Happy Boxing Day! [boombangbing]

more animals (it even kind of looks like the set up of our living room)

Aside from that, Christmas was good! I got a couple of Tim Sale graphic novels, volume two and three of Eisner's The Spirit, The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels, a rocket pendant to go with my robot astronaut pendant, a Nathan fanmix from

metatarsus, a CD of female artists from

verav, and a graphic novel, DVD and calendar that I already had. :D

The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels is actually really fascinating, if a little outdated (it was published in August this year and refers to Y: The Last Man as an ongoing series - and doesn't even mention 355 in the summary). Out of 'the sixty best graphic novels', I've read three, and am halfway through two more. I think I need to get a move on, huh?

Also, and this relates to my UTTER HATRED OF THE SPIRIT MOVIE ADAPTATION (they've started showing the trailers on telly - and Jesus fuck, it looks awful), there's a summary of Sin City, and there's a bit in there that says:

'While some have compared Sin City to Will Eisner's classic crime comic The Spirit, there is a very different sensibility at work here: if The Spirit is scotch and soda, then Sin City is scotch and turpentine.'

YES. THIS. Seriously, why does it have to Miller adapting this comic, and apparently using much of the same style as Sin City. :(

I have a crapload of stuff to watch tonight: the last two SGA pre-airs, Life 2x01, Californication 2x05 and right now I'm watching Doctor Who (David Morrissey is adorable ♥). Also, I couldn't resist changing my layout now that Christmas is over: new banner, colour scheme, default icon and FO banner -

boombangbing. :D

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Dude, 14%. Much as I suspected: charmless, oblivious, awful. Maybe a better film adaptation of our hero will arrive in... 20 years? Here's hoping.

What sort of info does The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels contain? Sounds interesting...

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Ugh. I think maybe a tiny part of me was hoping against hope that it would prove us all wrong. :| To be honest, I wonder if maybe The Spirit is just the type of story that's never really going to adapt well to screen, even in the hands of a director who isn't a moron. Its art, new and old, is so iconic, and it's just the kind of atmosphere that I don't think we're really capable of capturing any more. Maybe if it'd been made in the forties or fifties, it might have faired better. If anything, I always imagined it would be something like The Shadow, but with a better plot.

Well, it has the sixty best graphic novels, with summaries for each and recommendations of things similar; a history of the genre, an original graphic novel by the author, a bit on the iconic writers and artists, on manga, film adaptations and on online comics. I guess it's a bit of a starter kit, and it seems like a good resource for discovering some new books.

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Happy Boxing Day!

It's almost touching how comic fans everywhere are united in their hatred of Miller's Spirit movie. It's like the Whos in Whoville holding hands and singing while Grinch-Miller scowls down at them from his icy fortress.

SO MUCH HATE FOR THE SPIRIT MOVIE. SOOOOOOOOOOOO. MUUUUUUUUUUUUCH. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE.

I guess we can feel vindicated that all the critics hate it too? Even though that means The Spirit gets associated with this pile of crap?

No, wait, I'm back to RAGE again. :|

Cute pic.

Glad you had a good Christmas. :)

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