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  • I am a creative.

    I am a creative.

    I am a innovative. What I do is alchemy. It is a secret. I prefer to let it be done through me rather than through me.

    I am a innovative. This brand is not appropriate for all creatives. Not all people see themselves in this manner. Some innovative individuals practice technology in their work. That is their reality, and I respect it. Sometimes I even envy them, a minor. But my operation is different—my becoming is unique.

    Apologizing and qualifying in advance is a diversion. That’s what my mind does to destroy me. I put it off for the moment. I may come back later to make amends and count. After I’ve said what I originally said. Which is challenging enough.

    Except when it flows like a wine valley and is simple.

    Sometimes it does. Maybe what I need to make arrives in a flash. I’ve learned to avoid saying it right away because they think you don’t work hard enough when you realize that sometimes the idea really comes along and it is the best plan and you know it is the best idea.

    Sometimes I just keep working until the plan strikes me. It occasionally arrives right away, but I don’t remind people for three weeks. Sometimes I get so excited about something that just happened that I blurt it out and didn’t stop myself. like a child who discovered a medal in one of his Cracker Jacks. I occasionally manage to escape this. Maybe another persons agree: yes, that is the best idea. Most times they don’t and I regret having given way to passion.

    Joy should be saved for the meeting, where it will matter. not the informal gathering that two different gatherings precede that appointment. Anyone knows why we have all these sessions. We keep saying we’re going to get rid of them, but we just keep trying to find different ways to get them. They occasionally yet excel. But occasionally they are a hindrance to the real job. The percentages between when conferences are important, and when they are a sad distraction, vary, depending on what you do and where you do it. And who you are and how you go about doing it. Suddenly I digress. I am a artistic. That is the style.

    Sometimes, despite many hours of diligent effort, someone is hardly useful. Maybe I have to take that and move on to the next task.

    Don’t question about method. I am a artistic.

    I am a innovative. I don’t handle my goals. And I don’t handle my best tips.

    I can nail apart, surround myself with information or photos, and maybe that works. I can go for a walk, and occasionally that works. There is a Eureka, which has nothing to do with boiling pots and sizzling oil, and I may be making dinner. I frequently know what to do when I awaken. The idea that may have saved me disappears almost as frequently as I become aware and part of the world once more in a mindless breeze of oblivion. For ingenuity, I believe, comes from that other world. The one we enter in aspirations, and possibly, before conception and after death. But that’s for writers to know, and I am not a writer. I am a artistic. And it’s for philosophers to build massive soldiers in their imaginative world that they claim to be true. But that is another diversion. And a sad one. Whether or not I am innovative or not, this may be on a much larger issue. But that’s also a step backwards from what I’m trying to say.

    Often the process is evasion. And horror. You know the cliché about the abused designer? It’s true, even when the artist ( and let’s put that noun in quotes ) is trying to write a soft drink jingle, a callback in a tired sitcom, a budget request.

    Some individuals who detest being called artistic perhaps been closeted artists, but that’s between them and their gods. No offence meant. Your wisdom is correct, too. However, mine is for me.

    Creatives understand creatives.

    Negatives are aware of cons, just like queers are aware of queers, just like real rappers are aware of true rappers are aware of cons. Creatives feel large regard for creatives. We love, respect, emulate, and almost deify the excellent ones. To revere any man is, of course, a horrible mistake. We have been warned. We know much. We know people are simply people. They dispute, they are depressed, they regret their most critical decisions, they are weak and thirsty, they can be cruel, they can be just as terrible as we can, if, like us, they are clay. But. But. However, they produce this incredible issue. They give birth to something that was unable to arise before them or otherwise. They are thought’s founders. And I suppose, since it’s only lying it, I have to put that they are the mother of technology. Ba ho backside! Okay, that’s done. Continue.

    Creatives disparage our personal small successes, because we compare them to those of the wonderful people. Wonderful video! Also, I‘m no Miyazaki. Now THAT is brilliance. That is brilliance straight out of the mouth of God. This half-starved small item that I made? It essentially fell off the back of the pumpkin trailer. And the carrots weren’t even new.

    Creatives knows that, at best, they are Salieri. Also Mozart’s original artists hold that opinion.

    I am a artistic. I haven’t worked in advertising in 30 years, but in my hallucinations, it’s my previous artistic managers who judge me. They are correct to do that. I am very lazy, overly simplistic, and when it actually counts, my mind goes blank. There is no supplement for innovative function.

    I am a artistic. Every project I create has a goal that makes Indiana Jones appear older and snoring in a deck head. The more I pursue creativity, the faster I can finish my work, and the longer I brood and circle and gaze blankly before I can finish that work.

    I can move ten times more quickly than those who aren’t creative, those who have only had a short-cut of creativity, and those who have just had a short-cut of creativity for work. Only that I work twice as quickly as they do, putting the work away, just before I do it, When I put my mind to it, I am so confident in my ability to do a fantastic work. I am that attached to the excitement rush of delay. I also have a fear of the climb.

    I am not an actor.

    I am a artistic. No an actor. Though I dreamed, as a child, of eventually being that. Some of us criticize our abilities and like our own accomplishments because we are not Michelangelos and Warhols. That is narcissism—but at least we aren’t in elections.

    I am a artistic. Though I believe in reason and science, I decide by intelligence and urge. And sit with what follows—the disasters as well as the successes.

    I am a artistic. Every term I’ve said these may offend another artists, who see things differently. Ask two artists a problem, get three ideas. Our debate, our enthusiasm about it, and our responsibility to our own reality are, at least to me, the facts that we are artists, no matter how we may think about it.

    I am a artistic. I lament my lack of taste in almost all of the areas of human understanding, which I know very little about. And I trust my preference above all other items in the regions closest to my soul, or perhaps, more precisely, to my passions. Without my passions, I had probably have to spend time staring living in the eye, which almost none of us can do for very long. No seriously. No truly. Because many in existence, if you really look at it, is terrible.

    I am a innovative. I believe, as a family believes, that when I am gone, some little good part of me will take on in the head of at least one other people.

    Working frees me from worrying about my job.

    I am a innovative. I worry that my little present will disappear unexpectedly.

    I am a artistic. I’m too busy making the next thing to devote too much time to it, especially since practically everything I create did achieve the level of success I conceive of.

    I am a innovative. I think there is the greatest secret in the process. I think so strongly that I am actually foolish enough to post an essay I wrote into a tiny machine without having to go through or edit it. I didn’t do this generally, I promise. But I did it right away because I was even more scared of forgetting what I was saying because I was as scared as I might be of you seeing through my sad gestures toward the gorgeous.

    There. I think I’ve said it.

  • Humility: An Essential Value

    Humility: An Essential Value

    Humility, a writer’s necessary value—that has a good ring to it. What about sincerity, an business manager’s necessary value? Or a doctor’s? Or a student’s? They all good wonderful. When humility is our guiding light, the course is usually available for fulfillment, development, relation, and commitment. In this book, we’re going to discuss about why.

    That said, this is a guide for developers, and to that conclusion, I’d like to begin with a story—well, a voyage, actually. It’s a private one, and I’m going to make myself a little prone along the way. I call it:

    The Tale of Justin’s Preposterous Pate

    When I was coming out of arts school, a long-haired, goateed novice, write was a known quantity to me, design on the web, however, was riddled with complexities to understand and learn, a problem to be solved. Though I had been fully trained in graphic design, font, and design, what fascinated me was how these classic skills may be applied to a budding online landscape. In the end, this theme may determine my career’s direction.

    But I drained HTML and JavaScript novels into the wee hours of the morning and self-taught myself how to code during my freshman year rather than student and go into print like many of my companions. I needed to understand the main ramifications of what my style choices may ultimately result in when rendered in a website.

    The later ‘ 90s and early 2000s were the so-called” Wild West” of website design. The modern landscape was being studied by designers at the time as they attempted to incorporate design and visual communication. What were the laws? How may we break them and also engage, entertain, and present information? At a more micro level, how was my values, inclusive of modesty, admiration, and link, coincide in combination with that? I was eager to learn more.

    Those are timeless considerations between non-career interactions and the world of design, even though I’m talking about a different era. What are your core passions, or values, that transcend medium? The main themes are the same, essentially the same as what we previously discussed on the direct parallels between what fulfills you, agnostic of the physical or digital realms.

