Atlas ace, Larry Woromay, could ape Davis (and Nostrand) with incredible, impeccable accuracy. He also delivered the gloomy xmas goods in the macabre March 1953 issue of Marvel Tales #112, with an oddly refreshing twist on the Dickens classic. Have a safe and very happy holiday everyone-- we'll definitely see a few more posts here at AEET before the year is out too...
Wow, that was a twist I did not see coming!! I'm not sure if I liked it or not, lol! Merry Christmas, Mr. Karswell, thanks for giving us all consistently terrific content to look forward to!
ReplyDeleteI liked the Charlie Brown shirt Elias was wearing as a kid. Really loved this ending! Great story!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I totally didn’t even notice that —maybe he’s a long lost relative of Charlie Brown? Lol
ReplyDeleteMore consistently terrific content coming up! Hope everyone’s having a great holiday so far!
Nice! A suitably mean-spirited take on the most famous Christmas ghost story of all. And the Dickens joke cracked me up. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteAtkinson did this take, too, in a Blackadder Christmas Carol, except he started out as the nicest man in the world, and became bad because the visions showed being bad was better for him (though it gets turned around again in the end.)
ReplyDeleteIf I was one of the spirits in this story I wouldn't give Hodge a moments rest I'd be pretty damn pissed!
There are times I forgot I wasn't looking at a Davis story. Don't know if this is Stan or not, but it seems like a story he'd do, it's very clever how it basically twists twice near the end, and the last line from the ghosts is great!
Last page, second panel, is a great image.
Once again thanks for the comments, and as we slowly, excruciatingly exit the old year and agonizingly enter into the new one I hope that everyone sticks with me. I know AEET isn't displaying my large scans correctly either, but it really feels pointless to start a whole new blog at this point elsewhere. Or maybe I should? I mean, nearly 3 months later, it's obvious that blogger isn't gonna fix this disastrous fuck up of a update that pretty much killed THOIA. So what's everyone think?
ReplyDeleteWell, I certainly hope that you keep posting. Almost anything at this point is going to take a little extra work.
ReplyDeleteThe way I see it, the easiest process is to go back into the uploaded post, right after you upload it, and edit the image URLs to include the size tag (/s5000). This is the thing most people having this issue seem to be doing--it's what I do when I read your blog. Of course, you will have to do this every time, with each URL. It'll be quick enough, but it will be one more step each time you post, forever.
Since the problem stems, I suspect, from the fact that you are using a really great template that employs a bunch of CSS to make room for badges and display images and stuff in your two sidebars, you can probably fix it by changing the template. This is the second, and more laborious way, to maybe solve your problem: overhaul the look with a new template, one that works with the changes Blogger has made. I feel like this is why Pappy isn't having the same problem you are. His much simpler template doesn't include advanced bells and whistles that don't play nice with Bloggers stupid new decision-making. Changing templates would mean a lot of work in the immediate future, but then, once it all works and looks the way you want it to, you'd be done. No more adjusting from post to post, and all your archives in place just where you want them.
The most labor-intensive step you could take at this point is to export your blog to another place. Even if you just start fresh (and link to your greater archives here), you'll still have to set it up from scratch, including designing a new look and mastering a new template and upload process. It would, in effect, be taking on both options I've listed above. I understand that breaking-up with Google over this nonsense is attractive, but it may mean even more work for you. And you might end up at a site that will change their processes on you even more often than Google does.
Anyway, sorry to go on and on. I guess I could have made this into a letter, but I'm really hoping to see more answers. It's possible I'm over-thinking the issue.