View allAll Photos Tagged fictional
Every fictional hero, and every real life one, are made more powerful and effective when they're REAL people. I don't think, in the times we live in, that concepts like honor, honesty and kindness are appreciated enough.
Midtown,
New York City.
January 2012
© Sion Fullana
All Rights Reserved
Donaghadee, and it is rather devine.
With the Mull of Galloway, in Scotland, visible in the distance.
the name is fictional and the portrait has been explored by way of post processing to arrive at this presentation
-
This is a portrait of a prisoner accused of the murder of a deputy, despite his innocence. Racial tensions of the time, intensified by the Chilcotin War, and mistranslations of his testimony (from Tsilhqot'in and Chinook into French and then into English) led to his being blamed without evidentiary recourse.
Key details about the artwork:
Context: The work is part of a series by Stan Douglas examining the Chilcotin War (1864), where Indigenous leaders were lured by the promise of negotiations, taken prisoner, and later executed.
Medium: The artwork is a black-and-white, laser-exposed photographic print.
Themes: Douglas often utilizes historical events to question the inevitability of the present, using techniques like parallax to show multiple perspectives of the same event.
Changes in perspective and narrative revisions turn a single incident into a complex and multi-layered story that raises probing questions.
Is there such a thing as a singular absolute truth? Who determines which version of a story becomes the official version and who decides what ‘history’ tells us?
While posing such questions, Douglas draws our attention to the constructed and fragmentary nature of history, identity and place.
i made this just for fun..
We've gone step further by making an Oregon ID card as a prop.
And Yes !! .. i know i shouldn't put my face on another fictional character, especially a character
in written texts.. kinda forced impression. People won't be able to associate that character with
their own imagination. Then again, i don't really care. i'm taking over the life of Ploy Karoline Henson.
In the story, she had pixie crop hair style, just like BuNiKa. Her name "Ploy" in Thai means
some kind of gemstone but in English.. well you all know what ploy means :)
and that who she really was.
In this photo, we can see her address in early 2000s on her driver license.
This house actually existed on Alder Street between 25th and 26th Ave. at the edge of
Amazon Park neighborhood, mostly a lower middle class area. In 2002, she moved closer
to campus, on Mill Street ..and just in time for Eugene Riot in September of that year
(September 27-28, 2002) in which 1,500 people, mostly college students clashed with
police for no reason.
17/365
I have just realised that this should be August 9th's photo. Oh, well, I shall have to do something else for that.
My copy of the London A-Z and an old pair of my glasses. I had tried the first ones with my current glasses, but I am practically blind without them and could not see through the view finder, so even with autofocus I did not know where I was actually focusing. I wonder if I had used manual where the focus would have been.
For those not closely acquainted with London (or Sherlock Holmes), 221B Baker Street is the address of the fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There have been many incarnations of Sherlock Holmes, one of the most recent (and the one I was watching as I took this photo) is the BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Fun fact; Benedict Cumberbatch has heterochromia, a condition leading to his eyes being different colours.
I am a treasure trove of trivia.
Black Park Lake, Buckinghamshire.
This lake and this shoreline have perhaps seen more fictional - I stress fictional, drownings and dredgings for missing persons than anywhere else in the world, and if you watch films or have seen British television series stretching right back to the 1950s's, you will have seen this stretch of water many times in different guises. (And if you watch British detective series, probably at least once a month!)
Black Park is the unofficial backlot for the huge Pinewood Studios which abuts it to the east, (and which is now leased largely to Disney and home to its massive streaming output) but it is also within easy reach of other film and television studios, Bray (the home of Hammer Horror films) and Elstree, who's pedigree if not its glamour is up there with Pinewood.
Apart from series like Midsomer Murders (Barnaby) and in the past 'the Saint' with Roger Moore, the Bond films, Star Wars (films and series), Superman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Dracula... You get the gist; the list seems never ending and is very surprising.
A good wikipedia page on Black Park gives a partial filmography.
Character Creation
Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in Flash Comics #1, published by All-American Publications in January 1940.
While both notable versions of the characters were originally similar (with phonetically similar names) but different characters existing in parallel universes (Earth-One and Earth-Two respectively), the merging of both following Crisis on Infinite Earths led to numerous revisions to reconcile Hawkman's history and using each alter-ego's name interchangeably, marking Hawkman's reputation for a complex and confusing history.
Hawkman is consistently a hawk-themed, reincarnated warrior with access to the fictional Nth metal, granting him a host of powers, a preference for archaic weaponry, and is often paired alongside fellow reincarnated warrior and paramour, Hawkgirl (or Hawkwoman).
He is portrayed as either the human archaeologist Carter Hall whose re-discovery of Nth metal recalls his past reincarnations or as a decorated Thanagarian police officer Katar Hol who comes to Earth.
Hawkman also has affiliation with several superhero teams such as the Justice Society of America and Justice League, often serving as team leader in the former.
Ultimately, Hawkman's first incarnation was originally said to be Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.
The character has been adapted into other media numerous times, with significant appearances in Justice League Unlimited, which featured Hawkgirl as a main character, as well as several DC Universe Original Animated Movies.
In live action, Hawkman first appeared onscreen in the two-part 1979 TV special Legends of the Superheroes, portrayed by Bill Nuckols. Hawkman was later portrayed by Michael Shanks in Smallville and by Falk Hentschel in The CW's Arrowverse series. He also appears in the DC Extended Universe film Black Adam (2022), portrayed by Aldis Hodge.
Publication history
Hawkman first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (January 1940), and was a featured character in that title throughout the 1940s. This Hawkman was Carter Hall, a reincarnation of the ancient Egyptian prince Khufu. Hall discovered that the mysterious "ninth metal" (later changed simply to "Nth metal") could negate the effects of gravity and allow him to fly. He donned a costume with large wings to allow him to control his flight and became the crimefighter, Hawkman. He also had a companion hawk named Big Red that assisted him in fighting crime. An archaeologist by profession, Hall used ancient weapons from the museum that he curated.
The Golden Age Hawkman, from Flash Comics #71 (May 1946). Art by Joe Kubert
Hawkman was a charter member of the Justice Society of America, beginning with All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940). In issue #8 he became the JSA's chairman, a position he held until the end of the JSA's run in All Star Comics in 1951. He was the only member of the JSA to appear in every adventure during the Golden Age of Comic Books. He romanced his reincarnated bride, Shiera Sanders, who became the crimefighter Hawkgirl.
His first three adventures were drawn by creator Dennis Neville (who modeled Hawkman's costume on the hawkmen characters in the Flash Gordon comic strip by Alex Raymond), then by Sheldon Moldoff, and later by Joe Kubert, who slightly redesigned his mask in Flash Comics #85 (Jul 1947) and then, one year later, replaced the winged-hawk-like mask with a much simpler yellow cowl in Flash Comics #98 (Aug 1948).
Along with most other superheroes, Hawkman's Golden Age adventures came to an end when the industry turned away from the genre in the early 1950s. His last appearance was in All Star Comics #57 (1951).
Later in the decade, DC Comics, under editor Julius Schwartz, decided to revive a number of Golden Age superheroes in new incarnations, but retaining the same names and powers (except for The Atom, whose Golden Age incarnation was a diminutive pugilist that had no super-powers).
