Day: April 19, 2004

Got a call from Keith Giffen today regarding “Captain Marvel #25.” He was working on the breakdowns for issue #25, the last issue. As I noted in a previous post, I came with a story so demented that I believed–and still do–that Keith was the only artist who could pull it off. He mentioned to me that when his coming onto CM #25 was announced, the most often heard comment he got from fans was, “What took so long?” Apparently fans feel that we have similar enough sensibilities that we should have teamed up on a project long ago.

We’re on the same page with CM #25. If you want to have some idea of what to expect, think of the classic Chuck Jones cartoon, “Duck Amuck.”

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In a supermarket yesterday as I was going through the checkout line, I heard a couple of cashier guys chatting and instantly knew what the subject matter was.

“The first one was great, it was like this terrific action movie. But the second one sux.”

Having seen “Kill Bill Vol. 2” today with Kathleen, I fully understand the sentiment. I don’t *agree* with it, but I get where the young guy was coming from.

While “Kill Bill Vol. 1” was the Quentin Tarrantino version of a 1970s Hong Kong action film, “Kill Bill Vol. 2” is QT’s version of–don’t laugh–a chick flick.

If you haven’t seen it but plan to…stay through to the very end for an amusing out take.

Spoilers follow:

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