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September 4, 2021 · 11:30 am
Review: 'Menopause: A Comic Treatment'
"When the Menopausal Carnival Comes to Town," by Mimi Pond, in Menopause: A Comic Treatment (Graphic Medicine/Pennsylvania State University Press)
Menopause: A Comic Treatment. Edited by MK Czerwiec. Penn State University Press. 2020. 144pp. $29.95
Mimi Pond was a queen for the night at the Eisner Awards this year as she was the winner in the Short Story category for her take on menopause. Yes, folks, you heard it right, a cartoonist won a prestigious industry award on a subject that has gotten little recognition over the years outside of a Joan Rivers comedy act. What's more, Mimi's story is part of the book that also won an Eisner Award–in the Best Anthology category! We all need to get over ourselves on so many levels more than ever. The truth is that we all have bodies (who knew?) and they go through changes as we steadily make our way to our final stop. There is no denying that a woman's body goes through hell. But it's not left just to me to say that. This book says it in a variety of ways, both vivid and hilarious.
Running off with the circus!
There is so much politics, a lot of it quite toxic, attached to everything about us, including our bodies. What's refreshing about this book, in that regard, is that it's engaged in some primal truth. That is what is so compelling about Mimi Pond's short story as the main character must confront who she is at the most basic level. She's mad as hell and she's not going to take it anymore! This comic is one of those in-your-face show stoppers that takes you out of the page, out of the book, all the way to the Eisner Awards. In the story, a mother and adult daughter are wandering around an old-fashioned carnival when a carnie lures them into a show about empowerment. On stage, there is a troupe of naked middle-aged women doing a spoken word act. The mom is overcome and joins the group on stage, strips off her clothes, and vows to run away with the circus. The mom sees her mad dash as her last chance to shine, to live her life. Psychological road blocks can be every bit as real as anything else standing in the way of fulfillment. One is left with a universal urge to push one's way through no matter what. And, if dad's hot casserole gets cold, so be it!
Menopause: A Comic Treatment
With Mimi's raucous story leading the way, this collection boasts an array of significant work from 28 contributors, explaining, and expressing their views, on the many aspects of menopause, from the general to the more specific and personal. This book is another partnership with Graphic Medicine, co-founded by MK Czerwiec, this book's editor, as well as a contributor under the pen name, "Comic Nurse." Menopause: A Comic Treatment is the nineteenth book in the Graphic Medicine Series published by Penn State University Press. The following are some more examples from the book. As I say, it's a great range of work: some are more medically-focused, created by medical professionals, with simple drawings; and some are from seasoned professional cartoonists more invested in a slice-of-life perspective.
"A Slow Intermittent Leak," by Jennifer Camper
Jennifer Camper's "A Slow Intermittent Leak" cuts to the chase with a long hard look at the menstrual cycle, from first period to last. For many men, the reality of blood alone makes periods a highly taboo subject. Of course, those men need to get a grip. Camper is a professional cartoonist and it clearly shows. This is a highly organized and masterfully composed work. The combination of the artwork and engaging prose is a pleasure to read and guides the reader through with humor and grace.
"Burning Up," by Comic Nurse (MK Czerwiec)
MK Czerwiec's "Burning Up" is both highly informative and entertaining and is a great example of the power of visual storytelling. For these type of educational comics, art is only part of it and can be pretty simple as it is here. What matters most to the cartoonist is finding just the right balance of words and pictures to best convey the information. Czerwiec's pen name is "Comic Nurse," and this piece demonstrates what she is great at: taking challenging subjects and making them relatable. In this case, we follow our main character on a journey of self-discovery and an appreciation of "hot flashes."
"Surgical Menopause–In Ten Postures," by Susan Merrill Squier and Shelley Wall
My final sample demonstrates how truly powerful and practical comics can be. "Surgical Menopause–In Ten Postures," is unique in its specificity as it greatly benefits from two experts in their fields. It is written by Susan Merrill Squier, a professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State. It is illustrated by Shelley Wall, a medical illustrator and assistant professor in the biomedical communications graduate program at the University of Toronto. The comics coming from the Graphic Medicine community, which this book is a prime example of, are said to provide insight to medical professionals that they typically do not get. It is through the combination of Squier's eloquence and Wall's precision that we get a window into the highly idiosyncratic individual. Too often it comes down to doctors vs. patients when, in fact, we're all just humans. It takes a very sophisticated comic like this is prove a simple truth: we're all vulnerable and we all need to be carefully listened to. Ironically, despite how articulate this comic is, it is speaking to how easy it is to not speak properly or to be listened to properly. The prime example in this comic: the doctor, in an all too matter-of-fact tone, asks the patient, "Do you want to keep your uterus if you're having your ovaries removed?" The patient, in an all too defensive posture, replies, "I am not my uterus." End of discussion. Uterus removed. Oh, but the patient didn't really mean it, wishes the doctor had questioned her words and now regrets having her uterus removed.
MK Czerwiec, RN, MA, is the artist-in-residence at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the cocurator of GraphicMedicine.org. She has served as a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement and as an Applied Cartooning Fellow of the Center for Cartoon Studies. She is the creator of the graphic memoir Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 and coauthor of Graphic Medicine Manifesto, both published by Penn State University Press.
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Interview with Steve Lafler: Comics, Jazz & Gender Bending
Steve Lafler's 1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona
I have interviewed Steve Lafler and I'm letting that sink in. The man is a walking encyclopedia of experiences and knowledge. I do hope we can chat again sometime. For a first interview, we covered a lot of ground. I was intrigued and delighted and I'm sure you will be too with this most provocative cartoonist.
Steve Lafler is a very cool cat–and, as promised, we're about to take a deep dive into all things Lafler. Long before Zoom interviews, I've been taking notes and chatting with a good many talented folks. I think we cartoonists, at least a certain subgroup, are compelled to express ourselves in numerous ways. You'll find, for instance, that comics and journalism have been entwined since the American colonies. In Mr. Lafler's case, he has devoted a lot of energy in two directions, the love of comics and the love of music. In my interview, I try to focus on how Lafler has lovingly included music, especially jazz, into his comics.
1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona is Lafler's latest title and we enjoy talking about it. The subtext is pretty much in the forefront: our main character, Ramon, seems to be most happy when he gets to be Ramona. Or, if not most happy, then it's definitely a sweet joy to dress up and be a woman for the night. That said, the comics pretty much speak for themselves. Lafler, himself, has provided a few clues over the years that he enjoys indulging in some gender-bending dressing up. One must follow their muse! I think, with 1956: Sweet Sweet Little Ramona, Lafler beautifully expresses that most basic and primal human need to be true to one's self.
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Interview: MONGREL by Sayra Begum | Comics | Knockabout
Mongrel is a significant debut graphic novel by Sayra Begum. This is among the best works of 2020 as I look back on the year. You can read my review here. And, now, you can enjoy something more. Check out my interview with Sayra Begum by just clicking the link below:
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Review: YEAR OF ZINES! by Sarah Mirk
YEAR OF ZINES! by Sarah Mirk
Year of Zines! Publishing funded in part by Regional Arts & Culture Council and patrons of Pateron, 2020. 224 pages. $12.
What is a zine? Many people have never heard of one or only have a vague idea. A zine is not necessarily a work of comics, although it often includes some form of comics. A zine is often a personal work running for a certain amount of pages, typically a dozen or two dozen. And a zine is cool but it's not meant to be cool. It just is. If you try too hard to make one, it will show. If you gravitate too quickly to the zine scene without any prior knowledge, it will show–but that's okay. Zines are intended to be the opposite of the big glossy corporate magazines. Any original zine artwork is usually only at a functional or even crude level. Zines are often ironic and sarcastic and have a rough and gritty aesthetic. Zines tend to be small, modest, the size of a pamphlet or brochure. And they are usually self-published. If they are not, then they're published by a co-op or non-profit. But zines are most often the work of one person, usually someone who finds themselves misunderstood by a general audience, actually enjoys working alone, and yet is also welcoming like-minded souls. You dig? Blogging and zine-making share a lot of overlap! Alrighty then. With that said, let's take a look at a wonderful book all about zines, and a collection of zines to itself, Year of Zines! by Sarah Mirk.
Panel excerpt from YEAR OF ZINES!
Another thing you need to know about zines: the creator is often immersed in one particular subject or theme per zine. Zines take dedication. Zines can sometimes seem obsessive but that's part of the charm. Think of the fanzine. Now, in case you haven't heard of them, fanzines are one of the most celebrated forms of zines. These tend to be home-made dedications to a beloved pop or movie star or any cultural phenomenon. This tradition goes back to the dawn of fandom. The most common trait of fanzines is a collage of cut-up photos from various magazines that have been re-arranged within the curated pages of the zine. It's so punk. It's so DIY. Before the internet, if you were searching for a platform to express yourself, you most likely found your way over to zines. You figured out some basic layout techniques and made your way to your nearest Kinko's. Okay, now Sarah Mirk is hip to all this and a whole lot more. Zines today are not dependent upon runs to the local print shop. Zines can be virtual but, at the end of the day, zines are zines and a printed copy stills exerts its own power and energy. Print is not dead, and don't you forget it! You see this in what Sarah Mirk has done with her own work with zines. She gets it. Zines share a bit of the same vibe as spoken word with their direct and concise narrative. Mirk understands that a good zine requires focus and specificity. If you start a zine on the theme of "not caring," then you stick with it and see it through to resolution, just like a masterful comedian sees through a precisely-timed bit of comedy.
