Sep 27, 2022
DC vs. Vampires #9 - "A Stillness and a Storm" (2022)
written by James Tynion IV & Matthew Rosenberg art by Otto Schmidt
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DC vs. Vampires #9 - "A Stillness and a Storm" (2022)
written by James Tynion IV & Matthew Rosenberg art by Otto Schmidt
Hey there, Carter. You’re a hard birdman to find.
DC vs. Vampires (2021) #9
A Mighty-billed Bewick Feathursday
This week we return to the wood engravings of Thomas Bewick from volume 2, “History and Description of Water Birds,” of Bewick’s famous 2-volume set, A History of British Birds. Our copy is the 1826 edition (the 1st edition was published in 1797, with the volume on water birds appearing in 1804) printed in Newcastle, England, by Edward Walker. This time we select birds with impressive proboscises. They are from top to bottom:
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus). Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta). Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata). Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago). Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa). Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica).
As much as he could, Bewick would make his renderings from living specimens, however, in many cases he often had to resort to skins and preserved specimens. For example, in his depiction of the Glossy Ibis, which was rare in Britain during his time and remains so today, Bewick states:
The stuffed specimen from which our figure is taken, was obligingly lent to this work by P. J. Selby, Esq. of Twizel House; it was a male bird, shot on the banks of the Coquet, near Rothbury, in the autumn of 1820. . . .
View other wood engravings by Thomas Bewick.
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“The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe.”
-Edward Walker
I personally think that was one of the best quotes in movie history.
When Lucius took Ivy’s hand, he moves for her. Just as the world moves for love.
GRYFFINDOR: "Yes, I have risked. I hope I am always able to risk everything for the just and right cause." --M. Night Shyamalan (Edward Walker: The Village)
One of my all-time favorite quotes from one of my all-time favorite movies...
Tag yourself, I’m Lucius
DC vs. Vampires #9 - "A Stillness and a Storm" (2022)
written by James Tynion IV & Matthew Rosenberg art by Otto Schmidt