"X-Men: Days of Future Past" Graphic Novel/Prose Novel Comparison

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            Okay, let’s get down to business. You’re here because while searching on Facebook or Twitter or BlogSpot or a search engine, you saw this link that said “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Graphic Novel/Prose Novel Comparison and just HAD to check this out. Anyway, this piece is going to compare the “X-Men: Days of Future Past” graphic novel by Chris Claremont to the “X-Men: Days of Future Past” prose novel by Alex Irvine. The prose novel is an adaptation of the “Days of Future Past” comic book storyline from 1981. This comparison essay is only of the graphic novel and prose novel and NOT about the film “X-Men: Days of Future Past” by the way. Thought you ought to know. Now, I have written a review of the “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” epic collection by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Joe Duffy and Scott Edelman that has the “Days of Future Past” storyline AND a review of “X-Men: Days of Future Past” by Alex Irvine, so I totally suggest you read those two pieces as well as this one because they are kind of important to understanding this, but you can do what you want to do, I can’t force you, but if you do read all three of these pieces, you are THE BEST!

            Now, let’s get the plot of the story out in one sentence: The X-Men in a dystopian future send Kate Pryde to the past to prevent the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly and avert this horrible future from ever happening. I know, sounds a little flimsy, but I’ve heard worse, like… well we’re not here for that, we’re here for “Days of Future Past” so let’s focus on that.

            I am here to discuss some major differences between the two adaptations. I must state, for the giggles, that in the graphic novel, the future was 2013, but I guess in 1981 that seemed like a reasonable enough future. Thirty-two years was enough time to keep up credibility. It should be noted that in the prose novel, where the exact years were not specified, the future was twenty-two years from the present. And let’s face it; Magneto was in a concentration camp during World War II, and the novel even states that he was over one-hundred years old.

            A big difference between the graphic novel and prose novel was that in the graphic novel, Senator Robert Kelly, a bigoted politician, was a presidential candidate on an anti-mutant platform, but in the prose novel, he was content with just being a senator.

            Another difference between the graphic novel and the prose novel was the point of Kitty and Kate Pryde’s time change. In the graphic novel, the switch occurred when Kitty was in the Danger Room in Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, yet in the prose novel, the switch occurred when the X-Men went to the Max-X penitentiary to examine the super villain the Blob’s escape, where the X-Men got into a battle with pawns from the (sorry about this) Hellfire Club. This scene wasn’t even in the graphic novel, but I do get the point Irvine used this is the prose novel: at Max-X, a mutant hunting robot called a Sentinel showed up. Kate, having been enslaved in the future by the Sentinels, had the reaction of fear that the time swap hadn’t worked. I give Irvine a lot of credit for coming up with that, but Chris Claremont’s version of Kitty conquering the Danger Room was a lot funnier.

            Another difference was the use of Warren Worthington III/Angel. In the graphic novel, Angel had rejoined the X-Men as an active member, whereas Irvine used Angel as a way to get to Washington D.C. to stop the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants from taking out Senator Kelly.

            The prose novel also explored the future in more detail than Claremont did, focusing quite a bit more about Rachel Summers and Kitty Pryde, particularly by Irvine giving Rachel a fatal injury.

            Irvine in prose also gave a hint on the connection between Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Raven Darkholme/Mystique. For those who only know the X-Men from the movies, in every other continuity Mystique is Nightcrawler’s mother, which Claremont and Marvel did not establish in 1981 at the time when the graphic novel was published.

            I was also surprised how Irvine managed to expand on Claremont’s story. The “Days of Future Past” storyline in the comics was just two issues. Irvine was able to produce a 375 page novel (granted the print was big and then spacing between the lines was big), which I found to be quite impressive.