    First within tables, animated GIFs, Flash, then with Web Standards, divs, and CSS, there was personality, raw unbridled creativity, and unique means of presentment that often defied any semblance of a visible grid. Splash screens and “browser requirement” pages aplenty. Usability and accessibility were typically victims of such a creation, but such paramount facets of any digital design were largely (and, in hindsight, unfairly) disregarded at the expense of experimentation.

    For example, this iteration of my personal portfolio site (” the pseudoroom” ) from that era was experimental, if not a bit heavy- handed, in the visual communication of the concept of a living sketchbook. Very skeuomorphic. On this one, we would first sketch and then pass a Photoshop file back and forth to trick things out and play with various user interactions. I co-founded the creative project organizing app Milanote and my dear friend, fellow designer Marc Clancy. Then, I’d break it down and code it into a digital layout.

    Along with design folio pieces, the site also offered free downloads for Mac OS customizations: desktop wallpapers that were effectively design experimentation, custom-designed typefaces, and desktop icons.

    From around the same time, GUI Galaxy was a design, pixel art, and Mac-centric news portal some graphic designer friends and I conceived, designed, developed, and deployed.

    Design news portals were incredibly popular during this period, featuring ( what would now be considered ) Tweet-size, small-format snippets of pertinent news from the categories I previously mentioned. If you took Twitter, curated it to a few categories, and wrapped it in a custom-branded experience, you’d have a design news portal from the late 90s / early 2000s.

    We as designers had evolved and created a bandwidth-sensitive, web standards award-winning, much more accessibility-conscious website. Still ripe with experimentation, yet more mindful of equitable engagement. You can see a couple of content panes here, noting general news (tech, design ) and Mac-centric news below. We also provided many of the custom downloads I previously mentioned as being accessible on my folio website but with a GUI Galaxy theme and branding.

    The site’s backbone was a homegrown CMS, with the presentation layer consisting of global design + illustration + news author collaboration. And the collaboration effort here, in addition to experimentation on a’ brand’ and content delivery, was hitting my core. We were creating something bigger than just one of us and establishing a global audience.

    Collaboration and connection transcend media in their impact, which have been extremely satisfying for me as a designer.

    Now, why am I taking you on this trip through design memory lane? Two reasons.

    First, there’s a reason for the nostalgia for that design era ( the” Wild West” era, as I called it earlier ): the inherent exploration, personality, and creativity that saturated many design portals and personal portfolio sites. Ultra-finely detailed pixel art UI, custom illustration, bespoke vector graphics, all underpinned by a strong design community.

    Today’s web design has been in a period of stagnation. There’s a good chance of seeing a website with a hero image or banner with text overlaying, perhaps with a lovely rotating carousel of images ( laying the snark on heavy there ), a call to action, and three columns of sub-content directly beneath. Perhaps an icon library is used with selections that only vaguely relate to their respective content is used.

    Design, as it’s applied to the digital landscape, is in dire need of thoughtful layout, typography, and visual engagement that goes hand-in-hand with all the modern considerations we now know are paramount: usability. Accessibility. Load times and bandwidth- sensitive content delivery. A user-friendly presentation that connects with people wherever they are. We must be mindful of, and respectful toward, those concerns—but not at the expense of creativity of visual communication or via replicating cookie-cutter layouts.

    Pixel Problems

    Websites built during this time were frequently built using Macs whose desktops and OS looked something like this. This is Mac OS 7.5, but 8 and 9 weren’t that different.

    Desktop icons fascinated me: how could any single one, at any given point, stand out to get my attention? In this example, the user’s desktop is tidy, but think of a more realistic example with icon pandemonium. Or, say an icon was part of a larger system grouping ( fonts, extensions, control panels ) —how did it also maintain cohesion amongst a group?

    These were 32 x 32 pixel creations, utilizing a 256-color palette, designed pixel-by-pixel as mini mosaics. Under such absurd constraints, this seemed to me to be the embodiment of digital visual communication. And frequently, ridiculous limitations can lead to the purification of concept and theme.

    So I began to research and do my homework. I was a student of this new medium, hungry to dissect, process, discover, and make it my own.

    Expanding upon the notion of exploration, I wanted to see how I could push the limits of a 32×32 pixel grid with that 256-color palette. I found a clarity of concept and presentation incredibly appealing due to those ridiculous constraints. I was thrown the digital gauntlet, and that challenge fueled my determination. And so, in my dorm room into the wee hours of the morning, I toiled away, bringing conceptual sketches into mini mosaic fruition.

    These are some of my creations that made use of ResEdit, the only program I had at the time, to create icons. ResEdit was a clunky, built-in Mac OS utility that was not specifically designed for our needs. At the core of all of this work: Research. Challenge. Problem- solving. Again, these core connection-based values are agnostic of medium.

    I want to talk about one more design portal, which serves as the second component of my story’s fusion.

    This is K10k, short for Kaliber 1000. Michael Schmidt and Toke Nygaard founded K10k in 1998 as the web’s first design news site at the time. With its pixel art-fueled presentation, ultra-focused care given to every facet and detail, and with many of the more influential designers of the time who were invited to be news authors on the site, well… it was the place to be, my friend. The idea for GUI Galaxy was inspired by what these people were doing, respect where respect is due.

    For my part, the combination of my pixel art and web design work started to gain me some notoriety in the design community. K10k eventually figured out that I was one of their very limited group of news writers who could contribute content to the website.

    Amongst my personal work and side projects —and now with this inclusion—in the design community, this put me on the map. Additionally, my design work has started to appear on other design news portals, as well as be published in various printed collections, in domestic and international magazines, and in various printed collections. With that degree of success while in my early twenties, something else happened:

    I evolved—devolved, really—into a colossal asshole ( and in just about a year out of art school, no less ). What satisfied me was the praise and the press, which went on to completely alter my mind. They inflated my ego. I actually felt a little better than my fellow designers.

    The casualties? My design stagnated. Its evolution—my evolution — stagnated.

    I effectively stopped researching and discovering because I felt so confident in my abilities. When I used to lead myself to iterate through concepts or sketches, I leaped right into Photoshop. I got my inspiration from the tiniest of sources ( while wearing a blindfold ). Any criticism of my work from my fellow students was frequently vehemently dissented. The most tragic loss: I had lost touch with my values.

    Some of my friendships and blossoming professional relationships almost ended up being destroyed by my ego. I was toxic in talking about design and in collaboration. But thankfully, those same friends gave me a priceless gift: candor. They called me out on my unhealthy behavior.

    Although it was something I initially rejected, I eventually had a chance to reflect on it in depth. I was soon able to accept, and process, and course correct. The realization laid me low, but the re-awakening was essential. I let go of the “reward” of admiration and turned my attention to the issues that had sparked my passion for art school. Most importantly: I got back to my core values.

    Always Students

    Following that short-term regression, I was able to push forward in my personal design and career. And as I grew older, I could reflect on my own thoughts to help me develop further and make necessary course corrections.

    As an example, let’s talk about the Large Hadron Collider. The LHC was created” to assist in answering some of the fundamental open questions in physics, which concern the fundamental laws governing the interactions and forces between the elementary objects, the deep structure of space and time, and in particular the interrelation between general relativity and quantum mechanics.” Thanks, Wikipedia.

    In one of my earlier professional roles, I created the interface for the application that produced the LHC’s particle collision diagrams about fifteen years ago. These diagrams are the depiction of what is actually happening inside the Collider during any given particle collision event and are frequently regarded as works of art by themselves.

    I had a fascinating experience designing the interface for this application because I collaborated with Fermilab physicists to understand both how the application was intended to use it and how the physicists themselves would use it. To that end, in this role,

    Working with the Fermilab team to iterate and make improvements to the interface, I cut my teeth on usability testing. To me, how they spoke and what they talked about was like an alien tongue. And by making myself humble and operating under the impression that I was just a student, I made myself available to them in order to form that crucial bond.

    I also had my first ethnographic observational experience, where I observed how the physicists used the tool in their own environments, on their own terminals. One takeaway was that the facility’s high level of ambient light-driven contrast ultimately led to the use of white text on a dark gray background rather than black text-on-white. This made it easier for them to pore over a lot of data during the day and lessen their strain on their eyes. Additionally, since Fermilab and CERN are government entities with strict accessibility requirements, my knowledge in that field also expanded. The barrier-free design was another essential form of connection.

