Thinking about this guy a lot lately.
Watch:
Rewatched Richard Bates, Jr's Excision last night:
Still hits just as hard as it did the first time.
The issue begins with an FBI agent leading a specialist into the lock-up where the LAPD are holding Justin, the titular Knight, last of Arthur's Round Table, flung forward in time after a melee in Castle Revolving. They talk a bit about the Knight's Sword, which the expert classifies as coming from Deep Time, essentially confirming the Arthurian aspect, and then this happens:
Read:
Last week, I mentioned I'd begun a reread of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers series for upcoming episodes of Drinking with Comics. I spoke of the pleasure I've found in realizing this doesn't just hold up, but surpasses my initial response upon reading it monthly upon release circa 2005. I also mentioned my surprise that, unlike last time when my favorite titles in the series would have skewed toward the more Occult-based characters (Zatanna, Klarion), this time, I found the two books I'd "tolerated" before now at the top of my favorites list. One of those is Manhattan Guardian; the other is Shining Knight. Shining Knight, in particular, has blown me away this time through, and nowhere is that more evident than in the third issue:
I'm only really remembering some of the finer points in the series as I go, so this whole Civilization Iteration angle surprised me. I've always been fascinated by the idea that human civilization has come and gone in great swathes over the history of this planet, and to see Morrison so eloquently tie this idea into this series really made everything about it resonate even more than it already has.
Playlist:
The Caretaker - Theoretically Pure Anterograde Amnesia
Gnarls Barkley - Atlanta
Sisters of Black Mountain - Amdusias (single)
Sisters of Black Mountain - Spirits of the Dead (single)
Mastodon - Your Ghost Again (single)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
The Atlas Moth - Coma Noir
Johnny Jewel - Ageless E.P.
Silencio - End of the Glass (single)
Chryta Bell - Sycamore Trees (single)
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
Mastodon - Leviathan
Metallica - Garage Days
Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
Card:
From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE and Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.
• Seven of Swords
• 17: The Star
Collaboration opens up new vistas that lead to enlightenment.
