Nov 15 2020 - Who Looks Like Famous Villains?

 

How does one get to be a Villain (with a capital V)?  One is in a film, novel, or play - one is a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.   There seem to be a lot of variations - the false donor, beast, authority figure, traitor, and so on. There are real life villains:  Nero, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Osama bin Laden are listed. But the deeds of real life villains are unspeakable and shouldn't be covered first thing in the morning.  The deeds of fictional villains are interesting in the plot of the novel. Disney has a lot of villains - and there are  artists who reimagine Disney Villains in various ways - look no further than bored panda villains.  How would Disney Villains decorate their bedrooms, what would they look like as children, what if they were creepier, and so on.  Here's the article on people who look like cartoon characters - that is, 25 real life Disney Characters.  The first few are excellent.     Here's a November Birthday card.

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Nov 14 2020 - Villains in Port Dover?

 

And what happened in Port Dover? Yes - they (the bikers) 'descended on this otherwise sleepy Lake Erie town'. It was very subdued and quiet - 600 was the number given compared to last year there were 75,000 in Port Dover for September's 13th day. My interest has turned to villains.  The first villain I remember is Lex Luthor - these excerpts are from Wikipedia: "Lex Luthor originally appeared in Action Comics No. 23 (cover dated: April 1940). He has since endured as the archenemy of Superman. Lex Luthor was originally a mad scientist, but since the late 1980s, he has more often been portrayed as a power-mad business magnate, the CEO of LexCorp.  He ranks as number 4 in the 100 Greatest Villains of All Time." "Following Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986), DC reboots its universe yet again, creating the "Post-Crisis" reality. In the 1986 limited series The Man of Steel, John Byrne redesigned Lex Luthor from scratch, intending to make him a villain that the 1980s would recognize: an evil corporate executive. Byrne intentionally chose to base this new depiction of Luthor on businessmen Donald Trump and Ted Turner." There are a number of through-lines to Donald Trump except for the origins of poverty:  "As originally presented in the Post-Crisis version of the DC Comics Universe, Lex Luthor is a product of child abuse and early poverty."   On his character, Wikipedia observes: "Whether he is a mad scientist, corrupt businessman, or both, Luthor's ego is a defining trait in all his incarnations; he believes he is entitled to both popularity and power. While each incarnation initially wants the adoration of others and control over either Smallville or Metropolis, the goal eventually rises to control over Earth and possibly universal domination." I reminisced through the Chrysanthemums at Gage Park last month. What a beautiful creation each one is.

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