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An Irish Worldcon, Part 2: Friday
September 6, 2019 September 6, 2019 ianmoore3000 comics, conventions	Disney comics, pulsars, science fiction, World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, Worldcon 77, Worldcon77
You can read the first part of my Worldcon write-up here.
Chuck Tingle Buckaroo
By now I had turned into one of those Worldcon weirdos who has a load of ribbons hanging off their name badge. These magic charms did not protect from the ministry of Satan, whose works meant that I failed to rock up to the Convention Centre in time for any 10.00 a.m. panels. Instead I tried to attend a panel in Point Square on The Continuing Relevance of Older SF (with the programme notes including works by Margaret Atwood as an example of what was going to be covered, which seems a bit strange as although Atwood is old she is a currently active writer whose latest SF novel is about to hit the shelves). However the room was full before I got near it, perhaps because the panel included both Robert Silverberg and Joe Haldemann, so I skipped off to another academic session (good iron law for Worldcons: you can always get into academic sessions and they are always worth attending). This saw Peter Adrian Behravesh looking at depictions of empowered women in the Persian fantastic, which was interesting but I did note that he was talking more about mythic tales than actual fantastic literature, for all that he was referring to written versions of the tales that named people had written in historical times. An interesting discussion could perhaps be had on where myth ends and fantasy literature begins.
The session also included a presentation by Katja Kontturi (the Ducktor), whom I had seen previously in Helsinki. Her thing is postmodernism in Disney comics, which are very popular in Europe generally and Finland in particular. European publishers produce their own Disney comics with minimal oversight from Disney's central command, and some of these comics go in pretty strange directions. In Helsinki I remember her talking about a comic in which the characters start being attacked by the strip's narration panels; here she discussed Mickey's Craziest Adventures, which was published in 2016 but purported to be a reproduction of a tattered copy of a previously lost comic from 1965 found in car boot sale. The book sees Mickey Mouse and his pals enjoy the kind of adventure more commonly seen in the weirdo underground comix of that era. The description reminded me somewhat of Alan Moore's 1963, while in some ways being more completely mental. I also found myself thinking of how surreal British kids comics could also be (and perhaps still are), which I think is something they could get away with because children have far less sense of the "normal" way a narrative should work.
A long stint thereafter on the Point Square information desk thereafter sapped my energy and left me unable to attend any further programme items. If you are one of the ten thousand people who came to the information desk asking where the Alhambra or Stratocaster rooms where then perhaps it was I who with a world weary sigh directed you out to the nearby Gibson Hotel. That these rooms were not in the Odeon complex but in the almost adjacent hotel was not something highlighted in the programme, so Worldcon attendees understandably found all this a bit confusing.
Late on Friday afternoon I was freed from the information desk and had a bit of a look at the Odeon art show, which had a lot of nice stuff. However I am not really in the market for original art and do not fully trust my own taste in that regard, so I did not put down any bids for the works, though I must admit I was tempted to throw down the five figure sum being sought for the original of the cover of one of the Gollancz SF Masterworks editions of Philip K. Dick. I then wandered back to the CCD and had my picture taken in my Unknown Pleasures t-shirt next to a poster showing the uninverted image. I was a bit surprised to not see anyone else wearing that t-shirt at the whole con. OK, I know most SF fans are not mad into post punk bands like Joy Division, but the image does show transmissions from the first pulsar known to humanity, the one discovered by guest of honour Jocelyn Bell Burnell when she was a PhD student. I was wearing the t-shirt to honour her (and because Unknown Pleasures is awesome and came out 40 years ago this year) and thought more people would do the same, but they did not.
Perhaps coincidentally, Friday evening saw me sneak away from SF fandom completely to instead hang out with music fan buds who like me are members of Frank's APA, the amateur press association for people who like music. However sacred vows of secrecy oblige me to keep to myself the astonishing occurrences that happened during our meeting.
Keep coming back to Secret Panda for more Worldcon action real soon!
Mickey's Craziest Adventures image source (Duck Comics Revue)
More of my Worldcon pictures, not all of which are of me
Finding the other Retro Hugo finalists online
July 17, 2019 July 22, 2019 ianmoore3000 art, comics, conventions, films	1943, 1944 Retro Hugo Awards, fandom, Hugo Awards, Retro Hugos, science fiction
In Dublin this August the Hugo Awards for the best science fiction and related stuff from 2018 will be awarded. Dublin will also be awarding Retro Hugos for material from 1943. In a previous post I linked to where most of Retro Hugo finalists in the novel, novella, novelette, and short story categories can be found online. But what of the other categories? Sadly here things seem to be a bit more difficult, but there is still more than nothing that can be looked at online for free.
Best Graphic Story
Readers will I think struggle to find some of the finalists in this category. Jack Cole's Plastic Man #1: The Game of Death is available in full on the Digital Comics Museum for online reading and downloading. Steve Dowling's Garth is downloadable from the blog British Comic Compilations (the Garth 001 download contains the material from 1943).
They seem to be the only finalists readily available in full online. The blog The Wonders You Can Do has an interesting post summarising and analysing Wonder Woman #5: Battle for Womanhood (by William Moulton Marsden and Harry G. Peter), complete with some illustrations. The Black Gate blog meanwhile has an illustrated summary of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon: Fiery Desert of Mongo. Hergé's The Secret of the Unicorn is available in many libraries and all good bookshops; a summary with sample illustrations can be seen on Tintin.com. Your local library may also have the 1969 edition of The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which contains Philip Nowlan and Dick Calkins' Martians Invade Jupiter
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Heaven Can Wait and Münchhausen are both available in full on YouTube. The Internet Archive meanwhile appears to have Batman, Cabin in the Sky, and Phantom of the Opera. And OK.RU has A Guy Named Joe.
Better quality versions of these films may be available from commercial streaming services.
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Ape Man, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, Der Fuehrer's Face, and Super-Rabbit are all available on YouTube. The Seventh Victim is on Dailymotion.
That leaves I Walked With a Zombie, for which YouTube has just a trailer. It might be available from commercial streaming services.
Best Professional Editor, Short Form
Here are links to what the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists the finalists as having edited in 1943. Have a look at each issue's table of contents and see if it tickles your fancy. If you have infinite time, consider popping over to the Internet Archive to skim some of these issues.
John W. Campbell Jr.: Astounding Science Fiction & Unknown Worlds
Oscar J. Friend: Thrilling Wonder Stories
Mary Gnaedinger: Famous Fantastic Mysteries
Dorothy McIlwraith: Weird Tales
Raymond A. Palmer: Amazing Stories & Fantastic Adventures
Donald A. Wollheim: The Pocket Book of Science Fiction
Best Professional Artist
Samples of Hannes Bok's art can be seen here on the blog Monster Brains. Readers can also check out his illustrations to Robert W. Chambers' "The Yellow Sign" in the September 1943 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries.
While primarily famous for her saucy covers for Weird Tales, Margaret Brundage appears to have had a fairly quiet year in 1943, producing just the one somewhat tame cover then. A Google image search gives a broader look at her career.
Virgil Finlay's work can be seen on the covers of the March 1943 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries and the February & May 1943 issues of Super Science Stories. Finlay is also noted for his interior art, examples of which can be seen in his illustrations for C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner's Earth's Last Citadel (separately a finalist in the Best Novel category).
Unless you have been living under a stone you almost certainly are broadly familiar with the illustrations Antoine de Saint-Exupéry created for his own book The Little Prince, but if you need a refresher check out this post on the blog Faena Aleph.
J. Allen St. John's work can be seen on the covers of the January and February 1943 issues of Amazing Stories.
The art of William Timmins can be see on the covers of the February, June, and October 1943 issues of Astounding Science Fiction.
Fanzine and Fanwriter
FANAC.ORG is an amazing archive of fan stuff of yore. The people that run it created a portal page for fanzines from 1943 there, and there you will find links to scans of the finalists in both of the fan categories.
In case you can't remember, the best fanzine finalists are:
Futurian War Digest, editor J. Michael Rosenblum
Guteto, editor Morojo (Myrtle R. Douglas)
The Phantagraph, editor Donald A. Wollheim
Voice of the Imagi-Nation, editors Jack Erman (Forrest J Ackerman) & Morojo (Myrtle Douglas)
YHOS, editor Art Widner
Le Zombie, editor Wilson "Bob" Tucker
The Best Fan Writer finalists are:
Forrest J. Ackerman
Morojo (Myrtle Douglas)
Jack Speer
Wilson "Bob" Tucker
Art Widner
Donald A. Wollheim
So there you go. With voting in the Hugos and Retro Hugos closing on 31 July, this does not leave much time to research your ballot.
In the meantime, here is another picture of my cat, with SF books in background:
More cat action
edited with a link to a download of Garth and information on where Buck Rogers: Martians Invade Jupiter can be found (information provided by Ambyr), and also to correct an error in the listing of the nominees in the fanzine category.
1943 Comics and the Retro Hugos
March 10, 2019 March 10, 2019 ianmoore3000 comics, conventions	1943, 2019 Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards, Retro Hugos
