It’s the Man of Steel versus the Most Powerful Man in the Universe in today’s episode of Funko Friday! To change things up, we take a look a couple of Funko Pop! enamel pins, the stories behind the them, and then the big Pop Culture question: Who would win in a fight? Superman or He-Man?
. . . A.P. Fuchs and welcome to my blog where superheroes and monsters and Pop Culture reign supreme. I’m an independent writer, cartoonist, publisher, and freelancer in the worlds of books and comics, and have been so for the past twenty-five years. This is Canister X, my official web site and the Realm of Heroes and Monsters, where we’re entering summer mode.
Most certainly you’ll be receiving content, but it’s going to follow the theme of the CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: YEAR SEVEN of fluidity. We’re gonna play it casual. We have a major deadline due for the fall for THE AXIOM-MAN SAGA so that project is going to require me putting all hands on deck to get done in time.
My Patreon page is here. It’s a very important place where I post serial novels, serial comics, essays and articles on the creative arts business, behind-the-scenes insights, art, photos, and more. Join me and my other patrons and be a part of something entertaining and interesting with consistent content. Check out the sweet trailer for the page.
I’m also the writer/artist behind the webcomic, Fredrikus, which you can read from the beginning here.
On Saturdays, I send out my newsletter, The Canister X Transmission. It’s a weekly newsletter where we all come together after the week, take a breather, regroup, and head into the weekend. Presently, we are in Year Seven. Join me and my readers and fans of fandom. I love the fan community as it’s a wonderful group of people to be part of, both physically and virtually. See you on the inside.
Since we’re now heading into summer, this is just a quick announcement to say that the content on this site won’t be as regular as usual, likewise for my other social platforms. The big reason is we’re on major deadline for the BATTLE OF POWER Trilogy for THE AXIOM-MAN SAGA, the second-biggest reason being I have some holiday time coming up and that will take away from entertaining you guys and, in the interest of self-care, it’s a good idea for me to just produce on a casual basis until the fall.
We all need to recharge our batteries now and then.
But, again, don’t worry. There will be content, but following the YEAR SEVEN model of fluidity versus a stringent schedule.
Be sure to check back here often. You never know what might pop up and catch your interest.
Have a great summer. Hope you like the Summer 2024 Content Schedule!
Publishing Books: The First Half of 2024 in Review
Since we’re at the halfway mark of 2024, I thought this would be a good time to review what’s been published this year so far. Link to book page in the descriptions, but this is where we stand so far in publishing books this year.
There will be a publishing gap until later in the fall. There might be one thing, but that’s in floating status at the moment. The work is done. Just an issue of assembly.
AXIOM-MAN/CRIMSON CLOAK: SCARLET SYNERGY:
Surrounded by a strange red mist, Axiom-man finds himself in a world not his own. Not again. Meeting a man who calls himself the Crimson Cloak, Axiom-man and this red stranger must fight their way through a hotel of madness where each new floor brings on a deadly challenge. Go to book page.
CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS: POETRY COLLECTION:
All right, World, this is how it’s going to be: Rhymes and verse, Melodies rehearsed, across life’s rocky sea. Read a poem, maybe two, pick three if you wish to dare. Ramblings and coherence, sometimes jots of incoherence, anything for poetic flare. Enjoy and explore, please do, I implore. Let’s talk about life bizarre ’cause it’s pretty complex stuff, said Harvey Pekar. Go to book page.
THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX:
Running from June 2020 to March 2024, readers received news straight from A.P. Fuchs’s bunker studio at Axiom-man Central that was meant to engage, entertain, and have some fun. Go to book page.
Max Fleischer Mego Superman and Toony Comics Superman Unboxing
So, good news first. Our Max Fleischer Mego Superman is perfect. I love it and I’m sure you will, too. A shorts video will be soon enough to do a close up of the figure.
As for the Toony Comics Superman, well, let’s just say Amazon really needs to improve their service.
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP09 –
Not There
Episode 9: Not There – It’s the wealthy couple’s Terrance and Elizabeth’s tenth wedding anniversary and the guests are arriving . . . expect the helpers of the house, Clara and Charles, know something’s off. Something they can’t quite put their finger out. Perhaps something . . . not there.
This episode is all about the story you’re about to be told. The intro’s about it, the story’s about it (I hope haha), and the story beind the story is about it. Why are we so story-focused on this one? Because it’s one of those stories that you have to pay close attention to otherwise it won’t make sense and you’ll think incoherence as opposed to a solidified story. See? Even this about-the-show is about the story.
Story. Story. Story.
Enjoy, and be sure to stick around until after the credits from some jokes relating to “Not there.”
Thanks for listening.
Cheers.
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The Canister X Transmission: The Very Long Year Six
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Running from June 2020 to March 2024, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.
Readers received news straight from A.P. Fuchs’s bunker studio at Axiom-man Central that was meant to engage, entertain, and have some fun.
The Very Long Year Six took a long time to fulfill. It was a time of A.P. Fuchs’s settlement into a new life and a new way of doing things. Ups and downs occurred, but in the end, art and writing prevailed.
Topics include: the work log, blog headlines, content release notices, promotion of new work, and more.
Exclusive to this collection is a one-shot newsletter, Issue Two Hundred Sixty-one A, unavailable anywhere else.
Welcome to The Canister X Transmission: The Very Long Year Six
Funko Friday: Jim Lee Superman and Bombshell Supergirl Funko Pops
Here I present the first Superrman Funko Pop! I ever got. It was a gift. This your classic Jim Lee Superman and with him in this video is the pink breast cancer awareness DC Bombshells Supergirl! Doesn’t she look cute?
Behind-the-scenes posts are always fun and I always enjoy sharing them. As a creator, I always find it interesting when another creator reveals their process. Usually there’s at least one thing to learn and take away to try.
On Monday, THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX went off to press and will be available in paperback and eBook when it comes out. The collection, like the others, has a bonus newsletter only available through the collection.
I’m excited to get this collection out. Normally, it takes a bit before a newsletter year is compiled for publication, but resuming pace from years gone by, I wanted this out as soon as possible after leading my newsletter readers into YEAR SEVEN (which you’re welcome to join, by the way; free is free).
Anyway, watch this space.
Official book page and announcement forthcoming.
(And once the book is ready at the printer’s, I’ll be getting some copies in and will resume my Book Spotlight series and talk about each volume because each newsletter year is different.)