Following the success of the Flash and Green Lantern, the name "Hawkman" was revived in The Brave and the Bold # 34 (Feb–Mar 1961), this time as an extraterrestrial police officer from the planet Thanagar, though his powers were largely the same. Created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert, this Hawkman named Katar Hol came to Earth with his wife Shayera in pursuit of a criminal, and decided to remain to study Earth police methods and fight crime. They adopted the names Carter and Shiera Hall and became curators of a museum in Midway City.
This Hawkman became a member of the Justice League of America in issue #31, where he often verbally sparred with the iconoclastic liberal hero Green Arrow. In the 1960s, it was revealed that the original Hawkman lived on the parallel world of Earth-Two, and that Katar Hol lived on Earth-One. The JLA and JSA had annual meetings throughout the 1960s and 1970s during which the two heroes often met.
The Silver Age Hawkman had his own series for a few years in the '60s, but with declining sales it ended at issue #27 and was then merged with that of the Atom. Atom and Hawkman lasted only another year or so before cancellation.
In the late 1970s in Showcase and World's Finest Comics, Thanagar went to war with the planet Rann, the adopted home of Adam Strange. This led to Hawkman and Hawkwoman severing ties with their homeworld, and later fighting The Shadow War of Hawkman (written by Jenny Blake Isabella) as the Thanagarians tried secretly to conquer the Earth.
The landmark 1985 series Crisis on Infinite Earths resulted in a massive revision of much of DC continuity and led to many characters being substantially rewritten. Hawkman was to suffer some of the greatest confusion as successive writers sought to explain his various appearances. In the revised timeline there was a single Earth which had witnessed the JSA in the 1940s and the JLA decades later. Successive revisions sought to establish exactly who had been Hawkman and Hawkwoman at different stages. For the first few years the pre-Crisis incarnations were still used, during which time they were prominent across the DC Universe and joined the latest incarnation of the Justice League.
DC decided to reboot Hawkman in a limited series (which later led to an ongoing series) titled Hawkworld originally by Timothy Truman, and later John Ostrander. In this series, Thanagar was a stratified society which conquered other worlds to enrich itself. Katar Hol was the son of a prominent official who rebelled against the status quo. He and his partner Shayera were sent to Earth and remained there for some years until Hol was apparently killed.
This created several continuity errors. Because the new Katar Hol had only just arrived on Earth, someone else had to have been Hawkman previously. In an attempt to resolve the problem it was established through retcons that the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl had continued to operate sporadically after their supposed retirement in 1951 through the 1990s, and that Nth metal originally came from Thanagar. The Halls, and not the Hols, joined the original incarnation of the JLA. Another Hawkman—Fel Andar, a Thanagarian agent—had been the one who joined the Justice League during the 1980s, pretending to be a hero but secretly spying on the League for his Thanagarian masters.
The Zero Hour miniseries muddied the waters further by merging the different Hawkmen into a "Hawkgod", who was the focus character in the third volume of the monthly Hawkman series. This version of Hawkman also had a small role in the alternate-future series Kingdom Come. After the end of this series, Hawkman's continuity was considered by DC to be too complicated,[citation needed] and he was absent from comics for several years.
In the late 1990s, the JSA series untangled Hawkman's continuity, establishing him as Carter Hall, a man who—along with Shiera—had been reincarnated dozens of times since his life in ancient Egypt, and whose powers were derived from Thanagarian Nth metal, which had been retroactively renamed from "ninth metal". The Katar Hol of the Hawkworld series had also come to Earth during the 1990s, as previously established. The 1980s Hawkman Fel Andar returned to Thanagar. The Hawkgod was later revealed to be an avatar of the Hawk aspect of the Red (from which Animal Man receives his powers) and only believed that he was Hawkman.[citation needed]
During the Identity Crisis miniseries, it was established that Hawkman (Carter Hall) had encouraged the mindwipe of Doctor Light and had actually been the one to initially suggest the idea. His role in the mindwipe was the basis for his enmity with Green Arrow, who felt that interfering with an individual's right to self-determination was beyond the moral right of any organization or government.
Subsequently, Hawkman was reincarnated and given a new series in 2002 entitled Hawkman vol. 4, written initially by James Robinson and Geoff Johns, with art by Rags Morales. Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti took over writing duties during the third year of the series. In 2006, the series was retitled Hawkgirl with issue #50 and given a new creative team of Walt Simonson and Howard Chaykin. This series was cancelled with issue #66 in July 2007.
Hawkman was a major character in the Rann–Thanagar War miniseries, which stemmed from events in Countdown to Infinite Crisis. During this time, his continuity was further changed.
Fictional Character History
Golden Age
The Golden Age Hawkman was Carter Hall, an archaeologist who discovered a dagger with a crystal blade. He falls into an unconscious state and starts dreaming of himself as the ancient Egyptian prince Khufu. Khufu was opposed by Hath-Set, a priest of the hawk-god Anubis. Hath-Set captured Khufu and his spouse, Chay-Ara, then had them sacrificed using the crystal blade, and Khufu swore he would come back and take revenge. He awakes and takes a walk to think through what had happened.
On the way, he runs into a woman he recognizes, who is the reincarnation of Chay-Ara. She proves it by telling him that she too has had strange visions. Because they met due to a subway disaster, he decides to investigate into the matter. He takes Shiera home and dons his costume. He also mysteriously knows about the "Nth Metal" which has anti-gravitational properties.
Hawkman became more popular as his character was fresh. Also, plagiarism was perhaps encouraged as there was a resemblance between Hawkman and a race called Hawk-people in the Flash Gordon comics. During All-Star Comics, Hawkman made appearances and with All-Star Comics #3, he was showcased with the Justice Society of America. With All-Star Comics #8, he became chairman. Sheldon Moldoff also made Hawkman a more popular character with his new style, bringing in much detail in his drawings. Shiera Sanders also became a prominent character, discovering Carter Hall's secret and saving him from time to time. In Flash Comics #24, she became Hawkgirl and fought alongside Hawkman.
From time to time Hawkman relied on a real hawk named Big Red when solving crimes. Sheldon Moldoff was replaced by Joe Kubert and decreased the amount of detail in his depictions of Hawkman. Flash Comics was canceled in Flash Comics #104, but he would continue appearing in All-Star Comics. Ironically enough, his long stay was due to the lack of his popularity. Usually, when a character got their own title, they were replaced by other characters. It seems as if Hawkman was popular enough to be liked, but not popular enough to gain his own series. In 1951, however, it seemed as if Hawkman had disappeared for good.
In the Silver Age, changes came to Hawkman at the behest of Julius Schwartz, debuting in the The Brave and the Bold #34. Artist Joe Kubert also had influence on the character in this era. This Silver Age Hawkman was quite similar to the Golden Age version in his appearance, powers, and methodology. His origin was changed, and his new identity was that of Katar Hol, a member of the winged police force on Thanagar. Unlike other character reinventions of the same era, his suit went largely unchanged. “Ninth Metal” was now called “Nth Metal.” After the Crisis, DC editors did not want to confuse readers with the co-existing characters. They decided to end the Justice Society in Last Days of the Justice Society, which saw them placed into a limbo where they fought off Ragnarok. Thus, Carter and Shiera Hall from the Golden Age were gone. The Silver Age versions carried on for a few years before being rebooted themselves in Hawkworld.