    So to those core drivers of my visual problem-solving soul and ultimate fulfillment: discovery, exposure to new media, observation, human connection, and evolution. I checked my ego before entering those values, which opened the door for those values.

    An evergreen willingness to listen, learn, understand, grow, evolve, and connect yields our best work. In particular, I want to focus on the words’ grow’ and ‘ evolve’ in that statement. If we are constantly improving our craft, we are also continuously making ourselves available for improvement. Yes, we have completed years of design research. or the intensive lab training offered at a UX bootcamp. Or the monogrammed portfolio of our work. Or, ultimately, decades of a career behind us.

    But all that said: experience does not equal “expert”.

    The designer we are is our final form when we close our minds with an inner monologue of “knowing it all” or branding ourselves a” #thoughtleader” on social media. There will never be a designer like us.

  • Why Storytelling is the Most Powerful Business Skill (and How to Master It)

    Why Storytelling is the Most Powerful Business Skill (and How to Master It)

    Why Storytelling is the Most Powerful Business Skill (and How to Master It) written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

    The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Mike Ganino In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Mike Ganino, a keynote speaker, storytelling expert, and the author of Make a Scene. Mike has helped shape viral TEDx talks, launch bestselling books, and coach leaders at Disney, Netflix, and Adobe to become dynamic, magnetic […]

    Why Storytelling is the Most Powerful Business Skill (and How to Master It) written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

    The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Mike Ganino

    In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Mike Ganino, a keynote speaker, storytelling expert, and the author of Make a Scene. Mike has helped shape viral TEDx talks, launch bestselling books, and coach leaders at Disney, Netflix, and Adobe to become dynamic, magnetic performers.

    During our conversation, Mike shared why storytelling is not just a tool but a fundamental business skill that can transform public speaking, business communication, and leadership. He emphasized that while many professionals understand the importance of storytelling, few know how to craft engaging narratives that captivate audiences. By focusing on stage presence, storytelling techniques, and audience engagement, business leaders, marketers, and speakers can elevate their executive communication and brand storytelling to drive deeper connections and influence.

    Mike Ganino’s insights prove that mastering storytelling techniques isn’t just for keynote speakers—it’s an essential skill for anyone in business communication, executive leadership, and brand storytelling. By refining public speaking tips, presentation skills, and speaker coaching, professionals can become more persuasive, engaging, and memorable in any business setting.

    Key Takeaways:

    • Storytelling is a Business Superpower – Whether in public speaking, marketing, or leadership, compelling stories create emotional connections and make ideas memorable.
    • Start with a Scene – Great stories don’t always begin at the beginning. Mike advises speakers to drop the audience into a scene to create instant engagement.
    • Performance Matters – Beyond words, stage presence, voice modulation, and body language are key factors in delivering a powerful message.
    • Mastering Public Speaking – Effective speakers understand how to use storytelling frameworks to enhance presentation skills and keep audiences engaged.
    • Storytelling in Leadership Communication – Executives can use storytelling to inspire teams, navigate change, and build trust, making it a critical tool for business storytelling.
    • Practice in Low-Stakes Settings – Before taking the stage, hone your storytelling skills in meetings, presentations, and marketing content to build confidence and clarity.

    Chapters:

    • [00:09] Introducing Mike Ganino
    • [00:57] Why is Storytelling a Hot Topic?
    • [02:09] What Draws Us to Storytelling?
    • [03:29] What Does Make a Scene Mean?
    • [05:44] Are There Any Rules to Storytelling?
    • [07:15] What if You’re Not Good at Storytelling?
    • [09:12] Benefits of Being a Good Storyteller
    • [12:45] Performance in Storytelling
    • [15:32] How to Get Better at Storytelling
    • [17:31] Do Different Platforms Need Different Approaches?

    More About Mike Ganino: 

    John Jantsch (00:00.855)

    Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duck Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch. My guest today is Mike Ganino. He’s a creative force behind some of the world’s most compelling speakers and thought leaders. As a keynote director, he’s helped shape viral TEDx talks, launch bestselling books, and transform leaders at Disney, Netflix, and Adobe into magnetic performers.

    He’s the author of the number one international bestseller we’re going to talk about today, Make a Scene, storytelling stage presence and the art of being unforgettable in every spotlight. So Mike, welcome to the show.

    Mike Ganino (00:35.234)

    Thanks, thanks for having me.

    John Jantsch (00:37.175)

    So do magnetic people like stick to stuff?

    Mike Ganino (00:39.852)

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, they just walk around and like they attach themselves to like warehouses and cars and it’s a good life.

    John Jantsch (00:45.015)

    I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself. That was terrible. All right. So storytelling hot topic. I bet you now we’re only one month into the year, but I know I’ve done at least one other show on storytelling. So two things. Why do you think so? And it’s such a hot topic. And, and I suppose the follow-up to that is like, what are you bringing that’s different?

    Mike Ganino (01:08.686)

    It’s such a hot topic because like it fundamentally makes sense. We get it. see, you know, storytellers, whether we’re watching someone on stage or we’re watching a movie, we’re watching a play, we’re reading fiction, we get that storytelling does something to us. And I think that there’s an element of it that the reason why it’s this kind of like, it’s coming up and it’s coming up again and it’s coming up again is because so much of the education around it out there focuses on the fact that like storytelling is important.

    you should be storytelling, everyone has a story, but not very many people are actually saying, how do you make a story interesting? Where do you actually start? And for me, that’s what I hope I’m bringing that’s not new, but is definitely different than, know, and I have so many of the books on like the psychology of it, the neuroscience of it, the history of it, but like, how do you actually, what’s the first thing out of your mouth? There’s not a lot of great resources on that.

    John Jantsch (01:43.233)

    Yeah. Yeah.

    John Jantsch (01:55.212)

    Yeah.

    John Jantsch (02:01.781)

    Yeah. You know what I’m always fascinated with? I read a lot of stuff, probably verges on anthropology. And you know, that storytelling was it. Like that’s where it started. Right? I mean, that was the only way to communicate necessarily. And you, you told stories to stay out of being eaten. You told stories, you know, where the food was, you told stories about, know, who not to trust on the road. you know, is, is that sort of in our DNA kind of why you think storytelling, you know,

    part of what makes storytelling so natural.

    Mike Ganino (02:34.49)

    I so. mean, I think, and I think there’s probably plenty of books out there that talk about that exact thing of like, is by, but, we are like wired. Like in a make a scene, wrote about how so much that we could be learning about how to tell more effective stories is about how to trigger a dopamine response from the audience in that anticipation of reward in your story. And so I don’t know our, our, you know, body chemicals respond to wanting to know what happens next and needing a solution. It’s like,

    when you sit down and you watch an episode of Law and Order SVU and your brain, even though you’ve maybe seen it 27 times, you’re just like, ooh, I’ve got to watch this episode again, because we want to know what happens next. We want to understand and feel that. And so, yeah, I think it’s somewhere in there.

    John Jantsch (03:17.879)

    And then six hours later, you’re like, I better go do something else. So it’s in the title, Make a Scene. So, you know, what do you mean by that? Other than it, you know, cleverly works with the basis of storytelling as a scene, right? But there’s also you can also interpret that as, you know, somebody is making a scene, you know, in a maybe not altogether positive way. So where are you trying to what line are you trying to strap?

    Mike Ganino (03:47.73)

    I think both, you the idea was that it had that double meaning that often my storytelling advice for people is start in a scene. A lot of times what we hear, we hear this bad advice again of like, start at the beginning. And it’s like, well, maybe not, maybe we don’t need to start at the beginning or we’ll hear that we need lots of exposition or a great story, you know, has X, Y, Z in it. And most of the time, my advice to people is, can you just make a scene for me? Like if I’m the director of this film that you’re creating,

    What would I put in front of the camera? And if the first thing out of your mouth doesn’t help me decide what I would film, then we’re probably in summary and not in story yet. So make a scene is literally my storytelling advice. And then secondarily, I just think there’s so many people that have read so many books about all the things they shouldn’t do when public speaking or going on video, get rid of your isms and change the way you sound and try to sound deeper, try to sound less shrill. Don’t move your hands too much.

    get rid of all of your ums, that I thought, what if we just had a book that was like, all of that can actually be quite effective. And when we see someone do it who is effective, we don’t worry about how many times they said at all.

