BBC America has picked up Torchwood, the decidely more adult Doctor Who spinoff starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. No word yet on scheduling, or how much of the racier stuff will be trimmed for American audiences, if any. As we hear more, we’ll pass it on.
As many recall, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and I have been writing bible material for 2013’s After Earth film starring Will and Jaden Smith. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, its set in the future and we’ve had a ball filling in gaps and expanding on concepts found in the script. Early last week, Peter…
The Lance Star: Sky Ranger interviews – Author Frank Dirscherl Frank Dirscherl With the announcement of Lance Star: Sky Ranger joining the iPulp Fiction Library, we wanted to introduce readers to some of the Honorary Sky Rangers involved with making these stories happen. Next up is Lance star: Sky Ranger Author Frank Dirscherl. LSSR: Tell…
Round 3! We’ve taken sixty-four popular webcomics, put them head to head in a single-elimination tournament, and are now down to sixteen! We had a couple of upsets in this round: XKCD losing to Kawaii Not, Questionable Content pulled ahead of Multiplex (thereby wrecking my hoped for battle between them and Theater Hopper) and in…
Pulp IS History!!! History of the Pulps Part 3 By Mark S. Halegua Yes, that’s right, I said part 3. So, you’re wondering where are parts 1 and 2? You haven’t seen them on All Pulp. So, where are they? They’re on comicrelated.com. See, I started writing a pulp blog there and the first two…
Well, it’s SF week at the ol’ DVD Xtra. Not sci-fi week, but SF week, using the “official” contraction sanctified by the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was once a member. Now, if I were considering the likes of I Robot and/or I am Legend – two Will Smith vehicles adapted from…
Hercules. By most comics fans’ standards, he’s not the biggest draw in the longbox OR on the shelves. So what is he doing with his own series? More accurately, what’s he doing on the cover of one of Marvel’s most popular characters’ series? Over at IGN, the Incredible Herc creative team of Greg Pak and…
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"Oh dear. I apologize. I was too hard on the girl." (page 41)That comment is laced with menace. What does it mean? Is the girl dead? Beaten? Raped?This is all in stark contrast to the scenic splash page of the castle and port town.ComicMix contributor, Alan Kistler did a recent blog about the recent apparent abuse of women in Marvel Comics. http://alankistler.squarespace.com/journal/2008/4…Kistler wrote that some of the writing seemed lazy. He said, "Like putting a rape scene in a crime movie because it's the easiest way to get people to hate your villain." Is that what has happened here?Has Baron had his villain abuse a female character just to quickly establish that he is evil and the society he is working for is evil too. Prince Orum has treated this woman as entirely disposable. Will we see Suki again? Will Suki (or her death) have some impact on the story other than establishing Orum as evil? Or did Baron just create an entirely disposable character?Did the abuse of Suki take place off camera to heighten the dramatic effect, or was it done because it's easier to draw a landscape than a rape scene?Finally, how does the sage know that Orum stole the device and has now joined Helmut? Is this because his body wasn't recovered along with the motorcycle? Just a few pages earlier, the sage was being portrayed as a comic fop. How did this sage gain insight into Prince Orum's schemes?
Along similar lines, I was confused as to why the lead male and female characters were suddenly kissing. I didn't see that build throughout, and I don't think it needed to be there. I'd like to see a male and female duo get along fabulously without there being romance.