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Sunday Runaround – From Godly Music To Viagra Spam

Published Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:00:09 -0500

GodWatch: The LA Times looks at the influence of Wagner's The Ring cycle over comic books, including Thor and Green Lantern – and how this will affect the movies.

It would be easy to lay all of the credit (or blame) at the feet of comic-book artists and Hollywood executives. But superhero roots go much deeper than that, and if you excavate long enough, you will inevitably bump smack into Richard Wagner, the 19th century composer whose four- opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibelung" is regarded by many as an important genetic mother ship for today's fleet of action heroes.

DalekEggWatch: Dalek Egg! Dalek Egg! Dalek Egg!

NightWatch: Seven questions to ask about Blackest Night. Including;

Hey, I didn't notice until the second time through, But Batman Dick Grayson and Red Robin Tim Drake never show up, even to cameo in a big splash page at the end. That's a little weird, isn't it? Were they too busy to help save the world this crossover?

I found their absence pretty amusing given how Blackest Night: Batman ended. They froze themselves in blocks of ice long enough to trick the Black Lanterns into thinking they were dead/emotion-less and the Lanterns wandered off. So what did they do after that? Decide that this Black Lantern business was way too hard for them and hide out in the cave the rest of the crossover?

Man up, guys! If Green Arrow can go to Coast City to shoot arrows at Black Lanterns, surely you could have flown out there to throw batarangs!

TankWatch: It may be an illiterate fancasting for a new Tank Girl movie. But Tank probably wouldn't want it any other way.

Reason :the thing that make choice ellen because she is talented actress she is seems very tank and boyish to me and she can act

LocalWatch1: Blair Shedd of Fairlee gets profiled by his Vermont local paper after drawing Doctor Who comics for IDW.

"To communicate certain emotions in a scene, I'll often push it as far (as I can) in how exaggerated I get with his expressions, but I always keep those recognizable features as accurate as I can to say, 'This is always David Tennant, and not just some guy who has the same hair.'"

LocalWatch2: East Texan children learn manga.

"Although manga is different than American comics, the children are responding positively and enjoying themselves," Richert said. "All children love comics, no matter what type they are, and this session is a great way to get the children interested in art."

SpamWatch: It appears that info@imagecomics is sending out Viagra spam from the message board system. Just so you know, if you get it, it's not one of Robert Kirkman's new money-making schemes….

TurfWatch: Frankie Boyle buys Jonathan Ross' Turf in Plymouth…

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