Modern Age: New Earth
Hawkworld was released in 1989 and illustrated by Tim Truman. There was a darker feel to the subject matter, dealing with societal corruption, racism, and imperialism. The costumes were redesigned somewhat, with most of the Thanagarian's wings now made of metal. Drug addiction was also addressed with the new Katar Hol being dependent on them early in the story. His personality was portrayed with more of an existential bent, although his character arc still lead him back towards heroism. Because of the gap between the Crisis and Hawkworld, there was not a clean break from the Silver Age tales, so it was revealed that the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkwoman had served in the JLA and JSA, and was actually Fel Andar, a separate character. Sharon Hall, a woman on Earth was the old Hawkgirl. When the original Hawkman and Hawkwoman came back, Fel Andar went back to Thanagar and Sharon Hall was murdered to cover up Andar’s tracks.
It solved the problem of Hawkman’s absence, but it was seen as unsatisfactory and confusing. This confusion would lead to a number of reboots over the next several years.
The first of these spun out of Zero Hour. Hawkman gained a new series, but it went poorly, compounding the confusion of the previous series. A new convention of this version was the Hawk Avatar, a champion of the creatures in human form. Zero Hour combined the previous versions of Hawkman while largely retaining the appearance of Katar Hol. However, many readers thought that it confused rather than clarified. In the end, various Hawk Avatars were banished into the realm of Hawk God, and from continuity for several years.
Hawkman’s return comes from Hawkgirl, when Zauriel, someone who has been discussed as the next Hawkman shows her Shiera has taken over Kendra’s body. Meanwhile, Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash, finds out that from a Thanagarian ship, Nth Metal was discovered, and Thanagarians used it to mould artifacts, and one of them was the Claws of Horus. With the help of Black Adam, he returns to the present and tells the JSA that Hawkman is returning. Kendra meanwhile is flying through space when she ends up on Thanagar and learns of a demon called Onimar Synn who is ordering Thanagarian corpses to attack Thanagar. Kendra and her protectors go into hiding. Kendra then learns that the Nth Metal is “psycho-receptive” and that it responds to emotions.
She is then shown some history where Carter Hall meets Paran Katar and establishes a connection between Nth Metal being “psycho-receptive” and had granted Khufu the racial memories within the metal. Kendra asks why she is summoned to Thanagar and is told that she is to act as an emotional beacon for Hawkman. Then, from a bubbling pool comes Hawkman’s hand and it is Carter Hall, young again.
In the New 52 relaunch Carter Hall is still Hawkman, and it seems to be expanding on the work done by Geoff Johns in JSA and Brightest Day, rather than completely rebooting. The Nth Metal is now a part of Carter's body, but his appearance is not greatly different than previous versions. Hawkman is being hunted down by Hawkwoman for killing her brother. The Thangarians were at war with an alien race called the Damonites. The poisoned the food at a banquet where the two races had decided to make a truce. The poison must have been air born and the plague that the Thangarians called it took their leader Emperor Provis. Corsar, the heir apparent, became power hunger and war crazy.
He placed the miners in jeopardy by opening up closed mines that were unstable. When the Nth metal was finally mined it chose Kator Hol. This was the final blow for Corsar's sanity and he attacked Kator. He struck an electric outlet and the feedback charred him to a burnt corpse. Shayera ran in and saw Kator over her brother's body and instantly believed he killed him, Kator escaped to Earth where he resided until Hawkwoman was able to locate him.He is teaming up with Green Arrow to stop from being extradited to Thanagar.
He is chosen as a member of the JLA by Amanda Waller to combat Aquaman of the Justice League. That series ends after the events of the Trinity War and Forever Evil. During Trinity War, Hawkman is seen fighting powerful foes like Shazam, Wonder Woman, and Frankenstein which really showcases his strength.
After those events he Joins the Justice League United and works along side the Martian Manhunter, Stargirl, Green Arrow, and Animal Man. They uncover a plan by Bythe to create a child with multiple DNA strands from alien races to take over the universe. The threat was so great that the Legion of Superheroes comes back from the 31st century to land a hand to avoid the destruction of the universe. Hawkman plays an integral part in this storyline. He sacrifices himself to save a city from an explosion that could destroy a city. It seemingly kills him but the Nth metal in his blood revived him.
In the Futures End storyline he is again shown to die only to be revived by his Nth metal. Hawkman was a member of the JL United team until his apparent death.
After his adventures with the JLU a disillusioned Hawkman (Katar Hol) returned to Thanagar where he keep working as a cop. However the political climate between Thanagar and Rann would take him to join forces with Adam Strange again. Both discovered than Despero was collecting nth metal to conquer both planets. Hawkman sacrificed himself to stop the tyrant. However Despero survived the attack but the thanagarian hero perished.
Major Story Arcs
Golden Age: Earth-Two
Continuing with his investigation, he finds a large electric generator and encounters a man named Dr. Anton Hastor, who proves to be the reincarnation of Hath-Set. During their fight, they make a discovery about the Ninth Metal-–it does not conduct electricity as “electricity...is the base of...gravity.” Dr. Anton realizes that Hawkman is the reincarnation of Khufu, which meant that Shiera must have been reincarnated as well. Dr. Anton then uses a spell on lure Shiera to him, hoping to get to Hawkman through her. When Hawkman returns home, he finds that Shiera has disappeared and finds her in the lair of Dr. Anton, who is about to sacrifice Shiera by electrocuting her on an altar of Anubis. Hawkman throws a sheet of Ninth Metal that he brought along onto Shiera, shielding her from any damage. He then fires a crossbow into Dr. Anton.
Silver Age: Earth-One
The villain this time was a shape-shifter called Byth and the couple travel to Earth to stop him. Arriving on Earth, they meet a man called George Emmett, who believes their story and gives him and his wife clothes. He also sets up other things for Hawkman, including a job and an apartment. The both of them discover that they can communicate with birds, a side-effect of the "electronic" brain which they had implanted to learn the English language. With that knowledge, they start to use birds as spies and one bird manages to get a location on Byth.
It turns out that Marvis Trent, the museum’s naturalist, had taken a picture with a Thanagarian bird in it. When Hawkman finds out, Byth transforms into a monster called a Brontadon. With the two maces taken from the museum from where Hawkman works, the two Hawks allow the Brontadon to swallow the hollowed out maces which contain sedatives. The monster eventually transforms back to his normal form. They send Byth back to Thanagar, but decide to stay on Earth, to study their policing studies.
After The Brave and the Bold, they were transferred to Mystery in Space along with Adam Strange. Comparing Hawkman to Adam Strange, they were quite different even though they had many things in common. Adam Strange was also an archaeologist and worked in a museum. Hawkman was called “The Police of Two Worlds” while Strange was “The Man of Two Worlds”. They were opposites because of their planets and Hawkman’s adventures usually resided in the Northern Hemisphere while Strange’s was set in the Southern Hemisphere. Throughout the Silver Age, Marvis Trent flirted with Hawkman even though he was married. His villains weren’t great, but Shadow Thief was quite an exceptional villain, making occasional comebacks.
Golden Age Meet Silver Age
With the concept of multiple Earths, Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl returned and the Justice League and Justice Society met. Earth 2’s Carter and Shiera Hall had a child called Hector who would eventually become the Silver Scarab and then Doctor Fate. In 1964, Hawkman gained his own series and in the Justice League of America #31, Hawkman was inducted into the Justice League. During his time with the Justice League during the 1970s, comics became increasingly more political and Hawkman, who was traditionalist, had many arguments with the progressive Green Arrow.
In 1977, Hawkgirl changed her name to Hawkwoman in World's Finest Comics #272 and she demanded membership in the JLA. It was seen as reflecting the change in roles of gender.