            Now, you’re up to here, and you may be wondering which adaptation I preferred better. Let’s look at this carefully: Claremont wrote a great story, and I don’t just mean for the time when it was written. Sometimes when a story is published, it only holds up for the time around the publication. You could say a story was good for its time, or a story is good for all time. Look at it this way; in 2016, a thirty-five-year-old comic book was rewritten as a prose novel. In 2014, a film with the same title was released. Over the years, there were television series with the story, including in the 1992 “X-Men” animated series, “Days of Future Past” was adapted originally in the first season, and would eventually returned to in later episodes of the series. Even the entire 2008 animated series “Wolverine and the X-Men” was based on “Days of Future Past.” This is a story that has held up for forty-one years at the time of me writing this post. Is it a good story? The answer is an obvious yes. The question remains: did Alex Irvine outdo Chris Claremont? The answer to that is a resounding no. However, Irvine did not make many significant changes from what Chris Claremont did. So can I say that I enjoyed Irvine’s story better than Claremont’s original story? Yes. I loved the prose novel. If you read my review of “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” review, I docked off points ONLY because of the stories that were NOT “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past.” So if I were to take the issues “Days of Future Past” and “Mind Out of Time!” by themselves, I would give it a nine out of ten. If you read my “X-Men: Days of Future Past” by Alex Irvine review, you’d know I gave it a ten. So do I prefer the prose novel? Yes. But it have been written without Claremont, so I have to give him credit as well.

            Well, I guess I’ve typed up enough here and assaulted your eyeballs enough, so now you can leave, go back to social media, or your streaming, or your browsing, or watching videos or doing whatever you usually do on the internet when you’re not reading this blog. But I hope you will come back to this blog. I’ve been busy with all kinds of projects, some of them professional, some you’ll actually see on this blog, some you might see in a bookstore years down the line, some you might see on the big screen, or the television, or your streaming service, who knows. But I do have my B’ings (they’re pointless but still funny to read), short fiction and nonfiction, poetry, essays and editorials, and yes, dozens of reviews, I’ve done over eighty posts and I am nowhere near stopping, so I hope you’ll keep coming back, and if you do, you are THE BEST! So I hope you see my words and my thinking face again, and I’ll say, until next time, Tim Cubbin… out! 

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" by Alex Irvine

 

            The following is a review of the prose novel of “X-Men: Days of Future Past” by Alex Irvine. It is NOT a review of the graphic novel or the film baring the same title.

            Hey, guys, welcome to From the Mind of One Tim Cubbin! Today, I am your guide, Tim Cubbin! If you haven’t figured out exactly what this is, I will explain. This is a review. I just finished reading the prose novel “X-Men: Days of Future Past” by Alex Irvine as I said in the opening paragraph. If you’ve been to this blog before, you know how I roll (does anyone say that anymore? I’m just old). I read something, prose novels, graphic novels, comic book events, and I hop into Microsoft Word, type this up, then copy and paste and submit to this page you are reading this on. (I use Microsoft Word to type on so I can have a recorded documentation.) So, as usual, here I am, reviewing this book.

            Okay, if you’ve been to at least two of my reviews, you know I keep a basic structure when I write a review, but I know some of you have never been here before, so I have to explain it so you know how this works. Yes, I always start with my boring introduction, which is what you are reading now, and hoping that I finish right away. Next I am going to briefly touch on the characters. Since this is a review of a super hero story, I’ll tell you the characters’ real names and their code names, and their powers, and a few things it’s important to know if you’re not a regular follower of the X-Men. Then I explain the synopsis of the book, explaining the story using as few spoilers as possible, which is hopefully none, but still, spoilers do pop up from time-to-time. After that, I’ll share some of my personal feelings toward this book, saying a little bit about what I liked and disliked, things I wish there could have been but weren’t or what was there that I feel detracted from my enjoyment of the story. Then I’ll give you a score of how I would rate this novel. After that, I’ll explain the accessibility to the book, what background knowledge I feel you should know before you tackle this novel and who I think the target audience should be. Then I’ll tell you if I recommend this book and to whom I recommend this book to. Then I’ll finish off by explaining a little bit of what else you can find on this blog so you know what else you can look for. Then I’ll say goodbye and leave you to go about the rest of the things on the internet you feel like doing. I hope you got all that, so now we finally get to the things on this review that you actually WANT to read.

            Now, let’s talk about the major players. First off, this book takes place in the present AND the future, so I will specify in the descriptions the time periods they are involved in.

