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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: September 2011
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Monday, 19 September 2011. Books and Stuff: An In-between Posts Kind of Post. Okay, so the past two weeks have been kind of crazy ( on more levels than I care to remember. And two different planned posts have had to be pushed forward simply because I have not had the time to do some much needed prep on either of them. Be in my next blog post. Novel is no less political ( perhaps even more so. By Mohsin H...
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: July 2012
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Tuesday, 31 July 2012. Munsch's Paper Bag Princess: A Book Ahead of its Time. I first encountered author Robert Munsch and illustrator Michael Martchenko's wonderful children's book The Paper Bag Princess. In its board book version. So, what is so fantastic about this little book then, you wonder? I will tell you. But before I do, I feel obliged to tell you that there will be spoilers ahead. If you want ...
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: Munsch's Paper Bag Princess: A Book Ahead of its Time
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Tuesday, 31 July 2012. Munsch's Paper Bag Princess: A Book Ahead of its Time. I first encountered author Robert Munsch and illustrator Michael Martchenko's wonderful children's book The Paper Bag Princess. In its board book version. So, what is so fantastic about this little book then, you wonder? I will tell you. But before I do, I feel obliged to tell you that there will be spoilers ahead. If you want ...
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: June 2011
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Monday, 27 June 2011. The Author – Creator or Creative Vessel? I am currently teaching a creative writing class based on script doctor and story consultant John Truby's book The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Now, first off, I would say in Truby's defence that there is a difference between an organic result ( which comes across as cohesive and alive. But even accepting that ...
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: Secret Identities, Origin Stories and Never-ending Continuities: On Superhero Films and Some of their Problems
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Tuesday, 28 August 2012. Secret Identities, Origin Stories and Never-ending Continuities: On Superhero Films and Some of their Problems. Having seen The Avengers. And The Dark Knight Rises. This year ( liking them all to different degrees. This post will focus on three things: secret identities, origin stories and never-ending continuities. All of these ( mostly. The idea of the dual identity is deeply r...
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: July 2011
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Monday, 25 July 2011. Two adjectives have occupied my brain since Friday: unfathomable and horrible. On Friday, catastrophe struck my peaceful neighbouring country Norway. A bomb was set off at the government building in Oslo and on a small island named Utøya, no more than 0.12 km² big ( or 0.075 mi². What appears to be the same ( potentially lone. With a machine gun, killing at. Wednesday, 13 July 2011.
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem: August 2012
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Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. Musings on life, literature, film, music and comics by the Mad Swede. Tuesday, 28 August 2012. Secret Identities, Origin Stories and Never-ending Continuities: On Superhero Films and Some of their Problems. Having seen The Avengers. And The Dark Knight Rises. This year ( liking them all to different degrees. This post will focus on three things: secret identities, origin stories and never-ending continuities. All of these ( mostly. The idea of the dual identity is deeply r...
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