Of course, zines can cover virtually any topic or subject. Literally, if there's something you'd like to discuss, then a zine could be a viable platform for you. And, yes, it's true: no prior experience in the creation of zines is required or expected. You don't have to worry about prior writing experience or drawing experience or whatever. And the most serious of subjects are open for discussion. In my own experience with leading workshops, I have always stressed that the most important thing is to focus on what you need to say and the rest will fall into place. And so it is in this book. Sarah Mirk is basically talking about her life, all the things she's dealing with, and the world-at-large. That provides a pretty broad canvas. In her book, she tackles such subjects as gender, privilege, boundaries, finances, the environment, and much more. Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is that no one owns the zine scene. Zines are for everyone and Sarah certainly embraces that egalitarian spirit.
DRINK MORE WATER!
So, I hope you're getting a sense of what a zine is and what a zine isn't. And, in the process, you're seeing that Sarah Mirk is a fine practitioner of the subtle art of zine-making. In fact, if you enjoy her collection of zines that she put together over the span of one year, then you'll likely want to follow her other work and pursuits. One last thing, I'll point out one more fine example. If you're looking for a neat little collection of observations of growing up in your 20s, do check out Sarah's zine, Drink More Water – Be More Honest: 30 Lessons from My 20s. In this zine, Sarah provides an irreverent look at everyone's favorite decade, your glorious 20s! It's a time when you might look your best without trying at all while also a time when you have a sinking feeling you don't know if you'll ever amount to anything. And then, enter your more sober and wiser 30s. Well, with that sobering thought, there's so much more I could say about zines but I'll save it for next time. I like what Sarah Mirk has done with this quirky and highly distinctive art form–and you will too. And I hope you will see how accessible and ubiquitous zines are. In a sense, this review, and certainly this blog, is a zine. See what I mean? You only need to go as far as the nearest desk and chair, or whatever is comparable, and try it out yourself.
Sarah Mirk's YEAR OF ZINES!
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April 11, 2020 · 11:30 am
Interview: Steven Appleby and DRAGMAN
Dragman: Enough with the Secrets!
Steven Appleby is, among his many accomplishments, the creator of the comic strip, Small Birds Singing, and the BBC radio series Normal Life. One of Britain's best loved cartoonists, his Loomus and other comic strips have appeared in newspapers and magazines internationally, and he has written and illustrated numerous books. His new book, Dragman, brings together themes dating back to Appleby's early work in the '80s in his comic strip, Rockets Passing Overhead, in New Musical Express.
From Steven Appleby's comic strip, Loomus, in The Guardian
Indeed, Steven Appleby is a prominent cartoonist, illustrator and artist. Steven's early career included creating cartoons for the legendary British humor magazine, Punch and a comic strip for the prestigious New Musical Express. This activity branched out in many directions, including many more comic strips, an animated series, a theater show, art shows, and many books, all the way to the new graphic novel, Dragman. Steven's new book is about a superhero who can fly when he wears women's clothes. As I point out in my review, this is a delightful tale about identity while also being a riveting thriller to boot. It is my pleasure to share with you this interview. A portion of the audio file is included at the end. During our conversation, we discuss process, a wonderful career, and the art of just being yourself.
Dragman by Steven Appleby
HENRY CHAMBERLAIN: Let's jump in and discuss Dragman. First, let's discuss a bit the title and main character. It seems to me that Dragman begs the question as to who is Dragman and the actual idea of dressing in drag. At one point in the book, the main character, August Crimp, takes issue with being called a dragman. Could you talk about that?
STEVEN APPLEBY: The name Dragman comes from a comic strip I did for The Guardian. I was a transvestite in secret, this was around 2002, and so I was using that name. When I came around to creating the book, the name still had a nice ring to it. Drag is a different thing from trans. Back in the '70s and '80s, when I was experiencing cross-dressing in secret, the term, drag, clearly referred to performance. In the book, August is labeled as drag by the press and he resists but it sticks.
Dragman is truly a graphic novel in every sense, in terms of playing with words and images. You even have some wonderful prose passages that link up the narrative. I could easily see you writing the whole book as prose. Could you talk about the process of putting the book together?
It was really hard as I'd never done a project like this that is so long. I was used to doing short comic strips. I wanted to have everything in it: I wanted it to be funny, serious, have the superhero parody, be a thriller and be true to my own trans experience. That was difficult to do. I love writing prose and maybe I'll do a prose book in the future. It was a lovely way to have a different sort of atmosphere and also not reveal the character who is referred to in the prose, keep that a secret for later in the book. It took me around two years to write it and I was creating little scenes, as in a play, but then I needed to figure out how to draw all that. At one point, I had written 40 pages of material that didn't fit into comics. So, in a sense, it seems a wasteful process. But I love graphic novels. I love both the visual and prose side of it.
Captain Star in Steven Appleby's comic strip, Rockets Passing Overhead, in New Musical Express
Your career is so impressive. You're quite prolific. You've found ways to connect your work with other media. You've found ways to sustain your vision. What can you tell us about Dragman as part of your body of work?
Take a look at the early work, Captain Star in New Musical Express, the character there was obsessed and repressed. There are dressing up scenes. The navigator of the starship, Boiling Hell, he's obsessed with fish. So, I had them all have obsessions, like my dressing up obsession. It's all in there but coded in a different way. Dragman is the whole thing coming out into the open. I've lived dressing in women's clothes for the last twelve years now. This is me being honest in my life, especially to my children. I didn't want them to discover I had this big secret that they never knew about. So, I came out twelves years ago for that reason. I had such a warm reception from people I worked with, like at The Guardian. With the book, I wanted to explore all of that, the life I'd lived in secret, when nobody knew; and the parallel of superheroes who have secret identities.
Linda McCarthy's adaptation of Appleby's comic strip, Small Birds Singing
Could you tell us a bit about your influences? Perhaps you could talk about your studying under Quentin Blake?
I moved to London to go to the Royal College of Art. Quentin Blake was the head of the Illustration Department and he was my tutor. I wasn't so much influenced by him in terms of actual drawing style but very much in terms of work processes. How he uses a lightbox. I find that I still use that way of working now: very loose rough drawings that you then place on a lightbox and ink very loosely. Yeah, he's great, really inspirational. We still see each other from time to time.
Is the artwork in Dragman all hand-done or also digital?
Mostly hand-done. It's using that process that I just said. I do rough drawings and then ink them with an old-fashioned dip pen and India ink. Then I scan the art and print it out so that watercolor can be added. My ex, my wife Nicola, did the watercolor for me. She did it on a lightbox so that the line drawing and the watercolor are separate. I then would scan the watercolor and I manipulate the colors on the computer. I also addd skin tones, made colors richer, tweaked the colors and so on. The flashbacks scenes are all colored on the computer by me, a slightly muted, more monochromatic way. It's really pretty traditional the way I've worked for years.
Steven Appleby, 2019
What can you share with us about growing up and discovering your creativity and who you wanted to be in the world?
I grew up in the north of England up near the border with Scotland, in a small village. We lived in a big old house, an old vicarage that my mum and dad had bought. It had leaky roofs and lowsome bedrooms. My mum and dad were in the ameuter dramatic society so they stored scenery in one of the out buildings. It was like a magical place growing up. When I was a little kid, I remember a room full of furniture and we'd go there to play. There were rooms that were never decorated and kept this old brown wallpaper from the '20s. My mum drew comics in the '30s in her school notebooks and that inspired me. We had New Yorker cartoons books with artists like Charles Addams and Ronald Searle. And I loved Dr. Suess as well. The artist who had a huge influence on me was Edward Goery. I discovered Gorey when I was in art school in the '70s. It wasn't so much the drawing style that influenced me as much as the way that Gorey put things together. The surreal ideas, the macabre, in his books. I had thought that I could only write and draw books for kids but Gorey showed me that you could really do anything. He liberated me.
Would you share with us a bit about being a professional cartoonist and maintaining a comic strip? I see there's a recent collection of your Loomus comic strips in The Guardian.
I became a cartoonist kind of by accident, like many things that have happened in my life. It turned out to be perfect for me. I could write and draw as I wanted. I had this little space at the NME and I could do whatever I wanted as long as I didn't go too crazy. At The Guardian, for example, where I was for 23 years, I think they only rejected two comic strips during the whole time I was there. I've always tried to do things that aren't too topical but more just about life, what's life all about, because I like it when you can return to the work like Edward Gorey–it's not just a joke; it's a comment on life. So, I've always tried to do that. And, I think a deadline focuses the mind. Mostly, it's a good thing to have a deadline. There was a short period when I did a daily comic strip for a German newspaper while I also did my Guardian strip along with a few other things and that was like heading for a nervous breakdown, the amount of ideas I had to come up with. But I really did enjoy doing the comic strips. If I was still doing them, I wouldn't have been able to do Dragman. It wouldn't have been possible.