    John Jantsch (04:52.595)

    F

    John Jantsch (04:59.511)

    Yeah, I saw somebody that I think was one of the most impactful talks I’ve heard. And he leaned against the podium most of the time. But there was something about it worked for him. Yeah, yeah.

    Mike Ganino (05:14.872)

    breaks all the rules. In the book I wrote about Monica Lewinsky when she did her TED talk several years ago, she’s one of the only people ever in the history of that to have a podium in front of her on the red dot. But it was a device. And at the end, she stepped out from behind it as like taking back her identity. And so that even is don’t stand behind a podium. No one at TED is allowed to stand behind a podium, except you can sometimes if you know how to break the rule.

    John Jantsch (05:27.084)

    Yeah.

    John Jantsch (05:39.223)

    Yeah. So this is dangerous. Is there a definition of great story or great storytelling? Is there a framework? there rules? is there, you got to have this and this and this. mean, that was about eight questions. So take it anywhere you want, but.

    Mike Ganino (05:55.654)

    I think the ultimate measurement of a story, and this is why even in the book, I don’t go through all of these, like, here’s the one framework you need, because you could find 20 examples of that not working. And I think so many people have lost themselves trying to do the like, I need to tell a hero’s journey. And then all of a sudden you’re like lost in the dark soul of your night and you don’t know where you are or what side, and you’re like, I just wanted to tell them. But Yoda’s there, I think.

    John Jantsch (06:18.113)

    But Yoda shows up at least. mean so…

    Mike Ganino (06:21.058)

    goodness, know, Dios y machina, he’s gonna save us. But I think that, again, all of the, can the frameworks work? Sure. But I’ve got 30 books on screenplay writing over here. And if all of the frameworks worked, every single movie would be a runaway hit. It’s not. I think the measurement of story is, is the pacing correct? That the audience is kind of like, wants to know what happens next, that they’re never saying, maybe they’re saying to themselves,

    I can’t wait to see where this is going versus where is this going? You want the first version not the second. Does it cause an emotional response? Do they hate things? Do they love things? Do they feel things? I think those are ultimately the measurements. And when we start to look at storytelling and measure, did you have five acts? Did you have seven beats? Did you have this? We’re measuring the wrong thing instead of measuring what was the audience’s feeling from what they had. Did it do its job?

    John Jantsch (06:53.047)

    Yeah.

    John Jantsch (07:11.777)

    Yeah.

    John Jantsch (07:18.561)

    So I’m not sure if you work with these people, but there are certainly people out there probably listening who say, I’m just not good at story or I’m not as natural born story. Cause you, we’ve all met somebody you’re like that could talk all day long, you know, tell stories from their youth, you know, all day long. But a lot of people just, just really hesitate. I mean, it’s the same with getting on stage period, but you know, when you, when, somebody says I’m not a good storyteller, what do you do with that person?

    Mike Ganino (07:30.422)

    Yeah

    Mike Ganino (07:46.402)

    I generally ask them questions. Like when I have a client who says, I’m not a good storyteller. Like when I work with a lot of executives who are going to have to go out and speak to their company or speak at a convention or conference. And they’ve been sent to me usually by their like chief communications officer to say, help them be less boring. And I say, great, tell me some stories. I’m not a good storyteller. I just stick to the facts. My general thing is great. So the thing that you just told me, you just told me that AI is a great solution for small businesses. How do you know that to be true?

    Where have you seen that to be true? I ask questions like that that are like, show me some of your personal experience with it. And that almost always gets them to be able to tell a story. Now, we need to shape it. We need to kind of clean it up a little bit, but it gets them to realize that they actually can tell stories. The issue is that they’re measuring themselves against like Steven Spielberg or Mel Robbins or something like that. And it’s like, we don’t have to all have the story of an astronaut who was in space. We can have just a, happened on a Tuesday story.

    John Jantsch (08:24.171)

    Yeah,

    John Jantsch (08:30.806)

    Yeah.

    Mike Ganino (08:44.61)

    that is a metaphor or just an example, if you know how to tell it. And usually that’s my way in with people who say, I’m not a storyteller. say, cool, no problem. That’s certainly a strange job to have anyway. Like there’s not a lot of people who get paid well being a storyteller. So don’t worry about that. But can you tell me how you know the thing that you just said is true? When did you see that? How’d you learn it? And we started locking stories out.

    John Jantsch (09:05.929)

    a little Byron Katie. I don’t know if you’re familiar with her work, but, but it the essence of that. Can you know that that’s true? Yeah, that’s so, so, you know, a lot of people naturally think, especially you work with speakers who are on stages, but storytelling is a part of life, right? It’s a story of, it’s certainly a part of a lot of elements of business. So, you know, how do you get somebody to start realizing that?

    Mike Ganino (09:08.278)

    Yes. Yeah, the questions, right? Like, how do you know that to be true? I’ve read that book.

    John Jantsch (09:34.251)

    They don’t have to want to be a paid speaker to be better at storytelling.

    Mike Ganino (09:38.862)

    It’s really that idea of if you’re, I think there’s very few people whose job is not to communicate with others and very few people whose job is not to get others to see something the way they want them to see it. And that doesn’t mean it has to be some persuasive, like you’ll change your mind, but like, I just want you to understand the situation the way that I do. And a story is often a very effective way to help them see it or say, oh, that’s interesting. Yeah, I didn’t think of it in that situation or scenario in a way that the data or facts alone couldn’t do. And so,

    When I’ve worked with organizations like Disney or Adobe and Netflix, Caesars Entertainment, it’s helping them see that like, helping the audience understand the situation they’re in. If they’re in a sales meeting, if they’re a leadership at an all hands trying to convince the team that we have to like, know, buckle the purse straps a little bit, cause things are going to get tough. The most effective way to help them understand the situation is to put it into a narrative that they can say, I get that. I kind of, I don’t like it, but I see where you’re coming from. That makes sense now. Or.

    I understand how the analogy you used about, you know, your grandma growing up is exactly like the situation we face. Okay, cool. I’m with you now. And so it’s helping them realize that all of those instances are times where a story could do a lot of the heavy lifting that a whole bunch of facts would have to do.

    John Jantsch (10:54.293)

    Yeah. And I think sometimes like in a sales environment, right? Stories are kind of disarming, right? We’re all of a sudden, we’re listening to the story. We’re building rapport. We’re building trust rather than being sold to. Do you think that, and you know, we’re 10 minutes in, I’m going to mention AI for the first time. Although I think you did earlier. I feel like, do you feel like I should ask you that storytelling is actually going to be a differentiator?

    Mike Ganino (11:13.974)

    I did, yeah.

    John Jantsch (11:23.957)

    You know, because AI doesn’t know my story. It never will. I mean, it might make up some stuff, but you know, my true authentic story that somebody might relate to is probably all I’ve got left, isn’t it?

    Mike Ganino (11:35.928)

    Yeah, and your takeaway from the things you experienced. So even if it’s not like your origin story, because sometimes people get lost with that of like, need my story. And I think, I don’t even know what my story is, but I got a whole bunch of them that helped me do my job every day. And I think that that’s the thing that AI can’t get. It could probably at some point learn something. We can shove enough blockbuster screenplays in there to work, but also we’re dealing with human feelings on the other side. So as soon as it starts to work, it’s going to start to not work anymore.

    John Jantsch (11:48.519)

    You

    John Jantsch (12:05.473)

    Yeah.

    Mike Ganino (12:05.75)

    And so those little stories of something you saw yesterday when you went to drop your kid off at school that made you think about something, AI will never know that because it’s always going to be lagging. It’s always going to be behind. And so I think that our ability to communicate in a way that actually makes people feel something, if we go back to like, how do you measure a story? Well, did it elicit a feeling in the person that is going to be such a differentiator because

    We have all of the news of the day, all the history of the world, anything we want to find. You could even have AI. I’ve seen people do it like, know, pop in there and say like, here’s my goals for my business this year. What should I do? It can do all of that work, but it cannot do that storytelling piece of connecting something you experienced and almost holding it out. And I don’t remember who originally said this of like, hey, have you ever felt this way too? That is going to be such a differentiator, I think.

    John Jantsch (12:59.671)

    How big a part is the performance part? So the story or the words, the way you express the expression, but you know, how you act on stage, your body language, how you use your voice, your hands. I’m trying to gesture right now. But so how much of that is what really takes a good story over the top?

