#observances
I’m sitting in the corner, on a bench on our back porch, alternating between reading chapters of a book and scrolling through Twitter. The book is 383 pages long and about as thick as both of my oddly shaped thumbs placed side by side. I’m on page 345, and it’s only taken me 3 hours total of reading time to get there. I’ll probably finish it after dinner.
I’m wearing denim shorts, a periwinkle blue pocket T-shirt, and black crew socks. There’s a small but prominent bruise on my left knee, all green and purple, and I can’t recall how I got it. It looks worse than it feels (which is to say, it feels like nothing at all but looks like everything).
I can see the street from my perch, and the traffic going by. My neighbor to the left has been brushing a wooden board with a stiff brush. Why, I don’t know, but it’s taken her about 30 minutes so far. Behind me is our yard, if you can call it that, about 5 yards wide and 25 long. A rabbit nibbles the grass, its’ back legs hunched up and ready to spring at any moment. I can smell pasta and sauce from somewhere nearby. The direction is undetermined.
Every once in a while I’ll put down both phone and book and just look at the sky. It’s blue today, with lots of thick, white clouds shaded by a light slate color. Despite the slight breeze, the clouds don’t seem to be moving much.
These are all the things I know in this moment, have noticed passively without giving much thought until I began to type it out. It’s amazing how much one can notice without really paying attention. Yet I’m all too aware of the passing moments.
There’s something more, as I look at those clouds. A nagging feeling deep in my chest, and if I give it much thought, it will feel like too much. But as I look up I can’t help but wonder: does everyone always feel this way, even when happy? Does everyone always feel this pain of sad without a reason for it? And does everyone always feel this lonely?
~A.G. 8/5/19
Redbird’s Circus
- World Circus Day: Trotski’s Circus (Prime Earth)
When Jason Todd as Red Hood discovers a new wave of criminal activity in Gotham City with a traveling circus at its epicenter, he recruits his older brother, Dick Grayson, to help the Outlaws infiltrate the big top.
List of Performers:
- Angelique Trotski/Bearded Lady (Lower Right)
- Artemis/Arching Amazon (Upper Right)
- Bizarro/Man of Might (Upper Left)
- Dick Grayson/Flippy Flop: The Acrobatic Clown (Lower Middle)
- Jason Todd/Masked Marksman (Upper Middle)
- Trotsky/Owner and Ringmaster (Lower Left)
- Flashpoint Circus (World Circus Day 2021)
- The Flying Graysons (World Circus Day 2020)
- Performing Bird (World Circus Day 2018)
- Red Hood and the Outlaws Annual (Vol. 2) #1 by Tyler Kirkham
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MAD Bird’s Birthday
- Alfred E. Neuman’s Birthday(MAD MagazineCovers)
Related Post:Image Source:
- First Day Cover – October 9, 2014 by Tom Richmond (Center)
- Mad Magazine #105 – September 1966 by Norman Mingo (Upper Right)
- Mad Magazine #337 – July 1995 by Mort Drucker (Lower Left)
- Mad Magazine #359 – July 1997 by Mort Drucker (Lower Right)
- Mad Magazine Blank Cover – Wizard World Comic Con 2018 Commission by Tom Richmond (Upper Left)
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A Bat By Any Other Name…
- Discover What Your Name Means Day: Batgirls (Various Continuities)
Last year I did Red Robins the year prior with Red Hoods, Nightwings, and Robins before them (see links below) and I thought that I would continue this trend with this year for Batgirls.
Related Posts:
- A Red Thrush By Any Other Name… (Discover What Your Name Means Day 2021)
- A Redbird By Any Other Name… (Discover What Your Name Means Day 2020)
- A Bluebird By Any Other Name… (Discover What Your Name Means Day 2019)
- A Bird By Any Other Name… (Discover What Your Name Means Day 2018)
- Barbara Joan Gordon:Batgirl (Vol. 5) #49 by Robbi Rodriguez (Top)
- Caroline Keene “Carrie” Kelley:Dark Knight Universe Presents: Batgirl Cover by Frank Miller (Lower Left)
- Cassandra Cain:Batgirl (Vol. 1) #1 Cover by Damian Scott and Robert Campanella (Middle Right)
- Charlotte “Charlie” Gage-Radcliffe:Birds of Prey (Vol. 1) #98 by James Raiz (Upper Right)
- Harleen Francis “Harley” Quinzel:Harley Quinn (Vol. 2) #10 Cover by Terry Dodson (Upper Left)
- Helena Rosa Bertinelli:Batman: No Man’s Land #0 by Greg Land (Upper Middle)
- Mary Elizabeth “Bette” Kane:Detective Comics (Vol. 1) #853 by Andy Kubert (Center)
- Michelle Carter:Booster Gold (Vol. 2) #12 by Dan Jurgens (Lower Middle)
- Stephanie Brown:Batgirl(Vol.3)#15 by Dustin Nguyen (Middle Left)
- Tiffany Lucille Fox:Batgirl: Future End by Javier Garron (Lower Right)
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Bird King
Today is Bruce Wayne’s birthday (19 February) and to celebrate this auspicious day, I thought it would be apropos to do a photoset of Bruce Wayne as Robin King.
The Robin King is a homicidal young Bruce Wayne from the Dark Multiverse serving the Batman Who Laughs. The Robin King represents Bruce’s fear that he was always broken deep inside, and that the death of his parents was ultimately just an excuse for the darkness and violence that was always inside of him.
Related Posts:
- Batty Bird(2020)
- Batty Bird IV(2021)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal - Legends of the Dark Knights Variant Cover by Kaare Andrews (Middle Left)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal - Robin King by Riley Rossmo (Upper Right)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal - Robin King Variant Cover by Jeremy Roberts (Center)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Last Stories of the DC Universe by Daniel Sampere (Upper Middle)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Multiverse Who Laughs by Juan Gedeon (Upper Left)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal - Trinity Crisis #1 by Francis Manapul (Middle Right)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #3 Variant Cover by Riccardo Federici (Lower Middle)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 Variant Cover by Doug Mahnke (Lower Left)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 by Greg Capullo (Lower Right)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 Exclusive Variant Cover by Tyler Kirkham (Top)
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