I wrote some pieces on 1943 publications for the Dublin Worldcon blog, as a guide to people who are nominating for the Retro Hugo awards, which will be awarded at the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin this year. One of these posts included a discussion of 1943 comics. Comics are a visual medium but I did not include images there for fear of getting Worldcon into copyright trouble. I have no such fears regarding my own blog, so here is a discussion of 1943 comics, with added images.
Comics have sometimes been a bit of a problem category for the Retro Hugos. Lots of people like comics and lots of comics were published in years eligible for Retro Hugo recognition, but many 1940s comics were extremely ephemeral, never reprinted and only read in more recent years by serious collectors. There are online databases containing scans of vintage comics now in the public domain, notably Comic Book Plus and the Digital Comic Museum, but they are a bit terrifying in the amount of material they offer. The Digital Comic Museum unfortunately does not have an obvious means of searching its database by year, but Comic Book Plus does at least allow readers to see comics published month by month in 1943. If readers start here they will see comics books whose precise 1943 cover date is unknown. Clicking on next brings up January 1943 comics, and so on. Comics here can be downloaded (after registering) or viewed online. So, trawling there might uncover comics worth nominating, but beware: many big comics of the era are still in copyright and are not included in Comic Book Plus (or indeed in the Digital Comics Museum). Batman and Superman appeared in a variety of titles and formats in 1943 but neither of them are to be found in these datasets.
One comic that is not in either of those databases, presumably because it remains in copyright, is The Victory Garden, which appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #31. This sees a popular anthropomorphic duck's attempts to grow vegetables being thwarted by some greedy crows. The Victory Garden is noteworthy as the first Donald Duck comic drawn by Carl Barks. Carl Barks also gave us The Mummy's Ring (originally appearing in Four Color Comics #29) in which Donald and his nephews find themselves caught up in Egyptological adventures.
Wonder Woman and Plastic Man have appeared separately in two 1943 comics that have received some praise. Plastic Man and the Game of Death (by Jack Cole for Quality Comics) sees the stretchable superhero take on a death cult, Japanese spies (with the usual problematic stereotyping) and cowboys in a series of bizarre adventures. Meanwhile in Battle for Womanhood (by created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter for All-American Publications and appearing in Wonder Woman #5) Wonder Woman faces up against Dr. Psycho, who attempts to undermine the US war effort by creating a spectral George Washington who warns against the employment of women in war industries. Dr. Psycho's motivation seems to be straightforward misogyny rather than axis-sympathies, with this villainous genius wanting to reverse the gains women have achieved in American society. Marva, his wife, is bound to him by his hypnotic powers and he is keen to reduce all women to a state of servitude, something Wonder Woman is keen to prevent (although she is briefly enslaved by Dr. Psycho herself). As befits Marston's feminist views, the story ends with Dr. Psycho's defeat and Marva freed to receive a message of female empowerment.
Newspaper strips were an important part of the comics firmament in 1943. The year saw the conclusion of the Flash Gordon series Fiery Desert of Mongo (by Alex Raymond for King Features Syndicate).
Two Buck Rogers strips concluded this year, Martians Invade Jupiter and Mechanical Bloodhound (both by Dick Calkins for National Newspaper Syndicate); these were subsequently collected as Volume 9 of the Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Dailies.
The Brick Bradford newspaper strip On the Throne of Titania, created by Clarence Gray and William Ritt for the Central Press Association, finished its run of more than two years in 1943. Like Flash Gordon, Brick Bradford started life as a Buck Rogers knock-off before embarking on his own travels through both time and space, eventually becoming better known in Europe than in the USA. As well as the daily strips, Gray and Ritt also produced a weekly Brick Bradford strip for the Sunday newspapers, with The Men Of The North and Ultrasphere both finishing in 1943.
1943 also saw the conclusion of the Sunday newspaper strip John Carter of Mars, adapted by John Coleman Burroughs from his father's books and distributed by United Feature Syndicate. The strip was less successful than Rice Burroughs' novels and was sadly cancelled in midstream in March 1943; readers never did get to see Dak Kova's prize).
A more popular newspaper strip in 1943 was Prince Valiant, created by Hal Foster for King Features Syndicate. Readers may have encountered Fantagraphics' reprints of Prince Valiant, volume 4 of which includes stories from 1943. Little Orphan Annie (by Harold Gray, for Tribune Media Services) was also widely read.
In 1943 as now comics were not just being published in the Anglophone world. In Nazi-occupied Belgium, Hergé was writing Tintin comics, with Secret of the Unicorn published in book form by Casterman and its sequel Red Rackham's Treasure serialised in Le Soir. Unlike some other Tintin titles, neither of these deal particularly with science fictional or explicitly fantastic themes, yet there is a strange outlandishness to all of Tintin's adventures that could slide them into Hugo eligibility.
Another noteworthy Belgian comic of 1943 is Le Rayon U (translated much later into English as The U Ray) by Edgar P. Jacobs (more famous for his subsequent Blake & Mortimer comics). Le Rayon U appeared in the pages of Bravo and is a fantasy/science fiction tale in the Flash Gordon mould, which it was produced to replace, as the US entry into the war meant that Flash Gordon comics could no longer be imported into Europe.
The Victory Garden (The Disney Wiki)
The Mummy's Ring (Pencil Ink)
Battle for Womanhood (The Wonders You Can Do: Doctor Psycho: One of Wonder Woman's Vilest Villains)
Flash Gordon & Desira (Black Gate: Blogging Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon, Part Nineteen – "Fiery Desert of Mongo")
Brick Bradford (Comic Art Fans)
John Carter of Mars, the final episode (The Daily Cartoonist: First and Last – John Carter of Mars Comic Strip)
Prince Valiant (The Comics Journal)
Tintin & co. land on an island (Tintin official site: Red Rackham's Treasure)
Le Rayon U (Cool French Comics)
November 26, 2018 November 26, 2018 ianmoore3000 comics, conventions, films	Colleen Doran, Comicsgate, Doctor Who, Einstein-Rosen, Frankenstein, Gavin Williams, Golden Blasters, John Vaughan, Octocon, Olga Osorio, Potathulhu, Prathulhu, science fiction, Sleepworking
Readers, apologies for the delay in bringing my Octocon write-up to a conclusion. In my defence let me say that I was very busy with my amazing World War 1 blog in the run up to the centenary of the Western Front armistice and then was away in Utrecht attending the Le Guess Who music festival. I also had my v important day job to attend to, but let's be honest, the real reason this is so late is that I am a slack-ass and have spent my time in dissipation when I should be blog-writing.
If the time-lag is so long that you have completely forgotten what previously happened at Octocon then let me refer you to part 1 and part 2. And if you are too busy refer back to those, a quick reminder: Octocon is the Irish national science fiction convention, which this year took place in the Crowne Plaza hotel in Blanchardstown.
Sunday morning, I made it out to Blanchardstown too late to catch the Sunday Service, at which John Vaughan talked further about the worst films he has seen this year (possibly featuring further unsound comments on Hereditary) and rofflin' James Brophy talked about television. I did however make it to Janet O'Sullivan's interview with comics creator Colleen Doran, Octocon's other guest of honour. A lot of fascinating stuff came up here, not least regarding the materiality of the craft, with Doran drawing attention to the non-durable nature of the original comics art from a surprising number of artists, which is often drawn onto paper that falls apart over time with paint that will degrade even if the art is kept in a cupboard. Although she does write comics (both for other artists and herself), Doran works primarily as an artist and I was taken by her praise for writers she has worked with like Alan Moore, Warren Ellis and Neil Gaiman; she mentioned how when Alan Moore writes very detailed instructions to artists it is because he has thought very deeply about how the comic should look, which is sadly not the case with some other writers who have also taken to providing artists with ponderously descriptive scripts.
However, the Colleen Doran interview really ramped up towards the end when the subject of Comicsgate and online harassment. I have not been paying attention to comics in recent years but it appears that all those Gamergate Sad Puppy dipshit man-babies have moved on to comics and taken to harassing comics creators. Doran noted that harassment is something she has had to deal with from the earliest days of her time in comics but that it has escalated of late as the dipshits use social media to swarm their enemies. At the same time she reports that it is somewhat easier to deal with now because the targets are able to talk amongst themselves, thereby realising that they are not being singled out for dipshit attention. It also appears to be the case that male comics creators are now receiving their own share of targeted harassment, making them suddenly aware of what their female colleagues have had to put up with for years. What is still a bit problematic about all of this is that the comics companies are pushing (sometimes requiring) the creators to establish social media presences but are being a bit slack about assisting them when they start attracting attention from the arseholes.
