The colors are off because I had to pull them out with Photoshop. By eye, of course, it’s very faint, but you can see the “streaks” against the pitch dark night sky. The camera however saw it in the liveview on my Nikon D3200 as a red/pink rainbowish looking thing. Used a prime lens. That’s why you need specialized equipment like a huge lens for night photography. These weren’t even long exposures either. Look at all the motion blur stars! LOL
Some HD video of heavy snowfall/blizzard here in Green Bay, WI from Jan 9, 2024 and Jan 12, 2024. Shot with Nikon D3200. Full resolution 24 megapixel images just for you to brag how sharp my telephoto lens is.
The crappy cameraphone video doesn’t do it justice. But this just lays claim to witnessing something majestic in my backyard, something rare. Rainbows occur all the time, but sometimes not as even or pretty. I think I’ve only ever witness about 5 max rainbows in my lifetime. This one is the most pretty and even and an actual arch. All the other ones in my lifetime were bands or sheen only.
Get your copies of Jackpot Bloom folks!!!
It was strange that the talk was done through American Intercultural Center (if I’m not mistaken). Overall, it seems as though the audience wasn’t too sophisticated about comic book or mass media culture. They seemed uninterested or a little distant. That might be a genuine problem because it implies the audience members are truly marginalized and not consuming mainstream media. You can pick that up during the Q&A session where they ask questions about racial progress in the depictions in the media as if they didn’t have any control over it. It’s as simple as sitting down and drawing yourself into a superhero and publishing it, but it doesn’t seem they know that.
Anyway, as I’ve joked before, it looks like my run at UW-Green Bay via my Pen Tonic comic strip featuring Agent S as its first Asian superhero made an impact. And anyone who has those actual printed issues of The Fourth Estate are going to have somekind of keepsake increase in value.
Don’t worry, dear fans (not that many), Agent S will return.
By Chongchen Saelee
Wouldn’t you know it, Green Bay’s got it’s FIRST KID SUPERHERO: JACKPOT BLOOM!
Who is Jackpot Bloom? Why do all the other kids hate him? Why do all the adults want to exploit him? What makes him so special?
What if I told you there was a special school that trained young children with special gifts? The children’s powers are harnessed by adults who seek personal gain, but also to make decisions about running the government, society, and the world. After several decades of research, and many failed attempts in finding a breakthrough gifted apparatus child, along comes Jackpot Bloom.
He is a chipper, bright-eyed young man. At age 9, he is a master tennis player. He lives with his adoptive parents at their elegant tennis club/mansion estate that caters to the wealthy.
I witness it literally across the street! And I took photos and video! (more…)
