Monthly Archives: April 2005

Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker TP

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(From Alias Enterprises.) This all-ages romp through the fantasy worlds of children’s fiction is a wonderful story that focuses on beloved characters of childhood yore. Join Jim Hawkins, Alice, Pinocchio, Little Red Riding Hood and the Pied Piper as they join forces to stop a dark magic warping their world and discover who is behind the evil scheme. You’ll never guess who the bad guy turns out to be in this fun-filled adventure! Scheduled to ship 07/06/05. (6747)

ITEM CODE: FEB058460
SC, 7×10, 96pgs, FC Price: $9.99

I’ve got issue #1 (sold out!), and #2 (also sold out!) is coming in this week… so far, I really like the story: it’s got a lot of potential, and from the tidbits I’ve picked up, I think the story’s going to flesh out nicely.

For those who "must know," here are the issue summaries for the stories comprising this volume (special thanks goes to Silver Bullet Comics for cataloging PREVIEWS in its entirity each month!):

Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker (Issue 1)

(Issue 1 cover art.) A strange force has been twisting the magical world and making its way toward Wonderland. Alice, who has become the right hand of the Queen of Hearts, sets out to find out what this dark magic is and perhaps find her way home in the process. We’re also introduced to Jim Hawkins, proud, independent, adventurous…and fired! A pirate without a ship, Jim’s never been one for taking orders, and that lands him on his own, but not for long. Pinocchio, once again a little wooden boy, tags along and invites Jim on a whole new adventure.

Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker (Issue 2)

(Issue 2 cover art.) Jim and Pinocchio continue their quest to Oz, when they are sidetracked by a band of religious zealots who kidnap Pinocchio! At the same time, Red and Piper confront Grandma’s kidnapper, who points the finger at Alice! An exciting, action-packed issue not to be missed!

Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker (Issue 3)

(Issue 3 cover art.) All roads lead to Oz, but no one ever said it would be easy getting there. Jim Hawkins fights to rescue his friend Pinocchio from the denizens of the World Tree, but he may not like what he finds. Meanwhile, while searching for Red Riding Hood’s grandmother Alice, Red and the Pied Pier find their way blocked by three hell-bent Billy goats. Granny’s secret is revealed, but will it matter by the time they find what’s left of her?

Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker (Issue 4)

(Issue 4 cover art.) LULLABY comes to a dramatic conclusion as Jim and Pinocchio finally come face to face with Alice, the Piper, Red Riding Hood and Cheshire Cat. A bond is formed quickly, not only because both groups are heading toward Oz, but also because they share a common menace. A menace that threatens everyone� Oz’s own Tin Man. But just as everything else has been twisted and bent in this fairy tale world so has the Tin Man. Can the newly formed fellowship stand against the lumbering, steam powered giant, or will this be the end of the journey for our heroes?

LULLABY: WISDOM SEEKER is © and ® Mike S. Miller & Hector Sevilla, 2005. All Rights Reserved.

The Voice of Your Brother’s Blood is Crying to Me

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I agree with Mr. Arnold: this is vile, ugly, and definitely worthy of the usage of “pissed” in describing how I feel after reading it:

In reading about various topic in bioethics, I came across this rather ominous sounding bit of Orwellian newspeak: “wrongful birth.” It’s kind of like “wrongful death,” but the exact opposite. It points to a rather elaborate counterfactual analysis of circumstances:

If a mother had known that her fetus [unborn baby] was afflicted with some incurable genetic “disease” (i.e., Down’s syndrome, cystic fibrosis, etc.), then she would never have allowed the pregnancy to continue its course and instead would have aborted [murdered in the womb] the fetus [unborn baby].

“Families” have sued doctors for wrongful birth, claiming that doctors should have provided them with information about certain genetic markers that portend to genetic defects or diseases, so that these “families” then could have chosen abortion [murder] rather than carrying the fetus [unborn baby] to term. I say “families” because can you imagine being in such a family? “Gee honey, we didn’t really want you but we got you anyway, so we’re gonna sue Dr. So-and-So for making us take you.”

Anyway, I’m sure there is some real philosophical argumentation to be done here, but I’m too pissed to do any right now. Maybe later.

And to think, these are the people who like to call fundamentalist Christians “nazis”? Sorry, we don’t tend to encourage mass murder… and last time I checked, “infanticide” and “genocide” bore more of a resemblance to each other than did “genocide” and “intolerance”.

I’m sick of selfish idiots.

Joy

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It is difficult to find words strong enough for the sensation which came over me; Milton’s “enormous bliss” of Eden (giving the full, ancient meaning to “enormous”) comes somewhere near it. It was a sensation, of course, of desire; but desire for what? not, certainly, for a biscuit tin filled with moss, nor even (though that came into it) for my own past. ??????????? — and before i knew what I desired, the desire itself was gone, the whole glimpse withdrawn, the world turned commonplace again, or only stirred by a longing for the longing that had just ceased. It had taken only a moment of time; and in a certain sense, everything else that had ever happened to me was insignificant by comparison.

Blog By Faith – Off with a bang!

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Mormons take missions very seriously and most dedicate at least two full years of their life serving in the mission field. If the 1 billion Christians in the world did like wise, each person would only need to share the Gospel with 5 people.

What an amazing point! I never thought of it that way…

…and Congratulations to Joshua and Tammy (and friends) on their entrance into the world of blogging!