An unfortunate consequence of attending the wonderful Colleen Doran interview was that I missed a session on the new season of Doctor Who, but I did make it to a live recording of the CinePunked podcast by Robert JE Simpson and Rachael Kelly, at which they discussed the mid-1970s sudden and possibly coincidental appearance of three Frankenstein-related films in a short period, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Young Frankenstein (1974). The last two of these are obviously homages to vintage horror and SF films while the first one was the last film of old Hammer, making it almost a homage to itself (and featuring David Prowse, subsequently of Darth Vader fame, as the Monster). I have somehow never made it to a podcast recording before and have a surprisingly limited exposure to podcasts themselves (if I wanted to hear people talk I would turn on the radio or pay attention to the people at work) so I was fascinated by the process, in particular the completely and preternaturally fluid nature of the conversation between Mr Simpson & Dr Kelly. I was also struck by their comment on how much the 1931 Boris Karloff film defined how we think of Frankenstein and the Monster, introducing tropes like the hunchbacked assistant and the Monster being stitched together from corpses (Shelley herself never describes the monster thus and is deliberately oblique as to how the Monster was created or indeed what he looks like). The problematic sexual consent issues raised by all three of these films added to a troubling and recurring theme for the weekend. That said, for me the panel never really grappled with the question of whether the roughly simultaneous appearance of these three Frankenstein-related films was merely coincidental or whether there was something in the air that caused these three works to appear in a short period (and if so what that something was). The fact that roughly the same period also the Frankenstein-themed Doctor Who story, The Brain of Morbius (1976), so maybe there genuinely was something in the Zeitgeist. But what?
Much of the rest of my time at Octocon was taken up with the Golden Blasters, which is a science fiction short film competition run by none other than John Vaughan. This year previous winners were competing for the most golden blaster of them all, with winners of the Silver Blaster (the audience award) also thrown into the mix. This allowed me to see again films I had seen at previous Octocons in 2017 and 2015 as well as some works that were new to me. Olga Osorio's Einstein-Rosen, the winner of both Golden and Silver Blaster in 2017 once again one both prizes. It is an entertaining tale of two kids who discover a wormhole to the future outside their apartment block, an amusing mix of just about credible funny science and some disarming performances from the child actors (the author-director's sons), it was a worthy winner. I know, you're thinking, "A cute kids film? I think not", but there is a genuine charm to the two boys' performances.
Nevertheless, with my own taste for darker fare made me prefer Sleepworking by Gavin Williams, a creepy tale about a future in which people can earn extra money by renting themselves out while they sleep to perform menial tasks as somnambulists. The creepiness comes in when two of the sleepworkers start remembering flashes of their slumbering labours, with the whole thing being very evocative of the confused state of those who are never quite sure whether they are awake or dreaming. On a lighter note, I was happy to renew my acquaintance with Andrew Chambers' The Detectives of Noir Town, a film that manages in its short length to be more than just Roger Rabbit with puppets. I was also intrigued by John Kim's Steadfast Stanley, an animated film about a good dog in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, and found Simon Cartwright & Jessica Cope's steampunk stop-motion The Astronomer's Sun to be both mysterious and poignant.
The call of a pint and convivial chit chat after the Blasters meant that I missed the last proper panels and the ever-interesting round-up of upcoming cons, but I did make the closing ceremony of the convention at which Chair Janet O'Sullivan revealed two pieces of amazing news. Firstly, even though Worldcon is coming to Dublin next year, there will also be a mini-Octocon, probably a one day event taking place once more in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown. The reasoning here was that for various reasons some people will not be able to go to Worldcon but will still want to get together with other science fiction fans at a smaller, shorter and more intimate event. The other piece of sensational news was that Raissa Perez (this year's volunteer coordinator) is joining Janet as co-chair, putting Octocon into another pair of safe hands.
What madness is this?
That was pretty much it. Some people found a way of watching the third episode of the current Doctor Who series (the one about Rosa Parks). I was one of these people. The experience reinforced my view that the current Doctor Who series represents something of a levelling up by the series. Perhaps more of that anon. It also reminded me of how much fun is to be had with shared viewings of good things. And then we were off first to enjoy a meal with houseguest Nicholas Whyte and then home to feed our hungry cat.
Impatient Cat
For another view of Octocon day three, see this post by SaraWIMM.
What comics to read after "Watchmen"?
December 16, 2017 December 17, 2017 ianmoore3000 comics	Alan Moore, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, Eddie Campbell, Eightball, Frank Miller, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Joe Sacco, Love & Rockets, Marjane Satrapi, Neil Gaiman, Peter Bagge
With friends I have been in a group reading Watchmen, the popular comic by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons. We have been reading it a chapter a month, to recreate the original experience of reading it issue by issue. While some of us have been re-reading Watchmen, others are reading it for the first time, and of these some are people with little or no experience of reading comics. This is my attempt at producing a list of comics that someone who liked Watchmen might want to have a look at if they wanted to further explore the world of graphic fiction.
These are not exactly my own favourite comics (there is no Marshal Law, Skreemer, Claremont-Byrne run of X-Men, Seaguy, Flaming Carrot or any of the comics I grew up reading in 2000 AD). Rather these are books that I think have the kind of crossover appeal that would make them interesting to someone who has not been reading comics for decades.
Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, Klaus Jansen & Lynn Varley
The story is about an old Bruce Wayne coming out of retirement to put on the Batsuit once more. And like Bagpuss, when Batman wakes up, all his friends wake up too, except Batman's friends are psychopaths like Two-Face and the Joker. It is an obvious companion piece to Watchmen, as it was published at more or less the same time and also features a revisionist take on superheroes. It also played a large part in making the Batman character interesting to grown-ups; without this book none of the Batman films that appeared since the late 1980s would have been made. It is however a very different book to Watchmen. They share a 1980s Cold War paranoia theme, but where Watchmen critiques the fascistic elements implicit in the superhero, The Dark Knight Returns embraces them.
Frank Miller has written and drawn a lot of comics and many of them are dreadful, though some of his Daredevil and Sin City comics might be worth your while.
From Hell, by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
This is Alan Moore's other masterpiece. but very different to Watchmen. Instead of the 1980s superhero costumes and clean lines of Dave Gibbons' art, here we find ourselves back in 1888, with Victorian London rendered in gloriously scratchy art by Eddie Campbell. The book is not for the faint-hearted, as it deals with the Whitechapel murders of that year and is largely told from the point of view of the murderer. For me a big part of its appeal lies in its exposition of Moore's strange occult ideas.
I myself have attempted to re-enact chapter 4 of From Hell (which does not feature any murders, I hasten to add).
Other Alan Moore titles that might be worth your while include Swamp Thing (various volumes of weird horror), Captain Britain (superhero stuff), Batman: the Killing Joke (problematic), & Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (two brilliant Superman stories in one volume). Lots of people also like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (steampunk capers featuring every fictional character ever; I particularly recommend the second volume, a retelling of the War of the Worlds, and suggest not bothering with the rest). The Ballad of Halo Jones is a particularly impressive but hard to classify work. His non-comics novel Voice of the Fire is also a stunning piece of work.
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Memoir comics became a bit thing. This is Satrapi's memoir of her time growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and then during her time outside the country, all drawn in a faux naive childlike style of blocky art with thick lines and large areas of black ink. One thing that is intriguing about this book is how unsparing Satrapi is about the more unsavoury aspects of her own past actions.
Maus, by Art Spiegelman
One narrative strange of this book tells the story of Spiegelman's father in the 1940s, a Polish Jew who found himself being herded first into a ghetto and then to Auschwitz. The other follows Spiegelman's difficult relationship with his father at the time he was writing the book in later 1980s. The title comes from the Jewish characters all being drawn as mice, with the Germans as cats and members of other nationalities being various other types of animal. As a Holocaust narrative Maus will always have readers but when I finally got round to reading it myself I was stunned by how good it is and how far removed from the worthy but dull tome I had expected.
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones
Neil Gaiman made his name writing Sandman, the goth-friendly comic about Morpheus, Lord of the Dreamworld. It was big in the early 1990s and while I have not read it in years I remember it fondly for its cleverness, wry humour, and embrace of every strange mythological thing Gaiman could lay his hands on. Preludes and Nocturnes is the first book in the series; if you like it there are plenty more to follow.
Locas: The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S., by Jaime Hernandez
Originally appearing in the pages of the magazine Love & Rockets, this comic tells the story of two Latina women in some American town, as they fall in love, play in punk bands and hang out with friends. The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. is the second book in the series but it is probably the best one to start with as the first is famously a bit hard to get into. FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not mad on comics by Jaime Hernandez myself but loads of people love them, so you might too.
Palomar & Luba: Heartbreak Soup, by Gilbert Hernandez
