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#OTD in Irish History | 5 March:
In the liturgical calendar, today is the Feast day of St. Kieran, sometimes listed as ‘Kevin the elder’.
1389 – Thomas Mortimer is appointed Justiciar of Ireland. Mortimer was an English soldier and nobleman. He moved to Ireland as a deputy to his brother Edmund after he was made Lord of Ireland.
1716 – Martin Bladen, soldier, politician, civil servant, gambler and writer, is given leave in the…
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| NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION (2009) #1
By Jim McCann and David López
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Damn! This Elseworlds Marvel WHAT IF? one-shot certainly elevated Kitty Pryde & Emma Frost’s normally hilarious rivalry to a much darker & disturbing level!
From What If? Astonishing X-Men (2009) #1 by Jim Mccann, Matteo Casali, Kai Spannuth, David Yardin & Mike Getty.
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HAWKEYE - "Big Trouble in Little Chinatown"
Enter the Heroic Age (2010) #1
by Jim McCann, David López, Álvaro López & Nathan Fairbairn
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Fear Itself: Sin's Past 1 (2011) by Jim McCann & Stefano Landini
Cover: Stephanie Hans
Fear Itself
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2010's Hawkeye & Mockingbird #4 interior art by David López. I'm actually one of the few (if not the only one) who prefer this run (by McCann & López) to the next one (way more popular) by Fraction & Aja. Probably because I always preferred what those two did on Immortal Iron Fist (along with Ed Brubaker at the start).
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#OTD in 2012 – Death of Bernard Noël 'Banjo Barney' McKenna, a musician and a much-loved founding member of The Dubliners.
Barney McKenna was the last surviving founding member of the Irish folk group the Dubliners. With Luke Kelly’s powerful voice and force of nature on stage, Ronnie Drew’s gravelly memorable vocal sound, it was McKenna’s playing of the tenor banjo, coupled with John Sheahan’s fiddle, that gave the Dubliners their original instrumental quality. In the process, McKenna redefined the role of the banjo…
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This AI-Powered Robot Arm Collaborates With Humans to Create Unique Paintings
Photo: Carnegie Mellon University
A new AI robotic arm was created to paint compelling artwork and is now coming to the forefront as a revolutionary entity. FRIDA (Framework and Robotics Initiative for Developing Arts) is a robotic arm created at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and is the newest addition to the university’s art world.
The AI arm is named after iconic…
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The families of the New Lodge Six are held in the highest regard.
They have campaigned for Truth & Justice in a dignified manner for many years.
Today they still await a date for an inquest into the unlawful killings of their loved ones.
Will you stand alongside them tomorrow?
The families of the New Lodge Six are held in the highest regard. They have campaigned for Truth & Justice in a dignified manner for many years. Today they still await a date for an…
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Blurry and facing away but nevertheless
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