cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47904525

Good story on Packwood from the biography of Governor Tom McCall, "Fire at Eden's Gate".

Packwood was a first term Senator and McCall was term limited out of the Governor seat and eyeing the Senate:

"Most of all, Packwood promised an ugly, mean battle, the kind that McCall dreaded. And Packwood made sure McCall knew how nasty he would get. He started by publicly boasting that his style of politics would “make the shootout at the OK Corral look like a duck pond pic-nic.” Then he began spreading word that he intended to drag details of McCall’s private life into public view.

McCall’s thin skin had toughened somewhat over the years, but he could not stomach what Packwood threatened. Packwood announced to associates that he intended to make an issue of McCall’s drinking habits. But what worried McCall most of all were Packwood’s threats to drag McCall’s son Sam and the issue of his drug addiction into the race.

Schmidt first heard about Packwood’s threats through mutual friends—people Packwood had told probably knowing that they would rush back and tell McCall and Schmidt. At first glance, a threat to bring up Sam’s drug addiction seemed prone to backfire against Packwood. After all, the McCalls had been public about Sam’s problems. But Schmidt saw the significance. Packwood, or someone working on Packwood’s behalf, was preparing to leak to reporters the stories about McCall’s staff’s efforts to hush up Sam’s crimes. More damaging to McCall, however, would be the story of the governor accepting thousands of dollars raised in 1967 by Glenn Jackson and others to pay Sam’s medical bills.

Schmidt heard this threat from a businessman who claimed to have talked to Packwood and, as it turned out, was one of those who had helped pay Sam’s medical bills. The donations for the medical bills had remained secret for seven years. Now, the possibility of its exposure could create severe problems for McCall. After all, the money was ultimately to McCall’s personal financial benefit. If he were dealing with the Oregon press, Schmidt knew he could control the story, portraying McCall as a compassionate father trying to help his son. Outside of Oregon and in the Watergate era, however, the national press was casting about for any hint of scandal. Schmidt knew that the media’s love affair with McCall would sour at the first whiff of fund-raising efforts for Sam. He feared the headlines: “McCall Covers up for Law-Breaking Son,” or “McCall Accepts Secret Payments.” The press that had made McCall a star might as easily rejoice in tearing him down."

Good story on Packwood from the biography of Governor Tom McCall, "Fire at Eden's Gate".

Packwood was a first term Senator and McCall was term limited out of the Governor seat and eyeing the Senate:

"Most of all, Packwood promised an ugly, mean battle, the kind that McCall dreaded. And Packwood made sure McCall knew how nasty he would get. He started by publicly boasting that his style of politics would “make the shootout at the OK Corral look like a duck pond pic-nic.” Then he began spreading word that he intended to drag details of McCall’s private life into public view.

McCall’s thin skin had toughened somewhat over the years, but he could not stomach what Packwood threatened. Packwood announced to associates that he intended to make an issue of McCall’s drinking habits. But what worried McCall most of all were Packwood’s threats to drag McCall’s son Sam and the issue of his drug addiction into the race.

Schmidt first heard about Packwood’s threats through mutual friends—people Packwood had told probably knowing that they would rush back and tell McCall and Schmidt. At first glance, a threat to bring up Sam’s drug addiction seemed prone to backfire against Packwood. After all, the McCalls had been public about Sam’s problems. But Schmidt saw the significance. Packwood, or someone working on Packwood’s behalf, was preparing to leak to reporters the stories about McCall’s staff’s efforts to hush up Sam’s crimes. More damaging to McCall, however, would be the story of the governor accepting thousands of dollars raised in 1967 by Glenn Jackson and others to pay Sam’s medical bills.

Schmidt heard this threat from a businessman who claimed to have talked to Packwood and, as it turned out, was one of those who had helped pay Sam’s medical bills. The donations for the medical bills had remained secret for seven years. Now, the possibility of its exposure could create severe problems for McCall. After all, the money was ultimately to McCall’s personal financial benefit. If he were dealing with the Oregon press, Schmidt knew he could control the story, portraying McCall as a compassionate father trying to help his son. Outside of Oregon and in the Watergate era, however, the national press was casting about for any hint of scandal. Schmidt knew that the media’s love affair with McCall would sour at the first whiff of fund-raising efforts for Sam. He feared the headlines: “McCall Covers up for Law-Breaking Son,” or “McCall Accepts Secret Payments.” The press that had made McCall a star might as easily rejoice in tearing him down."