This also appeared originally in the magazine Love & Rockets. Where his brother's stories are set among the Latino community in the United States, Gilbert Hernandez deals with people who are still living in Central America, in this case the fictional backwater town of Palomar (though later volumes follow characters who have emigrated to Los Angeles). For me there is an incredible richness to the Palomar narrative and a depth of characterisation seldom seen in comics, like his brother's work very focussed on women characters, though not exclusively so. Heartbreak Soup is the first of the Palomar collections; if you like it then you will love Human Disastrophism, the second volume.
one of Joe Sacco's books
Joe Sacco has written and drawn a number of books of what are basically comics journalism, mostly focused on the Palestinian issue or the war of the early 1990s in the former Yugoslavia. All of his books are worth reading but I particularly recommend The Fixer, which deals with Neven, a fixer character he encountered in Sarajevo when he was researching his book Safe Area Gorazde. Neven is a larger than life character with a questionable relationship to the truth, someone who has both done astonishing things in the course of the war and a bullshitter who shamelessly exaggerates his exploits to impress the gullible.
FULL EMBARRASSING DISCLOSURE: I have never actually read a Joe Sacco book all the way through from cover to cover but I have greatly enjoyed skimming the various copies in Panda Mansions.
Hate: Hey Buddy!, by Peter Bagge
Hate is a comic telling the story of Buddy Bradley, a slacker in his early 20s who lives in a flat in Seattle in the early 1990s with his scuzzy friends. If you are or have ever lived a scuzzy young person lifestyle or know people who did then this will strike chords with you. It is funny but also interesting in its portrayal of the characters growing and maturing (though frankly the later volumes where Buddy is properly grown up and living a settled domestic life in New Jersey are a bit boring). It was also a bit zeitgeisty, portraying Seattle during the grunge boom. For me another thing to love about this comic is that the main character is clearly modelled on one of my old friends. Hey Buddy! is the first Hate book.
A comic by Daniel Clowes
Dan Clowes started off creating strips that appeared in Eightball and went on to write and draw comics that appeared in standalone books. He has a singular aesthetic often focussed on people who seem to be drained of emotion and hovering on the brink of a breakdown; if I am feeling depressed I often think of myself as having become an Eightball character. Ghostworld (adapted into a popular film) is probably his best known work though I have always found that one a bit dull. More interesting to me titles include Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron, The Death Ray, Ice Haven, Wilson, and David Boring.
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel
The author looks back on her childhood and adolescence, during which time she comes out as a lesbian. Her father also kills himself and is revealed as a closeted homosexual involved in legally dubious relationships with underage boys. I have not actually read this book myself but it comes highly recommended and is always near the top of comic books I plan on reading in the near future.
Sweet Tooth: Out of the Deep Woods, by Jeff Lemire
This is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where a pandemic has decimated the world's population, with the few scattered survivors waiting for a second round of the disease to finish them off. And since the plague hit babies have started appearing with strange animal characteristics; the eponymous character (also known as Gus) has a set of antlers and deer-like hooves. Although he is a naïve child (and his naivety is mirrored by Lemire's art), his moral sense drives much of the story. The other main character is Jeppard, a morally ambiguous brute of a man who is one of comics' great creations. Out of the Deep Woods is the first book in the series.
So that is my list of comics I am recommending to people who have read Watchmen and what to further explore the comics world. I am aware that the list of creators is a bit white Anglophone male, which reflects the comics I have been exposed to over the years. They are also mostly from quite a while ago, for similar reasons. I invite readers to recommend their own favourites in the comments.
Batman and punk (DC Comics Database)
From Hell pentagram (Den of Geek: 13 Essential Horror Comics)
Marjane Satrapi and Michael Jackson (The Comics Reporter: Bart Beaty On Persepolis)
Maus (Comics Alliance: Examining Art Spiegelman's 'Maus')
Sandman (Bookworm the Hippie: Branching out to Graphic Novels)
The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (Fantagraphics: The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.)
Heartbreak Soup (Fantagraphics: Heartbreak Soup)
The Screening, from Footnotes in Gaza (Art Threat: interview with Joe Sacco)
Buddy Bradley from Hate (Guasíbilis: Buddy Bradley en "Odio los sábados por la noche")
The man who could not digest ketchup, from Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron (The Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide: Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron)
Panel from Fun Home (Fifty Books Project 2016: Fun Home)
Gus & Jeppard from Sweet Tooth (The Comics Journal – From Essex County to DC: The Transplanting of Jeff Lemire)
Comics for girls, other than "Persepolis"
December 11, 2017 December 12, 2017 ianmoore3000 books, comics
I asked on Facebook and Twitter for recommendations of comics by women and/or with female protagonists that I could give to my teenage niece, with my initial request specifying things that are a bit like Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi's memoir of her growing up in revolutionary Iran) but not actually Persepolis, as teenage niece's mother (my sister) already has a copy of that. I also said I'd rather not go down the superhero road. One person came back to me on Twitter, loads did on Facebook.
Two people recommended lists others had combined of female centred graphic novels, both of which have lots of interesting things:
VPL – Female Centred Graphic Novels
"I want to read all of these"
"Check out reading lists on A Mighty Girl website, they are divided by age and then genre."
Here are the recommended books, more or less in the order they were recommended:
Blue is the Warmest Colour, by Julie Maroh
"perhaps not appropriate"
I have not read this myself though I understand it to be well-regarded.
Diary of a Teenage Girl, by Phoebe Gloeckner
Even the people who like it suggest that this might be bit grim.
Irmina, by Barbara Yelin
I had not previously heard of this one though the account of a young German woman's romantic with a Black Englishman in Oxford before the Second World War sounded intriguing.
"+1 for 'fun home' if she wants a primer on post modernism."
Bechdel's memoir of her own coming of age as a lesbian and her father, a closeted homosexual whose life ended in suicide. Always near the top of my own list of comic books I want to read in the near future.
Dotter of her Father's Eyes by Bryan Talbot & Mary Talbot
"brilliant, albeit a bit sad"
Both a biographical account of Lucia Joyce and Mary Talbot's memoir of her childhood as daughter of Joycean scholar
Sally Heathcote, Suffragette, by Bryan Talbot & Mary Talbot
A fictional account of the struggle for women's votes.
The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia, by Bryan Talbot & Mary Talbot
A biography of Louise Michel, French revolutionary feminist
Red Rosa, by Kate Evans
A biography of Rosa Luxembourg, German Marxist revolutionary
Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
Possibly a bit grim
something by Kate Beaton
I am unfamiliar with the work of Ms Beaton though I have heard she did a strip about the Frankin Voyage.
The Ballad of Halo Jones, by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson
Neither of the creators of this book are women but most of the characters are. One of my own favourite comics from when I was growing up though I'm not sure how entry-level it is.
Marzi, by Marzena Sowa
"A memoir of childhood in 1980's Poland. Real, but not too grim"
Papergirls, by Bryan K Vaughn & Cliff Chiang
I am unfamiliar with this book, though Vaughn wrote Y: The Last Man, one of my favourite comics from back when I was reading comics.
Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi
"brilliant – but possibly for older teenagers"
Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue De Connick, Valentine De Landro & Robert Wilson IV
"a bit like a dystopian SF Orange Is The New Black. Definitely one for older teens though!"
Monstress, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
"Not quite similar to Persepolis but I'd recommend Monstress , predominantly female characters with female artist and writer."; "Brilliant stuff, but lots of hitting!"
I am unfamiliar with this work myself but its publisher's blurb gives the impression that it is fantasy asian steampunk.
Jem and the Holograms, by Kelly Thompson & Sophie Campbell
"strong female characters, a it's not "victory by punching", but there are same-sex relationships in it if that's an issue…"
Love & Rockets: Locas, by Jaime Hernandez
"Can't go wrong with Love & Rockets either. Locas is my favourite comic of all time and the collected editions are easy to get hold of. Perhaps best starting with book 2 as he'd yet to hit his stride and work out what it was all about in the first one, fun as it is."
I myself have never warmed to the work of Jaime Hernandez though so many people love it that clearly I am the one at fault here; I greatly prefer the L&R comics by his brother, Gilberto, but I think they might not be so entry-level.
Blue Monday, by Chynna Clugston Flores
"may not fit your criteria exactly. Definitely worth checking out, even if for yourself."
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris
"+1 for 'my favourite thing is monsters' if she wants the best comic book of the last few years- it's incredible."
Poppies of Iraq, by Brigitte Findakly
Rolling Blackouts, by Sarah Gladden
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North & Erica Henderson
"have heard good things about Squirrel Girl, but male author and kind of superheroey"
Whiteout, by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber
"Whiteout is great. Male writer & artist but female lead. Good"
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier
The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks
Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen and Noelle Stevenson
"I have heard good things about Lumberjanes"
Ms Marvel, by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
"most of the ridiculousness comes from being a teenage Muslim girl in the US rather than a superhero as such. "
Persepolis cover (AbeBooks.com)
Halo Jones (Tygertale, a blog about brilliant childrens' books)
Love and Rockets #31 (Wikipedia)
Ms Marvel: No Normal (Marvel Comics)


