#simon stroud

[thingsasbarcodes]

Morbius (2022)

#morbius #ssu #michael morbius #lucien #milo morbius #martine bancroft #simon stroud #vulture #adrian toomes

[livingvampyre]

there's something whimsy about this NYPD detective

#morbius the living vampire #simon stroud #hes so fucking gay in the comics nobody understands #even in his delusions he amps up morbs seductiveness like.. #does anyone hear me. does anyone get the vision #last one is just the helleyes fight idk they were hilarious there

[marvelousmrm]

Adventure into Fear #31 (Mantlo/Robbins, Dec 1975). The final nail in this book’s coffin! Martine is cured, and Morbius flees in shame.

#marvel #marvel 616 #adventure into fear #michael morbius #morbius the living vampire #simon stroud #bill mantlo #frank robbins

[merrymarvelite]

Cover of the Day: Fear #29 (August, 1975) Art by Ron Wilson, Bob McLeod, John Romita, &Danny Crespi

#Marvel #Comics #Fear #Adventure into Fear #Morbius #The Man Called Morbius #The Living Vampire #Michael Morbius #Helleyes #Simon Stroud

[firelance2361]

Morbius: Bond of Blood

Just a fan logo I did for a Morbius sequel with Jared Leto, Adria Arjona, Tyrese Gibson, and (maybe) Michael Keaton in the near future.

For the record, I actually liked the movie, flaws and all, and I think with its recent success on Netflix, this could actually happen soon. I got the name for it from the 2021 storyline where he deals with the consequences of his first kill as a vampire. Would work pretty well as inspiration to pull from for the possible sequel.

And yes, since I do like the film, do me a favor and don’t come at me with any memes, all right?

Anyway, hope you like it!

#morbius #michael morbius #milo morbius #martine bancroft #adrian toomes #simon stroud #jared leto #adria arjona #michael keaton #tyrese gibson #morbius bond of blood #vampire bloodlines #living vampire #vampire #sony marvel #sony spiderverse #sony spiderman #morbius 2022 #morbius 2

[garadinervi]

concrete poetry: gloup and woup, Edited by Bob Cobbing, Arc Publications, Gillingham, 1974

(via konkretpoesi)

#graphic design #typography #art #poetry #concrete poetry #visual poetry #portfolio #cardboard folder #cover #bob cobbing #kenelm cox #john bennett #john bennett stroud #tom edmonds #francis newman #john furnival #dom sylvester houédard #dsh #simon verity #arc publications #1970s

[oceanspray5]

Perfectly Incadescently Happy - Chapter 10: After: Everything And Then Her

Dearest Gentlereader, The subject that has set the ton abuzz and everyone bereft of answers may soon be coming to its conclusion yet. Naturally, I would hate to have to print any retraction however, it seems this writer, too, may have to reconsider concerning one of the more astonishing matches this season: the one between Viscount Anthony Lockwood and Ms Lucy Carlyle. But did our handsome Lord Lockwood finally open his eyes to exactly all he had to lose at the Finchley Ball? Certainly, there can be no other reason for his interference with one of Ms Francesca Bridgerton's potential suitors. Paired with his early calling at Viscount Bridgerton's house two days after and ecstatic exit, perhaps wedding bells may be in Lord Lockwood's future after all... just not with the surely broken-hearted Ms Carlyle. After the death of her best friend, Ms Lucy Carlyle is given the opportunity to be sponsored for the 1815 London season by Norrie's aunt. Instantly compared to the Diamond due to their astonishingly similar looks, she befriends Lord Lockwood quite unexpectedly yet is left wondering if she was a fool for believing he'd look twice at a mere country girl. Lockwood, his fears, and how he falls headfirst into love with Lucy Carlyle.

Ao3

So sorry for the late chapter this time. It's finally Lockwood's POV now though which I know a lot of people have been waiting for so I hope its worth the wait! Please comment if you enjoy!

#lockwood and co #lockwood & co #anthony lockwood #locklyle #lucy carlyle #bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #francesca bridgerton #simon basset #anthony lockwood x lucy carlyle #jonathan stroud #perfectly incadescently happy

[feedergoldfish]

I scowled over at the girl. 'That didn't take long. We've got Khaba on our heels. We'd better hurry up and get killed by something else before he discovers where you are.'

------

The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud, a prequel to the Bartimaeus trilogy.

