In 2019, something very exciting happened to Marvel’s X-Men comics, which, by that point, were sustaining themselves mostly with a readership that was already thoroughly invested in them, as is the case with a lot of corporate comics these days. (Also, at the time, Fox wasn’t owned by Disney, so Marvel wasn’t as invested in the X-Men, but they tend not to come out and admit that.)
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Dune Part 2
K and I watched Dune Part 2 last week, and my thoughts on this one are largely the same as my thoughts on the first one.
It’s beautifully designed and mounted, with great sound design. I’ll definitely be buying the Art of book, as I did with the first one.
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 07: Minor Breakages
I haven’t sent out a status update for the last couple of weeks, and I haven’t posted on my blog in that time either (as I had intended).
There’s a simple reason for that – I’ve been going through stuff. For three weeks, I was busier than I’ve been in a good while, partly because work just lined up that way, partly because back pain slowed me down, and because sometimes you just have more work to do.
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 05: Past Lives
Butter Docs (or, New writing apps don’t work so great)
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E-book reissue of Forgotten Lives
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 04: (Re)Organisation
Reorganisation
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Books: The Giggle
Films: Fallen Leaves, Fargo, Bottoms, The Silence of the Lambs
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 03: Chronic
Chronic pain
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Books: Wild Blue Yonder, The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter
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Timewyrm: Revelation
The shadow of Alan Moore stretches long over this one. The specific antecedent is “The Anatomy Lesson” – we’ve got a gloomy atmosphere, an inactive hero, and revelations on his nature, structured as an inward journey. We also have epigraphs for each chapter, which, in this case, smack of Watchmen over Stephen King.
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 02: Along We Rumble
I toyed with not writing this one at all – the back pain has returned, and I have to push through it and work, so spending time writing doesn’t feel like the best idea. But I decided I’d go back to writing on the phone in bed to give my back a rest, and honestly, this makes for a good distraction.
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 01: Part 2 – Reviews for the Week
(This one’s coming to you late because someone – probably accidentally – reported my newsletter as malicious content or something, so I was locked out of sending new ones. Buttondown had to audit and then clear it. We’re back in business!)
As mentioned in Part 1, here’s my reviews for the week. If you prefer my personal rambles to these, you can just skip this one.
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Weeknotes / 2024 / Week 01: Part 1 – Best of 2023
First newsletter of 2024! I’m back home in Pune, settling in. We got back home early on the 5th, which turned out to be Friday, so I don’t have to officially start the year till Monday.
Since I have that breathing space, I wanted to reflect on the coming year before it properly begins.
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