The Shadow War of Hawkman
Thanagar also fought a war against Rann and because of that, Hawkman and Hawkwoman cut their ties with Thanagar. They came to a truce but Thangar turned its attention to Earth, planning to conquer it. Hawkman opposed the idea in The Shadow War of Hawkman in 1985. In this four part mini-series, Hawkwoman was murdered, but it turns out that Shayera was still alive. It was just that Marvis Trent was wearing Hawkwoman’s costume. The mini-series was successful and got his own special in 1986 and a second one, but that was canceled due to low sales.
Modern Age: New Earth
DC then decided to bring back the Justice Society because it was free of complications before the reincarnations of many characters. In 1992's Armageddon: Inferno, Waverider, a time traveler, saved the Justice Society from their limbo universe, allowing them to battle against another enemy, Abraxis, and from there on, the Justice Society was brought back into the DC Universe. With that, they were allowed to bring Carter Hall and Shiera Hall from the Golden Age into Hawkworld. There, Paran Katar, Katar Hol's father, befriended Carter Hall during the 1930s and slipped him a quantity of Nth Metal, allowing Carter to design his own costume and execute that design. There on Earth, he also fell in love with a woman, and that woman gave birth to Katar Hol. It is discovered that he was half-human.
The Legend of the Hawkman
In the miniseries Legend of the Hawkman, Katar and Shayera are given cover identities at the Midway City Museum. At the museum, they hear of a Thanagarian gateway found in a cliff side by a group of archeologists in Tibet. As Hawkman and Hawkwoman they visit it and decipher the writing on the gateway, which tells a story of a Thangarian child named Thasaro. This child from Thanagar is told to be so evil that he threatened Thanagar's ancient gods and was banished into the urn that is now kept in the Thangarian gateway. Katar opens the urn and Thasaro is released from his prison. He attacks Hawkman and Hawkwoman but is subdued after Katar channels his aura into Shayera to give her the necessary power.
The urn, now with Thasaro back in it, is sent to the Midway City Museum for Katar and Shayera to watch over. That night, mummies in the museum are reanimated and attack visiting archeologists. Katar suspects that the presence of the Thasaro caused them to reanimate and asks for Krandor Vat to take the urn back to Thanagar. The security sent by Vat to retrieve the urn is killed by Thanagar minister Kartez and his followers, who release Thasaro once more. Thasaro vows to destroy the earth in revenge for his defeat at the hands of Hawkman and Hawkwoman by sending birds to attack Midway City. On Thanagar, the Trinity tell Hawkman that he can only stop Thasaro by having faith in Shayera and their love. He does, and together they subdue Thasaro long enough for the Trinity to banish Thasaro once again.
Carter Hall: Claws of Horus
Carter then puts on the Claws of Horus and as he does, a wave pushes a horde of corpses over. Carter thinks that Kendra is Shiera, but Kendra thinks differently. Atom-Smasher is then swallowed by Onimar Synn’s assistants Crypt and Phade. Onimar Synn then appears himself, disintegrating Sand Hawkins and flinging Black Adam. He then turns to Hawkman and Hawkgirl, electrocuting them. Hawkman, Hawkgirl and the rest of the JSA wake up in a prison.
Onimar Synn then comes in and tells Hawkman and Hawkgirl about their death: walking off a plank and falling into the Plain of Bones. They are then pushed over become red dots in the distance. While falling, Carter asks Kendra if she trusts him. She says that she does and he breaks the rope free and flies ahead of her, killing the zombies below then catching her.
A sandstorm begins to form itself and Hawkman and Hawkgirl attack Phade. Onimar Synn then appears himself, sensing Hawkman’s presence. Black Adam has recovered from space and from a speed so fast, he tackles Onimar Synn right below the planet’s surface while Atom Smasher, still inside Crypt, tears him apart. The JSA also set themselves free in jail by exploiting Jay Garrick’s speed. Onimar Synn then reforms himself into a giant from the city and begins smashing at the JSA. Hawkman tells Hawkgirl that his new body is made of Nth Metal and that it contains the Claw of Horus. He tells her that their destiny is together.
Apparently, Kendra sees that as well and the both of them kiss. It seems to be working as Onimar Synn breaks down and explodes. After the explosion of Onimar Synn, Kendra in the end rejects him, saying that she needs to sort this all out and Carter approves passively. The Thanagarian resistance team then teleports the JSA back to Earth and Hawkman promises to return, choosing between two worlds.
He chose to return to the JSA but did not become chairman. A new series of Hawkman was also released with Hawkgirl as his co-star. The relationship between them two changed, however, as even though Kendra Saunders was the reincarnation of Shiera Hall, she could never see herself as Shiera, nor could she imagine the way that their relationship used to be.
Eventually, Kendra expressed her wish not to enter into a relationship and Carter accepted. This Hawkman series was not a best seller but it lasted longer than any other Hawkman series. Confusion ran rampant amongst the readers as Hawkman was in too deep a storyline to participate in Countdown to Infinite Crisis. In addition, readers questioned whether Countdown preceded or followed The Rann-Thanagar War. Hawkman also appeared in the JSA and JLA “Crisis of Coincidence” storyline, and he was also killed off in his own series.
Golden Eagle
In this series, the old enemies of Hawkman join together with The Fadeaway Ma n forces and drug Hawkman and order him to beat Hawkgirl. She goes into a coma and Golden Eagle offers him help and also claims to be his son. The both of them fight against the villains, but Hawkman is killed off. A villain called Purple Pilgrim then attacks Hawkgirl in the hospital and Golden Eagle defends her. Purple Pilgrim escapes and Speed Saunders who is also there, try to tell Hawkgirl that Hawkman is dead. However, Hawkgirl hopes that Hawkman is in jail. Golden Eagle and Speed Saunders then explain that Hawkman was brainwashed and then tell her that he is dead. Hawkgirl says that Hath-Set can only kill Hawkman, but Golden Eagle says he was there.
Satana now controls the crime and she resides in The Lure, a club. Fadeaway Man then arrives and gives her the briefcase for the payment of the Hawkman job. He then says he refuses to sell the Cloak of Caligostro. At Stonecraft Museum, Hawkgirl regrets not being in a relationship with Hawkman and also discovers that Golden Eagle is Hawkman’s son, which confuses her. Purple Pilgrim attacks again and while Hawkgirl fights, Hawkman appears but the villain escapes. It turns out that Golden Eagle is now Hawkman and he tells his history.
He was an orphan called Charley Parker involved with crime when one day he attempted suicide when Hawkman saves him. Hawkman listens to the boy’s story and tells him to go see Carter Hall. When he does, he finds Adam Strange dropping off armour that would become Golden Eagle’s armour. One night, Charley found Hawkgirl hurt in the pursuit of Shadow Thief. Charley picked up a sword and fought the villain when Hawkman arrived to finish off the fight and take him to jail. Hawkman then reveals his identity to Charley and promises to train him and gives him the armour. Hawkman then leaves as a new curator was hired.
Charley then moved to California and joined the Teen Titans and also got tricked by Deathstroke. He almost died with Deathstroke’s mission, but the Nth metal healed him. Back to the present, Hawkgirl asks why Charley is wearing Hawkman’s armour and he replies that he wishes to lure out his father’s killers. It is proven since he took a blood sample from him when Hawkman died.
The New Hawkman
In the epilogue, Fadeaway Man visits Lion Mane where he pays Lion Mane the money for the Hawkman job. After Fadeaway Man leaves, Lion Mane smells something and goes outside to check it out. He tears through some African warriors and then is hit by an axe, over and over again with the new Hawkman, who is more vicious than the last one, demanding to know where Fadeaway Man can be found.
