In a world without Harry Potter…
In a world without Harry Potter…
May 07
Thank you blog Don LaFontaine, for that subject line…
It turns out I’m really, really late to this party – after just discovering the first book by Jim Butcher, Storm Front, I find that there are 10 books in the series. There was a TV series on Sci-Fi. And a comic book is supposed to come out any time now, if it hasn’t already. But it’s not my fault – you see, I only found out about it the other day, when Buffy alum (and creator of The Guild) Felicia Day interviewed author Patrick Rothfuss, who in turn gave a shout out to Jim Butcher. So, really, when you think about it, it’s Felicia’s fault that I didn’t find out about this sooner.
The concept is stupidly simple. I could say “Harry Potter meets Moonlighting” or something like that, or “What if Angel were a wizard instead of a vampire?”, but it would do Butcher a bit of a disservice – mixing noir with magic has been done before, but not always well, and not always with legs.
Free Comic Book Day gave a small taste of IDW’s upcoming comic series and I’m scrambling to find the TV series, but in the meantime, I’m going through the books as best I can. My initial reaction – so far, not bad. My interest remains, though I’m not completely hooked yet. But then, things haven’t gotten too harry yet… I mean, hairy.
I thought the show was pretty blah except for the ridiculously hot guy playing Harry Dresden.
Yes, that’s what I hear, though if I understand correctly, he has a staff of power, which is a hockey stick in the TV show, which is AWESOME LIKE A HOT DOG!
It’s sadly back to being a boring old staff in the comic.