Excerpt from Loomus comic strip.
I know creating comic strips are quite time-consuming. I can recall my own comic strip work for my college paper. Among the many titles that readers can choose from, I highly recommend that folks check out a collection of your Loomus comic strips.
Thank you for mentioning that.
This is sort of a two-part question. What can you share with us about being trans and what can you tell young people about self-expression?
I would say that it's something that's been with me since my late teens, when it occurred to me that I could wear women's clothes and having it be completely secret for 25 years. It was an engine that powered my work. In quite a lot of my comic strips and other work there are themes of secrets. I came across Philip K. Dick in my late teens. I loved his books because they have that constant theme that nothing is what it appears to be. That felt like my life that things weren't what they appeared to be. In a funny way, when I started to come out to be siblings, family, and friends, and eventually work collegues, I kind of lost some of the mystical power of that secret that was an engine in my work. I found that very interesting.
I have two boys, who are now 24 and 22, and they are completely cool, as well as their friends, about me choosing to dress like this. I was so impressed how it didn't phase them at all. They would be surprised if you ask them if it was difficult finding out and they'd say no. It was fine. I think, nowadays, it's a very good time to not just to be trans but to be who you are. There are so many ways for people to be who they are. It seems to me to be a very good time.
Page from Dragman. Captain Star poster in the background.
It's interesting to me to think about all the potential there is for everyone to veer off the status quo. For instance, a man can have his nails painted, crossing into a female-dominated domain. It seems like a small gesture but you are actually entering into a social exchange. If I were to get my nails painted, I'm engaging with the public–and that's mostly about their curiosity.
I remember when my Captain Star character became a TV series back in the '90s. I would paint my nails gold back then. And that would get commented on. One of the things that happens for me is that I use my name Steven and, when someone comes to the door, people will initially do a double take and then usually that opens up a conversation. I haven't had a bad conversation yet. I agree with you that it's something to deal with sometimes but it's often in a positive way.
Share with us what lies ahead for you. Are there any final thoughts you'd like to share?
This is such a weird time. I'm sure it is in Seattle. It is in London. I've been ill lately and I can't help but wonder if I've had the virus or not because they're not testing people in the UK all that much. I think something having to do with all this will probably go into my next project, but I don't know at the moment what that will be. I'm in this strange little time when Dragman has come out and I'm starting to think about what will come out next. For me, that process is partly an intellectual thinking of ideas and partly an emotional instinctive reaction to things. So, somehow I'm going to decide what I'm doing next.
I wish you great health and thank you for doing this interview.
It's been a pleasure. Maybe we'll meet the next time you're in London.
That would be great.
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Dragman is available as of April 7, 2020. For more details, visit the family of books at Macmillan Publishers right here.
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Review: DRAGMAN by Steven Appleby
Dragman by Steven Appleby. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2020. 336 pages, $28.00.
Especially today, as we continue to make huge strides, while still sometimes stumbling one step forward with one step back, it is healthy for everyone to acknowledge gender fluidity as being as natural as breathing. I'll share this. When I was very young, I fondly recall dressing in drag a handful of times. This was back in the '80s during my art school days. It was fun, thrilling, and even liberating. My girlfriend at the time thought I looked cuter in lipstick and pumps than she did. Anyway, life moved on and the occasion for indulging in drag became less available but one never knows. I've always fancied interviewing Simon Hanselmann with both of us all dolled up. We all need to loosen up, open up, and acknowledge nothing is ever really totally cut and dry. Even a conservative darling like Rudy Giuliani had a good time in drag, and this was as recently as 2000. So, with that in mind, it's a joy and a privilege to introduce to you a new graphic novel inspired by cartoonist Steven Appleby's own personal journey, Dragman, a story about a superhero who can fly when he wears women's clothes.
Dragman on the case!
Now, Steven Appleby is a beloved British cartoonist, right up there with other greats like Posy Simmonds and Quentin Blake. I had quite a nice time, by the way, viewing the work of Simmonds and Blake last year at the House of Illustration in London. I'm an artist-cartoonist myself so that visit, for me, is equal to visiting Big Ben for someone else. I'd love to view Appleby originals sometime too, perhaps on a future visit. I'm not going to scrutinize the work in quite the same way as I would standing before a Rembrandt but it's not too different either. I'm still gazing and pondering the energy. It's that distinctive line, with its skittering quality, that is so appealing. In the case of Appleby, a cartoonist auteur, we can marvel over how the words seem to dance right along with the images. If Appleby collaborated with a writer, to be sure, we'd see a similar play too. That said, the auteur has a distinct advantage of owning the whole vision. So, for Appley, for all of us, this graphic novel provides a full-blown vision. The reader gets to enjoy a madcap adventure, all the time savoring the journey for its own sake!
Clark Kent, meet August Crimp.
As Appleby makes clear, this is not an autobiographical work, although it can't be denied there are some similarities to Appleby and his comics alter ego, August Crimp. Both went on a particular journey in search of themselves, in pursuit of coming to terms with an attraction to dressing up as the opposite sex. What's clear is that August Crimp, and Steven Appleby, both triumph. It's a celebration of life. A celebration of boys dressing as girls and girls dressing as boys and anything else in between. We're all superheroes if we just relax and let ourselves be ourselves. Dragman is a heart-felt exploration of identity while also a riveting crime mystery to boot. What more could you want from a graphic novel?
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Review: 'How I Tried to Be a Good Person' by Ulli Lust
How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust
Autobiographical work is one of the most intriguing subjects and it is no wonder that it attracts creators of all art forms. Of course, auto-bio is a natural focal point for cartoonists and one of the best at this is cartoonist auteur Ulli Lust. Her new graphic novel, How I Tried to Be a Good Person, published by Fantagraphics Books, is what one could call an unflinching look at "the dark side of gender politics" or what used to be called, plain and simple, "abusive relationships." It's quite a challenge to take a chunk of one's life and turn it into something else. Not too long ago, I viewed the Off-Broadway production of Accidentally Brave, a retelling by actor and playwright Maddie Corman of her discovery of her husband's possession of child pornography, his subsequent arrest, and its aftermath. Can such an experience add up to something to put on stage? Well, sure, it's called a confessional monologue and those rise and fall according to the limits of the genre. In a similar fashion, that's what going on within the pages of auto-bio comics. And a lot is going well with this auto-bio graphic novel set in 1980s Vienna.
Georg and Kim size each other up.
How I Tried to Be a Good Person is 368 pages and in the tradition of more expansive graphic novels like Craig Thompson's Blankets, which is 592 pages or Eddie Campbell's Alec and Bacchus collection, which is a total of 1750 pages. Also, keep in mind, this new book is a continuation of Lust's 460-page punk travelogue, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life. Why so many pages when a graphic novel is usually 100 to 200 pages long? Well, many reasons. Essentially, it is a way to truly get lost in the material. While the comics medium is inextricably linked to the art of brevity, it is just as closely linked to flights of fancy and stream of consciousness writing. With that in mind, it is understandable how comics can rise to the level of the literary arts. Comics has the capacity to be as long or as short as the narrative demands. Comics is as much a literary art form as a visual art form. Lust's previous graphic memoir has gone on to earn a Revelation Award at the 2011 Angouleme Festival as well as a 2013 LA Times Book Prize. Ulli Lust's contributions to the comics medium are writ large with both of her graphic memoirs.
A happy time with Georg.
The core of the narrative to Lust's new book is the abusive relationship that Ulli enters into with Kim, a refugee from Nigeria. Throughout the relationship, there are signs that Kim is not emotionally equipped to handle the polyamorous arrangement that Ulli has in mind. During the course of this book, the reader joins Ulli on what steadily becomes a perilous journey. Ulli Lust writes and draws her way toward making sense of events while leaving plenty of room for readers to reach their own conclusions. In some ways, the book brings to mind some of the most notable emotionally-wrought films focusing on sex, like Last Tango in Paris, from 1972, which has held up remarkably well. Lust offers up to the reader numerous pages of unbridled sexual pleasure between her and Kim. Undoubtedly, Kim and Ulli are good together in bed. At one point, Ulli even states that she wishes she could just have the good parts of her affair with Kim.
A complicated relationship.
