World Enough and Time

30 Days of Marvel: Day 30: Something you would like Marvel to do (movie, comic, cartoon, adaption, apparel, etc.)

1. A new Gambit comic. By a writer and artist I respect, which might be good. And yes, they’re doing it. They’re doing it! I live in hope that it will be good, and that they will get him right, and that I’ll enjoy it.

2. Another movie with Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

3. A Black Widow/S.H.I.E.L.D. movie.

4. A new Young Avengers title. Or just give Wiccan and Hulkling their own comic.

5. A new Hawkeye comic. Yes, I know, they’re doing one. I’m thinking of Kate Bishop, not Clint Barton. (Not that I have any complaints about the new Hawkeye comic - I just think there’s room enough for two Hawkeye comics in the Marvel universe!)

6. Bring back Pete Wisdom. Ideally, I’d like to see him reunited with Kitty Pryde, and written by someone clever and witty. Or, conversely, Pete Wisdom working with S.H.I.E.L.D.

7. Return and redemption of Mystique, Daken, and Forge.

8. Restitution of the Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson marriage.

9. The return of Nightcrawler.

10. A movie with Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Nick Fury.

11. A new Nick Fury comic that isn’t a Max comic, or set in the past.

12. More diversity at Marvel: more female heroes, more gay and bi characters (especially women, which are lacking), more handicapped heroes, more non-American heroes, more heroes of different ethnicities. More women writing their stories. More women editing and drawing their stories.

30 Days of Marvel: Day 27: Where do you buy your comics?

At the Silver Snail in Ottawa, near the corner of Bank and Lewis, where I have a subscription to the good stuff.

391 Bank St
Ottawa, ON K2P 1Y3

(613) 232-2609

Best comic shop in town, and the manager, Kin Jee, is terrific.

Day 24: Best twist

Best unexpected story development? Hmm...



Spider-Man reveals his identity to the world in Civil War #2 by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. June 2006.

30 Days of Marvel: Day 22: Favorite fanart picture

My favourite fan art picture of all time is a portrait of Gambit by Pim, but for the sake of this exercise and my current whim, I'll say it's Kid Loki by ~sikuriina on deviantart.

30 Days of Marvel: Day 20: Best cartoon version of any comic

Okay: right up front. I do not like cartoons. Some cartoons are vaguely watchable, most are not. When I do watch a cartoon, it's almost certainly out of curiosity, not pleasure. I hate the exaggerated voices, the thin stories, and, often as not, the simplified art.

X-Men: The Animated Series was rather good. I particularly liked the voice of Chris Potter for Gambit. (I have my priorities.)

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes isn't bad... I didn't run screaming. It would probably be going too far to say I liked it, but it was fun to see my familiar heroes being revised and revisited. I liked the voice of Eric Loomis as Iron Man.

My favourite? Without doubt, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series - not so new now, as it aired in 2003. I never saw it on TV, but I liked the look of the art and bought the DVD.



Neil Patrick Harris was the voice of Peter Parker, and he was good.

I liked it enough to buy the DVD, but that was a few years ago, and I haven't liked it enough to actually watch it yet.

30 Days of Marvel: Day 17: Coolest Marvel apparel

For us? For the fans?

On thing I think, and have always thought, is that most of the outfits sold as comic book merchanizing are either for little kids, or kind of ugly. Ugly in a dorky way. There are some fine T-shirts (and many ugly ones), a few good ties, some watches - but on the whole, the comic book apparel I have seen looks like dorkwear. Stuff adolescent males would wear before they develop any taste or colour sense. Me, I'm not impressed.

There could be Marvel-based apparel that looks both attractive and adult, even dignified. Or glamorous. Something along the lines of Nick Fury's coat, for example. There's so much potential there: fan see it, on pages like GeetTyrant or the Tumblr comic book fashion pages.

Best I can think of is Wolverine's leather jacket.

30 Days of Marvel: Day 15: Favorite Marvel movie actress

Oh, goodie, an easy one.

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in Iron Man and The Avengers.



I've always loved the Black Widow in the comics. It's a joy to see her well depicted in the movies.

This is a strong contrast to most - perhaps all - of the other female superheroes I have loved over the decades, who are so disappointingly portrayed in the movies (if they are featured at all) that it spoils my enjoyment of those movies.

If I were to choose my second favourite Marvel movies actress, it would have to be Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, in the same movies.

There are various Marvel movies I find substandard for one reason or another - I am tempted to say Spider-Man - but I'm going to pick Doctor Strange.

30 Days of Marvel: Day 12: Best Marvel movie

I'm hoping it will be Avengers, which I'm going to see tonight.

30 days of Marvel: Day 10: Favorite costume/uniform

I tend to like the plain dark costumes: Black Widow, Nick Fury, Cyclops. I like outfits with coats: Gambit, Jubilee, Shatterstar.

I tend to like the simplicity of the Fantatic Four costumes, whether blue, navy, or white.

But my current favourite: Wiccan.



Based on Thor, on basic black with silver and red highlights.