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Michael Lark, artist

Lazarus is a dystopian science fiction comic book series created by writer Greg Rucka and artist Michael Lark (pictured). Image Comics released the first monthly issue on June 23, 2013. A six-issue spin-off limited series, Lazarus: X+66, was released monthly in 2017 between issues 26 and 27 of the regular series. Rucka and Lark began developing the series in 2012 and partnered with colorist Santi Arcas to finish the art. Other creators were brought in later to assist with lettering and inking. In the series, the world has been divided among sixteen rival families, who run their territories in a feudal system. The main character is Forever Carlyle, the military leader of the Carlyle family. The major themes of Lazarus are the meaning of family and nature versus nurture. Critics have given it mostly positive reviews and have praised its worldbuilding. The series has also been collected into paperback and hardcover editions. (Full article...)

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Grand Jubilee pagoda

... that at least one man was killed during the Grand Jubilee of 1814 when a pagoda (pictured) in St James's Park burnt down?
... that Pan Am executive Bill Mullahey was nicknamed "Mr. Pacific" for his work promoting tourism to Hawaiʻi and other island destinations?
... that Michael Herbig, director of the 2018 film Balloon about the 1979 East German balloon escape, would not have made it without the blessing of the families who carried it out?
... that after Norman Dawe died, he was described as "a victim of [ice] hockey because he worked too hard for it"?
... that Kanye West's "Diamonds" was re-recorded as "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" after Q-Tip informed him about blood diamonds in Sierra Leone?
... that a hoard of Viking treasure was found in 1912 when it fell out of peat fuel being placed on a fire?
... that Indiana's WTAF-TV fought for more than six years to obtain a network affiliation and reached an agreement with NBC just ten days before shutting down for good?
... that the Marsh Family's parody of Les Misérables's "One Day More" required pizza?

In the news

Sir David Amess

British Member of Parliament Sir David Amess (pictured) dies after being stabbed during a constituency meeting.
In cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Chennai Super Kings defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final in Dubai.
A building fire in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, kills at least 46 people and injures 41 others.
Five people are killed and three others injured in a bow-and-arrow attack in Kongsberg, Norway.

On this day

October 18: Mawlid (Sunni Islam, 2021); Feast day of Saint Luke (Christianity); Alaska Day (1867)

Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima

1561 – Sengoku period: The Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (depicted), one of the most famous in Japanese history, was fought in present-day Nagano Prefecture.
1748 – The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
1929 – In the Persons Case, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decided that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada.
2019 – Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (d. 1361)
Isaac Jogues (d. 1646)
Jesse Helms (b. 1921)

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The Alma Mater statue at Columbia University

As of 2021, 100 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia University in New York City, and 84 of them are officially listed as "Columbia's Nobel Laureates" by the university. The Nobel Prizes, established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, are awarded to individuals who make outstanding contributions in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine. An associated prize, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), was instituted by Sweden's central bank, Sveriges riksbank, in 1968 and was first awarded in 1969. Among the 100 laureates, 71 are Nobel laureates in natural sciences; 44 are Columbia alumni (graduates and attendees) and 33 have been long-term academic members of the Columbia faculty or Columbia-affiliated research organizations; subject-wise, 32 laureates have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, more than in any other subject for the university. (Full list...)

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The Kriéger Company of Electric Vehicles was founded in 1898 by Louis Antoine Kriéger in France to manufacture automobiles. At least three battery-powered models were produced, the Brougham, the Landaulette and the Electrolette. This photograph shows U.S. senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island in a Kriéger Landaulette in around 1906. The senator is accompanied by a woman (presumably his wife), a chauffeur and a footman.

Photograph credit: Harris & Ewing; restored by Adam Cuerden

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