The love triangle that Ulli finds herself in begins with a May/December relationship she started up with Georg, an older man who offered a lively bohemian spirit and intelligent albeit world-weary conversation. It is Georg who, in hindsight, wrongheadedly suggests that Ulli take another lover if that should help keep their relationship fresh. Ulli is 22 and Georg is 40. Ulli takes Georg up on his offer and, in no time, she becomes involved with Kim, a young man she meets at a club. Georg and Ulli are white. Kim is black. Race does not seem to be an issue at first but it's not long before Kim repeatedly voices his unease with the racial dynamics at play as he sees them. He is convinced that he is only a racial treat for Ulli despite her denials. At many points along the way, Ulli has to make one choice after another, many of which only drag her further into the toxic relationship she has entered into with Kim. This is quite a compelling work that encourages the reader to perhaps have even more courage than the main character seems to have at times. It is definitely an absorbing work that will spark a great deal of discussion and lifts that discussion through the power of the comics medium's unique synthesis of word and image.
How I Tried to Be a Good Person is a 368-page trade paperback, published by Fantagraphics Books.
Editor's Note: If you happen to be in Seattle, go see Ulli Lust at the Hot Off the Press Book Fair on July 13th or at Goethe Pop Up Seattle on July 15h.
And, if you're in Portland, go see Ulli Lust at Floating World Comics on July 17th.
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March 23, 2015 · 10:50 am
Kickstarter: Janelle Asselin Fires Back With FRESH ROMANCE
Fresh Romance Issue 1 Cover by Kevin Wada
It was one year ago that comics professional Janelle Asselin was in the middle of a raging storm regarding the comics industry's ongoing problem with the distortion of women. Catch up and/or refresh your memory on that right here. So, to find Ms. Asselin undertaking a whole new way of addressing this issue is quite inspiring. Sometimes, you just gotta go out and show them all how it's done, right? Enter FRESH ROMANCE.
FRESH ROMANCE is a new generation's answer to romance comics. This is part of a new imprint, Rosy Press, brought to you by Janelle Asselin, Senior Editor of ComicsAlliance.com and former DC Comics editor. If funded through the now-live Kickstarter campaign, Asselin's new imprint Rosy Press will debut FRESH ROMANCE in May 2015. This Kickstarter campaign ends April 22. Visit it right here.
The first issue of this monthly digital comic magazine features sundry stories ranging from a clandestine, queer high school love affair to an impeccably researched and illustrated Regency-era romance. In addition to three forward-looking romances, each issue of FRESH ROMANCE delivers a relationship advice column by a quartet of divorced writers, behind-the-scenes art coverage, and a fashion report.
Full press release follows:
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Interview: Tim Hanley and 'Wonder Woman Unbound'
From "Wonder Woman Unbound"
Wonder Woman can lead the way out, above and beyond our current state. Wonder Woman commands respect. That respect can carry over to other female characters. It can carry over to respecting all human beings.
That respect is the key to Wonder Woman's success and popularity. You just don't mess with Wonder Woman. She is bigger and more powerful than any one person or corporation. With that in mind, it is my pleasure to share with you my interview with Tim Hanley, author of "Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine." You can read my recent review here. You can visit Tim Hanley's site here. And you can definitely pick up his comprehensive study of Wonder Woman right here.
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WE ARE COMICS
Fantagraphics Books shows support for We Are Comics
In the aftermath from a recent incident that rocked the comics industry, something good emerges. Welcome to We Are Comics.
Here are the details from Metafilter.com:
We are comics. When former DC Comics editor Janelle Asselin wrote a scathing critique of the art on the company's new "Teen Titans" book, the response she got was depressingly predictable: a deluge of insults, some anonymous rape threats and even one (less predictable) attempt to hack her bank accounts. But after much of the online comics community rallied around Asselin, a tumblr-based project to show off the true diversity of comics creators and fans took off.
We Are Comics is the brainchild of writers/fans/editors Rachel Edidin, Arturo R. Garcia, and Elle Collins.
An epilogue: In the wake of Asselin's abuse, Comic Book Resources – the Eisner-winning news site that hosted her original article – has locked its community forums and started over fresh, with a brand-new civility code.
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We keep making inroads to a better world. It takes effort. We Are Comics is on the right track. You are welcome to join them.
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Under the auspices of President of KSAU-HS his Excellency Dr. Bandar bin Abdulmohsen Al Knawy, Deanship of Student Affairs in has organized 2019's Health Professions Conference in Jeddah campus, which was also organized in Riyadh and Al Ahsa campuses. Health Professions Conference is one of the most important yearly conferences who care about scientific research and modern international experiences.
Moreover, the conference targeted students of health field, doctors, pharmacists and interns. The conference program included the scientific research exhibition in addition to more than 70 scientific lectures and workshops presented by the health colleges daily from 8 am to 5 pm at the university campus.
Furthermore, the conference launched several workshops aimed at raising students' awareness of various health practices and how to deal with them. In addition, the conference included a discussion session of the field of research, which was presented by a group of doctors and health practitioners.
Followed by exhibition accompanying the conference, which presents seven initiatives such as, Tatmnaha Initiative that supports cancer patients and enhances their psychological state by fulfilling their wishes, Triple E Initiative that includes a group of health professions. One of the initiatives was Saudi Medical Academy for Volunteering (SMAV) Initiative which cares about qualifying the volunteer from all aspects; science, skill, and value to provide services for Pilgrims in the Hajj and Umrah season.
Other initiatives were like Makkah the City of the Secured Heart Initiative that aims to aware society by presenting free volunteering workshops about the process of cardiopulmonary resuscitation authorized by Saudi Commission, Scientific Researches Initiative that is considered as the biggest research school in the Kingdom. Moreover, VR Initiative was presented in the exhibition, which was a booth that reflects the medical virtual reality by technology. Last Initiative was Blood Donation Bank Initiative.
The conference has received great interaction from visitors, students, doctors, and deans.


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Jan 13, 2023 | 27 min
More flooding in California with severe weather again in the South. Protesters at the capital in Brazil over the recent election. Farmers get movement on the right to repair. And a major government report with analysis by Naomi Blohm and Matthew Bennett.
Paul Yeager
Coming up on market to market. More flooding in California with severe weather again in the south. Protesters at the Capitol in Brazil over the recent election. Farmers get movement on the right to repair. And a major government report with analysis by Naomi Blohm and Matthew Bennett, next.
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This is the Friday, January 13th edition of Market to Market, the weekly Journal of Rural America.
Hello, I'm Paul Yeager. There were no shortage of headlines this week impacting rural America. John Deere and the American Farm Bureau Federation agreed to a memo of understanding to ensure farmers and ranchers have the right to repair their own equipment. Supporters of the former Brazilian president stormed several government buildings at the Capitol in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend, while severe weather again slammed the nation with heavy rains on the west that caused flooding and deadly tornadoes that hit the south.
And a government report released revealed inflation decreased a 10th of a percent from November the first drop since May of 2020. Another snapshot from Washington, D.C. is prompting us to pause our regular format and spend time with two of our market analysts. Naomi Bloom is the senior market adviser for Total Foreign Marketing, and Matthew Bennett is co-founder of Egg Market Dot Net.
We'll get to both of you in just a moment. However, we do need to give you the numbers that we will use as the backdrop for our discussion. A majority of bullish news drove the market higher following Thursday's release. For the week, the nearby wheat contract was even while the March corn contract added $0.21. The USDA report boosted the soy complex on lower production.
The March soybean contract improved $0.35, while March meal shed a dollar. 30 March cotton sold off. Three 3800 wait over in the dairy parlor February Class three milk futures gained $0.07. The livestock market was mixed as February cattle were up $0.95. March feeders cut to 77 and the February lean hog contract dropped a dollar 63. In the currency markets, the U.S. dollar index lost 171 ticks.
February crude oil rallied 608 or 8% per barrel. COMEX gold improved 4890 per ounce, and the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index finished up by more than 32 points at 605 50. Let's bring in Matt Bennett and Naomi Bloom back to the we'll bring you into the discussion. You're not really back and you never said anything. Now we'll get to you in a moment.
We have to start with Naomi. Let's talk wheat. A lot of movement post report now. Was it tied to the report or was that just a sympathetic move to what happened in corn and soybeans?
Naomi Blohm
I think it was a little bit more of a sympathetic move. What happened with corn and beans. The wheat did have some friendly notions to it from the report and some bearish notions to it. So on the friendly side, the quarterly stocks number came in a little bit less than they were expecting. And then just the regular month, the USDA report had lower than expected ending stocks as well.
So to me, that says that, you know, we still have historic tight supplies in this country. Every single category of wheat. And so that is something that we are aware of going forward, especially with the global situation still having overall tight supplies of wheat as well. What I loved about how wheat finished after the report was that we put on a bullish key reversal on that news that was, again, you know, friendly from the ending stocks perspective.
But the acre side had a little bit of a different story.
There was one theory that it was a buying opportunity missed before the report. Was it because of the acres that Naomi's leading you to talk about or. My question instead.
I, in my opinion, acres. The thing about wheat, you come into the January report and you typically it's not as big of a deal as corn and soybeans, you know, I mean, corn and beans is what we're really paying very close attention to. Of course, you want to look at what wheat acres look like. Well, with the kind of wheat prices we've had over the last year, it's not hard to believe that you would come in here with three and a half million plus wheat acres for total week total wheat over what you had a year ago.