            Kitty Pryde/Sprite (present) Kate Pryde-Rasputin (future): Can turn intangible, phase through solid objects, walk on air, and disrupt electronics when passing through them.

            Logan/Wolverine (present and future): Regenerative power, can heal from almost any wound, has a skeleton coated in the nigh-unbreakable metal adamantium and claws that extend from his knuckles.

            Piotr (Peter) Rasputin/Colossus (present and future): Can turn into organic steel, granting him extra durability and super strength.

            Ororo Munroe/Storm (present and future): Can manipulate and control the weather.

            Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (present): Covered in blue fur, prehensile tail, three fingers on each hand, two toes on each foot, able to teleport.

            Charles Xavier/Professor X (present): One of the most powerful telepaths on the planet.

            Moira MacTaggert (present): Human, one of the world’s foremost geneticists.

            Warren Worthington/Angel (present): Flight due to natural wings.

            Senator Robert Kelly (present): Human, bigoted United States politician.

            Raven Darkholme/Mystique (present): Shapeshifter, leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

            St. John Allerdyce/Pyro (present): Pyrokinetic, evil mutant.

            Fred J. Dukes/Blob (present): Massive body, immovable object, extra-durability, evil mutant.

            Dominic Petros/Avalanche (present): Seismic control such as creating vibrations and earthquakes, evil mutant.

            Irene Adler/Destiny (present): Blind precognitive, evil mutant.

            Rachel Summers (future): Telepath.

            Franklin Richards (future): Manipulator.

            Max Eisenhardt/Magneto (future): Master of magnetism.

            Sentinels (future): Mutant hunting robots.

            Free Canadian Army (future): Humans, Canadian resistance force.

            Now it’s time to explain the story, so I try to make the whole present/future thing make sense.

            Mystique leads a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to eliminate Senator Robert Kelly, an outspoken anti-mutant advocate, as well as Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert. This leads to anti-mutant hysteria. The Sentinels, mutant-killing robots, are reinstated. They overthrow all of humanity, and almost every mutant is wiped out, and the surviving mutants are held in concentration camps with their powers neutralized. A nuclear strike is planned against the United States in an effort to stop the spread of the Sentinels. With time running out, the surviving X-Men Kate Pryde-Rasputin, Colossus, Storm, Rachel Summers, Franklin Richards Wolverine and Magneto decide this whole future must be prevented. The Free Canadian Army get a jamming device and the surviving mutants are able to regain their powers. Rachel sends Kate’s mind to Kitty’s young self’s body to before the Brotherhood assassinates Senator Kelly to prevent it and hopefully avert this dystopian future from ever coming to be. As Rachel in the future holds Kate in the present, the surviving mutants assault the Sentinels’ base in the Baxter Building.

            So, I do believe I have not given any spoilers, but if I did, I ask your forgiveness. Anyway, let me share my thoughts with you. This is going to be highly restrictive as I am now going to be working on a graphic novel/prose novel comparison piece right after I upload this post, and it may even be uploaded by now, so feel free to check it out! What I CAN say is I highly enjoyed this book, I hardly wanted to put it down. I thought that this book was an easy read, which actually can harm books at times, but I have to say that I thought this book was written so well, and I felt being an easy read was not detrimental. To me, I thought the balance of what was there that needed to be there, and what was needed there that didn’t have to there was absolutely perfect. I did not feel that the book dragged on and got boring, yet nor did it feel rushed to me. This is highly key to a novel and I thought Irvine nailed it. I feel the effort was a great attempt and paid off. If you want to know more, check out my comparison piece that will be uploaded shortly. The graphic novel story was featured in “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” which I have already reviewed, so I hope you will also read that, and if you do, you are THE BEST and I appreciate your support!

