Entries from October 2007 ↓
October 28th, 2007 — Shoot the Messenger
Every month two comics—Criminal and Scalped are the bright spots that never fail to make the wait until the next month worth while and getting to the last page kinda depressing.
If you’ve neglected to pick up Scalped—you’re in luck.
Download the first issue here.
You won’t regret it.
Jason Aaron concocts a fantastic western flavored noir set on an Indian reservation that’s as complex and involving as an Ellroy novel with the literary flurishes of Cormac McCarthy.
Criminal’s Ed Brubaker describes the appeal of Scalped best: “Scalped is some of the most compelling character work and crime writing I’ve seen in a long time.”
EDIT: Jason Aaron has now issues a money back guarantee on the first trade of Scalped if you are for some crazy-ass reason not satisfied. See, there’s no reason not to give this book a chance.
tags technorati : Jason Aaron, Scapled, Vertigo, Crime, Noir, Comics
October 22nd, 2007 — Shoot the Messenger
(picture: Eric Ogden for Time)
Cormac McCarthy sits down with the Coen brothers to discuss each others respected career paths and No Country For Old Men, which I can’t wait to see.
“C.M. There are a lot of good American movies, you know. I’m not that big a fan of exotic foreign films. I think Five Easy Pieces is just a really good movie.
J.C. It’s fantastic.
C.M. Days of Heaven is an awfully good movie.
J.C. Yeah. Well, he is great, Terry Malick. Really interesting.
C.M. It’s so strange; I never knew what happened to him. I saw Richard Gere in New Orleans one time, and I said, “What ever happened to Terry Malick?” And he said, “Everybody asks me that.” He said, “I have no idea.” But later on I met Terry. And he just—he just decided that he didn’t want to live that life. Or so he told me. He just didn’t want to live the life. It wasn’t that he didn’t like the films. It’s just, if you could do it without living in Hollywood …
J.C. One of the great American moviemakers.
C.M. But Miller’s Crossing is in that category. I don’t want to embarrass you, but that’s just a very, very fine movie.
J.C. Eh, it’s just a damn rip-off.”
October 9th, 2007 — "That's not funny, that's sick", We're All Okay!
