Newsletter: Fourth Quarter 2014 & Big Bang 2014 Roundup

[teyke.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since we've had one of these, so this one will round-up the last two and a half months (November 1st to January 15th). Prepare for one epic newsletter!

Official Comm Stuff:
Following a request for a few good mods, there has been a great response from the community. There are going to be some changes in modding structure and personnel over the next few weeks; please be patient while this is developed. Further information will be given and community input will be sought after things are more worked out.

In the meantime, the 2015 Reverse Bang has started! Artists are arting and writers are waiting with anticipation to see their drafts (art drafts due February 18th). Your lovely event mods for the 2015 RBB are vibraniumstark, cptshellhead, and nohaijiachi, who can jointly be reached at cap.im.events@gmail.com.

As salmastryon's no longer able to do the newsletters for personal reasons, I'm doing the roundup for now. Newsletters will be resuming on a monthly basis hereafter. Thank you, Salma, for all your hard work, both on this and quite a few other comm events.

Finally, comm tags should now be up to date. If you are a creator missing a creator tag, or if you notice any other tags that are missing and should be added, please comment on this post.

Discussion Question Wednesdays!
Discussion Question Wednesday! #12: favorite canon moments!
Discussion Question Wednesday! #11: Fear

News:
Final Issues of Avengers and New Avengers have been announced - link goes to comm discussion (spoilers)
Age of Ultron Trailer #2 is here! (spoilers)
Captain America: the Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and X-Men: Days of Future Past nominated for visual effects Oscars
Enticing but Vague Spoilers on Captain America: Civil War (spoilers)
Captain America: Civil War shooting locations revealed (spoilers)
Erasing Women: the Importance of "Agent Carter" to Comic Culture
Mike Colter to Star as Luke Cage in Marvel's aka Jessica Jones
Avengers Assemble returns at the end of the month with a body-swap episode (spoilers)
Wired has an article about the science behind a particularly dramatic aspect of Tony's new armour in SIM (minor spoilers)
Video: FliteTest built a mini-Helicarrier with lego Avengers... and yes, it flies!
Comic book previews: Superior Iron Man #4, Superior Iron Man #4 (unlettered - other pages), Avengers: Rage of Ultron (unlettered) - spoilers


Roundups:

Holiday Exchange 2014 Roundup by runningondreams - now with giftees and gifters both. Thank you, running!

Big Bang 2014 Roundup:

• All Over But the Shouting (MCU) by blackchaps with art by angel_inoshi


• Blinded, But Now I See (MCU) by howling_commandos with art by leperu and yawmin


• every merit in you (MCU) by inkingwhell with art by sorellaerba and taradrawsfanart


• For the Wheel's Still in Spin (MCU) by jlightning_wolf with art by wire_doll and digitalwave


• If You Want a Life of Action (616) by runningondreams with art by pinkelephant42


• The King and the Dragon (MCU) by dragonofmemory with art by neera_pendragon and fictionforlife


• Love and the Wedding Industrial Complex (MCU AU) by neverever with art by lough_chan


• Not With a Bang (616 AU) by cptshellhead and vibraniumstark with art by superjustice and rumikofujikavva


• Saving Bucky Bear (MA:A/AvX Babies) by magicasen with art by seasaltpepper


• Slipping off the Page into Your Hands (616) by sineala with art by etakyma and niki_chidon


• 'Sorry' is Just a Platitude (616) by shinkonokokoro with art by spanglesandsass and draxidean


• Staring into an Eclipse (616) by iloome with art by shaliara and Lets_call_me_Lily


• Walk a Mile in Your Shoes (MCU) by inukagome15 with art by zia_narratora and hayatecrawford


• Wasted on the Dead and Dreaming (MCU/616 AU) by linneakou with art by kayqy and MachineCalledMan


• What Lies Beneath (MCU, mild AU) by minerva710 with art by krusca and marinarusalka

Fanfic:

• amuly wrote Worthless (616), Freezer Burn (616), Gold "Member" (616), I'll Give You Gifts Until You Know My Name (616), An Unintended Matchmaking (616), Fight Through It Together (EMH)


• jlightning_wolf wrote Wintersong (AU), The Captain America Guarentee (MCU)


• cptshellhead and vibraniumstark wrote Time and Again (616)


• comicsohwhy wrote A Little Help (616), Dangerous Liasons and Unwanted Alliances (616) (now complete!), Dissolution (616), Breaking Point (616)


• iloome wrote Mutagenesis (616/X-Factor), Absolution (616), not the protocol (616), things unsaid (616), mistletoe (616), restart (616), the spaces in between (616), the last chance (616), Off and On (616), love will tear us apart (616), not here (616/MA), Earth's Cuddliest Heroes (616), first and last and always (616)


• inukagome15 wrote Coffee Shop Love (MCU), Different States of Mentalities Chapter 2 (MCU/MA)


• lil_shepherd wrote But in Battalions Chapter 20 / Chapter 21 (MCU AU)


• magicasen wrote The World from Above (616), Hope of Morning Chapter 2 (616), On the Edge (616)


• dragonofmemory wrote Blackout (MCU), Iron Chef (MCU)


• evilmissbecky wrote A Secret Worth Keeping (616), The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (MCU), All the Time in the World (MCU), Flight (MCU)


• navaan wrote In Time of War (Noir), we don't end, we start (EMH)


• runningondreams wrote Inside the Absence (616)


• sineala wrote A New Homecoming (616), Architecture (616), The Rest of Our Lives (616), Get Some Now (616), Allegro, Forte (Noir), Your Name on Every Wall (616), Attachment (616)


• tacuma811 wrote Charity (MCU), Power Down (MCU)


• the_kinky_pet wrote Power & Paradox Chapters 30-31 (MCU)


• winterstar95 wrote The Silence In-Between Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 (MCU), Falling into Truths (MCU)

Fanart:

• cherrykascents made perfumes (up for sale)


• runningondreams drew some kisses

Other:
narutootaku and co are looking for a beta listener for a multi-cast podfic of the epic When the Lights Go On Again by elspethdixon and seanchai.

Finally, in some very sad news, ellyr_in_ink passed away in December. She will be missed. The works she put on the comm are located here.

Fine Print
As always, check the comm sidebar for tags and resources, and the profile for posting guidelines and such. If there are any errors in the body of this newsletter (links, spelling, omissions, etc.) please drop a note in the comments. Questions and discussions also encouraged!

Comments

[laireshi]

Yay, newsletter is back!

[sineala.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the news, Teyke!

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that link to Erasing Women. Excellent article!

And I love that vague Civil War spoiler. I hope it comes to pass!