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VINCENT explores the life of the man behind the brush. The life of Vincent Van Gogh was one plagued with debilitating schizophrenia, depression, severe anxiety and a bi-polar disorder. By exploring the themes of mental health and mental health awareness, Vincent seeks to illustrate that there is power and expression even when suffering, and that it doesn't have to be done alone.
Vincent had a brother, Theo, who was his one true support and so the show dives deeply into looking at the bonds of brother hood, whilst battles with Vincent's inner Psyche continued to torment him.
A beautifully captivating show that will truly make you hold your breath. Vincent strives to break the laws of contemporary dance, and seamlessly fuse dance with theatrical brilliance and magic. An exquisitely haunting score will keep you on the edge of your seat, as you are transported into the mind and life of one of the most innovative painters of the impressionistic art era.
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Vincent can be performed as a same day bump-in. We have our own QLab system, and if required, a Tarkett dance floor. A sprung, wooden stage of preferred size 8 x 8 metres minimum is required for this performance. Haze is used in the performance. No other content warnings apply.
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Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 10 update aimed at fixing Windows Store issues. As the tech giant explains on the support page, Windows 10 KB4058043 makes reliability improvements to Microsoft Store fixing an issue that could cause app update failures and unnecessary network requests.
This update is available only via Windows Update. If you enable automatic updates, you can download and install it automatically.
If you disabled automatic updates on your computer, you can also install it manually. Go to Settings > Update & Security > click on the 'Check for updates' button.
Have tried to install this update five times and it is failing.
I have ran the troubleshooting tool and no success in getting the update to install.
When I look at the progress on installation is stalls at 99%. Thus when I reboot my PC it gets hung up on the restart.
Apparently, this install issue could be a general bug affecting this update. The OP already contacted Microsoft Support engineers and they confirmed that was a problem specific to the update.
At this time, I have disabled all update services to keep anything from installing as this update cause the PC to stay in a getting windows ready mode.
For more information on how to prevent KB4058043 from installing, follow the instructions available on Microsoft's website.
If you encountered other issues while downloading KB4058043 or after installing it, let us know in the comments below.


