Linkypoops
Jan 17Just a few clicky things that make other things go. My neck hurts.
The great Dave Campbell shares some love for the great Drake Hogestyn, including a few priceless clips.
Tom Brevoort blogs, and the world is better for it. Seriously, some great reading there.
Hayden Panettiere and Kenny Baker are both coming to my town. I don’t know if I can stand it.
Nay nay, Cory! Nay nay!
Jan 16I’ve taken heat from a couple of friends before, regarding my dislike of Cory Doctorow. Partly it’s a misconception that I loathe him, because the only time I talk about Cory is when he’s really pissed me off. In fact, most of the time I have no opinion of Cory, and on occasion, judging by some of his posts on BoingBoing, I’m certain he and I could have a good conversation over a beer. But then, every once and awhile, he says something so utterly stupid. Mostly about comic books, which make me doubley mad, as Doctorow and cohorts are regarded as pop culture know-it-alls, and the go-to kids for all things kitch. And it is very apparent that they are not champions of comic culture, but rather making it hip by presenting it as something it’s not.
My, “Whoa, wait, what?” streak with Cory and Co. started with thier love of the term “underwear pervert” – suggesting that classic heroes are rooted in something perverted. Actually, that was the bulk of it – I don’t care if they don’t push superhero books, or the classics. If they don’t get it, they don’t get it. And all was quiet for months… until today, when Cory was talking about the new Hannibal Lecter book.
Hannibal Rising is the origin story of Hannibal Lecter, his childhood in war-torn Lithuania his life in a Soviet orphanage, his rescue to rural France, his move to Paris, and finally, his internship at Johns Hopkins in the USA. Hannibal is basically a superhero — possessed of superhuman strength and intellect — and so this is the equivalent of the radio-active spider bite and robbery-gone-bad that turns Peter Parker into Spiderman.
Yes. Yes, Hannibal Lecter is just like Spider-man… if Spider-man was a sociopathic cannibal. Seriously. I…
Dude, “super” yes. The guy is Moriarty and Michael Myers incarnate. He is more than the average man. But he is not a hero. At all. Monster works. Villian isn’t bad either. One might liken him to a Green Goblin maybe – super smart, super insane. But Spider-man?
For fuck’s sake. I hope someone in your circle of comic writing friends gives you shit for that post.
Ghostbusters! Maybe!
Jan 15You may have read about this on any of dozens of websites, but you can check out the first website to post the whole kit and kaboodle… three days ago. But I’m not bitter. Bear in mind that it looks cool, but is proof of nothing.
Civil War from the Sidelines
Jan 11I think it was Thomas Jefferson–or maybe it was George Jefferson–who once said, “It is a foolish man indeed who seeks quality storytelling and character development in a major comic book crossover.”
Damn straight, Thomas and/or George. Damn straight.
And yet–and YET–there is something gurgling within the depths of Civil War that continues to intrigue me.
Bendis & Brevoort
Jan 10Say what you will about Brian Michael Bendis, he seems to be an AWESOME interviewer.
His latest masterwork for Wizard Magazine’s website is a nine-page sitdown with Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort. It’s easily one of the best comics-related interviews I’ve ever read.