    Mike Ganino (13:21.816)

    I think a huge percentage of it, you know, in the book I talk about these five stage languages, which are the five ways that an audience interprets and understands our full meaning, right? The first one is verbal, the words you choose, the stories you tell, all those things. The second one is voice. Just the way that we sound signals to the audience how to feel. If, you know, I was working with someone recently, an executive, a chief marketing officer, and she was getting asked to go speak more frequently, and the feedback she’d gotten is that her voice was difficult to listen to.

    And when we got on a call, we started working together. It’s that the whole time she was really up here this whole time speaking like this. And she thought, this is just how I sound. But she also was holding her chest. She wasn’t breathing. She was gasping for air. And all of those are defensive mechanisms. All of those are learned behaviors. And so we did some exercises just to have her kind of like drop her, her larynx a little bit, which is going to make your voice sound a little more grounded. And she was even shocked of like, is that me? And it’s like, yeah, you haven’t heard that voice in a long time because

    John Jantsch (14:14.07)

    Mm-hmm.

    Mike Ganino (14:19.98)

    You have been on guard probably for lots of valid reasons, your childhood, your I don’t know what, who told you what? But we show up in this world physically and vocally shaped by everything that’s happened to us. And then we think that all we need to do to be an effective communicator is put the words in the right order and stop saying But the sound of our voice is actually what the audience hears, not even fully the words, the pacing of our voice, the speed at which we do. If we’re on stage, I had this recently, I was reviewing someone’s video.

    and the physical language is the third one. So verbal, voice, physical. And he was trying to have this moment where he was saying to his team, know, trust me, I’m with you, but he was moving backwards from them on stage. And I said, that is a signal to them of you’re hiding something, something isn’t right. And you’ve seen it before too, like, right? Like someone with a hand in their pocket. I think in the book, I use the example of Nixon and Kennedy. And when seen on TV, that debate that they had that was aired, Kennedy,

    John Jantsch (15:01.662)

    Right, right.

    Mike Ganino (15:19.518)

    overwhelmingly won because he looked calmer, he was tan from a resuscitation. Nixon had just had surgery and was sick and sweaty and pale and looked thin in his suit. But when people listened to it, they thought Nixon won because he had that more gravitas voice, that more distinguished voice. And so the way that we look, sound and move is not, we cannot separate it from the message we communicate to an audience. We simply can’t. It is a core part of what they take away from us.

    John Jantsch (15:31.915)

    Yeah.

    John Jantsch (15:48.993)

    So for somebody that just hasn’t done much of it wants to get started. mean, somebody comes to you and says, Hey, I’m, I’m in this new role or whatever it is, and I need to be doing a lot more. need a coach for this. mean, what are the free throws? Like what’s the, what’s the thing you have them do that is practice.

    Mike Ganino (16:06.882)

    The easy thing is to say, are all the low stakes places where you can try some of this on that like won’t matter? if you have a, I just did this with a chief finance officer. He was like, hey, I want to be a better communicator. I’m getting asked to speak at X, Y, and Z, go on podcasts. Their PR people are trying to get him onto like MSNBC to be, you know, a talking head in these places because it’s helpful to their business. And he said, so how do I practice? Do I get ready for that show? And I said, well, you don’t.

    John Jantsch (16:09.9)

    Yeah.

    Mike Ganino (16:33.762)

    get ready and the first time you deliver anything is in front of the real live audience where the stakes are super high and your nerves are going to take over. What kind of meetings do you have every week? Can you start off the meeting with some kind of story or metaphor that helps the team understand something? When are you going to go into a board meeting, which is relatively, you know, something a CFO does all the time, so not super high stakes, and how can you help them understand a situation that’s going on or

    where some kind of money is being allocated using a story. How can you play with, for him, some of what we’re working on with his physicality and his ability to smile and soften his face on camera, because it all came across very harsh. So said, those are all things that you can, on your next Zoom call with your team, be more aware of how are you looking at the camera? How are you leveraging and playing with your voice? How are you using your physicality? And so,

    All of those places are spots where we can test things. You know, even for me, so many ideas in the book are things that I’ve tested through group coaching calls with my clients, through live workshops with my clients, through being on podcasts like this and trying out different stories and seeing what resonates and saying, ooh, people seem to like that and mention it back to me. I ought to put that in a book, you know, which is the more high stakes version of doing a podcast or a group coaching Zoom call.

    John Jantsch (17:49.675)

    Yeah, you alluded to the Zoom call. I mean, we are on a lot of formats now, right? We’re on stages, but we’re also doing our own video. We are doing virtual presentations. We’re on podcasts. Do we need different stories, different approach, you know, for each of those?

    Mike Ganino (18:08.482)

    I think that the stories probably have some universalness to them. Maybe they’re told slightly differently because the context, you know, if you’re on a stage telling a story versus, and it’s part of a bigger insight in a keynote, that might be different than if you’re on a Zoom call with your team. But the medium definitely changes it. for folks, one of the big things that people get wrong with having the camera is they want to be looking at the audience, to see the audience on their little Zoom camera, on the little Zoom screens to connect with them.

    But there’s a flaw in that for a couple of reasons. One is we have no idea what they’re looking at. And so someone makes a grimace. Well, they could be watching a TikTok that upset them, or they could have gotten a text message from someone. We have no idea. And then we respond to that thinking, I’m boring. Versus when we’re on camera, our job is to have a relationship with the piece of glass in front of us, to be able to look through the lens and to have enough energy that this thing that absorbs these cameras absorbs so much of our energy that we can still.

    deliver what we want without being obsessed of having a live audience like we would on stage. So I think that the stories can have, you if you’ve got three or four good stories that work in your business to set it up, like you probably don’t need a whole bunch more, but understanding the difference of telling them in a, a stage, in a boardroom, sitting around a table, in an interview with someone or telling it to a camera and even here, right? The difference between doing it for

    John Jantsch (19:17.483)

    Yeah, yeah.

    Mike Ganino (19:31.98)

    social media versus doing it in a group coaching call. All of those are different mediums. And so that’s where you can leverage, know, voice can be different. Physicality can be different.

    John Jantsch (19:39.319)

    Right, right, right. Yeah, wouldn’t use your big booming projection voice with five people in a boardroom, right? You’d freak them out. You know, one of the things I, my one little tip, and you probably tell this to people all the time, but when I do, especially group Zoom calls, I turn my view off, camera view off, because I find myself looking at myself and I may be way over there at the corner of the screen as opposed to, then once that’s off, all there’s left to look at is the camera.

    Mike Ganino (19:46.956)

    Yeah, yeah.

    Mike Ganino (19:58.54)

    Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

    Mike Ganino (20:08.62)

    Yeah, you know what I have? got this, I got an Elgato teleprompter and I have it on the front of my camera with the zoom screen of the person I’m talking to. So I actually am just seeing you right now through the glass and it’s quite helpful.

    John Jantsch (20:09.047)

    I

    John Jantsch (20:20.277)

    Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cause you have to look at the camera at the same time. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. I also have, this little, Plexo glass, camera holder. And so what it does is it, can put my camera in it and then I can move the camera anywhere I want. you know, it’s just one of those little screen, you know, those cameras you’d put on a screen. but I can, I can move it around that way. So, it’s really nice for doing a lot of that as well.

    Mike Ganino (20:39.622)

    nice.

    Mike Ganino (20:44.12)

    Yeah.

    Mike Ganino (20:49.24)

    fun.

    John Jantsch (20:50.379)

    Well, Mike, I appreciate you taking a moment to stop by the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Where would you invite people to find out more about your work and obviously find a copy of Make A Scene?

    Mike Ganino (20:59.756)

    Yeah, I’m easy. Once you figure out how to spell Ganino, I’m usually the one you’re going to find. So G-A-N-I-N-O, Mikeganino.com. The book and all the information about it is at Mikeganino.com slash book. And it’s wherever you like to get your books. We’ve got it everywhere for you.

    John Jantsch (21:14.123)

    Awesome. Well, again, I appreciate you stopping by. Hopefully we’ll run into you one of these days soon out there on the road.

    Mike Ganino (21:19.224)

    Thanks for having me.

