that’s also got social networking features built in. Members can upload photos and videos, participate in discussions in