And the thing is, I guess whenever you look at that, it's going to create quite a situation. Whenever we start talking to acreage moving forward, you know, for convenience. And so, you know, those I wouldn't say they're etched in stone. Obviously this wheat crop went into dormancy and not phenomenal shape. But the nice thing is we've seen a significant amount of moisture other than maybe Kansas.
Down in Texas, we've seen quite a bit of moisture here over the last couple three weeks. And we're healing up a little bit. I'm not so sure that this week crop might be fairly decent. I don't know where you'll see the abandonment we once thought we'd see.
In the wheat belt. Or do you think we'll see abandonment in other areas? I mean, California has erased the majority of their most severe drought. Not a lot of wheat a grown is growing there, though.
No, not much weeds growing there by any means. But the thing about it, when you talk to some of these folks looking at whether California snow in the Rockies, I mean, you're changing the environment a little bit from what we've seen the last 2 to 3 years, probably setting ourselves up for the potential at least that maybe we would see a little bit better weather pattern here in 23.
That's something that we can't ignore moving forward.
So, Naomi, I guess I'll ask I want to ask kind of the other question I asked to Matt, do you think we put the low in and we and we're higher forward?
I do think that this was the low. We don't have a reason to just take off and rally. But for Chicago wheat, $7 support is significant. And on the Kansas route in Minneapolis, we'd have strong support of $8 level to match point. We don't know how these acreages are going to come out of dormancy. And I'm thinking back to the administration's desire to have the double crop incentive program between the wheat and beans.
So maybe that's a little bit more of the extra acres that we found. But a lot can happen yet with weather. But I do feel that the low is in for now. Seasonally, wheat has a tendency to rally until March, so just make sure that you're making and taking advantage of those opportunities when the rallies come.
Now, what was the headline to you in The Corn Report?
Well, a couple of things. One thing that jumps out at me as I look at afterwards is that you lowered demand 185 million bushels and we had a lower carry. I mean, those two things typically I don't think anybody had that on their bingo card. I can tell you that. And so, yes, you drop acreage significantly, you know, and so you come down.
Yield goes up. I mean, so look at all these moving parts, things that you wouldn't think would necessarily go together, but yield goes up. We thought yield would come up. So because September and October, you went down on yield, you came up in November. And a lot of times when that's the case, you reverse course in November. You see a little bit of a further, you know, increase or reduction depending on what the trend was.
But my thing is, is that you actually kept carry out fairly consistent. But the main takeaway to me is that you're in a situation right now for where demand is lowered, and that's not necessarily a great thing moving for you have to pay attention to it. So I think it's more of a supportive thing as far as old crops are concerned, but new crop, we better pay close attention to what's going on moving forward.
The lower demand story has been frequent topic for a while that the numbers were going to have to reflect. There's just not as much interest in us corn.
Right. Right. So the so going forward I'm thinking that we will see exports actually stay a little bit lower because Brazil now is going to be a really big competition for us and helping to take over that Ukraine number. So I kind of I'm a little nervous that, you know, we're not going to stop corn exports, but I don't know that they need to go back up to where they were.
I think you'll see a growth in ethanol demand. I think you're going to see a de-growth in the feed demand over time. So we'll recover that. But right now, we're we're kind of stuck at a match point going forward on the new balance sheets that we're going to start to talk about in the spring, if that is lost demand and if we even plant the acres that we planted last year with trend line yield, with the demand that we just got yesterday, carry out growers to 2 billion bushels with wonderful weather we are still trading and a pennant flag formation on Chavez for corn market.
So what we did on this week after the report put on that bullish reversal, now we're back up to the high side of the pennant flag. If we can get some friendly news, the market's going to work higher towards $7 with the March contract and then that'll help some of the new crop because we'll have to see Acres, the competition for the acres continue going forward and I think you can get a little bit of a better new crop price, but we're just lacking an immediate bullish story at the moment.
But the report at least helped us to not fall apart.
I think, Naomi, I shouldn't read the question ahead of time because she's going to we're going to read the question now that came in. Let's do Husker and Nebraska. And this is the question that I think many of you have had is why price or sell anything new crop in 23 related until harvest it's worked in 2020 122.
My neighbor with no plan has sold a great price as Matt. Plus we have new soybean crush plants coming online and that will affect domestic demand. Is Husker right?
That's a wonderful question. It's something that we all struggle with, quite frankly, is, as you know, what I've done over the last couple, three years, you know, has it worked? So I'm going to do what someone else said worked for them. First of all, I hope his neighbor is being honest with him, because lots of times what they are this, they're not they're not honest.
But here's what they tell you. Why why would I want to do something ahead of time like lock in? A worst case scenario is the way that I put it. And here's why. What if you plant 91 million acres? Paul? You know, and what if you hold demand constant from one marketing year to the next? Then her trend line yield gives you a two, two or two, three.
And if you sit here with a I don't think that we can't raise a 180 plus crop this year if the environment calls for it. The genetics are there. We have the ability to do so. People didn't cut corners with the money in their pocket that they had this year. They needed the write off. They paid for the fertilizer.
And so the bottom line is we're set up to have a really good year, especially if Mother Nature cooperates. So why would I do something a little different this year? There's nothing that says that you can't lock in the worst case scenario and participate to the upside. That's what a lot of these strategies and tools are that we tried to put together.
You almost said a men there, I think preach brother.
No, I said where I wanted to build on what he said because now you lost my train of thought, Paul.
Sorry, I got you.
No, it's okay. It's okay. I think my point was just more that going forward we have, you know, just these potential for bigger acres. We have the potential for a fantastic yield. And so the underlying question I think of that is what are the odds of $8 corn again? And so what's different this year is that the dollar is higher than it was a year ago.
What's different this year is that so far the Brazil while there is good and that's different than last year the war element is gone. We have higher interest rates. So all of those extra little friendly things that were there last year, they're not there right now. So that's another reason why. Right. What worked last year isn't necessarily going to work this coming.
Year and I'll continue or is going to keep building here. Okay. But the thing is that you've lost demand. Oh, okay. So what what did high prices do you. We want seven, $8 corn. Right. I always tell people, be careful what you wish for because a lot of us would maybe do a little bit better with five, five, 50, even four, 50 at times with input costs where they were at the time then to raise up to $7.
Because we all know that the fertilizer prices this last fall for most of us were significantly higher than what they are today. Okay. So the bottom line is we've lost some demand because high price of corn did what it was supposed to do. And so moving forward, you can't expect that demand to just magically return. It's not going to happen overnight.
And so I've got to be really cautious. You look at the last three times these last three rally, so oh eight, 12 and 22, look at what happened in 2009. Look at what happened in 2013. Ask yourself if the same type of pattern happens that you saw. Those two years happens in 23, what are you going to do?
I mean, you at least have a have a plan for it.
So we joke about I shouldn't joke. Last week on the show, Marc Gold said, I think we're headed lower. I don't see a reason that we go much higher than we are sell now don't store anything given the the 89 points that you have talked about in the last year that you've been on the show of these things all align and a lot of them align.
You're already you've already ticked off, I think for you've pulled them back off the list. So was this rally in the last two days a sugar high that we're going to fall off of.
But pay attention to the seasonals and we still have the South American weather to continue to get through and we still have to make sure that these acres get in the ground. So the reality is if the seasonals can continue to work, as they've been working quite well. So soy acres, soy prices and corn prices have a tendency to peak.
Right. At that February USDA report last year, they hit all of their upside technical objectives right into that report. And the only reason that we rallied after that was because of the war. So normally you'll see firmer prices in February and then that's it. Because when we start talking USDA outlook for Forum Happy Acres from here to the Moon and record yield and then prices have a tendency to pull back.
So use the rallies and be more aggressive with the sales.
Matt, what's your headline off of the soybean section of the report?
I mean, ultimately, okay, yield comes down, acreage comes down. You lost a little bit on exports, but the carry out went from 222 to 10. Okay. So us it wasn't that big of a deal. But I tell you what, whenever you lower Argentina down to 45 and a half, it gets lowered down. And then you take a look at the world balance sheet.
You're still building stocks year on year. And so you got to ask yourself, we the rally's been profound right over the last few weeks. It was a soybean meal led rally based on the fact Argentina was dry. But if you look at South American production as a whole, it's going to be up very likely that it's going to be up as a whole.
And so if I'm holding on to beans or if I'm trying to figure out what to do with the new crop beans, I've got to understand that typically whenever we're building world stocks, we're not necessarily going to see a big rally from there. And so I think the reports biggest news is that world stocks are growing at a time when the headlines have been all about an Argentine drought.
Do you buy that stocks is more of a driver right now.
It's keeping us supported. Overall, I feel that the market, you know, we're in this really lovely uptrend and channel for the soybean prices. I feel that we're going to be able to go back and test the summer highs. We're actually only like 30 or $0.40 from that. When you look at what the March contract had for summer highs and that's going to be your point to be making the sales.