    John Jantsch (21:22.999)

    Okay, you’re supposed to get a little…

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  • The 15 Best Office Episodes Ranked

    The 15 Best Office Episodes Ranked

    Not usually do TV remakes surpass the caliber of the classic television show they were based on. But then again, the American remake of The Office made a habit of making the unpredictable a normal occurrence, be it in the form of random lip-sync music videos, botched safety training lectures, or terrifyingly realistic fire ]… ]

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    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

    Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it to.

    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

    Captain America 4&#8217, s Post-Credit Field Explained

    Sam Wilson is no Steve Rogers, as the selling for Captain America: Brave New World loves to tell us. And that &#8217, s a good thing. Sam&#8217’s history as a consultant is used by Brave New World to transform him into a Captain America who prefers to talk things up with villains over punching them in the face.

    So it &#8217, s no surprise when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Red Hulk kind, in jail on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. Sterns congratulates Sam and his other soldiers on their efforts to end the world. But then he reveals the results of his estimates. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to defend this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

    On one hand, Sterns &#8217, s reveal is a bit of a let down. We&#8217, have known that there are other kingdoms. Pop society is choking on multiverses. Heck, this present period of the MCU is part of the Universe Story, a story that includes Spider-Man: No Method Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool &amp, Wolverine. The Leader&#8217, s reveal seems clear and Sam seems decrease on the uptake around, even if there&#8217, s no cause for most people on the perfect truth Earth-616 to know about these kingdoms.

    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are other worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 is noted that there are heroes who would protect these various worlds because they are a risk. That makes more of a particular reference to the 2015 Marvel Comics Secret Wars storyline, which will serve as the inspiration for the upcoming two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Secret Wars.

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    Key Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, basically begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a situation where Earths from two different challenges start to step into one another, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. The Earths and their respective worlds are destroyed after each intrusion lasts eight days.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the party encounters both real-world heroes and villains who want to save their own planet. The fervent Illuminati later follow suit, attacking other realities to conserve Earth-616, despite initially abusing the idea.

    New Avengers is a dark history, one filled with a creeping horror that &#8217, s more threatening than anything the MCU has done before. But we&#8217, ve now heard allusion to attacks before, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not only do the Illuminati of Earth-838 featured in that film refer to incursions, but the post credit scene finds Clea ( Charlize Theron ) arriving to recruit Strange in a battle against the Incursions.

    Also, the title of the next Avengers video suggests that the MCU soldiers will deal with the attacks in a manner equivalent to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, soldiers. Most of the heroes in Avengers and New Avengers ‘ final issues either accept their unavoidable ending or pass away trying to avoid it. Only one hero and one villain can see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Man, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like architects of the multiverse.

    The trio battles the Beyonders until they finally lose their incredible abilities. Strange hesitates to take on such amazing power, but Doom does not. He redescribes the universe and transforms it into God by recreating it.

    The final Secret Wars installment follows Reed Richards and other heroes ‘ battles to restore things to how they were in Doom&#8217’s reign as God Emperor of a newly designed Marvel Universe.

    Preparing for Doomsday

    Given the Leader&#8217, s warning, it sounds like Avengers: Doomsday will show Marvel&#8217, s heroes fighting with those of other realities, all trying to protect their Earth from the incursions. And like in the comics, Robert Downey Jr., who plays Doctor Doom, will make an outrageous choice to remake his universe.

    If that &#8217, s the case, Earth &#8217, s Mightiest Heroes will face their greatest battle yet in Avengers: Secret Wars. The Leader should have given Sam the warning right away so he can begin assembling his Avengers and possibly fixing things.

    Captain America: Brave New World is now in theaters.

    The first post Captain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Just Set Up Avengers: Doomsday was a response to this story on Den of Geek.

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    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

    Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it to.

    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

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    So it &#8217, s no surprise when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Red Hulk kind, in jail on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. Sterns congratulates Sam and his friend soldiers on their efforts to end the world. But then he reveals the results of his estimates. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to defend this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

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    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are different worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 demonstrates that these other worlds are a risk and that there are heroes who may fight against them. That makes more of a particular reference to the 2015 Marvel Comics Secret Wars storyline, which will serve as the inspiration for the upcoming two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Key Wars.

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    Uncovering the Secret War

    Secret Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, really begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a crisis where Earths from two different realities start to step into one space, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. The Earths and their individual planets are destroyed after each invasion lasts eight days.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the party encounters both good and evil people from other worlds who want to annihilate our planet to save their own. Although originally opposed to the idea, the determined Illuminati later follow suit and launch attacks on other worlds to save Earth-616.

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    Also, the title of the next Avengers video suggests that the MCU soldiers will cope with the attacks in a way similar to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, soldiers. Most of the soldiers in Avengers and New Avengers ‘ last issues either accept their unavoidable ending or pass away trying to avoid it. Just one warrior and one criminal can see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Guy, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like builders of the world.

    The pair defeats the Beyonders to the point where they lose their extraordinary abilities. Doom does no accept such great strength while Odd does, but he does. He recreates the planet to make himself God and uses it to save our planet.

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    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

    Captain America 4&#8217, s Post-Credit Image Explained

    Sam Wilson is no Steve Rogers, as Capt. America: Brave New World‘s selling team loves to tell us. And that &#8217, s a good thing. Sam&#8217 ;s history as a counselor is used by Brave New World to transform him into a Captain America who prefers to talk things out with baddies over punching them in the face.

    So it &#8217, s no wonder when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Dark Hulk kind, in prison on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. Sterns congratulates Sam and his other soldiers on their efforts to end the world. But then he reveals the results of his estimates. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to protect this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

    On one hand, Sterns &#8217, s reveal is a bit of a let down. We&#8217, have known that there are other kingdoms. Pop tradition is choking on multiverses. Heck, this present period of the MCU is part of the Universe Story, a story that includes Spider-Man: No Method Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool &amp, Wolverine. The Leader&#8217, s reveal seems clear and Sam seems decrease on the uptake around, even if there&#8217, s no cause for most people on the perfect truth Earth-616 to know about these kingdoms.

    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are different worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 is important to note that these other worlds are a risk and that there are heroes who may fight against them. That is a more precise research to the Underground Wars narrative that Marvel Comics released in 2015, the narrative that will shape the future two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Secret Wars.

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    Uncovering the Key War

    Secret Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, really begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a crisis where Earths from two different realities start to step into one space, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. After eight hours, the Rocks and their respective worlds are destroyed after each invasion.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the class encounters both good and evil people from other worlds who want to annihilate our planet to save their own. Although first opposed to the idea, the determined Illuminati finally follow suit and launch attacks on other worlds to save Earth-616.

    New Avengers is a dark history, one filled with a creeping horror that &#8217, s more threatening than anything the MCU has done before. But we&#8217, ve now heard allusion to attacks before, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not only do the Illuminati of Earth-838 featured in that film refer to incursions, but the post credit scene finds Clea ( Charlize Theron ) arriving to recruit Strange in a battle against the Incursions.

    Also, the title of the next Avengers video suggests that the MCU soldiers will cope with the attacks in a way similar to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, soldiers. Most of the heroes in the last issues of Avengers and New Avengers either accept their unavoidable close or pass away trying to avoid it. One warrior and one monster are able to see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Guy, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like builders of the world.

    The pair battles the Beyonders until they finally lose their extraordinary abilities. Doom does not accept such great strength while Strange does, but he does. He recreates the universe to make himself God and uses it to save our universe.

    The final installment of the Secret Wars series follows Reed Richards and other heroes ‘ battles to restore the world to its former glory in the hands of Doom&#8217’s newly designed Marvel Universe.

    Preparing for Doomsday

    Given the Leader&#8217, s warning, it sounds like Avengers: Doomsday will show Marvel&#8217, s heroes fighting with those of other realities, all trying to protect their Earth from the incursions. And like in the comics, Robert Downey Jr., who plays Doctor Doom, will make an outrageous choice to remake his universe.

    If that &#8217, s the case, Earth &#8217, s Mightiest Heroes will face their greatest battle yet in Avengers: Secret Wars. The Leader should have given Sam the warning right away so he can begin assembling his Avengers and possibly fixing things.

    Captain America: Brave New World is now in theaters.

    The first post Captain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Just Set Up Avengers: Doomsday was a response to this story on Den of Geek.

