Amethyst, Princess of Gem World

I used to be a mild comic book nerd. Collected comics of female characters, and supernatural vibed characters, like The Shadow, Dr. Strange, X-Files, etc.

Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, was one I collected. I know I still have these somewhere -- I hope. Haven't been in the comic book realm for a long time, so was surprised to find that this issue, depending on condition of course, is now selling between $400.00 (!) and $125.00. Time to go into my room full of boxes and search for my comics.

Roswell: The Comic #4, 1997

Cleaning out the old room full o'books and found this copy of Bongo's Roswell comic from 1997, #4. I know I have others. Somewhere. I'm sure I'll be posting lots of fun things as I get through the room of doom. I'm also putting a lot of these items on Ebay.

Roswell comic #4 1997, front

Roswell comic, #4 1997 back

Bruce Duensing Ponders the Contactees

Bruce Duensing, at Intangible Materiality, on the contactees. A very different perspective: The Gravitational Field of the Contactees.
In thinking about what do "they" want, Bruce puts forth:

And so we ask, "What do they want?" Consider for a moment a one word reply. Nothing.

Maybe they do, maybe they don't. For much of UFO, anomalous and paranormal interactions, maybe the answer is that "they" don't want anything. They just are.

Bruce considers the interactions between contactees and the entities and presents some interesting perspectives;for example, are our desires and anxieties contributors to the experience?

I can never do Duensing justice so I'll stop now. Visit his site and read his article if you want something new to turn over regarding the contactee experience.

I'll just say that, while I remain utterly inarticulate as to why abductees, contactees and other experiencers of high strangeness should be considered seriously and not just as some quaint yet embarrassing aberration better left alone if one is a "serious" UFO researcher, it is important to explore this realm, without the finality of the decree "they were all frauds."

Insidious Round About Book Banning

A law that was passed in January seems to be strangely under reported. That law concerns vintage children's books; it's illegal to sell them. Vintage meaning any book printed before 1985.

The reason given for this law has to do with lead content in ink.

This law has caused great confusion among libraries, book sellers, etc.

It's not as straight forward as it might seem; there's much more to this just below the surface.

For more, read what my article on my blog Octopus Confessional. And so some research of your own; I think you'll be startled at what you find.

New Movie: Alien Trespass

R. W. Goodwin's Alien Trespass sounds like fun. A new movie opens today that's an homage to 1950s type sci-fi flicks. Goodwin directed the first few seasons of The X-Files. I like that Goodwin didn't use CGI but "real rubber" and didn't use any camera lens created after 1957.

Here's a trailer for the movie! Enjoy.

Racy

Leaving wholesome cartoon land, and on to titillating images in Saucer Land. . .

Beefcake and saucers . . .


The occasional sex toy reared its head . . .


"Bond, James Bond . . ."

Cartoon Characters and Flying Saucers

As I commented in the earlier post on cartoon characters in the comics and flying saucers, I don't usually like the combination of the two. I do like this Felix cover though. I always liked Felix and his Magic Bag of Tricks.


This Mighty Mouse one cracks me up; it has everything! Dinosaurs and spaceships! And on the Moon, too!








Here's one for those interested in the ghost/alien connection.

The Shadow and the Riddle of the Flying Saucers

I've been a fan of The Shadow, who knew he had his turn with flying saucers? This cover is from 1948. Image from UFO POP.