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Tag Archives: comics
Fictional cartoon cities and towns
Here’s my list of cities and towns from well-known, popular, and classic cartoons. If there are any I am missing, please feel free to send suggestions along. Aberdale – Clarence Adventure Bay – Paw Patrol Anytown – the ZhuZhus Arlen … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Cities, Communications, culture, demographics, diversity, family, fun, geography, history, land use, Maps, movies, pictures, place names, satire, skylines, spatial design, technology, Television, Transportation, Uncategorized, video
Tagged cartoons, comics, fun, toons
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Superhero cities/Ciudades de superhéroes
Below are listed famous superheroes from comic books, television, film, and cartoons and the primary city where they are based in or operate from. As some superheroes do not have a primary city where they perform feats of derring-do, those … Continue reading
Posted in books, cartoons, cities, entertainment, fun, futurism, Television, writing
Tagged cartoons, cities, comics, fun, superheroes, TV
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The visual wit of Ian Lockwood
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the Michigan Association of Planning’s Transportation Bonanza 6. Among the stellar list of speakers was Ian Lockwood, P.E. of Toole Design Group. He gave a terrific presentation entitled “Prepare for the Biggest Paradigm Shift … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, art, bicycling, Biking, cartoons, civics, Communications, entertainment, fun, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, satire, spatial design, transportation, urban planning
Tagged cartoons, comics, drawing, engineering, fun, humor, Iam Lockwood, land use, map, Michigan Association of Planning, planning, transportation
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Groot: A loveable and sentimental sentient
If you have not seen the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, please do. It is a fun and adventuresome cinematic treat for all ages. Among the cast of very likeable heroes is Groot, a walking sentient tree a la the … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, environment, film, fun, movies, Science fiction, writing
Tagged acting, cinema, comics, environment, film, fun, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, literature, movies, science fiction, trees
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Shining review of “Thor: The Dark World”
I never got a chance to see the original Thor motion picture that was released in 2011, so I was a little apprehensive last night when we decided to go see the new release, Thor: The Dark World. Just a few … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, Communications, entertainment, film, fun, literature, movies, pictures, technology, theaters
Tagged art, comic books, comics, entertainment, film, heroes, Hollywood, Marvel, movie reviews, movies, Thor, Thor: The Dark World
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Spider-man is truly amazing
I saw The Amazing Spider-man last night and thought it was a very enjoyable and entertaining movie. In fact, I liked it better than the initial version with Tobey Maguire. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were perfectly cast as Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged art, comics, entertainment, film, movies, Spiderman
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