In St. Roch, the new Hawkman and Hawkgirl are looking for information from Santana when she stabs Hawkgirl in the shoulder and escapes. Meanwhile, on a Mediterranean island, a figure takes the Cloak of Caligostro and then beats the villain. In India, Marcia, another villain is encaged in a large cage and a disembodied voice tells her that no one is here to save her.
Golden Eagle Secret Past
In St. Roch, Hawkman tends to Hawgirl’s wounds and says he wants to her take her to Thanagar. He then insults Carter, calling him an impostor and then punches her. His past was really all a lie and he only added the orphanage to allow people to pity him, even the Teen Titans, but Robin had always suspected something. He then prepares to kill her, when he feels a sword poking his back. It is the real Hawkman with the Cloak of Cagliostro. Carter then uses the cloak to teleport Charley to Fadeaway Man’s hideout. It turns out that Charley’s real name is Ch'al Andar, the son of Fel Andar, who had impersonated Hawkman at one point. The two battle and he reveals that he was the one who had planned Hawkman’s death.
He then recounts his family history and tells of his grandfather called Andar Pul who came to Earth in 1947, where he married a woman called Naomi O’Neil and had a son together called Fel Andar. When the JSA was sent to the limbo dimension, Fel Andar was sent as a spy and fell in love with a woman called Sharon Parker. Fel Andar then became Hawkman and Sharon Parker’s mind was reprogrammed to think that she was Hawkwoman and Charley was given up for adoption. Sharon Parker was killed because she found out about the truth. Fel Andar was imprisoned for his linage and escaped to Earth twice--the first time, to give Charley the armour and the second time, to save Charley when he fought the Wildebeest. Carter was losing the fight then used the Cloak of Cagliostro and put Charley onto his ship.
Carter then explains to the JSA and Green Arrow that he knew that Hath-Set was behind this so he had his son, Dr. Fate, cast an illusion of his own death and discovered that Golden Eagle was Hath-Set and he rejoins the JSA once again.
Hawkman and Hawkgirl are then seen flying over Egypt and Hawkgirl scolds him for not cluing her in on this. Carter apologizes, telling her that he will make it up with a trip to Spain. Using the cloak, they teleport to Spain and she is left with some nice clothes and is invited to dinner downstairs. She goes to dinner, and the both of them toast to the future.
Hawkman in the Infinite Crisis / The Rann-Thanagar War
The problem with Hawkman was his continuity issues and conflicting storylines. Hawkman finished with Hawkman #45 and Hawkman #46 was advertised as a prologue to The Rann-Thanagar War. In this issue, it featured an OMAC appearance and was surprising seeing as they did not appear until Countdown to Infinite Crisis and The Rann-Thanagar War was previously thought to run simultaneously with The OMAC Project, which meant this was a late OMAC appearance and that they know all the mysteries shown during the run of The OMAC Project. In JSA #76, which was released around the same time as The OMAC Project The OMAC Project #4 and The OMAC Project #5 and the Justice Society did not know that humans are inside the OMACs, which raises a problem.
Placing the debut of The Rann-Thanagar War along with The OMAC Project made is possible to re-establish his connection with the JSA and JLA. Hawkman #46 also was a prologue to The Rann-Thanagar War which sorted out the continuity issues regarding the Countdown to Infinite Crisis.
A hurricane sweeps through St. Roch and it makes a reference to Hurricane Katrina. While Hawkman and Hawkgirl are battling Satana’s minions, she uses this opportunity to cause more havoc. Detective Grubs who is apart of the St. Roch police department tells his men to back off when one of the minions take a hostage. This is when Brother Eye activates Grubs as an OMAC. He then strikes the minion. Hawkman and Hawkgirl are familiar with the OMACs suggesting that this story occurs after The OMAC Project #6. The Hawks engage the OMAC and they lure it into the hurricane hoping that it will disrupt the Brother Eye’s signal. It does, and Hawkman catches the hostage before he can hit the ground. Hawkgirl suggests that he take her to Dr. Mid-Nite for testing.
Grubs demands to know what is happening, and Dr. Mid-Nite explains that he received the nano-bots during the flu vaccination. Hawkman and Hawkgirl reminisce in another room looking at a photo with the Atom on Hawkman’s shoulder. Kendra asks if Carter has kept in touch with him. He says he has not since Jean Loring, wife of Dr. Raymond Palmer, the Atom, escaped from Arkham Asylum but a flashback shows that he is lying.
Weeks before this, Hawkman sits and reads the newspaper about Jean Loring’s imprisonment. The phone rings and the Atom travels through the phone lines, telling Hawkman how everything changes, even if it is over, and shows that he is annoyed over how "...in the end, it turns out to be one of our own." The Atom then tells Hawkman he is going away for a while and asks Hawkman if he can promise not to tell anyone of this meeting.
Back in present time, the Hawks hear a crash in Dr. Mid-Nite’s lab and run in to see Grubs turned into an OMAC again. While Hawkgirl keeps the OMAC busy, Dr. Mid-Nite sticks a miniature version of the E.M.P., which Batman had used earlier to shut down the scores of OMACs on a larger scale.
It then cuts to the planet Rann where there are Thanagarian refugees on the planet Rann. Sardath then tells Adam Strange that he intercepted a message from Psion, suggesting an alliance with the Thanagarians, which could mean war. Adam Strange says he’ll get some assistance, meaning the Hawks. Back at the St. Roch museum, Hawkman finds a package and opening it, finds a phoenix. They battle it, and Hawkman thinks that Fadeaway Man sent it. Fadeaway Man is standing on the roof of a building across the museum and jumps into the open skylight and steals the Cloak of Cagliostro.
Powers and Abilities
Nth Metal
Hawkman uses Nth Metal to grant him flight, as the metal defies gravity and the abilities are controlled mentally. The Nth Metal also allows him to heal wounds as in the JLA storyline “Crisis of Conscience”, Carter has his arm severed but it heals by the end of the issue. The Nth Metal also allows some form of protection against high pressures, allowing Hawkman to reach high altitudes. Another thing the Nth Metal does is grants him enhanced strength, though during the Golden Age, it seemed to come naturally. Hawkman uses traditional melee weapons such as maces, nets, spears and shields as his skills allow better use with them rather than the modern day weapons. Also, Hawkman has used the Claw of Horus, which is a powerful weapon. As Hawkman describes it to Superman, “...I just hit you with the planet.” The nth metal also grants carter a degree of super strength and resistance to injury.
He has been seen to be able to carry at least 5 tons of weight. He has also withstood blows from the powerhouse Black Adam and survived. (something not many can do) He's stated that Nth metal gives him the ability to see for miles. He's also stated that he has enhanced hearing, but it is unknown whether it comes from the Nth metal.
Artificial Wings
Katar Hol is the son of Paran Katar, who is considered to be the last of the great men in the history of Thanagar, a planet in the Polaris solar system. Paran Katar was the inventor of the large artificial wings that enable the planet's policemen, known as the Wingmen, to manuever in flight. Paran also discovered the Nth anti-gravity metal. Katar Hol eventually became a member of the Wingmen.
Other Abilities
Hawkman has shown the ability to talk to birds on multiple occasions. He used thousands of geese he communicated with as a distraction so he could sneak past thugs. He's also shown the ability to dodge bullets at point blank range, showing his speed.
Kator has shown the ability to grow and retract wings at will. Hol has been shown to be able to look into ones soul to see if they are telling the truth.