Born in Yiyang, China, in the Hunan province, ZhenZhou must have been a pretty baby, with his fat rosy cheeks and little bald head. But he was also born with something not so pretty—spina bifida, where the bones of the spine don't develop enough to fully cover the spinal cord.
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After another year of red tape, Keener and her mom traveled to China to meet ZhenZhou, then 2—who would become Jonah—and officially welcome him into the family.
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We keep working hard on MegaMetroCity, but we didn't want anybody left without his or her slaps portion. So that we couldn't help but going to the internarional board games fair ESSEN SPIEL 2018. Meet us there from the 25th to the 28th of October, with the MClains brothers, the huge Big T and Blaze the lethal, to keep the Bloody Chains from destroying the event.
If you are one of the lucky ones to attend the fair, do not miss the opportunity to step by our STAND (6A112) on Hall 6 and flex your muscles over the streets of MegaMetroCity. Apart from trying our game, you can see first-hand the innovations and improvements and take part in the draws of exclusive miniatures (SPIEL'18 edition) that will take place during the event.
Find the courage to come and help us beat the violent Bloody Chains.


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There are many perks to college life, but unfortunately food is generally not one of them. Instead of relying on dining hall meals of questionable quality or reaching for another ramen packet, try your hand at cooking a proper meal. One-pot meals offer the opportunity to make decadent and filling meals with minimal cleanup involved.
Not sure how to go about attempting a one-pot meal? You're not alone: According to Pinterest, searches for easy one-pot recipes have increased 960% from last year. To help you along in your quest to eat better, we've found 12 delicious one-pot recipes you can make that don't require gourmet-level kitchen skills.
Add A Pinch's one-pan pesto chicken is a healthy, carb-free recipe—it uses zoodles instead of regular pasta—guaranteed to keep you full.
Made using red lentil pasta for tons of protein, this dish is a great vegetarian option. The blogging duo behind Fresh Off The Grid made it at a campsite; so if they can make this in the literal wilderness, you can definitely recreate it with ease at home. Looking for a more budget-friendly option than red lentil pasta? You won't get the same protein benefits, but regular pasta works just as well and tastes just as good.
The vegetarian chili recipe to end all vegetarian chili recipes, this one by The Healthy Maven uses dark chocolate and maple syrup for a unique twist on a classic recipe. If you miss home-cooked chili but aren't quite ready to handle raw meat yet (or simply don't have the kitchen tools to do so), this is the recipe for you.
Better than takeout and definitely healthier, Domestic Superhero's one-pot spicy noodles are a must for a gourmet spin on typical college food. Technically, you do need one small separate bowl to whisk ingredients in, but other than that you just throw everything into a pot and let the heat do the work for you.
Savory Tooth's dish is uber-filling and ideal for weeknights. You can even make leftovers to use as a quick and healthy lunch the next day—hey, meal planning is the busy college student's best friend.
One-pan meals don't have to be just for dinner: Try this flavorful shakshuka recipe from Nourish Atelier for an at-home brunch. Eaten with crusty bread for dipping, it's also an ideal hangover cure. Do with that information what you will.
Somewhere between a salad and a pasta dish lies this quinoa recipe courtesy of Simply Quinoa. If you're looking for a healthier meal that's a little more filling than just lettuce and assorted vegetables, be sure to try this option.
Lasagna is the ultimate comfort food, but if you have a small kitchen and limited culinary experience it's not exactly easy to make. The Little Kitchen's one-pot lasagna pasta has all the delicious flavors and components of traditional lasagna minus the hours spent making it in the kitchen.
This hearty breakfast dish serves one and is perfect for colder mornings when you have a little more time. Clem Foodie's recipe is easy to follow and requires ingredients you probably already have on hand—minus the mesquite powder which, as intriguing as it sounds, is optional.
If there were ever a dish that perfectly represented fall, this skillet tortellini would be it. Unlike most sweet potato recipes that require you to bake the vegetable, you can make this one using only one pan for minimal clean-up.
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We're working together with local civil society groups around the world to explore out what works in different national contexts, design locally relevant campaigns, and develop new green economies from the bottom up.
Here at the Coalition, we know that reforming our economies starts with people not policy documents. This transition needs to respond to people's lives - to their realities, their worries, their hopes - if it is to go to scale at speed. It needs to be relevant at ballot boxes, shop counters and job centres. It needs to be rooted in local experiences and national contexts.
We are working with local partners in 7 countries and regions around the world. Together with their own networks of activists, researchers, policy makers and local business, they are inspiring national conversations on economic reform. What does green investment mean for small companies in the Caribbean? What does growth within ecological limits mean to an economic power-house like India? What job opportunities do renewable energies offer the poorest in South Africa?
Explore what is happening near you in South Africa, the Caribbean, Uganda, Senegal, Peru, India and Mongolia.
Exploring what a transition looks like from multiple perspectives, and what opportunities it could offer people in their every day lives, families and jobs.
Taking stock of what policies, initiatives and programmes have been put in place already, and asking to what extent these are making a difference on the ground.
Connecting local and national activists, community groups and civil society networks to build their understanding of economic reform.
Convening diverse perspectives from different sectors - energy, agriculture, transport, infrastructure - to understand the different transition pathways.
Developing an online space to support the ongoing dialogue and mobilisation.
This project is led by the Green Economy Coalition in partnership with our national hub partners around the world. The initiative has been funded by the European Commission.
The UN has some ambitious targets for human & environmental flourishing by 2030. But how can we make sure these targets aren't missed?
Could humans survive an "insect apocalypse"? Our partners in Peru explore the vital importance of bees and other pollinating insects.
All the discussion, debate and updates from the network and beyond, gathered during three days in Cape Town, January 2019.


