The Fade Out is a crime comic created by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips with the help of colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser and research assistant Amy Condit. Twelve issues were published by Image Comics between August 2014 and January 2016, and republished in paperback and hardcover formats. The story, partly inspired by the life of Brubaker's uncle, is set in 1948 and features Charlie Parish, a Hollywood screenwriter suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and fronting for his blacklisted best friend, Gil. When Charlie wakes from a blackout in the same room as a murdered starlet, he and Gil set out to bring her killer to justice. As they learn more about her troubled past, they find themselves up against powerful Hollywood elites. Although Brubaker had been concerned the premise was not commercial enough to have wide appeal, The Fade Out sold better than any of the authors' previous collaborations and early issues went through several printings. The series received positive reviews from critics, who enjoyed the tragic conclusion.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1258:
George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by the nobles under future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mouzalon
1758:
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zorndorf
1942:
World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay
1950:
Althea Gibson entered into the U.S. Tennis Championships, becoming the first African American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Gibson
1989:
The Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
apple of discord: An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apple_of_discord
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of nuclear weapons. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves. --Martin Amis https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Amis