A bunch of correspondence today. Random, cranky, what have you. Must be the heat.
Hello Sir,
We met briefly at the Comic-Con. You were speaking with someone at the IDW table, I was an artist waiting to pitch you an idea. Unfortunately you had to run, but you were kind enough to give me your email and I though I’d lost it. Two items: 1. Will you be at the Comic-Con this year? 2. Do you have any interest in steampunk? Specifically, Gibson-type storylines.
Respectfully,
G. Patel
Sadly I will not be attending the CC this year. I’ll wait until I have something to sell–not that being an observer wasn’t fun (it was great), but it’s a haul from the right coast, and I spent way too much on original artwork, and I’m saving the trip for next year (if all goes well on the Scudder front). Also, I was so clearly a Boston chap that I cringe a little when remembering my dark suit. Surrounded by costumed superheroes (Snake Eyes, Rorschach, etc.) I wore a Hugo Boss ensemble and sweated my way from table to table, looking like…well, like a guy who just flew in from Boston.
As for the steampunk, I have waning interest in that genre. I find the concept cooler than the execution (shades of Lovecraft), and a bit too Victorian, and Moore does it better than anyone.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m irradiating myself. Hours spent in bed, laptop propped over my crotch. That can’t be healthy, right?
Micah,
Are you going to see the remake of Let the Right One In? I remember you posting something about that movie, and how you thought it was fantastic. What are your thoughts on remakes?
P.S. How goes the Yiddish?
P.P.S. What type of dog is Scout?
P.P.P.S. What’s the deal with fat Elvis?
Best,
Caroline
So I insisted Let the Right One In was one of the best horror films I’ve seen. It still is. It’s remake? I have little interest. Why? Because it’s a remake of a very recent film, and the few snippets I’ve seen look…what’s that phrase…on the nose. Obvious dialogue, obvious acting. The film may end up being good, but the original was excellent, so why bother with a reboot? So I don’t have to read subtitles?
I have no opinion on remakes. If they improve a lousy film, great. If they re-invent a classic (as in Carpenter’s The Thing), even better. If they merely echo a recent movie, however…wait, didn’t I just give an opinion? Several, in fact? Brian Jenkins asked if there’s any topic I don’t have an opinion of. This after my rant on what’s wrong with the color periwinkle (too much violet).
Yiddish is going slowly. So slowly. Reading it aloud, I find it impossible to not add that lilting uptick to every last word, as if forever asking questions. Fat Elvis? Are you asking what is the deal with Elvis becoming fat? Or is this a question about the cover? As to the former, he was raised in near-poverty, constantly beset by hunger. So when the man became rich, food became comfort.
I cannot believe how much heat a tiny laptop generates. It might also be the 90 degree temp, creating a perfect firestorm over my crotch. Must move to kitchen table…must stop irradiating genetic material…
Ahh. Better. Last email. A weird one.
Nathan,
I hope finds you well. Please answer this debate with my girlfriend: Which is better, to be scared or to be angry?
Want to know!
This has such a spam syntax to it that I was searching for Cialis ads along the bottom. Non-native English speaker? Perhaps. Bored troll having a laugh? Maybe. But there’s something authentic about the question. It’s both inane and terrific; I mean, scared of what? and angry at what? Do specifics even matter? I’ll bite: I think being scared is better.
Two young boys were sledding one wintry afternoon. After screaming down the hill, flying off their sleds, and crashing into a shrub, the first boy looked to the second and asked: “Were you scared?”
“No,” the second boy said.
“Then you must not have been having fun,” the first boy said. “Because I was really scared.”
How very true.
P.S. Almost forgot—Scout is a German Shorthaired Pointer.
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