I’ve been back from Viet Nam for three whole weeks, and I haven’t gotten around to blogging until now. I wish I could say it’s because I’m swamped with work, but really I just have very little to say.
This will change. Some wondrous and magical things are happening in the next month: Superman Returns will be released, my comic book submission will be finished and sent off to interested parties, and DC will finally get around to publishing Seven Soldiers #1 (Gods willing). So stay tuned for more Superman musings, mini-reviews of Grant Morrison works, and maybe even some stuff about writing.
In the meantime, if you’re stuck for entertainment, Slither is a really excellent film (X-Men 3, on the other hand, was god-awful tripe). And if you’re a comics neophyte, and you somehow wander into a comic store and they won’t let you out without purchasing something, you could do worse than Light Brigade and Flight: Volume 1. The former is a guts-and-glory summer action blockbuster; the latter is a beautiful collection of short stories, all by writer-artists (’cartoonists’).
Until next time…
I read in the paper recently about Marvel’s new series, where superheroes, thanks to a new law, must unmask themselves.
Is it Civil War? Can’t remember the name.
Whadya think of it? Seen any yet?
Comment by Tony Coca-Cola — June 19, 2006 @ 2:57 am
WELCOME HOME XANDER MAN!!!
I’ve been missing the blog!!! Looking forward to hearing and seeing (comic book submission pics) more soon!!!
Talk to you soon!
Say hi to Mrs. Coca Cola for me!!!
Reload Cowboy
Comment by Reload Cowboy — June 21, 2006 @ 1:36 am
Hey TCC and RC.
Yeah, Civil War is up to Issue #2 right now. I haven’t read it, as I pretty much avoid Marvel (with the exception of Neil Gaiman’s new Eternals series).
As I understand, the new law in Civil War makes it compulsory for superheroes to register with the government, and in support of the law, Spider-man unmasks and reveals that he’s Peter Parker. It was huge (real life) news, all over the radio and newspapers in the U.S. last week.
Pretty interesting move by Marvel, but it feels like they’re clawing desperately for new readership after losing out badly to DC’s Infinite Crisis and One Year Later titles (Civil War is, after all, Marvel’s second enormous company-wide event in only 6 months).
The new rumour is that Civil War will see Captain America defect to Canada, which is in my opinion a much cooler idea.
Comment by Xander — June 21, 2006 @ 8:01 am
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