Newsarama has a great interview with Peter David about upcoming developments in the excellent Fallen Angel. Look for guest appearances from characters from an Epic mini-series David did with George Perez. Wait… Epic? Creator-owned Marvel characters in a DC book? How did that happen? David explains:
“DC was very resistant to investing the time, energy, cost and manpower for what they perceived as little-to-no return. I mean, it’s one thing to clear the hurdles for a DC/Marvel crossover that’s going to sell a hundred zillion copies, but this? I had to do a lot of talking, up to and including offering to pay the legal fees involved.”
I’m continually impressed by the lengths he’ll go to for this title. It’s just exciting to see that kind of tenacity from a creator.
Marvel wants to know which of its characters needs a revamp. (I’ll pause for a moment while you all provide your own punch lines.) I voted for Scorpion, largely because it’s my sign. I hate to see my fellow Scorpios represented even by implication by a dumb thug who hasn’t changed his underwear since the 1960s. We’re “deep, mysterious, and magnetically attractive.” Just ask Kevin Kline, k.d. lang, Bjork, or Owen Wilson.
Johanna at Cognitive Dissonance has found a really interesting interview with Devin Grayson, where the writer talks candidly about the state of women in the comics industry and the uncomfortable role of pioneer:
“And I’m delighted to be able to expand their perceptions of what females can do in the world, or to be in any way a part of generating interest in this incredible medium among my gender peers. But all of this was the last thing on my mind when I began, and an uncomfortable thing to be lauded for. It’s just a happy accident, but sometimes I feel like I’m supposed to be content with my achievements in a pioneering context, rather than in a creative context.”
(If I were a very small person, this would be the point where I’d suggest being discontent with Grayson’s creative context is entirely reasonable. Wait… I just did. Drat my smallness!)
The latest Comics Remix is up at PopCultureShock. The montage page is depressing and hilarious… mostly hilarious.
Tom the Dog loved The Incredibles. I saw it with the hubby this weekend, and I thought it was… okay. It was entertaining overall, and some of the sequences offered really spectacular action, but I found some of the voice work grating, the tone a little muddled, and the pace a bit lagging at points. Of course, I could watch an entire movie about the costume designer, Edna Mode.