Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Comics
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A posting on possible future audiences for comic books (and the genre) at Wired 14.04: Posts: The Gamines Love Gaiman. Coincidentally this fits with the section I’m currently reading out of “Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers (Studies in Popular Culture)” (Matthew Pustz) which is on the bedside table. Actually, I’m not just reading…
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The Sci Fi Channel is creating a reality TV show around a superhero that you design and portray. See SCIFI.COM | Who Wants To Be A Superhero? The potential for spandex-clad inanity is mind-boggling.
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A breakdown of religious adherence for comic book (mainly superhero) characters at Religion of Comic Book Characters (Religion | Comics). The links at the bottom of the page are interesting (in parts) too. Hat tip to AKMA.
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The other day I was visiting the local clearance bookseller, where all manner of books end up, and saw a pile of “Miracleman: The Golden Years” by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham. So I had to buy it. I grew up on British comics (including Starlord, Tornado and 2000AD, plus some old Eagle comics) but…
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Neil Gaiman writes on the relationship between comics and films in Guardian Unlimited Film | Features | ‘$1m a minute to film? No problem’. As well he points to the similar, and in Gaiman’s opinion, much better article by Dominic Wells in It’s not always who draws wins – Saturday entertainment – Times Online. (On…
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Loren posts some interesting thoughts on Douglas Rushkoff’s Testament comic book series over at Suspension of Disbelief: Gimme That Old Time Religion. A while back I had to choose between heading into Old Testament studies or into (systematic) theology. I chose the latter, though the Old Testament intrigues me and I enjoy working with OT…
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Finished reading Hicksville and loved it. Enjoyed the New Zealand themes entwined with the comic book themes. There’s several bits in it where Charles Heaphy, James Cook and Hone Heke continue their conversation about why the islands of Aotearoa-New Zealand seem to be physically drifting (read the book for more explanation), and there’s a strand…
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Excellent little essay here by Dylan Horrocks, comic book artist and writer, who has been appointed the 2006 University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Literary Fellow. In it he says, We are used to thinking of Tolkien or Raymond Feist as writers who create imaginary worlds, but the same is also true of Elizabeth Knox, Barbara…
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Retelling biblical stories from different perspectives seems to be flavour of the month at the moment in comics. Following on from Douglas Rushkoff’s Testament there is the retelling of the Exodus story from the point of view of Rameses II. See Comics Should Be Good: This Comic Is Good – The Lone and Level Sands…
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digitalorthodoxy blog » When Hollywood Gets it Wrong… has some thoughts on the religious interpretation of Superman in the new movie. See also the older posts here: Greenflame: Superblogging and Greenflame: Holy Warrior Nuns, Batman!