Up now on my eBay! Batman Damned #1 first printing from DC Comics! Yes, it is the uncensored version. Also up for grabs: my indie comics collection and random Radio Comix books! My house is super small, and I am still selling off thirty years’ worth of collectibles to raise money for ongoing back taxes & various upcoming large expenses, so every little bit helps. Thanks for looking & sharing!
Senet was an ancient Egyptian board game popular with all classes. Archaeological evidence reveals that senet was played by both royalty (as demonstrated by this elaborate ivory set) and commoners (crude boards scratched in rock). The course of the game was thought to parallel the course of the deceased through the underworld.
From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 62061
Last one I’m doing for the Balto set and by far my favorite, The White Wolf. The wolf has been labeled from various sources as Balto’s father, Balto’s mother (Aniu in Wolf Quest), or a spirit / visualization of Balto’s wolf heritage. I decided to work with the original version who’s design I liked the best. Erik C. Schmidt was the lead animator for the wolf and I was able to get a production drawing from that scene a few years ago. I always loved the design and the scene and, I can honestly say this character was the reason started drawing <3
Pueblo, Colo., home to famous chilies, a steel mill and strong union ties, is working to diversify its economy.
In Charlotte, N.C., NASCAR has taken a back seat to financial services as the population booms with immigrants and Northeastern transplants.
Wisconsin is deeply purple and up for grabs — and eyes are on its large cities like Milwaukee this election.
Many of America’s communities are changing, and so is how voters decide what matters most to them and whom they want their leaders to be.
Other areas are growing more deeply rooted in their own values. In Pensacola, Fla., which WUWF’s Tom Ninestine describes as having a “heart as big as their love of Old Glory and the military,” residents steadily deliver Republicans solid support and will likely do the same this year.
NPR and our member stations will listen to where you are this election. Our hosts and reporters are crossing the country and diving deep into your — and our — communities to listen to the issues that keep you up at night and learn how they are shaping your choices this election.
We are focusing on some key places that hold significance this election cycle (of course there are many more!), which we introduce you to below.
Join us all year at NPR.org, across our broadcast programs, on our podcasts and Instagram to see and hear where voters are.
Image: Eric Baradat/AFP, Kevin J. Beaty for NPR and Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Caption: Milwaukee (left), Pueblo, Colo., and Charlotte, N.C., are three of the eight places NPR and member stations will be focusing on leading up to the election.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
On this day, 26 February 1860, the Wiyot massacre took place when white settlers attacked and murdered up to 250 Indigenous Wiyot people at Tuluwat, on what is now known as Indian Island, California.
The Wiyot people had never had conflict with white settlers, and so did not expect an attack, and on the day it occurred most of the young men of the tribe were away gathering supplies. The settlers armed themselves with clubs, axes, knives and a few guns and attempted to systematically murder everyone on the island: mostly women, children and the elderly.
Over the coming days more Wiyot people were murdered in the area. While many white people criticised the murders, no one was prosecuted for them, and one journalist who wrote an editorial condemning the murderers was forced to leave the area due to death threats. After the killings, the surviving Wiyot were prohibited from returning to their land.
Many of the survivors did try to resist, launching attacks on nearby white settlements, but they were eventually removed to reservations. But they and their descendants never gave up the fight for their home. The Wiyot tribe purchased a parcel of their old land in 2000, and in 2019 was given back the bulk of the remaining land by the city.
Pictured are Wiyot tribal members commemorating the massacre in 2014 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1360148040837009/?type=3
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