Circling back to that soy meal or the soy processing question, I look back at USDA reports all the way back to May, and the USDA has not put in New demand for these upcoming crush plants. And granted, they're going to take 2 to 3 years to come on board. But if you do the math, slow math, conservative math, it should increase demand for the crush by 200 million bushels a year.
That's just between now and then if everything comes online. So be 200 million this upcoming year, another 200 million after that, another 200 million after that if they all come on line. So then we will need to see additional acres. But I feel that we are going to keep our export numbers on the more conservative side because of what Brazil has the ability to do.
So we'll see increased demand for crush. But I think that our export numbers are going to stay a little bit more modest, 2 billion bushel mark. But the USDA has not accounted for the increased of crush demand yet. And so that's what I want to wait when they get to their USDA outlook form in February, I want to see them talk about that.
I want to see how they're going to account for that. And I want to see then because the soybean market will need more acres because of that.
Right. And that's been talked about. But I guess, is that one of those you it's not a pie in the sky thing. You got to do a whole lot of work to get a plan on line. So if we know that the plant is under construction, we should figure that those things are coming. So I guess, Matt, you get to answer this question that is a little bit of a tie out of what Naomi was kind of around.
And I probably should have asked this in corn, but it still applies. And beans can't. This is from Steve in South Dakota. Can U.S. producers handle pre-COVID pre Ukrainian war grain price levels, or did we just run up our tab with wishful thinking, assuming these high prices are here to stay? And the reason I ask that, are these soybean prices here to stay?
You get the sugar question now, are we just slipping up for something lower? Okay.
So as of the calendar turn, July beans were the highest that they'd ever been as of June one. By buck 51 a bushel. Okay. And so at that point, you know, and to go back to what you were saying about Mark, a lot of what Mark said last week made a whole lot of sense. He didn't know what the report was going to say.
But the bottom line is, how bullish do you want to be at $15 beans? So you got to ask yourself, okay, what am I willing to risk here? Because a lot of times that extra 20, 30, $0.40 can cost us two bucks because it's so hard when the market turns to get ourselves away from the idea that, oh, it's going to go back and visit highs.
And so soybean prices here to stay at these levels. I think right now we've got some support, no question. But if you would, turn off wetter in areas of Brazil that are that are dry, we've got a few, but mostly southern Brazil and Argentina. I would not want to be in a situation where I had a ton of risk to the downside because as a producer, I feel like you could be sitting around a couple, three months from now saying why and what was wrong with $15 means what was wrong with $7 corn.
And so I don't think they're here to stay for perpetuity by any stretch of the imagination. And I would much rather quantify my situation if I really want to see the upside, put a floor under the thing, let the upside run if he gets an opportunity. But don't just sit here and do nothing just because you think that whatever someone told you, they think beans are going to 16 bucks.
Or your neighbor had success doing something.
Else. Yeah I agree. Store and ignore. I just really still strongly feel is not the theme for this year and take advantage of the rallies and assume that the weather is going to improve. I mean, we're already seeing that weather patterns different. The the weather pattern for South America. There are thinking that it's going to be improving starting in February.
The question is, is it going to be anything helpful to that Argentina crop or not? And so I just if it was mine, I would absolutely any rally we see into the February winter rally, I would be making all crop sales in new crop sales without question.
Okay. Matt, we talked a little bit about some acreage. We have a bit better acreage reports coming on in the sense of cotton. We've been rangebound here. There's been a couple of breakouts and then this week hit and we are wondering, are we buying acres at this point?
I don't think so. I mean, we've got some work to do if we're going to buy acres at anything in the eighties. To me, is is it's tough to get somewhat, especially after triple digit cotton this past year. So I'm not so sure you're buying any acres there. I think it's going to be tough. And so, you know, you've got 50 well, $14 level beans, you know, for November, obviously.
And in some areas of the delta, that's what you're going to substitute. You know, corn prices obviously in, for instance, Texas and parts of Kansas basis has just been incredible. I still think those folks are going to go towards corn. You mean you can sit here and talk about $6 days corn all day long. But when someone had $2 over a buck 90 over this past fall, do the math, that's eight bucks.
And so, you know, I think Cotton's probably got some work to do to buy Acres.
Yeah. You know, prior to the report for Cotton, I really thought that Cotton needed to buy 2 million more acres because the earnings stocks were so tight. But with the way that the USDA increased the ending stocks for cotton on this report and now I think cotton only would maybe need to buy 1 million more acres than last year in order to get the earnings stocks to just be at a comfortable level.
I disagree with the USDA that they think U.S. consumption, global consumption is going to be down because China is opening up again. And people here in this country still have jobs. They might not buy as much as they were, but I'm going to be shopping. And so and I think a lot of people in this country still are going to be shopping.
So I feel that the demand is going to be there a little bit more than what they think it's going to be. Again, especially with China opening.
We're still buying beef, too.
Oh, yeah, we're buying beef.
I mean, absolutely cash business, though, a little slower this week in the live cattle market, but consumers still appears to be buying beef.
Yep, domestic demand continues to be strong. Our export market, fantastic weekly export, the sales this week, 14,000 tons, I think is what I saw, which was the best I'd been in a couple of months. So the demand is there. We're getting up to some higher prices, low demand's there.
And also supply is is not there like it was before. And so, you know, highest cow slaughter you'd had since 1984 in the in the year of 2022. I mean, that's kind of a big deal. I mean, you look at this cattle herd inventory is just not what it was a year ago. And this is at a time when people still feel like they can pay for, you know, beef.
We know consumer sentiment maybe as a has got a little bit of a shine off of it, you know, with interest rates. We understand that. But at the same time, it sure seems to me people want to eat beef still, demand's been strong and whenever supplies where it is. I've told you, Paul, in the last few times that I'm fairly friendly to fed cattle and I think of the equities market holds intact.
Yes, prices are already fairly high, but I think in the third and fourth quarter in the futures markets. So it could happen before I still look for, you know, maybe even on the board of 175 type price for fats. I think it's possible.
Yeah. And there's a January 31st cattle report coming up with the big cattle inventory numbers. So that'll be really important to watch in terms of what are we actually doing to potentially have replacements down the road. So that'll tell.
Us which gets us to live cattle or to feeders here a little bit. Naomi, is. So you're saying that's a factor? Not as much of a factor tied to the grain price, the feed price right now?
Well, it's all of a moving component. So feeder cattle fell below support today. 184 had been support and that went below there. I think part of it was more of a technical move. Plus the fact that corn did not fall apart made the cattle feeder cattle market just have a pullback. It still is on an uptrend. On the big picture.
It just broke that short term upward channel line. But I feel that there's no feeders out there. So there's still is it's a friendly marketplace.
Are there hogs out there and are they they're cheaper right now.
They're cheaper right now. But a lot of this has to do with, okay, is China going to reopen? Is demand going to be as strong as we once thought that it would be? And I happen to think that it will, but they've been pretty darn cheap. I'm still friendly protein overall. I feel like maybe they've gone down enough for now.
But still the triple digit hogs that you see on further out. I have a hard time getting your front months anywhere near that. So the market where it's at, I don't have a big issue there.
Any issue on.
Hogs is down near the October lows. So near the 77 level. I feel like we're going to see recovery bounce to about 84, 85. If you were looking to do a spec trade this upcoming week, I'd be jumping into hogs for just a short term correction higher, but we don't have any friendly news. That's just the reality right now.
Our exports sales continue to be slow, so we've got to get some friendly do somehow, somewhere, you.
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Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900) and Grand Duchess Marie (1853-1920)
Location: Bordertown, Australia
The story of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh fathering a daughter has never been verified and is thought to be false.
MarleneKoenig
Location: Alexandria, VA, United States
The story is totally false, and concocted by Irene's son Frank Fitzgerald Bush. I wrote about in my book, Queen Victoria's Descendants and more recently in an article on young Affie for European History Journal.
Utter and absolute nonsense.
Originally Posted by blueblood1
Hello; Yes I am a newbie and fiddling my way around here.
Does anyone have any Information on the daughter of Prince Alfred and Mabel FitzGerald, born at Carton House, 24, February 1899 or 1900?
Her name was Irene and born at Carton House in Maynooth(?).
I have read that Kind Edward entitled her the title of Lady, Irene Isabel Victoria Elizabeth Saxe Coburg Gotha. (I may not have all her names in the proper order.)
From what I have found she was sent to the U.S. (circa 1912) by her Mother (Mabel FitzGerlad) to Mabels American family and then married a commoner (Sept. 1914) in Upstate New York. Any information would be of much interest. Thank you.
Blueblood1
Not thought to be false .. but False ... a total fabrication.
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Alfred only had 6 children, and they were all with his wife.
1. Hereditary Prince Alfred (15 October 1874 - 6 February 1899)
2. Princess Marie (29 October 1875 - 18 July 1938) married, 10 January 1893, King Ferdinand I of Romania (1865–1927); had issue.
