On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Okay, so I'm re-reading The Marvels now that I have an uninterrupted run of the first four issues. One of the key characters so far is Aero. Real name is Lei Ling, she's based out of Shanghai, and she's an architect in her "regular" job. Specifically created as part of a joint project between Marvel and NetEase, a Chinese tech firm. Some sort of co-op project that was meant to further support Marvel's efforts to get their comics works into mainland Chinese markets.

Does anyone know if architects in mainland China have to have Party cards - or be otherwise ideologically "certified" - in order to work these days? I'm curious about that detail.

Also, I suspect that Aero's involvement with the current incarnation of the Agents of Atlas might see changes, depending on geopolitical considerations.

(Looks at the un-person status now bestowed by the Xi regime upon Grace Zhao, director of the Eternals movie, as well as the reaction to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as symptoms of troubles for distribution of Marvel movies...)

I recognize that logo on Lemont Brown's shirt in today's edition of Candorville.

So. Action Comics # 1 + 83 years today, too?

So, new season, new title character starting tonight...

Watching Black Panther on ABC thanks to cable TV tonight!

Trying to get in some practice time with Clip Studio Paint every day. Which isn't easy, given the other job search activities I have to tend to as well as this.

Also, facial structure, line weight, fabric folds, all need work too.

The original Question was created by Steve Ditko, and the trademark is currently held by DC Entertainment's comics division.

Is everyone else on Dreamwidth who's reading pressthink_feed doing so at source rather than on Dreamwidth?

I like reading about journalism. The business, the ways and means, the people who do the work...all of it. I praise/blame Spider-Man and Superman for that, at least in part.

(For that matter, assuming that the Big Development in the Superman comics titles is old news to the public by now...how's the fact of Clark Kent going public about his dual-ID going over so far?)

Yes, I saw it.

Need sleep, so I'm not commenting right now. Tomorrow, though...

...nor the worst. My lungs, sinus and throat might disagree again about that, of course. It hasn't been the first such occasion, nor will it be the last. I've been sticking close to home this weekend owing to those medical issues, one shopping expedition aside.

Got caught up on Agents of SHIELD, specifically "Principia". Interesting to see some of these loose ends from across what I still hope to be the first four years of the series: gravitonium (but where's Franklin Hall?), Werner von Strucker, Project TAHITI's consequences for Phil Coulson, and so on.

Not sure how much further I want to go into discussing the episode here, but for those interested in discussing it, I do expect spoilers in the comments.

Saw Wonder Woman today. Good movie.

The one minor annoyance? Seeing the current-as-of-today US Treasury Secretary's name listed as an "executive producer" in the end credits (but not the main-on-end credits).