#bartimaeus #jonathan stroud #fantasy #audiobooks #books #simon jones

[harmonycorrupted]

Strapping Young Lad - Underneath the Waves (City, 2007 remaster)

#strapping young lad #devin townsend #city #music #industrial metal #extreme metal #thrash metal #gene hoglan #jed simon #byron stroud

[stroudtimes]

Shadow Health Secretary visits Stroud - and pledges support for Maternity Hospital

Shadow Health Secretary visits Stroud – and pledges support for Maternity Hospital

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#Dr Simon Opher #Labour Party #NHS #Shadow Health Secretary #Stroud Maternity Hospital #Wes Streeting

[aurumacadicus]

There are still a couple weeks left to read Iron Widow, but we’re voting for our next book now so we have plenty of time to get it for the first day of reading on October thirtieth! Book summaries are under the cut! Each new title is in bold for clarity.

If you’d like to join the book club, now or for the next book, feel free to send me an ask and I’ll give you the link to our Discord!

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the “ultimate sacrifice” for a “noble destiny.”

If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn’t tough enough, Nathaniel’s master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy’s only saving grace is the master’s wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him.

Nathaniel vows revenge. In a Faustian fever, he devours magical texts and hones his magic skills, all the while trying to appear subservient to his master. When he musters the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus to avenge Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, the boy magician plunges into a situation more dangerous and deadly than anything he could ever imagine.

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.

Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see. It’s a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they’ll first need to stay alive.

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club finds themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late?

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories – she’s come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there.

Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren’t alone. A parasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back, and is slowly stripping Vera’s childhood for spare parts. He insists that he isn’t the one leaving notes around the house in her father’s handwriting… but who else could it possibly be?

There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face them, and find out for herself just how deep the rot goes.

The Girl in the Letter by Emily Gunnis

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved.

1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret’s, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave.

Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret’s. Before it is too late.

Sam is pulled into the tragic story and discovers a spate of unexplained deaths surrounding the woman and her child. With St Margaret’s set for demolition, Sam has only hours to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery before the truth, which lies disturbingly close to home, is lost forever…

Read her letter. Remember her story…

Cinder by Melissa Meyer

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

#book club

[pictureofdoriaaaaaangay]

chaotic book ramble so I can stop spiraling into the abyss: my childhood favorite books that I've been thinking about lately

I start college in four days, where I'll be pursuing an English degree. I've been both a reader and by extension a writer my whole life. lately, I've been thinking about the books I loved when I was younger that fueled this passion and thus helped me along to where I am now <3

The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer. I still have my old copies of these books, and when I tell you they are well-loved, I mean they are well-loved. they're sort of fairytale retellings, and take place in the Land of Stories, which exists as a parallels world to this one where fairytale characters are real and living beyond their happily ever afters. the books follow twins Alex and Connor, who find out (spoiler?? lol) that their grandmother is the fairy godmother. all sorts of stuff goes down, and honestly I only remember half of it like a fever dream, but I remember really loving it in book five (?) when they get to meet the characters from stories Connor wrote. honestly, I probably read the entire series over fifty times, and that's not an exaggeration. first read them the year the third book came out, when I was nine. waiting for the rest was, I recall, absolute torture.

the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. this is so funny to me, because these books basically set me up for my later teen years and loving the Folk of the Air series by Holly Black - but I digress. I first read these at age eight in a high-stress time of my life, and as a result they were likely deeply formative. they follow twins Jared and Simon (more twins ??) and their older sister Mallory (thinking back, she was absolutely part of my bi awakening). they move with their mother into the old Spiderwick mansion, and soon discover a fieldguide all about faeries and different fae species that live in the woods surrounding the house. I honestly think that the plot of these books is batshit, but I still sort of love them. there's a movie, but it's terrible, and aggressively condenses the plot into something completely unrecognizable.

Harry Potter, by... Harry Potter. isn't it great that, after his time at Hogwarts, he decided to write a seven-book autobiography?? so funky of him!! anyways - I read these at the ripe age of ten, and stuck by loving them since. HP was my first fandom, and maybe the one I'm fondest of (actually, thinking on this, no), and Hogwarts in general holds a lot of nostalgia for me. this being said, I still love the books, but I have to say that I reread them last year for the first time since I was maybe 14/15 and um. wow. Mr. Potter you are?? problematic??? someone please tell me why the adult man who was allowed to abuse children in a position of power for sixteen years got a redemption arc but the literal CHILD who was born into an abusive and power-hungry family didn't. also why is Dumbedore hailed as such a bloody saint?? he's worse than fucking Voldemort. I said what I said. also it's super confusing that Harry never mentioned in his autobiography that his Sirius and Remus were happily married and living at Grimmauld place. weird storytelling choice I guess!!

all those damned Warrior cats books by Erin Hunter. I swear to god these books had crack in them I ATE THEM UP from the ages of like. eight to eleven?? maybe??? genuinely, I must've reread them a hundred times, but I could tell you NOTHING about the plots. a few vibes, maybe, but zero plots. did they even have plots?? were plots a thing in those books??? how was I so obsessed with them???? funniest part is the fact that I see people talking about them on the internet now and it's just. insane. actually insane.

