Anthony Isaiah

Anthony Isaiah

@ospiritsarise.com

Cartoonist behind ospiritsarise.com, a webcomic that answers the question: "What would happen if you tossed DOCTOR WHO, HAMMER HORROR, and THE MUPPET SHOW into a blender, then added 5% more jokes?" No bigots. No bullies. No AI.

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A hill I'm prepared to die on? José "Pepe" González drew the most gorgeous peepers in comics. Forget Vampirella's skimpy costume; it's her eyes that pop off the page. Giant, mesmerizing orbs with the thickest spider-leg lashes you've ever seen. ¡Ojos preciosos!

Veronica looks like she's had enough for the day. Real school reunion vibes.

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Dave Prowse with arms full of Hammer starlets Julie Ege, Veronica Carlson and Madeline Smith in a promo image taken during the filming of Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell. The film completed principal photography on this day in 1972. 🖤

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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I hate when boxing announcers say a boxer is "down for the count." I don't care that he loves Dracula I just want to know who's winning

That one time the Third Doctor cosplayed as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. Uniform? Check. Fake moustache? Check. Unhealthy obsession with firearms? Check. #DoctorWho

Not to be outdone, Dracula (of all people) tried his hand at a Brigadier impression, too. Same look. Same penchant for violence. A bit more imposing, though. #DoctorWho

Hats off to the Daiei Film Company. I watched THE INVISIBLE SWORDSMAN (1970) yesterday and saw nary a wire. 78 minutes of floating objects whizzing across the screen without so much as a single fishing line. Impressive. Also missing, though? An invisible swordfight. Huh. Still, pure tokusatsu magic!

Whenever I read about the Eagle's Nest, I always think of THE NEW AVENGERS episode of the same name. Particularly this scene, in which Joanna Lumley elegantly destroys a group of fishing-rod-wielding Neo-Nazis... you know, as one should.

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An enormous fire all but destroyed an infamous Nazi-era guesthouse known as the Eagle’s Nest in southern Germany, according to the police, who said on Saturday that a man had been arrested in connection with the blaze.

DOCTOR WHO REWATCH: "The Reign of Terror." Historical accuracy takes a backseat to spy shenanigans, but, hey, if you want to learn what really happened during the French Revolution, you can read a book. Also, William Hartnell wears the tallest hat in the BBC's costume department. Sky-high plumage.

Revisited THE GREAT YOKAI WAR last night (after nearly a decade) and lost my mind when I realized the actor who played the little boy, Ryunosuke Kamiki, grew up to battle the King of the Monsters in GODZILLA MINUS ONE. Brain popped right out. Been stuffing it back in all morning.

Just saw someone complain that a pro wrestling angle seemed "contrived." Um, yeah. There are only so many ways you can make characters want to punch each other in the face. Not every story is going to be a winner. If you need absolute verisimilitude in your graps, maybe you're watching incorrectly?

One of my all-time favorite comic covers: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #1 by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye. "The Witch of Metropolis." It completely misrepresents what happens in the issue, but so what? It's a fantastic image. Lois zipping around on a broom, looking like Worzel Gummidge? YES, PLEASE.

I support a maenad's right to... well, maenad. You do you, my Wild Sister of the Raving Fox Skin.

This right here is exactly what people should be doing with their free time. Needlework Calcifers. Such joyous wonders we humans are capable of.

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I don't have much patience for art "criticism" these days. Analysis, sure -- give me all you've got -- but none of the "this-worked-but-that-didn't" verdict-rendering, whereby the reviewer catalogs every flaw and shortcoming of a film, TV show, book, etc. What purpose does it serve, really?

If you approach a work of art with a "critical eye," you can't wholly suspend your disbelief or surrender to the experience. You can try, but you're entering a relationship with one foot out the door. Not fully present. You're jotting in your (mental) notebook while your date is talking.

What's more, that kind of criticism has an implicit "for me" that's never addressed. "That movie was too slow... for my liking." But just because a work isn't "for you" doesn't mean it's not for somebody else. Intellectual snobbery (or wankery) masquerading as authoritative tastemaking.

WHO'S WHO OF AEW: Tony Schiavone. Southern gentleman / play-by-play commentator. Has witnessed four decades of pro wrestling history but still cannot believe it exists. Suffers from rare tic: must shout the word "pickup" every 38 seconds. Booth aficionado. Sweetheart. #AEW #ProWrestling #WrestleSky

WONDER WOMAN #1 (1942) is so much fun. Queen Hippolyte beats the hell out of Hercules multiple times. Diana races a deer. The Amazons wear star-shaped sunglasses. There's a kangaroo joust. Non-stop superheroic wackiness. No surprise the character has endured for 80+ years.

Remember the good old days when you could tell a character's entire backstory in just six panels? Comics, as a medium, used to have an economy of storytelling second-to-none. You got a lot of bang for your buck... or your twelve cents, in this particular case. Doctor Doom, thou wast known.

When I was younger, it used to bother me when a cartoonist changed their art style. "Hey, that doesn't look like Snoopy anymore!" But now that I'm drawing my own comic, I totally understand the need to tweak things as you go.

I've only published two dozen strips so far, and I'm already eyeing new ways of doing things. Maybe it's creative restlessness. Maybe it's learning from past mistakes. Who knows? But I've come to terms with my work evolving over time.

Does evolution necessarily mean improvement? No. My output could take a major nosedive. Splat into embarrassment. But that's the fun, isn't it? Bumbling your way into something you might be proud of one day?

I spend an inordinate amount of time every day thinking about Meg Mucklebones. Like, what was her deal? Did she want to be a swamp hag, or did the gig just fall in her lap? Assuming she had a lap? Or legs? And what did she do off-the-clock? Was there a Mr. or Mrs. Mucklebones? WHO. WAS. THIS. LADY?

If I were the sort to write fan fiction, I'd start with dear ol' Meg. Have her fish that decapitated head out of the water, pop it back on, and get to snogging a series of handsome knights-errant in her underwater bungalow. Just lots of really hot smooching for that Sexy Green Bean.

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Elric of Melnibone cosplay from the 1980s. I presume the other man is yyrkoon, and the women are the spirits of law and chaos