⚡ Happy 🎯 Heroclix 💫 Friday! 👽
_____________________________
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Carter Hall or Katar Hol
Publisher: DC
First appearance: Flash Comics #1 (January 1940)
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51898706245
Created by: Gardner Fox (Writer)
Dennis Neville (Artist)
Hawkgirl seen here!
File: 2012003-0083
Gloucester Docks, in the city of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, on Wednesday 31st October 2012.
A brief information about the building in the photo is in Chapter 1.
If you want to know more in-depth history about the area, feel free to skip to Chapter 2.
Chapter 1: About the photograph
I am a graphic designer as well as a photographer. I have been doing some graphic design projects, like a book cover design, a fictional movie posters, packaging designs, and in this case, an album art cover for a fictional CD.
The subject of the non-existence and made-up album is about a female singer-songwriter, who used to live in an old industrial town during her childhood days, and decided to leave her hometown, to seek stardom in the world of music.
The name of the album is The Old Dying Town. It is supposed to imply that the coal mines have dried up, the factories closed down, the town lost its cinema and nightlife, and too many people leaving. The town could easily become a ghost town.
So for the design theme of the album art, I needed black and white photos of old buildings, coal mines, abandoned factories, and anything like that. Thankfully I was aware of the old warehouses in Gloucester that had been left run down.
So I drove there, parked my car, and walked around, looking for some of the few old buildings that would be useful as background for the album art design.
The camera was set to black and white mode, and I took the photographs. I did not think to take the photos in colour, then covert into black and white while using photo-editing software. It’s a habit from the old days of using film cameras, where I would load either colour or black and white roll of film.
That was around the year of 2012, and thankfully few years before those old warehouses by the docks, were redeveloped into modern apartments.
In this photo: The viewpoint of this photo was taken from the High Orchard Lift Bridge on St Ann Way, looking in the rough direction of northeast.
Originally in the past, this was part of the Llanthony Provender Mill. It was built in 1862 for Foster Brothers Oil and Cake Mill, which processed vegetable seeds into oil. The cake is a product made from seeds after the oil had been extracted, and used as animal feed.
In early 1950s, the company moved to Avonmouth, and the mill closed, then sold to West Midlands Farmers as a distribution depot, until mid-1990s, then it fell into a state of disrepair and dereliction until the 2010s when it would be bought for redevelopment.
On the left side of the photo, the tall building had been damaged in an arson attack c2015, and was later redeveloped into 47 luxury apartments, and restaurants on the ground floor.
The smaller side building, seen on the right side of the photo, had been turned into a Beefeater steakhouse restaurant.
Chapter 2: The history of the Gloucester Docks.
In medieval times, this area was an orchard belonging to the nearby Llanthony Secunda Priory, a house for the canons.
Historically, materials and goods were mostly transported by boats up the River Severn to Gloucester. By around 1580, Queen Elizabeth I granted Gloucester the status of a customs port.
In the early 1800s, a canal was built, and during the Victorian times, warehouses and industrial buildings were built on the site, which benefited from the newly opened Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
There were various kinds of businesses on the site. Companies that imported timber and prepared them for the building industry, some iron works factories, and even a flour-milling buildings were also presented at the site.
Over time during the 20th century, some companies closed because of the difficulties in trying to compete against rival businesses, some buildings had caught fire, and many other factors. By the late 20th century, many of the buildings were left empty.
During the 2010s, most of High Orchard buildings were redeveloped as Gloucester Quays outlet shopping centre, and many of the other buildings were redeveloped as luxury flats (apartments).
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but please only comment about the subject in the photos. Do NOT comment about the groups with canned comments. The comment box is for about the photos, it is NOT an advertising billboard for the groups.
A transporter was a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. Transporters convert a person or object into an energy pattern then "beam" it to a target location, where it was reconverted into matter ("rematerialization").
This scene had that same rematerialization feel. It was shot through the glass of the old Hardware Grill Restaurant window. A homeless man was having a coffee next to a heat vent in the sunrise at the Convention Centre. Everything was wavering, richly lit and soft. The Edmonton Convention Centre is housing the homeless in the pandemic. It's a convention of sadness.
United Kingdom, Suffolk, Southwold, Summer 2024
Southwold is a small town on the English North Sea coast, Suffolk, United Kingdom. With its famous pier, lighthouse and beach huts, Southwold is certainly one of the most prestigious resorts in East Anglia and for this reason it earned the nickname 'Kensington-on-Sea'. Southwold has a fascinating history and many links with the past can still be seen all over the town. Southwold Pier extends 190 metres into the North Sea and whilst many English seaside piers are in decline, it is enjoying renewed popularity. It was built in 1900. The writer George Orwell (then known as Eric Blair) spent time as a teenager and in his thirties in Southwold, living at his parents' home. Knype Hill is the fictional name for Southwold in “A Clergyman's Daughter” and the book itself was written in Southwold.
Saber, whose real name is Artoria Pendragon, is a fictional character from the Fate series, specifically Fate/stay night. She is a Saber-class Servant, a heroic warrior summoned to participate in the Holy Grail War. In the series, she is known as King Arthur, the "Once and Future King" of Britain.
Saber's true identity is Artoria Pendragon, a female version of the legendary King Arthur.
She is a Saber-class Servant, known for her exceptional combat abilities and high magic resistance.
Saber is summoned to participate in the Holy Grail War, a battle between mages and their summoned Servants for the mythical Holy Grail.
Saber wields the Holy Sword Excalibur and its scabbard, Avalon, which grants her powerful abilities.
Saber is known for her strong sense of honor, loyalty, and dedication to her ideals.
Saber's backstory is closely tied to the legend of King Arthur, including her pulling the sword Caliburn from the stone and later receiving Excalibur and Avalon.
⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅∙∘☽༓☾∘∙•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅⋅•⋅⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Figma
Fate/Stay Night
Saber
Max Factory
Saber has been a regular in Paprihaven!
Objecting to block parties waaaaay back in 2015:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/24490650549
Offering questionable double entendres way back in 2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/24084835334
Engaging in bakery battles in BP 2022 Day 321:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52506746988
In the Paprihaven story leading the Queen's Defender Unit Talon as seen in episode 871:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/20406556205
And in action with her team in episodes such as 1588:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50245658802
And episode 1594:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50728218492
And even hanging around with Thor over in CMUltra's stream way back in 2016:
It's just me. I'm the story you imagined, the character you built of ideas and emotions.
Terrific Tuesday to you my friend. Let's have a positive and productive day.
Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.
Walter Hagen
-----------------------------------------------
Pinocchio - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is notably characterized for his frequent tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow. Pinocchio is a cultural icon. He is one of the most re-imagined characters in children's literature. His story has been adapted into many other media, notably the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio. Collodi often used the Italian Tuscan dialect in his book. The name Pinocchio is a combination of the Italian words pino (pine), and occhio (eye); Pino is also an abbreviation of Giuseppino, the diminutive for Giuseppe (the Italian form of Joseph); one of the men who greatly influenced Collodi in his youth was Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist who supervised Collodi at the Libreria Piatti bookshop in Florence. Geppetto, the name of Pinocchio's creator and “father,” is the diminutive for Geppo, the Tuscan pronunciation of ceppo, meaning a log, stump, block, stock or stub.
2021 09 08_3749.jpgt
Pinocchio, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi.
Carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a village near Lucca, he was created as a wooden puppet but dreamed of becoming a real boy.
