On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

As suspected, part of a larger pattern:

http://comicsbeat.com/lets-get-this-straight-dc-is-anti-marriage-not-anti-gay-marriage/

Since there's this ongoing "concern" about characters looking too old, a lot of longstanding marriages of other characters got retconned away by the Flashpoint mini-series back in 2011.

This looks to be just part of a continuing pattern. If it's not ageism on their part in itself, it's fear of the ageism lurking in the hearts of their readership (and in the case of TV and cinema spinoff projects, viewership as well).

There's a lot of reasons why I picked up Astro City...and I'm thinking this is one of them.

So. Borderline-frostbite weather today. Clear skies were good, but that temperature? I beg you to spare me that.

Anyway...some other stuff to close out the evening and weekend with.

Kathryn Hunt pointed out an interesting visual design experiment with animation, typography, poetry and an argument on ethical conversation methodology all rolled into one video. Go take a good look. And then, look at it again. And mull the content over a while.

By way of elaynetoo, I got a look at an essay by Paul Krugman on the differences between nations and businesses. That I would have gotten to it anyway via krugman_feed doesn't detract from the value of getting to it in as timely a fashion as Elayne arranged. Thanks much, Elayne.

She also reminded me to drop in on Martha Thomases for a look at some of her thoughts on and definition of "elitism". Not yet sure where I stand on this argument, although it does have some echoes of Aaron Sorkin's thinking once upon a time back in 2008. (Need to scare up that link ASAP!) Thanks also for that, Elayne!

I see that mrtonylee has gotten married! Felicitations, mon ami!

Progress is being made on all fronts re: Can-Con, Ottawa-Gatineau's speculative fiction convention. Please check ottawa_sf or can_con_news for the latest on those particular developments!

More as I think on it...unless you point it out to me first!