Things I'm looking at, what's on your list?

Olympus Saga Megalith #1 (Of 4) - Bad Idea is never a bad idea.

Deadman #1 (Of 6) - Deadman is one of those DC characters that rarely gets any love, like The Demon, or Ragman. Boston Brand was an acrobat who was murdered. Now, as a ghost, he has the ability to possess humans and solve crimes. Created by Arnold Drake and the legendary Carmine Infantino in Strange Adventures #205 (1967).

Cruel Universe 2 #11 (Of 12) - Nearing the end of the latest EC comics run!

Ghost Machine The Official Guidebook #3 (Of 5) - Running down the Ghost Machine universe at Image.

Rook Exodus #10 - Speaking of Ghost Machine, it's been a minute since the last Rook book!

It's Jeff Brand New Week #1 - If you have never experienced the unhinged Joy of Jeff, it's never too late to start!

JSA #20 - Gotta be honest, buying out of habit. Doesn't feel like it's going anywhere.

Junk Punch #1 (Of 5) - No idea, but the title and cover are hilarious!

Marc Spector Moon Knight #5

Supergirl Survive #1 (Of 6) - Looks worth a look, building up to the new Supergirl movie.

X-Books:
Cyclops #5 (Of 5) - closing out the Cyclops run.
Storm Earth's Mightiest Mutant #5 (Of 5) - Storm too!
Uncanny X-Men #29
Wade Wilson Deadpool #5
What If...? The Uncanny X-Men #1 - What If Cyclops Stayed With Madelyn Pryor? X-Men Of Apocalypse #4 (Of 4) - Rounding out the throwback title.

Just want a quick gauge of what the group feels about World Cup Coverage before it's upon us.

I get the overall feeling that Lemmy isn't really down for sports coverage in general and there's a large dislike of Fifa in particular.

But if you all want round by round coverage, I'll put up a sticky.

If you say "Not World News", I'll yank any article that gets posted and re-direct them to some sports related community.

Personally, I don't think any sports is "News", but hey, that's just me!

Let's see what's up this week!

Absolute Green Arrow #1 (Of 6) - Haven't been a fan of the Absolute series, but this looks interesting.

Bad Idea - Love a good indie imprint!
Hab #2 (Of 5)

BRZRKR Light Draws Breath #1 - Glad to see BRZRKR back! The novel Reaves tried to pull off just didn't work without the visuals.

https://thebookofelsewhere.com/

Camelot 3000 TP (2026 Edition), $34.99 - This is a blast from the past and well worth reading if you never have. It was one of the original "Maxi-Series" running 12 issues from 1982 to 1985. One of the few books where Brian Bolland contributed interior art as well as covers.

Ghost Machine:
Hornsby And Halo #0
Hyde Street #12
Been a minute on both of these! Where were we again?

Rocketeer The Island #3 - Yeah, it's not Dave Stevens, but who is? Still a sucker for all things Rocketeer...

Swamp Thing 1989 #2 (Of 4) - Continuing the spiked end of Rick Vietch's run on Swamp Thing!

Ultimates #24 - End of the Ultimate universe?

Wonder Man #3 (Of 5)

They started running it at 2:30 PM Thursday so I hit an early show...

Let's be 100% honest, it's review proof. You already know if you're going to see it or not...

It's fun, bigger than the streaming show, but maybe not necessarily as big as one of the franchise films. Not that it NEEDS to be, it's still fun for what it is.

Lots of borrowing from other properties, the opening is pretty much a blatant steal from "Leon: The Professional". They go to a Blade Runner planet and talk to a Blade Runner food vendor.

Overall? I had fun. Will buy it if/when it comes out on physical media.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47188579

Can't say I'm surprised, they ditched all their back issues years ago and seemed more toy and graphic novel centric since then.

Plus Disney snapping up Fox meant they lost the Star Wars, Alien, and Predator franchises which moved to Marvel.

Can't say I'm surprised, they ditched all their back issues years ago and seemed more toy and graphic novel centric since then.

Plus Disney snapping up Fox meant they lost the Star Wars, Alien, and Predator franchises which moved to Marvel.