He lies often. Pinocchio is a cultural icon.
As one of the most reimagined characters in children's literature, his story has been adapted into other media, notably the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio.
Picture taken at my terrace, on th town of Pozuelo de Alarcón, province of Madrid, Spain, on july 2018.
PINOCHO AL AMANECER, 2018
Pinocho, es un personaje de ficción y el protagonista de la novela infantil Las aventuras de Pinocho (1883) del escritor italiano Carlo Collodi.
Tallado por un escultor de madera llamado Geppetto en un pueblo cercano a Lucca, fue creado como una marioneta de madera pero soñaba con convertirse en un niño de verdad.
Miente a menudo. Pinocho es un icono cultural.
Como uno de los personajes más reimaginados de la literatura infantil, su historia ha sido adaptada a otros medios, especialmente la película de Disney de 1940, Pinocho.
Foto tomada en mi terraza, en el pueblo de Pozuelo de Alarcón, provincia de Madrid, España, en julio de 2018.
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963, and received his own title with Iron Man #1 in 1968.
For my pleasure a bit of Black Sabbath
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F01UTYg79KY
Alsi #35 Fictional: 124 pictures in 2024
BuNika died long ago, BuNiKa dies everyday - old photograph
hey hey .. i got new toy
about texture :
Last night i asked Artur expat.thirty7 where he got texture in his photograph,
and he gave me this link SkeletalMess / Jerry Jones who gave cool texture for free
(here on flickr). Many Thanks :)
Now i know how it was made, i will rip off the whole Kodak collection real soon.
AND DON'T FORGET TO VISIT fictional BuNiKa gallery
Lake Wobegon is a fictional town created by Garrison Keillor to provide the setting for the long-running radio broadcast, Prairie Home Companion. Lake Wobegon is also the setting for many of Keillor's stories and novels. It is described as a small rural town in central Minnesota, and it is peopled with fictional characters and places, many that have become familiar to listeners of the broadcast.
IMG_0149_2 - Version 2
In "Nocturnal Journey" visual artist Hans Op de Beeck (1969, Turnhout, Belgium) creates one large, experiential trail through a fictional, mysterious place. It is a kind of enigmatic, dark evocation of a deserted nocturnal park, in which all kinds of images of characters, still lifes, objects, animals, architectural constructions and natural elements merge into a peculiar world.
The monochrome, grey-coloured sculptures, which appear to be petrified or covered in ash, invite contemplation.
In "Nachtreis" creëert beeldend kunstenaar Hans Op de Beeck (1969, Turnhout) één groot, belevingsgericht parcours doorheen een fictief, mysterieus oord. Het is een soort raadselachtige, duistere evocatie van een verlaten nachtelijk park, waarin allerlei beelden van personages, stillevens, objecten, dieren, architecturale constructies en natuurelementen samenvloeien tot een bevreemdende wereld. De monochrome, grijskleurige sculpturen, die lijken te zijn versteend of met as bedekt, nodigen uit tot contemplatie.
In KMSKA, Antwerp, Belgium.
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
As I've been a big book fan over my life, I've been playing here in my photo stream with a fictional book pages for fun. Here's a recent addition to the series, a slightly different version of the photo from this summer titled as King Without A Crown.
I'm finding myself changing the look of this book pages -project by a speed after another. I mean, if you compare the pages, you'll see the difference. I like how it's evolving as it's also gives me room to play a little more. I would like to let you know that, there are no plans to make this real. Maybe I'll just make a private copy for myself someday of the photos I like the most.
Oh, i'd just realized how biggie that photograph would be presented like that! I think my fictional book is a huge one, heh!
Updated - because of the multicolor adding to the art the light from his left eye was off on the color so i added little more green to the light. I also added few new things to the artwork.
I also made a cool looking supernatural lighting shape for this art, zoom to see it better.
_________________________________________
The Hacker - Fictional Character Art - (B&W-HQ) - Click Here
_________________________________________
This is an adaptation of a fictional image produced in Scarlet Band livery (to follow on Flickr) and, like that version, there's no plausible story behind it - it's simply an attractive and much missed livery with an evocative fleetname.
The Langley Park Motor Company, which traded as Gypsy Queen, passed to the Go-Ahead Group in 1989, who placed it under the control of its recently acquired OK Motor Services subsidiary. The name lasted a while and was even applied to at least one OK-liveried coach but, as tends to be the case in these situations, it gradually faded away. It's a pity that Go-North East (the name subsequently adopted by Go-Ahead for its north-east operations) hasn't revived the Gypsy Queen identity, as it has done with the Diamond and Venture brands - although not, perhaps, with the greatest effect in those cases (27-Nov-09).
Character Creation
Harvey Bullock (/ˈbʊlək/) is a fictional detective appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman.
The character first appeared in Detective Comics #441 (June 1974) and was created by Archie Goodwin and Howard Chaykin.
In animation, he appeared throughout the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Robert Costanzo. He debuted in live-action in 2014 on Fox's television series Gotham, portrayed by Donal Logue.
Publication history
There is some ambiguity concerning the character's origins. Writer Doug Moench and artist Don Newton introduced Harvey Bullock in Batman #361 (July 1983) as a device to resolve the ongoing plotline with Gotham City's corrupt mayor Hamilton Hill, and subsequent Who's Who in the DC Universe entries acknowledged this as the new Bullock's first appearance.
However, in later years Batman fans began pointing out that a "Lt. Bullock" appeared in three panels of Detective Comics #441 (1974), written by Archie Goodwin, pencilled by Howard Chaykin, and published almost a decade before.
Moench admitted that he must have read this comic because he is an Archie Goodwin fan, but denied that Harvey Bullock is the same character. He argued that it is unlikely that he drew on Goodwin's Lt. Bullock even unconsciously, since there are discrepancies of both personality and continuity between his character and Goodwin's, and he distinctly remembers taking the name "Bullock" from guitarist Hiram Bullock.
Archie Goodwin is legally Harvey Bullock's sole creator; Moench said he decided not to contest this because he did not want to make a case against Goodwin's widow Anne Goodwin, whom he considers a friend.
Following the conclusion of the Hamilton Hill storyline, Moench decided he enjoyed writing Harvey Bullock enough to keep him on as a supporting character, which necessitated some softening of his original characterization as a corrupt cop.
Bullock was one of several Batman supporting cast members swept out of the Batman family of titles when Denny O'Neil became the Batman editor in 1986, but in 1987 writer Paul Kupperberg brought him into the Vigilante cast. Kupperberg recalled, "Harvey Bullock was a character very much in my wheelhouse, a wise-cracking loudmouth with a Brooklyn accent and a problem with authority, although he wasn't originally intended to be a permanent member of the Vigilante cast.
He was brought in for a guest-shot, as a character to help Vigilante's handler, Harry Stein, grease the wheels in Gotham City for them on whatever case they were on. I had fun writing him, and the interaction between Harvey and Harry Stein, another slob with his own way of doing things, clicked. I don't think they were using him much, if at all, in the Batman books by then, so we got permission from the Bat-office to have the character on semi-permanent loan for Vigilante and its successor title, Checkmate."
Fictional Character History
Harvey Bullock was named after a real-life television writer. Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths story line, Bullock was originally a corrupted detective. He was ordered by Mayor Hamilton Hill to sabotage Commissioner James Gordon’s career.
He would do so by pretending to be clumsy and ruining their plans on a stake. When Bullock accidentally gave Gordon a heart-attack, it changed Bullock. He turned over a new leaf and tried his best to make up for what he did.
