“He’s kind of a Victorian superhero, in a way. He’s so ridonkulously intelligent – no one can keep up with this man!”: There must be a rule about modifying the word “intelligent” with a made-up word like “ridonkulously,” and Mark Bellamy, who’s directing the stage show Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, breaks it in this article about the world’s greatest non-Batman detective’s on-again, off-again popularity (which is currently on again).
Two reviews I really liked: Not that you need to read my reviews of reviews or anything, but I thought these were well wroth a read. Here’s Tom Spurgeon on Just A Simple Wedding, the concluding collection of Lynn Johnston’s For Better Or Worse strip, including the climactic wedding of Elizabeth Patterson to old whashisname, the guy everyone hates. Spurgeon doesn’t hate him, but he breaks out some professional wrestling metaphors to explain why the story that so heavily involves him doesn’t quite work. And here’s Nina “Virgin Reader” Stone on Power Girl #1, a pitch perfect review of the book from the perspective of someone who not only doesn’t have any preconceived notions about the character, creators or companies, but also doesn’t much care about any of them either.
News about comics you can’t read: Charles Yoakum has been collecting info about “the Miracleman saga,” and offers an extended quote on the subject from one of Alan Moore’s recent interviews, while Forbidden Planet offers a brief recap of the aborted Rick Veitch Swamp Thing/Jesus team-up, and links to a nice commissioned sketch of Swampy and Jesus on Vietch’s website.
“Kryptonese?” I thought their language was Kryptonian?: Lois Lane reads before bed time, and Mike Sterling looks over her shoulder.
So they’re really making a Youngblood movie?: MTV’s Splash Page has some new news and details that would indicate they are. I would have sworn that original announcement was a hoax, dream or imaginary story…
May 13th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Why are they making a Youngblood movie? Why? Did anyone actually like the comic?
May 13th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Eden: Oh yes. Yes, people do love the Youngblood, as I found out when I asked for fans of the series to speak up for it. Lordy, did I get an earful…if J. Caleb does not mind, here is the link to the post where “Youngblood Week” on my site began. You can read the comments from the fans there, and my reactions and further discussion over the following days. (I tried to include specific links to each post, but I got spanked with the spam warning when I tried to submit the comment!)