Spaced: My One True Love is a Girl Called…
Aug 07
Two weeks ago, I stood in a very long line. Two very long lines, actually. I know that standing in lines is an essential part of the geekly existence, but I’ve been sort of over it for the past few years. To draw me out, to get me to squash in with my nerd compatriots, fat paperback and grease-drenched fast food bag in hand, such a line would have to be for something really special.
This one was for the show that ranks second only to Buffy amongst my all-time greats. Pegg. Hynes. Wright. Say it with me: Spaced.
As part of the Spaced Invasion — a celebration/tour in honor of the show finally, finally getting a US DVD release — this mighty trio did a signing at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, then bopped over to the ArcLight for a screening/Q&A session. I went to both.
Now here’s the thing: at some point, I realized that my steadfast line-standing was really for one person: Jessica Hynes (formerly Stevenson). See, I’ve seen Pegg/Wright before. I’ve even talked to them, all up-close-and-personal like. But I’ve never glimpsed Jessica Hynes (formerly Stevenson) in the flesh, and Jessica Hynes (formerly Stevenson) is Daisy Steiner. And Daisy Steiner is my favorite.
All Trek Comics Are Belong to Us
Aug 07The GIT Star Trek Comics DVD collection has me a little excited, I must admit.
BAD ASS.
Animating Buffy: Words With Jeph Loeb Circa 2002, Part 2
Aug 07
As a follow-up to the Buffy Animated magazine story I posted the other day, here’s some interview bits that got hacked out of the story for space considerations. Would that the Official Buffy Magazine had always been 223 pages long…then it would have all fit. I’ve tried to reconstruct the Q&A as best as I recall it.
Test! Twest?
Aug 06Hello. If you’re reading this on the website, it’ll mean nothing to you. If you’re reading this twice via Twitter, then crap, it didn’t work. And if you’re only seeing it once on Twitter, then Hooray!
And if you’re Matt or Sarah, you guys can delete this if you like. 😛
The Shitty Watchmen Sequel Contest
Aug 06
It was a comment by Tom Spurgeon in a news round-up, about Titan putting out some Watchmen-related movie books, that got me thinking:
Although they’re not comics as such, they’re likely to be attractive to a lot of retailers that primarily carry comics because of the original comic’s sterling sales pedigree in those stores, and the fact that there aren’t sequels or an ongoing series to push along with the trade if you do business that way.
Ah, but…what if?
What if there WERE a Watchmen sequel project planned, now that the movie’s on its way and no huge corporation can resist a good IP flagging in the name of profits?
Hence, The Shitty Watchmen Sequel Contest.
Your task: To develop the absolute WORST possible pitch for a sequel or tie-in comic to this beloved decades-old graphic novel classic. Something as insipid, humorless, and shallow as the original was inspired, clever, and intricate.
