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How Obelix fell into the magic potion
All of the Asterix stories feature references to Obelix falling into the Druid's Cauldron of magic potion when he was about six years old. This was the event through which he derived his phenomenal physical strength. Here is the full story of how it happened.
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Frankenstein
The premier monster story of English literature--a tale of science pursued to horrifying extremes An origin story nearly as famous as the book itself: One dreary summer on the shores of Lake Geneva, amid discussions of galvanism and the occult and fireside readings from a collection of German ghost stories, Lord Byron proposed a game.
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For real: land as capital and commodity
With the aim of helping to revivify a stalled geographical literature on the place of land in capitalist political economies, this article presents a critique of the popular idea that land can be usefully conceptualised as a 'fictitious' form of capital or commodity. The critique is based primarily on a close and critical consideration of the grounds on which the identifiers and theorists of such fictitiousness – Marx/Harvey in the case of capital, Polanyi in the case of the commodity – distinguished it from 'real' variants. Those grounds, the article argues, are tenuous. And, far from disabling us, treating land as no more or less real than other forms of capital and commodity can empower us in productively revisiting and centring the question of land's political economy – a crucial undertaking in a world where the materiality of land to social relations is writ increasingly large.
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Jack Kirby : 100th celebration collection
\"Long live the king! He was one of the most gifted artists and influential storytellers of the 20th century. He pioneered entire genres and co-created whole universes with the stroke of a pencil. He is Jack Kirby, the King of Comics. Now DC celebrates his 100th birthday with this all-star collection of all-new stories featuring some of this visionary master's greatest creations! Enter the dangerous dreamworld of Sandman, the Master of Nightmares! Battle for control the mean streets of World War II-era New York City with the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos! Escape certain death with Shilo \"Mister Miracle\" Norman as he runs from the clutches of the Black Racer! Fight the crime wave of the century with the masked vigilante called Manhunter! Burn in the fiery nether world of Etrigan the Demon! And tremble before the awesome evil of the Lord of Apokolips hmself ... Darkseid!\" -- Page 4 of cover.
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Dracula
The vampire novel that defined a genre by tapping into our deepest fears and darkest fantasies A junior solicitor travels to Transylvania to meet with an important client, the mysterious Count Dracula.Ignoring the dire warnings of local townsfolk, he allows himself to be seduced by the count's courtly manners and erudite charm.
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The tragedy of Othello : the moor of Venice
Seeing Shakespeare, a new series from David Zwirner Books, brings the world's leading contemporary artists together with William Shakespeare. Featuring covers designed by the artists and illustrations throughout, these editions of Shakespeare's plays are created with a whole new generation in mind, one of readers and art lovers alike. 'Othello' is one of Shakespeare's most contemporary and moving plays, with its emphasis on race, revenge, murder, and lost love. Chris Ofili's new edition highlight's the tragedy of Othello's plight in ways no other previous edition of this play has. In twelve etchings Ofili has produced to illustrate this play, Othello is depicted with tears in his eyes, which flow below various scenes visualized in his forehead. Ofili asks us to see in Othello the great injustices that still plague the world today. These images add feeling to Shakespeare's words, and together they form their own hybrid object-something between a book and a visual retelling of the tragedy. With a foreword by the renowned critic Fred Moten, this edition is the first of its kind and puts Othello's blackness and interiority front and center, forcing us to confront the complex world that ultimately dooms him. The first play in the 'Seeing Shakespeare', 'Othello' is illustrated by English contemporary artist Chris Ofili. Future titles in the series include 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' illustrated by Marcel Dzama, and 'The Merchant of Venice' with images by Jordan Wolfson.
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From Blofeld to Moneypenny: Gender in James Bond
Since its inception, 007 has captured the hearts of a worldwide audience, and the franchise is now available over multiple media platforms, including movie, comic strips, games, graphic novels and fashion statements. This edited collection examines the role that gender has played across the platforms that the James Bond franchise now occupies.
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Favorite first friends!
Pikachu meets other Pokâemon a trainer can choose as their first partner, including Bulbasaur, Charmander, Chikorita, Mudkip, and Litten.
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