  • Chaos at Diamond Distributors Signals the End of an Era for the Comic Book Industry

    Chaos at Diamond Distributors Signals the End of an Era for the Comic Book Industry

    Probably lost in the move of…all the…everything…going on in the world in the past few months …is the probable end of an era for cartoons. For 20 years, the only way for comic shops to get their comics was through Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., the Baltimore-based company that once served as the sole warehouse and supplier ]… ]

    The second post Conflict at Diamond Distributors Signs the Comic Book Industry’s Ending appeared first on Den of Geek.

    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

    Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it to.

    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

    Captain America 4&#8217, s Post-Credit Field Explained

    Sam Wilson is no Steve Rogers, as the selling for Captain America: Brave New World often reminds us. And that &#8217, s a good thing. Sam&#8217 ;s history as a counselor is used by Brave New World to transform him into a Captain America who prefers to talk things up with villains over punching them in the face.

    So it &#8217, s no wonder when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Dark Hulk kind, in prison on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. For the work they did to save the world, Sam and his other soldiers are commended by Sterns. But then he reveals the results of his estimates. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to defend this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

    On one hand, Sterns &#8217, s reveal is a bit of a let down. We&#8217, have known that there are other universes. Pop tradition is choking on multiverses. Heck, this present period of the MCU is part of the Universe Story, a story that includes Spider-Man: No Method Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool &amp, Wolverine. The Leader&#8217, s reveal seems clear and Sam seems decrease on the uptake around, even if there&#8217, s no cause for most people on the perfect truth Earth-616 to know about these kingdoms.

    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are other worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 is important to note that these other worlds are a risk and that there are heroes who would fight against them. That makes a more in-depth comparison to the Secret War story, which was published by Marvel Comics in 2015, and that will serve as inspiration for the next two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Secret Wars.

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    Uncovering the Surprise War

    Secret Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, really begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a situation where Earths from two different challenges start to step into one another, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. After eight hours, the Planets and their respective worlds are destroyed after each invasion.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the team encounters both good and evil people from other worlds who want to annihilate our planet to save their own. Although first opposed to the idea, the determined Illuminati finally follow suit and launch attacks on other worlds to save Earth-616.

    New Avengers is a grim story, one filled with a creeping horror that &#8217, s more threatening than anything the MCU has done before. But we&#8217, ve now heard allusion to attacks before, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not only do the Illuminati of Earth-838 featured in that film refer to incursions, but the post credit scene finds Clea ( Charlize Theron ) arriving to recruit Strange in a battle against the Incursions.

    Also, the title of the next Avengers video suggests that the MCU soldiers will cope with the attacks in a way similar to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, soldiers. Most of the heroes in the last issues of Avengers and New Avengers either accept their unavoidable close or pass away trying to avoid it. One warrior and one criminal are able to see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Guy, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like engineers of the world.

    The pair defeats the Beyonders to the point where they lose their extraordinary abilities. Unusual tries to use such amazing energy, but Doom does never. He recreates the world to make himself God and uses it to save our planet.

    The final installment of the Secret Wars series follows Reed Richards and other soldiers ‘ battles to restore points to how they were in Doom&#8217’s tenure as God Emperor of a newly designed Marvel Universe.

    Preparing for Doomsday

    Given the Leader&#8217, s warning, it sounds like Avengers: Doomsday did show Marvel&#8217, s soldiers fighting with those of other challenges, all trying to protect their Earth from the attacks. And like in the cartoons, Robert Downey Jr., who plays Doctor Doom, may create an outrageous choice to remake his world.

    If that &#8217, s the circumstance, Earth &#8217, s Mightiest Heroes may face their greatest challenge yet in Avengers: Key War. The Leader should have given Sam the warning right away so he can begin assembling his Avengers and perhaps fixing issues.

    Captain America: Brave New World is now in venues.

    The first postCaptain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Really Set Up Avengers: Doomsday was a Den of Geek article.

  • House of the Dragon Season 3 Will Make Up for Season 2’s Biggest Mistake

    House of the Dragon Season 3 Will Make Up for Season 2’s Biggest Mistake

    The closing minutes of House of the Dragon’s next year couldn’t probably laid a more spectacular field. Old childhood friends-turned-enemies Queen Alicent ( Olivia Cooke ) and Queen Rhaenyra ( EmmaD’Arcy ) stand together atop Dragonstone, having just reached the ultimate Faustian bargain to trade a son for a son and a kingdom for a daughter. The armies ]… ]

    The first article on Den of Geek was House of the Dragon Season 3 Will Make Up for Time 2’s Biggest Mistake.

    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

    Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it to.

    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

    Captain America 4&#8217, s Post-Credit Field Explained

    Sam Wilson is no Steve Rogers, as the selling for Captain America: Brave New World often reminds us. And that &#8217, s a good thing. Sam&#8217 ;s history as a counselor is used by Brave New World to transform him into a Captain America who prefers to talk things up with villains over punching them in the face.

    So it &#8217, s no surprise when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Red Hulk kind, in jail on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. Sterns congratulates Sam and his other soldiers on their efforts to end the world. But then he reveals the results of his equations. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to defend this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

    On one hand, Sterns &#8217, s reveal is a bit of a let down. We&#8217, have known that there are other kingdoms. Pop tradition is choking on multiverses. Heck, this present period of the MCU is part of the Universe Story, a story that includes Spider-Man: No Method Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool &amp, Wolverine. The Leader&#8217, s reveal seems clear and Sam seems decrease on the uptake around, even if there&#8217, s no cause for most people on the perfect truth Earth-616 to know about these kingdoms.

    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are other worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 is important to note that these other universes are a risk and that there are heroes who would fight against them. That makes more of a particular reference to the 2015 Marvel Comics Secret Wars storyline, which will serve as the inspiration for the upcoming two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Key Wars.

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    Uncovering the Key War

    Secret Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, really begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a crisis where Earths from two different realities start to cycle into one space, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. After eight hours, the Rocks and their respective worlds are destroyed after each invasion.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the party encounters both real-world heroes and villains who want to annihilate our planet to save their own. The hungry Illuminati later follow suit, starting attacks on additional realities to save Earth-616, despite first abhorring the idea.

    New Avengers is a grim story, one filled with a creeping horror that &#8217, s more threatening than anything the MCU has done before. But we&#8217, ve now heard allusion to attacks before, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not only do the Illuminati of Earth-838 featured in that film refer to incursions, but the post credit scene finds Clea ( Charlize Theron ) arriving to recruit Strange in a battle against the Incursions.

    Also, the title of the next Avengers video suggests that the MCU soldiers will cope with the attacks in a way similar to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, soldiers. Most of the heroes in Avengers and New Avengers either accept their unavoidable ending or pass away trying to avoid it. One hero and one villain are able to see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Man, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like architects of the multiverse.

    The trio defeats the Beyonders to the point where they lose their incredible abilities. Strange hesitates to take on such amazing power, but Doom does not. He rediscovers the universe and uses it to transform himself into God. He takes the power and saves ours.

    The final Secret Wars installment follows Reed Richards and other heroes ‘ battles to restore things to how they were in Doom&#8217’s reign as God Emperor of a newly designed Marvel Universe.

    Preparing for Doomsday

    Given the Leader&#8217, s warning, it sounds like Avengers: Doomsday will show Marvel&#8217, s heroes fighting with those of other realities, all trying to protect their Earth from the incursions. And like in the comics, Robert Downey Jr., who plays Doctor Doom, will make an outrageous choice to remake his universe.

    If that &#8217, s the case, Earth &#8217, s Mightiest Heroes will face their greatest battle yet in Avengers: Secret Wars. The Leader should have given Sam the warning right away so he can begin assembling his Avengers and possibly fixing things.

    Captain America: Brave New World is now in theaters.

    The first postCaptain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Just Set Up Avengers: Doomsday was a Den of Geek post.

  • Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 Confirms Major Timeline Change

    Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 Confirms Major Timeline Change

    The Rings of Power is spoiler-free in this Lord of the Rings post. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is actually returning for a second time on Prime Video, Amazon confirmed in an news. The renewal of the blockbuster epic fantasy series doesn’t come as a huge surprise, as season 3 has been ]… ]

    The second article on Den of Geek was Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 Confirms Major Timeline Change.

    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

    Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it also.

    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

    Captain America 4&#8217, s Post-Credit Field Explained

    Sam Wilson is no Steve Rogers, as the selling for Captain America: Brave New World loves to tell us. And that &#8217, s a good thing. Sam&#8217’s record as a consultant is used by Brave New World to transform him into a Captain America who prefers to talk things up with villains over punching them in the face.