3. Princess Victoria Melita (25 November 1876 - 2 March 1936) married (1), 19 April 1894, Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine; had issue; divorced 21 December 1901
(2) 8 October 1905, the Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia; had issue.
4. Princess Alexandra (1 September 1878 - 16 April 1942) married, 20 April 1896, Prince Ernst of Hohenloe-Langenburg; had issue.
5. Stillborn son 13 October 1879
6. Princess Beatrice (20 April 1884 - 13 July 1966) married, 15 July 1909, Don Alfonso, Infante of Spain, 3rd Duke of Galliera; had issue.
Russophile
Location: Portland, United States
They should have let Baby Bee marry GDuke Michael. But! If wishes were horses, beggers would ride. . .
Vasillisos Markos
Location: Crete, United States
Marie's perceived snub by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family developed into a dislike of all things English. After Alfred was posted to Malta, does anyone have any information about how the Royal couple felt about that Mediterranean island and how they were treated by the Maltese?
Queen Marie of Roumania's book says that she and the other children had a lovely time. Not so sure about what the parents thought. Don't forget, Marie (the mother) was a Grand Duchess and very senior in Russia but lower down on the totem pole in England and that rankled her quite badly. (This from Queen Marie of Roumania's Memoirs.)
"Not MGM, not the press, not anyone can tell me what to do."--Ava Gardner
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Location: , United States
Most definitely. She was the only surviving daughter, so was her father's favorite child and spoiled rotten.
Real princesses always wear sleeves so why do we all go for strapless?
tyler123
Location: Atlanta, United States
Lad Irene & Prince Alfred
In response to Marlene Koenigs reply to a post about Lady Irene FitzGerald and Prince Alfred.
My Grandmother was Lady, Irene FitzGerald-Bush. To say that this was concocted by her son Frank.S. FitzGerald-Bush is a bit brash. I lived with my Grandmother at the Family Estate Crom House in Miami, Florida. In the 50's & 60's when I was a teenager, and in the 70's as a young adult Lord Louis Mountbatten had visited us many times, visiting his Cousin Lady Irene. I write this as my Uncle Frank passed away in 1999 and cannot defend himself against the postings here and elsewhere.
In 1980-81 Lady Iris Mountbatten from Toronto, Canada and her son Robin Alexander Bryan also lived with us in Miami.
I remember as a child reading letters from Princess Louise to my Grandmother, Lady Irene. My Grandmother also had received many items from members of the Royal Family, in particular two dolls (as being replicas of the Queen) from Queen Victoria, being more than 120 years of age now they do show the age even though we have attempted to maintain their condition as much as possible. The letters from Princess Louise were damaged in Hurricane Andrew-1992 when Crom House suffered severe Hurricane damage.
In the mid 70's I lived in Ireland where I attended Trinity College, staying for a period of time with the Guinness family as Desmond has been a family friend, especially to Uncle Frank for more than sixty years. While I was in Ireland I had the honour of the company many times with Lord Louis "Dickie" Mountbatten. I returned to America just a month before Dickie was murdered on his boat. I also visited Carton House in Maynooth where my Grandmother was born. And, I was not treated as a tourist.
The Irish treated me with the utmost respect as they were aware of the Mabel FitzGerald and Prince Alfred issue.
There have been quite a number of Royals who attempted to marry outside the [Royal Marriage Acts of 1772] as did Prince Alfred and Mabel. Their (Alfred & Mabel) marriage was annulled. This does not mean that there was not a child brought into this life through their relationship.
Bee Jordan( a friend of Mr. Bush) & John Van der Kiste communicated with "Uncle Frank" while they were writing "Dearest Affie" in 1984 {page 165 notes the marriage of Alfred and Mabel and it being annulled} They also mentioned Frank S. FitzGerald-Bush in their page of Acknowledgments for the people who helped them in gathering information for the book.
As most of us know marriages outside of the Royal Marriage Acts are frowned upon by the Royals and dismantled.
Mabel FitzGerald had relatives in America and sent her daughter to live with them as during WWI her safety may have been compromised as being of the Saxe Coburg-Gotha name and its German heritage. {As King George changed the Battenburgs to Mountbatten}.
At my Grandmothers funeral Queen Elizabeth sent a four foot Wreath of Roses and a note of sympathy on Buckingham Palace Stationary, as well as flowers and sympathy note from King Juan Carlos of Spain.
It seems to me, and any prudent person that the Queen would most likely not be concerned of the passing of "a nobody". The Queen also sent her sympathies on the Palace Letterhead when she was notified of the passing of Lady Irenes' eldest son Mr. FitzGerald-Bush in 1999.
We are also aware that the Royals try to avoid any scandals. Lady Irene was real, and not Concocted... dig deep and you will find the truth. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Originally Posted by MarleneKoenig
If it is a total fabrication. Can you show the proof of fabrication?
With all do respect where is your documentation of the fabrication? What did you write in your book that you state. The statement is a bit obscure....did you speak to Mr. Bush about his fabrication?
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I believe the Duchess's dislike for all things English extended to George V, who was in love with Marie of Edinburgh. Though Marie didn't fancy George, they did remain close cousins and good friends. I think George V would have bored Marie in later in life.
Just imagine how different history would have been in Marie was Queen Consort instead of Mary. Let's see...troublesome sons...which would you perfer...King Carol of Romania or Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. I am going to go with Edward VIII because you had George VI who understood the word duty.
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Wow Tyler 123 what an absolutely fascinating account! Thank you very much indeed for taking the time to share your family memories with us! Nevertheless how did your grandmother come to use the style of Lady Irene? Such a title can only be carried by the legitimate daughter of a Duke, Marquess or Earl! Furthermore your grandfather was not a Peer, Knight or the son of a Duke or Marquess was he?
I do not know if you are aware....but Marlene is one of the foremost authors and experts on Queen Victoria's descendants. Her knowledge is encyclopaedic. I think that Marlene feels it is her duty to question all claims of descent from Queen Victoria....to be honest I have long admired Marlene as she has fearlessly 'outed' several claimants and pretenders over the years and is generally regarded with deep respect by many! Sometimes I feel like I am one of her acolytes....but to be honest......Marlene's methods are those of a qualified Historian who seeks factual evidence and primary sources in all instances such as this one involving a child born out of a liaison between Young Affie and Mabel Fitzgerald!
I know that Marlene hardly needs me to stick my oar in on her behalf....but I just felt impelled to add my opinion! Here is a link to an article that may have been authored by 'our' Marlene!
RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Descendants of Queen Victoria
Source 6 explains the story of Affie and Mabel's weddings etc!
'I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.'
The Duchess might not have liked George but his cousin Marie, although she got along with her mother the Duchess, probably would never have married him regardless of her mother's feelings, but Marie was very fond of George V and they remained good friends through the years.
And from what I've read, Marie, or Missy as she was known to the family, believed, like Queen Mary, that royal duty trumped personal desire. Queen Marie was very upset with her son's attitude towards throne and country and Carol ended up treating Marie badly in her dying days and was horrible towards his sisters.
Connie, if I may call you Connie, you spelled encyclopedic wrong.
All I say here is of the utmost respect, as much as it can be... [just defending people who Marlene is saying are telling falsehoods.]
Well, I must assume that Marlene is the {god of all Royal History.} There are many Authors, American & European who write about the Royal Families of Europe. Since there are many Authors on this subject, I have not become aware of an official rating as to which one is "PERFECT" and Number "1".
Is she in the service of the British Royal Family? Are her books Authorized by the Royal Family? {She is an American it seems}.
As I said previously the deceased" cannot speak for themselves".
Lord Louis Mountbatten was my friend and confident for more than 25 years, since I was child, and, my relative. There was not a reason for him to manufacture to me his {and my} family history. And his Cousin Lady Iris either.
According to Marlene he, {Lord Mountbatten} must have been full of it...as well as Bee Jordan and Mr. John Van der Kiste, also personally known to me, King Juan Carlos of Spain, and Desmond Guinness (who I do not want to bring him into this trife) a family friend for more than 60 years.
As I have only told the facts of my life as told to me by members of the Royal Families and their close confidents.
I am aware Marlene does not think much of the Mountbattens from other sources on this world wide web and persons I know.
The Queen acknowledged Lady Irene, this I know, I informed her of the passing of Lady Irene by telephone. I would properly think she would know more of her family than a host of Authors. Yes, I will admit you may not have found the papers that are said to not exist, but if look in the proper places they are there.
And, we all know the Royal family has always kept their misgivings under wrap, so to speak. If Lord Mountbatten were alive today this cloud of mystery could be cleared away and the truth would shine.
And, I have researched Marlene, Authors have opinoins which sometimes are misguided. I have found she has made quite a few persons place her number one on their list (not the good list).
The following is an excerpt from a letter that will be placed as well as the family line dating back to Royalty of the 16 Century on the web site www.thebooklord.com.
