I was in third grade, and the only comics I had read were the little ones that came packaged with He-Man action figures: I’m trying my hardest to keep Watchmen links to the bare minimum until this whole Watchmen storm front blows over, and this one qualifies as one of the more interesting of the lot. Kiel Phegley talks to Len Wein about what he was doing back in 1986 and, as it turns out, he was editing Watchmen. An interesting interview with an interesting figure who’s worn a lot of hats and done a lot of things in the comics industry.
Er, does “best” really belong in a headline about a 3 1/2-star movie…?: “Why ‘Watchmen’ is the best superhero film ever / 3 1/2 stars”
But what if the real Batman wants to join?: Caitlin Batman Shaw discovers that her maiden name is one that happens to be forbidden from Facebook for potential misuse.
“What are some of the problems Batman would have as an old man?”: I don’t think it’s possible that anyone hates “Holy ____, Batman!” headlines more than me. In fact, I’m currently planning a vacation to Canada just to yell at Hayley Mick of The Globe and Mail and/or her editors for this stupid “Holy caped crusader!” headline (That doesn’t even make sense! That’s like Robin saying, “Holy Batman, Batman!” Ghah!). Dumb headline aside, this is actually a fun little Q and A interview with E. Paul Zehr, author of 2008′s Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero. There are good questions, amusingly dumb questions (“Can a woman be Batman?” “Yes indeed. A woman could become Batgirl or Batwoman”), and some amusing answers. For example, Zehr estimates that it would take about 15 to 18 years to become Batman, but that Batman would only have a two-to-three year crime-fighting career.
So, that’s pretty much all film superheroes then, right?: “The Watchmen join the list of super-dysfunctional superheroes”
March 7th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Bob Butler is generally restrained in his enthusiasm for any genre film, so consider 3 1/2 stars the highest praise imaginable.