I occasionally posted a question or two on Ask Greg, but waited a good three years before I dipped my toes in the Comment Room.

But yes, a happy anniversary Morrand :-)

A most random tangent: Over the weekend I caught The Uprising in theatres, and while I had mixed thoughts on the film, I did enjoy (no spoilers) the portrayal of the young King Richard II. This most recent English Monarch history-inspired film prompted me to quickly review just how many of the English/British Monarchs (from William I to Charles III) have I seen portrayed on the stage or screen (film or series). Now, I'm fairly confident the bulk of Scottish monarchs I've seen depictions of have been thanks to Gargoyles, so I'll save that tally for another conversation d:

Anyways, my current tally is 25/42 monarchs with highlights (by no means an exhaustive, at least not here) from The Lion in Winter, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (they're not all dramas), Richard II, Blackadder, Henry IV (Part 1), Henry V, The Lost King, Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement of Henry VIII, Shakespeare in Love, Cromwell, The Favourite, John Adams (the miniseries), Hamilton, The Greatest Showman, and The King's Speech. I'll note that my tally includes depictions of the heir apparents that also appear in the story, and not necessarily the reigning monarch in the play/movie/series.

In short, I'm a list-fiend, and it's a curious genre that I'll now be keeping tabs on. d:
Phoenician
Gus: "I always forget you're there." Hooty: "I forget I'm here toooooo."
posted @ Tue, Sep 15, 2026 12:29:16 am EDT from 68.2.64.232

Seventh!
Good evening everyone! ^.^
Sleeplesssongbird - [Opportunistic dot Cat at Gmail dot com]
-Cat.
posted @ Tue, Sep 15, 2026 12:01:06 am EDT from 138.199.52.6

I had to lurk through miles of snow with no shoes on before I posted!
Matthew the Fedora Guy
The world I love, the tears I drop to be part of the wave, can't stop...
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 4:31:48 pm EDT from 184.23.35.150

I lurked for decades before posting!
Craig
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 4:28:51 pm EDT from 69.118.30.106

6th

You're a far bolder man than I am, morrand. I lurked for years before posting.
Matthew the Fedora Guy
The world I love, the tears I drop to be part of the wave, can't stop...
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 3:34:43 pm EDT from 184.23.35.150

Fifth. Yes, Dynamite switched over to Lunar Distribution in June of last year, and now that they've had some time to recalibrate/recover from the Diamond fiasco, things appear to be running much more smoothly.
Craig
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 1:18:43 pm EDT from 69.118.30.106

Well, I was going to call third, and point out that today is also the third anniversary of my first post here (though I was lurking for a few weeks beforehand). But Todd got in while I was busy typing, so fourth it is! The CR has been a joy all this time and has every sign of remaining one, and thank you all for that.

Flashing back a bit to Sleeplesssongbird's post from late last week: locally, I know that Dynamite has been distributing through Lunar. At least according to my local dealer, that seems to have been going more or less all right (especially compared to the last couple of weeks of Diamond before it went under). Amazon, on the other hand, seems to have been a hot mess, as Craig mentions. I know at least one of the ISBN numbers listed on Amazon didn't seem to match what was actually on the book, too, though I'm not sure if that's been fixed.

Regarding the SCP issue, Gizmodo had an article yesterday touching on the controversy and the open questions about whether the studio would adhere to the Creative Commons terms, but not going into many details. Any guarantee would need the services of a qualified attorney, I'm afraid. Entertainment can be a messy business.

Speaking of which, V Dev Sangirut: You may want to try posting your question under the "Ask Greg" tab above, as it's nobody but us chickens in here. I do suspect Greg would say it's not up to him what gets produced; I'd add that rallying the fans and petitioning the studios could be a more effective tactic, especially given some recent successes along that line in other areas.
morrand - [morrand276 at gmail dot com]
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 9:18:26 am EDT from 108.69.72.60

Third.

For hardly had the music but a moment ended,
and the first course in the court as was custom been served,
when there passed through the portals a perilous horseman,
the mightiest on middle-earth in measure of height,
from his gorge to his girdle so great and so square,
and his loins and his limbs so long and so huge,
that half a troll upon earth I trow that he was,
but the largest man alive at least I declare him;
and yet the seemliest for his size that could sit on a horse,
for though in back and in breast his body was grim,
both his paunch and his waist were properly slight,
and all his features followed his fashion so gay in mode;
for at the hue men gaped aghast
in his face and form that showed;
as a fay-man fell he passed,
and green all over glowed.

With the new issue just two days away, and introducing the Green Knight into the Gargoyles Universe, I thought I'd start the week off with a quote from the medieval poem featuring him (I'm using the translation by J. R. R. Tolkien, published by Mariner Books).

The big question I have about the "Gargoyles" take on the Green Knight is how his awakening brings Queen Mab a step closer to returning, and what his connections are with her. (I'm leaving out "Spoiler" tags for the discussion of the contents of the Solicitations for #2 to #4, since they were released long enough ago that everyone here must have read them by now.) Is he one of Queen Mab's followers, working to help her return, or does his awakening advance her schemes some other way?

I'm leaning towards the latter. Part of this, I'll confess, is that, based on the way the Green Knight was depicted in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" - while fearsome-seeming at first, he turns out to be a good-natured fellow with an understanding, forgiving tone towards Gawain - I don't want to imagine him supporting the menacing Queen Mab - though it could be another case of "Not all things are accurate". But the solicitations for #3 and #4 offer some support for the notion that "he's not working for Mab". In them, Mab is the one portrayed as working actively towards her release by plaguing people with nightmares (with assistance from the mysterious Scarecrow); there's no mention of the Green Knight or anyone about hurrying through the waking world looking for a means to free Mab, which is what I'd expect if the Green Knight was Mab's accomplice. From this, I think it more likely that the Green Knight's sleep was in some ways hindering Mab from troubling the outside world, that his role was a jailer rather than a sealed-away follower.

(I wonder if he's the statue of the knight we saw at the end of #1 in the scene with Benvolio, Malvolio, and Nought. If so, it's likely to be another case of "Not all things are accurate", since in the poem, the Green Knight wasn't wearing armor - or having any weaponry apart from the axe.)
Todd Jensen
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 9:02:14 am EDT from 68.99.93.213

Hmmm. I guess I'll count myself as SECOND!

And the SECOND issue of Gargoyles is out this week!
Matt
"The eggs in the rookery will soon hatch. They will need guidance..." - Goliath, "Awakening Part Two"
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 8:24:57 am EDT from 204.184.178.1

Bro can i just ask you something, Please can u make the spectacular spider man season 3.Every fan still carries a hollow in their heart due to that peter gwen loose end. Please ask disney and sony to post some poll and collaborate if possible. I have always loved your works btw.
V Dev Sangirut - [sangirutdev at gmail dot com]
V Dev Sangirut
posted @ Mon, Sep 14, 2026 4:15:03 am EDT from 42.104.128.19