Lockwood and Co by Jonathan Stroud. full transparency: I read these for the first time at age eleven (around the time the fourth book out of five came out) and now remain an active member of the fandom. I love these books, and these characters, with my whole heart and I want nothing more than them to be happy. the Netflix show, though I have some pretty severe gripes with it, is still really amazing and absolutely deserves a second season. the books are set in London, where ghosts are real deeply dangerous, and follow the main trio of Lucy, Lockwood, and George. I reread them at the start of the year in preparation for the show, and they're genuinely just incredible works. I sobbed a lot reading them. they're absolutely comfort reads for me; 35 Portland Row is home.

wow. that was a lot. there's honestly several more I could talk about (School for Good and Evil, Percy Jackson, etc), but this is a long enough post for now, ha. love you all <3

#books #childhood books #childhood #childhood favorites #the land of stories #tlos #the spiderwick chronicles #holly black #harry potter #hp #warriors #warrior cats #lockwood and co #chaotic academia #dark academia

[marvelousmrm]

Adventure into Fear #29 (Mantlo/Heck, Aug 1975). Hell is other people. Morbius is trapped in a nightmare dimension with his hunter.

#marvel #marvel 616 #adventure into fear #michael morbius #morbius the living vampire #simon stroud #bill mantlo #don heck

[duskkodesh]

Every time anyone posts about the Morbius movie like it’s cool I just wanna make a post about how badass it could have been if they followed the damn comics. Like his eyes? Movie: Blue and warbly during powers, red irises only in certain scenes. Comic: Full red sclera, glows bright as hell when bloodlusting. Costume?  Movie: Hoodie and track pants? Linen(?) Trenchcoat. Comic: Take your pick, full disco outfit with bare chest and a flared collar or the BDSM leather suit. Humor:  Movie: A few flat jokes used sparingly. Cold and distant. Comic: One of this man’s coping mechanisms is obviously snark and telling people off. Cares way too much about everything. Villain? Movie: Vampire Matt Smith, so they can do that same vs. same dark reflection thing. Comic: Dracula, Demon Fire cult, Spider-man, Basilisk, Simon Stroud, Literally any other vampire, Lilith, Nightmare, Vic Slaughter (Who could have been used for the same vs. same and Matt Smith would have absolutely nailed wacko merc role), Blade, for fuck’s sake. It has been more than a year and I’m not letting this go. Even if you LIKED what they did it could have been so much better. 

#Morbius #Morbius movie #I realize I'm that rabid fan foaming at the mouth about this #That's fine I think everyone should get one thing to go rabid about actually #I mean I thought nothing could be worse than how the MCU nerfed the Black Order #And Sony out here proving me wrong x1000 #Without Leto it already would be improved by at least 40% #The other acters did nothing wrong

[boricuacherry-blog]

If the story of Nina Simone and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach isn't widely known, the late singer's daughter, Lisa Simone, is ready to change that.

But even after her mother - who she often had a tumultuous relationship with - died, the drama wasn't yet over. Lisa would go on for years fighting against people she felt were trying to benefit from her mother's death.

Simone's will named Mark Penniman as the executor of her will. Lisa sued Penniman saying her mother had revoked the document before her death and that he had mishandled her mother's assets.

A California court ruled in her favor.

And then after that her father - Nina's ex-husband and former manager Andrew Stroud - came back around. Suddenly, he claimed ownership of hundreds of Simone's recordings, saying he gifted them to her as a part of their divorce settlement.

Lisa attempted to get the recordings back for the estate but her father sued her for copyright infringement.

"My mother did not make all those sacrifices for her estate to be thrown away," she said. "I did not go through what I did to have her contribution forgotten. I had no relationship with my father. He thought he could use me to get control of my mother's estate and when I decided to stand my ground he decided to make my life a living hell."

#nina simone #rabbi schlomo carlebach #schlomo carlebach

[feedergoldfish]

All magicians fear their spirit slaves and ensure their obedience by means of inventive punishments. For this reason, most spirits bow to the inevitable. They serve their masters as efficiently as possible and despite their natural instincts, remain outwardly zealous and polite for fear of repercussions. This is what most spirits do. There are exceptions.

------ The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud, a prequel to the fabulous Bartimaeus trilogy. The audiobook is narrated by Simon Jones. I highly recommend the entire series, both print and audiobook.

#bartimaeus #jonathan stroud #books #audiobooks #fantasy #simon jones