Month: December 2010

Mystery Sandman Theater 3000

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digresssmlOriginally published June 17, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1074

A while back I mentioned one of my demented notions, prompted by DC’s Sandman Mystery Theater and my enthusiasm for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which features a human and two robots situated in front of, and loudly making snide remarks about, genre flicks.)

I suggested the combining of the two into Mystery Sandman Theater 3000, and invited folks to send in sample for inclusion in BID whenever I’m heading out of town for a while (like today, for instance.)

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This Saturday Night

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Kathleen and I have tickets for the 8 PM performance of “Spider-Man: Turn Down the Thermostat,” or whatever it’s called. Still in previews, of course, which means basically it’s a glorified dress rehearsal. But for us, this is a definite can’t-miss event. I’m figuring it’s either going to be a “Phantom of the Opera”-level spectacle, or a “Dance with the Vampire”-level trainwreck. Either way, I’ll report back here. (No, I’m not gonna live blog it).

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Top 10 Reasons Why I Should Direct “Iron Man III”

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With the news that Jon Favreau will not be directing “Iron Man III,” and no successor named, I am hereby informing Marvel West that I am available to step in and take over for him.

I might seem an unlikely choice since I have not, in fact, ever directed a motion picture. But I figure that everyone has to start somewhere. And the fact that I have zero experience in this aspect pales in comparison to all the reasons I should be hired.

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Review: The Crow

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digresssmlOriginally published June 10, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1073

The thug is on the ground, blinking in terror and fear at his chalk-faced attacker. Unable to hide his panic, he stammers words to the effect of, “You’re dead! You’re dead! You can’t come back! This is real life! This is real! The dead don’t come back in real life!”

As I’ve mentioned in a past column, it’s an old writing trick to try and give a movie (comic book, novel, whatever) an additional air of actuality by having characters cite a particularly hard-to-swallow plot element and pointing out that such things only happen in works of fiction. The inference to be drawn is that what you’re experiencing is not a work of fiction but, in fact, something with a much greater claim to reality than mere fabrication.

Yet never has such a line had more of a sense of melancholy than in the The Crow, the beleaguered and notorious film version of James O’Barr’s highly personal and highly charged magnum opus (as in, many magnums were fired.)

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Cowboy Pete Takes a Whack at Predicting “Dexter”

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The season finale to “Dexter” is tonight, and thus far–fairly consistently–I have yet to figure out how things are going to end up. Which doesn’t stop me from trying it again and, just on the off chance I’m right (which I probably won’t be) I’ll put it below the–heh–cut line…
UPDATED BELOW with actual spoilers…

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Shocking News About “Brenda Starr”

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Apparently it was still being published.

Now it’s been announced that it’s canceled. So much for that.

Am I the only one who would love to see a new strip where she teams up with (Little Orphan) Annie and (ackk!!!) Cathy to solve crimes? What would you title that strip, I wonder?

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Store Appearance Tomorrow, December 11th

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I’ll be doing a signing at Fourth World Comics in Smithtown, Long Island, from 11AM to 2 PM. They will be having a 20% off sale, and also a raffle ($1 a ticket) for a set of the first five “Dark Tower” hardcover graphic novel collections, which I’ll be happy to sign. Proceeds to benefit the CBDLF.

Address is 33 NY 111, Smithtown. Phone number is 631-366-4440

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