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(scan taken from Marvel 1980 Doctor Strange Calendar - of a panel taken from Marvel Feature # 1) *
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At long last… after many months away…
I AM RETURNED unto you!
After a gestation of 9 months… I am reborn!
Alright… I’ll stop the added melodramatics.
But seriously, I’ve been away from this blog for far too
long, but I’m looking to make a return to producing posts wherein I discuss
various subjects of nerdity; ie: Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, my “6-Dimensions”
philosophy, comicbooks, pop culture, and showcasing my (admittedly awesome)
collection.
Just as Doctor Strange has returned from (multiple)
cancelations (although the last issue of his last true long-running series was
in 1996, and we’re STILL waiting for the 1st issue of a new
series), and even Doctor Who came back from his own cancelation (in 1989 –
although, the revitalizing made-for-tv movie in 1996 led to nothing [except a
series of excellent audio dramas] and it took until the 2005 revival to really
“regenerate” the series), so do I return to this blog.
But that isn’t the ONLY return that I am announcing here.
I am ALSO returning to REAL, gainful employment, utilizing
my artistic abilities, as an illustrator and 3D designer.
Even MORE “return”
oriented is that the place where I am to work is the OLD place of employment
where I worked back when I started this blog. After being “downsized” due to
the collapsing worldwide economy (aka; Armageddon), I was occasionally still
being commissioned by that selfsame corporation as a independent contractor /
freelancer to produce artworks for them whenever something truly difficult came
their way or the shit hit the deadline fan and they needed a miracle save.
Luckily, I departed them with an air of professionalism, I continued to
maintain my professional level during the freelance projects, and so when it
came to thinking of whom to hire for a new 3D design position, my name was top
of the list.
It is into this atmosphere of hope that I find myself now
and while I will be initially sporadic in my blogging (due to the rigors of the
new position and the insane commute / living arrangements where I’ll find
myself [I’m living in Pennsylvania and the job is in New York on Long Island]),
I do hope to develop a rhythm to my new life where blogging can be fairly
consistent.
So, while I ask you to please bear with me during the rough
starts and stops, I am not leaving again any time soon.
But, to quote a famous Sorcerer Supreme:
"I have once again picked up the mantle of Doctor Strange...
And I can never again -- put it down."
*fun fact: the panel scanned atop this blog post is
taken from the DOCTOR STRANGE 1980 calendar (which you can view in its entirety in this old post [HERE]) wherein they added a witty, yet apropos caption to a panel from (the back-up story in) MARVEL FEATURE # 1 wherein
Doctor Strange returns to the role of Sorcerer after forsaking the role (one year prior [thankfully, I didn't take THAT long to return here], back
in INCREDIBLE HULK # 126)… the title of that Marvel Feature story? Why, “THE
RETURN” of course.
And as a treat, I’ll post that story here for you now.
(click pages to embiggen)
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Glad to see you're back... and you're back in full-time employment. Good news all round :-) Thanks for posting that Doc story. I've only seen it in a British reprint back in the '70s and haven't read it in a looooong time :-)
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