            Now, I think this is the moment you’ve been waiting for: my score. If you’ve read at least two of my reviews before, you know I am VERY hard to please. I can find faults in just about anything. But for this book, I couldn’t find any. I thought this book was totally perfect! I always score my reviews on a scale of one to ten. One means it was so horrible and the time I invested in reading this book was a total waste of my time; ten means, well this book. That’s right! I give this book a ten. I might have given a ten before, but I’ve written a lot of reviews and can’t remember them all, but this might actually be a first. Well, whatever, but I loved this book, and will definitely read it again in due time. I actually have a thing with books where if I really enjoyed it, I eventually read them again to pick up on things I missed during my first read. For example, I’ve been rereading the “Harry Potter” novels, which I have read all of them a minimum of eleven times each (the earlier ones I have read way more times than that, but I have read the later ones at least that many times, I’ve lost count) and still pick up new things each time. I also do that with movies and binge-watching television shows. But this book is DEFINITELY going to be read again.

            All right, now I have to tell you what I think you should know if you are considering reading the novel after this stellar review. Well, when it comes to comic books, accessibility is very important. If you start a seven part storyline and only join in on issue seven, you’re totally going to be confused and most likely not able to follow or understand the story. It’s like joining a television series in season three, then only watching up to season six, then trying to get back in season eight. You’re not going to know what’s going on. So when reading a novel based on an ongoing comic storyline, sometimes background knowledge is required. In this case, I feel that if you’ve never read X-Men or seen any of the cartoons or movies or played any of the video games, you could still catch on with this book. I feel like the characters’ histories described in the novel is sufficient enough to still make sense to new readers. Plus, you’ve been reading this review (and you are THE BEST!) and I’ve given some good details, so I feel like if you’re interested in reading this book based on this review alone, GO FOR IT! I very rarely enjoy a book this well, and a ten is the highest recommendation I can give, so if I liked it… So, as for target audience, anyone can read it if they have any interest in the X-Men and are looking to read a prose novel based on a comic storyline. And I have to say, if you are an X-Men fan of ANY kind, READ THIS BOOK! And if you liked the original graphic novel this book was based on, READ THIS BOOK! I was totally not disappointed, and “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past” are some of my favorite X-Men storylines.

            So, yeah, I think I’ve assaulted your eyes just about enough. If you liked this review, I’ve literally done DOZENS of others, so there are plenty of reviews to see and may give you new reading considerations. I also write short stories and poetry from time-to-time, and as a journalist I write editorials and essays as well, so there’s always plenty more content to see. I post on a fairly regular basis, so I totally hope you come back, and if you do, you are THE BEST! So I’ll finish this review with just three more words: Tim Cubbin… out!

"X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix" by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Jo Duffy, and Scott Edelman

            The following is a review of the Marvel Epic Collection “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” written by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Jo Duffy, and Scott Edelman. This is NOT a review of the film “X-Men: Dark Phoenix.”

            Howdy, all, welcome to From the Mind of One Tim Cubbin. I am, myself, Tim Cubbin.

            So, this is one of my reviews. Prior readers of my reviews will be familiar with my structure, but for those of you who are only reading my blog for the first time after being intrigued by hashtags on Twitter, I’ll be nice and map it out for you. Now, I know some of you have had absolutely no interaction with the X-Men; never picked up a comic, never watched a cartoon, never seen a movie, never played a video game, never collected trading cards, so I feel like I should introduce the major characters for you. That would be prudent. Then, of course, I’ll give you a synopsis of the stories. Following that, I’ll give you my own personal thoughts about the book. After that, I’ll give you a numeric score of the book as its individual stories and then the book as a whole. Then I’ll tell you if I recommend this book and to whom I would recommend this book to. Then I’ll say goodbye and we can both be on our merry way. Some of my previous readers will notice the structure of this review is slightly different, but I feel this would be more efficient to write it this way and for you to read it this way. So, are we good on that? Good! Let’s begin!

            So, let’s talk about who the X-Men are. The X-Men are a group of mutants, born with genetic super powers. Regular human beings are jealous for and afraid of their powers, and mutants are hated and feared and often wanted imprisoned or killed. There are mutants, such as the X-Men, who want peace between mutants and baseline human beings. Other mutants, such as the Hellfire Club (pardon my profanity, I hate to use this word, but it’s essential to say) and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants want to establish mutant supremacy. The X-Men fight the evil mutants and the humans who want to eradicate mutants to try to establish human/mutant peaceful relations.