    So it &#8217, s no surprise when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Red Hulk kind, in jail on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. Sterns congratulates Sam and his other soldiers on their efforts to end the world. But then he reveals the results of his estimates. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to defend this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

    On one hand, Sterns &#8217, s reveal is a bit of a let down. We&#8217, have known that there are other universes. Pop tradition is choking on multiverses. Heck, this present period of the MCU is part of the Universe Story, a story that includes Spider-Man: No Method Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool &amp, Wolverine. The Leader&#8217, s reveal seems clear and Sam seems decrease on the uptake around, even if there&#8217, s no cause for most people on the perfect truth Earth-616 to know about these kingdoms.

    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are different worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 is important to note that these other worlds are a risk and that there are heroes who may fight against them. That makes more of a particular reference to the 2015 Marvel Comics Secret Wars storyline, which may serve as the inspiration for the upcoming two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Secret Wars.

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    Key Wars: Unveiling the Key Wars

    Key Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, really begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a situation where Earths from two different challenges start to step into one another, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. The Earths and their individual planets are destroyed after each invasion lasts eight days.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the team encounters both real-world heroes and villains who want to annihilate our planet to save their own. The fervent Illuminati later follow suit, attacking other realities to conserve Earth-616, despite initially abusing the idea.

    New Avengers is a grim story, one filled with a creeping horror that &#8217, s more threatening than anything the MCU has done before. But we&#8217, ve now heard allusion to attacks before, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not only do the Illuminati of Earth-838 featured in that film refer to incursions, but the post credit scene finds Clea ( Charlize Theron ) arriving to recruit Strange in a battle against the Incursions.

    Also, the title of the next Avengers video suggests that the MCU soldiers will deal with the attacks in a manner equivalent to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, soldiers. Most of the heroes in Avengers and New Avengers ‘ final issues either accept their unavoidable ending or pass away trying to avoid it. Only one hero and one villain can see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Man, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like architects of the multiverse.

    The trio battles the Beyonders until they finally lose their incredible abilities. Strange hesitates to use such amazing power, but Doom does not. He recreates the universe to make himself God and uses it to save our universe.

    The final installment of the Secret Wars series follows Reed Richards and other heroes ‘ battles to restore the world to its former glory in the hands of Doom&#8217’s newly designed Marvel Universe.

    Preparing for Doomsday

    Given the Leader&#8217, s warning, it sounds like Avengers: Doomsday will show Marvel&#8217, s heroes fighting with those of other realities, all trying to protect their Earth from the incursions. And like the comics, Doctor Doom ( played by Robert Downey Jr. ) will make an outrageous choice to save his universe while remaking it in his own image.

    If that &#8217, s the case, Earth &#8217, s Mightiest Heroes will face their greatest battle yet in Avengers: Secret Wars. The Leader should have given Sam the warning right away so he can begin assembling his Avengers and possibly fixing things.

    Captain America: Brave New World is now in theaters.

    On Den of Geek, the first postCaptain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Just Set Up Avengers: Doomsday appeared.

  • Captain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Just Set Up Avengers: Doomsday

    Captain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Just Set Up Avengers: Doomsday

    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World. Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it also. In the lone post-credit scene for Captain America: Brave New World, villain Samuel Sterns offers a warning to Sam Wilson, one that points to the]… ]

    The first postCaptain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Only Set Up Avengers: Doomsday was a Den of Geek article.

    This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.

    Doomsday is coming. You know it. I know it. And today, thanks to the Leader, Captain America knows it to.

    In the hapless post-credit field for Captain America: Brave New World, criminal Samuel Sterns offers a reminder to Sam Wilson, one that points to the next Avengers movie and, probably, the close of the MCU as we know it.

    Captain America 4&#8217, s Post-Credit Field Explained

    Sam Wilson is no Steve Rogers, as the selling for Captain America: Brave New World often reminds us. And that &#8217, s a good thing. Sam&#8217’s history as a consultant is used by Brave New World to transform him into a Captain America who prefers to talk things up with villains over punching them in the face.

    So it &#8217, s no surprise when Brave New World ends with Sam visiting Thaddeus Ross, no longer in Red Hulk kind, in jail on the Raft. Nor is it a wonder when he also drops by the body of Samuel Sterns, the movie&#8217, s great poor, a gamma-radiated supergenius called the Leader.

    Yet though he&#8217, s been defeated, Sterns cannot help but moan, getting a one-up over Sam by showing off his knowledge. Sterns congratulates Sam and his other soldiers on their efforts to end the world. But then he reveals the results of his equations. &#8220, Do you think this is the only earth? &#8221, Sterns asks. &#8220, We&#8217, ill see what happens when you have to defend this position &#8230, from the others. &#8221,

    On one hand, Sterns &#8217, s reveal is a bit of a let down. We&#8217, have known that there are other kingdoms. Pop tradition is choking on multiverses. Heck, this present period of the MCU is part of the Universe Story, a story that includes Spider-Man: No Method Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool &amp, Wolverine. The Leader&#8217, s reveal seems clear and Sam seems decrease on the uptake around, even if there&#8217, s no cause for most people on the perfect truth Earth-616 to know about these kingdoms.

    On the other, Stern&#8217, s caution is n&#8217, t just that there are different worlds. Additionally, it &#8217 is noted that there are heroes who would protect these other kingdoms because they are a risk. That makes more of a particular reference to the 2015 Marvel Comics Secret Wars storyline, which will serve as the inspiration for the upcoming two Avengers movies, Doomsday and Key Wars.

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    Key Wars: Unveiling the Surprise Wars

    Secret Wars, which was written by Jonathan Hickman, really begins with his Fantastic Four operate in 2009, moves up through his work on Avengers and New Avengers in 2013, and wraps up with Key Wars in 2015. In a crisis where Earths from two different realities start to step into one space, Reed Richards describes an &#8220, Incursion, &#8221, interplanetary conflict. The Earths and their respective worlds are destroyed after each invasion lasts eight days.

    The New Avengers sections of the Key Wars story deals with attempts by the Illuminati of Earth-616&#8212, a key group of prominent people that includes Richards, Iron Man, Namor, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, and Beast/Professor X of the X-Men&#8212, to save their world. Along the way, the group encounters both real-world heroes and villains who want to save their own planet. Although initially opposed to the idea, the determined Illuminati eventually follow suit and launch attacks on other worlds to save Earth-616.

    New Avengers is a bleak story, one filled with a creeping dread that &#8217, s more upsetting than anything the MCU has done before. But we&#8217, ve already heard reference to incursions before, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Not only do the Illuminati of Earth-838 featured in that film refer to incursions, but the post credit scene finds Clea ( Charlize Theron ) arriving to recruit Strange in a battle against the Incursions.

    Furthermore, the title of the next Avengers movie suggests that the MCU heroes will deal with the incursions in a manner similar to that of the Marvel Comics &#8217, heroes. Most of the heroes in Avengers and New Avengers either accept their unavoidable ending or pass away trying to avoid it. One hero and one villain are able to see the solution. With the help of the all-powerful Molecule Man, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom take the fight to the Beyonders, the god-like architects of the multiverse.

    The trio defeats the Beyonders to the point where they lose their incredible abilities. Doom does not accept such awesome power while Strange does, but he does. He rediscovers the universe and uses it to transform himself into God. He takes the power and saves ours.

    The final installment of the Secret Wars series follows Reed Richards and other heroes ‘ battles to restore things to how they were in Doom&#8217’s reign as God Emperor of a newly designed Marvel Universe.

    Preparing for Doomsday

    Given the Leader&#8217, s warning, it sounds like Avengers: Doomsday will show Marvel&#8217, s heroes fighting with those of other realities, all trying to protect their Earth from the incursions. And like in the comics, Robert Downey Jr., who plays Doctor Doom, will make an outrageous choice to remake his universe.

    If that &#8217, s the case, Earth &#8217, s Mightiest Heroes will face their greatest battle yet in Avengers: Secret Wars. The Leader should have given Sam the warning right away so he can begin assembling his Avengers and possibly fixing things.

    Captain America: Brave New World is now in theaters.

    The first postCaptain America Brave New World Post-Credits Scene Only Set Up Avengers: Doomsday was a Den of Geek article.