Author Archives: rickjlundeen

If you haven’t seen Avengers Endgame yet, I have no sympathy for you and will freely spoil it now. During the early moments of the epic, climactic battle between Cap, Thor, Iron man and Thanos, Captain America comes to wield Mojlnir (Thor’s hammer) and it is said that in reality, the cosmos shifted slightly thatContinue reading “When Cap got the Hammer”

I was milling around in the bathroom and smelled something. I couldn’t identify it though. Linda had been cleaning up there, so it could have been anything. Trying to analyze the smell, I wondered if it was toast I smelled. THEN, what I like to call “the show” starts grinding away in my head, asContinue reading “Smelling Toast”

So I was watching a rerun of 30 Rock the other day and there were a number of horse paintings in the background of certain scenes. So of course I made the logical connection: Imagine a guy who could turn any part of his body into the corresponding body part of a horse.  His headContinue reading “The Adventures of Horse Guy”

It’s the responsibility of every father to A) love, protect, care for and teach their children about life, B) give them the impression that you know all, see all and they will never get away with anything, C) teach them to behave and always be aware of their surroundings and D) in small ways, haveContinue reading “The Many Ways I’ve Tortured My Daughter”

(Disclaimer: the following excludes any and all Impact people I used to work with. That’s a different blog. This is all about the freelance years. On with the show) Over the past 30 + years, I have worked on thousands of jobs, with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of art directors. Maybe a thousand butContinue reading “She Gave Me Pop-Tarts”

“M” is for the Many times you called me “Shit-head”* “O” is for Other times you called me “Shit-head”** “T” is for time you Threw my comics out*** “H” is for the Home you gave me**** “E” is for you keeping aunt Emma’s ashes in a shoebox under the bed***** “R” is for the numberContinue reading “An Ode to Mummsy”

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, your honor, members of the family.  I’ve come to you today to clarify the various and alleged murder attempts allegedly perpetrated by my mother, Barbara Julia Nordstrom Lundeen Chatfield against me, and allegedly I, against her.  I will lay out all the known facts in these scenarios and letContinue reading “Rick Said, Barb Said…”

I first was made aware of the Fantastic Four in the mid 1960’s– this was a few years before I started getting any comics. Yes, all my vast knowledge of the world is from sci fi and superheroes on tv. Both live action and animated. As it should be.  Hanna Barbera did a lot ofContinue reading “Animated Fantastic Four through the decades”

The year was 2002. It was a lovely day. Linda was working on some project, I was upstairs, the kids were on the front steps, entertaining themselves. Age check: Theresa was 8, Matthew was 5. A bit of time passed and Lin noticed the kids weren’t on the front steps. This sometimes meant they mightContinue reading “The Day My Kids Would Rather I Forget”

Admittedly, things have been just about perfect in the world these days, with nary a problem. You just knew the fun couldn’t last. For you see, the Murder Hornets are coming soon to your town. Originating overseas, the Asian Giant Hornet is about two inches long, mostly surviving by consuming large bugs like wasps andContinue reading “I, for one, Welcome Our New Murder Hornet Overlords”