            So, obviously, you’ll want to hear about our prime mutants. First off is the founder and mentor of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X, confined to a wheelchair but one of the most powerful telepaths on the planet. Scott Summers/Cyclops, X-Men field leader with uncontrollable optic force beams. Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, blue furred, three fingered, two toed, prehensile tailed, teleporter. Piotr Rasputin/Colossus, Russian farm boy with the ability to transfer from flesh and blood to organic steel skin, granting him super strength. Ororo Munroe/Storm, able to control the weather. Logan/Wolverine, able to heal from any wound and with an adamantium skeleton and claws. Kitty Pryde/Sprite, young mutant with the ability to turn intangible. Warren Worthington III/Angel, able to fly with natural wings. Jean Grey/Marvel Girl/Phoenix/Dark Phoenix, a cosmic powered telepathic and telekinetic woman. The Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club (including Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Donald Pierce, Harry Leland, and Jason Wyngarde/Mastermind), a group of mutants who want to enslave the world. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (including Raven Darkholme/Mystique, Fred Dukes/Blob, John Allerdyce/Pyro, Irene Adler/Destiny, and Dominic Petros/Avalanche), a group of mutant extremists who want to establish mutant supremacy. We also have some other major players. Senator Robert Kelly, an antimutant presidential candidate. The Sentinels, mutant hunting robots. Lilandra Nerimani, alien empress of the Shi’ar. The Imperial Guard, super powered protectors of the Shi’ar Empire.

            Phew, that’s a large cast. Now, let’s talk about the stories. Unfortunately, this will have to include the fate of the Phoenix spoiler in order to be effective. First off is “The Dark Phoenix Saga.” The X-Men’s mutant detecting device, Cerebro tracks two new mutant signatures. The X-Men teams split up. Xavier, Logan, Ororo, and Peter head to Illinois to try to recruit Kitty Pryde to Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (the X-Men’s base of operations) while Scott, Jean, and Kurt go to New York City to try to recruit Allison Blaire, the mutant singer Dazzler. Kitty goes to a malt shop (which we really don’t have anymore, and some of you might not even know what a malt shop is) with Peter, Logan, and Ororo, who inform Kitty that she is a mutant and they are the X-Men. The X-Men are attacked and kidnapped by agents of the Hellfire Club, under orders of Emma Frost, the telepathic White Queen. Kitty is able to save the team. Allison turns down Scott and Jean’s offer to join the X-Men. Jean, meanwhile, is having “time slips,” seeing what she thinks is an ancestor, and her romance with Jason Wyngarde, but in actuality it is Wyngarde seducing Jean to become the Black Queen and to up his bid for a higher position in the Hellfire Club. This turns Phoenix into Dark Phoenix when Mastermind’s plan fails, who then wishes to destroy the X-Men, despite having spent years on-and-off with the team. She then soars to space and destroys the D’Bari star system, killing five billion lives and destroying a Shi’ar star cruiser, thus changing their peaceful standing with the X-Men, who now wish to destroy the Dark Phoenix. With the aid of former X-Men/now Avenger Hank McCoy/Beast, Xavier is able to suppress the Dark Phoenix. But the Shi’ar abduct the X-Men and Beast to destroy Jean/Phoenix. However, Xavier challenges the Shi’ar Imperial Guard to a duel of honor over the fate of the Phoenix. As the X-Men fall, Jean feels the Dark Phoenix returning, and, rather than turning evil again, ends the threat of the Dark Phoenix ever returning. Following this, Scott leaves the X-Men as he feels he has no place with the team. Storm is made leader, and Kitty Pryde becomes the youngest member of the X-Men.

            Kitty is resistant to accept Nightcrawler as a friend. In “Nightcrawler’s Inferno,” Kurt and the X-Men fight the evil witch Margali, who blames Kurt for a crime Kurt did not commit.

            After this is “…Something Wicked This Way Comes!” where Logan and Kurt head to Canada to cure a man turned into a demon called the Wendigo.

