Thursday Thirteen: Expansion Favorites.

That was the first ever expansion set of Vs. System. Marvel Origins, released on April 1st, 2004. We were eventually blessed with 18 full sets by Upper Deck, and today I will pick my favorite card from each of the most recent thirteen. Cardboard bliss.

1. Marvel Evolution: X-Babies Attack. This is the final production set, and that [...]

Thursday Thirteen: Ultimate Squirrel Girl Continued.

Squirrel Girl will appear in a cameo role in the upcoming Deadpool movie. That’s the rumor. A little tree rodent whispered it in my ear, and I am announcing it first here.
As you can see by the GLI Summer Fun Spectacular, Deadpool and Squirrel Girl are fast friends. In fact, Deadpool has admitted to wearing [...]

Thursday Thirteen: The Art of the Internet.

(Internet Love by tipsyfairy.)
Hello friends. I have a favor to ask today. I have been given the opportunity to design a Continuing Education course for Broward College. If it gets approved, I will be teaching adults how to maximize their presence on the internet. Help me make sure I have all the bases covered. Is [...]

Thursday Thirteen: A Comprehensive Survey of Vs. System’s Structural Potential.

 
(Forgive my alliteration, I get excited when talking about the game I love.)

1. Vs. System supports the fully fleshed cardboard celebration of modern mythology.
2. Character cards capture crystallized chronological incarnations portraying individual instances of powerful personality within comic-book continuity.

3. Plot Twists allow extended interpretations of the interaction between superheroes and storytelling.

4. Locations transport players to [...]

Thursday Thirteen: An Art Teacher’s Manifesto.

(Watchmen in the classroom, by biigurutwin.)
I like to reflect. When I sat down to write a Thursday Thirteen this week, I decided to list the things I strive to instill in my students. This is my revolution.
1. Creative Success. Each student will feel the specific joy that only comes from inventive accomplishment.
2. Expansive Ideas. Each student [...]

Thursday Thirteen: Tantalizing Tentacles.

In the spirit of the Watchmen squid, we continue our quest for the ultimate aesthetic cephalopod – and it drags us back into the depths of Thursday Thirteen! Enjoy.

Thursday Thirteen: Wicked Visual Bliss.

Wow.  It has been six entire months since I did a Thursday Thirteen. We are back in the saddle again.  With a vengeance!
One of my favorite things to do on the interwebs is a secret I will share with you today. Go to www.deviantart.com and search for “marvel masterpieces sketch”. You will find hours of [...]

Thursday Thirteen: Looking toward the future in America.

That is Barack and Michelle Obama, with their two beautiful daughters.  I apologize in advance to anyone who has a different view of politics, but I need to gush today about the hope I have for our country at this transcendant moment in American history.
1. Barack Obama embodies the “American dream” in ways that usually [...]

Thursday Thirteen: The Meaning of Life.

That is a photograph of me getting my draft on, at the first Pro Circuit, choosing my Inmates.  Someone’s life was about to change.  Life?  What is life?
 
(I love the smell of metaphor in the morning.) 
 
1. Life is a fabulous art exhibition, and each of us creates a masterpiece for the big gallery in [...]

Thursday Thirteen: Meeting the Goals.

(Magneto gets inspirational, by Adam Kubert and Mark Irwin)
Hello friends, and welcome to the Spring Break edition of the Full Body Transplant Thursday Thirteen!  I have to get back to my week of cavorting, so this one is going to be a bit different. 
I got this email yesterday.  The subject line simply said ‘Thanks.’  I [...]