Cassis is one of nine babies born to lovely mum Sorbet. A challenging rescue, Sorbet was heavily pregnant living on the streets but luckily had a few days to relax before giving birth to her big brood. The puppies are healthy and happy.
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It might be a surprise to some but Chamonix is not all about the extreme sports, epic day hikes and elite endurance events that it first appears. You don't have to base jump off the Aiguille du Midi to have a good time. Obviously it accommodates the interests of keen endurance enthusiasts and adrenaline junkies but you do not have to partake in such activities to enjoy the outdoors and the spoils that Chamonix and its associated valley has to offer!
So the typical touristy thing to do in Chamonix when seeing the sights…. and to be honest it's easy to see why, is to get the cable car up to the Aiguille du Midi. It's Chamonix's tallest lift going from the Valley floor at just over 1100m to the dizzying heights of 3,842m upon Mont Blanc, just 1000m shy of the tallest summit in Europe. From there you can 'Step into the Void' if you're brave enough or simply take in the breathtaking views of the French, Italian and Swiss Alps… and of course the Mont Blanc Massif itself. As well as the views to can get educated in Chamonix history, have a bite to eat, or even go shopping. It's a Chamonix must and you can also explore the beautiful scenery at the Plan de Aiguille Mid station also.
As well as the Aiguille du Midi there are plenty of other wonderful sites to visit including the Mer de Glace Train up to Montenvers to witness France's longest glacier, perhaps to visit the mesmerizing ice caves carved into the glacier, however this will now involve 400+ steps due to glacial recession.
For the best panoramic views of the Mont Blanc Massif why not jump on the Brevent Cable car, normally on the sunny side of the mountain with its southern aspect where you can get your postcard picture snap to spruce up your facebook profile or Instagram feed!
REMEMBER to take your camera!!!
Treat yourself to the indulgent splendor of a Spa day. In Chamonix you are spoilt for choice with an extensive number of 4 & 5 star hotels featuring top of the range spa facilities. Whether you prefer the rooftop hot tub of the Park Hotel Suisse & Spa, the 5-star extravagance of the Hôtel l'Héliopic or the relaxed refreshing atmosphere and treatments at the Les Aiglons there is something to suit all. For those that would like the opportunity to visit a natural thermal spa you are a short drive away from the natural thermal Mont Blanc Baths in Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains (15-mins) and Italy's Pre St Didier Spa (40-mins). Check out our Best Spa Breaks Guide here.
Chamonix centre itself is well known for its good food. You are not short for choice when it comes to excellent cuisine, especially in one of the many Michelin starred restaurants such as L'Atmosphere and the Albert Premier. You could easily spend a whole week just sampling all the various 'foodie' hot spots in and around Chamonix and not get bored. A local macaroon delicacy accompanied by coffee for brunch, followed by a hearty Savoyard lunch, topped off with a mouth watering feast come evening. The only very slight limiting factor is that you will find most restaurants will commonly serve local Savoyard specialities generally involving potatoes, cured meats and CHEESE, usually all three together! However that said there are some great alternative options to choose from if you know where to look. Check out our Best Chamonix Restaurants Guide and Mountain Restaurants Guide.
Chamonix's pedestrianised high street is full of variety when it comes to shopping and it's a great day out in itself. Whether, you're looking for that next outfit or merely window shopping for the 'if i won the lottery' items it has it all. There are beautiful craft shops, designer boutiques, regional produce, outdoor brands and sports shops. A big bonus is there is never a cafe or patisserie far away if a quick refuelling pit stop is required.
Obviously, weather dependent but come the summer Chamonix can have glorious weather. There are a number of local lakes, streams and ponds to choose from to go have a relaxing paddle or soak in some well needed vitamin D. Lac de Passy just 15-minutes drive away is set beautifully with Mont Blanc as its backdrop surrounded by a beautiful beach and green grass, plus a number of shady spots beneath the trees. There are a number of activities for all to do as well as the expected swimming and sand castles, including a high ropes acro park, fitness circuit (yes i know I said no exercise) paddle boarding, and kayaking.
Closer to home you can find Le Paradis des Praz near the golf course where you will find the soothing sounds of the gently flowing stream and shallow clear water ponds for the children to play safely in. The accompanying natural play park will entertain the little ones while you relax watching from the comfort of your picnic blanket or a table nearby.
Chamonix is stooped in History particularly in the Alpine world including the story of the first men to summit Mont Blanc, whom the main streets of Chamonix are named after. Why not take time to visit the Alpine Museum, the famous Saint Bernard Farm (Elevage de Saint Bernard), or one of the many exhibits or art galleries to often feature in the town centre. At Montenver there is also a small Crystal museum. There are many historical church landmarks including the beautiful Baroque church in Saint-Nicolas de Véroce. If you have little ones jump aboard the Le Petit Train for a quick history tour of Chamonix.
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If you fancy a change of scenery or a day out of the valley then there are many world renowned places of interest within easy reach of the Chamonix Valley. Just for starters these include the beautiful fairytale town of Annecy, the 'Monaco of the Alps in Montreux, infamous Italian style and cuisine of Courmayeur or simply the ritzy sophistication of Geneva. You can find our day trip guides on our Peak Transfer Blog.


