Yep, they just told me yesterday. I KNOW my homeboys and I are seeing THIS. 😁✊🏽

This was a REALLY pleasant surprise. And it's the one time in damn near forever that I'm actually going to a movie theater for an MCU film, as will my homeboys. Trust me, that is saying something. If we're lucky, this'll be what saves the current phase of the cinematic universe and possibly Marvel's image and legacy from going to shit. 

And as for the fans of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, this is indeed their last hurrah portraying Wade Wilson and Logan, respectively. But it's sure to be a great sendoff, especially for Hugh Jackman fans... because this time, he finally completes the classic suit. As in, ALL of it. (Okay, it could be A.I., but it still looks pretty legit to me. We'll see.)

Deadpool & Wolverine, 'fo 'sho this coming July. Let's fuckin' go.

SNEAKERS' U-FORCE is the most popular of OmniLegend Tales on Global Comix! 🎇

Global Comix sends me bi-monthly updates on readership of my comics there. I have 3 followers there (I technically don't count the fourth because it was an erroneous follow vote from myself, but I'd rather not un-follow because I feel that shows I'm not proud of my work... yeeeaah, I'm kinda weird like that), which to me is more than I could ask for. 

What surprises me, though, is that of all the installments for each of my two series, Lil' Hero Artists and Sneakers' U-Force, it seems Sneakers' U-Force is the most popular of the two series, with readership for all three current installments -- Volumes 1 and 2, and Volume 3 - Issue #12 -- currently amounting at nearly 4,600 reads, with one reader also favoriting the series today, tying it with the single favorite for Lil' Hero Artists.

During my time at my former job, I remember something all of my supervisors -- our HR manager in particular -- always told me to take to heart: that it's high time I start taking the compliments I've been getting from others seriously, because they are honest compliments. As I've always been extremely self-critical and self-conscious, accepting compliments hasn't exactly been easy to do. And as far as my art goes, yeah, many people tell me I'm FAR too humble about my work, ranging from my local bookstore owner who never complained about slow sales with my work while also declaring to me that I'm the only local artist whose graphic novels would grace her shelves (!), to my Eco Art instructor who not only helped my with my vision to bring Sneakers' U-Force to life, but to make it the star attraction at the gallery in 2010, along with an interview and photo-op for the college paper. 

I think I'll start taking the compliments now. No point in denying what people keep telling me; I am proud of what I've accomplished. And I'm excited about what I've got planned for the future for not just my series, but another series currently in development headed by a good friend of mine since 7th grade who wants to try his own hand at scripting a graphic novel of his own with me as illustrator and graphic designer. It's gonna be a lot of fun. 

A Record Broken in a Changing Nation. 👏🏾

Josh Gibson has been declared the TRUE greatest hitter in all of MLB history as the MLB has included the Negro Leagues in the record book. Gibson is the rightful champion of not one but TWO records it seems. Babe Ruth is now second greatest. Wow.

I was never really into baseball, but news like this does make me happy and optimistic. This further proves the significance that Blacks in America have in making it what it is today. Even with all the crap Republicans are pulling to discredit the Black heroes/heroines and trailblazers of the past, it's still literally impossible to fully write out all of our ancestors' accomplished. 

Let's face it, America has been impressed and wowed over and over by the accomplishments of not only Blacks, but all races, genders, and orientations. Many of these accomplishments are things that nobody in the Republican Party could even dream of doing. These stars are what make America great. Not whiny little prats who believe that they alone are the be-all and end-all of all living things and are entitled to unwavering worship and loyalty. 

These facts can't, and never will be, erased from American history. It just makes it more and more clear that those who sought to overthrow the government were people of little to no significance -- just like their "president" -- and who TRULY hate America. They're stuck in the past, still seeing Jim Crow as the law of the land, that a White Jesus means all power in the country resides solely in the hands of arrogant White men with a fancy for dominating their wives/girlfriends. 

You can't cover up, hide, or erase the best aspects of humanity and those who represent them.