Hammered by the hand! My week in review

TYG had an operation on her hand this week. It went fine but having her right hand out of commission proved a challenge. I had to handle all the doses for our dogs’ medical care for a couple of days, plus walking them both to minimize any risk to her hand — Plushie’s pulling can be hard enough even with two good hands to rein him in.

On top of that, the night before the surgery I slept poorly — and I didn’t have the same freedom to take naps during the day that I usually do. The end result was that I was exhausted, plus I had less time. So not a great week for productive work.

Plus I spent an hour trying to track down one Jekyll and Hyde movie online. The one site that had it requires a subscription and wanted me to pay for it by direct withdrawal from my bank. Um, no, I don’t trust them that much. I ordered it on DVD, finally.

So another largely unproductive week. I did get in two articles for The Local Reporter. One of them, on documentary producer Joedan Okun — he worked on the Grammy-winning American Symphony, available on Netflix — is way cooler than my usual subject. The other was an update on Carrboro’s newly opened library branch.

At Atomic Junk Shop I wrote about comics’ first resurrection and the first death of a Marvel hero’s love interest. I also looked at how Captain America was becoming out of place by the end of the 1960s, as Cap reflects in the scene below. It would be a couple of years before Marvel found the solution.

On the plus side, I sold another digital copy of 19-Infinity. Whoever you are, thanks for spending your hard-earned money on me.

All rights to images remain with current holders. Art top to bottom by Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, Nick Cardy and Gene Colan.