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Born August 2, 1939, in Toledo, OH; married Carolyn; children: three. Education: University of Toledo, B.A., 1962; University of Virginia, Ph.D. (economics), 1965; George Washington University, L.L.B., 1967.
Addresses: Office —1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20220.
Several jobs at the U.S. Department of Transportation, including assistant secretary, deputy undersecretary, and deputy assistant secretary, 1972-76; administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1976-77; visiting fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977; vice-president of government affairs, Chessie System Inc., 1977-80; distinguished fellow, Yale School of Management, 1978-1980; named a senior vice-president of CSX Corp., 1980; named president and CEO of CSX Transportation Inc., 1987; named president of CSX Corp., 1988; named CEO, CSX Corp., 1989; named chairman, CSX Corp., 1991; chairman, Business Roundtable, 1994-1996; U.S. Treasury secretary, 2003—.
John W. Snow came to the cabinet of U.S. President George W. Bush after more than a decade as the leader of railroad giant CSX, years spent effectively lobbying in Washington, and experience working in the federal government in the 1970s.
When he became secretary of the treasury, he took one of the more difficult jobs in the administration. Between 2003 to 2005, Snow had to defend free trade as the United States was struggling to compete with cheap Chinese imports and low-cost labor overseas. He also tried to help sell the president's controversial plan for reforming Social Security. After a frank statement he made about trade was used against Bush in the 2004 presidential campaign, speculation spread around Washington that Snow would be replaced. But Bush kept him on, and Snow spent 2005 as a top advocate for Bush Administration economic policies.
Snow was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1939, graduated from the University of Toledo and earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia and a law degree from George Washington University. From 1967 to 1977, he held several top jobs in the U.S. Department of Transportation, including administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and deputy undersecretary, assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary jobs. He left government in 1977 to work for Chessie System Inc., the railroad company that became CSX Corp. after a 1980 merger.
Snow worked his way up through several jobs in the corporation. In the 1980s, he lobbied Congress to reject the proposed merger of CSX competitor Norfolk Southern with Conrail. (It was rejected.) In 1987, he was named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of CSX's largest business group, CSX Transportation Inc. The next year, he was promoted to president of CSX itself, a sign that he would take over the company when its CEO at the time left. Sure enough, Snow was named CEO of CSX in 1989 and chairman in 1991.
As CEO of CSX, Snow earned mixed reviews. He made headlines—and stunned observers who thought he was too academic in demeanor—when he tried to take over Conrail in 1996. But despite Snow's skills at Washington lobbying, CSX ran up against the fears that the merger might reduce competition. In the end, CSX had to split up Conrail with its rival, Norfolk Southern. The deal left CSX with a large debt, and CSX had trouble integrating its share of Conrail into the company, leaving it inefficient and its stock price low.
During Snow's tenure, safety experts questioned whether CSX had done enough to improve the safety of its rail lines. But Snow moved to correct problems after they were cited, and accidents on CSX lines decreased as his tenure as CEO went on. Meanwhile, investors supported Snow's plan to narrow CSX's focus on the railroad business and gradually get rid of other investments, such as oil and real estate, that the company had acquired before he took over.
Meanwhile, Snow remained active in Republican politics and served as chairman of the Business Roundtable, a lobby of powerful corporate executives, in the mid-1990s. In late 2002, those political connections paid off when U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Snow to be treasury secretary. He replaced Paul O'Neill, who had a difficult relationship with the president and was prone to making unscripted statements about economic policy that upset stock markets. Snow was confirmed by the Senate in January of 2003 and took office in February of that year.
Snow's job as treasury secretary was difficult. He had to defend the government's monetary policy amid strong criticism from foreign governments and domestic investors. Most importantly, Snow was in charge of proclaiming the administration's support of a "strong dollar." But despite that assertion, the Bush administration declined to intervene in the international currency market (which sets exchange rates), even when the dollar was losing a lot of value. When Snow declared at an economic meeting in May of 2003 that the "strong dollar" position did not include a position on exchange rates, the dollar's value plummeted further.
Another difficult job Snow had was stating the government's economic policy toward China. In late 2003, Snow began pressuring China to let the value of its currency, the yuan, be set by international currency markets, not a rate fixed to the U.S. dollar. Such a move, the administration hoped, would cause the yuan's value to increase, also increasing the cost of Chinese products that are imported into the U.S. and compete with American goods. However, China ignored the advice, and critics explained that such a move could hurt the Chinese banking system, U.S. companies doing business in China, and U.S. consumers.
Snow also had to campaign for Bush's re-election. While doing so, he made at least one costly error. In March of 2004, he told a newspaper in the key state of Ohio that outsourcing, the practice of American companies moving jobs overseas, is part of free trade, and that free trade is good for the American economy overall. Bush's opponent, Sen. John Kerry, took that comment to mean that outsourcing is good for the U.S. economy, and used that accusation against Bush in the presidential campaign.
So after Bush was reelected, speculation ran high that Bush would replace Snow. The value of the dollar continued to fall to new lows against the euro. Critics scoffed at Snow's insistence that the U.S. was still following a strong dollar policy. Anonymous administration officials even leaked hints that Snow would be gone soon, while Republicans and investors complained that he had not figured out how to make policy pronouncements in a way that reassured the markets. But in December of 2004, Bush asked Snow to stay on into his second term. (Some reports suggested he did this only after being unable to find a replacement with whom he was comfortable.)
In 2005, Snow's job got no easier. Commentators noted that he was presiding over a decline in the importance of the treasury department. Snow went on the road in the winter to help promote the president's proposal to partially privatize Social Security by letting younger workers put some of their social security tax payments into personal investment accounts. "Why are personal accounts so important? By giving younger workers the opportunity to receive higher benefits than the current system can afford to pay, they enhance young workers' retirement security," Snow wrote in the Wall Street Journal. But the idea faced strong opposition and seemed stalled by the end of the year.
In April of 2005, he again told China to stop pegging the value of the yuan to the dollar, and he proposed cutting the budget deficit. "The problem is that nobody believes & Snow's rhetoric," responded the Washington Post in an editorial, arguing that Snow's budget numbers were not credible because they did not include the cost of the war in Iraq or the war on terrorism. In August, Snow said the U.S. economy was improving faster than some people believed—but he felt compelled to acknowledge that the improvements were not benefiting everyone equally, and he said the administration was considering measures to better spread the economic benefits around, such as increased funding for education.
In November of 2005, on the eve of the president's trip to China, Snow also signaled a change in the diplomatic approach toward China, arguing that the U.S. needed to back off of its pressure to let currency markets set the value of the yuan. But it appeared to be a tactical diplomatic move, not a reversal in policy; observers believed the Chinese, concerned about their image, might actually let the yuan rise once they were under less public pressure to do so.
As 2005 ended, speculation continued to suggest that Snow would be asked to leave the treasury department. One prominently reported rumor, which had not been proven true as the year neared its end, had Snow being replaced as secretary by Bush chief of staff Andrew Card. BusinessWeek writers Richard S. Dunham and Rich Miller called Snow a "genial traveling salesman" for the Bush Administration, but said he was too pragmatic and concerned with deficits to be a perfect team player for an administration that valued tax cuts over cutting the deficit. It seemed clear that Snow would eventually leave the administration. He had reportedly told associates that he did not want to serve for Bush's entire second term, but did want to stay long enough to help the president with the debates on Social Security and tax reform.
BusinessWeek, October 17, 2005, p. 51.
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Wall Street Journal, April 8, 1987, p. 1; April 21, 1988, p. 1; December 9, 2002, p. A12; January 20, 2005, p. A15.
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"Being John Snow," Slate.com, http:// www.slate.com/id/2110076 (November 20, 2005).
"Profile: Secretary of the Treasury John Snow," ABCNews.com, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=404456 (November 20, 2005).
"Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow," The White House, http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/snow-bio.html (November 20, 2005).
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Long time admirer John Snow for his accomplishment in acquisition of Conrail in spite of overwhelming opposition from both government and industry. CSX settled for half the baby with NS acquiring just over half. Snow took an enormous amount of heat for President Bush in the runup to financial corrections 2007 and beyond.
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Q: Hypernym for bills, expenses, salaries, other incomes, etc I'm building a budgeting database application/program and I'm looking for two words as names of tables or variables in it.  This question seeks one of them:
It encompasses the following:  I have bills & expenses, and I have sources of income. I'm looking for a hypernym that encompasses all those.
To clarify, there are things I'm not looking for:
a. There are questions here already on english.stackexchange that ask for a hypernym for income/expense or debit/credit but the answers all seem to refer to the transaction (the event of transferring money).  I'm distinctly not looking for a word for that (the word transaction covers that I believe).
b. One might think of a word like "entity" that might refer to the company AT&T that I pay the phone bill to, and Apple, that I pay my iCloud subscription to each month.  But maybe I also pay Apple for my Apple Music subscription each month.  Those last two are two different items.  So I'm not looking for a name for the companies or other entities I'm making the payments to.
I get a monthly bill from AT&T for the phone.  I get a monthly bill from Apple for Apple Music, and another monthly bill from Apple for my iCloud subscription.  Those are three records in this table (even though two are from the same company).  If I was only looking at outgoings I might call this table Bills, but I'm looking for a hypernym that would encompass those and incomes as well: eg. two other records in this table might be 'salary from my job', and 'rent paid to me for a property I rent out'.
Edit/update:  As Roger Sinasohn pointed out in the comments: yes, I'm looking for a countable noun.
An example sentence could be where I click a button to delete a bunch of these records, and need to pop up a confirmation warning first:
"Do you really want to delete these whatevers?"
I'd really rather not have to say "Do you really want to delete these incomes and expenses?" or whatever.
It doesn't have to be one word.  eg. another question asked for a hypernym for anywhere that serves food (restaurant, cafe, fast-food place, etc.).  If that's what I was looking for here, then "eating establishment" might be ok.  But if more than one word, it can't just be a string of all the words I'm trying to find the hypernym for (incomes, expenses, etc.).

A: I would call these things your finances.  Consider definition 1.2 from the Oxford Dictionaries:

finance
noun
[mass noun]

*

*The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.
[as modifier] 'the firm's finance department'
1.1 Monetary support for an enterprise.
'the clearing banks are important sources of finance'
1.2 finances The monetary resources and affairs of a state, organization, or person.
'the club's finances are stretched to the limit'

So all of your expenses and income comprise your finances.

A: Use the following to summarise "bills & expenses, and sources of income.": revenue and expenditure

revenue
  Revenue is money that a company, organization, or government receives from people.
expenditure
  Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something.

The compound term, revenue expenditure, is used in businesses

revenue expenditure
the amount of money spent by a business or organization on general operating costs such as rent, insurance, heating, maintenance etc


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