            Next up is “Days of Future Past!” In this, the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants assassinate presidential candidate Senator Kelly in 1980. Soon after, the Sentinels are reactivated and in time, mutants are eradicated. The survivors are placed in concentration camps, and inhibitors are created to suppress their mutant powers. In 2013, a nuclear assault is planned for the United States in an effort to end the threat of the Sentinels. Logan, Piotr, Ororo, Kate Pryde-Rasputin, Franklin Richards, Rachel, and Magneto plan to stop this world from ever coming to be. The mutants are able to jam the inhibitor powers, and Rachel uses her power to swap Kate and Kitty, sending Kate Pryde-Rasputin back in time to 1980, and Kitty Pryde to 2013. The choice is made as Kitty is the newest member of the X-Men and not as psychically resistant and most likely to be believed. Kate must now convince the X-Men, who head to Washington, D.C. to try to save Charles Xavier, X-Men ally Doctor Moira MacTaggert, and Senator Kelly from the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

            Following this is “Demon.” Kitty is left alone at Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters on Christmas Eve, where a demon is able to enter the School and Kitty, by herself, must fight the demon to save her life.

            There are also mini-stories “At the Sign of the Lion,” “Joyride into Jeopardy” “Cry—Vengeance!” and “Phoenix: The Untold Story” a director’s cut of “The Fate of the Phoenix,” the final issue of “The Dark Phoenix Saga” with different dialogue and a different ending.

            Okay, I know this was a lot to take in, and if you are still here at this point, you are THE BEST! So, now for my thoughts. “The Dark Phoenix Saga” is, at the moment, my FAVORITE X-Men story. To me it is just PERFECTION! The film “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” just DID NOT do it justice. BUT! I felt that “Nightcrawler’s Inferno” and “…Something Wicked This Way Comes” were just mediocre stories, but I did like how it shined a spotlight on Kurt. BUT! “Days of Future Past!” I thought it was such an AMAZING story! Granted the future has passed, but in 1980, 2013 seemed like such a long time away and the ages of the surviving mutants had to be believable in order to still be fighting the Sentinels. And I guess that meant that the X-Men were able to change this future from happening. (Kidding! Or am I?). And “Phoenix: The Untold Story” having different dialogue and a different ending was rather interesting, but this just would not have worked out if it had been published as the originally published ending.

            Okay, I know you’ve been waiting for this! My numeric score. I’ve said all I needed to say, so now I’m going to give my scores. In this case, I won’t justify my scores because I’ve probably bored you slightly, so if you’re still here, you are THE BEST! Just going to say, I score on a scale of one to ten, one being amazingly awful, while ten being simply amazing. And I am a VERY hard to please reviewer as my prior readers will know, so a high score from me, well… Anyway! “The Dark Phoenix Saga” Ten! “Nightcrawler’s Inferno” Eight! “…Something Wicked This Way Comes!” Seven! “Days of Future Past!” Ten! “At the Sign of the Lion” Six! “Joyride into Jeopardy!” Six! “Cry—Vengeance!” Six! “Phoenix: The Untold Story” Ten! And finally, “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” as a whole book! Nine!

            Now, finally, do I recommend this book? YES! If you like X-Men comics and have never read this, I totally say you should pick up this book! I thought it was AMAZING! (Hmm, that’s Spider-Man’s thing, but I feel “Uncanny” just isn’t enough.) If you’ve never read any X-Men comics or never even heard of the X-Men but want a good place to start, this is definitely my recommendation for you! I felt that prior knowledge of the X-Men is not required and that this book is very much self-contained. So if this review has whet your appetite, totally check this book out!

            Okay, so I’ve been typing for a while now, and you’ve been reading this for a few minutes, so now I free you. BUT! First, I will say that I’ve done so many reviews on this blog, so if you liked this post and want to read more, and I haven’t bored you, please feel free to browse the rest of this blog. I also write short fiction and nonfiction, poetry, editorials and essays, including my “B’ings” series, and some other stuff I feel you might find interesting, so browse ‘til your heart’s content. I am a certified journalist, but unemployed due to my disabilities, so this is how I get my ideas out there to you (for free, I must add), so your support is greatly appreciated. Feel free to retweet, follow, like, share comment, whatever you can do on the platform you found me on, and if you do, you are THE BEST, and until next time, Tim Cubbin… out!