...In the case of Mabel FitzGerald, one must accept that her marriage to Prince Alfred was a valid one, since it was never in court ruled otherwise. The titles granted her by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, and the peerage granted to her by Queen Victoria, bestow legitimacy on both the marriage and it's issue. That Prince Alfred's widow refused to employ either the German titles or the British peerage given to her, preferring instead to style herself Countess of Ulster, while admirable in itself, is perhaps the cause of the uncertainty which subsequently arose as to her status and that of her child by Prince Alfred......As to the status of Prince Alfred's daughter and her proper style, she became, by letters patent issued by H.M. King Edward VII, in 1905, a Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, though she appears to never to have employed this style. The only published document in this matter remains that of H.M. King George V, the Royal Warrant granting to Prince Alfred's daughter "the style of Lady Irene FitzGerald, with precedence before the marchionesses of England."... Your Majesty could solve the problems of this lady's ambivalent status (which is ambivalent only in the public eye) by proclaiming her proper style to be
H.R. Princess Irene, Marchioness of Celbridge and Athy....That ill-natured gossip and unfortunate comments in the press have been encountered in this mater, as Your Majesty has suggested, fully within Your Majesty's power to set right, though I am reminded that the unfortunate results of such false reports are perhaps impossible to correct. "False statements like feathers, once scattered are not easily collected.".....
My Uncle Frank S. FizGerlad-Bush ( he acquired the surname FitzGerald as required by the FitzGerlad family as Irene's first son was to attached it to his surname) was a well respected Author, Historian,Lecturer, Teacher, a man of integrity who would not shame himself with an untruth no matter the harm to himself. This I Know to be fact As well as long time family friends.
I, being well respected in the Entertainment Industry(must retain my integrity) and being raised by my Royal Grandmother (no matter the issues raised here) was instilled as never to speak a falsehood, the "Truth is the proper means of Life."
I do apologize for being longwinded, but, these words I feel must defend, the Memory of Lord Mountbatten, Frank S. FitzGerald-Bush, Irene Victoria Alexandra Louise Isabel FitzGerlad.
By the way Mabel FitzGeralds' Father was Lord Charles FitzGerald, so there is a Royal title there...I gladly would like any & all comments you may have.
Thank You For Taking The Time To Read This Post.
I found this article dated 1987 talking about the Descendants of Queen Victoria. I did not write the article, but the mistakes that were made shows the author was very careless with her research. Sorry but page 2 would not scan but it basically says she can't follow simple genealogical practice of listing first all sons and then all daughters and that the book was overpriced and her claims to perfection are wholly without foundation. Again these are not my words they were found in your book along with a letter written to my Uncle from you. I will post that tomorrow because it is late.
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I posted encyclopaedic as it is as acceptable as encyclopedic according to the Oxford Dictionary! It is amazing that yet again the Fitzgerald dynasty is being drawn into another 'cloak and dagger' disinherited, identity changing/swapping intrigue! It was bad enough with the Duke consigned to a mental hospital/brothers fleeing to America to escape inheriting titles and so on! I don't mean to be rude....but unless you can provide hard evidence tyler123....one has to be a little skeptical!
The title of Lord Charles Fitzgerald does not denote a 'Royal' title as you claim....it denotes a gentleman of noble parentage....not Royal parentage! You say that Mabel's father was Lord Charles Fitzgerald by which I assume you are implying that this Lord Charles Fitzgerald was in fact the same man bearing that name Lord Charles Fitzgerald (1859 - 1928) a son of the 4th Duke and Duchess of Leinster! If this is indeed you claim I must point out that this real Lord Charles Fitzgerald did indeed have a daughter called Mabel but it is recorded that she was born in 1891! Thus she can not be the mother of Irene Fitzgerald Bush can she?
Perhaps I have discovered a real but wrong Lord Charles Fitzgerald who by some amazing coincidence also had a daughter called Mabel! I do wander which Lord Charles Fitzgerald you are referring too....I did scuttle off and checked my copy of G.E Cockayne's Compete Peerage too and could not find another Lord Charles Fitzgerald....could you enlighten us please?
To be honest with you tyler123 I am at a complete loss as to what you are trying to say with regards to your grandmother's status. With regards to marriage to Queen's Victoria's grandson Affie, the Queen would have had to grant her formal consent to marriage, which would have been passed in written form through a meeting of the Privy Council and would thus be published! If however Queen Victoria declined, Affie could have married and this marriage would have been null and void. However, Affie could have waited until his twenty fifth birthday and then declared his intentions to the Privy Council and after a year married. Therefore either way....Affie could not have contracted a marriage which permitted his wife or daughter to carry his British titles.....as for his German titles......the stringent rules of morganatic marriage would have prevented Mabel or a child from rights to carry any titles other than those granted to them by the reigning Grand duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha or some other German Sovereign.
As has been pointed out all styles, precedence and peerages are published in a gazette regularly in Britain. It appears that there are no records of an Irene being granted the style of Princess in 1905 nor in 1917 of an Irene Fitzgerald being given the style and precedence of a Lady with precedence before Marchionesses! Where are the gazetted declarations of these grants, why were they not published? I do hope that the Mods here will allow this fascinating conversation to continue.....maybe it should be moved to it's own special claimants thread!!!! I am finding it all rather enthralling!
Do you have access to the gazette you speak of? Second your friend of perfection Marlene had written my Uncle in 1982 asking for information, and admitted in the letter that she was aware that Mable Fitzgerald was the mother of Lady Irene, and was born at Carton House in Ireland. My Uncle was a real genealogist and historian and was doing research before your friend even knew how to write. We will post the letter tomorrow. I have probably 30 boxes of papers to go through and what I have found so far is, proving to me that what my family said to me was true. Did you read the attachment above? About all the mistakes that were made in the book, Queen Victoria's Descendants. You should read it. Good talking to you have a good night, or good day I get confused with the time difference.
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Originally Posted by Vasillisos Markos
Just a nit picky point here, you might want to clarify your Marie's. There was Grand Duchess Marie/Marie of Edinburgh, Empress Marie/Dagmar, Marie Nicholievna, Marie Pavlos, Marie Vladmiorovitch, Marie of Roumania. . .yeah. There were a lot of Marie's. . .
Sorry for the confusion, Russophile.
Duchess refers to Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh and the mother of Queen Marie of Rumania.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh's daughter, Marie, was known as Missy to the family and grew up to become Queen of Rumania. Inasmuch as the Duchess of Edinburgh never was a crowned head of state, Queen Marie refers to the Duchess' eldest daughter. Again, sorry about the confusion.
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Thank you Warren.
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module SmartyStreets
  module USStreet
    # See "https://smartystreets.com/docs/cloud/us-street-api#analysis"
    class Analysis
      attr_reader :lacs_link_code, :active, :footnotes, :lacs_link_indicator, :dpv_match_code, :is_suite_link_match,
                  :is_ews_match, :dpv_footnotes, :cmra, :vacant, :no_stat, :enhanced_match

      def initialize(obj)
        @dpv_match_code = obj['dpv_match_code']
        @dpv_footnotes = obj['dpv_footnotes']
        @cmra = obj['dpv_cmra']
        @vacant = obj['dpv_vacant']
        @no_stat = obj['dpv_no_stat']
        @active = obj['active']
        @is_ews_match = obj['ews_match']
        @footnotes = obj['footnotes']
        @lacs_link_code = obj['lacslink_code']
        @lacs_link_indicator = obj['lacslink_indicator']
        @is_suite_link_match = obj['suitelink_match']
        @enhanced_match = obj['enhanced_match']
      end
    end
  end
end

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No-deal Brexit 'most likely' outcome now says France ahead of Boris Johnson visit
Alain Tolhurst
A no-deal Brexit is now the "most likely" outcome according to France ahead of Boris Johnson's visit to try and re-open negotiations with the EU.
Boris Johnson is travelling to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron on Thursday
The Prime Minister is in Germany for talks with Angela Merkel where he is expected to repeat his plea for the Irish backstop to be scrapped.
But Brussels has already rebuffed his calls to re-open the Withdrawal Agreement, and he is not expected to secure improvements to the existing deal from his dinner in Berlin.
Public believe Boris Johnson's claim Brexit will happen by October 31 'do or die', poll shows
Boris Johnson heads to Berlin for crucial meeting with Angela Merkel amid demand to scrap backstop
EU rejects Boris Johnson's 'not realistic' call to axe backstop from Brexit deal
He heads to Paris on Thursday for talks with Emmanuel Macron, but the French government is making it clear they will not be willing to ditch their red lines.
An official from the Elysee said "the central scenario now, as chancellor Angela Merkel has said, is no-deal" and "the unity of the two countries will be total".
They added: "If the UK considers that having a backstop is absolutely excluded, that is its right, but in that case it limits the possibility of reaching an agreement."
And they made it clear France will now be stepping up preparations for such a scenario, in a further sign no breakthrough in the negotiations is likely ahead of October 31.
The official also dismissed suggestions a no-deal exit for the UK would absolve it of financial responsibilities, saying: "The idea of saying 'there's not a deal, so I won't pay' does not work.
"We cannot imagine that a country like the UK would back out of an international commitment."