Bullock later became a Bishop in the Checkmate Organization.
Origin – Post-Crisis
After Crisis on Infinite Earths, Harvey Bullock once again became a corrupt cop. He gained a reputation for taking bribes, police brutality, and ties to organized crimes, though his co-workers still believed him to be a good cop.
However, Bullock was very loyal to Commissioner Gordon from the very beginning, and helped Gordon foil the plans of many well-known criminals in Gotham City. Whenever Batman was not around, Bullock would take the role of bad cop to intimidate and threaten those he needed information from. His previous partner on the Gotham Police Department was Renee Montoya.
Later, after Commissioner Gordon is shot three times in the back, it is discovered that Gordon's shooter was formerly in the Chicago mob and had a grudge against Gordon. However, the GCPD lack the evidence to convict Gordon's shooter. Bullock gives up the location of Commissioner Gordon's shooter to the mafia, leading to the shooter's murder. After this event, Bullock resigned from the GCPD and occasionally worked as a private detective.
Batman: Cataclysm
In the Batman: Cataclysm story line, Bullock is confronting Anarky when an earthquake strikes. Both men survive but Harvey is severely injured, having had his arm impaled by a metal tube.
Despite this he is able to make it back to Gotham's police headquarters and rescue James Gordon from the rubble of his own office. Gotham city is later shut down.
During No Man's Land Bullock, along with Renee Montoya, decide to stay behind to assist Gordon.
One Year Later
After Infinite Crisis' part of the One Year Later story line, Bullock was allowed to rejoin the GCPD police force under the condition that he is not to make one mistake this time. Batman and Bullock have made peace and they both agreed to give each other a second chance.
Batman Beyond
In the future, Bullock's legacy lives on through his grandson.
⚡ Happy 🎯 Heroclix 💫 Friday! 👽
_____________________________
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: N/A
Publisher: DC
First appearance: As Lieutenant Bullock: Detective Comics #441 (June 1974)
As Detective Harvey Bullock: Batman #361 (July 1983)
Created by:
As Lieutenant Bullock:
Archie Goodwin (writer)
Howard Chaykin (artist)
As Detective Harvey Bullock:
Doug Moench (writer)
Don Newton (artist)
Contemporaneous with the Harrington Crusader bodies on Bedford chassis illustrated earlier, Northern purchased examples of the stylish Harrington Cavalier body on heavy-weight AEC Reliance and Leyland Leopard chassis. This fictional image depicts the similar, but earlier and rarer, Harrington Wayfarer body on a Leyland Tiger Cub chassis.
Whilst not a genuine Northern vehicle, it illustrates the company's contemporary coaching livery and fleetname rather nicely. The base image is based on the preserved Thornes Seddon, photographed in 2006 at the Ijmuiden ferry terminal in the Netherland. Philip Thorne can be glimpsed at the wheel, unaware of the drastic colour change that has been applied (28-Jul-10).
STRICTLY COPYRIGHT: You may download a copy of any image for your personal use, but it would be an offence to remove the copyright information or to post it elsewhere without the express permission of the copyright owner.
Fictional home of TV's Frasier Crane, from the balcony.
seattle.curbed.com/2018/9/11/17846854/frasier-seattle-err...
As ISIS insurgents make last-ditch efforts to recapture the city of Mosul, US special forces assist a wounded soldier about to be overtaken by an extremist. (June 26th, 2017)
While this may be fictional, I wanted to re-experiment with forced perspective methods as well as a new method of mine to make more textured walls (seen near the operator with the M249).
I know it's been quite a while since I posted, but I've been much busier than I anticipated this summer, and my basement just flooded, which is where all of my Lego bricks are kept. Disastrous.
Comment with your input!
After General Idea’s fictional Pavilion dramatically burned to the ground in 1977, nothing remained but some “hastily rescued artifacts.” These mysterious remnants determined the next period in the group’s practice. If, in the 1970s, General Idea assumed the role of architects, in the 1980s they became archeologists. Resolutely post modern, these relics look fake – pastel poodles clearly do not belong on ancient fragments. Pretending to unearth works of art, General Idea were making forgeries.
Following the group’s first solo exhibition at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam in 1979, their attention turned to even more acutely to the museum’s role in the art world. These objects anticipated their own research and display by institutions. Crescent moons, cornucopias or horns of plenty, poodles, cocktail glasses, veils, ziggurats and skulls all appear as remnants of a complex society, alluding to rituals now lost.
Sylvanas Windrunner is a fictional character who appears in the Warcraft series of video games by Blizzard Entertainment.
Let me introduce you a lego model of this character.
Model Specifications:
Brick count: 855 psc (includes PF battery block and lights).
Height: 24 cm
Instruction available on Rebrickable:
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-19561/Timofey_Tkachev/sylvanas-w...
*Instruction was made using mecabricks, Libre Office, GIMP, stud.io and pdfsam.
Lighting eyes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=un-Cq093vCw
Hope you like it!
Thanks VerSen for picks!
The Inveraray Maritime Museum docked alongside the Vital Spark on Inveraray Pier.
The Vital Spark was a fictional creation of Neil Munro, a Scottish author made popular by his humorous tales of the exploits of the ship and its crew, captained by the likeable skipper "Para-Handy"
His stories, first published in the local Newspaper "The Glasgow Evening News" circa 1905, were based on the "Puffers" (Steam Ships) that operated along the western Coast of Scotland.
Neil Munro's tales later regained popularity through a short lived BBC series - "Para Handy- Master Mariner" (1959-60).
Many "puffers" including the one pictured bear the name but have no other connection to the history behind the title.
[UPDATE: June 2014]
The Maritime museum closed more than a year ago. The owner of the Maritime Museum and the Vital Spark also owns Inveraray pier - sadly all have fallen into significant disrepair while he has attempted to find a buyer.
The Pier is now very unsafe. The latest reliable information I have found can be read here: forargyll.com/2013/07/pier-crisis-calls-time-for-inverara...
This is almost like a behind the scenes spread on my fictional book pages project of the Rescue of Han Solo. It also features an Instagram version of this same very scene.
Just a fictional title for a totally real place.
This is the view that you see hiking up to mount Lagazuoi from Falzarego Pass, Dolomites (Italy).
In the ghostly light of a foggy evening I was walking and observing, observing and walking. The camera always ready to observe with me.
At one point I felt like surrounded by ancient monsters, dead, petrified through the ages, prisoners of time.
Hence the title of the image :-)
A photograph is what we see, but also what we imagine as we observe.
_____________________
©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Lobster Johnson is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and Bureau For Paranormal Research and Defense comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was created by Mike Mignola.
Within the Hellboy universe, Lobster Johnson was a vigilante who worked in secret in New York City during the 1930s. Although the public believes that The Lobster was only the hero of pulp serials and comics, he was a real man who faced gangsters as well as paranormal threats. Johnson had a reputation for violence, such as killing mobsters and burning his trademark lobster claw symbol into their foreheads. This behavior was similar to the Marvel UK pulp character Night Raven, and the pulp magazine hero The Spider
Vue polaire d'une planète imaginaire. Photographie surréaliste 30 x 30 - Polar view of a fictional planet. Surreal photo 30 x 30 cm.
Disponible sur mon site officiel :
emart-emmanuellebaudry.e-monsite.com/album-photos/water-p...
Avalaible on my official website: emart-emmanuellebaudry.e-monsite.com/en/album/water-plane...